| Only Men Events - 23. 117 competitors from 15 nations. |
| Classical Events 15 | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Men 100m | Francis Jarvis |  USA | Walter Tewksbury | USA | Stanley Rowley |  AUS |
| Men 200m | Walter Tewksbury | USA | Norman Pritchard |  INd | Stanley Rowley | AUS |
| Men 400m | Maxey Long | USA | William Holland | USA | Ernst Schultz |  DEN |
| Men 800m | Alfred Tysoe |  GBR | John Cregan | USA | David Hall | USA |
| Men 1500m | Charles Bennett | GBR | Henri Deloge |  FRA | John Bray | USA |
| Men Marathon | Michel Theato | FRA | Emile Champion | FRA | Ernst Fast |  SWE |
| Men 110m Hurdles | Alvin Kraenzlein | USA | John McLean | USA | Frederick Moloney | USA |
| Men 400m Hurdles | Walter Tewksbury | USA | Henri Tauzin | FRA | George Orton |  CAN |
| Men High Jump | Irving Baxter | USA | Patrick Leahy | GBR | Lajos Go:nczy |  HUN |
| Men Pole Vault | Irving Baxter | USA | Meredith Colkett | USA | Carl Albert Andersen |  NOR |
| Men Long Jump | Alvin Kraenzlein | USA | Myer Prinstein | USA | Patrick Leahy | GBR |
| Men Shot Put | Richard Sheldon | USA | Josiah McCracken | USA | Robert Garrett | USA |
| Men Discus Throw | Rudolf Bauer | HUN | Frantisek Janda-Suk |  BOH | Richard Sheldon | USA |
| Men Hammer Throw | John Flanagan | USA | Truxtun Hare | USA | Josiah McCracken | USA |
| Men Triple Jump | Myer Prinstein | USA | James Connolly | USA | Lewis Sheldon | USA |
| Discontinued Events - 8 | |||||||||
| Men 60m | Alvin Kraenzlein | USA | 7.0s | Walter Tewksbury | USA | 7.1s | Stan Rowley | AUS | 7.2s |
| Men 200m Hurdles | Alvin Kraenzlein | USA | 25.4s | Norman Pritchard | INd | 26.0s | Walter Tewksbury | USA | 26.1s |
| Men 2500m Steeplechase | George Orton |  CAn | 7:34.4 | Sidney Robinson | GBR | 7:38.0 | Jacques Chastanié | FRA | |
| Men 4000m Steeplechase | John Rimmer | GBR | 12:58.4 | Charles Bennett | GBR | 12:58.6 | Sidney Robinson | GBR | 12:58.8 |
| Men 5000m Team Race | Mixed Team |  _ | 26pts | France | _ | 29pts | |||
| Men Standing High Jump | Ray Ewry | USA | 1.655m | Irving Baxter | USA | 1.525m | Lewis Sheldon | USA | 1.500m |
| Men Standing Long Jump | Ray Ewry | USA | 3.21m | Irving Baxter | USA | 3.135m | Émile Torchebœuf | FRA | 3.03m |
| Men Standing Triple Jump | Ray Ewry | USA | 10.58m | Irving Baxter | USA | 9.95m | Robert Garrett | USA | 9.50m |
| Athletics World Index |
