Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Zdobysław Stawczyk (POL) |
10.6 |  Levan Sanadze (URS) |
10.7 |  Angel Kolev (BUL) |
10.8 |
| 200 metres | Zdobysław Stawczyk (POL) |
21.5 |  Ewald Schröder (GDR) |
21.6 | Zenon Baranowski (POL) |
21.7 |
| 400 metres | Willi Bromberger (GDR) |
48.2 | Gerard Mach (POL) |
48.3 | Horst Mann (GDR) |
48.5 |
| 800 metres |  Lajos Szentgáli (HUN) |
1:50.5 | Edmund Potrzebowski (POL) |
1:50.8 | László Tanay (HUN) |
1:51.5 |
| 1500 metres | Edmund Potrzebowski (POL) |
3:49.8 | Ernő Béres (HUN) |
3:50.4 | Alojzy Graj (POL) |
3:50.8 |
| 5000 metres | Alojzy Graj (POL) |
14:44.8 | László Tábori (HUN) |
14:45.6 | Ernő Béres (HUN) |
14:47.6 |
| 10,000 metres | Gyula Pénzes (HUN) |
31:02.8 | Hubert Berta (HUN) |
31:43.6 |  Tege Yitao (CHN) |
33:00.4 |
| 110 m hurdles | Boris Stolyarov (URS) |
14.3 | Vyacheslav Bogatov (URS) |
14.5 |  Ion Opris (ROM) |
14.8 |
| 400 m hurdles | Anatoliy Yulin (URS) |
51.9 | Igor Ilyin (URS) |
52.1 | Ilie Savel (ROM) |
52.6 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Ferenc Dejeny (HUN) |
9:00.0 | Grigore Cojocaru (ROM) |
9:03.4 |  Jaroslav Slavíček (TCH) |
9:20.2 |
| 10,000 m walk | Haralambie Racescu (ROM) |
47:07.4 | Hans-Joachim Kolletzki (GDR) |
47:55.6 | László Palotai (HUN) |
48:07.4 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Soviet Union (URS) Leonid Barteniev Viktor Ryabov Levan Sanadze Boris Tokarev |
41.1 | Poland (POL) Zenon Baranowski Wiesław Holajn Emil Kiszka Zdobysław Stawczyk |
41.4 | Hungary (HUN) József Senkei Géza Varasdi László Zarándi Béla Goldoványi |
41.5 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | East Germany (GDR) Ewald Schröder Willi Bromberger Horst Mann Rolf Seliger |
3:14.2 | Poland (POL) Gerard Mach Zbigniew Makomaski Leszek Sierek Stanisław Swatowski |
3:14.6 | Hungary (HUN) Péter Karádi Béla Deri József Darvas Attila Botár |
3:16.7 |
| High jump | Jaroslav Kovár (TCH) |
1.99 m | Zbigniew Lewandowski (POL) |
1.99 m | Yuriy Stepanov (URS) |
1.95 m |
| Pole vault | Tamás Homonnay (HUN) |
4.20 m | Edward Adamczyk (POL) |
4.15 m | Zenon Ważny (POL) |
4.10 m |
| Long jump | Ödön Földessy (HUN) |
7.70 m | Ion Wiesenmayer (ROM) |
7.33 m | Nikolay Andrushenko (URS) |
7.30 m |
| Triple jump | Zygfryd Weinberg (POL) |
15.30 m | Virgil Zavadescu (ROM) |
15.08 m | Ion Sorin (ROM) |
15.07 m |
| Shot put | Vartan Ovsepyan (URS) |
15.88 m | Ferenc Kövesdi (HUN) |
15.70 m | Gabriel Georgescu (ROM) |
15.49 m |
| Discus throw | József Szécsényi (HUN) |
51.19 m | Rudolf Solyóm (HUN) |
48.54 m | Géjza Valent, Sr. (TCH) |
47.16 m |
| Hammer throw | Boris Popov (BUL) |
55.48 m | Oldrich Engl (TCH) |
54.55 m | Lajos Kapcsos (HUN) |
53.50 m |
| Javelin throw | Janusz Sidło (POL) |
75.24 m | Zbigniew Radziwonowicz (POL) |
70.46 m | Sándor Krasznai (HUN) |
69.63 m |
| Decathlon | Walter Meier (GDR) |
6587 pts | Gheorghe Zimbresteanu (ROM) |
5746 pts | Tibor Kertész (HUN) |
5678 pts |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Christa Stubnick (GDR) |
11.8 | Vera Krepkina (URS) |
11.8 | Mariya Itkina (URS) |
11.9 |
| 200 metres | Christa Stubnick (GDR) |
23.6 | Mariya Itkina (URS) |
24.2 | Vera Krepkina (URS) |
24.3 |
| 400 metres | Ursula Donath (GDR) |
55.0 | Polina Solopova (URS) |
56.5 | Anna Suták (HUN) |
58.0 |
| 800 metres | Ursula Donath (GDR) |
2:10.1 | Lyudmila Lisenko (URS) |
2:11.3 | Dota Barakhovich (URS) |
2:12.1 |
| 80 m hurdles | Gisela Köhler (GDR) |
11.0 | Yevgeniya Gurvich (URS) |
11.3 | Elżbieta Bocian (POL) |
11.4 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Soviet Union (URS) Mariya Itkina Vera Krepkina Olga Kosheleva Rimma Uliskina |
46.3 | East Germany (GDR) Ulla Donath Gisela Köhler Christa Stubnick Alice Köckritz-Karger |
46.5 | Poland (POL) Elżbieta Bocian Celina Jesionowska Maria Kusion Barbara Janiszewska |
47.4 |
| High jump | Iolanda Balaș (ROM) |
1.61 m | Ida Németh (HUN) |
1.56 m | Erzsébet Kertés (HUN) |
1.53 m |
| Long jump | Elżbieta Duńska (POL) |
6.12 m | Maria Kusion (POL) |
6.00 m | Galina Vinogradova (URS) |
5.94 m |
| Shot put | Mariya Kuznetsova (URS) |
15.01 m | Lea Maremäe (URS) |
14.35 m | Edit Sebes (HUN) |
12.91 m |
| Discus throw | Irina Beglyakova (URS) |
45.36 m | Zsuzsa Serédi (HUN) |
43.59 m | Lia Manoliu (ROM) |
42.46 m |
| Javelin throw | Virve Roolaid (URS) |
51.52 m | Erzsébet Vígh (HUN) |
47.00 m | Lea Maremäe (URS) |
46.65 m |
| Pentathlon | Elżbieta Duńska (POL) |
3971 pts | Nina Martinenko (URS) |
3738 pts | Lyudmila Aralova (URS) |
3717 pts |
