Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres |  Ion Moina (ROM) |
10.7 |  Giuseppe Guzzi (ITA) |
10.9 |  Karel Lambert (TCH) |
10.9 |
| 200 metres | Ion Moina (ROM) |
21.9 |  Bogdan Lipski (POL) |
22.5 |  Zvonimir Sabolović (YUG) |
22.6 |
| 400 metres | Zvonimir Sabolović (YUG) |
50.4 | Zygmunt Buhl (POL) |
50.9 | Giuseppe Rocca (ITA) |
51.0 |
| 800 metres | Karel Vomáčka (TCH) |
1:57.5 | Rinaldo Molina (ITA) |
1:59.5 | Antonín Bechyne (TCH) |
2:00.1 |
| 1500 metres | Rinaldo Molina (ITA) |
4:11.4 | Jaroslav Slavíček (TCH) |
4:17.0 | Mieczysław Nowak (POL) |
4:18.2 |
| 5000 metres | Đorđe Stefanović (YUG) |
15:29.4 | Karel Zabloudil (TCH) |
15:41.6 | Napoleon Dzwonkowski (POL) |
15:41.6 |
| 110 m hurdles | Danilo Pacchini (ITA) |
15.5 |  Belul Hatibi (ALB) |
16.1 | Giuseppe Siletto (ITA) |
16.1 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Italy (ITA) |
43.7 | Poland (POL) Zygmunt Buhl Bogdan Lipski Henryk Białkowski Jerzy Grzanka |
44.1 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
44.3 |
| High jump | Ioan Soter (ROM) |
1.90 m | Italo Gabbiazzi (ITA) |
1.75 m | Wacław Kuźmicki (POL) |
1.70 m |
| Pole vault | Zeno Dragomir (ROM) |
3.60 m | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Long jump | Wacław Kuźmicki (POL) |
6.70 m | Karel Hilský (TCH) |
6.57 m | Davorin Marčelja (YUG) |
6.33 m |
| Shot put | Přemysl Hajný (TCH) |
13.53 m | Eduard Čestr (TCH) |
12.81 m | Edward Adamczyk (POL) |
12.39 m |
| Discus throw | Přemysl Hajný (TCH) |
40.48 m | Wacław Kuźmicki (POL) |
39.06 m | Davorin Marčelja (YUG) |
38.58 m |
| Hammer throw | Jaroslav Knotek (TCH) |
54.48 m | Ivan Gubijan (YUG) |
50.48 m | Unknown | Unknown |
| Javelin throw | Mirko Vujačić (YUG) |
61.75 m | Ludvík Wunsch (TCH) |
57.45 m | Davorin Marčelja (YUG) |
55.12 m |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Olga Šicnerová (TCH) |
12.5 | Jadwiga Słomczewska (POL) |
12.7 | Danuše Klesnilová (TCH) |
12.8 |
| 200 metres | Olga Šicnerová (TCH) |
27.1 | Jadwiga Słomczewska (POL) |
27.5 | Wasilewska (POL) |
31.0 |
| 80 m hurdles | Aniela Mitan (POL) |
12.6 | Kveta Volšíková (TCH) |
12.9 | Anna Plšková (TCH) |
13.0 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Poland (POL) |
52.4 | Only one finishing team | |||
| High jump | Kveta Volšíková (TCH) |
1.45 m | Aniela Mitan (POL) Olga Modrachová (TCH) |
1.40 m | Not awarded | |
| Long jump | Sona Reichová (TCH) |
5.27 m | Danuše Klesnilová (TCH) |
5.18 m | Olga Modrachová (TCH) |
4.91 m |
| Shot put | Adéla Machácková (TCH) |
11.82 m | Anna Cieślewicz (POL) |
11.68 m | Danica Marinček (YUG) |
11.04 m |
| Discus throw | Hana Ženíšková (TCH) |
34.38 m | Adéla Machácková (TCH) |
33.43 m | Helena Stachowicz (POL) |
33.23 m |
| Javelin throw | Helena Stachowicz (POL) |
38.26 m | Marta Komínová (TCH) |
29.16 m | Hana Ženíšková (TCH) |
26.50 m |
