Men's events
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres
10,000 metres
Marathon
The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics. In other years, the distances have been:
- 1896: 40,000 m (approximately)
- 1900: 40,260 m (25.02 mi)
- 1904: 40,000 m (24.85 mi)
- 1912: 40,200 m (24.98 mi)
- 1920: 40,750 m (25.32 mi)
110 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
3000 metres steeplechase
4 × 100 metres relay
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.
4 × 400 metres relay
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals.
20 kilometres race walk
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 22 | 15 | 10 | 47 |
| 2 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Panama (PAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Haiti (HAI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 | |
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Decathlon
At the St. Louis Games in 1904, the decathlon contest was entitled the All-Around competition, and consisted of: 100 yards dash, shot put, high jump, 800 yard walk, hammer throw, pole vault, 120 yards hurdles, 56 pounds weight throw, long jump, and a mile run.
