100 metres | {{flagu>United States}} | 10.3A | {{flagcountry>Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}} | 10.4A | {{flagu>United States}} | 10.4A |
200 metres | {{flagu>United States}} | 20.94A | {{flagu>United States}} | 21.42A | {{flagcountry>Brazil}} Mike Agostini {{flagcountry|Trinidad and Tobago|colonial}} | 21.66A 21.67A |
400 metres | {{flagu>United States}} | 45.68A | {{flagu>United States}} | 45.78A | {{flagu>United States}} | 46.44A |
800 metres | {{flagu>United States}} | 1:49.86A | {{flagu>United States}} | 1:50.51A | {{flagcountry>Chile}} | 1:52.52A |
1500 metres | {{flagcountry>Argentina}} | 3:53.30A | {{flagu>United States}} | 3:53.44A | {{flagu>United States}} | 3:56.04A |
5000 metres | {{flagcountry>Argentina}} | 15:30.6A | {{flagu>United States}} | 15:31.4A | {{flagcountry>Chile}} | 15:39.2A |
10,000 metres | {{flagcountry>Argentina}} | 32:42.6A | {{flagu>Mexico}} | 33:00.4A | {{flagcountry>Chile}} | 33:42.6A |
Marathon | {{flagcountry>Guatemala}} | 2:59:10A | {{flagu>Mexico}} | 3:02:22A | {{flagcountry>Guatemala}} | 3:05:26A |
3000 m steeple | {{flagcountry>Chile}} | 9:46.8A | {{flagcountry>Chile}} | 9:50.4A | {{flagu>Mexico}} | 9:54.2A |
110 m hurdles | {{flagu>United States}} | 14.44A | {{flagcountry>Jamaica|1906}} | 14.74A | {{flagcountry>Cuba}} | 14.94A |
400 m hurdles | {{flagu>United States}} | 51.5A | {{flagcountry>Colombia}} | 51.8A | {{flagcountry>Brazil}} | 53.0A |
High jump | {{flagu>United States}} | 2.01A | {{flagu>United States}} | 2.01A | {{flagcountry>Brazil}} | 1.91A |
Pole vault | {{flagu>United States}} | 4.50A | {{flagu>United States}} | 4.30A | {{flagu>United States}} | 4.30A |
Long jump | {{flagu>United States}} | 8.03A | {{flagu>United States}} | 8.01A | {{flagcountry>Brazil}} | 7.84A |
Triple jump | {{flagcountry>Brazil}} | 16.56A | {{flagcountry>Venezuela}} | 16.13A | {{flagcountry>Cuba}} | 15.60A |
Shot put | {{flagu>United States}} | 17.59A | {{flagu>United States}} | 15.98A | {{flagu>United States}} | 14.62A |
Discus throw | {{flagu>United States}} | 53.10A | {{flagu>United States}} | 51.07A | {{flagcountry>Chile}} | 47.14A |
Hammer throw | {{flagu>United States}} | 54.91A | {{flagu>United States}} | 53.36A | {{flagcountry>Argentina}} | 51.45A |
Javelin throw | {{flagu>United States}} | 69.77A | {{flagcountry>Argentina}} | 66.15A | {{flagcountry>Puerto Rico}} | 65.56A |
Decathlon | {{flagu>United States}} | 6994A | {{flagu>United States}} | 6886A | {{flagcountry>Chile}} | 5740A |
4 × 100 m relay | United States}} Rod Richard Willie Williams Charles Thomas John Bennett | 40.96A | Venezuela}} Clive Bonas Guillermo Gutiérrez Apolinar Solórzano Juan Leiva | 41.36A | Mexico}} Sergio Higuera Javier Souza René Ahumada Alberto Goya | 41.94A |
4 × 400 m relay | United States}} Jesse Mashburn Lon Spurrier Jim Lea Lou Jones | 3:07.43A | Jamaica|1906}} Allan Moore Richard Stick Keith Gardner Mel Spence | 3:12.63A | Venezuela}} Juan Leiva Guillermo Gutiérrez Evaristo Edie Apolinar Solórzano | 3:15.93A |
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