100 metres | {{flagcountry>Cuba}} | 10.46 | {{flagcountry>Venezuela}} | 10.59 | {{flagu>United States}} | 10.62 |
200 metres | {{flagcountry>Venezuela}} | 21.23 | {{flagu>United States}} | 21.23 | {{flagcountry>Venezuela}} | 21.23 |
400 metres | {{flagu>United States}} | 46.80 | {{flagcountry>Jamaica}} | 46.94 | {{flagcountry>Trinidad and Tobago}} | 47.43 |
800 metres | {{flagcountry>Canada}} | 1:48.46 | {{flagcountry>Canada}} | 1:48.63 | {{flagu>United States}} | 1:48.92 |
1500 metres | {{flagu>United States}} | 3:43.62 | {{flagu>United States}} | 3:43.88 | {{flagcountry>Canada}} | 3:55.19 |
5000 metres | {{flagcountry>Argentina}} | 14:25.81 | {{flagu>United States}} | 14:27.16 | {{flagu>United States}} | 14:29.21 |
10000 metres | {{flagu>United States}} | 29:52.22 | {{flagcountry>Argentina}} | 30:26.56 | {{flagcountry>Mexico}} | 30:27.90 |
Marathon | {{flagcountry>Mexico}} | 2:27:56 | {{flagu>United States}} | 2:31:18 | {{flagu>United States}} | 2:34:14 |
3000 metre steeplechase | {{flagu>United States}} | 9:07.9 | {{flagcountry>Brazil}} | 9:12.8 | {{flagcountry>Uruguay}} | 9:17.3 |
110 metres hurdles | {{flagu>United States}} | 13.8w | {{flagu>United States}} | 14.0w | {{flagcountry>Cuba}} | 14.3w |
400 metres hurdles | {{flagcountry>Argentina}} | 50.32 | {{flagu>United States}} | 50.49 | {{flagu>United States}} | 51.19 |
High jump | {{flagu>United States}} | 2.11 | {{flagcountry>Guatemala}} | 2.04 | {{flagcountry>Barbados}} | 2.04 |
Pole vault | {{flagu>United States}} | 4.90 | {{flagu>United States}} | 4.75 | {{flagcountry>Puerto Rico}} | 4.30 |
Long jump | {{flagu>United States}} | 8.11 | {{flagu>United States}} | 8.02 | {{flagcountry>Venezuela}} | 7.46 |
Triple jump | {{flagu>United States}} | 15.15 | {{flagcountry>Mexico}} | 15.08 | {{flagcountry>Brazil}} | 14.97 |
Shot put | {{flagu>United States}} | 18.52 | {{flagu>United States}} | 17.77 | {{flagcountry>Argentina}} | 16.26 |
Discus throw | {{flagu>United States}} | 57.82 | {{flagu>United States}} | 51.05 | {{flagcountry>Netherlands Antilles}} | 49.78 |
Hammer throw | {{flagu>United States}} | 62.74 | {{flagu>United States}} | 58.56 | {{flagcountry>Brazil}} | 57.92 |
Javelin throw | {{flagu>United States}} | 75.60 | {{flagu>United States}} | 73.71 | {{flagcountry>Brazil}} | 64.61 |
Decathlon | {{flagu>United States}} | 7335 | {{flagcountry>Canada}} | 6812 | {{flagcountry>Venezuela}} | 6751 |
20 kilometre road walk | {{flagcountry>Canada}} | 1:42:44 | {{flagcountry>Canada}} | 1:46:35 | {{flagu>United States}} | 1:49:45 |
4 × 100 metres relay | United States}} Earl Young Ollan Cassell Brooks Johnson Ira Murchison | 40.40 | Venezuela}} Héctor Thomas Horacio Esteves Arquímides Herrera Rafael Romero | 40.71 | Trinidad and Tobago}} Clifton Bertrand Anthony Jones Irving Joseph Cipriani Phillip | 40.87 |
4 × 400 metres relay | United States}} Ollan Cassell James Johnson Richard Edmunds Earl Young | 3:09.62 | Venezuela}} Aristedes Pinedo Leslie Mentor Victor Maldonaldo Hortensio Herrera | 3:12.20 | Jamaica}} Anthony Carr Rupert Hoilett Malcolm Spence Mel Spence | 3:12.61 |