# List of 1952 Summer Olympics medal winners

The 1952 Summer Olympics were held in Helsinki, Finland, from 19 July to 3 August 1952.

## Athletics
### Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 15 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 14 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Finland (FIN)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Lindy Remigino United States | 10.4 | Herb McKenley Jamaica | 10.4 | McDonald Bailey Great Britain | 10.4 |
| 200 metres details | Andy Stanfield United States | 20.7 | Thane Baker United States | 20.8 | James Gathers United States | 20.8 |
| 400 metres details | George Rhoden Jamaica | 45.9 OR | Herb McKenley Jamaica | 45.9 | Ollie Matson United States | 46.8 |
| 800 metres details | Mal Whitfield United States | 1:49.2 | Arthur Wint Jamaica | 1:49.4 | Heinz Ulzheimer Germany | 1:49.7 |
| 1500 metres details | Josy Barthel Luxembourg | 3:45.2 OR | Bob McMillen United States | 3:45.2 | Werner Lueg Germany | 3:45.4 |
| 5000 metres details | Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia | 14:06.6 OR | Alain Mimoun France | 14:07.4 | Herbert Schade Germany | 14:08.6 |
| 10,000 metres details | Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia | 29:17.0 WR | Alain Mimoun France | 29:32.8 | Aleksandr Anufriyev Soviet Union | 29:48.2 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Harrison Dillard United States | 13.7 | Jack Davis United States | 13.7 | Arthur Barnard United States | 14.1 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Charles Moore United States | 50.8 OR | Yuriy Lituyev Soviet Union | 51.3 | John Holland New Zealand | 52.2 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Horace Ashenfelter United States | 8:45.4 OR | Vladimir Kazantsev Soviet Union | 8:51.6 | John Disley Great Britain | 8:51.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Dean Smith Harrison Dillard Lindy Remigino Andy Stanfield | 40.1 | Soviet Union (URS) Boris Tokarev Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Vladimir Sukharev | 40.3 | Hungary (HUN) László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi | 40.5 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Jamaica (JAM) Arthur Wint Leslie Laing Herb McKenley George Rhoden | 3:03.9 WR | United States (USA) Ollie Matson Gene Cole Charles Moore Mal Whitfield | 3:04.0 | Germany (GER) Günther Steines Hans Geister Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas | 3:06.6 |
| Marathon details | Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia | 2:23:03 OR | Reinaldo Gorno Argentina | 2:25:35 | Gustaf Jansson Sweden | 2:26:07 |
| 10 kilometres walk details | John Mikaelsson Sweden | 45:02.8 OR | Fritz Schwab Switzerland | 45:41.0 | Bruno Junk Soviet Union | 45:41.0 |
| 50 kilometres walk details | Pino Dordoni Italy | 4:28:07.8 OR | Josef Doležal Czechoslovakia | 4:30:17.8 | Antal Róka Hungary | 4:31:27.2 |
| High jump details | Walt Davis United States | 2.04 OR | Ken Wiesner United States | 2.01 m | José da Conceição Brazil | 1.98 m |
| Pole vault details | Bob Richards United States | 4.55 m OR | Don Laz United States | 4.50 m | Ragnar Lundberg Sweden | 4.40 m |
| Long jump details | Jerome Biffle United States | 7.57 m | Meredith Gourdine United States | 7.53 m | Ödön Földessy Hungary | 7.30 m |
| Triple jump details | Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Brazil | 16.22 m WR | Leonid Shcherbakov Soviet Union | 15.98 m | Asnoldo Devonish Venezuela | 15.52 m |
| Shot put details | Parry O'Brien United States | 17.41 OR | Darrow Hooper United States | 17.39 m | Jim Fuchs United States | 17.06 m |
| Discus throw details | Sim Iness United States | 55.03 OR | Adolfo Consolini Italy | 53.78 m | James Dillion United States | 53.28 m |
| Hammer throw details | József Csermák Hungary | 60.34 m WR | Karl Storch Germany | 58.86 m | Imre Németh Hungary | 57.74 m |
| Javelin throw details | Cy Young United States | 73.78 m OR | Bill Miller United States | 72.46 m | Toivo Hyytiäinen Finland | 71.89 m |
| Decathlon details | Bob Mathias United States | 7,887 pts WR | Milt Campbell United States | 6,975 pts | Floyd Simmons United States | 6,788 pts |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Marjorie Jackson Australia | 11.5 | Daphne Hasenjäger South Africa | 11.8 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia | 11.9 |
| 200 metres details | Marjorie Jackson Australia | 23.7 | Bertha Brouwer Netherlands | 24.2 | Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili Soviet Union | 24.2 |
| 80 metres hurdles details | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia | 10.9 WR | Mariya Golubnichaya Soviet Union | 11.1 | Maria Sander Germany | 11.1 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Mae Faggs Barbara Jones Janet Moreau Catherine Hardy | 45.9 WR | Germany (GER) Ursula Knab Maria Sander Helga Klein Marga Petersen | 45.9 | Great Britain (GBR) Sylvia Cheeseman June Foulds Jean Desforges Heather Armitage | 46.2 |
| High jump details | Esther Brand South Africa | 1.67 m | Sheila Lerwill Great Britain | 1.65 m | Aleksandra Chudina Soviet Union | 1.63 m |
| Long jump details | Yvette Williams New Zealand | 6.24 m OR | Aleksandra Chudina Soviet Union | 6.14 m | Shirley Cawley Great Britain | 5.92 m |
| Shot put details | Galina Zybina Soviet Union | 15.28 m WR | Marianne Werner Germany | 14.57 m | Klavdia Tochonova Soviet Union | 14.50 m |
| Discus throw details | Nina Romashkova Soviet Union | 51.42 m OR | Elizaveta Bagryantseva Soviet Union | 47.08 m | Nina Dumbadze Soviet Union | 46.29 m |
| Javelin throw details | Dana Zátopková Czechoslovakia | 50.47 m OR | Aleksandra Chudina Soviet Union | 50.01 m | Yelena Gorchakova Soviet Union | 49.76 m |

## Basketball
### Medal table

| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | United States (USA) Ron Bontemps Marc Freiberger Wayne Glasgow Charlie Hoag Bill Hougland John Keller Dean Kelley Bob Kenney Bob Kurland Bill Lienhard Clyde Lovellette Frank McCabe Dan Pippin Howie Williams | Soviet Union (URS) Stepas Butautas Nodar Dzhordzhikiya Anatoly Konev Otar Korkiya Heino Kruus Ilmar Kullam Justinas Lagunavičius Joann Lõssov Aleksandr Moiseyev Yuri Ozerov Kazys Petkevičius Stasys Stonkus Maigonis Valdmanis Viktor Vlasov | Uruguay (URU) Martín Acosta y Lara Enrique Baliño Victorio Cieslinskas Héctor Costa Nelson Demarco Héctor García Otero Tabaré Larre Borges Adesio Lombardo Roberto Lovera Sergio Matto Wilfredo Peláez Carlos Roselló |

## Boxing
### Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN)* | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (−51 kg) details | Nate Brooks United States | Edgar Basel Germany | Anatoli Bulakov Soviet Union |
| Flyweight (−51 kg) details | Nate Brooks United States | Edgar Basel Germany | Willie Toweel South Africa |
| Bantamweight (−54 kg) details | Pentti Hämäläinen Finland | John McNally Ireland | Kang Joon-Ho South Korea |
| Bantamweight (−54 kg) details | Pentti Hämäläinen Finland | John McNally Ireland | Gennady Garbuzov Soviet Union |
| Featherweight (−57 kg) details | Ján Zachara Czechoslovakia | Sergio Caprari Italy | Joseph Ventaja France |
| Featherweight (−57 kg) details | Ján Zachara Czechoslovakia | Sergio Caprari Italy | Leonard Leisching South Africa |
| Lightweight (−60 kg) details | Aureliano Bolognesi Italy | Aleksy Antkiewicz Poland | Gheorghe Fiat Romania |
| Lightweight (−60 kg) details | Aureliano Bolognesi Italy | Aleksy Antkiewicz Poland | Erkki Pakkanen Finland |
| Light welterweight (−63.5 kg) details | Charles Adkins United States | Viktor Mednov Soviet Union | Bruno Visintin Italy |
| Light welterweight (−63.5 kg) details | Charles Adkins United States | Viktor Mednov Soviet Union | Erkki Mallenius Finland |
| Welterweight (−67 kg) details | Zygmunt Chychla Poland | Sergei Scherbakov Soviet Union | Günther Heidemann Germany |
| Welterweight (−67 kg) details | Zygmunt Chychla Poland | Sergei Scherbakov Soviet Union | Victor Jörgensen Denmark |
| Light middleweight (−71 kg) details | László Papp Hungary | Theunis van Schalkwyk South Africa | Boris Tishin Soviet Union |
| Light middleweight (−71 kg) details | László Papp Hungary | Theunis van Schalkwyk South Africa | Eladio Herrera Argentina |
| Middleweight (−75 kg) details | Floyd Patterson United States | Vasile Tiță Romania | Boris Nikolov Bulgaria |
| Middleweight (−75 kg) details | Floyd Patterson United States | Vasile Tiță Romania | Stig Sjölin Sweden |
| Light heavyweight (−81 kg) details | Norvel Lee United States | Antonio Pacenza Argentina | Anatoly Perov Soviet Union |
| Light heavyweight (−81 kg) details | Norvel Lee United States | Antonio Pacenza Argentina | Harry Siljander Finland |
| Heavyweight (+81 kg) details | Ed Sanders United States | Ingemar Johansson Sweden | Ilkka Koski Finland |
| Heavyweight (+81 kg) details | Ed Sanders United States | Ingemar Johansson Sweden | Andries Nieman South Africa |

## Canoeing
### Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Finland (FIN)* | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 1000 metres details | Josef Holeček Czechoslovakia | János Parti Hungary | Olavi Ojanperä Finland |
| C-1 10000 metres details | Frank Havens United States | Gábor Novák Hungary | Alfréd Jindra Czechoslovakia |
| C-2 1000 metres details | Denmark Bent Peder Rasch Finn Haunstoft | Czechoslovakia Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudrna | Germany Egon Drews Wilfried Soltau |
| C-2 10000 metres details | France Georges Turlier Jean Laudet | Canada Kenneth Lane Donald Hawgood | Germany Egon Drews Wilfried Soltau |
| K-1 1000 metres details | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Thorvald Strömberg Finland | Louis Gantois France |
| K-1 10000 metres details | Thorvald Strömberg Finland | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Michael Scheuer Germany |
| K-2 1000 metres details | Finland Kurt Wires Yrjö Hietanen | Sweden Lars Glassér Ingemar Hedberg | Austria Maximilian Raub Herbert Wiedermann |
| K-2 10000 metres details | Finland Kurt Wires Yrjö Hietanen | Sweden Gunnar Åkerlund Hans Wetterström | Hungary Ferenc Varga József Gurovits |

### Women's event

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 metres details | Sylvi Saimo Finland | Gertrude Liebhart Austria | Nina Savina Soviet Union |

## Cycling
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Road cycling

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual road race details | André Noyelle Belgium | Robert Grondelaers Belgium | Edi Ziegler Germany |
| Team road race details | Belgium (BEL) Robert Grondelaers André Noyelle Lucien Victor | Italy (ITA) Dino Bruni Gianni Ghidini Vincenzo Zucconelli | France (FRA) Jacques Anquetil Claude Rouer Alfred Tonello |

### Track cycling

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team pursuit details | Italy (ITA) Marino Morettini Loris Campana Mino de Rossi Guido Messina | South Africa (RSA) Alfred Swift George Estman Robert Fowler Thomas Shardelow | Great Britain (GBR) Ronald Stretton Donald Burgess George Newberry Alan Newton |
| Sprint details | Enzo Sacchi Italy | Lionel Cox Australia | Werner Potzernheim Germany |
| Tandem details | Australia Lionel Cox Russell Mockridge | South Africa Raymond Robinson Thomas Shardelow | Italy Antonio Maspes Cesare Pinarello |
| Time trial details | Russell Mockridge Australia | Marino Morettini Italy | Raymond Robinson South Africa |

## Diving
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | David Browning United States | Miller Anderson United States | Bob Clotworthy United States |
| 10 m platform details | Samuel Lee United States | Joaquín Capilla Mexico | Günther Haase Germany |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard details | Pat McCormick United States | Madeleine Moreau France | Zoe-Ann Olsen-Jensen United States |
| 10 m platform details | Pat McCormick United States | Paula Jean Myers United States | Juno Stover-Irwin United States |

## Equestrian events
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual dressage details | Henri Saint Cyr and Master Rufus (SWE) | Lis Hartel and Jubilee (DEN) | André Jousseaume and Harpagon (FRA) |
| Team dressage details | Sweden (SWE) Henri Saint Cyr and Master Rufus Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr. and Krest Gehnäll Persson and Knaust | Switzerland (SUI) Gottfried Trachsel and Kursus Henri Chammartin and Wöhler Gustav Fischer and Soliman | Germany (GER) Heinz Pollay and Adular Ida von Nagel and Afrika Fritz Thiedemann and Chronist |
| Individual eventing details | Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr. and Jubal (SWE) | Guy Lefrant and Verdun (FRA) | Wilhelm Büsing and Hubertus (GER) |
| Team eventing details | Sweden (SWE) Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr. and Jubal Olof Stahre and Komet Folke Frölén and Fair | Germany (GER) Wilhelm Büsing and Hubertus Klaus Wagner and Dachs Otto Rothe and Trux von Kamax | United States (USA) Charles Hough Jr. and Cassivellannus Walter Staley Jr. and Craigwood Park John Wofford and Benny Grimes |
| Individual jumping details | Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola and Ali Baba (FRA) | Óscar Cristi and Bambi (CHI) | Fritz Thiedemann and Meteor (GER) |
| Team jumping details | Great Britain (GBR) Wilfred White and Nizefela Douglas Stewart and Aherlow Harry Llewellyn and Foxhunter | Chile (CHI) Óscar Cristi and Bambi César Mendoza and Pillán Ricardo Echeverría and Lindo Peal | United States (USA) William Steinkraus and Hollandia Arthur McCashin and Miss Budweiser John William Russell and Democrat |

## Fencing
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual épée details | Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy | Dario Mangiarotti Italy | Oswald Zappelli Switzerland |
| Team épée details | Italy (ITA) Roberto Battaglia Carlo Pavesi Franco Bertinetti Giuseppe Delfino Dario Mangiarotti Edoardo Mangiarotti | Sweden (SWE) Berndt-Otto Rehbinder Bengt Ljungquist Per Hjalmar Carleson Carl Forssell Sven Fahlman Lennart Magnusson | Switzerland (SUI) Otto Rüfenacht Paul Meister Oswald Zappelli Paul Barth Willy Fitting Mario Valota |
| Individual foil details | Christian d'Oriola France | Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy | Manlio Di Rosa Italy |
| Team foil details | France (FRA) Christian d'Oriola Jacques Lataste Jehan Buhan Claude Netter Jacques Noël Adrien Rommel | Italy (ITA) Giancarlo Bergamini Antonio Spallino Manlio Di Rosa Giorgio Pellini Edoardo Mangiarotti Renzo Nostini | Hungary (HUN) Endre Palócz Tibor Berczelly Endre Tilli Aladár Gerevich Jozsef Sakovics Lajos Maszlay |
| Individual sabre details | Pál Kovács Hungary | Aladár Gerevich Hungary | Tibor Berczelly Hungary |
| Team sabre details | Hungary (HUN) Bertalan Papp László Rajcsányi Rudolf Kárpáti Tibor Berczelly Aladár Gerevich Pál Kovács | Italy (ITA) Giorgio Pellini Vincenzo Pinton Renzo Nostini Mauro Racca Gastone Darè Roberto Ferrari | France (FRA) Maurice Piot Jacques Lefèvre Bernard Morel Jean Laroyenne Jean Francois Tournon Jean Levavasseur |

### Women's event

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual foil details | Irene Camber Italy | Ilona Elek Hungary | Karen Lachmann Denmark |

## Field hockey
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | India (IND) K. D. Singh Leslie Claudius Meldric Daluz Keshav Dutt Chinadorai Deshmutu Ranganathan Francis Raghbir Lal Govind Perumal Muniswamy Rajgopal Balbir Singh Sr. Randhir Singh Gentle C. S. Dubey Udham Singh Dharam Singh Grahanandan Singh Chaman Singh Gurung Jaswant Rai | Netherlands (NED) Jules Ancion André Boerstra Harry Derckx Han Drijver Dick Esser Roepie Kruize Dick Loggere Lau Mulder Eddy Tiel Wim van Heel Leonard Wery | Great Britain (GBR) Denys Carnill (capt) John Cockett John Conroy Graham Dadds Derek Day Dennis Eagan Robin Fletcher W A Lindsay-Smith Roger Midgley Richard Norris Neil Nugent Anthony Nunn Anthony John Robinson P D R Smith John Paskin Taylor S T Theobald Eric Claude Newby |

## Football
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Hungary (HUN) Gyula Grosics Jenő Dalnoki Imre Kovács László Budai Ferenc Puskás Zoltán Czibor Lajos Csordás Jenő Buzánszky Gyula Lóránt Mihály Lantos József Bozsik József Zakariás Nándor Hidegkuti Sándor Kocsis Péter Palotás | Yugoslavia (YUG) Vladimir Beara Branko Stanković Tomislav Crnković Zlatko Čajkovski Ivan Horvat Vujadin Boškov Tihomir Ognjanov Rajko Mitić Bernard Vukas Stjepan Bobek Branko Zebec Dušan Cvetković Milorad Diskić Ratko Čolić Slavko Luštica Zdravko Rajkov Vladimir Čonč Vladimir Firm | Sweden (SWE) Karl Svensson Lennart Samuelsson Erik Nilsson Holger Hansson Bengt Gustavsson Gösta Lindh Sylve Bengtsson Gösta Löfgren Ingvar Rydell Yngve Brodd Gösta Sandberg Olof Åhlund |

## Gymnastics
### Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Finland (FIN)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 15 | 18 | 14 | 47 |

### Men’s events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union | Josef Stalder Switzerland |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Belyakov Iosif Berdiev Viktor Chukarin Yevgeny Korolkov Dmytro Leonkin Valentin Muratov Mikhail Perelman Hrant Shahinyan | Switzerland (SUI) Hans Eugster Ernst Fivian Ernst Gebendinger Jack Günthard Hans Schwarzentruber Josef Stalder Melchior Thalmann Jean Tschabold | Finland (FIN) Paavo Aaltonen Kalevi Laitinen Onni Lappalainen Kaino Lempinen Berndt Lindfors Olavi Rove Heikki Savolainen Kalevi Viskari |
| Floor exercise details | William Thoresson Sweden | Jerzy Jokiel Poland | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Floor exercise details | William Thoresson Sweden | Tadao Uesako Japan | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Horizontal bar details | Jack Günthard Switzerland | Josef Stalder Switzerland | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Horizontal bar details | Jack Günthard Switzerland | Alfred Schwarzmann Germany | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Parallel bars details | Hans Eugster Switzerland | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Josef Stalder Switzerland |
| Pommel horse details | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Pommel horse details | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Yevgeny Korolkov Soviet Union | none awarded (as there was a tie for silver) |
| Rings details | Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Dmytro Leonkin Soviet Union |
| Rings details | Hrant Shahinyan Soviet Union | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Hans Eugster Switzerland |
| Vault details | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan | Takashi Ono Japan |
| Vault details | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan | Tadao Uesako Japan |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union | Nina Bocharova Soviet Union | Margit Korondi Hungary |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Nina Bocharova Pelageya Danilova Maria Gorokhovskaya Ekaterina Kalinchuk Galina Minaicheva Galina Shamrai Galina Urbanovich Medea Jugeli | Hungary (HUN) Andrea Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Ágnes Keleti Margit Korondi Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Mária Kövi-Zalai | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Hana Bobková Alena Chadimová Jana Rabasová Alena Reichová Matylda Šínová Božena Srncová Věra Vančurová Eva Věchtová |
| Balance beam details | Nina Bocharova Soviet Union | Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union | Margit Korondi Hungary |
| Floor exercise details | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union | Margit Korondi Hungary |
| Uneven bars details | Margit Korondi Hungary | Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union | Ágnes Keleti Hungary |
| Vault details | Ekaterina Kalinchuk Soviet Union | Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union | Galina Minaicheva Soviet Union |
| Team, portable apparatus details | Sweden (SWE) Karin Lindberg Ann-Sofi Pettersson Evy Berggren Gun Röring Göta Pettersson Ingrid Sandahl Hjördis Nordin Vanja Blomberg | Soviet Union (URS) Maria Gorokhovskaya Nina Bocharova Galina Minaicheva Galina Urbanovich Pelageya Danilova Galina Shamrai Medea Jugeli Ekaterina Kalinchuk | Hungary (HUN) Margit Korondi Ágnes Keleti Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Mária Kövi-Zalai Andrea Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics |

## Modern pentathlon
### Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual details | Lars Hall Sweden | Gábor Benedek Hungary | István Szondy Hungary |
| Team details | Hungary (HUN) Gábor Benedek Aladár Kovácsi István Szondy | Sweden (SWE) Lars Hall Thorsten Lindqvist Claes Egnell | Finland (FIN) Olavi Mannonen Lauri Vilkko Olavi Rokka |

## Rowing
### Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Single sculls details | Yuriy Tyukalov Soviet Union | Mervyn Wood Australia | Teodor Kocerka Poland |
| Double sculls details | Argentina Tranquilo Cappozzo Eduardo Guerrero | Soviet Union Heorhiy Zhylin Ihor Yemchuk | Uruguay Miguel Seijas Juan Rodríguez |
| Coxless pair details | United States Charlie Logg Tom Price | Belgium Michel Knuysen Bob Baetens | Switzerland Kurt Schmid Hans Kalt |
| Coxed pair details | France Raymond Salles Gaston Mercier Bernard Malivoire | Germany Heinz Manchen Helmut Heinhold Helmut Noll | Denmark Svend Ove Pedersen Poul Svendsen Jørgen Frantzen |
| Coxless four details | Yugoslavia (YUG) Duje Bonačić Velimir Valenta Mate Trojanović Petar Šegvić | France (FRA) Pierre Blondiaux Jean-Jacques Guissart Marc Bouissou Roger Gautier | Finland (FIN) Veikko Lommi Kauko Wahlsten Oiva Lommi Lauri Nevalainen |
| Coxed four details | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Karel Mejta Jiří Havlis Jan Jindra Stanislav Lusk Miroslav Koranda | Switzerland (SUI) Rico Bianchi Karl Weidmann Heini Scheller Émile Ess Walter Leiser | United States (USA) Carl Lovsted Al Ulbrickson Richard Wahlstrom Matt Leanderson Al Rossi |
| Eight details | United States (USA) Frank Shakespeare William Fields James Dunbar Richard Murphy Robert Detweiler Henry Proctor Wayne Frye Edward Stevens Charles Manring | Soviet Union (URS) Yevgeny Brago Vladimir Rodimushkin Aleksey Komarov Igor Borisov Slava Amiragov Leonid Gissen Yevgeny Samsonov Vladimir Kryukov Igor Polyakov | Australia (AUS) Bob Tinning Ernest Chapman Nimrod Greenwood David Anderson Geoff Williamson Mervyn Finlay Edward Pain Phil Cayzer Tom Chessell |

## Sailing
### Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Finland (FIN)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Finn details | Paul Elvstrøm Denmark | Charles Currey Great Britain | Rickard Sarby Sweden |
| Star details | Italy Agostino Straulino Nicolò Rode | United States John Price John Reid | Portugal Joaquim Fiúza Francisco de Andrade |
| Dragon details | Norway Thor Thorvaldsen Haakon Barfod Sigve Lie | Sweden Per Gedda Erland Almqvist Sidney Boldt-Christmas | Germany Theodor Thomsen Erich Natusch Georg Nowka |
| 5.5 metre details | United States Britton Chance Michael Schoettle Edgar White Sumner White | Norway Peder Lunde Vibeke Lunde Børre Falkum-Hansen | Sweden Folke Wassén Carl-Erik Ohlson Magnus Wassén |
| 6 metre details | United States Herman Whiton Everard Endt John Morgan Eric Ridder Julian Roosevelt Emelyn Whiton | Norway Finn Ferner Tor Arneberg Johan Ferner Erik Heiberg Carl Mortensen | Finland Ernst Westerlund Ragnar Jansson Jonas Konto Rolf Turkka Paul Sjöberg |

## Shooting
### Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Finland (FIN)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m pistol details | Huelet Benner United States | Angel Leon de Gozalo Spain | Ambrus Balogh Hungary |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol details | Károly Takács Hungary | Szilárd Kun Hungary | Gheorghe Lichiardopol Romania |
| 50 m rifle prone details | Iosif Sîrbu Romania | Boris Andreyev Soviet Union | Arthur Jackson United States |
| 50 m rifle three positions details | Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug Norway | Vilho Ylönen Finland | Boris Andreyev Soviet Union |
| 300 m free rifle three positions details | Anatoli Bogdanov Soviet Union | Robert Bürchler Switzerland | Lev Weinstein Soviet Union |
| 100 m running deer details | John Larsen Norway | Per Olof Sköldberg Sweden | Tauno Mäki Finland |
| Trap details | George Genereux Canada | Knut Holmqvist Sweden | Hans Liljedahl Sweden |

## Swimming
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Clarke Scholes United States | 57.4 | Hiroshi Suzuki Japan | 57.4 | Göran Larsson Sweden | 58.2 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Jean Boiteux France | 4:30.7 (OR) | Ford Konno United States | 4:31.3 | Per-Olof Östrand Sweden | 4:35.2 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Ford Konno United States | 18:30.3 (OR) | Shiro Hashizume Japan | 18:41.4 | Tetsuo Okamoto Brazil | 18:51.3 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Yoshi Oyakawa United States | 1:05.4 (OR) | Gilbert Bozon France | 1:06.2 | Jack Taylor United States | 1:06.4 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | John Davies Australia | 2:34.4 (OR) | Bowen Stassforth United States | 2:34.7 | Herbert Klein Germany | 2:35.9 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Wayne Moore Bill Woolsey Ford Konno Jimmy McLane | 8:31.1 (OR) | Japan (JPN) Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa | 8:33.5 | France (FRA) Joseph Bernardo Aldo Eminente Alexandre Jany Jean Boiteux | 8:45.9 |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Katalin Szöke Hungary | 1:06.8 | Hannie Termeulen Netherlands | 1:07.0 | Judit Temes Hungary | 1:07.1 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Valéria Gyenge Hungary | 5:12.1 (OR) | Éva Novák Hungary | 5:13.7 | Evelyn Kawamoto United States | 5:14.6 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Joan Harrison South Africa | 1:14.3 | Geertje Wielema Netherlands | 1:14.5 | Jean Stewart New Zealand | 1:15.8 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Éva Székely Hungary | 2:51.7 (OR) | Éva Novák Hungary | 2:54.4 | Helen Gordon Great Britain | 2:57.6 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Hungary (HUN) Ilona Novák Judit Temes Éva Novák Katalin Szöke | 4:24.4 (WR) | Netherlands (NED) Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Koosje van Voorn Hannie Termeulen Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher | 4:29.0 | United States (USA) Jackie LaVine Marilee Stepan Jody Alderson Evelyn Kawamoto | 4:30.1 |

## Water polo
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's | Hungary (HUN) Róbert Antal Antal Bolvári Dezső Fábián Dezső Gyarmati István Hasznos László Jeney György Kárpáti Dezső Lemhényi Kálmán Markovits Miklós Martin Károly Szittya István Szivós György Vizvári | Yugoslavia (YUG) Veljko Bakašun Marko Brainović Vladimir Ivković Zdravko Ježić Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić Ivo Kurtini Lovro Radonjić Ivo Štakula Boško Vuksanović | Italy (ITA) Gildo Arena Lucio Ceccarini Renato De Sanzuane Raffaello Gambino Salvatore Gionta Maurizio Mannelli Geminio Ognio Carlo Peretti Enzo Polito Cesare Rubini Renato Traiola |

## Weightlifting
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 56 kg details | Ivan Udodov Soviet Union | Mahmoud Namjoo Iran | Ali Mirzaei Iran |
| 60 kg details | Rafael Chimishkyan Soviet Union | Nikolai Saksonov Soviet Union | Rodney Wilkes Trinidad and Tobago |
| 67.5 kg details | Tommy Kono United States | Yevgeni Lopatin Soviet Union | Vern Barberis Australia |
| 75 kg details | Pete George United States | Gérald Gratton Canada | Kim Sung-Jip South Korea |
| 82.5 kg details | Trofim Lomakin Soviet Union | Stanley Stanczyk United States | Arkady Vorobyev Soviet Union |
| 90 kg details | Norbert Schemansky United States | Grigory Novak Soviet Union | Lennox Kilgour Trinidad and Tobago |
| +90 kg details | John Davis United States | James Bradford United States | Humberto Selvetti Argentina |

## Wrestling
### Medal table

* Host nation (Finland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN)* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

### Freestyle

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight details | Hasan Gemici Turkey | Yushu Kitano Japan | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Iran |
| Bantamweight details | Shohachi Ishii Japan | Rashid Mammadbeyov Soviet Union | Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav India |
| Featherweight details | Bayram Sit Turkey | Nasser Givehchi Iran | Josiah Henson United States |
| Lightweight details | Olle Anderberg Sweden | Jay Thomas Evans United States | Tofigh Jahanbakht Iran |
| Welterweight details | William Smith United States | Per Berlin Sweden | Abdollah Mojtabavi Iran |
| Middleweight details | David Tsimakuridze Soviet Union | Gholamreza Takhti Iran | György Gurics Hungary |
| Light heavyweight details | Viking Palm Sweden | Henry Wittenberg United States | Adil Atan Turkey |
| Heavyweight details | Arsen Mekokishvili Soviet Union | Bertil Antonsson Sweden | Kenneth Richmond Great Britain |

### Greco-Roman

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight details | Boris Gurevich Soviet Union | Ignazio Fabra Italy | Leo Honkala Finland |
| Bantamweight details | Imre Hódos Hungary | Zakaria Chibab Lebanon | Artem Teryan Soviet Union |
| Featherweight details | Yakov Punkin Soviet Union | Imre Polyák Hungary | Abdel Aaal Rashed Egypt |
| Lightweight details | Shazam Safin Soviet Union | Gustav Freij Sweden | Mikuláš Athanasov Czechoslovakia |
| Welterweight details | Miklós Szilvásy Hungary | Gösta Andersson Sweden | Khalil Taha Lebanon |
| Middleweight details | Axel Grönberg Sweden | Kalervo Rauhala Finland | Nikolay Belov Soviet Union |
| Light heavyweight details | Kelpo Gröndahl Finland | Shalva Chikhladze Soviet Union | Karl-Erik Nilsson Sweden |
| Heavyweight details | Johannes Kotkas Soviet Union | Josef Růžička Czechoslovakia | Tauno Kovanen Finland |