100-yard dash
1. Mozel Ellerbe, Tuskegee - 9.8 seconds[2]
2. Clyde Jeffrey, Stanford
3. Willis, USC
4. Jordan, USC
5. Ledford, Washington State
120-yard high hurdles
1. Fred Wolcott, Rice - 14.2 seconds
2. Smith, Wisconsin
3. Corpening, North Carolina
4. Wright, Oklahoma A&M
5. Kinzle, Duke
6. Gatewood, Texas
220-yard dash
1. Clyde Jeffrey, Stanford - 21.1 seconds
2. Ledford, Washington State
3. Pettichord, Washington State
4. Jordan, USC
5. Ohl, Pitt
220-yard low hurdles
1. Fred Wolcott, Rice - 23 seconds
2. Earl Vickery, USC
3. Cochran, Indiana
4. Marshall, Butler
5. Hawkins, Stanford
440-yard dash
1. Erwin Miller, USC - 47.5 seconds
2. Watts, California
3. Simmons, Nebraska
4. Upton, USC
5. Breidenbach, Michigan
880-yard run
1. John Woodruff, Pitt - 1:51.3
2. Giddings, NYU
3. Dale, Washington State
4. Moore, Stanford
5. Storli, Oregon
One-mile run
1. Louis Zamperini, USC - 4:13.6
2. Walter Mehl, Wisconsin
3. John Munski, Missouri
4. Holderman, Purdue
5. Girard, Stanford
Two-mile run
1.Gregory Rice, Notre Dame - 9:02.6 (NCAA record)
2. Ralph Schwarzkopf, Michigan
3. Efaw, Oklahoma A&M
4. Dodds, Ashland
5. Garner, Washington State
Broad jump
1. Judson Atchison, Texas - 24 feet 9+1⁄4 inches (7.550 m)
2. Billy Brown, LSU - 24 feet 8 inches (7.52 m)
3. Turner, UCLA - 24 feet 5+1⁄2 inches (7.455 m)
4. William Watson, Michigan - 24 feet 1⁄2 inch (7.328 m)
5. Manuel, California - 24 feet
High jump
1. Johnny Wilson, USC - 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m)
2. Mallery, USC
2. Diefenthaler, Illinois
4. Burke, Marquette
4. Arrington, Michigan State
4. Lincoln, Stanford
4. Du Fresne, Oregon State
Pole vault
1. Ganslen, Columbia - 14 feet 5 inches (4.39 m)
2. Day, USC
2. Padway, Wisconsin
2. Varoff, Oregon
Discus throw
1. Pete Zagar, Stanford - 164 feet 1⁄4 inch (49.994 m)
2. William Watson, Michigan - 161 feet 9+3⁄4 inches (49.320 m)
3. Harris, Indiana
4. White, Tulane
5. Faymonville, Notre Dame
Javelin
1. Bob Peoples, USC - 220 feet 6+1⁄2 inches (67.221 m)
2. Boyd Brown, Oregon
3. DeGroot, USC
4. Vukmanic, Penn
5. Graham, Texas
Shot put
1. Elmer Hackney, Kansas State - 55 feet 10+3⁄8 inches (17.028 m) (NCAA and American record)
2. William Watson, Michigan - 54 feet 6+1⁄2 inches (16.624 m)
3. Lilburn Williams, Xavier New Orleans - 53 feet 11+3⁄4 inches (16.453 m)
4. Andersen, Stanford
5. Wohl, Stanford