| Evento |
 |
 |
 |
| 100 m libre masculino |
 John Henricks, AUS 55.4 |
John Devitt, AUS 55.8 |
Gary Chapman, AUS 56.7 |
| 400 m libre masculino |
Murray Rose, AUS 4:27.3 |
 Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, JPN 4:30.4 |
 George Breen, USA 4:32.5 |
| 1.500 m libre masculino |
Murray Rose, AUS 17:58.9 |
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, JPN 18:00.3 |
George Breen, USA 18:08.2 |
| 100 m esplada masculino |
David Theile, AUS 1:02.2 |
John Monckton, AUS 1:03.2 |
Frank McKinney, USA 1:04.5 |
| 200 m braza masculino |
Masaru Furukawa, JPN 2:34.7 |
Masahiro Yoshimura, JPN 2:36.7 |
 Charis Yunitschev, URS 2:36.8 |
| 200 m mariposa masculino |
William Yorzik, USA 2:19.3 |
Takashi Ishimoto, JPN 2:23.8 |
 Gyorgy Tumpek, HUN 2:23.9 |
| Relevo 4 × 200 m libre masculino |
Australia 8:23.6 |
Estados Unidos 8:31.5 |
Unión Soviética 8:34.7 |
| 100 m libre femenino |
Dawn Fraser, AUS 1:02.0 |
Lorraine Crapp, AUS 1:02.3 |
Faith Leech, AUS 1:05.1 |
| 400 m libre femenino |
Lorraine Crapp, AUS 4:54.6 |
Dawn Fraser, AUS 5:02.5 |
Sylvia Ruuska, USA 5:07.1 |
| 100 m esplada femenino |
 Judith Grinham, GBR 1:12.9 |
Carin Cone, USA 1:12.9 |
Magaret Edwards, GBR 1:13.1 |
| 200 m braza femenino |
 Ursula Happe, GER 2:53.1 |
Eva Ezekely, HUN 2:54.8 |
Eva-Maria ten Elsen, GER 2:55.1 |
| 100 m mariposa femenino |
Shelley Mann, USA 1:11.0 |
Nancy Ramey, USA 1:11.9 |
Mary Sears, USA 1:14.4 |
| Relevo 4 × 100 m libre femenino |
Australia 4:17.1 |
Estados Unidos 4:19.2 |
 Sudáfrica 4:25.7 |
