1,500 metres, Men
Participants
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malcolm Boyd |  AUS |
| 2 | Jack Newman | AUS |
| 3 | Ferdinand Friebe |  AUT |
| 4 | Léon Fourneau |  BEL |
| 5 | Joseph Vander Wee | BEL |
| 6 | Lyuben Karastoyanov |  BUL |
| 7 | Rolph Barnes |  CAN |
| 8 | Albert Larsen |  DEN |
| 9 | Mohamed El-Sayed |  EGY |
| 10 | Aleksander Antson |  EST |
| 11 | Frej Liewendahl |  FIN |
| 12 | Jaakko Luoma | FIN |
| 13 | Paavo Nurmi | FIN |
| 14 | Arvo Peussa | FIN |
| 15 | Robert Chottin |  FRA |
| 16 | René Jubeau | FRA |
| 17 | Louis Philipps | FRA |
| 18 | René Wiriath | FRA |
| 19 | Cyril Ellis |  GBR |
| 20 | Douglas Lowe | GBR |
| 21 | Sonny Spencer | GBR |
| 22 | Henry Stallard | GBR |
| 23 | István Grósz |  HUN |
| 24 | Pala Singh |  IND |
| 25 | Ferruccio Bruni |  ITA |
| 26 | Angelo Davoli | ITA |
| 27 | Disma Ferrario | ITA |
| 28 | Giovanni Garaventa | ITA |
| 29 | Daniel Eslava |  MEX |
| 30 | Jan Zeegers |  NED |
| 31 | Józef Jaworski |  POL |
| 32 | Stefan Kostrzewski | POL |
| 33 | Clifford Davis |  RSA |
| 34 | Willy Schärer |  SUI |
| 35 | Vilém Šindler |  TCH |
| 36 | Ömer Besim Koşalay |  TUR |
| 37 | Ray Buker |  USA |
| 38 | Lloyd Hahn | USA |
| 39 | William Spencer | USA |
| 40 | Ray Watson | USA |
Non-starters
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Gasser | AUT |
| 2 | Rudolf Heidegger | AUT |
| 3 | Alfons Van Achten | BEL |
| 4 | Alfredo Gomes |  BRA |
| 5 | Manuel Plaza |  CHI |
| 6 | Joaquín Miquel |  ESP |
| 7 | Miguel Palau | ESP |
| 8 | Johannes Villemson | EST |
| 9 | Édouard Armand |  HAI |
| 10 | Lajos Bejczy | HUN |
| 11 | János Benedek | HUN |
| 12 | V. N. Venkataramanaswamy | IND |
| 13 | Katsuo Okazaki |  JPN |
| 14 | Guillermo Amparan | MEX |
| 15 | Pedro Curiel | MEX |
| 16 | Juan Escutia | MEX |
| 17 | Stefan Ołdak | POL |
| 18 | Edvin Wide |  SWE |
| 19 | Karel Nedobitý | TCH |
| 20 | Eduard Riedl | TCH |
| 21 | Václav Vohralík | TCH |