100 metres, Men
Participants
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Héctor Berra |  ARG |
| 2 | Carlos Bianchi | ARG |
| 3 | Samuel Giacosa | ARG |
| 4 | José de Almeida |  BRA |
| 5 | Ricardo Guimarães | BRA |
| 6 | Mario Marques | BRA |
| 7 | Bert Pearson |  CAN |
| 8 | Percy Williams | CAN |
| 9 | Harold Wright | CAN |
| 10 | Liu Changchun |  CHN |
| 11 | Stanley Fuller |  GBR |
| 12 | Ernie Page | GBR |
| 13 | Fred Reid | GBR |
| 14 | Ernst Geerling |  GER |
| 15 | Arthur Jonath | GER |
| 16 | Helmut Körnig | GER |
| 17 | Angelos Lamprou |  GRE |
| 18 | André Théard |  HAI |
| 19 | Bunoo Sutton |  IND |
| 20 | Ronald Vernieux | IND |
| 21 | Izuo Anno |  JPN |
| 22 | Takayoshi Yoshioka | JPN |
| 23 | Jesús Moraila |  MEX |
| 24 | Fernando Ortiz | MEX |
| 25 | Fernando Ramírez | MEX |
| 26 | Chris Berger |  NED |
| 27 | Allan Elliot |  NZL |
| 28 | António Sarsfield |  POR |
| 29 | Danie Joubert |  RSA |
| 30 | Andrej Engel |  TCH |
| 31 | Ralph Metcalfe |  USA |
| 32 | George Simpson | USA |
| 33 | Eddie Tolan | USA |
Non-starters
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Alberto Torriente |  CUB |
| 2 | Leonardo Valdés | CUB |
| 3 | Renos Fragkoudis | GRE |
| 4 | Christos Mantikas | GRE |
| 5 | Kichizo Sasaki | JPN |