1,500 metres, Men
Participants
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerald Backhouse |  AUS |
| 2 | Franz Eichberger |  AUT |
| 3 | Emil Hübscher | AUT |
| 4 | René Geeraert |  BEL |
| 5 | Joseph Mostert | BEL |
| 6 | Phil Edwards |  CAN |
| 7 | Jack Liddle | CAN |
| 8 | Hugh Thomson | CAN |
| 9 | Miguel Castro |  CHI |
| 10 | Jia Lianren |  CHN |
| 11 | Emilio Torres |  COL |
| 12 | Børge Larsen |  DEN |
| 13 | Reginald Uba |  EST |
| 14 | Niilo Hartikka |  FIN |
| 15 | Martti Matilainen | FIN |
| 16 | Ossi Teileri | FIN |
| 17 | André Glatigny |  FRA |
| 18 | Robert Goix | FRA |
| 19 | Pierre Leichtnam | FRA |
| 20 | Jerry Cornes |  GBR |
| 21 | Bobby Graham | GBR |
| 22 | Sydney Wooderson | GBR |
| 23 | Werner Böttcher |  GER |
| 24 | Harry Mehlhose | GER |
| 25 | Fritz Schaumburg | GER |
| 26 | Grigorios Georgakopoulos |  GRE |
| 27 | Mihály Iglói |  HUN |
| 28 | Miklós Szabó | HUN |
| 29 | Luigi Beccali |  ITA |
| 30 | Kiyoshi Nakamura |  JPN |
| 31 | Pierre Hemmer |  LUX |
| 32 | Charles Stein | LUX |
| 33 | Ragnar Ekholdt |  NOR |
| 34 | Jack Lovelock |  NZL |
| 35 | Francisco Valdez |  PER |
| 36 | Clarke Scholtz |  RSA |
| 37 | Paul Martin |  SUI |
| 38 | Eric Ny |  SWE |
| 39 | Bedřich Hošek |  TCH |
| 40 | Glenn Cunningham |  USA |
| 41 | Archie San Romani | USA |
| 42 | Gene Venzke | USA |
| 43 | Emil Goršek |  YUG |
Non-starters
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohamed Abu Sobea |  EGY |
| 2 | Enrique Piferrer |  ESP |
| 3 | Stavros Velkopoulos | GRE |
| 4 | Raunaq Singh Gill |  IND |
| 5 | Kumao Aochi | JPN |
| 6 | Toshinao Tomie | JPN |
| 7 | Pat Boot | NZL |
| 8 | Carlos Marcenaro | PER |
| 9 | Ingvar Haglund | SWE |
| 10 | Ivan Krevs | YUG |