| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Landy |  AUS |
| 2 | Les Perry | AUS |
| 3 | Helmut Perz |  AUT |
| 4 | Kurt Rötzer | AUT |
| 5 | Gaston Reiff |  BEL |
| 6 | Lucien Theys | BEL |
| 7 | Alphonse Vandenrydt | BEL |
| 8 | Rich Ferguson |  CAN |
| 9 | Ib Planck |  DEN |
| 10 | Väinö Koskela |  FIN |
| 11 | Ilmari Taipale | FIN |
| 12 | Eero Tuomaala | FIN |
| 13 | Ben Ahmed Abdelkrim |  FRA |
| 14 | Alain Mimoun | FRA |
| 15 | Jean Schlegel | FRA |
| 16 | Chris Chataway |  GBR |
| 17 | Alan Parker | GBR |
| 18 | Gordon Pirie | GBR |
| 19 | Herbert Schade |  GER |
| 20 | Ernő Béres |  HUN |
| 21 | József Kovács | HUN |
| 22 | Ali Baghbanbashi |  IRI |
| 23 | Kristján Jóhannsson |  ISL |
| 24 | Osamu Inoue |  JPN |
| 25 | Paul Frieden |  LUX |
| 26 | Øistein Saksvik |  NOR |
| 27 | Martin Stokken | NOR |
| 28 | George Hoskins |  NZL |
| 29 | Alojzy Graj |  POL |
| 30 | Pierre Page |  SUI |
| 31 | August Sutter | SUI |
| 32 | Bertil Albertsson |  SWE |
| 33 | Åke Andersson | SWE |
| 34 | Bertil Karlsson | SWE |
| 35 | Emil Zátopek |  TCH |
| 36 | Osman Coşgül |  TUR |
| 37 | Aleksandr Anufriyev |  URS |
| 38 | Nikifor Popov | URS |
| 39 | Ivan Semyonov | URS |
| 40 | Charlie Capozzoli |  USA |
| 41 | Wes Santee | USA |
| 42 | Curt Stone | USA |
| 43 | Zdravko Ceraj |  YUG |
| 44 | Velimir Ilić | YUG |
| 45 | Stevan Pavlović | YUG |
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raúl Inostroza |  CHI |
| 2 | Antonio Amorós |  ESP |
| 3 | José Coll | ESP |
| 4 | Vasilis Mavrapostolos |  GRE |
| 5 | Wim Slijkhuis |  NED |
| 6 | Jan Szwargot | POL |
| 7 | Milan Švajgr | TCH |
