| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Leane |  AUS |
| 2 | Felix Würth |  AUT |
| 3 | Ary Façanha |  BRA |
| 4 | Geraldo de Oliveira | BRA |
| 5 | Carlos Vera |  CHI |
| 6 | Pentti Snellman |  FIN |
| 7 | Jorma Valkama | FIN |
| 8 | Jorma Valtonen | FIN |
| 9 | Paul Faucher |  FRA |
| 10 | Ödön Földessy |  HUN |
| 11 | Masaji Tajima |  JPN |
| 12 | Henk Visser |  NED |
| 13 | Karim Olowu |  NGR |
| 14 | Sylvanus Williams | NGR |
| 15 | Henryk Grabowski |  POL |
| 16 | Neville Price |  RSA |
| 17 | Toni Breder |  SAA |
| 18 | Karl-Erik Israelsson |  SWE |
| 19 | Kamtorn Sanidwong |  THA |
| 20 | Avni Akgün |  TUR |
| 21 | Nikolay Andryushchenko |  URS |
| 22 | Leonid Grigoryev | URS |
| 23 | Khandadash Madatov | URS |
| 24 | Jerome Biffle |  USA |
| 25 | George Brown | USA |
| 26 | Meredith Gourdine | USA |
| 27 | Brígido Iriarte |  VEN |
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastián Junqueras |  ESP |
| 2 | Günther Jobst |  GER |
| 3 | Michail Michail |  GRE |
| 4 | Vasilios Sakellarakis | GRE |
| 5 | José Julio Barillas |  GUA |
| 6 | Roy Fearon | GUA |
| 7 | Álvaro Dias |  POR |
| 8 | Francisco Castro |  PUR |
| 9 | Asnoldo Devonish | VEN |
| 10 | Paulino Ferrer | VEN |
| 11 | Boris Brnad |  YUG |
