800 metres, Men
Participants
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando Greene |  BAR |
| 2 | Ivo Van Damme |  BEL |
| 3 | Leandro Civil |  CUB |
| 4 | Alberto Juantorena | CUB |
| 5 | Luis Medina | CUB |
| 6 | Juan Solís |  DOM |
| 7 | Andrés Ballbé |  ESP |
| 8 | José Marajo |  FRA |
| 9 | Marcel Philippe | FRA |
| 10 | Roqui Sanchez | FRA |
| 11 | Paul-Heinz Wellmann |  FRG |
| 12 | Thomas Wessinghage | FRG |
| 13 | Willi Wülbeck | FRG |
| 14 | Frank Clement |  GBR |
| 15 | Steve Ovett | GBR |
| 16 | Wilnor Joseph |  HAI |
| 17 | János Zemen |  HUN |
| 18 | Sri Ram Singh |  IND |
| 19 | Niall O'Shaughnessy |  IRL |
| 20 | Carlo Grippo |  ITA |
| 21 | Seymour Newman |  JAM |
| 22 | Attiya Al-Qahtani |  KSA |
| 23 | Günther Hasler |  LIE |
| 24 | Erasmo Gómez |  NCA |
| 25 | Evert Hoving |  NED |
| 26 | John Walker |  NZL |
| 27 | Muhammad Younis |  PAK |
| 28 | Marian Gęsicki |  POL |
| 29 | Fernando Mamede |  POR |
| 30 | Jorge Ortiz |  PUR |
| 31 | Rolf Gysin |  SUI |
| 32 | Roy Bottse |  SUR |
| 33 | Åke Svenson |  SWE |
| 34 | Jozef Plachý |  TCH |
| 35 | Horace Tuitt |  TTO |
| 36 | Viktor Anokhin |  URS |
| 37 | Vladimir Ponomaryov | URS |
| 38 | Mark Enyeart |  USA |
| 39 | James Robinson | USA |
| 40 | Rick Wohlhuter | USA |
| 41 | Milovan Savić |  YUG |
| 42 | Luciano Sušanj | YUG |
Non-starters
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markku Taskinen |  FIN |