| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willy Polleunis |  BEL |
| 2 | Miel Puttemans | BEL |
| 3 | Marc Smet | BEL |
| 4 | Grant McLaren |  CAN |
| 5 | Edmundo Warnke |  CHI |
| 6 | Domingo Tibaduiza |  COL |
| 7 | Fernando Cerrada |  ESP |
| 8 | Lasse Orimus |  FIN |
| 9 | Pekka Päivärinta | FIN |
| 10 | Lasse Virén | FIN |
| 11 | Jacky Boxberger |  FRA |
| 12 | Jean Conrath | FRA |
| 13 | Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand |  FRG |
| 14 | Detlef Uhlemann | FRG |
| 15 | Dave Black |  GBR |
| 16 | Brendan Foster | GBR |
| 17 | Ian Stewart | GBR |
| 18 | Dieudonné Lamothe |  HAI |
| 19 | Hossein Rabbi |  IRI |
| 20 | Eddie Leddy |  IRL |
| 21 | Venanzio Ortis |  ITA |
| 22 | Toshiaki Kamata |  JPN |
| 23 | Rodolfo Gómez |  MEX |
| 24 | Luis Hernández | MEX |
| 25 | Knut Kvalheim |  NOR |
| 26 | Rod Dixon |  NZL |
| 27 | Dick Quax | NZL |
| 28 | John Kokinai |  PNG |
| 29 | Aniceto Simões |  POR |
| 30 | Ilie Floroiu |  ROU |
| 31 | Markus Ryffel |  SUI |
| 32 | Boris Kuznetsov |  URS |
| 33 | Enn Sellik | URS |
| 34 | Dick Buerkle |  USA |
| 35 | Paul Geis | USA |
| 36 | Duncan MacDonald | USA |
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Fitzsimons |  AUS |
| 2 | José João da Silva |  BRA |
| 3 | Saad Al-Bishi |  KSA |
| 4 | Mohamed Ben Baraka |  MAR |
| 5 | Knut Børø | NOR |
| 6 | Carlos Lopes | POR |
