Coloured NOCs participated. The darker, the more participants. World map is not necessarily historically correct for the these Games.
| Country | Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| Argentina | 189 | 11 | 200 | |
| Australia | 66 | 9 | 75 | |
| Austria | 117 | 32 | 149 | |
| Belgium | 132 | 19 | 151 | |
| Bermuda | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Brazil | 59 | 11 | 70 | |
| Canada | 105 | 22 | 127 | |
| Chile | 50 | 4 | 54 | |
| Colombia | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Cuba | 53 | 0 | 53 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 76 | 14 | 90 | |
| Denmark | 144 | 18 | 162 | |
| Egypt | 86 | 0 | 86 | |
| Finland | 126 | 6 | 132 | |
| France | 279 | 37 | 316 | |
| Great Britain | 337 | 70 | 407 | |
| Greece | 60 | 1 | 61 | |
| British Guiana | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Hungary | 107 | 21 | 128 | |
| Iceland | 18 | 3 | 21 | |
| India | 79 | 0 | 79 | |
| Iraq | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Ireland | 76 | 5 | 81 | |
| Iran | 36 | 0 | 36 | |
| Italy | 195 | 20 | 215 | |
| Jamaica | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Lebanon | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Luxembourg | 42 | 3 | 45 | |
| Malta | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 81 | 7 | 88 | |
| Monaco | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Burma | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Netherlands | 115 | 34 | 149 | |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Norway | 77 | 4 | 81 | |
| Pakistan | 35 | 0 | 35 | |
| Panama | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| China | 30 | 1 | 31 | |
| Peru | 41 | 0 | 41 | |
| Philippines | 26 | 0 | 26 | |
| Poland | 31 | 7 | 38 | |
| Portugal | 48 | 0 | 48 | |
| Puerto Rico | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Republic of Korea | 45 | 1 | 46 | |
| Singapore | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| South Africa | 34 | 1 | 35 | |
| Spain | 65 | 0 | 65 | |
| Ceylon | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Sweden | 162 | 19 | 181 | |
| Switzerland | 178 | 9 | 187 | |
| Syria | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Turkey | 57 | 1 | 58 | |
| United States | 262 | 38 | 300 | |
| Uruguay | 60 | 1 | 61 | |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia | 79 | 11 | 90 | |
| Total | 3973 | 448 | 4421 |