Coloured NOCs participated. The darker, the more participants. World map is not necessarily historically correct for the these Games.
| Country | Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AFG |
Afghanistan | 11 | 0 | 11 |
 ALG |
Algeria | 54 | 0 | 54 |
 AND |
Andorra | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 ANG |
Angola | 10 | 1 | 11 |
 AUS |
Australia | 92 | 28 | 120 |
 AUT |
Austria | 64 | 19 | 83 |
 BEL |
Belgium | 43 | 16 | 59 |
 BEN |
Benin | 15 | 1 | 16 |
 BOT |
Botswana | 7 | 0 | 7 |
 BRA |
Brazil | 91 | 15 | 106 |
 BUL |
Bulgaria | 183 | 88 | 271 |
 CMR |
Cameroon | 22 | 3 | 25 |
 COL |
Colombia | 23 | 0 | 23 |
 CGO |
Congo | 9 | 14 | 23 |
 CRC |
Costa Rica | 28 | 1 | 29 |
 CUB |
Cuba | 174 | 33 | 207 |
 CYP |
Cyprus | 12 | 2 | 14 |
 TCH |
Czechoslovakia | 161 | 47 | 208 |
 PRK |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 39 | 8 | 47 |
 DEN |
Denmark | 55 | 3 | 58 |
 DOM |
Dominican Republic | 5 | 1 | 6 |
 GDR |
East Germany | 222 | 124 | 346 |
 ECU |
Ecuador | 11 | 1 | 12 |
 ETH |
Ethiopia | 39 | 2 | 41 |
 FIN |
Finland | 99 | 6 | 105 |
 FRA |
France | 98 | 23 | 121 |
 GBR |
Great Britain | 149 | 70 | 219 |
 GRE |
Greece | 38 | 3 | 41 |
 GUA |
Guatemala | 10 | 0 | 10 |
 GUI |
Guinea | 9 | 0 | 9 |
 GUY |
Guyana | 7 | 1 | 8 |
 HUN |
Hungary | 182 | 81 | 263 |
 ISL |
Iceland | 9 | 0 | 9 |
 IND |
India | 56 | 16 | 72 |
 IRQ |
Iraq | 43 | 0 | 43 |
 IRL |
Ireland | 44 | 3 | 47 |
 ITA |
Italy | 121 | 38 | 159 |
 JAM |
Jamaica | 11 | 7 | 18 |
 JOR |
Jordan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 KUW |
Kuwait | 56 | 0 | 56 |
 LAO |
Lao People's Democratic Republic | 17 | 2 | 19 |
 LBN |
Lebanon | 15 | 0 | 15 |
 LES |
Lesotho | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 LBA |
Libya | 27 | 2 | 29 |
 LUX |
Luxembourg | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 MAD |
Madagascar | 8 | 3 | 11 |
 MLI |
Mali | 6 | 1 | 7 |
 MLT |
Malta | 7 | 1 | 8 |
 MEX |
Mexico | 36 | 9 | 45 |
 MGL |
Mongolia | 39 | 4 | 43 |
 MOZ |
Mozambique | 12 | 2 | 14 |
 MYA |
Burma | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 NEP |
Nepal | 10 | 0 | 10 |
 NED |
Netherlands | 57 | 18 | 75 |
 NZL |
New Zealand | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 NCA |
Nicaragua | 3 | 2 | 5 |
 NGR |
Nigeria | 38 | 6 | 44 |
 PER |
Peru | 14 | 14 | 28 |
 POL |
Poland | 232 | 74 | 306 |
 POR |
Portugal | 10 | 1 | 11 |
 PUR |
Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 ROU |
Romania | 156 | 70 | 226 |
 SMR |
San Marino | 16 | 0 | 16 |
 SEN |
Senegal | 30 | 2 | 32 |
 SEY |
Seychelles | 9 | 2 | 11 |
 SLE |
Sierra Leone | 12 | 2 | 14 |
 URS |
Soviet Union | 340 | 149 | 489 |
 ESP |
Spain | 146 | 9 | 155 |
 SRI |
Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 SWE |
Sweden | 122 | 23 | 145 |
 SUI |
Switzerland | 67 | 6 | 73 |
 SYR |
Syrian Arab Republic | 65 | 2 | 67 |
 TTO |
Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 0 | 9 |
 UGA |
Uganda | 13 | 0 | 13 |
 TAN |
United Republic of Tanzania | 36 | 5 | 41 |
 VEN |
Venezuela | 37 | 0 | 37 |
 VIE |
Vietnam | 22 | 8 | 30 |
 YUG |
Yugoslavia | 136 | 28 | 164 |
 ZAM |
Zambia | 37 | 0 | 37 |
 ZIM |
Zimbabwe | 23 | 19 | 42 |
| Total | 4136 | 1119 | 5255 |
