5,000 metres, Men
Participants
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaston Reiff |  BEL |
| 2 | Marcel Vandewattyne | BEL |
| 3 | Cliff Salmond |  CAN |
| 4 | Luo Wenao |  CHN |
| 5 | Aage Poulsen |  DEN |
| 6 | Gregorio Rojo |  ESP |
| 7 | Väinö Koskela |  FIN |
| 8 | Väinö Mäkelä | FIN |
| 9 | Helge Perälä | FIN |
| 10 | Alain Mimoun |  FRA |
| 11 | Maurice Pouzieux | FRA |
| 12 | Jacques Vernier | FRA |
| 13 | Jack Braughton |  GBR |
| 14 | Bill Lucas | GBR |
| 15 | Alec Olney | GBR |
| 16 | Vasilis Mavrapostolos |  GRE |
| 17 | John Joe Barry |  IRL |
| 18 | Sim Bok-Seok |  KOR |
| 19 | Martín Alarcón |  MEX |
| 20 | Jef Lataster |  NED |
| 21 | Wim Slijkhuis | NED |
| 22 | Martin Stokken |  NOR |
| 23 | Harry Nelson |  NZL |
| 24 | Ernst Günther |  SUI |
| 25 | Erik Ahldén |  SWE |
| 26 | Bertil Albertsson | SWE |
| 27 | Evert Nyberg | SWE |
| 28 | Emil Zátopek |  TCH |
| 29 | Manny Ramjohn |  TTO |
| 30 | Mustafa Özcan |  TUR |
| 31 | Clarence Robison |  USA |
| 32 | Curt Stone | USA |
| 33 | Jerry Thompson | USA |
Non-starters
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ricardo Bralo |  ARG |
| 2 | Constantino Miranda Justo | ESP |
| 3 | Martin Egan | IRL |
| 4 | Jakob Kjersem | NOR |