1,500 metres, Men
Participants
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Landy |  AUS |
| 2 | Merv Lincoln | AUS |
| 3 | André Ballieux |  BEL |
| 4 | Émile Leva | BEL |
| 5 | Eduardo Fontecilla |  CHI |
| 6 | Ramón Sandoval | CHI |
| 7 | Gunnar Nielsen |  DEN |
| 8 | Mamo Wolde |  ETH |
| 9 | Olavi Salsola |  FIN |
| 10 | Michel Jazy |  FRA |
| 11 | Ian Boyd |  GBR |
| 12 | Brian Hewson | GBR |
| 13 | Ken Wood | GBR |
| 14 | Günter Dohrow |  GER |
| 15 | Siegfried Herrmann | GER |
| 16 | Klaus Richtzenhain | GER |
| 17 | Evangelos Depastas |  GRE |
| 18 | Georgios Papavasileiou | GRE |
| 19 | István Rózsavölgyi |  HUN |
| 20 | László Tábori | HUN |
| 21 | Ronnie Delany |  IRL |
| 22 | Gianfranco Baraldi |  ITA |
| 23 | Sim Sang-Ok |  KOR |
| 24 | Josy Barthel |  LUX |
| 25 | Murray Halberg |  NZL |
| 26 | Neville Scott | NZL |
| 27 | Mahmoud Jan |  PAK |
| 28 | Ingvar Ericsson |  SWE |
| 29 | Dan Waern | SWE |
| 30 | Stanislav Jungwirth |  TCH |
| 31 | Somnuek Srisombat |  THA |
| 32 | Jonas Pipynė |  URS |
| 33 | Yevgeny Sokolov | URS |
| 34 | Sergey Sukhanov | URS |
| 35 | Don Bowden |  USA |
| 36 | Jerome Walters | USA |
| 37 | Ted Wheeler | USA |
Non-starters
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Bailey | AUS |
| 2 | Dimitrios Konstantinidis | GRE |
| 3 | George Johnson |  LBR |
| 4 | Joseph Narmah | LBR |
| 5 | Audun Boysen |  NOR |
| 6 | Muhammad Anwar | PAK |
| 7 | Phol Jaiswang | THA |
| 8 | Veliša Mugoša |  YUG |