Coloured NOCs participated. The darker, the more participants. World map is not necessarily historically correct for the these Games.
| Country | Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Algeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Argentina | 84 | 5 | 89 | |
| Australia | 104 | 24 | 128 | |
| Austria | 35 | 8 | 43 | |
| Barbados | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Belgium | 77 | 5 | 82 | |
| British Honduras | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bermuda | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Brazil | 73 | 3 | 76 | |
| Bulgaria | 102 | 10 | 112 | |
| Cameroon | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Canada | 111 | 28 | 139 | |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chad | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Chile | 19 | 2 | 21 | |
| Taiwan | 35 | 8 | 43 | |
| Colombia | 38 | 5 | 43 | |
| Costa Rica | 17 | 1 | 18 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| Cuba | 101 | 14 | 115 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 94 | 27 | 121 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Denmark | 60 | 4 | 64 | |
| Dominican Republic | 18 | 0 | 18 | |
| East Germany | 186 | 40 | 226 | |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1 | 15 | |
| United Arab Republic | 30 | 0 | 30 | |
| El Salvador | 52 | 8 | 60 | |
| Ethiopia | 18 | 0 | 18 | |
| Fiji | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Finland | 60 | 6 | 66 | |
| France | 169 | 31 | 200 | |
| Ghana | 30 | 1 | 31 | |
| Great Britain | 175 | 50 | 225 | |
| Greece | 44 | 0 | 44 | |
| Guatemala | 47 | 1 | 48 | |
| Guinea | 15 | 0 | 15 | |
| Guyana | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Honduras | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Hong Kong | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Hungary | 135 | 32 | 167 | |
| Iceland | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| India | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| Indonesia | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Iraq | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ireland | 25 | 6 | 31 | |
| Iran | 14 | 0 | 14 | |
| Israel | 26 | 3 | 29 | |
| Italy | 152 | 15 | 167 | |
| Jamaica | 20 | 5 | 25 | |
| Japan | 146 | 25 | 171 | |
| Kenya | 36 | 3 | 39 | |
| Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lebanon | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Libya | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Madagascar | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Malaysia | 31 | 0 | 31 | |
| Mali | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Malta | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 233 | 42 | 275 | |
| Monaco | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mongolia | 12 | 4 | 16 | |
| Morocco | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| Burma | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Netherlands | 82 | 25 | 107 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| New Zealand | 47 | 5 | 52 | |
| Nicaragua | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Niger | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Nigeria | 31 | 5 | 36 | |
| Norway | 38 | 8 | 46 | |
| Pakistan | 15 | 0 | 15 | |
| Panama | 16 | 0 | 16 | |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Peru | 16 | 12 | 28 | |
| Philippines | 45 | 4 | 49 | |
| Poland | 140 | 37 | 177 | |
| Portugal | 19 | 1 | 20 | |
| Puerto Rico | 54 | 4 | 58 | |
| Republic of Korea | 41 | 13 | 54 | |
| Romania | 66 | 16 | 82 | |
| San Marino | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Senegal | 21 | 0 | 21 | |
| Sierra Leone | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Singapore | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| South Vietnam | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Soviet Union | 246 | 66 | 312 | |
| Spain | 120 | 2 | 122 | |
| Ceylon | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Sudan | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Suriname | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 86 | 14 | 100 | |
| Switzerland | 81 | 4 | 85 | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Thailand | 41 | 0 | 41 | |
| The Bahamas | 16 | 0 | 16 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 19 | 0 | 19 | |
| Tunisia | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Turkey | 29 | 0 | 29 | |
| Uganda | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| United States | 274 | 83 | 357 | |
| United States Virgin Islands | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Uruguay | 21 | 6 | 27 | |
| Venezuela | 23 | 0 | 23 | |
| West Germany | 232 | 43 | 275 | |
| Yugoslavia | 59 | 10 | 69 | |
| Zambia | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 4775 | 783 | 5558 |