Coloured NOCs participated. The darker, the more participants. World map is not necessarily historically correct for the these Games.
| Country | Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Albania | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Algeria | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Argentina | 88 | 4 | 92 | |
| Australia | 139 | 29 | 168 | |
| Austria | 97 | 14 | 111 | |
| Barbados | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Belgium | 82 | 6 | 88 | |
| British Honduras | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dahomey | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bermuda | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bolivia | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Brazil | 78 | 3 | 81 | |
| Bulgaria | 106 | 24 | 130 | |
| Upper Volta | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cambodia | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Cameroon | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Canada | 158 | 50 | 208 | |
| Chad | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Chile | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Republic of China | 15 | 6 | 21 | |
| Colombia | 55 | 4 | 59 | |
| Congo | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Cuba | 109 | 28 | 137 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 145 | 36 | 181 | |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 23 | 14 | 37 | |
| Denmark | 114 | 12 | 126 | |
| Dominican Republic | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| East Germany | 231 | 66 | 297 | |
| Ecuador | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Egypt | 23 | 0 | 23 | |
| El Salvador | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Swaziland | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ethiopia | 31 | 0 | 31 | |
| Fiji | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Finland | 89 | 7 | 96 | |
| France | 197 | 30 | 227 | |
| Gabon | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ghana | 33 | 2 | 35 | |
| Great Britain | 210 | 74 | 284 | |
| Greece | 58 | 2 | 60 | |
| Guatemala | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Guyana | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Haiti | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| Hungary | 187 | 45 | 232 | |
| Iceland | 24 | 1 | 25 | |
| India | 40 | 1 | 41 | |
| Indonesia | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Ireland | 51 | 8 | 59 | |
| Iran | 48 | 0 | 48 | |
| Israel | 12 | 2 | 14 | |
| Italy | 197 | 27 | 224 | |
| Jamaica | 21 | 12 | 33 | |
| Japan | 148 | 36 | 184 | |
| Kenya | 55 | 2 | 57 | |
| Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| Kuwait | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Lebanon | 17 | 2 | 19 | |
| Lesotho | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Liberia | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Liechtenstein | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Luxembourg | 10 | 1 | 11 | |
| Madagascar | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Malawi | 13 | 3 | 16 | |
| Malaysia | 42 | 3 | 45 | |
| Mali | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Malta | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mexico | 152 | 22 | 174 | |
| Monaco | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mongolia | 37 | 2 | 39 | |
| Morocco | 33 | 2 | 35 | |
| Burma | 18 | 0 | 18 | |
| Nepal | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Netherlands | 90 | 29 | 119 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| New Zealand | 82 | 7 | 89 | |
| Nicaragua | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Niger | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Nigeria | 20 | 5 | 25 | |
| Norway | 101 | 11 | 112 | |
| Pakistan | 25 | 0 | 25 | |
| Panama | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Peru | 17 | 3 | 20 | |
| Philippines | 48 | 5 | 53 | |
| Poland | 252 | 38 | 290 | |
| Portugal | 29 | 0 | 29 | |
| Puerto Rico | 53 | 0 | 53 | |
| Republic of Korea | 32 | 10 | 42 | |
| Romania | 132 | 27 | 159 | |
| San Marino | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Senegal | 38 | 0 | 38 | |
| Singapore | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Somalia | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| South Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soviet Union | 298 | 73 | 371 | |
| Spain | 118 | 5 | 123 | |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Sudan | 26 | 0 | 26 | |
| Suriname | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sweden | 104 | 27 | 131 | |
| Switzerland | 122 | 29 | 151 | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Thailand | 33 | 0 | 33 | |
| The Bahamas | 19 | 1 | 20 | |
| Togo | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 18 | 1 | 19 | |
| Tunisia | 35 | 0 | 35 | |
| Turkey | 42 | 1 | 43 | |
| Uganda | 31 | 2 | 33 | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 15 | 0 | 15 | |
| United States | 316 | 84 | 400 | |
| United States Virgin Islands | 16 | 0 | 16 | |
| Uruguay | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Venezuela | 20 | 3 | 23 | |
| West Germany | 341 | 83 | 424 | |
| Yugoslavia | 113 | 13 | 126 | |
| Zambia | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Total | 6053 | 1061 | 7114 |