5,000 metres, Men
Participants
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Hyde |  AUS |
| 2 | Julien Serwy |  BEL |
| 3 | Vincent Callard |  CAN |
| 4 | Art Keay | CAN |
| 5 | Billy Kibblewhite | CAN |
| 6 | Carl Axel Holger Petersen |  DEN |
| 7 | Jesús Oyarbide |  ESP |
| 8 | Arturo Peña | ESP |
| 9 | Armas Kinnunen |  FIN |
| 10 | Paavo Nurmi | FIN |
| 11 | Eino Purje | FIN |
| 12 | Ville Ritola | FIN |
| 13 | Seghir Beddari |  FRA |
| 14 | Lucien Duquesne | FRA |
| 15 | Roger Pelé | FRA |
| 16 | Wally Beavers |  GBR |
| 17 | Bert Johnston | GBR |
| 18 | Fred Light | GBR |
| 19 | Brian Oddie | GBR |
| 20 | Willi Boltze |  GER |
| 21 | Otto Kohn | GER |
| 22 | Andreas Paouris |  GRE |
| 23 | Gurbachan Singh |  IND |
| 24 | Staņislavs Petkevičs |  LAT |
| 25 | Julius Petraitis |  LTU |
| 26 | Ciro Chapa |  MEX |
| 27 | Pieter Gerbrands |  NED |
| 28 | Arie Klaase | NED |
| 29 | Nol Wolf | NED |
| 30 | Nils Eklöf |  SWE |
| 31 | Ragnar Magnusson | SWE |
| 32 | Edvin Wide | SWE |
| 33 | Jozef Koščak |  TCH |
| 34 | Karel Nedobitý | TCH |
| 35 | Dave Abbott |  USA |
| 36 | Charles Haworth | USA |
| 37 | Leo Lermond | USA |
| 38 | Macauley Smith | USA |
Non-starters
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Ribas |  ARG |
| 2 | David Griffin | CAN |
| 3 | Felix Beldsinsky |  EST |
| 4 | Jules Ladoumègue | FRA |
| 5 | Athanassios Bekiaris | GRE |
| 6 | Elek Szerb |  HUN |
| 7 | D. B. Chavan | IND |
| 8 | Luigi Boero |  ITA |
| 9 | Juichi Nagatani |  JPN |
| 10 | Seiichiro Tsuda | JPN |
| 11 | Robert Masino |  MON |
| 12 | Frédéric du Hen | NED |
| 13 | Hans Gundhus |  NOR |
| 14 | Erling Pedersen | NOR |
| 15 | António de Almeida |  POR |
| 16 | Danie Jacobs |  RSA |
| 17 | Jean-Gunnar Lindgren | SWE |
| 18 | Ch. B. Mehmed Bey |  TUR |
| 19 | Jozé Slapnicar |  YUG |