800 metres, Men
Participants
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Carlos Anderson |  ARG |
| 2 | Gerald Backhouse |  AUS |
| 3 | Franz Eichberger |  AUT |
| 4 | Emil Hübscher | AUT |
| 5 | Jean Verhaert |  BEL |
| 6 | Ab Conway |  CAN |
| 7 | Phil Edwards | CAN |
| 8 | Jack Liddle | CAN |
| 9 | Raymond Petit |  FRA |
| 10 | René Soulier | FRA |
| 11 | Frank Handley |  GBR |
| 12 | Brian MacCabe | GBR |
| 13 | Jack Powell | GBR |
| 14 | Wolfgang Dessecker |  GER |
| 15 | Rudolf Harbig | GER |
| 16 | Ewald Mertens | GER |
| 17 | Grigorios Georgakopoulos |  GRE |
| 18 | Stavros Velkopoulos | GRE |
| 19 | Miklós Szabó |  HUN |
| 20 | Ferenc Temesvári | HUN |
| 21 | József Vadas | HUN |
| 22 | Gyan Bhalla |  IND |
| 23 | Mario Lanzi |  ITA |
| 24 | Kumao Aochi |  JPN |
| 25 | Toshinao Tomie | JPN |
| 26 | Pierre Hemmer |  LUX |
| 27 | Charles Stein | LUX |
| 28 | Hjalle Johannesen |  NOR |
| 29 | Pat Boot |  NZL |
| 30 | Carlos Marcenaro |  PER |
| 31 | Francisco Valdez | PER |
| 32 | Kazimierz Kucharski |  POL |
| 33 | Willie Botha |  RSA |
| 34 | William Lindeque | RSA |
| 35 | Clarke Scholtz | RSA |
| 36 | Paul Martin |  SUI |
| 37 | Stanislav Otáhal |  TCH |
| 38 | Evžen Rošický | TCH |
| 39 | Chuck Hornbostel |  USA |
| 40 | Harry Williamson | USA |
| 41 | John Woodruff | USA |
| 42 | Emil Goršek |  YUG |
Non-starters
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miguel Castro |  CHI |
| 2 | Jia Lianren |  CHN |
| 3 | Abu Al-Yazid El-Halawani |  EGY |
| 4 | Enrique Piferrer |  ESP |
| 5 | Luis Pratmasó | ESP |
| 6 | Ossi Teileri |  FIN |
| 7 | René Morel | FRA |
| 8 | Francisc Nemeș |  ROU |
| 9 | Fritz Sollberger | SUI |
| 10 | Eric Ny |  SWE |
| 11 | Erik Wennberg | SWE |
| 12 | Karlo Nikhazi | YUG |