1,500 metres, Men
Participants
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albie Thomas |  AUS |
| 2 | Volker Tulzer |  AUT |
| 3 | Eugène Allonsius |  BEL |
| 4 | Ergas Leps |  CAN |
| 5 | Dénos Adjima |  CIV |
| 6 | Mamo Sebsibe |  ETH |
| 7 | Olavi Salonen |  FIN |
| 8 | Michel Bernard |  FRA |
| 9 | Jean Wadoux | FRA |
| 10 | Bill McKim |  GBR |
| 11 | Alan Simpson | GBR |
| 12 | John Whetton | GBR |
| 13 | Wolf-Dieter Holtz |  GER |
| 14 | Jürgen May | GER |
| 15 | Siegfried Valentin | GER |
| 16 | Eric Amevor |  GHA |
| 17 | Mike Field |  HKG |
| 18 | Attila Simon |  HUN |
| 19 | Ibrahim Yazdan Panah |  IRI |
| 20 | Basil Clifford |  IRL |
| 21 | Francesco Bianchi |  ITA |
| 22 | Neville Myton |  JAM |
| 23 | Toichi Yamaguchi |  JPN |
| 24 | Kip Keino |  KEN |
| 25 | Jeong Gyo-Mo |  KOR |
| 26 | Hugo Walser |  LIE |
| 27 | Michel Medinger, Jr. |  LUX |
| 28 | Ramasamy Subramaniam |  MAS |
| 29 | John Davies |  NZL |
| 30 | Peter Snell | NZL |
| 31 | Anar Khan |  PAK |
| 32 | Witold Baran |  POL |
| 33 | Rolf Jelinek |  SUI |
| 34 | Hansrüedi Knill | SUI |
| 35 | Stig Lindbäck |  SWE |
| 36 | Karl-Uno Olofsson | SWE |
| 37 | Josef Odložil |  TCH |
| 38 | Tira Klai-Angtong |  THA |
| 39 | Ivan Belitsky |  URS |
| 40 | Dyrol Burleson |  USA |
| 41 | Tom O'Hara | USA |
| 42 | Jim Ryun | USA |
| 43 | Simo Važić |  YUG |
Non-starters
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmed Issa |  CHA |
| 2 | José Gregorio Neira |  COL |
| 3 | Michel Jazy | FRA |
| 4 | Jean Randrianjatavo |  MAD |
| 5 | Manuel Oliveira |  POR |
| 6 | Muharrem Dalkılıç |  TUR |
| 7 | Nguyễn Văn Lý |  VNM |