| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rachid Habchaoui |  ALG |
| 2 | Abdenouz El-Hachemi | ALG |
| 3 | Bernardo Manuel |  ANG |
| 4 | Steve Austin |  AUS |
| 5 | Dave Fitzsimons | AUS |
| 6 | Dietmar Millonig |  AUT |
| 7 | Alex Hagelsteens |  BEL |
| 8 | Miel Puttemans | BEL |
| 9 | Amadou Alimi |  BEN |
| 10 | Robert Chideka |  BOT |
| 11 | Mohamed Kedir |  ETH |
| 12 | Yohannes Mohamed | ETH |
| 13 | Miruts Yifter | ETH |
| 14 | Kaarlo Maaninka |  FIN |
| 15 | Martti Vainio | FIN |
| 16 | Dave Moorcroft |  GBR |
| 17 | Nick Rose | GBR |
| 18 | Barry Smith | GBR |
| 19 | Hansjörg Kunze |  GDR |
| 20 | Gopal Saini |  IND |
| 21 | Eamonn Coghlan |  IRL |
| 22 | Mick O'Shea | IRL |
| 23 | John Treacy | IRL |
| 24 | Enrique Aquino |  MEX |
| 25 | Pedro Mulomo |  MOZ |
| 26 | Laxman Basnet |  NEP |
| 27 | Markus Ryffel |  SUI |
| 28 | Saleh El-Ali |  SYR |
| 29 | Zakariah Barie |  TAN |
| 30 | Suleiman Nyambui | TAN |
| 31 | Jiří Sýkora |  TCH |
| 32 | Valery Abramov |  URS |
| 33 | Aleksandr Fedotkin | URS |
| 34 | Enn Sellik | URS |
| 35 | Zephaniah Ncube |  ZIM |
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lasse Virén | FIN |
| 2 | Ilie Floroiu |  ROU |
