| 1st | Allan Wells | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| 2nd | Silvio Leonard | 🇨🇺CubaCUB |
| 3rd | Petar Petrov | 🇧🇬BulgariaBUL |
| 4th | Aleksandr Aksinin | 🇺🇷Soviet UnionURS |
| 4th | Antoine Kiakouama | 🇨🇬CongoCGO |
| 4th | István Nagy | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡ºHungaryHUN |
| 4th | Ivaylo Karanyotov | 🇧🇬BulgariaBUL |
| 4th | Momar N'Dao | 🇸🇳SenegalSEN |
| 5th | Andrey Shlyapnikov | 🇺🇷Soviet UnionURS |
| 5th | Antoine Richard | 🇫🇷FranceFRA |
| 5th | Charles Kachenjela | 🇿🇦ZambiaZAM |
| 5th | David Lukuba | |
| 5th | Don Quarrie | 🇯🇦JamaicaJAM |
| 5th | Eduardo Costa | 🇲🇿MozambiqueMOZ |
| 5th | Frank Adams | 🇹🇹Trinidad and TobagoTTO |
| =5th | Hasely Crawford | 🇹🇹Trinidad and TobagoTTO |
| 5th | István Tatár | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡ºHungaryHUN |
| 5th | James Gilkes | |
| 5th | Lech Dunecki | 🇵🇴PolandPOL |
| 5th | Miltão | 🇧🇷BrazilBRA |
| 5th | Nabil Nahri | |
| 5th | Osvaldo Lara | 🇨🇺CubaCUB |
| 5th | Pascal Aho | 🇧🇯BeninBEN |
| 5th | Roland Dagher | |
| =5th | Sören Schlegel | 🇬🇩East GermanyGDR |
| 6th | Boubacar Diallo | 🇸🇳SenegalSEN |
| 6th | Drew McMaster | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| 6th | Eugen Ray | 🇬🇩East GermanyGDR |
| 6th | John Carew | |
| 6th | Joseph Letseka | |
| 6th | Klaus-Dieter Kurrat | 🇬🇩East GermanyGDR |
| 6th | Lucien Josiah | 🇧🇼BotswanaBOT |
| 6th | Mario Westbroek | 🇳🇱NetherlandsNED |
| 6th | Mwalimu Ally | |
| 6th | Paul Haba | |
| 6th | Peter Mwita | |
| 6th | Pietro Mennea | 🇮🇹ItalyITA |
| 6th | Sheku Boima | |
| 6th | Théophile Nkounkou | 🇨🇬CongoCGO |
| 6th | Vladimir Muravyov | 🇺🇷Soviet UnionURS |
| 7th | Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi | |
| 7th | Adille Sumariwalla | 🇮🇳IndiaIND |
| =7th | Cameron Sharp | 🇬🇧Great BritainGBR |
| =7th | Grégoire Illorson | 🇨🇲CameroonCMR |
| 7th | Hammed Adio | 🇳🇬NigeriaNGR |
| 7th | IlÃdio Coelho | 🇦🇳AngolaANG |
| 7th | Krzysztof Zwoliński | 🇵🇴PolandPOL |
| 7th | Marc Larose | |
| 7th | Marian Woronin | 🇵🇴PolandPOL |
| 7th | Nelsinho | 🇧🇷BrazilBRA |
| 7th | Oddur Sigurðsson | 🇮🇸IcelandISL |
| 7th | Peter Okodogbe | 🇳🇬NigeriaNGR |
| 7th | Raghu Onta | 🇳🇪NepalNEP |
| 7th | Rudolph George | |
| 7th | Salif Koné | 🇲🇱MaliMLI |
| 7th | Soutsakhone Somninhom | |
| 7th | Tomás González | 🇨🇺CubaCUB |
| 8th | Besha Tuffa | 🇪🇹EthiopiaETH |
| 8th | Chris Brathwaite | 🇹🇹Trinidad and TobagoTTO |
| 8th | Gerardo Suero | 🇩🇴Dominican RepublicDOM |
| 8th | Hermann Panzo | 🇫🇷FranceFRA |
| 8th | José Luis ElÃas | 🇵🇪PeruPER |
| 8th | Katsuhiko Nakaya | 🇧🇷BrazilBRA |
| 8th | Lampros Kefalas | 🇬🇷GreeceGRE |
| 8th | Samson Oyeledun | 🇳🇬NigeriaNGR |