More than 20,000 spectators, including Premier Y. S. Sun, Education Minister Chu Hui-sen, Admiral Ni Yue-si, president of the Republic of China Amateur Athletic Federation and Taipei Mayor Lee Teng-hui, witnessed the ceremony.
貴賓席上冠蓋雲集，大會會長林洋港旁邊坐著行政院長孫運璿、教育部長朱匯森、全國體育理事長黎玉璽、臺北市長李登輝… 等，省市地方首長也都趕來參觀盛典。