Some 200 athletes from the U.S., Canada, Ghana, Kenya, West Germany, Ireland, Australia, Norway, South Korea, Guyana, Panama and the Philippines participated in 29 events.
徑賽的情形也是一樣，一千五百公尺比賽每跑一圈，紀政就報出領先選手的名字，觀眾立刻鼓掌，替選手們打氣。