Competitors
| No. | Comp. name | GP team name | |
| #1 | Takao MIZUKAMI | JPN | Team Kotobuki |
| #2 | Lindsay MUIR | GBR | |
| #3 | Marcus GREEN | GBR | The Aero-Libertines |
| #4 | Mike HOWARD | GBR | |
| #5 | Richard PARRY | GBR | RP Racing |
| #6 | John GRUBBSTROM | SWE | |
| #7 | Derek HANCOCK | USA | |
| #8 | Johnny PETREHN | USA | |
| #9 | Nick DONNER | USA | |
| #10 | Rhett HEARTSILL | USA | |
| #11 | Richard SABIN | USA | |
| #12 | Yuudai FUJITA | JPN | B.U.M Balloon Team |
| #13 | Mamoru ENDO | JPN | Wind Angel BT |
| #14 | Hiroki MIYATA | JPN | Team Kailas |
| #15 | Masafumi SATO | JPN | SALTY DOGS |
| #16 | Tetsuya URA | JPN | Sabo-Syan-bear-X |
| #17 | Yoshimi KODAMA | JPN | Hustle Balloon Team |
| #18 | Takumi TAKASHIMA | JPN | SORATOMO |
| #19 | Tetsuhiro SUE | JPN | team LAPUTA |
| #20 | Masayoshi KAWAGUCHI | JPN | Honda HAB Racing Team |
| #21 | Yoshikazu UEDA | JPN | Blue Wind B.T. |
| #22 | Monya KAJIYAMA | JPN | Arita Balloon Club |
| #23 | Fumitarou MASAKI | JPN | U2 |
| #24 | Yasunori HANAWA | JPN | BG Kumosuke |
| #25 | Saori OOTA | JPN | Tobukusa |
| #26 | Ryuuji NOGAMI | JPN | BT Ze'phyr |
| #27 | Manabu YAMAUCHI | JPN | Happy Hearts |
| #28 | Tomoko KURAHASHI | JPN | Centrea Balloon Racing Team |
| #29 | Katsunori NINOMIYA | JPN | Ibaraki Uni Balloon Club |