Competitors
| No. | Comp. name | GP team name | |
| #1 | Yoshimi KODAMA | JPN | Hustle Balloon Team |
| #2 | Lupercio LIMA | BRA | |
| #3 | Crispin WILLIAMS | GBR | |
| #4 | David BAREFORD | GBR | |
| #5 | Lindsay MUIR | GBR | |
| #6 | Richard PARRY | GBR | Sushi & Sapporo |
| #7 | John GRUBBSTROM | SWE | |
| #8 | Chase DONNER | USA | |
| #9 | Derek HANCOCK | USA | |
| #10 | Joe HEARTSILL | USA | |
| #11 | Johnny PETREHN | USA | |
| #12 | Nick DONNER | USA | |
| #13 | Rhett HEARTSILL | USA | |
| #14 | Richard SABIN | USA | |
| #15 | Yuudai FUJITA | JPN | B.U.M Balloon Team |
| #16 | Takao MIZUKAMI | JPN | TOTO Balloon Racing Team |
| #17 | Tetsuhiro SUE | JPN | team LAPUTA |
| #18 | Masayoshi KAWAGUCHI | JPN | HONDA HAB Racing Team |
| #19 | Yoshikazu UEDA | JPN | Blue Wind B.T |
| #20 | Susumu AKAMA | JPN | BG Kumosuke |
| #21 | Takumi TAKASHIMA | JPN | SORATOMO |
| #22 | Kazuyasu ISAKARI | JPN | The Aero-Libertines |
| #23 | Ryuuji NOGAMI | JPN | T.Z.Racing alliance |
| #24 | Hiroki MIYATA | JPN | Team Kailas |
| #25 | Masafumi SATO | JPN | SALTY DOGS |
| #26 | Tomoko KURAHASHI | JPN | Centrea Balloon Racing Team |
| #27 | Fumitarou MASAKI | JPN | U2 |
| #28 | Manabu YAMAUCHI | JPN | Happy Hearts |
| #29 | Tomoyuki FUKUSHIMA | JPN | Sabo-Syam-bear-X |
| #30 | Noboru YAMANAKA | JPN | Guts Balloon Team |
| #31 | Minoru NUMATA | JPN | AIRWALKIN' COMPANY |
| #32 | Ichiro KOBAYASHI | JPN | Twin Birds |