Competitors
| No. | Comp. name | GP team name | |
| #1 | Takao MIZUKAMI | JPN | TOTO BALLOON RACING TEAM |
| #2 | Matthew SCAIFE | AUS | |
| #3 | David BAREFORD | GBR | |
| #4 | Lindsay MUIR | GBR | |
| #5 | Richard PARRY | GBR | Sushi & Sapporo |
| #6 | Tadas GEGEVICIUS | LTU | |
| #7 | Peter SERVINCIK | SVK | |
| #8 | John GRUBBSTROM | SWE | |
| #9 | Derek HANCOCK | USA | |
| #10 | Jeff GILLES | USA | U2Q united |
| #11 | Joe HEARTSILL | USA | |
| #12 | Johnny PETREHN | USA | Soratomo |
| #13 | Rhett HEARTSILL | USA | |
| #14 | Richard SABIN | USA | |
| #15 | Yudai FUJITA | JPN | Yazuya Balloon Team |
| #16 | Tetsuhiro SUE | JPN | team LAPUTA |
| #17 | Masafumi SATO | JPN | SALTY DOGS |
| #18 | Satoshi UEDA | JPN | The Aero-Libertines |
| #19 | Takahisa TOYAMA | JPN | HONDA Hot Air Balloon Racing Team |
| #20 | Yoshikazu UEDA | JPN | Blue Wind B.T. |
| #21 | Yoshimi KODAMA | JPN | Hustle Balloon Team |
| #22 | Susumu AKAMA | JPN | Kumosuke & Kazemakase |
| #23 | Naoyuki MATSUMOTO | JPN | Tobukusa |
| #24 | Hiroki MIYATA | JPN | Creo21 |
| #25 | Sanshirou ISHIHARA | JPN | Team Trinta |
| #26 | Tomoko KURAHASHI | JPN | Iris Balloon Team |
| #27 | Ryuuji NOGAMI | JPN | B.T. Ze'phyr |
| #28 | Manabu YAMAUCHI | JPN | Happy Hearts |
| #29 | Hirosuke TAKEZAWA | JPN | Sabo-Sham-Bear-X |
| #30 | Takumi YAMAGISHI | JPN | Asahi Gas Balloon Club |