1896: Flack (4:33.2) 1900: Bennett (4:06.2, OR) 1904: Lightbody (4:05.4, OR) 1908: Sheppard (4:03.4, OR) 1912: Jackson (3:56.8, OR) 1920: Hill (4:01.8) 1924: Nurmi (3:53.6, OR) 1928: Larva (3:53.2, OR) 1932: Beccali (3:51.2, OR) 1936: Lovelock (3:47.8, SR)
1948: Eriksson (3:49.8) 1952: Barthel (3:45.2, OR) 1956: Delany (3:41.2) 1960: Elliot (3:35.6, SR) 1964: Snell (3:38.1) 1968: Keino (3:34.91, OR) 1972: Vasala (3:36.3) 1976: Walker (3:39.17) 1980: Coe (3:38.4) 1984: Coe (3:32.53, OR)
1988: Rono (3:35.96) 1992: Cacho (3:40.12) 1996: Morceli (3:35.78) 2000: Ngeny (3:32.07, OR) 2004: El Guerrouj (3:34.19) 2008: Kiprop (3:33.11) 2012: Makhloufi (3:34.08) 2016: Centrowitz Jr. (3:50.00)
