1896: Flack (2:11.0) 1900: Tysoe (2:01.2) 1904: Lightbody (1:56.0, OR) 1908: Sheppard (1:52.8, SR) 1912: Meredith (1:51.9, SR) 1920: Hill (1:53.4) 1924: Lowe (1:52.4) 1928: Lowe (1:51.8, OR) 1932: Hampson (1:49.7, SR) 1936: Woodruff (1:52.9)
1948: Whitfield (1:49.2, OR) 1952: Whitfield (1:49.2, OR) 1956: Courtney (1:47.7, OR) 1960: Snell (1:46.48, OR) 1964: Snell (1:45.1, OR) 1968: Doubell (1:44.3) 1972: Wottle (1:45.86) 1976: Juantorena (1:43.50, SR) 1980: Ovett (1:45.4) 1984: Cruz (1:43.00)
1988: Ereng (1:43.55) 1992: Tanui (1:43.66) 1996: Rodal (1:42.58) 2000: Schumann (1:45.08) 2004: Borzakovski (1:44.45) 2008: Bungei (1:44.65) 2012: Rudisha (1:40.91, SR) 2016: Rudisha (1:42.15)
