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| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | |||
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Hicham el Guerrouj (mor) | Bernard Lagat (ken) | Rui Silva (por) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Noah Kiprono (ken) | Hicham el Guerrouj (mor) | Bernard Lagat (ken) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Noureddine Morceli (alg) | Fermín Cacho (spa) | Stephen Kipkorir (ken) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Fermín Cacho (spa) | Rachid el Basir (mor) | Mohamed Ahmed Sulaiman (qat) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Peter Rono (ken) | Peter Elliott (gbr) | Jens-Peter Herold (ege) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Sebastian Coe (gbr) | Steve Cram (gbr) | José Manuel Abascal (spa) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Sebastian Coe (gbr) | Jürgen Straub (ege) | Steve Ovett (gbr) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | John Walker (nzl) | Ivo van Damme (bel) | Paul-Heinz Wellmann (wge) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Pekka Vasala (fin) | Kipchoge Keino (ken) | Rod Dixon (nzl) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Kipchoge Keino (ken) | Jim Ryun (usa) | Bodo Tümmler (wge) |
| 1964 | Tokyo (jpn) | Peter Snell (nzl) | Josef Odlozil (czs) | John Davies (nzl) |
| 1960 | Roma (ita) | Herb Elliott (aus) | Michel Jazy (fra) | István Rózsavölgyi (hun) |
| 1956 | Melbourne (aus) | Ron Delany (ire) | Klaus Richtzenhain (ger) | John Landy (aus) |
| 1952 | Helsinki (fin) | Josef Barthel (lux) | Bob McMillen (usa) | Werner Lüg (ger) |
| 1948 | London (gbr) | Henry Eriksson (swe) | Lennart Strand (swe) | Wim Slijkhuis (net) |
| 1936 | Berlin (ger) | Jack Lovelock (nzl) | Glenn Cunningham (usa) | Luigi Beccali (ita) |
| 1932 | Los Angeles (usa) | Luigi Beccali (ita) | John Cornes (gbr) | Phil Edwards (can) |
| 1928 | Amsterdam (net) | Harri Larva (fin) | Jules Ladoumčgue (fra) | Eino Purje (fin) |
| 1924 | Paris (fra) | Paavo Nurmi (fin) | Willy Schärer (swi) | Henry Stallard (gbr) |
| 1920 | Antwerpen (bel) | Albert Hill (gbr) | Philip Baker (gbr) | Lawrence Shields (usa) |
| 1912 | Stockholm (swe) | Arnold Jackson (gbr) | Abel Kiviat (usa) | Norman Taber (usa) |
| 1908 | London (gbr) | Mel Sheppard (usa) | Harold Wilson (gbr) | Norman Hallows (gbr) |
| 1904 | St. Louis (usa) | James Lightbody (usa) | William Verner (usa) | Lacey Hearn (usa) |
| 1900 | Paris (fra) | Charles Bennett (gbr) | Henri Deloge (fra) | John Bray (usa) |
| 1896 | Athínai (gre) | Teddy Flack (aus) | Arthur Blake (usa) | Albin Lermusiaux (fra) |
