 Details | 2024 | Thomas CECCON | | 52.00 | XU Jiayu | | 52.32 | Ryan MURPHY | | 52.39 | 28–29 Jul | |
| Details | 2021 | Evgeny RYLOV | | 51.98 | Kliment KOLESNIKOV | | 52.00 | Ryan MURPHY | | 52.19 | 25–27 Jul | |
| Details | 2016 | Ryan MURPHY | | 51.97 | XU Jiayu | | 52.31 | David PLUMMER | | 52.40 | 7–8 Aug | |
| Details | 2012 | Matt GREVERS | | 52.16 | Nick THOMAN | | 52.92 | Ryosuke IRIE | | 52.97 | 30 Jul | |
| Details | 2008 | Aaron PEIRSOL | | 52.54 | Matt GREVERS | | 53.11 | Arkady VYATCHANIN | | 53.18 | | |
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| Details | 2004 | Aaron PEIRSOL | | 54.06 | Markus ROGAN | | 54.35 | Tomomi MORITA | | 54.36 | | |
| Details | 2000 | Lenny KRAYZELBURG | | 53.72 | Matt WELSH | | 54.07 | Stev THELOKE | | 54.82 | 18 Sep | |
| Details | 1996 | Jeff ROUSE | | 54.10 | Rodolfo FALCÓN | | 54.98 | Neisser BENT | | 55.02 | 23 Jul | |
| Details | 1992 | Mark TEWKSBURY | | 53.98 | Jeff ROUSE | | 54.04 | David BERKOFF | | 54.78 | 30 Jul | |
| Details | 1988 | Daichi SUZUKI | | 55.05 | David BERKOFF | | 55.18 | Igor POLYANSKY | | 55.20 | 24 Sep | |
| Details | 1984 | Rick CAREY | | 55.79 | Dave WILSON | | 56.35 | Mike WEST | | 56.49 | 3 Aug | |
| Details | 1980 | Bengt BARON | | 56.33 | Viktor KUZNETSOV | | 56.99 | Vladimir DOLGOV | | 57.63 | 21 Jul | |
| Details | 1976 | John NABER | | 55.49 | Peter ROCCA | | 56.34 | Roland MATTHES | | 57.22 | 19 Jul | |
| Details | 1972 | Roland MATTHES | | 56.50 | Mike STAMM | | 57.70 | John MURPHY | | 58.35 | 29 Aug | |
| Details | 1968 | Roland MATTHES | | 58.70 | Charlie HICKOX | | 1:00.2 | Ronnie MILLS | | 1:00.5 | 22 Oct | |
| Details | 1960 | David THEILE | | 1:01.90 | Frank MCKINNEY | | 1:02.1 | Bob BENNETT | | 1:02.3 | 31 Aug | |
| Details | 1956 | David THEILE | | 1:02.20 | John MONCKTON | | 1:03.2 | Frank MCKINNEY | | 1:04.5 | 6 Dec | |
| Details | 1952 | Yoshinobu OYAKAWA | | 1:05.40 | Gilbert BOZON | | 1:06.2 | Jack TAYLOR | | 1:06.4 | 1 Aug | |
| Details | 1948 | Allen STACK | | 1:06.40 | Bob COWELL | | 1:06.5 | Georges VALLEREY | | 1:07.8 | 6 Aug | |
| Details | 1936 | Adolf KIEFER | | 1:05.90 | Al VANDE WEGHE | | 1:07.7 | Masaji KIYOKAWA | | 1:08.4 | 14 Aug | |
| Details | 1932 | Masaji KIYOKAWA | | 1:08.60 | Toshio IRIE | | 1:09.8 | Kentaro KAWATSU | | 1:10.0 | 12 Aug | |
| Details | 1928 | George KOJAC | | 1:08.20 | Walter LAUFER | | 1:10.0 | Paul WYATT | | 1:12.0 | 9 Aug | |
| Details | 1924 | Warren KEALOHA | | 1:13.20 | Paul WYATT | | 1:15.4 | Károly BARTHA | | 1:17.8 | 18 Jul | |
| Details | 1920 | Warren KEALOHA | | 1:15.20 | Ray KEGERIS | | 1:16.8 | Gérard BLITZ | | 1:19.0 | 23 Aug | |
| Details | 1912 | Harry HEBNER | | 1:21.20 | Otto FAHR | | 1:22.4 | Paul KELLNER | | 1:24.0 | 13 Jul | |
| Details | 1908 | Arno BIEBERSTEIN | | 1:24.60 | Ludvig DAM | | 1:26.6 | Herbert HARESNAPE | | 1:27.0 | 17 Jul | |
