 Details | 2021 | Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN | | 3:28.32 | Timothy CHERUIYOT | | 3:29.01 | Josh KERR | | 3:29.05 | 3–7 Aug | |
| Details | 2016 | Matthew CENTROWITZ | | 3:50.00 | Taoufik MAKHLOUFI | | 3:50.11 | Nicholas WILLIS | | 3:50.24 | 16–20 Aug | |
| Details | 2012 | Taoufik MAKHLOUFI | | 3:34.08 | Leonel MANZANO | | 3:34.79 | Abdalaati IGUIDER | | 3.35.13 | 7 Aug | |
| Details | 2008 | Asbel KIPROP | | 3:33.11 | Nicholas WILLIS | | 3:34.16 | Mehdi BAALA | | 3:34.21 | | |
| Details | 2004 | Hicham EL GUERROUJ | | 3:34.18 | Bernard LAGAT | | 3:34.30 | Rui SILVA | | 3:34.68 | | |
| Details | 2000 | Noah NGENY | | 3:32.07 | Hicham EL GUERROUJ | | 3:32.32 | Stephen KIPKORIR | | 3:32.44 | 27 Sep | |
| Details | 1996 | Nourredine MORCELI | | 3:35.78 | Fermín CACHO | | 3:36.40 | Stephen KIPKORIR | | 3:36.72 | 3 Aug | |
| Details | 1992 | Fermín CACHO | | 3:40.12 | Rachid EL BASIR | | 3:40.62 | Mohamed SULEIMAN | | 3:40.69 | 8 Aug | |
| Details | 1988 | Peter RONO | | 3:35.96 | Peter ELLIOTT | | 3:36.15 | Jens-Peter HEROLD | | 3:36.21 | 1 Oct | |
| Details | 1984 | Sebastian COE | | 3:32.53 | Steve CRAM | | 3:33.40 | José Manuel ABASCAL | | 3:34.30 | 11 Aug | |
| Details | 1980 | Sebastian COE | | 3:38.40 | Jürgen STRAUB | | 3:38.8 | Steve OVETT | | 3:39.0 | 1 Aug | |
| Details | 1976 | John WALKER | | 3:39.17 | Ivo VAN DAMME | | 3:39.27 | Paul-Heinz WELLMANN | | 3:39.33 | 31 Jul | |
| Details | 1972 | Pekka VASALA | | 3:36.30 | Kip KEINO | | 3:36.8 | Rod DIXON | | 3:37.5 | 10 Sep | |
| Details | 1968 | Kip KEINO | | 3:34.90 | Jim RYUN | | 3:37.89 | Bodo TÜMMLER | | 3:39.08 | 20 Oct | |
| Details | 1964 | Peter SNELL | | 3:38.10 | Josef ODLOŽIL | | 3:39.6 | John DAVIES | | 3:39.6 | 21 Oct | |
| Details | 1960 | Herbert ELLIOTT | | 3:35.60 | Michel JAZY | | 3:38.4 | István RÓZSAVÖLGYI | | 3:39.2 | 6 Sep | |
| Details | 1956 | Ron DELANY | | 3:41.20 | Klaus RICHTZENHAIN | | 3:42.0 | John LANDY | | 3:42.0 | 1 Dec | |
| Details | 1952 | Joseph BARTHEL | | 3:45.20 | Bob MCMILLEN | | 3:45.2 | Werner LUEG | | 3:45.4 | 26 Jul | |
| Details | 1948 | Henry ERIKSSON | | 3:49.80 | Lennart STRAND | | 3:50.4 | Wim SLIJKHUIS | | 3:50.4 | 6 Aug | |
| Details | 1936 | John LOVELOCK | | 3:47.80 | Glenn CUNNINGHAM | | 3:48.4 | Luigi BECCALI | | 3:49.2 | 6 Aug | |
| Details | 1932 | Luigi BECCALI | | 3:51.20 | Jerry CORNES | | 3:52.6 | Phil EDWARDS | | 3:52.8 | 4 Aug | |
| Details | 1928 | Harri LARVA | | 3:53.20 | Jules LADOUMÈGUE | | 3:53.8 | Eino PURJE | | 3:56.4 | 2 Aug | |
| Details | 1924 | Paavo NURMI | | 3:53.60 | Willy SCHÄRER | | 3:55.0 | Henry STALLARD | | 3:55.6 | 10 Jul | |
| Details | 1920 | Albert HILL | | 4:01.80 | Philip NOEL-BAKER | | 4:02.3 | Lawrence SHIELDS | | 4:03.0 | 19 Aug | |
| Details | 1912 | Arnold JACKSON | | 3:56.80 | Abel KIVIAT | | 3:56.9 | Norman TABER | | 3:56.9 | 10 Jul | |
| Details | 1908 | Melvin SHEPPARD | | 4:03.40 | Edward DAHL | | 4:10.4 | Hanns BRAUN | | 4:18.2 | 14 Jul | |
| Details | 1904 | James LIGHTBODY | | 4:05.40 | Frank VERNER | | 4:06.8 | Lacey HEARN | | | 3 Sep | |
| Details | 1900 | Charles BENNETT | | 4:06.00 | Henri DELOGE | | 4:06.6 | John BRAY | | 4:07.2 | 15 Jul | |
| Details | 1896 | Edwin FLACK | | 4:32.20 | Arthur BLAKE | | 4:33.6 | Albin LERMUSIAUX | | 4:36.0 | 7 Apr | |
