- 1896:
 Edwin Flack (4:33.2)
- 1900: Charles Bennett (4:06.2, OR)
- 1904:
 James Lightbody (4:05.4, OR)
- 1908:
 Mel Sheppard (4:03.4, OR)
- 1912: Arnold Jackson (3:56.8, OR)
- 1920: Albert Hill (4:01.8)
- 1924:
 Paavo Nurmi (3:53.6, OR)
- 1928: Harri Larva (3:53.2, OR)
- 1932:
 Luigi Beccali (3:51.2, OR)
- 1936:
 Jack Lovelock (3:47.8, SR)
- 1948:
 Henry Eriksson (3:49.8)
- 1952:
 Josy Barthel (3:45.2, OR)
- 1956:
 Ron Delany (3:41.2)
- 1960:
 Herb Elliott (3:35.6, SR)
- 1964: Peter Snell (3:38.1)
- 1968:
 Kipchoge Keino (3:34.91, OR)
- 1972: Pekka Vasala (3:36.3)
- 1976: John Walker (3:39.17)
- 1980:
 Sebastian Coe (3:38.4)
- 1984: Sebastian Coe (3:32.53, OR)
- 1988: Peter Rono (3:35.96)
- 1992:
 Fermín Cacho (3:40.12)
- 1996:
 Noureddine Morceli (3:35.78)
- 2000: Noah Ngeny (3:32.07, OR)
- 2004:
 Hicham El Guerrouj (3:34.19)
- 2008: Asbel Kiprop (3:33.11)
- 2012: Taoufik Makhloufi (3:34.08)
- 2016:
 Matthew Centrowitz Jr. (3:50.00)
- 2020:
 Jakob Ingebrigtsen (3:28.32, OR)
- 2024: Cole Hocker (3:27.65, OR)
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