| Año | Oro | Plata | Bronce |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | USA Thomas BURKE | USA Herbert JAMISON | GBR Charles GMELIN |
| 1900 | USA Maxwell LONG | USA William HOLLAND | DIN Ernst SCHULTZ |
| 1904 | USA Harry HILLMAN | USA Frank WALLER | USA Herman GROMAN |
| 1906 | USA Paul PILGRIM | ALE Wyndham HALSWELLE | AUS Nigel BARKER |
| 1908 | GBR Wyndham HALSWELLE | ||
| 1920 | SAF Bevil RUDD | GBR Guy BUTLER | SUE Nils ENGDAHL |
| 1924 | GBR Eric LIDDELL | USA Horatio FITCH | GBR Guy BUTLER |
| 1928 | USA Raymond BARBUTI | CAN James BALL | ALE Joachim BUCHNER |
| 1932 | USA William CARR | USA Benjamín EASTMAN | CAN Alexander WILSON |
| 1936 | USA Archie WILLIAMS | GBR Godfrey BROWN | USA James LU VALLE |
| 1948 | JAM Arthur WINT | JAM Herbert McKENLEY | USA Malvin WHITFIELD |
| 1952 | JAM George RHODEN | JAM Herbert McKENLEY | USA Ollie MATSON |
| 1956 | USA Charles JENKINS | ALE Karl Friedrich HAASFIN Voitto HELLSTEN | URS Ardalion IGNATIEV |
| 1960 | USA Otis DAVIS | ALE Carl KAUFMANN | SAF Malcolm SPENCE |
| 1964 | USA Michael LARRABEE | TRI Wendell MOTTLEY | POL Andrzej BADENSKI |
| 1968 | USA Lee EVANS | USA Larry JAMES | USA Ronald FREEMAN |
| 1972 | USA Vincent MATTHEWS | USA Wayne COLLETT | KEN Julius SANG |
| 1976 | CUB Alberto JUANTORENA | USA Frederick NEWHOUSE | USA Herman FRAZIER |
| 1980 | RUS Viktor MARKIN | AUS Richard MITCHELL | RDA Frank SCHAFFER |
| 1984 | USA Alonzo BABERS | CMA Gabriel TIACOH | USA Antonio McKAY |
| 1988 | USA Steve LEWIS | USA Harry REYNOLDS | USA Danny EVERETT |
| 1992 | USA Quincy WATTS | USA Steve LEWIS | KEN Samson KITUR |
| 1996 | USA Michael JOHNSON | GBR Roger BLACK | UGA Davis KAMOGA |
| 2000 | USA Michael JOHNSON | USA Alvin HARRISON | JAM Greg HAUGHTON |
| 2004 | USA Jeremy WARINER | USA Otis HARRIS | USA Derrick BREW |