| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, July 30) | ||||
| 1. | Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) | 27:43.22 | ||
| 2. | Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) | 27:43.63 | ||
| 3. | Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda) | 27:43.88 | ||
| 4. | Berihu Aregawi (Ethiopia) | 27:46.16 | ||
| 5. | Grant Fisher (USA) | 27:46.39 | ||
| 6. | Moh Ahmed (Canada) | 27:47.76 | ||
| 7. | Rodgers Chumo (Kenya) | 27:50.06 | ||
| 8. | Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) | 27:52.03 | ||
| 15. | Woody Kincaid (USA) | 28:11.01 | ||
| 16. | Joe Klecker (USA) | 28:14.18 | ||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 13) | ||||
| 1 | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | 27:05.17 | ||
| 2 | Paul Tanui (Kenya) | 27:05.64 | ||
| 3 | Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) | 27:06.26 | ||
| 4 | Yigrem Demelash (Ethiopia) | 27:06.27 | ||
| 5 | Galen Rupp (USA) | 27:08.92 | ||
| 6 | Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) | 27:10.06 | ||
| 7 | Bedan Muchiri (Kenya) | 27:22.93 | ||
| 8 | Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) | 27:23.86 | ||
| 14 | Leonard Korir (USA) | 27:35.65 | ||
| 19 | Shadrack Kipchirchir (USA) | 27:58.32 | ||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 4) | ||||
| 1 | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | 27:30.42 | ||
| 2 | Galen Rupp (USA) | 27:30.90 | ||
| 3 | Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) | 27:31.43 | ||
| 4 | Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) | 27:32.44 | ||
| 5 | Bedan Muchiri (Kenya) | 27:32.94 | ||
| 6 | Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) | 27:33.51 | ||
| 7 | Teklemariam Medhin Weldeslasie (Eritrea) | 27:34.76 | ||
| 8 | Gebregziabher Gebremariam (Ethiopia) | 27:36.34 | ||
| [Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 13th 27:45.89] | ||||
| [Matt Tegenkamp (USA) 19th 28:18.26] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) | 27:01.17 | ||
| 2 | Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) | 27:02.77 | ||
| 3 | Micah Kogo (Kenya) | 27:04.11 | ||
| 4 | Moses Masai (Kenya) | 27:04.11 | ||
| 5 | Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) | 27:05.11 | ||
| 6 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 27:06.68 | ||
| 7 | Martin Mathathi (Kenya) | 27:08.25 | ||
| 8 | Abdullah Hassan (Qatar) | 27:23.75 | ||
| [13 | Galen Rupp (USA) 27:36.99] | |||
| [15 | Abdi Abdirahman (USA) 27:52.53] | |||
| [25 | Jorge Torres (USA) 28:13.93] | |||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) | 27:05.10 | ||
| 2 | Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) | 27:09.39 | ||
| 3 | Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) | 27:22.57 | ||
| 4 | Boniface Kiprop (Uganda) | 27:25.48 | ||
| 5 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 27:27.70 | ||
| 6 | John Korir (Kenya) | 27:41.91 | ||
| 7 | Moses Mosop (Kenya) | 27:46.61 | ||
| 8 | Ismaïl Sghyr (France) | 27:57.09 | ||
| [12 | Dan Browne (USA) 28:14.53] | |||
| [15 | Abdi Abdirahman (USA) 28:26.26] | |||
| [DNF—Dathan Ritzenhein (USA)] | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 27:18.20 | ||
| 2 | Paul Tergat (Kenya) | 27:18.29 | ||
| 3 | Assefa Mezegebu (Ethiopia) | 27:19.75 | ||
| 4 | Patrick Ivuti (Kenya) | 27:20.44 | ||
| 5 | John Korir (Kenya) | 27:24.75 | ||
| 6 | Saïd Bérioui (Morocco) | 27:37.83 | ||
| 7 | Toshinari Takaoka (Japan) | 27:40.44 | ||
| 8 | Karl Keska (Great Britain) | 27:44.09 | ||
| [10 | Abdi Abdirahman (USA) 27:46.17] | |||
| [12 | Meb Keflezighi (USA) 27:53.63] | |||
| [Alan Culpepper (USA) 17th in heat] | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 27:07.34 | ||
| 2 | Paul Tergat (Kenya) | 27:08.17 | ||
| 3 | Salah Hissou (Morocco) | 27:24.67 | ||
| 4 | Aloÿs Nizigama (Burundi) | 27:33.79 | ||
| 5 | Josephat Machuka (Kenya) | 27:35.08 | ||
| 6 | Paul Koech (Kenya) | 27:35.19 | ||
| 7 | Khalid Skah (Morocco) | 27:46.98 | ||
| 8 | Mathias Ntawulikura (Rwanda) | 27:50.73 | ||
| [Dan Middleman (USA) 17th in heat] | ||||
| [Brad Barquist (USA) 16th in heat] | ||||
| [Todd Williams (USA) DNF in heat] | ||||
| [Gebrselassie 27:07.34 OR] | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | Khalid Skah (Morocco) | 27:46.70 | ||
| 2 | Richard Chelimo (Kenya) | 27:47.72 | ||
| 3 | Addis Abebe (Ethiopia) | 28:00.07 | ||
| 4 | Salvatore Antibo (Italy) | 28:11.39 | ||
| 5 | Arturo Barrios (Mexico) | 28:17.79 | ||
| 6 | Germán Silva (Mexico) | 28:20.19 | ||
| 7 | William Koech (Kenya) | 28:25.18 | ||
| 8 | Moses Tanui (Kenya) | 28:27.11 | ||
| [10 | Todd Williams (USA) 28:29.38] | |||
| [Steve Plasencia (USA) 13th in heat] | ||||
| [Aaron Ramirez (USA) 13th in heat] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | Brahim Boutaïb (Morocco) | 27:21.46 | ||
| 2 | Salvatore Antibo (Italy) | 27:23.55 | ||
| 3 | Kipkemboi Kimeli (Kenya) | 27:25.16 | ||
| 4 | Jean-Louis Prianon (France) | 27:36.43 | ||
| 5 | Arturo Barrios (Mexico) | 27:39.32 | ||
| 6 | Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) | 27:39.36 | ||
| 7 | Paul Arpin (France) | 27:39.36 | ||
| 8 | Moses Tanui (Kenya) | 27:47.23 | ||
| [18 | Bruce Bickford (USA) 29:09.74] | |||
| [Pat Porter (USA) 11th in heat] | ||||
| [Steve Plasencia (USA) DNF in heat (injured)] | ||||
| [Boutaïb 27:21.46 OR] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1 | Alberto Cova (Italy) | 27:47.54 | ||
| 2 | Mike McLeod (Great Britain) | 28:06.22 | ||
| 3 | Mike Musyoki (Kenya) | 28:06.46 | ||
| 4 | Salvatore Antibo (Italy) | 28:06.50 | ||
| 5 | Christoph Herle (West Germany) | 28:08.21 | ||
| 6 | Sosthenes Bitok (Kenya) | 28:09.01 | ||
| 7 | Yutaka Kanai (Japan) | 28:27.06 | ||
| 8 | Steve Jones (Great Britain) | 28:28.08 | ||
| [15 | Pat Porter(USA) 28:34.59] | |||
| [Craig Virgin (USA) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Paul Cummings (USA) 9th in heat] | ||||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1 | Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) | 27:42.69 | ||
| 2 | Kaarlo Maaninka (Finland) | 27:44.28 | ||
| 3 | Mohammed Kedir (Ethiopia) | 27:44.64 | ||
| 4 | Tolossa Kotu (Ethiopia) | 27:46.47 | ||
| 5 | Lasse Viren (Finland) | 27:50.46 | ||
| 6 | Jörg Peter (East Germany) | 28:05.53 | ||
| 7 | Werner Schildhauer (East Germany) | 28:10.91 | ||
| 8 | Enn Sellik (Soviet Union) | 28:13.72 | ||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1 | Lasse Viren (Finland) | 27:40.38 | ||
| 2 | Carlos Lopes (Portugal) | 27:45.17 | ||
| 3 | Brendan Foster (Great Britain) | 27:54.92 | ||
| 4 | Tony Simmons (Great Britain) | 27:56.26 | ||
| 5 | Ilie Floriou (Romania) | 27:59.93 | ||
| 6 | Mariano Haro (Spain) | 28:00.28 | ||
| 7 | Mark Smet (Belgium) | 28:02.80 | ||
| 8 | Bernie Ford (Great Britain) | 28:17.78 | ||
| [13 | Garry Bjorklund (USA) 28:38.08] | |||
| [Ed Mendoza (USA) 10th in heat] | ||||
| [Craig Virgin (USA) 6th in heat] | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1 | Lasse Viren (Finland) | 27:38.35 | ||
| 2 | Emiel Puttemans (Belgium) | 27:39.58 | ||
| 3 | Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) | 27:40.96 | ||
| 4 | Mariano Haro (Spain) | 27:48.14 | ||
| 5 | Frank Shorter (USA) | 27:51.52 | ||
| 6 | Dave Bedford (Great Britain) | 28:05.44 | ||
| 7 | Dane Korica (Yugoslavia) | 28:15.18 | ||
| 8 | Abdelkader Zaddem (Tunisia) | 28:18.17 | ||
| [Jeff Galloway (USA) 11th in heat] | ||||
| [Jon Anderson (USA) 8th in heat] | ||||
| [Puttemans 27:53.28 OR {heat};Viren 27:38.35 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| (high altitude) | ||||
| 1 | Naftali Temu (Kenya) | 29:27.4 (29:27.40) | ||
| 2 | Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia) | 29:28.0 (29:27.75) | ||
| 3 | Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) | 29:34.2 | ||
| 4 | Juan Martinez (Mexico) | 29:35.0 | ||
| 5 | Nikolay Sviridov (Soviet Union) | 29:43.2 | ||
| 6 | Ron Clarke (Australia) | 29:44.8 | ||
| 7 | Ron Hill (Great Britain) | 29:53.2 | ||
| 8 | Wohib Masresha (Ethiopia) | 29:57.0 | ||
| [11 | Tracy Smith (USA) 30:14.6] | |||
| [16 | Tom Laris (USA) 30:26.0] | |||
| [28 | Van Nelson (USA) 31:40.2] | |||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1 | Billy Mills (USA) | 28:24.4 | ||
| 2 | Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) | 28:24.8 | ||
| 3 | Ron Clarke (Australia) | 28:25.8 | ||
| 4 | Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia) | 28:31.8 | ||
| 5 | Leonid Ivanov (Soviet Union) | 28:53.2 | ||
| 6 | Kokichi Tsuburaya (Japan) | 28:59.4 | ||
| 7 | Murray Halberg (New Zealand) | 29:10.8 | ||
| 8 | Tony Cook (Australia) | 29:15.8 | ||
| [9 | Gerry Lindgren (USA) 29:20.6] | |||
| [24 | Ron Larrieu (USA) 30:42.6] | |||
| [Mills 28:24.4 OR] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1 | Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) | 28:32.2 (28:32.18) | ||
| 2 | Hans Grodotzki (East Germany) | 28:37.0 (28:37.22) | ||
| 3 | Dave Power (Australia) | 28:38.2 (28:37.65) | ||
| 4 | Aleksey Desyatchikov (Soviet Union) | 28:39.6 (28:39.72) | ||
| 5 | Murray Halberg (New Zealand) | 28:48.6 (28:49.11) | ||
| 6 | Max Truex (USA) | 28:50.2 (28:50.34) | ||
| 7 | Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (Poland) | 28:52.4 (28:52.75) | ||
| 8 | John Merriman (Great Britain) | 28:52.6 (28:52.89) | ||
| [only one U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Bolotnikov 28:32.2 OR] | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1 | Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) | 28:45.6 (28:45.59) | ||
| 2 | József Kovács (Hungary) | 28:52.4 (28:52.36) | ||
| 3 | Al Lawrence (Australia) | 28:53.6 (28:53.59) | ||
| 4 | Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (Poland) | 29:05.0 (29:05.41) | ||
| 5 | Ken Norris (Great Britain) | 29:21.6 | ||
| 6 | Ivan Chernyavskiy (Soviet Union) | 29:31.6 | ||
| 7 | Dave Power (Australia) | 29:49.2 | ||
| 8 | Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) | 29:49.6 | ||
| [18 | Gordon McKenzie (USA) 30:34.3] | |||
| [21 | Dick Hart (USA) 31:06.8] | |||
| [DNF—Max Truex (USA)] | ||||
| [Kuts 28:45.6 OR] | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| 1 | Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) | 29:17.0 | ||
| 2 | Alain Mimoun (France) | 29:32.8 | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Anufriyev (Soviet Union) | 29:48.2 | ||
| 4 | Hannu Posti (Finland) | 29:51.4 | ||
| 5 | Frank Sando (Great Britain) | 29:51.8 | ||
| 6 | Valter Nyström (Sweden) | 29:54.8 | ||
| 7 | Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) | 30:04.2 | ||
| 8 | Fred Norris (Great Britain) | 30:09.8 | ||
| [20. Curt Stone (USA) 31:02.6] | ||||
| [21 | Fred Wilt (USA) 31:04.0] | |||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Zátopek 29:17.0 OR] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| 1 | Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) | 29:59.6 | ||
| 2 | Alain Mimoun (France) | 30:47.4 | ||
| 3 | Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) | 30:53.6 | ||
| 4 | Martin Stokken (Norway) | 30:58.6 | ||
| 5 | Severt Dennolf (Sweden) | 31:05.0 | ||
| 6 | Abdellah ben Saïd (France) | 31:07.8 | ||
| 7 | Stan Cox (Great Britain) | 31:08.0 | ||
| 8 | Jim Peters (Great Britain) | 31:16.0 | ||
| [10 | Edward O’Toole (USA) nt] | |||
| [11 | Fred Wilt (USA) nt] | |||
| [DNF—Herman Goffberg (USA)] | ||||
| [Zátopek 29:59.6 OR] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
| 1 | Ilmari Salminen (Finland) | 30:15.4 | ||
| 2 | Arvo Askola (Finland) | 30:15.6 | ||
| 3 | Volmari Iso‑Hollo (Finland) | 30:20.2 | ||
| 4 | Kohei Murakoso (Japan) | 30:25.0 | ||
| 5 | James Burns (Great Britain) | 30:58.2 | ||
| 6 | Juan Carlos Zabala (Argentina) | 31:22.0 | ||
| 7 | Max Gebhard (Germany) | 31:29.6 | ||
| 8 | Don Lash (USA) | 31:39.4 | ||
| [16 | Eino Pentti (USA) 32:23.0] | |||
| [Also ran—Stanley Wudyka (USA)] | ||||
| 1932 | ||||
| 1 | Janusz Kusocinski (Poland) | 30:11.4 (30:11.42) | ||
| 2 | Volmari Iso‑Hollo (Finland) | 30:12.6 | ||
| 3 | Lauri Virtanen (Finland) | 30:35.0 | ||
| 4 | John Savidan (New Zealand) | c31:09.0 | ||
| 5 | Max Syring (Germany) | c31:35.0 | ||
| 6 | Jean-Gunnar Lindgren (Sweden) | c31:37.0 | ||
| 7 | Juan Morales (Mexico) | c32:03.0 | ||
| 8 | Clifford Bricker (Canada) | nt | ||
| [DNF—Lou Gregory (USA)] | ||||
| [DNF—Thomas Ottey (USA)] | ||||
| [DNF—Eino Pentti (USA)] | ||||
| [Kusocinski 30:11.4 OR] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
| 1 | Paavo Nurmi (Finland) | 30:18.8 | ||
| 2 | Ville Ritola (Finland) | 30:19.4 | ||
| 3 | Edvin Wide (Sweden) | 31:00.8 | ||
| 4 | Jean-Gunnar Lindgren (Sweden) | c31:26.0 | ||
| 5 | Arthur Muggeridge (Great Britain) | c31:31.8 | ||
| 6 | Ragnar Magnusson (Sweden) | c31:37.2 | ||
| 7 | Toivo Loukola (Finland) | c31:39.0 | ||
| 8 | Kalle Matilainen (Finland) | c31:45.0 | ||
| [14 | Joie Ray (USA) nt] | |||
| [John Romig (USA) ?] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Nurmi 30:18.8 OR] | ||||
| 1924 | ||||
| 1 | Ville Ritola (Finland) | 30:23.2 | ||
| 2 | Edvin Wide (Sweden) | 30:55.2 | ||
| 3 | Eero Berg (Finland) | 31:43.0 | ||
| 4 | Väinö Sipilä (Finland) | 31:50.2 | ||
| 5 | Ernest Harper (Great Britain) | c31:58.0 | ||
| 6 | Halland Britton (Great Britain) | c32:06.0 | ||
| 7 | Guillaume Tell (France) | c32:12.0 | ||
| 8 | Earl Johnson (USA) | c32:17.0 | ||
| [20. Wayne Johnson (USA) nt] | ||||
| [Also ran—Verne Booth (USA)] | ||||
| [Also ran—John Gray (USA)] | ||||
| [Ritola 30:23.2 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1920 | ||||
| 1 | Paavo Nurmi (Finland) | 31:45.8 | ||
| 2 | Joseph Guillemot (France) | 31:47.2 | ||
| 3 | James Wilson (Great Britain) | 31:50.8 | ||
| 4 | Augusto Maccaro (Italy) | 32:02.0 | ||
| 5 | James Hatton (Great Britain) | 32:14.0 | ||
| 6 | Jean Manhes (France) | 32:26.0 | ||
| 7 | Heikki Liimatainen (Finland) | 32:28.0 | ||
| 8 | Fred Faller (USA) | 32:38.0 | ||
| [Amasoli Patasoni (USA) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Earle Johnson (USA) 8th in heat] | ||||
| [George Cornetta (USA) 9th in heat] | ||||
| 1912 | ||||
| 1 | Hannes Kolehmainen (Finland) | 31:20.8 | ||
| 2 | Lewis Tewanima (USA) | 32:06.6 | ||
| 3 | Albin Stenroos (Finland) | 32:21.8 | ||
| 4 | Joseph Keeper (Canada) | 32:36.2 | ||
| 5 | Alfonso Orlando (Italy) | 33:31.2 | ||
| DNF—Hugh Maguire (USA) | ||||
| DNF—Henry Scott (USA) | ||||
| [William Kramer (USA) 10th in heat] | ||||
| [Harry Hellawell (USA) 12th in heat] | ||||
| [Kolehmainan 33:49.0 OR {heat}; Richardson 32:30.8 OR {heat}, | ||||
| Kolehmainen 31:20.8 OR] | ||||
| 1908 | ||||
| (5M/8.05km) | ||||
| 1 | Emil Voigt (Great Britain) | 25:11.2 | ||
| 2 | Edward Owen (Great Britain) | 25:24.0 | ||
| 3 | John Svanberg (Sweden) | 25:37.2 | ||
| 4 | Charles Hefferon (South Africa) | 25:44.0 | ||
| 5 | Arthur Robertson (Great Britain) | 26:13.0 | ||
| 6 | Frederick Meadows (Canada) | nt | ||
| 7 | J.F. Fitzgerald (Canada) | nt | ||
| 8 | Fred Bellars (USA) | nt | ||
| [Edward Carr (USA) 2nd in heat] | ||||
| [Charles Hall (USA) 4th in heat] | ||||
| 1904 | ||||
| (not contested before 1908) |
