| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, August 7) | ||||
| 1. | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) | 3:28.32 | ||
| 2. | Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 3:29.01 | ||
| 3. | Josh Kerr (Great Britain) | 3:29.05 | ||
| 4. | Abel Kipsang (Kenya) | 3:29.56 | ||
| 5. | Adel Mechaal (Spain) | 3:30.77 | ||
| 6. | Cole Hocker (USA) | 3:31.40 | ||
| 7. | Stewart McSweyn (Australia) | 3:31.91 | ||
| 8. | Michal Rozmys (Poland) | 3:32.67 | ||
| [Matthew Centrowitz (USA) 9th in semi] | ||||
| [Yared Nuguse (USA) dnc heat] | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 20) | ||||
| 1 | Matthew Centrowitz (USA) | 3:50.00 | ||
| 2 | Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) | 3:50.11 | ||
| 3 | Nick Willis (New Zealand) | 3:50.24 | ||
| 4 | Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) | 3:50.29 | ||
| 5 | Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) | 3:50.58 | ||
| 6 | Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) | 3:50.87 | ||
| 7 | David Bustos (Spain) | 3:51.06 | ||
| 8 | Ben Blankenship (USA) | 3:51.09 | ||
| [Robby Andrews (USA) dq(lane) in semi] | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 7) | ||||
| 1 | Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) | 3:34.08 | ||
| 2 | Leonel Manzano (USA) | 3:34.79 | ||
| 3 | Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) | 3:35.13 | ||
| 4 | Matthew Centrowitz (USA) | 3:35.17 | ||
| 5 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen (Norway) | 3:35.43 | ||
| 6 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) | 3:35.44 | ||
| 7 | Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) | 3:36.19 | ||
| 8 | Ilham Tanui Ozbilen (Turkey) | 3:36.72 | ||
| [Andrew Wheating (USA) 9th semi I] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) | 3:33.11 | ||
| 2 | Nick Willis (New Zealand) | 3:34.16 | ||
| 3 | Mehdi Baala (France) | 3:34.21 | ||
| 4 | Juan Carlos Higuero (Spain) | 3:34.44 | ||
| 5 | Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) | 3:34.66 | ||
| 6 | Juan van Deventer (South Africa) | 3:34.77 | ||
| 7 | Bilal Mansour Ali (Bahrain) | 3:35.23 | ||
| 8 | Andy Baddeley (Great Britain) | 3:35.37 | ||
| DQ—[drugs]—[1]Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain) [3:32.94] | ||||
| [Lopez Lomong (USA) 12th in semi] | ||||
| [Bernard Lagat (USA) 6th in semi] | ||||
| [Leonel Manzano (USA) 12th in semi] | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) | 3:34.18 | ||
| 2 | Bernard Lagat (Kenya) | 3:34.30 | ||
| 3 | Rui Silva (Portugal) | 3:34.68 | ||
| 4 | Timothy Kiptanui (Kenya) | 3:35.61 | ||
| 5 | Ivan Heshko (Ukraine) | 3:35.82 | ||
| 6 | Michael East (Great Britain) | 3:36.33 | ||
| 7 | Reyes Estévez (Spain) | 3:36.63 | ||
| 8 | Gert-Jan Liefers (Holland) | 3:37.17 | ||
| [Grant Robison (USA) 11th in heat] | ||||
| [Alan Webb (USA) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Charlie Gruber (USA) 9th in heat] | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Noah Ngeny (Kenya) | 3:32.07 | ||
| 2 | Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) | 3:32.32 | ||
| 3 | Bernard Lagat (Kenya) | 3:32.44 | ||
| 4 | Mehdi Baala (France) | 3:34.14 | ||
| 5 | Kevin Sullivan (Canada) | 3:35.50 | ||
| 6 | Daniel Zegeye (Ethiopia) | 3:36.78 | ||
| 7 | Andrés Díaz (Spain) | 3:37.27 | ||
| 8 | Juan Higuero (Spain) | 3:38.91 | ||
| [10 | Jason Pyrah (USA) 3:39.84] | |||
| [Michael Stember (USA) 9th in semi] | ||||
| [Gabe Jennings (USA) 9th in semi] | ||||
| [Ngeny 3:32.07 OR] | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) | 3:35.78 | ||
| 2 | Fermín Cacho (Spain) | 3:36.40 | ||
| 3 | Stephen Kipkorir (Kenya) | 3:36.72 | ||
| 4 | Laban Rotich (Kenya) | 3:37.39 | ||
| 5 | William Tanui (Kenya) | 3:37.42 | ||
| 6 | Abdi Bile (Somalia) | 3:38.03 | ||
| 7 | Marko Koers (Holland) | 3:38.18 | ||
| 8 | Ali Hakimi (Tunisia) | 3:38.19 | ||
| [Paul McMullen (USA) 9th in semi] | ||||
| [Brian Hyde (USA) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Jason Pyrah (USA) 9th in heat] | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | Fermín Cacho (Spain) | 3:40.12 | ||
| 2 | Rachid El Basir (Morocco) | 3:36.48 | ||
| 3 | Mohamed Suleiman (Qatar) | 3:40.69 | ||
| 4 | Joseph Cheshire (Kenya) | 3:41.12 | ||
| 5 | Jonah Birir (Kenya) | 3:41.27 | ||
| 6 | Jens-Peter Herold (Germany) | 3:41.53 | ||
| 7 | Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) | 3:41.70 | ||
| 8 | Jim Spivey (USA) | 3:41.74 | ||
| [Steve Holman (USA) 9th in semi] | ||||
| [Terrance Herrington (USA) 6th in heat] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | Peter Rono (Kenya) | 3:35.96 | ||
| 2 | Peter Elliott (Great Britain) | 3:36.15 | ||
| 3 | Jens‑Peter Herold (East Germany) | 3:36.21 | ||
| 4 | Steve Cram (Great Britain) | 3:36.24 | ||
| 5 | Steve Scott (USA) | 3:36.99 | ||
| 6 | Han Kulker (Holland) | 3:37.08 | ||
| 7 | Kip Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 3:37.94 | ||
| 8 | Marcus O’Sullivan (Ireland) | 3:38.39 | ||
| [10 | Jeff Atkinson (USA) 3:40.80] | |||
| [Mark Deady (USA) 8th in semi] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1 | Seb Coe (Great Britain) | 3:32.52 | ||
| 2 | Steve Cram (Great Britain) | 3:33.40 | ||
| 3 | José Abascal (Spain) | 3:34.30 | ||
| 4 | Joseph Cheshire (Kenya) | 3:34.52 | ||
| 5 | Jim Spivey (USA) | 3:36.07 | ||
| 6 | Peter Wirz (Switzerland) | 3:36.97 | ||
| 7 | Andrés Vera (Spain) | 3:37.02 | ||
| 8 | Omar Khalifa (Sudan) | 3:37.11 | ||
| [10 | Steve Scott (USA) 3:39.86] | |||
| [Sydney Maree (USA), injured, did not run in meet] | ||||
| [Coe 3:32.52 OR] | ||||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1 | Seb Coe (Great Britain) | 3:38.40 | ||
| 2 | Jürgen Straub (East Germany) | 3:38.80 | ||
| 3 | Steve Ovett (Great Britain) | 3:38.99 | ||
| 4 | Andreas Busse (East Germany) | 3:40.17 | ||
| 5 | Vittorio Fontanella (Italy) | 3:40.37 | ||
| 6 | Josef Plachy (Czechoslovakia) | 3:40.66 | ||
| 7 | José Marajo (France) | 3:41.48 | ||
| 8 | Steve Cram (Great Britain) | 3:41.98 | ||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1 | John Walker (New Zealand) | 3:39.17 | ||
| 2 | Ivo Van Damme (Belgium) | 3:39.27 | ||
| 3 | Paul‑Heinz Wellmann (West Germany) | 3:39.33 | ||
| 4 | Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) | 3:39.51 | ||
| 5 | Frank Clement (Great Britain) | 3:39.65 | ||
| 6 | Rick Wohlhuter (USA) | 3:40.64 | ||
| 7 | Dave Moorcroft (Great Britain) | 3:40.94 | ||
| 8 | Graham Crouch (Australia) | 3:41.80 | ||
| [Matt Centrowitz (USA) 6th in heat] | ||||
| [Mike Durkin (USA) 5th in heat] | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1 | Pekka Vasala (Finland) | 3:36.33 | ||
| 2 | Kip Keino (Kenya) | 3:36.81 | ||
| 3 | Rod Dixon (New Zealand) | 3:37.46 | ||
| 4 | Mike Boit (Kenya) | 3:38.41 | ||
| 5 | Brendan Foster (Great Britain) | 3:39.02 | ||
| 6 | Herman Mignon (Belgium) | 3:39.05 | ||
| 7 | Paul-Heinz Wellmann (West Germany) | 3:40.08 | ||
| 8 | Vladimir Panteley (Soviet Union) | 3:40.24 | ||
| [Bob Wheeler (USA) 6th in semi] | ||||
| [Dave Wottle (USA) 4th in semi] | ||||
| [Jim Ryun (USA) 9th in heat (fell)] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| (high altitude) | ||||
| 1 | Kip Keino (Kenya) | 3:34.9 (3:34.91) | ||
| 2 | Jim Ryun (USA) | 3:37.8 (3:37.89) | ||
| 3 | Bodo Tümmler (West Germany) | 3:39.0 (3:39.08) | ||
| 4 | Harald Norpoth (West Germany) | 3:42.5 (3:42.57) | ||
| 5 | John Whetton (Great Britain) | 3:43.8 (3:43.90) | ||
| 6 | Jacky Boxberger (France) | 3:46.6 (3:46.65) | ||
| 7 | Henryk Szordykowski (Poland) | 3:46.6 (3:46.69) | ||
| 8 | Josef Odlozil (Czechoslovakia) | 3:48.6 (3:48.69) | ||
| [9 | Tom Von Ruden (USA) 3:49.2] | |||
| [12 | Marty Liquori (USA) 4:18.2] | |||
| [Keino 3:34.9 OR] | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1 | Peter Snell (New Zealand) | 3:38.1 | ||
| 2 | Josef Odlozil (Czechoslovakia) | 3:39.6 | ||
| 3 | John Davies (New Zealand) | 3:39.6 | ||
| 4 | Alan Simpson (Great Britain) | 3:39.7 | ||
| 5 | Dyrol Burleson (USA) | 3:40.0 | ||
| 6 | Witold Baran (Poland) | 3:40.3 | ||
| 7 | Michel Bernard (France) | 3:41.2 | ||
| 8 | John Whetton (Great Britain) | 3:42.4 | ||
| [Jim Ryun (USA) 9th in semi] | ||||
| [Tom O’Hara (USA) 7th in semi] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1 | Herb Elliott (Australia) | 3:35.6 | ||
| 2 | Michel Jazy (France) | 3:38.4 | ||
| 3 | István Rózsavölgyi (Hungary) | 3:39.2 | ||
| 4 | Dan Waern (Sweden) | 3:40.0 | ||
| 5 | Zoltan Vamos (Romania) | 3:40.8 | ||
| 6 | Dyrol Burleson (USA) | 3:40.9 | ||
| 7 | Michel Bernard (France) | 3:41.5 | ||
| 8 | Jim Grelle (USA) | 3:45.0 | ||
| [Pete Close (USA) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Elliott 3:35.6 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1 | Ron Delany (Ireland) | 3:41.2 (3:41.49) | ||
| 2 | Klaus Richtzenhain (East Germany) | 3:42.0 (3:42.02) | ||
| 3 | John Landy (Australia) | 3:42.0 (3:42.03) | ||
| 4 | László Tábori (Hungary) | 3:42.4 (3:42.55) | ||
| 5 | Brian Hewson (Great Britain) | 3:42.6 (3:42.69) | ||
| 6 | Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) | 3:42.6 (3:42.80) | ||
| 7 | Neville Scott (New Zealand) | 3:42.8 (3:42.87) | ||
| 8 | Ian Boyd (Great Britain) | 3:43.0 (3:42.94) | ||
| [Ted Wheeler (USA) 8th in heat] | ||||
| [Don Bowden (USA) 11th in heat] | ||||
| [Jerome Walters (USA) 8th in heat] | ||||
| [Delany 3:41.2 OR] | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| 1 | Josy Barthel (Luxembourg) | 3:45.2 (3:45.28) | ||
| 2 | Bob McMillen (USA) | 3:45.2 (3:45.39) | ||
| 3 | Werner Lueg (West Germany) | 3:45.4 (3:45.67) | ||
| 4 | Roger Bannister (Great Britain) | 3:46.0 (3:46.30) | ||
| 5 | Patrick El Mabrouk (France) | 3:46.0 (3:46.35) | ||
| 6 | Rolf Lamers (West Germany) | 3:46.8 (3:47.18) | ||
| 7 | Ollie Åberg (Sweden) | 3:47.0 (3:47.20) | ||
| 8 | Ingvar Ericsson (Sweden) | 3:47.6 (3:47.70) | ||
| [12 | Warren Dreutzler (USA) 3:56.0] | |||
| [Javier Montez (USA) 6th in heat] | ||||
| [Barthel 3:45.2 (3:45.28) OR; McMillen 3:45.2 (3:45.29) =OR] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| 1 | Harry Eriksson (Sweden) | 3:49.8 | ||
| 2 | Lennart Strand (Sweden) | 3:50.4 (0.40 behind) | ||
| 3 | Wim Slykhuis (Holland) | 3:50.4 (0.48) | ||
| 4 | Václav Cevona (Czechoslovakia) | 3:51.2 (1.37) | ||
| 5 | Gösta Bergkvist (Sweden) | 3:52.2 (2.05) | ||
| 6 | Bill Nankeville (Great Britain) | 3:52.6 (2.51) | ||
| 7 | Sándor Garay (Hungary) | c3:54.4 (4.63) | ||
| 8 | Erik Jörgensen (Denmark) | c3:54.4 (4.65) | ||
| [10 | Don Gehrman (USA)] | |||
| [Clem Eischen (USA) 6th in heat] | ||||
| [Roland Sink (USA) 10th in heat] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
| 1 | Jack Lovelock (New Zealand) | 3:47.8 | ||
| 2 | Glenn Cunningham (USA) | 3:48.4 | ||
| 3 | Luigi Beccali (Italy) | 3:49.2 | ||
| 4 | Archie San Romani (USA) | 3:50.0 | ||
| 5 | Phil Edwards (Canada) | 3:50.4 | ||
| 6 | Jerry Cornes (Great Britain) | 3:51.4 | ||
| 7 | Miklós Szabó (Hungary) | 3:53.0 | ||
| 8 | Robert Goix (France) | 3:53.8 | ||
| [9 | Gene Venzke (USA) 3:55.0] | |||
| [Lovelock 3:47.8 OR] | ||||
| 1932 | ||||
| 1 | Luigi Beccali (Italy) | 3:51.2 (3:51.20) | ||
| 2 | Jerry Cornes (Great Britain) | 3:52.6 | ||
| 3 | Phil Edwards (Canada) | 3:52.8 | ||
| 4 | Glenn Cunningham (USA) | 3:53.4 | ||
| 5 | Eric Ny (Sweden) | 3:54.6 | ||
| 6 | Norwood Hallowell (USA) | 3:55.0 | ||
| 7 | Jack Lovelock (New Zealand) | 3:57.8 | ||
| 8 | Frank Crowley (USA) | nt | ||
| [Beccali 3:51.2 OR] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
| 1 | Harri Larva (Finland) | 3:53.2 | ||
| 2 | Jules Ladoumègue (France) | 3:53.8 | ||
| 3 | Eino Purje (Finland) | 3:56.4 | ||
| 4 | Hans-Georg Wichmann (Germany) | 3:56.8 | ||
| 5 | Cyril Ellis (Great Britain) | 3:57.6 | ||
| 6 | Paul Martin (Switzerland) | 3:58.4 | ||
| 7 | Helmut Krause (Germany) | 3:59.0 | ||
| 8 | William Whyte (Australia) | 4:00.0 | ||
| [10 | Ray Conger (USA) nt] | |||
| [Lloyd Hahn (USA) DNF in heat] | ||||
| [Nick Carter (USA) 3rd in heat] | ||||
| [Sid Robinson (USA), ?] | ||||
| [Larva 3:53.2 OR] | ||||
| 1924 | ||||
| 1 | Paavo Nurmi (Finland) | 3:53.6 | ||
| 2 | Willy Schärer (Switzerland) | 3:55.0 | ||
| 3 | Henry Stallard (Great Britain) | 3:55.6 | ||
| 4 | Douglas Lowe (Great Britain) | 3:57.0 | ||
| 5 | Ray Buker (USA) | 3:58.6 | ||
| 6 | Lloyd Hahn (USA) | 3:59.0 | ||
| 7 | Ray Wtson (USA) | 4:00.0 | ||
| 8 | Frej Liewendahl (Finland) | 4:00.4 | ||
| [Nurmi 3:53.6 OR] | ||||
| 1920 | ||||
| 1 | Albert Hill (Great Britain) | 4:01.8 | ||
| 2 | Philip Baker (Great Britain) | c4:02.3 | ||
| 3 | Lawrence Shields (USA) | c4:03.0 | ||
| 4 | Václav Vohralik (Czechoslovakia) | c4:04.6 | ||
| 5 | Sven Lundgren (Sweden) | c4:06.3 | ||
| 6 | André Audinet (France) | c4:06.4 | ||
| 7 | Arturo Porro (Italy) | c4:06.4 | ||
| 8 | Joie Ray (USA) | c4:10.0 | ||
| [10 | James Connolly (USA)] | |||
| 1912 | ||||
| 1 | Arnold Jackson (Great Britain) | 3:56.8 | ||
| 2 | Abel Kiviat (USA) | 3:56.9 | ||
| 3 | Norman Taber (USA) | 3:56.9 | ||
| 4 | John Paul Jones (USA) | 3:57.2 | ||
| 5 | Ernst Wide (Sweden) | 3:57.6 | ||
| 6 | Philip Baker (Great Britain) | c4:01.0 | ||
| 7 | John Zander (Sweden) | c4:02.0 | ||
| 8 | Mel Sheppard (USA) | c4:02.0 | ||
| [10 | Oscar Hedlund (USA) c4:04.1] | |||
| [12 | Walter McClure (USA) nt] | |||
| [13 | Louis Madeira (USA) c4:06.0] | |||
| [Jackson 3:56.8 OR] | ||||
| 1908 | ||||
| 1 | Mel Sheppard (USA) | 4:03.4 | ||
| 2 | Harold Wilson (Great Britain) | 4:03.6 | ||
| 3 | Norman Hallows (Great Britain) | 4:04.0 | ||
| 4 | John Tait (Canada) | nt | ||
| 5 | Ian Fairbairn-Crawford (Great Britain) | nt | ||
| 6 | Joe Deakin (Great Britain) | nt | ||
| Also ran—Victor Loney (GB | ||||
| Also ran—James Sullivan (USA) | ||||
| [James Lightbody (USA) 2nd in heat] | ||||
| [John Halstead (USA) 2nd in heat] | ||||
| [Frank Riley (USA) 4th in heat] | ||||
| [Harry Coe (USA) 2nd in heat] | ||||
| [Sheppard 4:05.0 OR {heat}; Hallows 4:03.4 OR {heat}; Sheppard | ||||
| 4:03.4 =OR] | ||||
| 1904 | ||||
| 1 | James Lightbody (USA) | 4:05.4 | ||
| 2 | Frank Verner (USA) | 4:06.8 | ||
| 3 | Lacey Hearn (USA) | nt | ||
| 4 | David Munson (USA) | nt | ||
| 5 | Johannes Runge (Germany) | nt | ||
| 6 | Peter Deer (Canada) | nt | ||
| 7 | Howard Valentine (USA) | nt | ||
| 8 | Harvey Cohn (USA) | nt | ||
| [9 | Charles Bacon (USA) nt] | |||
| [Lightbody 4:05.4 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1900 | ||||
| 1 | Charles Bennett (Great Britain) | 4:06.2 WR | ||
| 2 | Henri Deloge (France) | 4:06.6 | ||
| 3 | John Bray (USA) | 4:07.2 | ||
| 4 | David Hall (USA) | nt | ||
| 5 | Christian Christiansen (Denmark) | nt | ||
| 6 | Hermann Wraschtil (Austria) | nt | ||
| Also ran—Louis Segondi (France) | ||||
| Also ran—John Rimmer (Great Britain) | ||||
| Also ran—Ondrej Pukl (Bohemia) | ||||
| [Bennett 4:06.2 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1896 | ||||
| 1 | Edwin Flack (Australia) | 4:33.2 | ||
| 2 | Arthur Blake (USA) | 4:34.0 | ||
| 3 | Albin Lermusiaux (France) | 4:46.0 | ||
| 4 | Karl Galle (Germany) | 4:39.0 | ||
| 5 | Angelos Phetsis (Greece) | nt | ||
| 6 | Dimitrios Golemis (Greece) | nt | ||
| 7 | Konstantinos Karakatsamis (Greece) | nt | ||
| 8 | Dimitrios Tomproff (Greece) | nt | ||
| [Flack 4:33.2 OR] | ||||