| 2021 | ||||
| (Sapporo, August 5) | ||||
| 1. | Massimo Stano (Italy) | 1:21:05 | ||
| 2. | Koki Ikeda (Japan) | 1:21:14 | ||
| 3. | Toshikazu Yamanishi (Japan) | 1:21:28 | ||
| 4. | Álvaro Martín (Spain) | 1:21:46 | ||
| 5. | Christopher Linke (Germany) | 1:21:50 | ||
| 6. | Diego García (Spain) | 1:21:57 | ||
| 7. | Kaihua Wang (China) | 1:22:03 | ||
| 8. | Jun Zhang (China) | 1:22:16 | ||
| 50. | Nick Christie (USA) | 1:34:37 | ||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 12) | ||||
| 1 | Zhen Wang (China) | 1:19:14 | ||
| 2 | Zelin Cai (China) | 1:19:26 | ||
| 3 | Dane Bird-Smith (Australia) | 1:19:37 | ||
| 4 | Caio Bonfim (Brazil) | 1:19:42 | ||
| 5 | Christopher Linke (Germany) | 1:20:00 | ||
| 6 | Tom Bosworth (Great Britain) | 1:20:13 | ||
| 7 | Daisuke Matsunaga (Japan) | 1:20:22 | ||
| 8 | Matteo Giupponi (Italy) | 1:20:27 | ||
| (No U.S. entries) | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 4) | ||||
| 1 | Ding Chen (China) | 1:18:46 | OR | |
| 2 | Erick Barrondo (Guatemala) | 1:18:57 | ||
| 3 | Zhen Wang (China) | 1:19:25 | ||
| 4 | Zelin Cai (China) | 1:19:44 | ||
| 5 | Miguel Ángel López (Spain) | 1:19:49 | ||
| 6 | Eder Sánchez (Mexico) | 1:19:52 | ||
| 7 | Jared Tallent (Australia) | 1:20:02 | ||
| 8 | Bertrand Moulinet (France) | 1:20:12 | ||
| [Trevor Barron (USA) 26th 1:22:46] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Valeriy Borchin (Russia) | 1:19:01 | ||
| 2 | Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) | 1:19:15 | ||
| 3 | Jared Tallent (Australia) | 1:19:42 | ||
| 4 | Hao Wang (China) | 1:19:47 | ||
| 5 | Ivano Brugnetti (Italy) | 1:19:51 | ||
| 6 | Luke Adams (Australia) | 1:19:57 | ||
| 7 | Francisco Fernández (Spain) | 1:20:32 | ||
| 8 | Robert Heffernan (Ireland) | 1:20:36 | ||
| [43 | Kevin Eastler (USA) 1:28:44—only U.S. entrant] | |||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Ivano Brugnetti (Italy) | 1:19:40 | ||
| 2 | Francisco Fernández (Spain) | 1:19:45 | ||
| 3 | Nathan Deakes (Australia) | 1:20:02 | ||
| 4 | Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) | 1:20:38 | ||
| 5 | Juan Molina (Spain) | 1:20:55 | ||
| 6 | Hongjun Zhu (China) | 1:21:40 | ||
| 7 | Vladimir Andreyev (Russia) | 1:21:53 | ||
| 8 | André Höhne (Germany) | 1:21:58 | ||
| [20. Tim Seaman (USA) 1:25:17] | ||||
| [21 | Kevin Eastler (USA) 1:25:20] | |||
| [26 | John Nunn (USA) 1:27:38] | |||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) | 1:18:59 | ||
| 2 | Noe Hernández (Mexico) | 1:19:03 | ||
| 3 | Vladimir Andreyev (Russia) | 1:19:27 | ||
| 4 | Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) | 1:20:18 | ||
| 5 | Andreas Erm (Germany) | 1:20:25 | ||
| 6 | Roman Rasskazov (Russia) | 1:20:57 | ||
| 7 | Francisco Fernández (Spain) | 1:21:01 | ||
| 8 | Nathan Deakes (Australia) | 1:21:03 | ||
| [40. Tim Seaman (USA) 1:30:32—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Korzeniowski 1:18:59 OR] | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) | 1:20:07 | ||
| 2 | Ilya Markov (Russia) | 1:20:16 | ||
| 3 | Bernardo Segura (Mexico) | 1:20:23 | ||
| 4 | Nick A’Hern (Australia) | 1:20:31 | ||
| 5 | Rishat Shafikov (Russia) | 1:20:41 | ||
| 6 | Aigars Fadejevs (Latvia) | 1:20:47 | ||
| 7 | Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia) | 1:21:09 | ||
| 8 | Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) | 1:21:13 | ||
| [50. Curt Clausen (USA) 1:31:30—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | Daniel Plaza (Spain) | 1:21:45 | ||
| 2 | Guillaume Leblanc (Canada) | 1:22:25 | ||
| 3 | Giovanni de Benedictis (Italy) | 1:23:11 | ||
| 4 | Maurizio Damilano (Italy) | 1:23:39 | ||
| 5 | Chen Shaoguo (China) | 1:24:06 | ||
| 6 | Jimmy McDonald (Ireland) | 1:25:16 | ||
| 7 | Daniel Garcia (Mexico) | 1:25:35 | ||
| 8 | Sándor Urbanik (Hungary) | 1:26:08 | ||
| [30. Allen James (USA) 1:35:12—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) | 1:19:57 | ||
| 2 | Ronald Weigel (East Germany) | 1:20:00 | ||
| 3 | Maurizio Damilano (Italy) | 1:20:14 | ||
| 4 | José Marin (Spain) | 1:20:34 | ||
| 5 | Roman Mrázek (Czechoslovakia) | 1:20:43 | ||
| 6 | Mikhail Shchennikov (Soviet Union) | 1:20:47 | ||
| 7 | Carlos Mercenario (Mexico) | 1:20:53 | ||
| 8 | Axel Noack (East Germany) | 1:21:14 | ||
| [37 | Gary Morgan (USA) 1:27:26] | |||
| [38 | Jim Heiring (USA) 1:27:30] | |||
| [44 | Tim Lewis (USA) 1:31:00] | |||
| [Pribilinec 1:19:57 OR] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1 | Ernesto Canto (Mexico) | 1:23:13 | ||
| 2 | Raúl González (Mexico) | 1:23:20 | ||
| 3 | Maurizio Damilano (Italy) | 1:23:26 | ||
| 4 | Guillaume Leblanc (Canada) | 1:24:29 | ||
| 5 | Carlo Mattioli (Italy) | 1:25:07 | ||
| 6 | José Marin (Spain) | 1:25:32 | ||
| 7 | Marco Evoniuk (USA) | 1:25:42 | ||
| 8 | Erling Andersen (Norway) | 1:25:54 | ||
| [23 | Jim Heiring (USA) 1:30:20] | |||
| [33 | Dan O’Connor (USA) 1:35:12] | |||
| [Canto 1:23:13 OR] | ||||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1 | Maurizio Damilano (Italy) | 1:23:36 | ||
| 2 | Pyotr Pochenchuk (Soviet Union) | 1:24:46 | ||
| 3 | Roland Wieser (East Germany) | 1:25:59 | ||
| 4 | Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) | 1:26:29 | ||
| 5 | José Marin (Spain) | 1:26:46 | ||
| 6 | Raúl González (Mexico) | 1:27:49 | ||
| 7 | Bohdan Bulakowski (Poland) | 1:28:37 | ||
| 8 | Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) | 1:29:22 | ||
| [Damilano 1:23:36 OR] | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| (high altitude) | ||||
| 1 | Daniel Bautista (Mexico) | 1:24:41 | ||
| 2 | Hans‑Georg Reimann (East Germany) | 1:25:14 | ||
| 3 | Peter Frenkel (East Germany) | 1:25:30 | ||
| 4 | Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) | 1:26:51 | ||
| 5 | Raúl González (Mexico) | 1:28:19 | ||
| 6 | Armando Zambaldo (Italy) | 1:28:26 | ||
| 7 | Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) | 1:29:25 | ||
| 8 | Vittorio Visini (Italy) | 1:29:32 | ||
| [20. Ron Laird (USA) 1:33:28] | ||||
| [22 | Larry Walker (USA) 1:34:20] | |||
| [29 | Todd Scully (USA) 1:36:38] | |||
| [Bautista 1:24:41 OR] | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1 | Peter Frenkel (East Germany) | 1:26:43 | ||
| 2 | Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) | 1:26:56 | ||
| 3 | Hans‑Georg Reimann (East Germany) | 1:27:17 | ||
| 4 | Gerhard Sperling (East Germany) | 1:27:55 | ||
| 5 | Nikolay Smaga (Soviet Union) | 1:28:17 | ||
| 6 | Paul Nihill (Great Britain) | 1:28:45 | ||
| 7 | Jan Ornoch (Poland) | 1:32:02 | ||
| 8 | Vittorio Visini (Italy) | 1:32:30 | ||
| [10 | Larry Young (USA) 1:32:54] | |||
| [15 | Tom Dooley (USA) 1:34:59] | |||
| [19 | Goetz Klopfer (USA) 1:38:34] | |||
| [Frenkel 1:26:43 OR] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| 1 | Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) | 1:33:59(A) | ||
| 2 | José Pedraza (Mexico) | 1:34:00 | ||
| 3 | Nikolay Smaga (Soviet Union) | 1:34:04 | ||
| 4 | Rudy Haluza (USA) | 1:35:01 | ||
| 5 | Gerhard Sperling (East Germany) | 1:35:28 | ||
| 6 | Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) | 1:36:17 | ||
| 7 | Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) | 1:36:32 | ||
| 8 | Stefan Ingvarsson (Sweden) | 1:36:44 | ||
| [17 | Tom Dooley (USA) 1:40:08] | |||
| [25 | Ron Laird (USA) 1:44:38] | |||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1 | Ken Matthews (Great Britain) | 1:29:34 | ||
| 2 | Dieter Lindner (East Germany) | 1:31:14 | ||
| 3 | Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) | 1:32:00 | ||
| 4 | Noel Freeman (Australia) | 1:32:07 | ||
| 5 | Gennady Solodov (Soviet Union) | 1:32:33 | ||
| 6 | Ron Zinn (USA) | 1:32:43 | ||
| 7 | Boris Khrolovich (Soviet Union) | 1:32:46 | ||
| 8 | John Edgington (Great Britain) | 1:32:46 | ||
| [17 | Jack Mortland (USA) 1:36:35] | |||
| [DQ—Ron Laird (USA)] | ||||
| [Matthews 1:29:34 OR] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1 | Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) | 1:34:08 | ||
| 2 | Noel Freeman (Australia) | 1:34:17 | ||
| 3 | Stan Vickers (Great Britain) | 1:34:57 | ||
| 4 | Dieter Lindner (East Germany) | 1:35:34 | ||
| 5 | Norman Read (New Zealand) | 1:36:59 | ||
| 6 | Lennart Back (Sweden) | 1:37:17 | ||
| 7 | John Ljunggren (Sweden) | 1:37:59 | ||
| 8 | Ladislav Moc (Czechoslovakia) | 1:38:33 | ||
| [19 | Ron Zinn (USA) 1:42:47] | |||
| [23 | Robert Mimm (USA) 1:45:09] | |||
| [24 | Rudy Haluza (USA) 1:45:11] | |||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1 | Leonid Spirin (Soviet Union) | 1:31:28 | ||
| 2 | Antanas Mikenas (Soviet Union) | 1:32:03 | ||
| 3 | Bruno Junk (Soviet Union) | 1:32:12 | ||
| 4 | John Ljunggren (Sweden) | 1:32:24 | ||
| 5 | Stan Vickers (Great Britain) | 1:32:35 | ||
| 6 | Donald Keane (Australia) | 1:33:54 | ||
| 7 | George Coleman (Great Britain) | 1:34:02 | ||
| 8 | Roland Hardy (Great Britain) | 1:34:41 | ||
| [12 | Henry Laskau (USA) 1:38:47] | |||
| [16 | Bruce MacDonald (USA) 1:43:26] | |||
| [17 | James Hewson (USA) 1:46:25] | |||
| [Spirin 1:31:28 OR] | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| (10 Kilometers) | ||||
| 1 | John Mikaelsson (Sweden) | 45:03 | ||
| 2 | Fritz Schwab (Switzerland) | 45:41 | ||
| 3 | Bruno Junk (Soviet Union) | 45:41 | ||
| 4 | Louis Chevalier (France) | 45:51 | ||
| 5 | George Coleman (Great Britain) | 46:07 | ||
| 6 | Ivan Yarmysh (Soviet Union) | 46:07 | ||
| 7 | Emile Maggi (France) | 46:08 | ||
| 8 | Bruno Fait (Italy) | 46:26 | ||
| [Henry Laskau (USA) DQ in heat] | ||||
| [Price King (USA) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Mikaelsson 45:03 OR] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| (10 Kilometers) | ||||
| 1 | John Mikaelsson (Sweden) | 45:14 | ||
| 2 | Ingemar Johansson (Sweden) | 45:44 | ||
| 3 | Fritz Schwab (Switzerland) | 46:01 | ||
| 4 | Charles Morris (Great Britain) | 46:04 | ||
| 5 | Harry Churcher (Great Britain) | 47:28 | ||
| 6 | Emile Maggi (France) | 47:03 | ||
| 7 | Richard West (Great Britain) | nt | ||
| 8 | Giuseppe Dordoni (Italy) | nt | ||
| [Fred Sharaga (USA) DQ in heat] | ||||
| [Ernest Weber (USA) DQ in heat] | ||||
| [Henry Laskau (USA) DQ in heat] | ||||
| [Mikaelsson 45:03.0 OR {heat}] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
| (not contested) |
| 1932 | ||||
| (not contested) |
| 1928 | ||||
| (not contested) |
| 1924 | ||||
| (10 Kilometers) | ||||
| 1 | Ugo Frigerio (Italy) | 47:49 | ||
| 2 | Gordon Goodwin (Great Britain) | 48:38 | ||
| 3 | Cecil McMaster (South Africa) | 49:08 | ||
| 4 | Donato Pavesi (Italy) | 49:17 | ||
| 5 | Arthur Tell Schwab (Switzerland) | 49:50 | ||
| 6 | Ernest Clarke (Great Britain) | c49:53 | ||
| 7 | Armando Valente (Italy) | nt | ||
| 8 | Luigi Besatra (Italy) | nt | ||
| [9 | Harry Hinkel (USA) nt] | |||
| [Charles Foster (USA) 10th in heat] | ||||
| 1920 | ||||
| (10 Kilometers) | ||||
| 1 | Ugo Frigerio (Italy) | 48:07 | ||
| 2 | Joseph Pearman (USA) | c49:41 | ||
| 3 | Charles Gunn (Great Britain) | c49:44 | ||
| 4 | Cecil McMaster (South Africa) | c50:04 | ||
| 5 | William Hehir (Great Britain) | c50:12 | ||
| 6 | Thomas Maroney (USA) | c50:25 | ||
| 7 | Jean Seghers (Belgium) | c50:33 | ||
| 8 | Antoine Doyen (Belgium) | c56:30 | ||
| [9? William Plant (USA) nt] | ||||
| [William Roelker (USA) 7th in heat] | ||||
| 1912 | ||||
| (10 Kilometers) | ||||
| 1 | George Goulding (Canada) | 46:29 | ||
| 2 | Ernest Webb (Great Britain) | 46:51 | ||
| 3 | Fernando Altimani (Italy) | 47:38 | ||
| 4 | Åge Rasmussen (Denmark) | 48:00 | ||
| [DQ—Fred Kaiser (USA)] | ||||
| [Goulding 46:29 =WR, OR] | ||||
| 1908 | ||||
| (10 Miles) | ||||
| 1 | George Larner (Great Britain) | 1:15:58 | ||
| 2 | Ernest Webb (Great Britain) | 1:17:31 | ||
| 3 | Edward Spencer (Great Britain) | 1:21:21 | ||
| 4 | Frank Carter (Great Britain) | 1:21:21 | ||
| 5 | Ernest Larner (Great Britain) | 1:24:27 | ||
| [no U.S. entrants] | ||||
| [Larner 1:15:58 WR] | ||||
| 1904 | ||||
| (not contested before 1908) |