| 2021 | ||||
| (Sapporo, August 6) | ||||
| 1. | Dawid Tomala (Poland) | 3:50:08 | ||
| 2. | Jonathan Hilbert (Germany) | 3:50:44 | ||
| 3. | Evan Dunfee (Canada) | 3:50:59 | ||
| 4. | Marc Tur (Spain) | 3:51:08 | ||
| 5. | João Vieira (Portugal) | 3:51:28 | ||
| 6. | Masatora Kawano (Japan) | 3:51:56 | ||
| 7. | Tongda Bian (China) | 3:52:01 | ||
| 8. | Rhydian Cowley (Australia) | 3:52:01 | ||
| [no U.S. entries] | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 19) | ||||
| 1 | Matej Tóth (Slovakia) | 3:40:58 | ||
| 2 | Jared Tallent (Australia) | 3:41:16 | ||
| 3 | Hiroki Arai (Japan) | 3:41:24 | ||
| 4 | Evan Dunfee (Canada) | 3:41:38 | ||
| 5 | Wei Yu (China) | 3:43:00 | ||
| 6 | Robert Heffernan (Ireland) | 3:43:55 | ||
| 7 | Håvard Haukenes (Norway) | 3:46:33 | ||
| 8 | Yohann Diniz (France) | 3:46:43 | ||
| 43 | John Nunn (USA) | 4:16:12 | ||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 11) | ||||
| 1 | Sergey Kirdyapkin (Russia) | 3:35:59 | OR | |
| 2 | Jared Tallent (Australia) | 3:36:53 | ||
| 3 | Tianfeng Si (China) | 3:37:16 | ||
| 4 | Robert Heffernan (Ireland) | 3:37:54 | ||
| 5 | Igor Yerokhin (Russia) | 3:37:54 | ||
| 6 | Sergey Bakulin (Russia) | 3:38:55 | ||
| 7 | Jianbo Li (China) | 3:39:01 | ||
| 8 | Matej Tóth (Slovakia) | 3:41:24 | ||
| [John Nunn (USA) 43rd 4:03:28] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Alex Schwazer (Italy) | 3:37:09 | ||
| 2 | Jared Tallent (Australia) | 3:39:27 | ||
| 3 | Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) | 3:40:14 | ||
| 4 | Jesús García (Spain) | 3:44:08 | ||
| 5 | Erik Tysse (Norway) | 3:45:08 | ||
| 6 | Horacio Nava (Mexico) | 3:45:21 | ||
| 7 | Yuki Yamazaki (Japan) | 3:45:47 | ||
| 8 | Rafal Fedaczynski (Poland) | 3:46:51 | ||
| [29 | Phillip Dunn (USA) 4:08:32—only U.S. entrant] | |||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) | 3:38:46 | ||
| 2 | Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) | 3:42:50 | ||
| 3 | Aleksey Voyevodin (Russia) | 3:43:34 | ||
| 4 | Caohong Yu (China) | 3:43:45 | ||
| 5 | Jesús García (Spain) | 3:44:42 | ||
| 6 | Roman Magdziarczyk (Poland) | 3:48:11 | ||
| 7 | Grzegorz Sudoł (Poland) | 3:49:09 | ||
| 8 | Santiago Pérez (Spain) | 3:49:48 | ||
| [32 | Curt Clausen (USA) 4:11:31] | |||
| [35 | Phillip Dunn (USA) 4:12:49] | |||
| [No 3rd U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) | 3:42:22 | ||
| 2 | Aigars Fadejevs (Latvia) | 3:43:40 | ||
| 3 | Joel Sánchez (Mexico) | 3:44:36 | ||
| 4 | Valentí Massana (Spain) | 3:46:01 | ||
| 5 | Nikolay Matyukhin (Russia) | 3:46:37 | ||
| 6 | Nathan Deakes (Australia) | 3:47:29 | ||
| 7 | Miguel Rodríguez (Mexico) | 3:48:12 | ||
| 8 | Roman Magdziarczyk (Poland) | 3:48:17 | ||
| [22 | Curt Clausen (USA) 3:58:39] | |||
| [28 | Philip Dunn (USA) 4:03:05] | |||
| [31 | Andrew Hermann (USA) 4:07:18] | |||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) | 3:43:30 | ||
| 2 | Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia) | 3:43:46 | ||
| 3 | Valentí Massana (Spain) | 3:44:19 | ||
| 4 | Arturo Di Mezza (Italy) | 3:44:52 | ||
| 5 | Viktor Ginko (Belarus) | 3:45:27 | ||
| 6 | Ignacio Zamudio (Mexico) | 3:46:07 | ||
| 7 | Valentin Kononen (Finland) | 3:47:40 | ||
| 8 | Sergey Korepanov (Kazakhstan) | 3:48:42 | ||
| [24 | Allen James (USA) 4:01:18] | |||
| [26 | Andrzej Chylinski (USA) 4:03:13] | |||
| [DQ—Herm Nelson (USA)] | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | Andrey Perlov (Russia) | 3:50:13 | ||
| 2 | Carlos Mercenario (Mexico) | 3:52:09 | ||
| 3 | Ronald Weigel (Germany) | 3:53:45 | ||
| 4 | Valeriy Spitsyn (Russia) | 3:54:39 | ||
| 5 | Roman Mrázek (Czechoslovakia) | 3:55:21 | ||
| 6 | Hartwig Gauder (Germany) | 3:56:47 | ||
| 7 | Valentin Kononen (Finland) | 3:57:21 | ||
| 8 | Miguel Rodriguez (Mexico) | 3:58:26 | ||
| [23 | Carl Schueler (USA) 4:13:38] | |||
| [32 | Herm Nelson (USA) 4:25:49] | |||
| [DNF—Marco Evoniuk (USA)] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | Vyacheslav Ivanenko (Soviet Union) | 3:38:29 | ||
| 2 | Ronald Weigel (East Germany) | 3:38:56 | ||
| 3 | Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) | 3:39:45 | ||
| 4 | Aleksandr Potashov (Soviet Union) | 3:41:00 | ||
| 5 | José Marin (Spain) | 3:43:03 | ||
| 6 | Simon Baker (Australia) | 3:44:07 | ||
| 7 | Bo Gustafsson (Sweden) | 3:44:49 | ||
| 8 | Raffaello Ducceschi (Italy) | 3:45:43 | ||
| [22 | Marco Evoniuk (USA) 3:56:55] | |||
| [23 | Carl Schueler (USA) 3:57:44] | |||
| [34 | Andy Kaestner (USA) 4:12:49] | |||
| [Ivanenko 3:38:29 OR] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1 | Raúl González (Mexico) | 3:47:26 | ||
| 2 | Bo Gustafsson (Sweden) | 3:53:19 | ||
| 3 | Sandro Bellucci (Italy) | 3:53:45 | ||
| 4 | Reima Salonen (Finland) | 3:58:30 | ||
| 5 | Raffaello Ducceschi (Italy) | 3:59:26 | ||
| 6 | Carl Schueler (USA) | 3:59:46 | ||
| 7 | Jorge Llopart (Spain) | 4:03:09 | ||
| 8 | José Pinto (Portugal) | 4:04:42 | ||
| [14 | Vince O’Sullivan (USA) 4:22:51] | |||
| [DNF—Marco Evoniuk (USA)] | ||||
| [González 3:47:26 OR] | ||||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1 | Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) | 3:49:24 | ||
| 2 | Jorge Llopart (Spain) | 3:51:25 | ||
| 3 | Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) | 3:56:32 | ||
| 4 | Bengt Simonsen (Sweden) | 3:57:08 | ||
| 5 | Vyacheslav Fursov (Soviet Union) | 3:58:32 | ||
| 6 | José Marin (Spain) | 4:03:08 | ||
| 7 | Stanislaw Rola (Poland) | 4:07:07 | ||
| 8 | Willi Sawall (Australia) | 4:08:25 | ||
| [Gauder 3:49:24 OR] | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| (not contested) |
| 1972 | ||||
| 1 | Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) | 3:56:12 | ||
| 2 | Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) | 3:58:24 | ||
| 3 | Larry Young (USA) | 4:00:46 | ||
| 4 | Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) | 4:01:36 | ||
| 5 | Peter Selzer (East Germany) | 4:04:06 | ||
| 6 | Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) | 4:06:26 | ||
| 7 | Vittorio Visini (Italy) | 4:08:32 | ||
| 8 | Gabriel Hernández (Mexico) | 4:12:09 | ||
| [17 | Bill Weigle (USA) 4:22:53] | |||
| [27 | Steve Hayden (USA) 4:36:08] | |||
| [Kannenberg 3:56:12 OR] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| (high altitude) | ||||
| 1 | Christoph Höhne (East Germany) | 4:20:14 | ||
| 2 | Antal Kiss (Hungary) | 4:30:17 | ||
| 3 | Larry Young (USA) | 4:31:56 | ||
| 4 | Peter Selzer (East Germany) | 4:33:10 | ||
| 5 | Stig-Erik Lindberg (Sweden) | 4:34:05 | ||
| 6 | Vittorio Visini (Italy) | 4:36:34 | ||
| 7 | Bryan Eley (Great Britain) | 4:37:33 | ||
| 8 | José Pedraza (Mexico) | 4:37:52 | ||
| [10 | Goetz Klopfer (USA) 4:39:14] | |||
| [26 | Dave Romansky (USA) 5:38:04] | |||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1 | Abdon Pamich (Italy) | 4:11:13 | ||
| 2 | Paul Nihill (Great Britain) | 4:11:32 | ||
| 3 | Ingvar Pettersson (Sweden) | 4:14:18 | ||
| 4 | Burkhard Leuschke (East Germany) | 4:15:27 | ||
| 5 | Robert Gardiner (Australia) | 4:17:07 | ||
| 6 | Christoph Höhne (East Germany) | 4:17:42 | ||
| 7 | Anatoliy Vedyakov (Soviet Union) | 4:19:56 | ||
| 8 | Kurt Sakowski (East Germany) | 4:20:31 | ||
| [21 | Chris McCarthy (USA) 4:35:42] | |||
| [26 | Bruce MacDonald (USA) 4:45:11] | |||
| [29 | Mike Brodie (USA) 4:57:41] | |||
| [Pamich 4:11:13 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1 | Don Thompson (Great Britain) | 4:25:30 | ||
| 2 | John Ljunggren (Sweden) | 4:25:47 | ||
| 3 | Abdon Pamich (Italy) | 4:27:56 | ||
| 4 | Aleksandr Shcherbina (Soviet Union) | 4:31:44 | ||
| 5 | Thomas Mission (Great Britain) | 4:33:03 | ||
| 6 | Alex Oakley (Canada) | 4:33:09 | ||
| 7 | Giuseppe Dordoni (Italy) | 4:33:29 | ||
| 8 | Zora Singh (India) | 4:37:45 | ||
| [19 | Ron Laird (USA) 4:53:21] | |||
| [23 | Bruce MacDonald (USA) 5:00:48] | |||
| [24 | John Allen (USA) 5:03:16] | |||
| [Thompson 4:25:30 OR] | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1 | Norman Read (New Zealand) | 4:30:43 | ||
| 2 | Yevgeniy Maskinskov (Soviet Union) | 4:32:57 | ||
| 3 | John Ljunggren (Sweden) | 4:35:02 | ||
| 4 | Abdon Pamich (Italy) | 4:39:00 | ||
| 5 | Antal Róka (Hungary) | 4:50:09 | ||
| 6 | Raymond Smith (Australia) | 4:56:08 | ||
| 7 | Adolf Weinacker (USA) | 5:00:16 | ||
| 8 | Albert Johnson (Great Britain) | 5:02:19 | ||
| [11 | Elliott Denman (USA) 5:12:14] | |||
| [12 | Leo Sjogren (USA) 5:12:34] | |||
| 1952 | ||||
| 1 | Giuseppe Dordoni (Italy) | 4:28:08 | ||
| 2 | Josef Dolezal (Czechoslovakia) | 4:30:18 | ||
| 3 | Antal Róka (Hungary) | 4:31:28 | ||
| 4 | Rex Whitlock (Great Britain) | 4:32:21 | ||
| 5 | Sergey Lobastov (Soviet Union) | 4:32:35 | ||
| 6 | Vladimir Ukhov (Soviet Union) | 4:32:52 | ||
| 7 | Dumitru Paraschivescu (Romania) | 4:41:06 | ||
| 8 | Ionescu Baboie (Romania) | 4:41:53 | ||
| [22 | Adolf Weinacker (USA) 5:01:00] | |||
| [DNF—John Deni (USA)] | ||||
| [DNF—Leo Sjogren (USA)] | ||||
| [Dordoni 4:28:08 OR] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| 1 | John Ljunggren (Sweden) | 4:41:52 | ||
| 2 | Gaston Godel (Switzerland) | 4:48:17 | ||
| 3 | Tebbs Lloyd‑Johnson (Great Britain) | 4:48:31 | ||
| 4 | Edgar Bruun (Norway) | 4:53:18 | ||
| 5 | Harry Martineau (Great Britain) | 4:53:58 | ||
| 6 | Rune Bjurström (Sweden) | 4:56:43 | ||
| 7 | Pierre Mazille (France) | 5:01:40 | ||
| 8 | Claude Hubert (France) | 5:03:12 | ||
| [12 | Ernie Crosbie (USA) 5:15:16] | |||
| [15 | John Deni (USA) 5:28:33] | |||
| [16 | Adolf Weinecker (USA) 5:30:14] | |||
| 1936 | ||||
| 1 | Harold Whitlock (Great Britain) | 4:30:42 | ||
| 2 | Arthur Tell Schwab (Switzerland) | 4:32:10 | ||
| 3 | Adalberts Bubenko (Latvia) | 4:32:43 | ||
| 4 | Jaroslav Stork (Czechoslovakia) | 4:34:01 | ||
| 5 | Edgar Bruun (Norway) | 4:34:54 | ||
| 6 | Fritz Bleiweiss (Germany) | 4:36:49 | ||
| 7 | Karl Reiniger (Switzerland) | 4:40:45 | ||
| 8 | Etienne Laisne (France) | 4:41:40 | ||
| [21 | Albert Mangan (USA) 5:12:01] | |||
| [23 | Ernest Koehler (USA) 5:20:19] | |||
| [26 | Ernie Crosbie (USA) 5:31:45] | |||
| [Whitlock 4:30:42 OR] | ||||
| 1932 | ||||
| 1 | Tommy Green (Great Britain) | 4:50:10 | ||
| 2 | Jánis Dalins (Latvia) | 4:57:20 | ||
| 3 | Ugo Frigerio (Italy) | 4:59:06 | ||
| 4 | Karl Hähnel (Germany) | 5:06:06 | ||
| 5 | Ettore Rivolta (Italy) | 5:07:39 | ||
| 6 | Paul Sievert (Germany) | 5:16:41 | ||
| 7 | Henri Quintric (France) | 5:27:25 | ||
| 8 | Ernie Crosbie (USA) | 5:28:02 | ||
| [9 | William Chisholm (USA) 5:51:00] | |||
| [DNF—Harry Hinkel (USA)] | ||||
| [Green 4:50:10 OR] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
| (not contested before 1932) |