| 2022 | |||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 19) | |||
| 1. | Jake Wightman (Great Britain) | 3:29.23 | |
| 2. | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) | 3:29.47 | |
| 3. | Mohamed Katir (Spain) | 3:29.90 | |
| 4. | Mario García Romo (Spain) | 3:30.20 | |
| 5. | Josh Kerr (Great Britain) | 3:30.60 | |
| 6. | Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 3:30.69 | |
| 7. | Abel Kipsang (Kenya) | 3:31.21 | |
| 8. | Teddese Lemi (Ethiopia) | 3:32.98 | |
| 12. | Josh Thompson (USA) | 3:35.57 | |
| [Johnny Gregorek (USA) 6th in heat] | |||
| [Cooper Teare (USA) 13th in heat] | |||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 6) | ||||
| 1. | Timothy Cheruiyot (Ken) | 3:29.26 | ||
| 2. | Taoufik Makhloufi (Alg) | 3:31.38 | ||
| 3. | Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) | 3:31.46 | ||
| 4. | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Nor) | 3:31.70 | ||
| 5. | Jake Wightman (GB) | 3:31.87 | ||
| 6. | Josh Kerr (GB) | 3:32.52 | ||
| 7. | Ronald Kwemoi (Ken) | 3:32.72 | ||
| 8. | Matthew Centrowitz (US) | 3:32.81 | ||
| [10. | Craig Engels (US) | 3:34.24] | ||
| [Ben Blankenship (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 13) | ||||
| 1 | Elijah Manangoi (Kenya) | 3:33.61 | ||
| 2 | Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 3:33.99 | ||
| 3 | Filip Ingebrigtsen (Norway) | 3:34.53 | ||
| 4 | Adel Mechaal (Spain) | 3:34.71 | ||
| 5 | Jakub Holuša (Czech Republic) | 3:34.89 | ||
| 6 | Sadik Mikhou (Bahrain) | 3:35.81 | ||
| 7 | Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) | 3:36.02 | ||
| 8 | Nick Willis (New Zealand) | 3:36.82 | ||
| [10 | Johnny Gregorek (US) | 3:37.56] | ||
| [Robby Andrews (US) dnf in semi] | ||||
| [Matthew Centrowitz (US) 14th in heat] | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 30) | ||||
| 1 | Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) | 3:34.40 | ||
| 2 | Elijah Manangoi (Kenya) | 3:34.63 | ||
| 3 | Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) | 3:34.67 | ||
| 4 | Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) | 3:34.76 | ||
| 5 | Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) | 3:34.81 | ||
| 6 | Nick Willis (New Zealand) | 3:35.46 | ||
| 7 | Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 3:36.05 | ||
| 8 | Matthew Centrowitz (US) | 3:36.13 | ||
| [10 | Leo Manzano (US) | 3:37.26] | ||
| [11 | Robby Andrews (US) | 3:38.29] | ||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 18) | ||||
| 1 | Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) | 3:36.28 | ||
| 2 | Matthew Centrowitz (US) | 3:36.78 | ||
| 3 | Johan Cronje (South Africa) | 3:36.83 | ||
| 4 | Nixon Chepseba (Kenya) | 3:36.87 | ||
| 5 | Tesfaye Homiyu (Germany) | 3:37.03 | ||
| 6 | Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) | 3:37.11 | ||
| 7 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) | 3:37.21 | ||
| 8 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen (Norway) | 3:37.52 | ||
| [Lopez Lomong (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| [Leo Manzano (US) 8th in semi] | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) | 3:35.69 | ||
| 2 | Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) | 3:35.92 | ||
| 3 | Matthew Centrowitz (US) | 3:36.08 | ||
| 4 | Manuel Olmedo (Spain) | 3:36.33 | ||
| 5 | Abdalaati Iguider (Morocco) | 3:36.56 | ||
| 6 | Mohamed Moustaoui (Morocco) | 3:36.80 | ||
| 7 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) | 3:36.81 | ||
| 8 | Edward Villanueva (Venezuela) | 3:37.31 | ||
| [Leo Manzano (US) 13th in semi] | ||||
| [Andrew Wheating (US) 8th in heat] | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Yusuf Saad Kamel (Bahrain) | 3:35.93 | ||
| 2 | Deresse Mekonnen (Ethiopia) | 3:36.01 | ||
| 3 | Bernard Lagat (US) | 3:36.20 | ||
| 4 | Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) | 3:36.47 | ||
| 5 | Augustine Choge (Kenya) | 3:36.53 | ||
| 6 | Mohamed Moustaoui (Morocco) | 3:36.57 | ||
| 7 | Mehdi Baala (France) | 3:36.99 | ||
| 8 | Lopez Lomong (US) | 3:37.62 | ||
| [12 | Leonel Manzano (US) | 3:40.05] | ||
| [Dorian Ulrey (US) 12th in semi] | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | Bernard Lagat (US) | 3:34.77 | ||
| 2 | Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain) | 3:35.00 | ||
| 3 | Shedrack Korir (Kenya) | 3:35.04 | ||
| 4 | Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) | 3:35.24 | ||
| 5 | Tarek Boukensa (Algeria) | 3:35.26 | ||
| 6 | Anter Zerguelaine (Algeria) | 3:35.29 | ||
| 7 | Arturo Casado (Spain) | 3:35.62 | ||
| 8 | Alan Webb (US) | 3:35.69 | ||
| [Leo Manzano (US) 13th in heat] | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain) | 3:37.88 | ||
| 2 | Adil Kaouch (Morocco) | 3:38.00 | ||
| 3 | Rui Silva (Portugal) | 3:38.02 | ||
| 4 | Ivan Heshko (Ukraine) | 3:38.71 | ||
| 5 | Arturo Casado (Spain) | 3:39.45 | ||
| 6 | Juan Carlos Higuero (Spain) | 3:40.34 | ||
| 7 | Alex Kipchirchir (Kenya) | 3:40.43 | ||
| 8 | Tarek Boukensa (Algeria) | 3:41.01 | ||
| [9 | Alan Webb (US) | 3:41.04] | ||
| [Chris Lukezic (US) 8th in semi] | ||||
| [Rob Myers (US) 10th in semi] | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) | 3:31.77 | ||
| 2 | Mehdi Baala (France) | 3:32.71 | ||
| 3 | Ivan Heshko (Ukraine) | 3:33.17 | ||
| 4 | Paul Korir (Kenya) | 3:33.47 | ||
| 5 | Rui Silva (Portugal) | 3:33.68 | ||
| 6 | Reyes Estévez (Spain) | 3:33.84 | ||
| 7 | Gert-Jan Liefers (Holland) | 3:33.99 | ||
| 8 | Vyacheslav Shabunin (Russia) | 3:34.37 | ||
| [Jason Lunn (US) 9th in semi] | ||||
| [no second or third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) | 3:30.68 | ||
| 2 | Bernard Lagat (Kenya) | 3:31.10 | ||
| 3 | Driss Maazouzi (France) | 3:31.54 | ||
| 4 | William Chirchir (Kenya) | 3:31.91 | ||
| 5 | Reyes Estévez (Spain) | 3:32.34 | ||
| 6 | José Antonio Redolat (Spain) | 3:34.29 | ||
| 7 | Rui Silva (Portugal) | 3:35.74 | ||
| 8 | Abdelkader Hachlaf (Morocco) | 3:36.54 | ||
| [10. Paul McMullen (US) 3:39.35] | ||||
| [Gabe Jennings (US) 11th in heat] | ||||
| [Seneca Lassiter (US) 11th in heat] | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) | 3:27.65 | WCR | |
| 2 | Noah Ngeny (Kenya) | 3:28.73 | ||
| 3 | Reyes Estévez (Spain) | 3:30.57 | ||
| 4 | Fermín Cacho (Spain) | 3:31.34 | ||
| 5 | Andres Díaz (Spain) | 3:31.83 | ||
| 6 | Laban Rotich (Kenya) | 3:33.32 | ||
| 7 | David Lelei (Kenya) | 3:33.82 | ||
| 8 | Driss Maazouzi (France) | 3:34.02 | ||
| [9 | Steve Holman (US) | 3:34.32] | ||
| [David Krummenacker (US) 7th in semi] | ||||
| [Seneca Lassiter (US) 12th in heat] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) | 3:35.83 | ||
| 2 | Fermín Cacho (Spain) | 3:36.63 | ||
| 3 | Reyes Estévez (Spain) | 3:37.26 | ||
| 4 | Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) | 3:37.37 | ||
| 5 | Ali Hakimi (Tunisia) | 3:37.51 | ||
| 6 | Mohamed Suleiman (Qatar) | 3:37.53 | ||
| 7 | Graham Hood (Canada) | 3:37.55 | ||
| 8 | Robert Andersen (Denmark) | 3:37.66 | ||
| [Steve Holman (US) 7th in semi] | ||||
| [Jason Pyrah (US) 9th in semi] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) | 3:33.73 | ||
| 2 | Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) | 3:35.28 | ||
| 3 | Vénuste Niyongabo (Burundi) | 3:35.56 | ||
| 4 | Rashid El Basir (Morocco) | 3:35.96 | ||
| 5 | Kevin Sullivan (Canada) | 3:36.73 | ||
| 6 | Abdelkader Chékhémani (France) | 3:36.90 | ||
| 7 | Mohamed Suleiman (Qatar) | 3:36.96 | ||
| 8 | Fermín Cacho (Spain) | 3:37.02 | ||
| [10. Paul McMullen (US) 3:38.23] | ||||
| [Terrance Herrington (US) 8th in semi] | ||||
| [Brian Hyde [US] 7th in heat] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) | 3:34.24 | ||
| 2 | Fermín Cacho (Spain) | 3:35.56 | ||
| 3 | Abdi Bile (Somalia) | 3:35.96 | ||
| 4 | Mohamed Suleiman (Qatar) | 3:36.87 | ||
| 5 | Jim Spivey (US) | 3:37.61 | ||
| 6 | Matthew Yates (Great Britain) | 3:37.61 | ||
| 7 | Rashid El Basir (Morocco) | 3:37.68 | ||
| 8 | Mohamed Taki (Morocco) | 3:37.76 | ||
| [Terrance Herrington (US) 12th in semi] | ||||
| [Bill Burke (US) 8th in heat] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1 | Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) | 3:32.84 | WCR | |
| 2 | Wilfred Kirochi (Kenya) | 3:34.84 | ||
| 3 | Hauke Fuhlbrügge (Germany) | 3:35.28 | ||
| 4 | Jens-Peter Herold (Germany) | 3:35.37 | ||
| 5 | Fermín Cacho (Spain) | 3:35.62 | ||
| 6 | Mario Silva (Portugal) | 3:35.76 | ||
| 7 | David Kibet (Kenya) | 3:36.03 | ||
| 8 | Genny Di Napoli (Italy) | 3:36.56 | ||
| [Terrance Herrington (US) 12th in heat] | ||||
| [Joe Falcon (US) injured, dnc] | ||||
| [Jim Spivey (US) injured, dnc] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1 | Abdi Bile (Somalia) | 3:36.80 | ||
| 2 | José Luis González (Spain) | 3:38.03 | ||
| 3 | Jim Spivey (US) | 3:38.82 | ||
| 4 | Joseph Chesire (Kenya) | 3:39.36 | ||
| 5 | Omer Khalifa (Sudan) | 3:39.81 | ||
| 6 | Jens-Peter Herold (East Germany) | 3:40.14 | ||
| 7 | Mike Hillardt (Australia) | 3:40.23 | ||
| 8 | Steve Cram (Great Britain) | 3:41.19 | ||
| [12 | Steve Scott (US) | 3:45.92] | ||
| [Chuck Aragon (US) 10th in semi] | ||||
| [Bile 3:35.67 WCR {semi}] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1 | Steve Cram (Great Britain) | 3:41.59 | ||
| 2 | Steve Scott (US) | 3:41.87 | ||
| 3 | Saïd Aouita (Morocco) | 3:42.02 | ||
| 4 | Steve Ovett (Great Britain) | 3:42.34 | ||
| 5 | José Abascal (Spain) | 3:42.47 | ||
| 6 | Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) | 3:43.69 | ||
| 7 | Andreas Busse (East Germany) | 3:43.72 | ||
| 8 | Dragan Zdravković (Yugoslavia) | 3:43.75 | ||
| [Sydney Maree (US) 9th in semi] | ||||
| [Tom Byers (US) 13th in semi] | ||||
| [Délèze 3:42.28 WCR {heat}; Cram 3:40.17 WCR {heat}; Busse 3:38.65 WCR {heat}; Scott 3:37.87 WCR {heat}, 3:36.43 WCR {semi}; Cram 3:35.77 WCR {semi}] | ||||