| 2022 | |||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 24) | |||
| 1. | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) | 13:09.24 | |
| 2. | Jacob Kiprop (Kenya) | 13:09.98 | |
| 2. | Jacob Krop (Kenya) | 13:09.98 | |
| 3. | Oscar Chelimo (Uganda) | 13:10.20 | |
| 4. | Luis Grijalva (Guatemala) | 13:10.44 | |
| 5. | Moh Ahmed (Canada) | 13:10.46 | |
| 6. | Grant Fisher (USA) | 13:11.65 | |
| 7. | Nicholas Kipkorir (Kenya) | 13:11.97 | |
| 8. | Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) | 13:12.09 | |
| 11. | Abdihamid Nur (USA) | 13:18.05 | |
| [Woody Kincaid (USA) 11th in heat] | |||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, September 30) | ||||
| 1. | Muktar Edris (Eth) | 12:58.85 | ||
| 2. | Selemon Barega (Eth) | 12:59.70 | ||
| 3. | Moh Ahmed (Can) | 13:01.11 | ||
| 4. | Telahun Haile (Eth) | 13:02.29 | ||
| 5. | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Nor) | 13:02.93 | ||
| 6. | Jacob Kiprop (Ken) | 13:03.08 | ||
| 7. | Paul Chelimo (US) | 13:04.60 | ||
| 8. | Nicholas Kimeli (Ken) | 13:05.27 | ||
| [11. | Hassan Mead (US) | 13:27.05] | ||
| [Ben True (US) 9th in heat] | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 12) | ||||
| 1 | Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) | 13:32.79 | ||
| 2 | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | 13:33.22 | ||
| 3 | Paul Chelimo (US) | 13:33.30 | ||
| 4 | Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) | 13:33.51 | ||
| 5 | Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) | 13:35.34 | ||
| 6 | Moh Ahmed (Canada) | 13:35.43 | ||
| 7 | Aron Kifle (Eritrea) | 13:36.91 | ||
| 8 | Andrew Butchart (Great Britain) | 13:38.73 | ||
| [dnc | Ryan Hill (US)] | |||
| [Eric Jenkins (US) 10th in heat] | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 29) | ||||
| 1 | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | 13:50.38 | ||
| 2 | Caleb Ndiku (Kenya) | 13:51.75 | ||
| 3 | Hagos Gebrhiwet (Ethiopia) | 13:51.86 | ||
| 4 | Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) | 13:52.43 | ||
| 5 | Galen Rupp (US) | 13:53.90 | ||
| 6 | Ben True (US) | 13:54.07 | ||
| 7 | Ryan Hill (US) | 13:55.10 | ||
| 8 | Isiah Koech (Kenya) | 13:55.98 | ||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 16) | ||||
| 1 | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | 13:26.98 | ||
| 2 | Hagos Gebrhiwet (Ethiopia) | 13:27.26 | ||
| 3 | Isiah Koech (Kenya) | 13:27.26 | ||
| 4 | Thomas Longosiwa (Kenya) | 13:27.67 | ||
| 5 | Edwin Soi (Kenya) | 13:29.01 | ||
| 6 | Bernard Lagat (US) | 13:29.24 | ||
| 7 | Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) | 13:29.56 | ||
| 8 | Galen Rupp (US) | 13:29.87 | ||
| [10 | Ryan Hill (US) | 13:32.69] | ||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | 13:23.36 | ||
| 2 | Bernard Lagat (US) | 13:23.64 | ||
| 3 | Dejen Gebremeskel (Ethiopia) | 13:23.92 | ||
| 4 | Isiah Koech (Kenya) | 13:24.95 | ||
| 5 | Abera Kuma (Ethiopia) | 13:25.50 | ||
| 6 | Thomas Longosiwa (Kenya) | 13:26.73 | ||
| 7 | Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) | 13:27.27 | ||
| 8 | Bilisuma Shugi (Bahrain) | 13:27.67 | ||
| [9 | Galen Rupp (US)] | 13:28.64] | ||
| [Andrew Bumbalough (US) 9th in heat] | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) | 13:17.09 | ||
| 2 | Bernard Lagat (US) | 13:17.33 | ||
| 3 | James Kwalia (Qatar) | 13:17.78 | ||
| 4 | Moses Kipsiro (Uganda) | 13:18.11 | ||
| 5 | Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) | 13:18.95 | ||
| 6 | Ali Abdosh (Ethiopia) | 13:19.11 | ||
| 7 | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | 13:19.69 | ||
| 8 | Matt Tegenkamp (US) | 13:20.23 | ||
| [12 | Chris Solinsky (US) | 13:28.57] | ||
| [Evan Jager (US) 11th in heat] | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | Bernard Lagat (US) | 13:45.87 | ||
| 2 | Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) | 13:46.00 | ||
| 3 | Moses Kipsiro (Uganda) | 13:46.75 | ||
| 4 | Matt Tegenkamp (US) | 13:46.78 | ||
| 5 | Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) | 13:47.33 | ||
| 6 | Mo Farah (Great Britain) | 13:47.54 | ||
| 7 | Jesús España (Spain) | 13:55.55 | ||
| 8 | Abreham Cherkos (Ethiopia) | 13:51.01 | ||
| [11 | Adam Goucher (US) | 13:53.17] | ||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Benjamin Limo (Kenya) | 13:32.55 | ||
| 2 | Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) | 13:32.81 | ||
| 3 | Craig Mottram (Australia) | 13:32.96 | ||
| 4 | Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) | 13:33.04 | ||
| 5 | Ali Saïdi-Sief (Algeria) | 13:33.25 | ||
| 6 | John Kibowen (Kenya) | 13:33.77 | ||
| 7 | Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) | 13:34.76 | ||
| 8 | Dejene Berhanu (Ethiopia) | 13:34.98 | ||
| [Ian Dobson (US) 10th in heat] | ||||
| [Tim Broe (US) 13th in heat] | ||||
| [Ryan Hall (US) 16th in heat] | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) | 12:52.79 | WCR | |
| 2 | Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) | 12:52.83 | ||
| 3 | Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) | 12:53.12 | ||
| 4 | John Kibowen (Kenya) | 12:54.07 | ||
| 5 | Abraham Chebii (Kenya) | 12:57.74 | ||
| 6 | Gebre Geremariam (Ethiopia) | 12:58.08 | ||
| 7 | Richard Limo (Kenya) | 13:01.13 | ||
| 8 | Zersenay Tadesse (Eritrea) | 13:05.57 | ||
| [15 | Jorge Torres (US) | 13:43.27] | ||
| [no second or third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Richard Limo (Kenya) | 13:00.77 | ||
| 2 | Ali Saïdi-Sief (Algeria) | 13:02.16 | ||
| 3 | Million Wolde (Ethiopia) | 13:03.47 | ||
| 4 | John Kibowen (Kenya) | 13:05.20 | ||
| 5 | Alberto García (Spain) | 13:05.60 | ||
| 6 | Ismaïl Sghyr (France) | 13:07.71 | ||
| 7 | Sammy Kipketer (Kenya) | 13:08.46 | ||
| 8 | Abiyote Abate (Ethiopia) | 13:14.07 | ||
| [11 | Adam Goucher (US) | 13:24.00] | ||
| [Nick Rogers (US) 16th in heat] | ||||
| [Bob Kennedy (US) dnc in heat] | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Salah Hissou (Morocco) | 12:58.13 | WCR | |
| 2 | Benjamin Limo (Kenya) | 12:58.72 | ||
| 3 | Mohammed Mourhit (Belgium) | 12:58.80 | ||
| 4 | Brahim Lahlafi (Morocco) | 12:59.09 | ||
| 5 | Daniel Komen (Kenya) | 13:04.71 | ||
| 6 | Fita Bayissa (Ethiopia) | 13:13.86 | ||
| 7 | Hailu Mekonen (Ethiopia) | 13:18.97 | ||
| 8 | Million Wolde (Ethiopia) | 13:20.81 | ||
| [9 | Bob Kennedy (US) | 13:23.52] | ||
| [12 | Adam Goucher (US) | 13:39.24] | ||
| [Dan Browne (US) 17th in heat] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Daniel Komen (Kenya) | 13:07.38 | ||
| 2 | Khalid Boulami (Morocco) | 13:09.34 | ||
| 3 | Tom Nyariki (Kenya) | 13:11.09 | ||
| 4 | Ismaïl Sghyr (Morocco) | 13:17.45 | ||
| 5 | Dieter Baumann (Germany) | 13:17.64 | ||
| 6 | Bob Kennedy (US) | 13:19.45 | ||
| 7 | El Hassan Lahssini (Morocco) | 13:20.52 | ||
| 8 | Enrique Molina (Spain) | 13:24.54 | ||
| [Alan Culpepper (US) 8th in heat] | ||||
| [Brian Baker (US) 13th in heat] | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | Ismael Kirui (Kenya) | 13:16.77 | ||
| 2 | Khalid Boulami (Morocco) | 13:17.15 | ||
| 3 | Shem Kororia (Kenya) | 13:17.59 | ||
| 4 | Ismaïl Sghyr (Morocco) | 13:17.86 | ||
| 5 | Brahim Lahlafi (Morocco) | 13:18.89 | ||
| 6 | Worku Bikila (Ethiopia) | 13:20.12 | ||
| 7 | Bob Kennedy (US) | 13:32.10 | ||
| 8 | Fita Bayissa (Ethiopia) | 13:34.52 | ||
| [Mark Coogan (US) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Jim Spivey (US) 14th in heat] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | Ismael Kirui (Kenya) | 13:02.75 | WCR, WJR | |
| 2 | Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) | 13:03.17 | ||
| 3 | Fita Bayissa (Ethiopia) | 13:05.40 | ||
| 4 | Worku Bikila (Ethiopia) | 13:06.64 | ||
| 5 | Khalid Skah (Morocco) | 13:07.18 | ||
| 6 | Brahim Jabbour (Morocco) | 13:18.87 | ||
| 7 | Aloÿs Nizigama (Burundi) | 13:20.59 | ||
| 8 | Paul Bitok (Kenya) | 13:23.41 | ||
| [Bob Kennedy (US) 5th in heat] | ||||
| [Greg Whiteley (US) 11th in heat] | ||||
| [Matt Giusto (US) injured, dnc] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1 | Yobes Ondieki (Kenya) | 13:14.45 | WCR | |
| 2 | Fita Bayissa (Ethiopia) | 13:16.64 | ||
| 3 | Brahim Boutaïb (Morocco) | 13:22.70 | ||
| 4 | Dieter Baumann (Germany) | 13:28.67 | ||
| 5 | Domingos Castro (Portugal) | 13:28.88 | ||
| 6 | Khalid Skah (Morocco) | 13:32.90 | ||
| 7 | Risto Ulmala (Finland) | 13:33.46 | ||
| 8 | Dionisio Castro (Portugal) | 13:35.39 | ||
| [12 | Bob Kennedy (US) | 13:54.57] | ||
| [14 | Doug Padilla (US) | 14:36.18 | ||
| [Reuben Reina (US) 8th in heat] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1 | Saïd Aouita (Morocco) | 13:26.44 | ||
| 2 | Domingos Castro (Portugal) | 13:27.59 | ||
| 3 | Jack Buckner (Great Britain) | 13:27.74 | ||
| 4 | Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) | 13:28.06 | ||
| 5 | Vincent Rousseau (Belgium) | 13:28.56 | ||
| 6 | Evgeni Ignatov (Bulgaria) | 13:29.08 | ||
| 7 | Tim Hutchings (Great Britain) | 13:30.01 | ||
| 8 | Dionisio Castro (Portugal) | 13:30.94 | ||
| [11 | Sydney Maree (US) | 13:33.78] | ||
| [Doug Padilla (US) 8th in heat] | ||||
| [John Gregorek (US) 14th in heat] | ||||
| [John Ngugi {Ken} 13:22.68 WCR {heat}] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1 | Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) | 13:28.53 | WCR | |
| 2 | Werner Schildhauer (East Germany) | 13:30.20 | ||
| 3 | Martti Vainio (Finland) | 13:30.34 | ||
| 4 | Dmitriy Dmitriyev (Soviet Union) | 13:30.38 | ||
| 5 | Doug Padilla (US) | 13:32.08 | ||
| 6 | Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) | 13:32.46 | ||
| 7 | Wodajo Bulti (Ethiopia) | 13:34.03 | ||
| 8 | Dietmar Millonig (Austria) | 13:36.08 | ||
| [Jim Hill (US) 8th in heat] | ||||
| [Jim Spivey (US) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Markus Ryffel (Swi) 13:43.36 WCR {heat}, 13:32.34 WCR {semi}; Dmitriyev 13:31.40 WCR {semi}] | ||||