| 2023 | ||||
| (Budapest, Hungary, August 24) | ||||
| 1. | Álvaro Martín (Spain) | 2:24:30 | ||
| 2. | Brian Pintado (Ecuador) | 2:24:34 | ||
| 3. | Masatora Kawano (Japan) | 2:25:12 | ||
| 4. | Evan Dunfee (Canada) | 2:25:28 | ||
| 5. | Christopher Linke (Germany) | 2:25:35 | ||
| 6. | Tomohiro Noda (Japan) | 2:25:50 | ||
| 7. | Massimo Stano (Italy) | 2:25:59 | ||
| 8. | Perseus Karlström (Sweden) | 2:27:03 | ||
| [no U.S. entrants] | ||||
| 2022 (35K) | ||||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 24) | ||||
| 1. | Massimo Stano (Ita) | 2:23:14 | WCR | |
| 2. | Masatora Kawano (Jpn) | 2:23:15 | ||
| 3. | Perseus Karlström (Swe) | 2:23:44 | ||
| 4. | Brian Pintado (Ecu) | 2:24:37 | ||
| 5. | Xianghong He (Chn) | 2:24:45 | ||
| 6. | Evan Dunfee (Can) | 2:25:02 | ||
| 7. | Caio Bonfim (Bra) | 2:25:14 | ||
| 8. | Eider Arévalo (Col) | 2:25:21 | ||
| 36. | Nick Christie (USA) | 2:41:08 | ||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, September 28) | ||||
| 1. | Yusuke Suzuki (Jpn) | 4:04:20 | ||
| 2. | João Vieira (Por) | 4:04:59 | ||
| 3. | Evan Dunfee (Can) | 4:05:02 | ||
| 4. | Wenbin Niu (Chn) | 4:05:36 | ||
| 5. | Yadong Luo (Chn) | 4:06:49 | ||
| 6. | Brendan Boyce (Ire) | 4:07:46 | ||
| 7. | Carl Dohmann (Ger) | 4:10:22 | ||
| 8. | Jesús Ángel García (Spa) | 4:11:28 | ||
| [no U.S. entrants] | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 13) | ||||
| 1 | Yohann Diniz (France) | 3:33:12 | WCR | |
| 2 | Hiroki Arai (Japan) | 3:41:17 | ||
| 3 | Kai Kobayashi (Japan) | 3:41:19 | ||
| 4 | Ihor Hlavan (Ukraine) | 3:41:42 | ||
| 5 | Satoshi Maruo (Japan) | 3:43:03 | ||
| 6 | Máté Helebrandt (Hungary) | 3:43:56 | ||
| 7 | Rafał Augustyn (Poland) | 3:44:18 | ||
| 8 | Robert Heffernan (Ireland) | 3:44:41 | ||
| [no U.S. entrants] | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, China, August 29) | ||||
| 1 | Matej Tóth (Slovakia) | 3:40:32 | ||
| 2 | Jared Tallent (Australia) | 3:42:17 | ||
| 3 | Takayuki Tanii (Japan) | 3:42:55 | ||
| 4 | Hiroki Arai (Japan) | 3:43:44 | ||
| 5 | Robert Heffernan (Ireland) | 3:44:17 | ||
| 6 | Lin Zhang (China) | 3:44:39 | ||
| 7 | Wei Yu (China) | 3:45:21 | ||
| 8 | Andrés Chocho (Ecuador) | 3:46:00 | ||
| [37 | John Nunn (US) | 4:09:44] | ||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 14) | ||||
| 1 | Robert Heffernan (Ireland) | 3:37:56 | ||
| 2 | Mikhail Ryzhov (Russia) | 3:38:58 | ||
| 3 | Jared Tallent (Australia) | 3:40:03 | ||
| 4 | Ihor Hlavan (Ukraine) | 3:40:39 | ||
| 5 | Matej Tóth (Slovakia) | 3:41:07 | ||
| 6 | Grzegorz Sudol (Poland) | 3:41:20 | ||
| 7 | Ivan Noskov (Russia) | 3:41:36 | ||
| 8 | Lukasz Nowak (Poland) | 3:43:38 | ||
| [46 | John Nunn (US) | 4:34:55 | ||
| [no other U.S. entrants] | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Sergey Bakulin (Russia) | 3:41:24 | ||
| 2 | Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) | 3:42:45 | ||
| 3 | Jared Tallent (Australia) | 3:43:36 | ||
| 4 | Tiangfeng Si (China) | 3:44:40 | ||
| 5 | Luke Adams (Australia) | 3:45:31 | ||
| 6 | Koichiro Morioka (Japan) | 3:46:21 | ||
| 7 | Chil-Sung Park (South Korea) | 3:47:13 | ||
| 8 | Faguang Xu (China) | 3:47:19 | ||
| [no U.S. entrants] | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Trond Nymark (Norway) | 3:41:16 | ||
| 2 | Jesús Angel García (Spain) | 3:41:37 | ||
| 3 | Grzegorz Sudoł (Poland) | 3:42:34 | ||
| 4 | Andre Hohne (Germany) | 3:43:19 | ||
| 5 | Luke Adams (Australia) | 3:43:39 | ||
| 6 | Jared Tallent (Australia) | 3:44:50 | ||
| 7 | Marco De Luca (Italy) | 3:46:31 | ||
| 8 | Jarkko Kinnunen (Finland) | 3:47:36 | ||
| retroactive doping dq [1] | Sergey Kirdyapkin (Russia) | [3:38:35] | ||
| [no U.S. entrants] | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | Nathan Deakes (Australia) | 3:43:53 | ||
| 2 | Yohan Diniz (France) | 3:44:22 | ||
| 3 | Alex Schwazer (Italy) | 3:44:38 | ||
| 4 | Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) | 3:46:57 | ||
| 5 | Erik Tysse (Norway) | 3:51:52 | ||
| 6 | Mikel Odriozola (Spain) | 3:55:19 | ||
| 7 | Chao Sun (China) | 3:55:43 | ||
| 8 | Trond Nymark (Norway) | 3:57:22 | ||
| [31 | Kevin Eastler (US) 4:31:52—only U.S. entrant] | |||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Sergey Kirdyapkin (Russia) | 3:38:08 | ||
| 2 | Aleksey Voyevodin (Russia) | 3:41:25 | ||
| 3 | Alex Schwazer (Italy) | 3:41:54 | ||
| 4 | Trond Nymark (Norway) | 3:44:04 | ||
| 5 | Chengliang Zhao (China) | 3:44:45 | ||
| 6 | Omar Zepeda (Mexico) | 3:49:01 | ||
| 7 | Roman Magzdiarczyk (Poland) | 3:49:55 | ||
| 8 | Yuki Yamazaki (Japan) | 3:51:15 | ||
| [23 | Phillip Dunn (US)—only U.S. entrant] | 4:25:27] | ||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) | 3:36:03 | WCR | |
| 2 | German Skurygin (Russia) | 3:36:42 | ||
| 3 | Andreas Erm (Germany) | 3:37:46 | ||
| 4 | Aleksey Voyevodin (Russia) | 3:38:01 | ||
| 5 | Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) | 3:38:23 | ||
| 6 | Jesús Angel García (Spain) | 3:43:56 | ||
| 7 | Roman Magzdiarczyk (Poland) | 3:44:53 | ||
| 8 | Trond Nymark (Norway) | 3:46:14 | ||
| [dq—Curt Clausen (US)—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) | 3:42:08 | ||
| 2 | Jesús Angel García (Spain) | 3:43:07 | ||
| 3 | Edgar Hernández (Mexico) | 3:46:12 | ||
| 4 | Aigars Fadejevs (Latvia) | 3:46:20 | ||
| 5 | Vladimir Potemin (Russia) | 3:46:53 | ||
| 6 | Valentí Massana (Spain) | 3:48:28 | ||
| 7 | Curt Clausen (US) | 3:50:46 | ||
| 8 | Marco Giungi (Italy) | 3:51:09 | ||
| [14 | Phillip Dunn (US) | 3:56:33] | ||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Ivano Brugnetti (Italy) | 3:47:54 | ||
| 2 | Nikolay Matyukhin (Russia) | 3:48:18 | ||
| 3 | Curt Clausen (US) | 3:50:55 | ||
| 4 | Valentí Massana (Spain) | 3:51:55 | ||
| 5 | Robert Ihly (Germany) | 3:53:47 | ||
| 6 | Arturo Di Mezza (Italy) | 3:53:50 | ||
| 7 | Craig Barrett (New Zealand) | 3:54:38 | ||
| 8 | Valentin Kononen (Finland) | 3:53:40 | ||
| [dq{drugs}—{1}German Skurygin (Russia) {3:44:23}] | ||||
| [dq—Andrew Hermann (US)] | ||||
| [dq—Al Heppner (US)] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) | 3:44:46 | ||
| 2 | Jesús García (Spain) | 3:44:59 | ||
| 3 | Miguel Rodríguez (Mexico) | 3:48:30 | ||
| 4 | Oleg Ishutkin (Russia) | 3:50:04 | ||
| 5 | Tomasz Lipiec (Poland) | 3:50:14 | ||
| 6 | Fumio Imamura (Japan) | 3:50:27 | ||
| 7 | Sylvain Caudron (France) | 3:51:17 | ||
| 8 | Arturo Di Mezza (Italy) | 3:51:33 | ||
| [dq—Andrew Hermann (US)—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | Valentin Kononen (Finland) | 3:43:42 | ||
| 2 | Giovanni Perricelli (Italy) | 3:45:11 | ||
| 3 | Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) | 3:45:57 | ||
| 4 | Miguel Rodriguez (Mexico) | 3:46:34 | ||
| 5 | Jesús García (Spain) | 3:48:05 | ||
| 6 | Aleksandr Raković (Yugoslavia) | 3:49:35 | ||
| 7 | Arturo Di Mezza (Italy) | 3:49:46 | ||
| 8 | René Piller (France) | 3:49:47 | ||
| [dnf—Allen James (US)—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | Jesús García (Spain) | 3:41:41 | ||
| 2 | Valentin Kononen (Finland) | 3:42:02 | ||
| 3 | Valeriy Spitsyn (Russia) | 3:42:50 | ||
| 4 | Axel Noack (Germany) | 3:43:50 | ||
| 5 | Basilio Labrador (Spain) | 3:46:46 | ||
| 6 | René Piller (France) | 3:48:57 | ||
| 7 | Tim Berrett (Canada) | 3:50:23 | ||
| 8 | Carlos Mercenário (Mexico) | 3:50:52 | ||
| [19 | Jonathan Matthews (US) | 4:02:52] | ||
| [31 | Herm Nelson (US) | 4:21:08] | ||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1 | Aleksandr Potashov (Soviet Union) | 3:53:09 | ||
| 2 | Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) | 3:53:09 | ||
| 3 | Hartwig Gauder (Germany) | 3:55:14 | ||
| 4 | Vitaliy Popovich (Soviet Union) | 4:00:10 | ||
| 5 | Valentin Kononen (Finland) | 4:02:34 | ||
| 6 | Giuseppe De Gaetano (Italy) | 4:03:43 | ||
| 7 | Fumio Imamura (Japan) | 4:06:07 | ||
| 8 | René Piller (France) | 4:06:30 | ||
| [dnf—Carl Schueler (US)—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1 | Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) | 3:40:53 | WCR | |
| 2 | Ronald Weigel (East Germany) | 3:41:30 | ||
| 3 | Vyacheslav Ivanenko (Soviet Union) | 3:44:02 | ||
| 4 | Raffaello Ducceschi (Italy) | 3:47:49 | ||
| 5 | Martin Bermúdez (Mexico) | 3:48:27 | ||
| 6 | Sandro Bellucci (Italy) | 3:48:52 | ||
| 7 | Pavol Szikora (Czechoslovakia) | 3:49:44 | ||
| 8 | Arturo Bravo (Mexico) | 3:52:08 | ||
| [16 | Carl Schueler (US) | 3:57:09] | ||
| [17 | Marco Evoniuk (US) | 3:57:43] | ||
| [22 | Jim Heiring (US) | 4:03:34] | ||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1 | Ronald Weigel (East Germany) | 3:43:08 | WCR | |
| 2 | José Marin (Spain) | 3:43:42 | ||
| 3 | Sergey Yung (Soviet Union) | 3:49:03 | ||
| 4 | Reima Salonen (Finland) | 3:52:53 | ||
| 5 | Raúl González (Mexico) | 3:53:51 | ||
| 6 | François Lapointe (Canada) | 3:53:57 | ||
| 7 | Sandro Bellucci (Italy) | 3:55:38 | ||
| 8 | Viktor Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) | 3:56:02 | ||
| [9 | Marco Evoniuk (US) | 3:56:57] | ||
| [dnf—Jim Heiring (US)] | ||||