| 2022 | |||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 23) | |||
| 1. | Emmanuel Korir (Kenya) | 1:43.71 | |
| 2. | Djamel Sedjati (Algeria) | 1:44.14 | |
| 3. | Marco Arop (Canada) | 1:44.28 | |
| 4. | Emmanuel Wanyonyi (Kenya) | 1:44.54 | |
| 5. | Slimane Moula (Algeria) | 1:44.85 | |
| 6. | Gabriel Tual (France) | 1:45.49 | |
| 7. | Peter Bol (Australia) | 1:45.51 | |
| 8. | Wycliffe Kinyamal (Kenya) | 1:47.07 | |
| [Donavan Brazier (USA) 6th in heat] | |||
| [Bryce Hoppel (USA) 5th in heat] | |||
| [Brandon Miller (USA) 5th in heat] | |||
| [Jonah Koech (USA) dq in heat] | |||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 1) | ||||
| 1. | Donavan Brazier (US) | 1:42.34 | AR | |
| 2. | Amel Tuka (Bos) | 1:43.47 | ||
| 3. | Ferguson Cheruiyot (Ken) | 1:43.82 | ||
| 4. | Bryce Hoppel (US) | 1:44.25 | ||
| 5. | Wesley Vázquez (PR) | 1:44.48 | ||
| 6. | Adrian Ben (Spa) | 1:45.58 | ||
| 7. | Marco Arop (MsSt) | 1:45.78 | ||
| 8. | Clayton Murphy (US) | 1:47.84 | ||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 8) | ||||
| 1 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) | 1:44.67 | ||
| 2 | Adam Kszczot (Poland) | 1:44.95 | ||
| 3 | Kipyegon Bett (Kenya) | 1:45.21 | ||
| 4 | Kyle Langford (Great Britain) | 1:45.25 | ||
| 5 | Nijel Amos (Botswana) | 1:45.83 | ||
| 6 | Mohamed Aman (Ethiopia) | 1:46.06 | ||
| 7 | Thiago André (Brazil) | 1:46.30 | ||
| 8 | Brandon McBride (Canada) | 1:47.09 | ||
| [Donavan Brazier (US) 7th in semi] | ||||
| [Isaiah Harris (US) 4th in semi] | ||||
| [Drew Windle (US) 5th in semi] | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 25) | ||||
| 1 | David Rudisha (Kenya) | 1:45.84 | ||
| 2 | Adam Kszczot (Poland) | 1:46.08 | ||
| 3 | Amel Tuka (Bosnia) | 1:46.30 | ||
| 4 | Ferguson Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 1:46.35 | ||
| 5 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) | 1:46.63 | ||
| 6 | Abdulrahman Musaeb Balla (Qatar) | 1:47.01 | ||
| 7 | Nader Belhanbel (Morocco) | 1:47.09 | ||
| 8 | Alfred Kipketer (Kenya) | 1:47.66 | ||
| [Clayton Murphy (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| [Erik Sowinski (US) 7th in semi] | ||||
| [Casimir Loxsom (US) 6th in heat] | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 13) | ||||
| 1 | Mohamed Aman (Ethiopia) | 1:43.31 | ||
| 2 | Nick Symmonds (US) | 1:43.55 | ||
| 3 | Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) | 1:43.76 | ||
| 4 | Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) | 1:44.08 | ||
| 5 | Andrew Osagie (Great Britain) | 1:44.36 | ||
| 6 | Duane Solomon (US) | 1:44.42 | ||
| 7 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) | 1:44.79 | ||
| 8 | Abdulaziz O. Mohamed (Saudi Arabia) | 1:46.57 | ||
| [Brandon Johnson (US) 3rd in heat] | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | David Rudisha (Kenya) | 1:43.91 | ||
| 2 | Abukaker Kaki (Sudan) | 1:44.41 | ||
| 3 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) | 1:44.49 | ||
| 4 | Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) | 1:44.80 | ||
| 5 | Nick Symmonds (US) | 1:45.12 | ||
| 6 | Adam Kszczot (Poland) | 1:45.25 | ||
| 7 | Alfred Kirwa Yego (Kenya) | 1:45.83 | ||
| 8 | Mohammed Aman (Ethiopia) | 1:45.93 | ||
| [Khadevis Robinson (US) 5th in semi] | ||||
| [Charles Jock (US) 5th in heat] | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) | 1:45.29 | ||
| 2 | Alfred Kirwa Yego (Kenya) | 1:45.35 | ||
| 3 | Youssef Kamel (Bahrain) | 1:45.35 | ||
| 4 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) | 1:45.57 | ||
| 5 | Amine Laâlou (Morocco) | 1:45.66 | ||
| 6 | Nick Symmonds (US) | 1:45.71 | ||
| 7 | Bram Som (Holland) | 1:45.86 | ||
| 8 | Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) | 1:46.17 | ||
| [Khadevis Robinson (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| [Ryan Brown (US) 5th in heat] | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | Alfred Kirwa Yego (Kenya) | 1:47.09 | ||
| 2 | Gary Reed (Canada) | 1:47.10 | ||
| 3 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) | 1:47.39 | ||
| 4 | Abraham Chepkirwok (Uganda) | 1:47.41 | ||
| 5 | Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) | 1:47.42 | ||
| 6 | Amine Laâlou (Morocco) | 1:47.45 | ||
| 7 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) | 1:47.52 | ||
| 8 | Mohammed Al-Salhi (Saudi Arabia) | 1:47.58 | ||
| [Khadevis Robinson (US) 4th in semi] | ||||
| [Nick Symmonds (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| [Duane Solomon (US) 7th in heat] | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain) | 1:44.24 | ||
| 2 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) | 1:44.51 | ||
| 3 | William Yiampoy (Kenya) | 1:44.55 | ||
| 4 | Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) | 1:44.98 | ||
| 5 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni (Algeria) | 1:45.31 | ||
| 6 | Mehdi Baala (France) | 1:45.32 | ||
| 7 | Belal Mansoor Ali (Bahrain) | 1:45.55 | ||
| 8 | Gary Reed (Canada) | 1:46.20 | ||
| [David Krummenacker (US) 8th in semi] | ||||
| [Khadevis Robinson (US) 8th in semi] | ||||
| [Kevin Hicks (US) 7th in heat] | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni (Algeria) | 1:44.81 | ||
| 2 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) | 1:44.84 | ||
| 3 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) | 1:44.90 | ||
| 4 | Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) | 1:45.23 | ||
| 5 | Andrea Longo (Italy) | 1:45.43 | ||
| 6 | Justus Koech (Kenya) | 1:45.63 | ||
| 7 | Hezekiél Sepeng (South Africa) | 1:45.74 | ||
| 8 | Osmar dos Santos (Brazil) | 1:46.28 | ||
| [David Krummenacker (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| [Khadevis Robinson (US) 8th in semi] | ||||
| [Sam Burley (US) lane dq in heat] | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | André Bucher (Switzerland) | 1:43.70 | ||
| 2 | Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) | 1:44.55 | ||
| 3 | Paweł Czapiewski (Poland) | 1:44.63 | ||
| 4 | William Yiampoy (Kenya) | 1:44.96 | ||
| 5 | Nils Schumann (Germany) | 1:45.00 | ||
| 6 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) | 1:45.01 | ||
| 7 | Khalid Tighazouine (Morocco) | 1:45.58 | ||
| 8 | Hezekiél Sepeng (South Africa) | 1:46.68 | ||
| [David Krummenacker (US) 7th in semi] | ||||
| [Derrick Peterson (US) 5th in heat] | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) | 1:43.30 | ||
| 2 | Hezekiél Sepeng (South Africa) | 1:43.32 | ||
| 3 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni (Algeria) | 1:44.18 | ||
| 4 | Norberto Téllez (Cuba) | 1:45.03 | ||
| 5 | Japheth Kimutai (Kenya) | 1:45.18 | ||
| 6 | Andrea Longo (Italy) | 1:45.33 | ||
| 7 | Kennedy Kimwetich (Kenya) | 1:46.27 | ||
| 8 | Nils Schumann (Germany) | 1:46.79 | ||
| [Rich Kenah (US) 3rd in semi] | ||||
| [Bryan Woodward (US) 7th in semi] | ||||
| [Khadevis Robinson (US) 5th in heat] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) | 1:43.38 | ||
| 2 | Norberto Téllez (Cuba) | 1:44.00 | ||
| 3 | Rich Kenah (US) | 1:44.25 | ||
| 4 | Patrick Konchellah (Kenya) | 1:44.26 | ||
| 5 | Vebjørn Rodal (Norway) | 1:44.53 | ||
| 6 | Marko Koers (Holland) | 1:44.85 | ||
| 7 | Patrick Ndururi (Kenya) | 1:45.24 | ||
| 8 | Mark Everett (US) | 1:49.02 | ||
| [Brandon Rock (US) 6th in quarter] | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) | 1:45.08 | ||
| 2 | Arthémon Hatungimana (Burundi) | 1:45.64 | ||
| 3 | Vebjørn Rodal (Norway) | 1:45.68 | ||
| 4 | Nico Motchebon (Germany) | 1:45.97 | ||
| 5 | Brandon Rock (US) | 1:46.42 | ||
| 6 | Jose Parrilla (US) | 1:46.44 | ||
| 7 | Andrea Giocondi (Italy) | 1:47.78 | ||
| 8 | Mark Everett (US) | 1:53.12 | ||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | Paul Ruto (Kenya) | 1:44.71 | ||
| 2 | Giuseppe D’Urso (Italy) | 1:44.86 | ||
| 3 | Billy Konchellah (Kenya) | 1:44.89 | ||
| 4 | Curtis Robb (Great Britain) | 1:45.54 | ||
| 5 | Hezekiél Sepeng (South Africa) | 1:45.64 | ||
| 6 | Freddie Williams (Canada) | 1:45.80 | ||
| 7 | William Tanui (Kenya) | 1:45.80 | ||
| 8 | Tom McKean (Great Britain) | 1:46.17 | ||
| [Jose Parrilla (US) 4th in semi] | ||||
| [Mark Everett (US) 8th in semi] | ||||
| [Johnny Gray (US) 8th in semi] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1 | Billy Konchellah (Kenya) | 1:43.99 | ||
| 2 | José Luiz Barbosa (Brazil) | 1:44.24 | ||
| 3 | Mark Everett (US) | 1:44.67 | ||
| 4 | Paul Ereng (Kenya) | 1:44.75 | ||
| 5 | Piotr Piekarski (Poland) | 1:45.44 | ||
| 6 | Johnny Gray (US) | 1:45.67 | ||
| 7 | Andrey Sudnik (Soviet Union) | 1:46.36 | ||
| 8 | Tomás De Teresa (Spain) | 1:47.65 | ||
| [George Kersh (US) 5th in semi] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1 | Billy Konchellah (Kenya) | 1:43.06 | WCR | |
| 2 | Peter Elliott (Great Britain) | 1:43.41 | ||
| 3 | José Luiz Barbosa (Brazil) | 1:43.76 | ||
| 4 | Ryszard Ostrowski (Poland) | 1:44.59 | ||
| 5 | Faouzi Lahbi (Morocco) | 1:44.83 | ||
| 6 | Stephen Ole Marai (Kenya) | 1:44.84 | ||
| 7 | Slobodan Popović (Yug) | 1:45.07 | ||
| 8 | Tom McKean (Great Britain) | 1:49.21 | ||
| [David Mack (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| [Stanley Redwine (US) 4th in quarter] | ||||
| [Johnny Gray (US) 8th in quarter] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1 | Willi Wülbeck (West Germany) | 1:43.65 | WCR | |
| 2 | Rob Druppers (Holland) | 1:44.20 | ||
| 3 | Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) | 1:44.27 | ||
| 4 | Peter Elliott (Great Britain) | 1:44.87 | ||
| 5 | James Robinson (US) | 1:45.12 | ||
| 6 | Agberto Guimarães (Brazil) | 1:45.46 | ||
| 7 | Hans-Peter Ferner (West Germany) | 1:45.74 | ||
| 8 | David Patrick (US) | 1:46.56 | ||
| [David Mack (US) 4th in semi] | ||||
| [Robinson 1:46.32 WCR {heat}; Mack 1:45.84 WCR {heat}; Cruz 1:45.62 WCR {semi}; Ferner 1:45.24 WCR {semi}] | ||||