| 2022 | |||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 18) | |||
| 1. | Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) | 8:25.13 | |
| 2. | Lamecha Girma (Ethiopia) | 8:26.01 | |
| 3. | Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) | 8:27.92 | |
| 4. | Getnet Wale (Ethiopia) | 8:28.68 | |
| 5. | Abraham Kibiwot (Kenya) | 8:28.95 | |
| 6. | Evan Jager (USA) | 8:29.08 | |
| 7. | Yemane Hailesilassie (Eritrea) | 8:29.40 | |
| 8. | Hillary Bor (USA) | 8:29.77 | |
| [Benard Keter (USA) 7th in heat] | |||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 4) | ||||
| 1. | Conseslus Kipruto (Ken) | 8:01.35 | ||
| 2. | Lemecha Girma (Eth) | 8:01.36 | ||
| 3. | Soufiane El Bakkali (Mor) | 8:03.76 | ||
| 4. | Getnet Wale (Eth) | 8:05.21 | ||
| 5. | Djilali Bedrani (Fra) | 8:05.23 | ||
| 6. | Benjamin Kigen (Ken) | 8:06.95 | ||
| 7. | Abraham Kibiwot (Ken) | 8:08.52 | ||
| 8. | Hillary Bor (US) | 8:09.33 | ||
| [10. | Stanley Kebenei (US) | 8:11.15] | ||
| [12. | Andy Bayer (US) | 8:12.47] | ||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 8) | ||||
| 1 | Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) | 8:14.12 | ||
| 2 | Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) | 8:14.49 | ||
| 3 | Evan Jager (US) | 8:15.53 | ||
| 4 | Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) | 8:15.80 | ||
| 5 | Stanley Kebenei (US) | 8:21.09 | ||
| 6 | Matt Hughes (Canada) | 8:21.84 | ||
| 7 | Tesfaye Deriba (Ethiopia) | 8:22.12 | ||
| 8 | Tafese Soboka (Ethiopia) | 8:23.02 | ||
| [Hillary Bor (US) 5th in heat] | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 24) | ||||
| 1 | Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) | 8:11.28 | ||
| 2 | Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) | 8:12.38 | ||
| 3 | Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) | 8:12.54 | ||
| 4 | Jairus Birech (Kenya) | 8:12.62 | ||
| 5 | Dan Huling (US) | 8:14.39 | ||
| 6 | Evan Jager (US) | 8:15.47 | ||
| 7 | Brahim Taleb (Morocco) | 8:17.73 | ||
| 8 | Matt Hughes (Canada) | 8:18.63 | ||
| [10 Donn Cabral (US) 8:24.94] | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 15) | ||||
| 1 | Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) | 8:06.01 | ||
| 2 | Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) | 8:06.37 | ||
| 3 | Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) | 8:07.86 | ||
| 4 | Paul Koech II (Kenya) | 8:08.62 | ||
| 5 | Evan Jager (US) | 8:08.67 | ||
| 6 | Matt Hughes (Canada) | 8:11.64 | ||
| 7 | Abel Mutai (Kenya) | 8:17.04 | ||
| 8 | Yoann Kowal (France) | 8:17.41 | ||
| [De’Sean Turner (US) 5th in semi] | ||||
| [Dan Huling (US) 13th in semi] | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) | 8:14.85 | ||
| 2 | Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) | 8:16.05 | ||
| 3 | Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) | 8:16.09 | ||
| 4 | Bob Tahri (France) | 8:17.56 | ||
| 5 | Roba Gari (Ethiopia) | 8:18.37 | ||
| 6 | Jacob Araptany (Uganda) | 8:18.67 | ||
| 7 | Richard Mateelong (Kenya) | 8:19.31 | ||
| 8 | Ion Luchianov (Moldova) | 8:19.69 | ||
| [Ben Bruce (US) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Dan Huling (US) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Billy Nelson (US) 12th in heat] | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) | 8:00.43 | WCR | |
| 2 | Richard Mateelong (Kenya) | 8:00.89 | ||
| 3 | Bob Tahri (France) | 8:01.18 | ||
| 4 | Paul Koech II (Kenya) | 8:01.26 | ||
| 5 | Yacob Jarso (Ethiopia) | 8:12.13 | ||
| 6 | Roba Gari (Ethiopia) | 8:12.40 | ||
| 7 | Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) | 8:12.61 | ||
| 8 | Jukka Keskisalo (Finland) | 8:14.47 | ||
| [Dan Huling (US) 11th in heat] | ||||
| [Josh McAdams (US) 13th in heat] | ||||
| [Kyle Alcorn (US) dnf heat] | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) | 8:13.82 | ||
| 2 | Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) | 8:16.94 | ||
| 3 | Richard Mateelong (Kenya) | 8:17.59 | ||
| 4 | Mustafa Mohamed (Sweden) | 8:19.82 | ||
| 5 | Bob Tahri (France) | 8:20.27 | ||
| 6 | Halil Akkaş (Turkey) | 8:22.51 | ||
| 7 | Eliseo Martín (Spain) | 8:22.91 | ||
| 8 | Tareq Mubarak Taher (Bahrain) | 8:22.95 | ||
| [Josh McAdams (US) 5th in heat] | ||||
| [Aaron Aguayo (US) 10th in heat] | ||||
| [Tom Brooks (US) 12th in heat] | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Säif Shaheen (Qatar) | 8:13.31 | ||
| 2 | Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) | 8:14.95 | ||
| 3 | Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) | 8:15.30 | ||
| 4 | Brahim Boulami (Morocco) | 8:15.32 | ||
| 5 | Simon Vroemen (Holland) | 8:16.76 | ||
| 6 | Antonio David Jiménez (Spain) | 8:17.69 | ||
| 7 | Paul Koech II (Kenya) | 8:19.14 | ||
| 8 | Bob Tahri (France) | 8:19.96 | ||
| [13 | Daniel Lincoln (US) | 8:23.89] | ||
| [Anthony Famiglietti (US) 6th in heat] | ||||
| [Steve Slattery (US) 10th in heat] | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Säif Shaheen (Qatar) | 8:04.39 | ||
| 2 | Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) | 8:05.11 | ||
| 3 | Eliseo Martín (Spain) | 8:09.09 | ||
| 4 | Bob Tahri (France) | 8:10.65 | ||
| 5 | Abraham Cherono (Kenya) | 8:13.37 | ||
| 6 | Luís Miguel Martín (Spain) | 8:13.52 | ||
| 7 | Simon Vroemen (Holland) | 8:13.71 | ||
| 8 | José Luís Blanco (Spain) | 8:17.16 | ||
| [Steve Slattery (US) 5th in heat] | ||||
| [Daniel Lincoln (US) 10th in heat] | ||||
| [Robert Gary (US) 12th in heat] | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) | 8:15.16 | ||
| 2 | Ali Ezzine (Morocco) | 8:16.21 | ||
| 3 | Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) | 8:16.59 | ||
| 4 | Luis Martín (Spain) | 8:18.87 | ||
| 5 | Bob Tahri (France) | 8:19.56 | ||
| 6 | Antonio Jiménez (Spain) | 8:19.82 | ||
| 7 | Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (Qatar) | 8:20.01 | ||
| 8 | Raymond Yator (Kenya) | 8:20.87 | ||
| [11 | Tim Broe (US) | 8:23.07] | ||
| [Tom Chorny (US) 11th in heat] | ||||
| [Anthony Famiglietti (US) 11th in heat] | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Christopher Koskei (Kenya) | 8:11.76 | ||
| 2 | Wilson Boit (Kenya) | 8:12.09 | ||
| 3 | Ali Ezzine (Morocco) | 8:12.73 | ||
| 4 | Damian Kallabis (Germany) | 8:13.11 | ||
| 5 | Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) | 8:13.51 | ||
| 6 | Eliseo Martín (Spain) | 8:16.09 | ||
| 7 | Paul Kosgei (Kenya) | 8:17.55 | ||
| 8 | Florin Ionescu (Romania) | 8:18.17 | ||
| [Robert Gary (US) 7th in heat] | ||||
| [Francis O’Neill (US) 10th in heat] | ||||
| [Pascal Dobert (US) 11th in heat] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Wilson Boit Kipketer (Kenya) | 8:05.84 | ||
| 2 | Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) | 8:06.04 | ||
| 3 | Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) | 8:06.04 | ||
| 4 | Saad Al-Asmari (Saudi Arabia) | 8:13.87 | ||
| 5 | Hicham Bouaouiche (Morocco) | 8:14.04 | ||
| 6 | Mark Croghan (US) | 8:14.09 | ||
| 7 | Jim Svenøy (Norway) | 8:14.80 | ||
| 8 | Angelo Carosi (Italy) | 8:16.01 | ||
| [Tom Nohilly (US) dnf heat] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) | 8:04.16 | MR | |
| 2 | Christopher Koskei (Kenya) | 8:09.30 | ||
| 3 | Saad Al-Asmari (Saudi Arabia) | 8:12.95 | ||
| 4 | Steffen Brand (Germany) | 8:14.37 | ||
| 5 | Angelo Carosi (Italy) | 8:14.85 | ||
| 6 | Florian Ionescu (Romania) | 8:15.44 | ||
| 7 | Vladimir Pronin (Russia) | 8:16.59 | ||
| 8 | Martin Strege (Germany) | 8:18.57 | ||
| [Karl Van Calcar (US) 10th in semi] | ||||
| [Mark Croghan (US) dnf in semi] | ||||
| [Tom Nohilly (US) 12th in heat] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) | 8:06.36 | WCR | |
| 2 | Patrick Sang (Kenya) | 8:07.53 | ||
| 3 | Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) | 8:08.78 | ||
| 4 | Matthew Birir (Kenya) | 8:09.42 | ||
| 5 | Mark Croghan (US) | 8:09.76 | ||
| 6 | Steffen Brand (Germany) | 8:15.33 | ||
| 7 | Larbi Khattabi (Morocco) | 8:15.33 | ||
| 8 | Angelo Carosi (Italy) | 8:23.42 | ||
| [11 | Marc Davis (US) | 8:28.74] | ||
| [Brian Diemer (US) 10th in heat] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1 | Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) | 8:12.59 | ||
| 2 | Patrick Sang (Kenya) | 8:13.44 | ||
| 3 | Azzedine Brahmi (Algeria) | 8:15.54 | ||
| 4 | Julius Kariuki (Kenya) | 8:16.81 | ||
| 5 | Brian Diemer (US) | 8:17.76 | ||
| 6 | Abdelaziz Sahere (Morocco) | 8:19.40 | ||
| 7 | Angelo Carosi (Italy) | 8:20.80 | ||
| 8 | Francesco Panetta (Italy) | 8:26.79 | ||
| [Mark Croghan (US) 5th in heat] | ||||
| [Dan Nelson (US) 8th in heat] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1 | Francesco Panetta (Italy) | 8:08.57 | WCR | |
| 2 | Hagen Melzer (East Germany) | 8:10.32 | ||
| 3 | William van Dijck (Belgium) | 8:12.18 | ||
| 4 | Brian Diemer (US) | 8:14.46 | ||
| 5 | Graeme Fell (Canada) | 8:16.46 | ||
| 6 | Henry Marsh (US) | 8:17.78 | ||
| 7 | Peter Koech (Kenya) | 8:20.08 | ||
| 8 | Patrick Sang (Kenya) | 8:20.45 | ||
| [Brian Abshire (US) 10th in heat] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1 | Patriz Ilg (West Germany) | 8:15.06 | WCR | |
| 2 | Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) | 8:17.03 | ||
| 3 | Colin Reitz (Great Britain) | 8:17.75 | ||
| 4 | Joseph Mahmoud (France) | 8:18.32 | ||
| 5 | Roger Hackney (Great Britain) | 8:19.38 | ||
| 6 | Graeme Fell (Great Britain) | 8:20.01 | ||
| 7 | Julius Korir (Kenya) | 8:20.11 | ||
| 8 | Henry Marsh (US) | 8:20.45 | ||
| [Brian Diemer (US) 8th in semi] | ||||
| [Ricky Pittman (US) 7th in heat] | ||||
| [Korir 8:26.63 WCR {heat}; Reitz 8:22.78 WCR {heat}; Maminski 8:20.81 WCR {semi}] | ||||