| Olympic Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
| 1896 Athens |
Edwin Flack |
Arthur Blake |
Albin Lermusiaux |
| 1900 Paris |
Charles Bennett |
Henri Deloge |
John Bray |
| 1904 St. Louis |
Jim Lightbody |
Frank Verner |
Lacey Hearn |
| 1908 London |
Mel Sheppard |
Harold Wilson |
Norman Hallows |
| 1912 Stockholm |
Arnold Jackson |
Abel Kiviat |
Norman Taber |
| 1916 |
Olympics Cancelled | |
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| 1920 Antwerp |
Albert Hill |
Philip Baker |
Lawrence Shields |
| 1924 Paris |
Paavo Nurmi |
Willy Scharer | H.B. Stallard |
| 1928 Amsterdam |
Harri Larva |
Jules Ladoumegue | Eino Purje |
| 1932 Los Angeles |
Luigi Beccali |
Jerry Cornes | Phil Edwards |
| 1936 Berlin |
Jack Lovelock |
Glenn Cunningham | Luigi Beccali |
| 1940 |
Olympics Cancelled |
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| 1944 |
Olympics Cancelled | ||
| 1948 London |
Henry Eriksson |
Lennart Strand |
Willem Slijkhuis |
| 1952 Helsinki |
Josy Barthel |
Bob McMillen |
Werner Lueg |
| 1956 Melbourne |
Ron Delany |
Klaus Richtzenhain |
John Landy |
| 1960 Rome |
Herb Elliott |
Michel Jazy |
Istvan Rozsavolgyi |
| 1964 Tokyo |
Peter Snell |
Josef Odozil |
John Davies |
| 1968 Mexico |
Kipchoge Keino |
Jim Ryun |
Bodo Tummler |
| 1972 Munich |
Pekka Vasala |
Kipchoge Keino | Rod Dixon |
| 1976 Montreal |
John Walker |
Ivo Van Damme |
Paul-Heinz Wellmann |
| 1980 Moscow |
Sebastian Coe |
Jurgen Straub |
Steve Ovett |
| 1984 Los Angeles |
Sebastian Coe | Steve Cram |
Jose Manuel Abascal |
| 1988 Seoul |
Peter Rono |
Peter Elliott |
Jens-Peter Herold |
| 1992 Barcelona |
Fermin Cacho |
Rachid El Basir |
Mohamed Suleiman |
| 1996 Atlanta |
Noureddine Morceli |
Fermin Cacho | Stephen Kipkorir |
| 2000 Sydney |
Noah Ngeny |
Hicham El Guerrouj |
Bernard Lagat |
| 2004 Athens |
Hicham El Guerrouj | Bernard Lagat | Rui Silva |
| 2008 Beijing |
Asbel Kiprop |
Nick Willis |
Mehdi Baala |
| 2012 London |
Taoufik Makhloufi |
Leo Manzano |
Abdalaati Iguider |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Matthew Centrowitz Jr |
Taoufik Makhloufi | Nick Willis |
| 2020 Tokyo |
Jakob Ingebrigtsen |
Timothy Cheruityot |
Josh Kerr |
