| År | Tid | Utøver | Land | Sted | |
| 2003 | 2.04.55 | Paul Tergat | Kenya | Berlin | |
| 2002 | 2.05.38 | Khalid Khannouchi | USA | London | |
| 2001 | 2.06.50 | Josephat Kiprono | Kenya | Rotterdam | |
| 2000 | 2.06.36 | Antonio Pinto | Portugal | London | |
| 1999 | 2.05.42 | Khalid Khannouchi | Marokko | Chicago | |
| 1998 | 2.06.05 | Ronaldo da Costa | Brasil | Berlin | |
| 1997 | 2.07.28 | Josiah Thugwane | Syd-Afrika | Fukuoka | |
| 1996 | 2.08.25 | Martin Fiz | Spania | Kyong-Ju | |
| 1995 | 2.07.02 | Sammy Lelei | Kenya | Berlin | |
| 1994 | 2.07.15 | Cosmas Ndeti | Kenya | Boston | |
| 1993 | 2.08.51 | Dionico Céron | Mexico | Fukuoka | |
| 1992 | 2.08.07 | David Tsebe | Syd-Afrika | Berlin | |
| 1991 | 2.08.53 | Koichi Morishita | Japan | Oita | |
| 1990 | 2.08.16 | Steve Moneghetti | Australia | Berlin | |
| 1989 | 2.08.01 | Juma Ikangaa | Tanzania | New York | |
| 1988 | 2.06.50 | Belayneh Dinsamo | Etiopia | Rotterdam | |
| 1987 | 2.08.18 | Takeyuki Nakayama | Japan | Fukuoka | |
| 1986 | 2.07.35 | Taisuke Kodama | Japan | Beijing | |
| 1985 | 2.07.12 | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | Rotterdam | |