1979: Jukka Toivola (FIN)Template:• 1980: Jeff Wells (USA)Template:• 1981: Bill Rodgers (USA)Template:• 1982: Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)Template:• 1983: Hugh Jones (GBR)Template:• 1984: Agapius Masong (TAN)Template:• 1985: Tommy Persson (SWE)Template:• 1986: Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)Template:• 1987: Kevin Forster (GBR)Template:• 1988: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)Template:• 1989: Dave Clarke (GBR)Template:• 1990: Simon Robert Naali (TAN)Template:• 1991: Åke Eriksson (SWE)Template:• 1992: Hugh Jones (GBR)Template:• 1993: Daniel Mbuli (RSA)Template:• 1994: Tesfaye Bekele (ETH)Template:• 1995: Åke Eriksson (SWE)Template:• 1996: Tesfaye Bekele (ETH)Template:• 1997: Benson Masya (KEN)Template:• 1998: Martin Ojuko (KEN)Template:• 1999: Alfred Shemweta (SWE)Template:• 2000: Alfred Shemweta (SWE)Template:• 2001: Anders Szalkai (SWE)Template:• 2002: My Tahar Echchadli (MAR)Template:• 2003: Josphat Chemjor (KEN)Template:• 2004: Joseph Riri (KEN)Template:• 2005: Kasirai Sita (ZIM)Template:• 2006: Philip Bandawe (ZIM)Template:• 2007: Philip Bandawe (ZIM)Template:• 2008: Willy Korir (KEN)