| Olympic Games/World Champs | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| 2022 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Soufiane El Bakkali |  MAR | 8:25.13 | Lamecha Girma |  ETH | 8:26.01 | Conseslus Kipruto |  KEN | 8:27.92 |
| Olympic 2020 Men 3000m Steeplechase | |||||||||
| 2019 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Conseslus Kipruto | KEN | 8:01.35 | Lamecha Girma | ETH | 8:01.36 | Soufiane El Bakkali | MAR | 8:03.76 |
| 2017 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Conseslus Kipruto | KEN | 8:14.12 | Soufiane Elbakkali | MAR | 8:14.49 | Evan Jager |  USA | 8:15.53 |
| Olympic 2016 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Conseslus Kipruto | KEN | 8:03.28 | Evan Jager | USA | 8:04.28 | Mahiedine Mekhissi |  FRA | 8:11.52 |
| 2015 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN | Conseslus Kipruto | KEN | KEN | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | KEN | KEN | |
| 2013 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN | Conseslus Kipruto | KEN | KEN | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | FRA | FRA | |
| Olympic 2012 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | FRA | FRA | Abel Kiprop Mutai | KEN | KEN | |
| 2011 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | KEN | KEN | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | FRA | FRA | |
| 2009 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | KEN | KEN | Bouabdellah Tahri | FRA | FRA | |
| Olympic 2008 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | KEN | Mahiedine Mekhissi-B. | FRA | FRA | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | KEN | KEN | |
| 2007 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | KEN | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN | KEN | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | KEN | KEN | |
| 2005 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Saif Saaeed Shaheen |  QAT | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN | KEN | Brimin Kipruto | KEN | KEN | |
| Olympic 2004 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN | Brimin Kipruto | KEN | KEN | Paul Kipsiele Koech | KEN | KEN | |
| 2003 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Saif Saaeed Shaheen | QAT | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN | KEN | Eliseo Martin |  ESP | ESP | |
| 2001 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Reuben Kosgei | KEN | Ali Ezzine | MAR | Bernard Barmasai | KEN | KEN | ||
| Olympic 2000 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Reuben Kosgei | KEN | Wilson Boit Kipketer | KEN | KEN | Ali Ezzine |  MOR | ||
| 1999 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Christopher Koskei | KEN | Wilson Boit Kipketer | KEN | KEN | Ali Ezzine | MOR | ||
| 1997 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Wilson Boit Kipketer | KEN | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | KEN | Bernard Barmasai | KEN | KEN | |
| Olympic 1996 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Joseph Keter | KEN | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | KEN | Alessandro Lambruschini |  ITA | ITA | |
| 1995 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | Christopher Koskei | KEN | KEN | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari |  KSA | ||
| 1993 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | Patrick Sang | KEN | KEN | Alessandro Lambruschini | ITA | ITA | |
| Olympic 1992 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Matthew Birir | KEN | Patrick Sang | KEN | KEN | William Mutwol | KEN | KEN | |
| 1991 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | Patrick Sang | KEN | KEN | Azzedine Brahmi |  ALG | ||
| Olympic 1988 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Julius Kariuki | KEN | Peter Koech | KEN | KEN | Mark Rowland |  GBR | GBR | |
| 1987 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Francesco Panetta | ITA | Hagen Melzer |  GDR | GDR | William Van Dijck |  BEL | BEL | |
| Olympic 1984 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Julius Korir | KEN | Joseph Mahmoud | FRA | FRA | Brian Diemer | USA | USA | |
| 1983 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Patriz Ilg |  FRG | Boguslaw Maminski |  POL | POL | Colin Reitz | GBR | GBR | |
| Olympic 1980 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Bronislaw Malinowski | POL | Filbert Bayi |  TAN | Eshetu Tura | ETH | ETH | ||
| Olympic 1976 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Anders Garedrud |  SWE | Bronislaw Malinowski | POL | POL | Frank Baumgartl | GDR | GDR | |
| Olympic 1972 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Kipchoge Keino | KEN | Benjamin Jipcho | KEN | KEN | Tapio Kantanen |  FIN | FIN | |
| Olympic 1968 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Amos Biwott | KEN | Benjamin Kogo | KEN | KEN | George Young | USA | USA | |
| Olympic 1964 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Gaston Roelants | BEL | Maurice Herriott | GBR | GBR | Ivan Belyayev |  URS | URS | |
| Olympic 1960 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Zdzislav Krzyszkowiak | POL | Nikolay Sokolov | URS | URS | Semyon Rzhishchin | URS | URS | |
| Olympic 1956 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Chris Brasher | GBR | Sandor Rozsnyoi |  HUN | HUN | Ernst Larsen |  NOR | NOR | |
| Olympic 1952 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Horace Ashenfelter | USA | Vladimir Kazantsev | URS | URS | John Disley | GBR | GBR | |
| Olympic 1948 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Thore Sjostrand | SWE | Erik Elmsater | SWE | SWE | Gote Hagstrom | SWE | SWE | |
| Olympic 1936 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Volmari Iso-Hollo | FIN | Kaarlo Tuominen | FIN | FIN | Alfred Dompert |  GER | GER | |
| Olympic 1932 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Volmari Iso-Hollo | FIN | 10:33.4 | Thomas Evenson | GBR | 10:46.0 | Joseph McCluskey | USA | 10:46.2 |
| Olympic 1928 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Toiva Loukola | FIN | 9:21.8 | Paavo Nurmi | FIN | 9:31.2 | Ove Andersen | FIN | 9:35.6 |
| Olympic 1924 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Ville Ritola | FIN | 9:33.6 | Elias Katz | FIN | 9:44.0 | Paul Bontemps | FRA | 9:44.0 |
| Olympic 1920 Men 3000m Steeplechase | Percy Hodge | GBR | 10:00.4 | Patrick Flynn | USA | 10:21.1 | Ernesto Ambrosini | ITA | 10:23.6 |
| Discontinued |
| Olympic 1908 Men 3200m Steeplechase |
| Olympic 1904 Men 2590m Steeplechase |
| Olympic 1900 Men 4000m Steeplechase |
| Olympic 1900 Men 2500m Steeplechase |
