Demetrios Deligiannis, Greece 3:03.05 4-12-1896 Athens
Spiridon Louis, Greece 2:58.00 4-12-1896 Athens
John Hayes, United States 2:55.19 6-24-1908 London
Robert Fowler, United States 2:52.45 1- 1-1909 Yonkers, N.Y.
James Clark, United States 2:46.52 2-12-1909 New York
Albert Raines, United States 2:46.04 5- 8-1909 New York
Frederick Barrett, Britain 2:42.31 5-26-1909 London
Thure Johansson, Sweden 2:40.35 8-31-1909 Stockholm
Harry Green, Britain 2:38.16 5-12-1913 London
Alexis Ahlgren, Sweden 2:36.06 5-31-1913 London
Hannes Kolehmainen, Finland 2:32.35 8-22-1920 Antwerp, Belgium
Albert Michelsen, United States 2:29.01 10-12-1925 Port Chester, N.Y.
Fusashige Suzuki, Japan 2:27.49 5-31-1935 Tokyo
Yasuo Ikenaka, Japan 2:26.44 4- 3-1935 Tokyo
Kee Chung Sohn, Korea 2:26.42 9- 3-1935 Tokyo
Suh Yun Bok, Korea 2:25.39 4-19-1947 Boston
James Peters, Britain 2:20.42 6-14-1952 Chiswick, England
James Peters, Britain 2:18.40 6-13-1953 Chiswick, England
James Peters, Britain 2:18.34 10- -1953 Turku, Finland
James Peters, Britain 2:17.39 6-26-1954 Chiswick, England
Sergei Popov, Soviet Union 2:15.17 8- 4-1958 Stockholm
Abebe Bikila, Ethiopia 2:15.16 9-10-1960 Rome
Toru Terasawa, Japan 2:15.15 2-17-1963 Beppu, Japan
Leonard Edelen, United States 2:14.28 6-15-1963 Chiswick, England
Basil Heatley, Britain 2:13.55 6-13-1964 Chiswick, England
Abebe Bikila, Ethiopia 2:12.11 10-21-1964 Tokyo
Morio Shigematsu, Japan 2:12.00 6-12-1965 Chiswick, England
Derek Clayton, Australia 2:09.36 12- 3-1967 Tokyo
Derek Clayton, Australia 2:08.34 5-30-1969 Fukuoka, Japan
Rob de Castella, Australia 2:08.18 12- 6-1981 Antwerp, Belgium
Steve Jones, Britain 2:08.05 10-21-1984 Chicago
Carlos Lopes, Portugal 2:07.12 4-20-1985 Rotterdam
Belayneh Densimo, Ethiopia 2:06.50 4-17-1988 Rotterdam
Ronaldo da Costa, Brazil 2:06.05 9-20-1998 Berlin