Year	Athlete	Country	Time (h:m:s)
1979	Jukka Toivola	Finland	2:17:35
1980	Jeff Wells	United States	2:15:49
1981	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:13:26
1982	Kjell-Erik Ståhl	Sweden - Hässleholms AIS	2:19:20
1983	Hugh Jones	United Kingdom	2:11:37
1984	Agapius Masong	Tanzania	2:13:47
1985	Tommy Persson	Sweden - Heleneholms IF	2:17:18
1986	Kjell-Erik Ståhl	Sweden - Enhörna IF	2:12:33
1987	Kevin Forster	United Kingdom	2:13:52
1988	Suleiman Nyambui	Tanzania	2:14:26
1989	Dave Clarke	United Kingdom	2:13:34
1990	Simon Naali	Tanzania	2:13:04
1991	Åke Eriksson	Sweden - Hässelby SK	2:12:38
1992	Hugh Jones	United Kingdom	2:15:58
1993	Daniel Mbuli	South Africa	2:16:30
1994	Tesfaye Bekele	Ethiopia	2:14:06
1995	Åke Eriksson	Sweden - Hässelby SK	2:14:29
1996	Tesfaye Bekele	Ethiopia	2:15:05
1997	Benson Masya	Kenya	2:17:22