| Year | Gold Medal | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Nils van der Poel | Sweden | 12:30.74 |
| 2018 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | Canada | 12:39.77 |
| 2014 | Jorrit Bergsma | Netherlands | 12:44.45 |
| 2010 | Lee Seung-hoon | South Korea | 12:58.55 |
| 2006 | Bob de Jong | Netherlands | 13:01.57 |
| 2002 | Jochem Uytdehaage | Netherlands | 12:58.92 |
| 1998 | Gianni Romme | Netherlands | 13:15.33 |
| 1994 | Johann Olav Koss | Norway | 13:30.55 |
| 1992 | Bart Veldkamp | Netherlands | 14:12.12 |
| 1988 | Tomas Gustafson | Sweden | 13:48.20 |
| 1984 | Igor Malkov | Soviet Union | 14:39.90 |
| 1980 | Eric Heiden | United States | 14:28.13 |
| 1976 | Piet Kleine | Netherlands | 14:50.59 |
| 1972 | Ard Schenk | Netherlands | 15:01.35 |
| 1968 | Johnny Höglin | Sweden | 15:23.6 |
| 1964 | Jonny Nilsson | Sweden | 15:50.1 |
| 1960 | Knut Johannesen | Norway | 15:46.6 |
| 1956 | Sigvard Ericsson | Sweden | 16:35.9 |
| 1952 | Hjalmar Andersen | Norway | 16:45.8 |
| 1948 | Åke Seyffarth | Sweden | 17:26.3 |
| 1936 | Ivar Ballangrud | Norway | 17:24.3 |
| 1932 | Irving Jaffee | United States | 19:13.6 |
| 1928 | Irving Jaffee | United States | 18:36.5 |
| 1924 | Julius Skutnabb | Finland | 18:04.8 |