U.S. Olympic Team Trials Champions
Men's 5,000 m
| 2008 | Bernard Lagat | 13:27.47 |
| 2004 | Tim Broe | 13:27.36 |
| 2000 | Adam Goucher | 13:27.06 |
| 1996 | Bob Kennedy | 13:46.17 |
| 1992 | John Trautmann | 13:40.30 |
| 1988 | Doug Padilla | 13:37.86 |
| 1984 | Doug Padilla | 13:26.34 |
| 1980 | Matt Centrowitz | 13:30.62 |
| 1976 | Dick Buerkle | 13:26.6 |
| 1972 | Steve Prefontaine | 13:22.8 |
| 1968 | Bob Day | 14:37.4 |
| 1964 | Bob Schul | 13:55.6 |
| Bill Dellinger | 13:55.6 | |
| 1960 | Jim Beatty | 14:13.6 |
| 1956 | Bill Dellinger | 14:26.0 |
| 1952 | Curt Stone | 14:27.0 |
| 1948 | Curt Stone | 14:04.7 |
| 1936 | Don Lash | 15:04.2 |
| Louis Zamperini | 15:04.2 | |
| 1932 | Ralph Hill | 14:55.7 |
| 1928 | Leo Lermond | 14:52.8 |
| 1924 | John Romig | 15:15.7 |
| 1920 | Hal Brown | 15:15.2 |