
USA Indoor Track & Field Champions
Men's 1,500 m
| 2008 | 3:40.89 | Rob Myers | Reebok |
| 2007 | 4:01.07 (1 mi.) | Alan Webb | Nike |
| 2006 | 3:41.84 | Christopher Lukezic | Reebok |
| 2005 | 3:44.06 | Scott McGowan | New Balance |
| 2004 | 3:40.80 | Rob Myers | Unat |
| 2003 | 3:42.23 | Jason Lunn | Nike |
| 2002 | 3:57.45 (1 mi.) | Jason Lunn | Nike |
| 2001 | 3:58.67 (1 mi.) | Seneca Lassiter | Nike |
| 2000 | 3:57.83 (1 mi.) | Jason Pyrah | Unat-UT |
| 1999 | 4:04.00 (1 mi.) | Matt Holthaus | Reebok Enclave |
| 1998 | 3:55.84 (1 mi.) | Paul McMullen | Asics TC |
| 1997 | 4:00.18 (1 mi.) | Jason Pyrah | Mizuno TC |
| 1996 | 3:57.72 (1 mi.) | Steve Holman | Reebok |
| 1995 | 4:00.49 (1 mi.) | Niall Bruton | IRL |
| 4:01.10 (1 mi.) | 3-Erik Nedeau | NBTC | |
| 1994 | 4:00.85 (1 mi.) | William Tanui | Kenya |
| 4:00.96 (1 mi.) | 2-Marcus O'Sullivan | Reebok/IRL | |
| 1993 | 3:54.59 (1 mi.) | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria |
| 3:54.90 (1 mi.) | 2-Marcus O'Sullivan | NBTC/IRL | |
| 1992 | 3:59.45 (1 mi.) | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria |
| 4:00.81 (1 mi.) | 4-Marcus O'Sullivan | NBTC/IRL | |
| 1991 | 3:52.99 (1 mi.) | Noureddine Morceli | Algeria |
| 3:58.62 (1 mi.) | 2-Marcus O'Sullivan | NBTC/IRL | |
| 1990 | 3:57.35 (1 mi.) | Steve Scott | Tiger |
| 3:57.35 (1 mi.) | Marcus O'Sullivan | NBTC/IRL | |
| 1989 | 3:58.58 (1 mi.) | Frank O'Mara | Unat/IRL |
| 1988 | 3:59.85 (1 mi.) | Marcus O'Sullivan | NBTC/IRL |
| 1987 | 3:59.25 (1 mi.) | Eamonn Coghlan | NYAC/IRL |
| 1986 | 3:57.27 (1 mi.) | Marcus O'Sullivan | NBTC/IRL |
| 1985 | 3:54.98 (1 mi.) | Sydney Maree | A. Attic |
| 1984 | 4:00.06 (1 mi.) | Steve Scott | Sub 4 |
| 1983 | 3:58.5 (1 mi.) | Eamonn Coghlan | NYAC/IRL |
| 1982 | 3:57.04 (1 mi.) | Jim Spivey | Indiana |
| 1981 | 3:57.3 (1 mi.) | Steve Scott | Sub 4 |
| 1980 | 4:02.2 (1 mi.) | Craig Masback | NYPC |
| 1979 | 4:01.4 (1 mi.) | Steve Scott | ITC |
| 1978 | 4:01.6 (1 mi.) | Eamonn Coghlan | IRL |
| 1977 | 3:59.3 (1 mi.) | Filbert Bayi | TAN |
| 4:01.2 (1 mi.) | 3-Joe Dubina | KentSt | |
| 1976 | 3:56.1 (1 mi.) | Filbert Bayi | TAN |
| 3:58.4 (1 mi.) | 2-Paul Cummings | BHS | |
| 1975 | 4:02.1 (1 mi.) | Filbert Bayi | TAN |
| 4:03.0 (1 mi.) | 2-Paul Cummings | BYU | |
| 1974 | 4:01.6 (1 mi.) | John Walker | N Zealand |
| 4:02.1 (1 mi.) | 2-Mike Slack | Unat | |
| 1973 | 4:03.5 (1 mi.) | Marty Liquori | NYAC |
| 1972 | 4:01.8 (1 mi.) | Byron Dyce | United/JAM |
| 1971 | 4:06.0 (1 mi.) | Henryk Szordykowski | POL |
| 4:06.1 (1 mi.) | 2-John Mason | PCC | |
| 1970 | 4:00.9 (1 mi.) | Marty Liquori | NYAC |
| 1969 | 4:05.0 (1 mi.) | Henryk Szordykowski | POL |
| 4:06.3 (1 mi.) | 2-Marty Liquori | Villa | |
| 1968 | 4:06.0 (1 mi.) | Preston Davis | US Army |
| 1967 | 4:03.2 (1 mi.) | Sam Bair | Kent St |
| 1966 | 4:09.5 (1 mi.) | Jim Grelle | Mult. AC |
| 1965 | 4:07.4 (1 mi.) | Jim Grelle | Unat |
| 1964 | 4:09.6 (1 mi.) | Ergas Leps | TOC/CAN |
| 4:10.5 (1 mi.) | 2-Vic Zwolak | Villa | |
| 1963 | 3:59.0 (1 mi.) | Jim Beatty | LATC |
| 1962 | 4:00.2 (1 mi.) | Jim Beatty | LATC |
| 1961 | 4:09.3 (1 mi.) | Jim Beatt | |
| 4:02.1 (1 mi.) | 2-Mike Slack | Una-SD | |
| 1960 | 4:09.0 (1 mi.) | Phil Coleman | UCTC |
| 1959 | 4:02.5 (1 mi.) | Ron Delany | Villa/IRL |
| 1958 | 4:03.7 (1 mi.) | Ron Delany | Villa/IRL |
| 1957 | 4:07.0 (1 mi.) | Ron Delany | Villa/IRL |
| 1956 | 4:14.5 (1 mi.) | Ron Delany | Villa/IRL |
| 1955 | 4:07.9 (1 mi.) | Wes Santee | Unat-KS |
| 1954 | 4:11.7 (1 mi.) | Josy Barthel | LUX |
| 4:12.0 (1 mi.) | 2-Fred Wilt | NYAC | |
| 1953 | 4:12.4 (1 mi.) | Fred Dwyer | Villa |
| 1952 | 4:11.4 (1 mi.) | Bill Mack | Unat-MI |
| 1951 | 4:09.4 (1 mi.) | Fred Wilt | NYAC |
| 1950 | 4:11.5 (1 mi.) | John Joe Barry | IRL |
| 4:12.2 (1 mi.) | 2-Horace Ashenfelter | Penn AC | |
| 1949 | 4:11.2 (1 mi.) | Willy Slykhuis | HOL |
| 4:16.2 (1 mi.) | 3-Neil Pratt | Syracuse | |
| 1948 | 4:13.2 (1 mi.) | Tom Quinn | NYAC |
| 1947 | 4:12.7 (1 mi.) | Gil Dodds | Boston AA |
| 1946 | 4:18.1 (1 mi.) | Les McMitchell | Unat-NY |
| 1945 | 4:17.5 (1 mi.) | Jim Rafferty | NYAC |
| 1944 | 4:08.3 (1 mi.) | Gil Dodds | Boston AA |
| 1943 | 4:09.6 (1 mi.) | Frank Dixon | NYU |
| 1942 | 4:08.7 (1 mi.) | Gil Dodds | Boston AA |
| 1941 | 4:10.9 (1 mi.) | Walter Mehl | Wis |
| 1940 | 4:08.8 (1 mi.) | Chuck Fenske | Unat-WI |
| 1939 | 3:55.6 | Glenn Cunningham | Unat-KS |
| 1938 | 3:48.4 | Glenn Cunningham | CEx |
| 1937 | 3:51.2 | Archie San Romani | Emporia State |
| 1936 | 3:49.9 | Gene Venzke | Penn |
| 1935 | 3:50.5 | Glenn Cunningham | Unat-KS |
| 1934 | 3:52.2 | Glenn Cunningham | Kan |
| 1933 | 3:55.4 | Gene Venzke | Penn |
| 1932 | 4:15.0 (1 mi.) | Gene Venzke | Unat |
| 1931- | Not held | ||