
USA Indoor Track & Field Champions
Men's 500 m
| 1994- | Not held | ||
| 1993 | 1:01.19 | Mark Everett | Nike Int |
| 1992 | 1:00.19 | Mark Everett | Nike Int |
| 1991 | 1:04.21 | Andrew Valmon | Mazda |
| 1990 | 1:02.52 | David Patrick | Flo Jo |
| 1989 | 1:01.59 | Mark Rowe | Accusplit |
| 1988 | 1:02.60 | Ken Lowery | Chi. St TC |
| 1987 | 1:01.55 | Ian Morris | Karamu/JAM |
| 1986 | 1:08.28 (600 yd.) | Elvis Forde | ACC/BAR |
| 1985 | 1:09.05 (600 yd.) | Elvis Forde | ACC/BAR |
| 1984 | 1:09.60 (600 yd.) | Mark Rowe | Tiger TC |
| 1983 | 1:08.47 (600 yd.) | Eugene Sanders | AAtic |
| 1982 | 1:09.50 (600 yd.) | Fred Sowerby | DCI/ANT |
| 1981 | 1:10.31 (600 yd.) | Mike Solomon | PPC/TRI |
| 1980 | 1:09.2 (600 yd.) | Mark Enyeart | Unat-UT |
| 1979 | 1:12.4 (600 yd.) | Mike Solomon | PPC/TRI |
| 1978 | 1:10.0 (600 yd.) | Stan Vinson | UCTC |
| 1977 | 1:09.8 (600 yd.) | Fred Sowerby | DCS/ANT |
| 1976 | 1:09.8 (600 yd.) | Fred Sowerby | DCS/ANT |
| 1975 | 1:11.2 (600 yd.) | Wes Williams | M Misl |
| 1974 | 1:11.3 (600 yd.) | Wes Williams | SDTC |
| 1973 | 1:11.0 (600 yd.) | Fred Newhouse | PPC |
| 1972 | 1:11.3 (600 yd.) | Lee Evans | BA Strid |
| 1971 | 1:10.7 (600 yd.) | Andrzej Badenski | POL |
| 1:12.0 (600 yd.) | 3-Tom Ulan | Rutgers | |
| 1970 | 1:07.6 (600 yd.) | Martin McGrady | Sp.Int |
| 1969 | 1:12.3 (600 yd.) | Martin McGrady | Unat-OH |
| 1968 | 1:09.2 (600 yd.) | Martin McGrady | SCVYV |
| 1967 | 1:10.6 (600 yd.) | Jim Kemp | 49ers TC |
| 1966 | 1:09.2 (600 yd.) | Theron Lewis | Sou. U |
| 1965 | 1:11.3 (600 yd.) | Jack Yerman | SCVYV |
| 1964 | 1:12.1 (600 yd.) | Charles Buchta | USMC |
| 1963 | 1:09.4 (600 yd.) | Jack Yerman | US Army |
| 1962 | 1:10.8 (600 yd.) | Bill Crothers | EYTC/CAN |
| 1:11.6 (600 yd.) | 2-Jack Yerman | US Army | |
| 1961 | 1:11.9 (600 yd.) | Eddie Southern | USAF |
| 1960 | 1:11.7 (600 yd.) | Tom Murphy | NYAC |
| 1959 | 1:11.1 (600 yd.) | Josh Culbreath | PPC |
| 1958 | 1:11.3 (600 yd.) | Charles Jenkins | Unat-PA |
| 1957 | 1:10.4 (600 yd.) | Charles Jenkins | Villa |
| 1956 | 1:11.0 (600 yd.) | Lou Jones | NY Pioneer |
| 1955 | 1:11.9 (600 yd.) | Charles Jenkins | Villa |
| 1954 | 1:11.4 (600 yd.) | Reggie Pearman | NYPC |
| 1953 | 1:10.4 (600 yd.) | Mal Whitfield | GSBC |
| 1952 | 1:10.9 (600 yd.) | Charles Moore | NYAC |
| 1951 | 1:12.4 (600 yd.) | Hugo Maiocco | NYPC |
| 1950 | 1:11.2 (600 yd.) | Hugo Maiocco | NYU |
| 1949 | 1:11.6 (600 yd.) | Dave Bolen | Unat-CO |
| 1948 | 1:11.8 (600 yd.) | Dave Bolen | Unat |
| 1947 | 1:13.7 (600 yd.) | George Guida | Villanova |
| 1946 | 1:12.9 (600 yd.) | Elmore Harris | Shore AC |
| 1945 | 1:13.2 (600 yd.) | Elmore Harris | Shore AC |
| 1944 | 1:11.3 (600 yd.) | Robert Ufer | Michigan |
| 1943 | 1:13.0 (600 yd.) | Lewis Smith | P. View |
| 1942 | 1:12.4 (600 yd.) | Roy Cochran | Unat-MS |
| 1941 | 1:12.0 (600 yd.) | Jimmy Herbert | Grand St |
| 1940 | 1:11.6 (600 yd.) | Charles Belcher | Ga Tech |
| 1939 | 1:21.6 (600 m) | Charles Beetham | 69 Reg |
| 1938 | 1:20.3 (600 m) | Jimmy Herbert | NYU |
| 1937 | 1:23.0 (600 m) | Eddie O'Brien | Syracuse |
| 1936 | 1:21.0 (600 m) | Eddie O'Brien | Syracuse |
| 1935 | 1:21.9 (600 m) | Milton Sandler | Ger. AAC |
| 1934 | 1:22.8 (600 m) | Milton Sandler | Ger. AAC |
| 1933 | 1:21.4 (600 m) | Milton Sandler | Ger. AAC |
| 1932 | 1:13.0 (600 yd.) | Alex Wilson | N Dame/CAN |
| 1931 | 1:12.6 (600 yd.) | Phil Edwards | Ham OC/CAN |
| 4-Eddie Blake | Boston AA | ||
| 1930 | 1:13.6 (600 yd.) | Phil Edwards | Ham OC/CAN |
| 2-Eddie Roll | Newark AC | ||
| 1929 | 1:12.0 (600 yd.) | Phil Edwards | NYU/CAN |
| 1928 | 1:14.2 (600 yd.) | Phil Edwards | NYU/CAN |
| 1927 | 1:13.2 (600 yd.) | George Leness | NYAC |
| 1926 | 1:14.0 (600 yd.) | Horatio Fitch | Chicago AA |
| 1925 | 1:15.8 (600 yd.) | Vincent Lally | SAAC |
| 1924 | 1:15.2 (600 yd.) | Walter Mulvihill | H Cross |
| 1923 | 1:14.4 (600 yd.) | Earl Eby | Chicago AA |
| 1922 | 1:14.8 (600 yd.) | Sid Leslie | NYAC |
| 1921 | 1:15.6 (600 yd.) | F. L. Murray | Princeton |
| 1920 | 1:16.8 (600 yd.) | Earl Eby | Penn |
| 1919 | 1:15.6 (600 yd.) | Jack Sellars | Unat |
| 1918 | 1:17.0 (600 yd.) | Marvin Gustavson | Penn |
| 1917 | 1:14.2 (600 yd.) | Earl Eby | Chicago AA |
| 1916 | 1:14.8 (600 yd.) | Bill Bingham | Harvard |
| 1915 | 1:14.8 (600 yd.) | Tom Halpin | Boston AA |
| 1914 | 1:13.4 (600 yd.) | Tom Halpin | Boston AA |
| 1913 | 1:15.2 (600 yd.) | Abel Kiviat | Irish-AAC |
| 1912 | No meet | ||
| 1911 | 1:14.0 (600 yd.) | Abel Kiviat | Irish-AAC |
| 1910 | 1:14.0 (600 yd.) | Harry Gissing | NYAC |
| 1909 | 1:14.6 (600 yd.) | Mel Sheppard | Irish-AAC |
| 1908 | 1:14.8 (600 yd.) | Mel Sheppard | Irish-AAC |
| 1907 | 1:14.4 (600 yd.) | E.B. Parsons | NYAC |
| 1906 | 1:14.6 (600 yd.) | E.B. Parsons | NYAC |
| 1905- | Not held | ||