
USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
| 2007 | 8:24.46 | Joshua McAdams | New Balance |
| 2006 | 8:22.78 | Daniel Lincoln | Nike |
| 2005 | 8:17.27 | Daniel Lincoln | Nike |
| 2004 | 8:15.02 | Daniel Lincoln | Nike |
| 2003 | 8:23.58 | Steve Slattery | Nike |
| 2002 | 8:19.07 | Anthoney Famiglietti | adidas |
| 2001 | 8:22.16 | Tom Chorny | Nike |
| 2000 | 8:15.77 | Pascal Dobert | Nike |
| 1999 | 8:21.48 | Pascal Dobert | Nike |
| 1998 | 8:33.91 | Pascal Dobert | Nike |
| 1997 | 8:20.86 | Mark Croghan | adidas |
| 1996 | 8:18.80 | Mark Croghan | adidas |
| 1995 | 8:17.54 | Mark Croghan | adidas |
| 1994 | 8:23.47 | Mark Croghan | Nike Int |
| 1993 | 8:20.93 | Marc Davis | Ft Locker |
| 1992 | 8:16.56 | Brian Diemer | Nike Int |
| 1991 | 8:21.64 | Mark Croghan | Ohio St |
| 1990 | 8:24.79 | Brian Diemer | Nike Int |
| 1989 | 8:26.45 | Brian Diemer | Ath West |
| 1988 | 8:25.69 | Brian Diemer | Ath West |
| 1987 | 8:20.26 | Henry Marsh | Ath West |
| 1986 | 8:19.16 | Henry Marsh | Ath West |
| 1985 | 8:18.35 | Henry Marsh | Ath West |
| 1984 | 8:26.7 | Henry Marsh | Ath West |
| 1983 | 8:21.05 | Henry Marsh | Ath West |
| 1982 | 8:22.94 | Henry Marsh | Ath West |
| 1981 | 8:30.7 | Henry Marsh | Ath West |
| 1980 | 8:26.2 | Doug Brown | Ath West |
| 1979 | 8:33.1 | Henry Marsh | Ath West |
| 1978 | 8:27.3 | Henry Marsh | BYU |
| 1977 | 8:21.6 | James Munyala | UTEP/KEN |
| 8:22.54 | 2-George Malley | Penn St | |
| 1976 | 8:26.8 | Randy Smith | Sh. Strid |
| 1975 | 8:28.2 | Randy Smith | Wichita St |
| 1974 | 8:28.8 | Jim Johnson | Club NW |
| 1973 | 8:26.8 | Doug Brown | Tennessee |
| 1972 | 8:33.8 | Jim Dare | US Navy |
| 1971 | 8:26.4 | Sid Sink | Bowling Green |
| 1970 | 8:34.8 | Bill Reilly | NYAC |
| 1969 | 8:36.6 | Mike Manley | SC Striders |
| 1968 | 8:30.6 | George Young | Unat-AZ |
| 1967 | 8:42.0 | Pat Traynor | US Air Force |
| 1966 | 8:40.6 | Pat Traynor | 49ers TC |
| 1965 | 8:50.6 | George Young | Unat-AZ |
| 1964 | 8:43.6 | Jeff Fishback | SCVYV |
| 1963 | 8:51.2 | Pat Traynor | Villa |
| 1962 | 8:48.2 | George Young | Unat-NM |
| 1961 | 8:48.0 | Deacon Jones | US Army |
| 1960 | 8:55.6 | Phil Coleman | UCTC |
| 1959 | 9:19.3 | Phil Coleman | UCTC |
| 1958 | 8:57.3 | Deacon Jones | Iowa |
| 1957 | 9:49.6 (2 mi.) | Deacon Jones | Unat-IA |
| 1956 | 9:04.1 | Horace Ashenfelter | NYAC |
| 1955 | 10:20.7 (2 mi.) | Ken Reiser | Eugene TC |
| 1954 | 10:08.2 (2 mi.) | Bill Ashenfelter | NYAC |
| 1953 | 10:02.5 (2 mi.) | Horace Ashenfelter | NYAC |
| 1952 | 9:25.3 | Robert McMullen | SFOC |
| 1951 | 9:24.5 | Horace Ashenfelter | PennAC |
| 1950 | 9:33.6 | Warren Dreutzler | Mich St |
| 1949 | 9:31.0 | Curt Stone | Shanahan CC |
| 1948 | 9:32.9 | Forrest Efaw | Unat-OK |
| 1947 | 9:32.5 | Forrest Efaw | Unat-OK |
| 1946 | 10:01.0 | Jim Rafferty | NYAC |
| 1945 | 10:00.6 | James Risner | Stonewall Cl |
| 1944 | 9:39.6 | Forrest Efaw | US Navy |
| 1943 | 9:39.7 | Joe McCluskey | US Navy |
| 1942 | 9:16.5 | George DeGeorge | NYAC |
| 1941 | 9:13.7 | Forrest Efaw | Okla. St |
| 1940 | 9:16.6 | Joe McCluskey | NYAC |
| 1939 | 9:23.1 | Joe McCluskey | Unat-CT |
| 1938 | 9:23.3 | Joe McCluskey | NYAC |
| 1937 | 9:26.6 | Floyd Lochner | Unat-MO |
| 1936 | 9:15.1 | Harold Manning | Wichita AC |
| 1935 | 9:30.6 | Joe McCluskey | NYAC |
| 1934 | 9:13.1 | Harold Manning | Wichita AC |
| 1933 | 9:38.5 | Joe McCluskey | NYAC |
| 1932 | 9:14.5 | Joe McCluskey | Fordham |
| 1931 | 10:11.6 (2 mi.) | Joe McCluskey | Fordham |
| 1930 | 10:44.2 (2 mi.) | Joe McCluskey | Man. Rec |
| 1929 | 10:59.1 (2 mi.) | David Abbott | Illinois AC |
| 1928 | 9:35.8 | Wm. Spencer | Chicago AA |
| 1927 | 10:19.4 (2 mi.) | Willie Ritola | FAAC/FIN |
| 1926 | 10:34.2 (2 mi.) | Willie Ritola | FAAC/FIN |
| 1925 | 10:40.8 (2 mi.) | Russell Payne | Ill. AC |
| 1924 | 10:43.2 (2 mi.) | Marvin Rick | NYAC |
| 1923 | 10:45.6 (2 mi.) | Willie Ritola | FAAC/FIN |
| 1922 | 11:10.2 (2 mi.) | Michael Devaney | Millrose |
| 1921 | 11:34.0 (2 mi.) | Michael Devaney | Millrose |
| 1920 | 9:58.2 | Patrick Flynn | Paulist AC |
| 1919 | 10:17.4 (2 mi.) | Michael Devaney | Mill.AA |
| 1917-18 | Not held | ||
| 1916 | 10:48.4 (2 mi.) | Michael Devaney | Mill.AA |
| 1906-15 | Not held | ||
| 1905 | 12:05.2 (2 mi.) | Harvey Cohn | Irish AAC |
| 1904 | 10:51.6 (2 mi.) | John Daly | IRL |
| 1903 | Not held | ||
| 1902 | 12:28.8 (2 mi.) | Arthur Newton | NYAC |
| 1901 | 11:58.0 (2 mi.) | George Orton | NYAC/CAN |
| 1900 | 12:19.4 (2 mi.) | Alex Grant | NYAC |
| 1899 | 11:44.6 (2 mi.) | George Orton | NYAC/CAN |
| 1898 | 11:41.8 (2 mi.) | George Orton | NYAC/CAN |
| 1897 | 12:08.4 (2 mi.) | George Orton | NYAC/CAN |
| 1896 | 10:58.6 (2 mi.) | George Orton | NYAC/CAN |
| 1895 | Not held | ||
| 1894 | 12:38.8 (2 mi.) | George Orton | NYAC/CAN |
| 1893 | 12:02 (2 mi.) | George Orton | CAN |
| 1892 | 13:10 (2 mi.) | Ernie Hjertberg | NJAC/SWE |
| 1891 | 11:34 3/5 (2 mi.) | Ernie Hjertberg | NJAC/SWE |
| 1890 | 10:50.4 (2 mi.) | Wm. Young | Manhattan AC |
| 1889 | 11:17.4 (2 mi.) | Albert George | ManAC/GBR |
| 1888- | Not held | ||