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All Years
1977
1
John Walker
NZL
3.32.72
2
Steve Ovett
GBR
3.34.45
3
Thomas Wessinghage
FRG
3.35.98
4
Harald Hudak
FRG
3.36.1
5
Steve Scott
USA
3.36.13
6
Karl Fleschen
FRG
3.36.2
7
Abderrahmane Morceli
ALG
3.36.26
8
Michael Lederer
FRG
3.36.8
9
Mike Kearns
GBR
3.36.81
10
Jozef Plachy
TCH
3.37.04
1978
1
David Moorcroft
GBR
3.35.48
2
Filbert Bayi
TAN
3.35.59
2
Steve Ovett
GBR
3.35.59
4
John Robson
GBR
3.35.60
5
Frank Clement
GBR
3.35.66
6
Steve Scott
USA
3.36.0
7
Jürgen Straub
GDR
3.36.14
8
Wilson Waigwa
KEN
3.36.48
9
Eamonn Coghlan
IRL
3.36.57
10
Francis Gonzalez
FRA
3.37.0
1979
1
Sebastian Coe
GBR
3.32.03
2
Steve Ovett
GBR
3.32.11
3
Jürgen Straub
GDR
3.33.68
4
John Robson
GBR
3.33.83
5
Steve Scott
USA
3.34.6
*
6
Thomas Wessinghage
FRG
3.34.7
*
7
Alex Gonzalez
FRA
3.35.07
8
Jose Marajo
FRA
3.35.09
9
Suleiman Nyambui
TAN
3.35.8
10
Willi Wülbeck
FRG
3.36.05
1980
1
Steve Ovett
GBR
3.31.36
2
Thomas Wessinghage
FRG
3.31.58
3
Harald Hudak
FRG
3.31.96
4
Sebastian Coe
GBR
3.32.19
5
John Walker
NZL
3.33.31
6
Steve Scott
USA
3.33.33
7
Willi Wülbeck
FRG
3.33.74
8
Pierre Deleze
SUI
3.33.80
9
Steve Lacy
USA
3.33.99
10
Omer Khalifa
SUD
3.34.11