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All Years
1913
1
Jean Bouin
FRA
14.58.8
e
2
George Hutson
GBR
15.10.3
*4
3
Mauritz Carlsson
SWE
15.11.3
4
Louis Scott
USA
15.18.6
*3
5
Ernest Glover
GBR
15.18.8
*4
6
Primo Brega
ITA
15.20.0
7
David N. Gaussen
GBR
15.22.1
*3
8
Bror Modig
SWE
15.24.9
9
John Zander
SWE
15.25.4
10
Jacques Keyser
NED
15.26.1
1914
1
Hannes Kolehmainen
FIN
14.57.8
2
George M. Sproule
AUS
15.09.4
*3
3
David N. Gaussen
GBR
15.10.4
*3
4
J.V. Byrne-Johnson
GBR
15.13.6
*3
5
George W. Hutson
GBR
15.17.5
*4
6
Alfred H. Nichols
GBR
15.24.3
*4
7
John Zander
SWE
15.25.6
8
Tatu Kolehmainen
FIN
15.29.5
9
Clifford F. Price
GBR
15.29.7
*4
10
Hjalmar Nyström
FIN
15.31.0
1915
1
Albin Stenroos
FIN
15.24.0
2
John Zander
SWE
15.25.4
3
Erik Larsson
SWE
15.28.7
4
Lauritz Dam
DEN
15.32.1
5
Josef Ternström
SWE
15.33.4
6
Tatu Kolehmainen
FIN
15.35.0
7
Eric Backman
SWE
15.37.6
8
Hjalmar Nyström
FIN
15.38.5
9
J. Beatson
NZL
15.40.0
*3
10
Hannes Kolehmainen
FIN
15.40.4
*5
1916
1
Joseph B. Keeper
CAN
15.08.1
*3
2
Charles Perez
USA
15.11.7
*3
3
Harry Majo
USA
15.12.2
*3
4
John Zander
SWE
15.16.3
5
Mauritz Carlsson
SWE
15.21.1
6
Hjalmar Andersson
SWE
15.22.2
7
Eric Backman
SWE
15.24.0
8
Josef Ternström
SWE
15.25.5
9
Julien van Campenhout
BEL
15.35.0
10
Sture Lagerman
SWE
15.37.7
*3
1917
1
John Zander
SWE
14.59.6
2
Jean Vermeulen
FRA
15.16.5
*3
3
Lauritz Dam
DEN
15.22.5
4
Armando Pagliani
ITA
15.24.6
e+
5
Sameli Tala
FIN
15.24.8
6
Frants Petersen
DEN
15.25.4
7
Nils Frykberg
SWE
15.26.3
8
Josef Ternström
SWE
15.27.9
9
Sture Lagerman
SWE
15.31.2
10
Elis Thorée
SWE
15.32.1
1918
1
John Zander
SWE
14.57.5
2
Eric Backman
SWE
15.00.2
3
Charles Perez
USA
15.17.6
*5
4
Alf Halstvedt
NOR
15.19.1
5
Josef Ternström
SWE
15.19.2
6
Rudolf Falk
SWE
15.21.4
7
Hjalmar Andersson
SWE
15.22.2
8
Juan Jorquera
CHI
15.25.2
9
Sven Lundgren
SWE
15.27.3
10
Lauritz Dam
DEN
15.30.2
1919
1
Eric Backman
SWE
14.51.0
2
Rudolf Falk
SWE
14.54.3
3
Alf Halstvedt
NOR
14.59.1
4
H. Prim
USA
15.12.0
*3
5
Charles T. Clibbon
GBR
15.19.6
*3
6
Søren Nielsen
DEN
15.22.8
7
Juan Jorquera
CHI
15.24.2
8
Carlo Speroni
ITA
15.24.6
9
Teodor Koskenniemi
FIN
15.29.3
10
Sameli Tala
FIN
15.30.0
1920
1
Joseph Guillemot
FRA
14.55.6
2
Paavo Nurmi
FIN
15.00.0
e
3
Eric Backman
SWE
15.01.4
4
Thomas Towns
CAN
15.06.4
5
Teodor Koskenniemi
FIN
15.17.0
e
6
Rudolf Falk
SWE
15.17.8
6
Herbert Irwin
IRL
15.17.8
e
8
Charles Blewitt
GBR
15.19.0
e
9
Charles F. Hunter
USA
15.20.1
*3
10
Evelyn A. Montague
GBR
15.20.7
*3