Nebraska State Champions
Class A Boy's 1600-Meter/One-Mile Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2016 | Milo Greder | Omaha Westside | 4:19.25 |
| 2015 | Ty Hansen | Fremont | 4:13.71 |
| 2014 | Reno Law | Millard South | 4:15.00 |
| 2013 | Mo Hamdan | Lincoln North Star | 4:13.59 |
| 2012 | Mo Hamdan | Lincoln North Star | 4:14.39 |
| 2011 | Mo Hamdan | Lincoln North Star | 4:18.90 |
| 2010 | Marshall Anderson | Papillion-LaVista | 4:23.01 |
| 2009 | Mitch Hunt | Fremont | 4:21.10 |
| 2008 | Jon Ronhovde | Fremont | 4:24.79 |
| 2007 | Todd Gulizia | Millard South | 4:18.84 |
| 2006 | Matt Conahan | Millard North | 4:23.69 |
| 2005 | Chris Clymer | Lincoln North Star | 4:21.02 |
| 2004 | Colby Wissel | Kearney | 4:11.88 |
| 2003 | Colby Wissel | Kearney | 4:12.23 |
| 2002 | Drew Tonniges | Kearney | 4:18.56 |
| 2001 | Luke Garringer | Kearney | 4:21.00 |
| 2000 | Brian Turner | Millard North | 4:12.14 |
| 1999 | Brian Turner | Millard North | 4:16.73 |
| 1998 | David Stott | Scottsbluff | 4:20.77 |
| 1997 | Brandon Jessop | Kearney | 4:15.32 |
| 1996 | Brandon Jessop | Kearney | 4:24.46 |
| 1995 | Cortney Lamb | Lincoln Southeast | 4:20.31 |
| 1994 | Cortney Lamb | Lincoln Southeast | 4:23.11 |
| 1993 | Mike Cain | Bellevue East | 4:18.08 |
| 1992 | David Olson | Bellevue East | 4:15.75 |
| 1991 | Jeff Novotny | Bellevue East | 4:21.44 |
| 1990 | David Iteffa | Fremont | 4:21.57 |
| 1989 | Dave Symonsbergen | Millard South | 4:21.77 |
| 1988 | Nate Nielsen | Lincoln Southeast | 4:22.50 |
| 1987 | Nate Nielsen | Lincoln Southeast | 4:13.95 |
| 1986 | Andy Rinn | Bellevue East | 4:19.25 |
| 1985 | Matt Myers | Fremont | 4:16.04 |
| 1984 | Matt Myers | Fremont | 4:20.64 |
| 1983 | Tim Wakeland | Bellevue West | 4:17.70 |
| 1982 | Tim Wakeland | Bellevue West | 4:21.23 |
| 1981 | Jerry Guinan | Omaha Creighton Prep | 4:25.20 |
| 1980 | Byron Murrell | Omaha Northwest | 4:22.0 |
| 1979 | Tom Sanduski | Omaha Burke | 4:22.5 |
| 1978 | Mark Franco | Omaha Creighton Prep | 4:26.2 |
| 1977 | Paul Schultz | Omaha Burke | 4:21.8 |
| 1976 | Dan Overton | Omaha Westside | 4:21.1 |
| 1975 | Dave Hodgens | Omaha Benson | 4:20.7 |
| 1974 | Kevin Hoffman | Omaha Burke | 4:27.7 |
| 1973 | Barney Hill | Boys Town | 4:22.9 |
| 1972 | Barney Hill | Boys Town | 4:18.8 |
| 1971 | Ron Greeno | Lincoln Northeast | 4:25.7 |
| 1970 | Lynn Hall | Grand Island | 4:16.0 |
| 1969 | Jim Hawkins | Omaha North | 4:22.3 |
| 1968 | John Perez | Scottsbluff | 4:31.0 |
| 1967 | Mark Wilson | Omaha Central | 4:20.9 |
| 1966 | Robert Allen | Omaha Central | 4:22.3 |
| 1965 | Robert Allen | Omaha Central | 4:30.7 |
| 1964 | John Kamerzell | Alliance | 4:28.4 |
| 1963 | Dave McMahill | Omaha South | 4:26.2 |
| 1962 | Darold Henry | Scottsbluff | 4:30.5 |
| 1961 | Wally Weekes | Beatrice | 4:29.8 |
| 1960 | Wally Weekes | Beatrice | 4:38.4 |
| 1959 | Ray Stevens | North Platte | 4:33.9 |
| 1958 | Ray Stevens | North Platte | 4:40.0 |
| 1957 | John Thompson | Lincoln High | 4:38.4 |
| 1956 | Bruce Brost | Alliance | 4:35.1 |
| 1955 | Bruce Brost | Alliance | 4:38.1 |
| 1954 | Don Toedill | Alliance | 4:44.3 |
| 1953 | Charles "Deacon" Jones | Boys Town | 4:31.6 |
| 1952 | Charles "Deacon" Jones | Boys Town | 4:38.7 |
| 1951 | Robert Hofferber | Hastings | 4:40.0 |
| 1950 | Robert Holt | Beatrice | 4:36.8 |
| 1949 | Robert Hofferber | Hastings | 4:40.6 |
| 1948 | Marvin Zimmerman | Nebraska City | 4:40.1 |
| 1947 | Bill Mountford | Red Cloud | 4:26.2 |
| 1946 | Marvin Zimmerman | Nebraska City | 4:44.6 |
| 1945 | Don Yocum | North Platte | 4:48.3 |
| 1944 | Don Morrison | Lincoln High | 4:46.7 |
| 1943 | Ward Diederick | Columbus | 4:45.9 |
| 1942 | Clarence Tabor | Alliance | 4:40.9 |
| 1941 | Chuck Helms | Kearney | 4:37.8 |
| 1940 | Chuck Helms | Kearney | 4:34.7 |
| 1939 | Bob Francisco | Lincoln High | 4:42.5 |
| 1938 | Ray Ackerman | Alliance | 4:46.1 |
| 1937 | Gilbert Dodds | Falls City | 4:28.1 |
| 1936 | Robert DeFruiter | Lexington | 4:45.8 |
| 1935 | Gilbert Dodds | Falls City | 4:39.7 |
| 1934 | Joe Shenfield | Omaha Tech | 4:48.4 |
| 1933 | Robert Morris | Lincoln High | 4:32.5 |
| 1932 | Perry | Omaha Tech | 4:52.8 |
| 1931 | Klattenburg | Beatrice | 4:48.8 |
| 1930 | Sesco Asher | Scottsbluff | 4:38.1 |
| 1929 | Ayres | Lincoln High | 4:42.4 |
| 1928 | Bernard Ransdell | Lexington | 4:49.2 |
| 1927 | Hull | Grand Island | 4:51.0 |
| 1926 | Gibson | Alliance | 4:39.7 |
| 1925 | Gibson | Alliance | 4:39.8 |
