N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Men's Indoor 500-Meter Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 1987 | Roddie Haley | Arkansas | 59.90 |
| 1986 | Roddie Haley | Arkansas | 59.82 |
| 1985 | Willie Caldwell | Baylor | 1:01.24 |
| 1984 | Robin Thomas | Southeast Missouri State | 1:02.06 |
| 1983 | Sunder Nix | Indiana | 1:10.51* |
| 1982 | Eugene Sanders | Mississippi Valley State | 1:08.51* |
| 1981 | Eugene Sanders | Mississippi Valley State | 1:09.84* |
| 1980 | Mike Ricks | Kansas | 1:10.06* |
| 1979 | Anthony Tufariello | Villanova | 1:09.41* |
| 1978 | Walter McCoy | Florida State | 1:09.64* |
| 1977 | Michael Solomon | New Mexico | 1:10.01* |
| 1976 | Charles Dramiga | New Mexico | 1:10.58* |
| 1975 | Stan Vinson | Eastern Michigan | 1:10.2* |
| 1974 | Stan Vinson | Eastern Michigan | 1:10.1* |
| 1973 | Beaufort Brown | Florida | 1:10.0* |
| 1972 | Dale Gibson | Mississippi State | 1:11.3* |
| 1971 | Tommy Turner | Murray State (TN) | 1:09.6* |
| 1970 | Rick Wohlhuter | Notre Dame | 1:09.5* |
| 1969 | Bill Wehrwein | Michigan State | 1:09.8* |
| 1968 | Tom Albright | Colgate (NY) | 1:10.6* |
| 1967 | Steve Carson | Iowa State | 1:10.2* |
| 1966 | Martin McGrady | Central State (OH) | 1:09.4* |
| 1965 | Leland Albright | Louisiana State | 1:10.0* |
