| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| Indoor 2024 Men 1500m | Geordie Beamish |  NZL | 3:36.54 | Cole Hocker |  USA | 3:36.69 | Hobbs Kessler |  USA | 3:36.72 |
| Indoor 2022 Men 1500m | |||||||||
| Indoor 2018 Men 1500m | Samuel Tefera |  ETH | 3:58.19 | Marcin Lewandowski |  POL | 3:58.39 | Abdelaati Iguider |  MAR | 3:58.43 |
| Indoor 2016 Men 1500m | Matthew Centrowitz |  USA | 3:44.22 | Jakub Holuša |  CZE | 3:44.30 | Nicholas Willis |  NZL | 3:44.37 |
| Indoor 2014 Men 1500m | Ayanleh Souleiman |  DJI | 3:37.52 | Aman Wote | ETH | 3:38.08 | Abdalaati Iguider | MAR | 3:38.21 |
| Indoor 2012 Men 1500m | Abdalaati Iguider | MAR | 3:45.21 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen |  TUR | 3:45.35 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | ETH | 3:45.90 |
| Indoor 2010 Men 1500m | Deresse Mekonnen | ETH | 3:41.86 | Abdalaati Iguider | MAR | 3:41.96 | Haron Keitany |  KEN | 3:42.32 |
| Indoor 2008 Men 1500m | Deresse Mekonnen | ETH | 3:38.23 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | KEN | 3:38.54 | Juan Carlos Higuero |  ESP | 3:38.82 |
| Indoor 2006 Men 1500m | Ivan Heshko |  UKR | 3:42.08 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | KEN | 3:42.55 | Elkanah Onkware Angwenyi | KEN | 3:42.98 |
| Indoor 2004 Men 1500m | Paul Korir | KEN | 3:52.31 | Ivan Heshko | UKR | 3:52.34 | Laban Rotich | KEN | 3:52.93 |
| Indoor 2003 Men 1500m | Driss Maazouzi |  FRA | 3:42.59 | Bernard Lagat | KEN | 3:42.62 | Abdelkader Hachlaf | MAR | 3:42.71 |
| Indoor 2001 Men 1500m | Rui Silva |  POR | 3:51.06 | Reyes Estevez | ESP | 3:51.25 | Noah Ngeny | KEN | 3:51.63 |
| Indoor 1999 Men 1500m | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | 3:33.77 | Laban Rotich | KEN | 3:33.98 | Andres Diaz | ESP | 3:34.46 |
| Indoor 1997 Men 1500m | Hicham el Guerooudj | MAR | 3:35.31 | Rudiger Stenzel |  GER | 3:37.24 | William Tanui | KEN | 3:37.48 |
| Indoor 1995 Men 1500m | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | 3:44.54 | Mateo Canellas | ESP | 3:44.85 | Eric Nedeau | USA | 3:44.91 |
| Indoor 1993 Men 1500m | Marcus O'Sullivan |  IRL | 3:45.00 | David Strang |  GBR | 3:45.30 | Branko Zorko |  CRO | 3:45.39 |
| Indoor 1991 Men 1500m | Noureddine Morceli |  ALG | 3:41.57 | Fermin Cacho | ESP | 3:42.68 | Mario Silva | POR | 3:43.85 |
| Indoor 1989 Men 1500m | Marcus O'Sullivan | IRL | 3:36.64 | Hauke Fuhlbrugge |  GDR | 3:37.80 | Jeff Atkinson | USA | 3:38.12 |
| Indoor 1987 Men 1500m | Marcus O`Sullivan | IRL | 3:39.0 | Jose Abascal | ESP | 3:39.1 | Hans Kulker |  NED | 3:39.5 |
