| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2018w Men 15km Free | Dario Cologna |  SUI | Simen Hegstad Krüger |  NOR | Denis Spitsov |  OAR |
| 2014w Men 15km Classic | Dario Cologna | SUI | Johan Olsson |  SWE | Daniel Richardsson | SWE |
| 2010w Men 15km Freestyle | Dario Cologna | SUI | Pietro Piller Cottrer |  ITA | Lukas Bauer |  CZE |
| 2006w Men 15km Classical | Andrus Veerpalu |  EST | Lukas Bauer | CZE | Tobias Angerer |  GER |
| 2002w Men 15km Classical | Andrus Veerpalu | EST | Frode Estil | NOR | Jaak Mae | EST |
| 1998w Men 15km Free Pursuit | Thomas Alsgaard | NOR | Bjoern Daehlie | NOR | Vladimir Smirnov |  KAZ |
| 1994w Men 15km Free Pursuit | Bjorn Daehlie | NOR | Vladimir Smirnov | KAZ | Silvio Fauner | ITA |
| 1992w Men 15km Free Pursuit | Bjorn Daehlie | NOR | Vegard Ulvang | NOR | Giorgio Vanzetta | ITA |
| 1988w Men 15km Classical | Mikhail Deviatiarov |  URS | Pal Mikkelsplass | NOR | Vladimir Smirnov | URS |
| 1984w Men 15km | Gunde Swan | SWE | Aki Karvonen |  FIN | Harri Kirvesniemi | FIN |
| 1980w Men 15km | Thomas Wassberg | SWE | Juha Mieto | FIN | Ove Aunli | NOR |
| 1976w Men 15km | Nikolay Bajukov | URS | Evgeniy Beliaev | URS | Arto Koivisto | FIN |
| 1972w Men 15km | Sven-Ake Lundback | SWE | Fyodor Simachev | URS | Ivar Formo | NOR |
| 1968w Men 15km | Harald Groenningen | NOR | Eero Maentyranta | FIN | Gunnar Larsson | SWE |
| 1964w Men 15km | Eero Mantyranta | FIN | Harald Gronningen | NOR | Sixten Jernberg | SWE |
| 1960w Men 15km | Hakon Brusveen | NOR | Sixten Jernberg | SWE | Veikko Hakulinen | FIN |
| 1956w Men 15km | Hallgeir Brenden | NOR | Sixten Jernberg | SWE | Pavel Kolchin | URS |
| 1952w Men 18km | Hallgeir Brenden | NOR | Tapio Makela | FIN | Paavo Lonkila | FIN |
| 1948w Men 18km | Martin Lundstroem | SWE | Nils Oestensson | SWE | Gunnar Eriksson | SWE |
| 1936w Men 18km | Erik-Aug Larsson | SWE | Oddbjorn Hagen | NOR | Pekka Niemi | FIN |
| 1932w Men 18km | Sven Utterstrom | SWE | Axel Vikstrom | SWE | Veli Saarinen | FIN |
| 1928w Men 18km | Johan Grottumsbraaten | NOR | Ole Hegge | NOR | Reidar Oedegaard | NOR |
| 1924w Men 18km | Thorleif Haug | NOR | Johan Grottumsbraaten | NOR | Tapani Niku | FIN |
