Nebraska State Champions
Class B Boy's 1600-Meter/One-Mile Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2016 | Austin Yardley | Elkhorn | 4:27.06 |
| 2015 | Matthew Barraza | Scottsbluff | 4:30.01 |
| 2014 | Matthew Barraza | Scottsbluff | 4:26.17 |
| 2013 | James McKeag | Ogallala | 4:27.73 |
| 2012 | Thomas Feichtinger | Elkhorn Mt. Michael | 4:18.52 |
| 2011 | Jake Kment | Logan View | 4:25.85 |
| 2010 | Connor Gibson | Blair | 4:21.77 |
| 2009 | Connor Gibson | Blair | 4:20.77 |
| 2008 | Adam Mitteis | Plattsmouth | 4:27.39 |
| 2007 | Adam Mitteis | Plattsmouth | 4:25.64 |
| 2006 | David Adams | York | 4:23.50 |
| 2005 | Kevin Smith | Omaha Skutt | 4:29.02 |
| 2004 | Chris Dunker | Beatrice | 4:29.60 |
| 2003 | Tyler Goswick | Gering | 4:26.70 |
| 2002 | Tom Unger | Seward | 4:27.46 |
| 2001 | Tom Unger | Seward | 4:26.99 |
| 2000 | Kyle Wyatt | Albion | 4:20.97 |
| 1999 | Lucas Bauman | Beatrice | 4:29.23 |
| 1998 | Peter Hess | Seward | 4:20.11 |
| 1997 | Anthony Alt | Waverly | 4:18.17 |
| 1996 | Anthony Alt | Waverly | 4:21.26 |
| 1995 | Anthony Alt | Waverly | 4:20.15 |
| 1994 | Anthony Alt | Waverly | 4:25.67 |
| 1993 | Shane Adams | Nebraska City | 4:25.45 |
| 1992 | Jeremiah Johnson | Waverly | 4:26.29 |
| 1991 | Shane Adams | Nebraska City | 4:27.68 |
| 1990 | Marc Hulquist | Minden | 4:27.59 |
| 1989 | Dean Bowling | Grand Island Northwest | 4:26.44 |
| 1988 | Greg Kahnk | Elkhorn | 4:21.64 |
| 1987 | Tom Banks | Elkhorn | 4:17.36 |
| 1986 | Scott Heng | Lincoln Pius X | 4:21.91 |
| 1985 | Harald Graham | Nebraska City | 4:19.34 |
| 1984 | Brian Grier | Alliance | 4:23.06 |
| 1983 | Kyle Foster | Lincoln Pius X | 4:20.64 |
| 1982 | John Magdalena | Alliance | 4:27.95 |
| 1981 | Steve Doran | Grand Island Central Catholic | 4:16.62 |
| 1980 | Ron Moran | York | 4:29.6 |
| 1979 | Gary Danielson | Kimball | 4:23.2 |
| 1978 | Gary Danielson | Kimball | 4:29.5 |
| 1977 | Ray Miller | Crete | 4:31.6 |
| 1976 | Tad Freeburg | Plattsmouth | 4:26.9 |
| 1975 | Paul Grenseman | Minden | 4:24.9 |
| 1974 | Paul Grenseman | Minden | 4:26.0 |
| 1973 | Tim Hall | Omaha Paul VI | 4:30.4 |
| 1972 | Ron Galaviz | Ogallala | 4:24.9 |
| 1971 | Roy Hernandez | Ogallala | 4:32.0 |
| 1970 | Dan Zimmerman | Nebraska City | 4:35.2 |
| 1969 | Lee Newcomer | York | 4:29.7 |
| 1968 | Arlin Edeal | Lexington | 4:36.2 |
| 1967 | Tom Housel | Lexington | 4:19.7 |
| 1966 | Larry Kassenbaum | Hebron | 4:30.0 |
| 1965 | Mike Wetterer | Grand Island Central Catholic | 4:32.9 |
| 1964 | Victor Black Elk | Gordon | 4:35.4 |
| 1963 | Brade Menke | Aurora | 4:34.0 |
| 1962 | Isidro Flores | Bayard | 4:34.0 |
| 1961 | Darold Dent | Burwell | 4:30.4 |
| 1960 | Darold Dent | Burwell | 4:34.0 |
| 1959 | Dean White | Tekamah | 4:35.5 |
| 1958 | Marvin Young | Albion | 4:40.5 |
| 1957 | Joe American Horse | Gordon | 4:28.1 |
| 1956 | Joe American Horse | Gordon | 4:28.9 |
| 1955 | Joe American Horse | Gordon | 4:43.6 |
| 1954 | Richard Young | Bassett | 4:41.4 |
| 1953 | James Judds | Ashland | 4:46.7 |
| 1952 | Lowell Janzen | York | 4:48.1 |
| 1951 | Charles Williams | Aurora | 4:47.0 |
| 1950 | Duane Rasby | Sutton | 4:41.1 |
| 1949 | Darrell Montgomery | Central City | 4:50.5 |
| 1948 | Wayne Judds | Ashland | 4:42.0 |
| 1947 | Dean Barnell | Sutton | 4:48.4 |
| 1946 | Richard Kizzier | Holdrege | 4:59.2 |
| 1945 | Dan Benjamin | Cozad | 5:04.1 |
| 1944 | Duane Cade | Lincoln Teachers | 4:50.1 |
| 1943 | Don Thiel | Oshkosh | 4:53.0 |
| 1942 | William Muhs | Tekamah | 4:42.9 |
| 1941 | Dow Steger | Oshkosh | 4:37.0 |
| 1940 | Gale Darling | Harvard | 4:44.6 |
| 1939 | Bernard Wilson | Neligh | 4:51.2 |
| 1938 | Harold Brooks | Gothenburg | 4:43.1 |
| 1937 | Harold Brooks | Gothenburg | 4:41.0 |
| 1936 | Holman | Auburn | 4:49.3 |
| 1935 | Spangler | Wisner | 4:50.1 |
| 1934 | Severin | College View Academy | 4:51.3 |
| 1933 | John McGuire | Genoa Indians | 4:38.8 |
| 1932 | Brown | Minden | 5:02.0 |
| 1931 | Joe Stephens | Central City | 4:41.0 |
| 1930 | Joe Stephens | Central City | 4:47.0 |
| 1929 | Homer Spangler | Plattsmouth | 4:40.5 |
