Nebraska State Champions
Class D Boy's 1600-Meter/One-Mile Run
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2016 | Colin Erickson | North Central | 4:32.89 |
| 2015 | Colin Erickson | North Central | 4:31.45 |
| 2014 | Kyle Pierce | South Loup | 4:33.01 |
| 2013 | Adam Hochstein | Hartington | 4:38.79 |
| 2012 | Austin Hamm | Bloomfield | 4:29.06 |
| 2011 | Brock Taute | Bertrand | 4:35.62 |
| 2010 | Brock Taute | Bertrand | 4:32.14 |
| 2009 | Bryce Hasenauer | Wallace | 4:35.17 |
| 2008 | Brock Taute | Bertrand | 4:37.60 |
| 2007 | John Kern | Cedar Bluffs | 4:36.22 |
| 2006 | Nick Rodgers | Bloomfield | 4:33.87 |
| 2005 | Kyle Custer | Cambridge | 4:32.76 |
| 2004 | Ben Underwood | McCool Junction | 4:40.82 |
| 2003 | Adam Lippold | Dawson-Verdon | 4:35.56 |
| 2002 | Wade Penry | Brady | 4:34.14 |
| 2001 | Wes Gyhra | Pawnee City | 4:36.88 |
| 2000 | Monte Boydston | Cody-Kilgore | 4:27.34 |
| 1999 | Josh Worley | Paxton | 4:33.17 |
| 1998 | Luke Meduna | Wilcox | 4:32.02 |
| 1997 | Steve Einspahr | Brady | 4:26.24 |
| 1996 | Joe Cooper | South Platte | 4:32.97 |
| 1995 | Joe Cooper | South Platte | 4:30.64 |
| 1994 | Waylon Strom | Lynch | 4:39.29 |
| 1993 | Nathan Nauman | Giltner | 4:34.37 |
| 1992 | Nathan Nauman | Giltner | 4:35.54 |
| 1991 | Nathan Nauman | Giltner | 4:33.36 |
| 1990 | Wally Earth | Winnebago | 4:38.73 |
| 1989 | Corey Palmer | Keya Paha | 4:31.76 |
| 1988 | Corey Palmer | Keya Paha | 4:40.39 |
| 1987 | Darcy Burghardt | Clay Center | 4:35.21 |
| 1986 | Svali Bjornvinsson | Nelson | 4:32.69 |
| 1985 | Jason Lauby | Lexington St. Ann | 4:31.65 |
| 1984 | Tim Hoffman | Exeter | 4:30.53 |
| 1983 | Juha Joutsenlahti | Orleans | 4:23.75 |
| 1982 | Lyndon Vogt | Naper | 4:36.70 |
| 1981 | Mark Perlinger | Paxton | 4:34.57 |
| 1980 | Kim Jorges | Elwood | 4:29.3 |
| 1979 | Allen Troester | Hampton | 4:32.0 |
| 1978 | Dale Lindgren | Benedict | 4:35.9 |
| 1977 | Alan Wiest | Brule | 4:31.9 |
| 1976 | Greg Brandl | Humphrey | 4:33.4 |
| 1975 | Mike Jarman | Thedford | 4:25.9 |
| 1974 | Randy Cherry | Ansley | 4:31.2 |
| 1973 | Ron Storant | Humboldt | 4:41.5 |
| 1972 | Eldon Vogt | Naper | 4:32.6 |
| 1971 | Ron Molczyk | Humphrey | 4:37.7 |
| 1970 | Ron Molczyk | Humphrey | 4:26.4 |
| 1969 | Ron Molczyk | Humphrey | 4:30.4 |
| 1968 | Leslie Spry | Oconto | 4:44.8 |
| 1967 | Ron Houser | Alexandria | 4:37.7 |
| 1966 | Mark Meyer | Uehling | 4:40.0 |
| 1965 | Eddie Anderson | Loomis | 4:38.1 |
| 1964 | Eldon Stockebrand | DeWitt | 4:34.2 |
| 1963 | Eldon Stockebrand | DeWitt | 4:37.2 |
| 1962 | Warren Christensen | Maywood | 4:24.9 |
| 1961 | Warren Christensen | Maywood | 4:29.1 |
| 1960 | Cork McConnell | Wallace | 4:37.8 |
| 1959 | Don Lewton | Republican City | 4:43.0 |
| 1958 | Wendell Tober | Doniphan | 4:40.1 |
| 1957 | Harold Shores | Elgin | 4:41.8 |
| 1956 | Raymond Mars | Westerville | 4:42.4 |
| 1955 | Jerry King | Polk | 4:41.9 |
| 1954 | Jerry Ford | Waverly | 4:38.7 |
| 1953 | Gerald Rose | Juniata | 4:53.1 |
| 1952 | Jim McLean | Benedict | 4:41.7 |
| 1951 | Jim McLean | Benedict | 4:45.7 |
| 1950 | James Smith | Gandy | 4:42.0 |
| 1949 | Francis Grubbs | Harrisburg | 4:47.6 |
| 1948 | Robert Slaughter | Table Rock | 4:45.2 |
| 1947 | Charles Buchanan | Madrid | 4:47.9 |
| 1946 | Charles Buchanan | Madrid | 5:01.7 |
| 1945 | Stan Martin | Merna | 4:53.6 |
| 1944 | Donald Babcock | North Loup | 4:45.8 |
| 1943 | Edward Smith | Gandy | 4:53.4 |
| 1942 | Don Glatter | Amherst | 4:36.7 |
| 1941 | M. Carlson | Mitchell Sunflower | 4:48.2 |
| 1940 | Curtis Wells | Comstock | 4:42.2 |
| 1939 | Carl Carlson | Mitchell Sunflower | 4:44.3 |
| 1938 | Harry Cosner | Gales | 4:55.4 |
| 1937 | D. Garrells | Diller | 4:43.7 |
| 1936 | Moore | Bartley | 4:45.9 |
| 1935 | No Class D | ||
| 1934 | No Class D | ||
| 1933 | No Class D | ||
| 1932 | Heliodore Goc | Ashton | 4:48.0 |
| 1931 | Rothmeier | Alexandria | 4:44.8 |
| 1930 | R. Blaser | Duncan | 4:44.5 |
| 1929 | Clark | Dunbar | 4:49.4 |
| No Class D Prior to 1929 |
