Nebraska State Champions
Class A Boy's 400-Meter/440-Yard Dash
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2016 | Marquinn Buckley | Omaha Benson | 49.40 |
| 2015 | Miles Carlisle | Omaha Burke | 48.70 |
| 2014 | Kenzo Cotton | Papillion-LaVista | 47.66 |
| 2013 | Garrett Teel | Lincoln Pius X | 48.19 |
| 2012 | James Parks | Lincoln High | 48.36 |
| 2011 | Dennis Barfield | Omaha Central | 48.47 |
| 2010 | Brandon White | Omaha North | 48.55 |
| 2009 | Brandon White | Omaha Westside | 49.08 |
| 2008 | Nic Johnson | Omaha North | 48.97 |
| 2007 | Matt Donahue | Fremont | 48.28 |
| 2006 | Lukas Hulett | Bellevue East | 47.81 |
| 2005 | Lukas Hulett | Bellevue East | 48.15 |
| 2004 | Jaron Dock | Norfolk | 48.67 |
| 2003 | Andy Birkel | Lincoln Southeast | 47.77 |
| 2002 | E.J. Falkner | Omaha Central | 48.71 |
| 2001 | Antoine Johnson | Omaha Benson | 48.66 |
| 2000 | Donell DeLeon-Thompson | Omaha South | 48.29 |
| 1999 | Donell DeLeon-Thompson | Omaha South | 48.65 |
| 1998 | Ryan Finley | Omaha North | 48.82 |
| 1997 | P.J. Grosserode | Lincoln Pius X | 47.64 |
| 1996 | Chad Hohnstein | Scottsbluff | 48.18 |
| 1995 | Mike Nesbitt | Millard North | 49.88 |
| 1994 | Cameron Monroe | Bellevue West | 48.56 |
| 1993 | Lionel McPhaull | Omaha North | 48.18 |
| 1992 | Lionel McPhaull | Omaha North | 48.86 |
| 1991 | Ryan Dixon | Omaha Burke | 48.98 |
| 1990 | Sean O'Connor | Fremont | 48.08 |
| 1989 | Sean O'Connor | Fremont | 48.43 |
| 1988 | Todd Thorsheim | Hastings | 49.48 |
| 1987 | Terry Thomas | Omaha Burke | 48.38 |
| 1986 | Mike Ross | Omaha Bryan | 48.13 |
| 1985 | Gerry Gdowski | Fremont | 48.67 |
| 1984 | Jamie Worden | Scottsbluff | 49.51 |
| 1983 | Todd Eubanks | Lincoln East | 48.51 |
| 1982 | Todd Eubanks | Lincoln East | 49.51 |
| 1981 | Mike Ockerman | Bellevue West | 48.63 |
| 1980 | Mark McGavish | Lincoln Southeast | 48.4 |
| 1979 | Luke Kunkel | Bellevue West | 50.1 |
| 1978 | David Channel | Omaha Tech | 50.7 |
| 1977 | Tony Weinandt | Fremont | 50.2 |
| 1976 | Gary Monson | Hastings | 49.7 |
| 1975 | Dan Overton | Omaha Westside | 49.6 |
| 1974 | Paul McClain | Bellevue | 48.9 |
| 1973 | Paul McClain | Bellevue | 50.1 |
| 1972 | Harvey Fantroy | Omaha Benson | 49.5 |
| 1971 | Ritch Bahe | Fremont | 49.7 |
| 1970 | George Davis | Omaha North | 49.2 |
| 1969 | Tim Lesback | Hastings | 48.9 |
| 1968 | Reggie Duncan | Omaha Tech | 50.0 |
| 1967 | Reggie Duncan | Omaha Tech | 48.9 |
| 1966 | Mike Jackson | Boys Town | 49.2 |
| 1965 | David King | Sidney | 51.6 |
| 1964 | Jim Hagemeier | Beatrice | 49.4 |
| 1963 | Robert Brouhard | Grand Island | 49.1 |
| 1962 | Claude Spencer | Omaha Tech | 50.1 |
| 1961 | Jim Johnson | Boys Town | 49.3 |
| 1960 | Tom Saunders | Columbus | 49.3 |
| 1959 | Tom Saunders | Columbus | 49.2 |
| 1958 | Robert Cross | Boys Town | 49.0 |
| 1957 | J.D. Schafer | Hastings | 50.6 |
| 1956 | Ed Hubbard | Omaha South | 51.2 |
| 1955 | Ed Hubbard | Omaha South | 52.3 |
| 1954 | Robert Hicks | Boys Town | 51.2 |
| 1953 | Anderson Cousins | Omaha Central | 50.5 |
| 1952 | Anderson Cousins | Omaha Central | 52.2 |
| 1951 | Roy Seals | Omaha Tech | 51.0 |
| 1950 | Charles Hunley | Falls City | 50.5 |
| 1949 | Robert Fairchild | Omaha Central | 51.8 |
| 1948 | Ed Ackerman | Lincoln Northeast | 52.8 |
| 1947 | David Goodrich | Hastings | 51.6 |
| 1946 | Fred Vandergrift | Grand Island | 52.7 |
| 1945 | Harold Kopf | Lexington | 52.4 |
| 1944 | Tom Zichek | Lincoln High | 53.2 |
| 1943 | Lyle Rogers | Alliance | 52.7 |
| 1942 | Harvey Stroud | North Platte | 50.6 |
| 1941 | Harold Price | Scottsbluff | 50.7 |
| 1940 | Harold Price | Scottsbluff | 51.6 |
| 1939 | Al Brown | Omaha Benson | 51.9 |
| 1938 | Bob Hefflinger | Omaha Central | 53.8 |
| 1937 | Raymond Helms | Hastings | 52.1 |
| 1936 | Floyd Newton | North Platte | 52.1 |
| 1935 | Floyd Newton | North Platte | 51.9 |
| 1934 | Floyd Newton | North Platte | 52.6 |
| 1933 | Eugene Skinner | Omaha Tech | 51.4 |
| 1932 | Eugene Skinner | Omaha Tech | 51.8 |
| 1931 | Lewis | Alliance | 52.4 |
| 1930 | Wilford Lane | Scottsbluff | 52.5 |
| 1929 | T. Dixon | Omaha Tech | 56.6 |
| 1928 | Werner | Grand Island | 52.4 |
| 1927 | Harold Bailey | Scottsbluff | 51.4 |
| 1926 | Harold Bailey | Scottsbluff | 52.6 |
| 1925 | Hann | Grand Island | 52.5 |
| 1924 | Hann | Grand Island | 54.0 |
