Nebraska State Champions
Class B Boy's 400-Meter/440-Yard Dash
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2016 | Cody Mroczek | Columbus Scotus | 49.94 |
| 2015 | Cody Mroczek | Columbus Scotus | 49.72 |
| 2014 | Mark Jarecki | Columbus Lakeview | 48.16 |
| 2013 | Jake Nelson | Elkhorn South | 48.49 |
| 2012 | Cody Rush | Grand Island Northwest | 47.31 |
| 2011 | Cody Rush | Grand Island Northwest | 48.38 |
| 2010 | Zach Morris | Blair | 48.93 |
| 2009 | Brock Loseke | Scottsbluff | 50.08 |
| 2008 | Alex Paul | Gothenburg | 49.81 |
| 2007 | Adam Dailey | Wahoo Neumann | 49.74 |
| 2006 | Josh Pretzer | Beatrice | 49.52 |
| 2005 | Mike Chitwood | Aurora | 49.38 |
| 2004 | Jordan Gould | Beatrice | 49.48 |
| 2003 | Andrew Pearson | Seward | 49.70 |
| 2002 | Jeff Wineteer | Alliance | 49.74 |
| 2001 | Jeff Phelps | North Bend | 48.80 |
| 2000 | Jeff Phelps | North Bend | 48.21 |
| 1999 | Pat Belling | Omaha Roncalli | 48.86 |
| 1998 | Justin Staehr | York | 48.39 |
| 1997 | Chad Theisen | Pierce | 49.25 |
| 1996 | Jason Ourada | Holdrege | 49.18 |
| 1995 | Chris Butler | Boys Town | 49.18 |
| 1994 | Jason Mitchell | Sidney | 49.21 |
| 1993 | Kevin Brewer | Minden | 49.25 |
| 1992 | Anthony Dancer | Omaha Flanagan | 50.18 |
| 1991 | Brenton Sellers | North Platte St. Patrick | 50.47 |
| 1990 | Shane Campbell | Broken Bow | 50.19 |
| 1989 | Shane Campbell | Broken Bow | 49.51 |
| 1988 | David Seizys | Fort Calhoun | 50.69 |
| 1987 | Marvin Dolleman | Boys Town | 49.45 |
| 1986 | Marvin Dolleman | Boys Town | 49.50 |
| 1985 | Tom Uecker | Pierce | 50.54 |
| 1984 | Jim Dorcy | Boys Town | 50.27 |
| 1983 | Jim Skovsende | Wisner-Pilger | 49.69 |
| 1982 | Jeff Heng | Lincoln Pius X | 50.42 |
| 1981 | Tom Christjans | Sidney | 48.96 |
| 1980 | Tom Christjans | Sidney | 48.6 |
| 1979 | Mike Cielocha | Columbus Scotus | 48.7 |
| 1978 | Mike Cielocha | Columbus Scotus | 49.8 |
| 1977 | Mike Cielocha | Columbus Scotus | 48.9 |
| 1976 | Randy Landwehr | Nebraska City | 50.4 |
| 1975 | Bruce Goesecke | Auburn | 50.7 |
| 1974 | Pat Hodges | Lexington | 49.6 |
| 1973 | Mike Thompson | Omaha Holy Name | 48.6 |
| 1972 | Dave Aden | Gothenburg | 50.3 |
| 1971 | Ken Christensen | Ogallala | 50.4 |
| 1970 | Jim Holechek | Sidney | 50.7 |
| 1969 | Bob Wahlstrom | Chadron | 49.9 |
| 1968 | Bob Wahlstrom | Chadron | 52.3 |
| 1967 | Bob Pierce | Ord | 48.8 |
| 1966 | Ron Lange | Hebron | 49.7 |
| 1965 | John Rehberg | Ralston | 53.0 |
| 1964 | Stan Packer | Loup City | 50.4 |
| 1963 | John Rehberg | Ralston | 50.6 |
| 1962 | Roger Haynes | Gothenburg | 50.0 |
| 1961 | Gaylord Bolleson | Ord | 50.0 |
| 1960 | James Murphy | Valentine | 50.5 |
| 1959 | Richard Hoelscher | Madison | 50.3 |
| 1958 | James Killinger | Hebron | 51.4 |
| 1957 | Ken Fling | Ainsworth | 52.2 |
| 1956 | Ken Fling | Ainsworth | 51.8 |
| 1955 | Robbie Armagost | David City | 52.4 |
| 1954 | Hans Arps | Schuyler | 51.2 |
| 1953 | Robert Niemann | Hebron | 51.2 |
| 1952 | Rob Anderson | Madison | 52.5 |
| 1951 | Richard Anderson | Holdrege | 51.4 |
| 1950 | Richard Frey | Mitchell | 52.8 |
| 1949 | Richard Rathke | Gothenburg | 52.4 |
| 1948 | Richard Konicek | Schuyler | 52.5 |
| 1947 | Harold Steiner | Crete | 53.5 |
| 1946 | Frank Wooters | Broken Bow | 52.2 |
| 1945 | Ivan Young | Madison | 53.5 |
| 1944 | Loyal Hurlbert | Ord | 51.3 |
| 1943 | James Kurtz | Mitchell | 53.9 |
| 1942 | Duane Osborne | Superior | 52.5 |
| 1941 | Gordon Stalnaker | Madison | 52.0 |
| 1940 | Ed Fussell | Superior | 53.8 |
| 1939 | Harold Price | Grant | 53.5 |
| 1938 | Robert McArthur | South Sioux City | 51.2 |
| 1937 | Robert McArthur | South Sioux City | 52.7 |
| 1936 | Homer Trimble | Gothenburg | 55.0 |
| 1935 | Gene "Red" Littler | Mitchell | 52.4 |
| 1934 | Oliphant | Oshkosh | 54.8 |
| 1933 | Maurer | Bassett | 53.9 |
| 1932 | Johnson | Minden | 51.9 |
| 1931 | Belks | Crete | 59.9 |
| 1930 | Heye Lambertus | Gothenburg | 53.2 |
| 1929 | Bernhardt Hansen | Havelock | 53.0 |