N.C.A.A. Division III National Champions
Men's Outdoor 400-Meter Dash
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2011 | Dan Benton | North Central (IL) | 46.84 |
| 2010 | Alex Eaton | Thiel (OH) | 46.79 |
| 2009 | Hanneus Ollison | McMurry (TX) | 46.65 |
| 2008 | Hanneus Ollison | McMurry (TX) | 46.40 |
| 2007 | Bobby Young | Lincoln (PA) | 46.75 |
| 2006 | Bobby Young | Lincoln (PA) | 46.11 |
| 2005 | Bobby Young | Lincoln (PA) | 45.95 |
| 2004 | Andrew Rock | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 45.58 |
| 2003 | Andrew Rock | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 45.29 |
| 2002 | Ben Dreyer | St. Norbert (MN) | 46.06 |
| 2001 | Ben Dreyer | St. Norbert (MN) | 46.51 |
| 2000 | Tyler Stillman | Ohio Wesleyan | 47.39 |
| 1999 | Tyler Stillman | Ohio Wesleyan | 47.40 |
| 1998 | Rich Dixon | Rowan (NJ) | 47.58 |
| 1997 | Rich Dixon | Rowan (NJ) | 47.33 |
| 1996 | Terry Anders | Wisconsin-Stout | 46.81 |
| 1995 | Terry Anders | Wisconsin-Stout | 47.93 |
| 1994 | David Coates | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 46.00 |
| 1993 | DeWayne Stevens | Montclair (NJ) State | 46.90 |
| 1992 | DeWayne Stevens | Montclair (NJ) State | 45.90 |
| 1991 | Clive Terrelonge | Lincoln (PA) | 47.28 |
| 1990 | Eric Burrell | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 47.25 |
| 1989 | Mike Pankey | Knox (IL) | 47.43 |
| 1988 | Mike Spangler | Susquehanna (PA) | 46.22 |
| 1987 | Mike Spangler | Susquehanna (PA) | 46.30 |
| 1986 | Mike Spangler | Susquehanna | 46.55 |
| 1985 | Barrington Fearon | Lincoln (PA) | 47.08 |
| 1984 | Kirk Dixon | St. Lawrence (NY) | 47.67 |
| 1983 | Barrington Fearon | Lincoln (PA) | 46.95 |
| 1982 | Kenneth Davis | Southern-New Orleans | 46.14 |
| 1981 | Paul Lewis | Richard Stockton (CA) | 47.19 |
| 1980 | Kenneth Davis | Southern-New Orleans | 46.34 |
| 1979 | Alvin Douglas | Southern-New Orleans | 47.0 |
| 1978 | Robert Moffatt | Union (NY) | 46.89 |
| 1977 | V.J. Rempel | Cal State-Stanislaus | 46.93 |
| 1976 | Aubrey Wilson | Fisk (TN) | 46.8 |
| 1975 | Leon Smothers | Southern-New Orleans | 47.8* |
| 1974 | Kip Korir | Coe (IA) | 47.3* |
