Winners
| Year | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Carl Lewis | Florence Griffith-Joyner |
| 1989 | Roger Kingdom | Ana Fidelia Quirot |
| 1990 | Steve Backley | Merlene Ottey |
| 1991 | Carl Lewis | Katrin Krabbe |
| 1992 | Kevin Young | Heike Henkel |
| 1993 | Colin Jackson | Sally Gunnell |
| 1994 | Noureddine Morceli | Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
| 1995 | Jonathan Edwards | Gwen Torrence |
| 1996 | Michael Johnson | Svetlana Masterkova |
| 1997 | Wilson Kipketer | Marion Jones |
| 1998 | Haile Gebrselassie | Marion Jones |
| 1999 | Michael Johnson | Gabriela Szabo |
| 2000 | Jan Železný | Marion Jones (Annulled) |
| 2001 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Stacy Dragila |
| 2002 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Paula Radcliffe |
| 2003 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Hestrie Cloete |
| 2004 | Kenenisa Bekele | Yelena Isinbayeva |
| 2005 | Kenenisa Bekele | Yelena Isinbayeva |
| 2006 | Asafa Powell | Sanya Richards |
| 2007 | Tyson Gay | Meseret Defar |
| 2008 | Usain Bolt | Yelena Isinbayeva |
| 2009 | Usain Bolt | Sanya Richards |
| 2010 | David Rudisha | Blanka Vlašić |
| 2011 | Usain Bolt | Sally Pearson |
| 2012 | Usain Bolt | Allyson Felix |
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“The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don’t acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)