Year		First		Second		Third
1981		Rob DE CASTELLA (Vic) 1:14:41.4		Lawrie WHITTY (NSW) 1:16:26.6		Steve POULTON (NSW) 1:17:43.9
1982		Rob DE CASTELLA (Vic) 1:17:02.0		Grenville WOOD (SA) 1:17:31.0		Derek FROUDE (ACT) 1:17:54.0
1983		Jeff COOLE (Vic) 1:14:26.0		Rob MCDONALD (NSW) 1:15:41.0		Grenville WOOD (SA) 1:15:55.0
1984		Rob DE CASTELLA (Vic) 76:41.0		Derek FROUDE (ACT) 77:00.0		Jeff COOLE (Vic) 77:13.0

The first three Australian athletes (as well as first three overall) are in the respective columns.
Rank in brackets ( ) indicate the overall rank of the Australian athlete where that athlete was beaten into that place by an international.