| 1973 |
Belgrado |
Jim MONTGOMERY (USA) |
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Kurt KRUMPHOLZ (USA) |
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Roger PYTTEL (DDR) |
| 1975 |
Calì |
Tim SHAW (USA) |
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Bruce FURNISS (USA) |
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Brian BRINKLEY (GBR) |
| 1978 |
Berlino Ovest |
Billy FORRESTER (USA) |
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Rowdy GAINES (USA) |
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Sergej KOPLJAKOV (URS) |
| 1982 |
Guayaquil |
Michael GROSS (GER) |
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Rowdy GAINES (USA) |
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Jörg WOITHE (DDR) |
| 1986 |
Madrid |
Michael GROSS (GER) |
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Sven LODZIEWSKI (DDR) |
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Matt BIONDI (USA) |
| 1991 |
Perth |
Giorgio LAMBERTI (ITA) |
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Steffen ZESNER (GER) |
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Artur WOJDAT (POL) |
| 1994 |
Roma |
Antti KASVIO (FIN) |
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Anders HOLMERTZ (SVE) |
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Danyon LOADER (NZL) |
| 1998 |
Perth |
Michael KLIM (AUS) |
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Massimiliano ROSOLINO (ITA) |
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Pieter VAN DEN HOOGENBAND (OLA) |
| 2001 |
Fukuoka |
Ian THORPE (AUS) |
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Pieter VAN DEN HOOGENBAND (OLA) |
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Klete KELLER (USA) |
| 2003 |
Barcellona |
Ian THORPE (AUS) |
| |
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Pieter VAN DEN HOOGENBAND (OLA) |
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Grant HACKETT (AUS) |
| 2005 |
Montreal |
Michael PHELPS (USA) |
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Grant HACKETT (AUS) |
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Ryk NEETHING (RSA) |
| 2007 |
Melbourne |
Michael PHELPS (USA) |
| |
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Pieter VAN DEN HOOGENBAND (OLA) |
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Tae Hwan PARK (KOR) |
| 2009 |
Roma |
Paul BIEDERMANN (GER) |
| |
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Michael PHELPS (USA) |
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Danila IZOTOV (RUS) |
| 2011 |
Shanghai |
Ryan LOCHTE (USA) |
| |
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Michael PHELPS (USA) |
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Paul BIEDERMANN (GER) |
| 2013 |
Barcellona |
Yannick AGNEL (FRA) |
| |
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Conor DWYER (USA) |
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Danila IZOTOV (RUS) |
| 2015 |
Kazan |
James GUY (GBR) |
| |
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SUN Yang (CHN) |
| |
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Paul BIEDERMANN (GER) |
| 2017 |
Budapest |
SUN Yang (CHN) |
| |
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Townley HAAS (USA) |
| |
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Aleksandr KRASNYCH (RUS) |
| 2019 |
Gwangju |
SUN Yang (CHN) |
| |
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Katsuhiro MATSUMOTO (JPN) |
| |
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Martin MALJUTIN (RUS) |
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Duncan SCOTT (GBR) |
| 2022 |
Budapest |
David POPOVICI (ROM) |
| |
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HWANG Sun-woo (KOR) |
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Thomas DEAN (GBR) |
| 2023 |
Fukuoka |
Matthew RICHARDS (GBR) |
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Tom DEAN (GBR) |
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HWANG Sun-woo (KOR) |
| 2024 |
Doha |
HWANG Sun-woo (KOR) |
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Danas RAPŠYS (LTU) |
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Luke HOBSON (USA) |
| 2025 |
Singapore |
David POPOVICI (ROM) |
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Luke HOBSON (USA) |
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Tatsuya MURASA (JPN) |