| 1973 |
Belgrado |
Stephen HOLLAND (AUS) |
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Rick DEMONT (USA) |
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Brad COOPER (AUS) |
| 1975 |
Calì |
Tim SHAW (USA) |
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Brian GOODELL (USA) |
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David PARKER (GBR) |
| 1978 |
Berlino Ovest |
Vladimir SAL'NIKOV (URS) |
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Borut PETRIC (JUG) |
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Bobby HACKETT (USA) |
| 1982 |
Guayaquil |
Vladimir SAL'NIKOV (URS) |
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Svjatoslav SEMENOV (URS) |
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Darjan PETRIC (JUG) |
| 1986 |
Madrid |
Rainer HENKEL (GER) |
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Stefano BATTISTELLI (ITA) |
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Daniel JORGENSEN (USA) |
| 1991 |
Perth |
Jörg HOFFMANN (GER) |
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Kieren PERKINS (AUS) |
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Stefan PFEIFFER (GER) |
| 1994 |
Roma |
Kieren PERKINS (AUS) |
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Daniel KOWALSKI (AUS) |
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Steffen ZESNER (GER) |
| 1998 |
Perth |
Grant HACKETT (AUS) |
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Emiliano BREMBILLA (ITA) |
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Daniel KOWALSKI (AUS) |
| 2001 |
Fukuoka |
Grant HACKETT (AUS) |
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Graeme SMITH (GBR) |
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Aleksej FILIPEC (RUS) |
| 2003 |
Barcellona |
Grant HACKETT (AUS) |
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Igor CHERVYNSKYI (UKR) |
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Erik VENDT (USA) |
| 2005 |
Montreal |
Grant HACKETT (AUS) |
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HWANG Sun-woo (KOR) |
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Thomas DEAN (GBR) |
| 2007 |
Melbourne |
Mateusz SAWRYMOWICZ (POL) |
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Jurij PRILUKOV (RUS) |
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David DAVIES (GBR) |
| 2009 |
Roma |
Oussama MELLOULI (TUN) |
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Ryan COCHRANE (CAN) |
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SUN Yang (CHN) |
| 2011 |
Shanghai |
SUN Yang (CHN) |
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Ryan COCHRANE (CAN) |
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Gergo KIS (HUN) |
| 2013 |
Barcellona |
SUN Yang (CHN) |
| |
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Ryan COCHRANE (CAN) |
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Gregorio PALTRINIERI (ITA) |
| 2015 |
Kazan |
Gregorio PALTRINIERI (ITA) |
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Connor JAEGER (USA) |
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Ryan COCHRANE (CAN) |
| 2017 |
Budapest |
Gregorio PALTRINIERI (ITA) |
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Mychajlo ROMANCHUK (UKR) |
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Mack HORTON (AUS) |
| 2019 |
Gwangju |
Florian WELLBROCK (GER) |
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Mychajlo ROMANCHUK (UKR) |
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Gregorio PALTRINIERI (ITA) |
| 2022 |
Budapest |
Gregorio PALTRINIERI (ITA) |
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Robert FINKE (USA) |
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Florian WELLBROCK (GER) |
| 2023 |
Fukuoka |
Ahmed HAFNAOUI (TUN) |
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Robert FINKE (USA) |
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Samuel SHORT (AUS) |
| 2024 |
Doha |
Daniel WIFFEN (IRL) |
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Florian WELLBROCK (GER) |
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David AUBRY (FRA) |
| 2025 |
Singapore |
Ahmed JAOUADI (TUN) |
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Sven SCHWARZ (GER) |
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Robert FINKE (USA) |