| 1973 |
Belgrado |
Roland MATTHES (DDR) |
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Mike STAMM (USA) |
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Lutz WANJA (DDR) |
| 1975 |
Calì |
Roland MATTHES (DDR) |
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John MURPHY (USA) |
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Mel NASH (USA) |
| 1978 |
Berlino Ovest |
Bob JACKSON (USA) |
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Peter ROCCA (USA) |
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Romulo ARANTES (BRA) |
| 1982 |
Guayaquil |
Dick RICHTER (DDR) |
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Rick CAREY (USA) |
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Vladimir ŠEMETOV (URS) |
| 1986 |
Madrid |
Igor' POLJANSKIJ (URS) |
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Dirk RICHTER (DDR) |
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Sergej ZABOLTNOV (URS) |
| 1991 |
Perth |
Jeff ROUSE (USA) |
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Mark TEWKSBURY (CAN) |
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Martin LOPEZ-ZUBERO (SPA) |
| 1994 |
Roma |
Martin LOPEZ-ZUBERO (SPA) |
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Jeff ROUSE (USA) |
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Tamás DEUTSCH (HUN) |
| 1998 |
Perth |
Lenny KRAYZELBURG (USA) |
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Mark VERSFELD (CAN) |
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Stev THELOKE (GER) |
| 2001 |
Fukuoka |
Matt WELSH (AUS) |
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Örn ARNARSON (ISL) |
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Steffen DRIESEN (GER) |
| 2003 |
Barcellona |
Aaron PEIRSOL (USA) |
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Arkadij VJATCHANIN (RUS) |
| |
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Matt WELSH (AUS) |
| 2005 |
Montreal |
Aaron PEIRSOL (USA) |
| |
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Randall BAL (USA) |
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László CSEH (HUN) |
| 2007 |
Melbourne |
Aaron PEIRSOL (USA) |
| |
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Ryan LOCHTE (USA) |
| |
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Liam TANCOCK (GBR) |
| 2009 |
Roma |
Junya KOGA (JPN) |
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Helge MEEUW (GER) |
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Aschwin WILDEBOER (SPA) |
| 2011 |
Shanghai |
Camille LACOURT (FRA) |
| |
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Jérémy STRAVIUS (FRA) |
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argento non assegnato |
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Ryosuke IRIE (JPN) |
| 2013 |
Barcellona |
Matt GREVERS (USA) |
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David PLUMMER (USA) |
| |
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Jérémy STRAVIUS (FRA) |
| 2015 |
Kazan |
Mitchell LARKIN (AUS) |
| |
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Camille LACOURT (FRA) |
| |
|
Matt GREVERS (USA) |
| 2017 |
Budapest |
XU Jiayu (CHN) |
| |
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Matt GREVERS (USA) |
| |
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Ryan MURPHY (USA) |
| 2019 |
Gwangju |
XU Jiayu (CHN) |
| |
|
Jevgenij RYLOV (RUS) |
| |
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Mitch LARKIN (AUS) |
| 2022 |
Budapest |
Thomas CECCON (ITA) |
| |
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Ryan MURPHY (USA) |
| |
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Hunter ARMSTRONG (USA) |
| 2023 |
Fukuoka |
Ryan MURPHY (USA) |
| |
|
Thomas CECCON (ITA) |
| |
|
Hunter ARMSTRONG (USA) |
| 2024 |
Doha |
Hunter ARMSTRONG (USA) |
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|
Hugo GONZÁLEZ (SPA) |
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Apostolos CHRISTOU (GRE) |
| 2025 |
Singapore |
Pieter COETZE (RSA) |
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Thomas CECCON (ITA) |
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Yohann NDOYE-BROUARD (FRA) |