| 1973 |
Belgrado |
Roland MATTHES (DDR) |
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Zoltan VERRASZTO (HUN) |
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John NABER (URS) |
| 1975 |
Calì |
Zoltan VERRASZTO (HUN) |
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Mark TONELLI (AUS) |
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Paul HOVE (USA) |
| 1978 |
Berlino Ovest |
Jesse VASSALLO (USA) |
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Gary HURRING (NZL) |
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Zoltan VERRASZTO (HUN) |
| 1982 |
Guayaquil |
Rick CAREY (URS) |
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Zoltan WLADAR (HUN) |
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Frank BALTRUSCH (DDR) |
| 1986 |
Madrid |
Igor' POLJANSKIJ (URS) |
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Frank BALTRUSCH (DDR) |
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Frank HOFFMEISTER (GER) |
| 1991 |
Perth |
Martin LOPEZ-ZUBERO (SPA) |
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Stefano BATTISTELLI (ITA) |
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Vladimir SEL'KOV (URS) |
| 1994 |
Roma |
Vladimir SEL'KOV (RUS) |
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Martin LOPEZ-ZUBERO (SPA) |
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Royce SHARP (USA) |
| 1998 |
Perth |
Lenny KRAYZELBURG (USA) |
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Ralf BRAUN (GER) |
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Mark VERSFELD (CAN) |
| 2001 |
Fukuoka |
Aaron PEIRSOL (USA) |
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Markus ROGAN (AUT) |
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Örn ARNARSON (ISL) |
| 2003 |
Barcellona |
Aaron PEIRSOL (USA) |
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Gordan KOŽULJ (CRO) |
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Simon DUFOUR (FRA) |
| 2005 |
Montreal |
Aaron PEIRSOL (USA) |
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Markus ROGAN (AUT) |
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Ryan LOCHTE (USA) |
| 2007 |
Melbourne |
Ryan LOCHTE (USA) |
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Aaron PEIRSOL (USA) |
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Markus ROGAN (AUT) |
| 2009 |
Roma |
Aaron PEIRSOL (USA) |
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Ryosuke IRIE (JPN) |
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Ryan LOCHTE (USA) |
| 2011 |
Shanghai |
Ryan LOCHTE (USA) |
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Ryosuke IRIE (JPN) |
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Tyler CLARY (USA) |
| 2013 |
Barcellona |
Ryan LOCHTE (USA) |
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Radoslaw KAWECKI (POL) |
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Tyler CLARY (USA) |
| 2015 |
Kazan |
Mitch LARKIN (AUS) |
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Radoslaw KAWECKI (POL) |
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Jevgenij RYLOV (RUS) |
| 2017 |
Budapest |
Jevgenij RYLOV (RUS) |
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Ryan MURPHY (USA) |
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Jacob PEBLEY (USA) |
| 2019 |
Gwangju |
Jevgenij RYLOV (RUS) |
| |
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Ryan MURPHY (USA) |
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Luke GREENBANK (GBR) |
| 2022 |
Budapest |
Ryan MURPHY (USA) |
| |
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Luke GREENBANK (GBR) |
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Shaine CASAS (USA) |
| 2023 |
Fukuoka |
Hubert KÓS (HUN) |
| |
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Ryan MURPHY (USA) |
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Roman MITYUKOV (SUI) |
| 2024 |
Doha |
Hugo GONZALEZ (SPA) |
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Roman MITYUKOV (SUI) |
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Pieter COETZE (RSA) |
| 2025 |
Singapore |
Hubert KOS (HUN) |
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Pieter COETZE (RSA) |
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Yohann NDOYE-BROUARD |
| 2027 |
Budapest |
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| 2029 |
Pechino |
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