| 1973 |
Belgrado |
John HENCKEN (USA) |
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Michail KRJUKIN (URS) |
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Nobutaka TAGUCHI (JPN) |
| 1975 |
Calì |
David WILKIE (GBR) |
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Nobutaka TAGUCHI (JPN) |
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David LEIGH (GBR) |
| 1978 |
Berlino Ovest |
Walter KUSCH (GER) |
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Graham SMITH (CAN) |
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Gerald MÖRKEN (GER) |
| 1982 |
Guayaquil |
Stephen LUNDQUIST (USA) |
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Victor DAVIS (CAN) |
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John MOFFETT (USA) |
| 1986 |
Madrid |
Victor DAVIS (CAN) |
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Gianni MINERVINI (ITA) |
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Dmitrij VOLKOV (URS) |
| 1991 |
Perth |
Norbert RÓSZA (HUN) |
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Adrian MOORHOUSE (GBR) |
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Gianni MINERVINI (ITA) |
| 1994 |
Roma |
Norbert RÓSZA (UNG) |
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Károly GÜTTLER (HUN) |
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Frederik DEBURGHGRAEVE (BEL) |
| 1998 |
Perth |
Frederik DEBURGHGRAEVE (BEL) |
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QILIANG Zeng (CHN) |
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Kurt GROTE (USA) |
| 2001 |
Fukuoka |
Roman SLUDNOV (RUS) |
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Domenico FIORAVANTI (ITA) |
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Ed MOSES (USA) |
| 2003 |
Barcellona |
Kosuke KITAJIMA (JPN) |
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Brendan HANSEN (USA) |
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James GIBSON (GBR) |
| 2005 |
Montreal |
Brendan HANSEN (USA) |
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Kosuke KITAJIMA (JPN) |
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Hugues DUBOSCQ (FRA) |
| 2007 |
Melbourne |
Brendan HANSEN (USA) |
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Kosuke KITAJIMA (JPN) |
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Brenton RICKARD (AUS) |
| 2009 |
Roma |
Brenton RICKARD (AUS) |
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Hugues DUBOSCQ (FRA) |
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Cameron VAN DER BURGH (RSA) |
| 2011 |
Shanghai |
Alexander Dale OEN (NOR) |
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Fabio SCOZZOLI (ITA) |
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Cameron VAN DER BURGH (RSA) |
| 2013 |
Barcellona |
Christian SPRENGER (AUS) |
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Cameron VAN DER BURGH (RSA) |
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Felipe LIMA (BRA) |
| 2015 |
Kazan |
Adam PEATY (GBR) |
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Cameron VAN DER BURGH (RSA) |
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Ross MURDOCH (GBR) |
| 2017 |
Budapest |
Adam PEATY (GBR) |
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Kevin CORDES (USA) |
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Kirill PRIGODA (RUS) |
| 2019 |
Gwangju |
Adam PEATY (GBR) |
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James WILBY (GBR) |
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YAN Zibei (CHN) |
| 2022 |
Budapest |
Nicolo MARTINENGHI (ITA) |
| |
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Arno KAMMINGA (OLA) |
| |
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Nick FINK (USA) |
| 2023 |
Fukuoka |
QIN Haiyang (CHN) |
| |
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Nicolò MARTINENGHI (ITA) |
| |
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Arno KAMMINGA (OLA) |
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Nic FINK (USA) |
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bronzo non assegnato |
| 2024 |
Doha |
Nic FINK (USA) |
| |
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Nicolò MARTINENGHI (ITA) |
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Adam PEATY (GBR) |
| 2025 |
Singapore |
QIN Haiyang (CHN) |
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Nicolò MARTINENGHI (ITA) |
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Denis PETRASHOV (KGZ) |
| 2027 |
Budapest |
- |
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| 2029 |
Pechino |
- |
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