World Championships, Men
This event was held in 1937–2006.
| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Helsinki | Jacques Louis Mazoyer (FRA) | Viljo Leskinen (FIN) | Gustav Lokotar (EST) |
| 1939 | Luzern | Karl Steigelmann (GER) | August Liivik (EST) | Kurt Johansson (SWE) |
| 1949 | Buenos Aires | Pauli Aapeli Janhonen (FIN) | Arthur Edwin Cook (USA) | Erling Asbjoern Kongshaug (NOR) |
| 1952 | Oslo | Erling Asbjoern Kongshaug (NOR) | Robert Buerchler (SUI) | Johan Hunaes (NOR) |
| 1954 | Caracas | Anatoli Bogdanov (URS) | Vassily Borisov (URS) | Vilho Ilmari Yloenen (FIN) |
| 1958 | Moscow | Victor Shamburkin (URS) | Marat Niyazov (URS) | Moysey Itkis (URS) |
| 1962 | Cairo | Gary Anderson (USA) | Marat Niyazov (URS) | Erwin Vogt (SUI) |
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | Gary Anderson (USA) | Marat Niyazov (URS) | Henryk Gorski (POL) |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Vitali Parkhimovitch (URS) | John Writer (USA) | Lones Wigger (USA) |
| 1974 | Thun | John Writer (USA) | Lones Wigger (USA) | Lanny Bassham (USA) |
| 1978 | Seoul | Lanny Bassham (USA) | Malcolm Cooper (GBR) | Ulrich Lind (FRG) |
| 1982 | Caracas | Vladimir Lvov (URS) | Peter Heinz (FRG) | Viktor Vlasov (URS) |
| 1986 | Suhl | Petr Kurka (TCH) | Malcolm Cooper (GBR) | Pavel Soukenik (TCH) |
| 1990 | Moscow | Eun Chul Lee (KOR) | Robert Foth (USA) | Hrachya Petikyan (URS) |
| 1994 | Milan | Petr Kurka (CZE) | Thomas Tamas (USA) | Wolfram Jun. Waibel (AUT) |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Jozef Gönci (SVK) | Pascal Bessy (FRA) | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) |
| 2002 | Lahti | Marcel Buerge (SUI) | Konstantin Prikhodtchenko (RUS) | Peter Sidi (HUN) |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Artem Khadjibekov (RUS) | Stevan Pletikosic (SCG) | Lei Zhang (CHN) |
| 2010 | Munich | Peter Sidi (HUN) | Han Jinseop (KOR) | Nemanja Mirosavljev (SRB) |
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