World Champions
| Year | Venue | Individual | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Stockholm | Torsten Ullman (SWE) | Finland |
| 1949 | Buenos Aires | Heinrich Keller (SUI) | United States |
| 1952 | Oslo | Harry Reeves (USA) | United States |
| 1954 | Caracas | Torsten Ullman (SWE) | Soviet Union |
| 1958 | Moscow | William McMillan (USA) | Czechoslovakia |
| 1962 | Cairo | Igor Rakalov (URS) | Soviet Union |
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | William Blankenship (USA) | United States |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Rafael Carpio (MEX) | Czechoslovakia |
| 1974 | Thun | Dan Iuga (ROU) | Soviet Union |
| 1978 | Seoul | Seppo Mäkinen (FIN) | Finland |
| 1982 | Caracas | Vladas Turla (URS) | Soviet Union |
| 1986 | Suhl | Oleg Tkachev (URS) | Soviet Union |
| 1990 | Moscow | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | Soviet Union |
| 1994 | Milan | Pål Hembre (NOR) | Russia |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Park Byung Taek (KOR) | South Korea |
| 2002 | Lahti | Park Byung Taek (KOR) | South Korea |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Liu Yadong (CHN) | Russia |
| 2010 | Munich | Leonid Yekimov (RUS) | Brazil |
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