World Championships, Men
This event was held in 1947-2006.
| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Stockholm | Torsten Elis Ullman (SWE) | Mauri Kuokka (FIN) | Rodeheffer N. J. (USA) |
| 1949 | Buenos Aires | Heinrich Keller (SUI) | Eino Antton Saarnikko (FIN) | Huelet Leo Benner (USA) |
| 1952 | Oslo | Harry Wendell Reeves (USA) | Walter Rudolph Walsh (USA) | Huelet Leo Benner (USA) |
| 1954 | Caracas | Torsten Elis Ullman (SWE) | Huelet Leo Benner (USA) | William Mc Millan (USA) |
| 1958 | Moscow | William Mc Millan (USA) | Vladimir Kudrna (TCH) | Karoly Takacs (HUN) |
| 1962 | Cairo | Igor Bakalov (URS) | Efim Haydurov (URS) | William Blankenship (USA) |
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | William Blankenship (USA) | Lubomir Nacovsky (TCH) | Renart Suleimanov (URS) |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Rafael Carpio (MEX) | Seppo Makinen (FIN) | Lubomir Nacovsky (TCH) |
| 1974 | Thun | Dan Iuga (ROM) | Francis Higginson (USA) | Hynek Hromada (TCH) |
| 1978 | Seoul | Seppo Makinen (FIN) | Jong Kil Park (KOR) | Seppo Saarenpaeae (FIN) |
| 1982 | Caracas | Vladas Turla (URS) | Sergei Rysev (URS) | Jaques Cheres (FRA) |
| 1986 | Suhl | Oleg Tkachov (URS) | Afanasij Kuzmin (URS) | Igor Basinski (URS) |
| 1990 | Moscow | Sergei Pyzhianov (URS) | Miroslav Ignatiuk (URS) | Byung Taek Park (KOR) |
| 1994 | Milan | Paal Hembre (NOR) | Christian Kezel (FRA) | Oleg Tkachov (UKR) |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Byung Taek Park (KOR) | Paal Hembre (NOR) | Giovanni Bossi (AUT) |
| 2002 | Lahti | Byung Taek Park (KOR) | Mikhail Nestruev (RUS) | Sang Hak Lee (KOR) |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Yadong Liu (CHN) | Mikhail Nestruev (RUS) | Michael Hofmann (SUI) |
| 2010 | Munich | Leonid Yekimov (RUS) | Julio Almeida (BRA) | Pål Hembre (NOR) |
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