World Championships, Men
This event was held in 1962–2006.
| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Cairo | Karl Wenk (FRG) | Vladimir Chuian (URS) | James Enoch Hill (USA) |
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | David Boyd (USA) | Jerzy Nowicki (POL) | Bill Krilling (USA) |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Manfred Fiess (RSA) | Esa Einari Kervinen (FIN) | Klaus Zaehringer (FRG) |
| 1974 | Thun | Karel Bulan (TCH) | Helge Edvin Anshushaug (NOR) | Wolfram Waibel Sr. (AUT) |
| 1978 | Seoul | Alister Allan (GBR) | Lones Wigger (USA) | Lanny Bassham (USA) |
| 1982 | Caracas | Victor Daniltchenko (URS) | William Beard (USA) | Viktor Vlasov (URS) |
| 1986 | Suhl | Sandor Bereczky (HUN) | Gale Stewart (CAN) | Michael Heine (FRG) |
| 1990 | Moscow | Viatcheslav Botchkarev (URS) | Harald Stenvaag (NOR) | Tadeusz Czerwinski (POL) |
| 1994 | Milan | Wenjie Li (CHN) | Stevan Pletikosic (IOP) | Michel Bury (FRA) |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Thomas Tamas (USA) | Juha Hirvi (FIN) | Sergei Kovalenko (RUS) |
| 2002 | Lahti | Matthew Emmons (USA) | Rajmond Debevec (SLO) | Espen Berg-Knutsen (NOR) |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Sergei Martynov (BLR) | Jury Sukhorukov (UKR) | Marco de Nicolo (ITA) |
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