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| Rowing World Championships Men: Lightweight Single Sculls | 
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| 2009 | Poznan (pol) | |||
| 2008 | Linz (aut) | Duncan Grant (nzl) | Jaap Schouten (net) | Ilias Pappas (gre) |
| 2007 | München (ger) | Duncan Grant (nzl) | Lorenzo Bertini (ita) | Jaap Schouten (net) |
| 2006 | Eton (gbr) | Zac Purchase (gbr) | Juan Zunzunegui (spa) | Duncan Grant (nzl) |
| 2005 | Gifu (jpn) | Vasileios Polymeros (gre) | Zac Purchase (gbr) | Fabrice Moreau (fra) |
| 2004 | Banyoles (spa) | Peter Ording (ger) | Stephan Steiner (swi) | Oleksandr Serdyuk (ukr) |
| 2003 | Milano (ita) | Stefano Basalini (ita) | Tom Kay (gbr) | Peter Ording (ger) |
| 2002 | Sevilla (spa) | Sam Lynch (ire) | Stefano Basalini (ita) | Steve Tucker (usa) |
| 2001 | Luzern (swi) | Sam Lynch (ire) | Stefano Basalini (ita) | Michal Vabrousek (cze) |
| 2000 | Zagreb (cro) | Michal Vabrousek (cze) | Sam Lynch (ire) | Lubos Podstupka (svk) |
| 1999 | St. Catharines (can) | Karsten Nielsen (den) | Michal Vabrousek (cze) | Gergely Kokas (hun) |
| 1998 | Köln (ger) | Stefano Basalini (ita) | Michal Vabrousek (cze) | Karsten Nielsen (den) |
| 1997 | Aiguebelette (fra) | Karsten Nielsen (den) | Michael Bänninger (swi) | Tomas Kacovsky (cze) |
| 1996 | Strathclyde (gbr) | Karsten Nielsen (den) | Tomas Kacovsky (cze) | Heikki Haavikko (fin) |
| 1995 | Tampere (fin) | Peter Haining (gbr) | Tomas Kacovsky (cze) | Anders Brehms (den) |
| 1994 | Indianapolis (usa) | Peter Haining (gbr) | Niall O'Toole (ire) | Karsten Nielsen (den) |
| 1993 | Racice (cze) | Peter Haining (gbr) | Stephen Hawkings (aus) | Pepijn Aardewijn (net) |
| 1992 | Montréal (can) | Jens Mohr Ernst (den) | Pepijn Aardewijn (net) | Brian Sweenor (usa) |
| 1991 | Wien (aut) | Niall O'Toole (ire) | Peter Uhrig (ger) | Wim van Belleghem (bel) |
| 1990 | Lake Barrington (aus) | Frans Göbel (net) | Wim van Belleghem (bel) | Per Sćterdal (nor) |
| 1989 | Bled (yug) | Fran Göbel (net) | Wim van Belleghem (bel) | Alwin Otten (wge) |
| 1988 | Milano (ita) | Alwin Otten (wge) | Frans Göbel (net) | Ruggero Verroca (ita) |
| 1987 | Křbenhavn (den) | Wim van Belleghem (bel) | David Wright (can) | Ruggero Verroca (ita) |
| 1986 | Nottingham (gbr) | Peter Antonie (aus) | Bjarne Eltang (den) | Glen Florio (usa) |
| 1985 | Hazewinkel (bel) | Ruggero Verroca (ita) | Raimund Haberl (aut) | Paul Fuchs (usa) |
| 1984 | Montréal (can) | Bjarne Eltang (den) | Paul Fuchs (usa) | Ángel Viana (spa) |
| 1983 | Duisburg (wge) | Bjarne Eltang (den) | John Melvin (gbr) | Gerd Naujoks (wge) |
| 1982 | Luzern (swi) | Raimund Haberl (aut) | Scott Roop (usa) | Luca Migliaccio (ita) |
| 1981 | München (wge) | Scott Roop (usa) | Brian Thorne (can) | Raimund Haberl (aut) |
| 1980 | Hazewinkel (bel) | Christian Wahrlich (wge) | William Belden (usa) | José Antonio Montosa (spa) |
| 1979 | Bled (yug) | William Belden (usa) | Brian Thorne (can) | Raimund Haberl (aut) |
| 1978 | Hamilton (nzl) | José Antonio Montosa (spa) | Morten Espersen (den) | William Belden (usa) |
| 1977 | Amsterdam (net) | Reto Wyss (swi) | Morten Espersen (den) | Lawrence Klecatsky (usa) |
| 1976 | Villach (aut) | Raimund Haberl (aut) | Morten Espersen (den) | Roland Weill (fra) |
| 1975 | Nottingham (gbr) | Reto Wyss (swi) | Raimund Haberl (aut) | William Belden (usa) |
| 1974 | Luzern (swi) | William Belden (usa) | Harald Punt (net) | Reto Wyss (swi) |
