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| 2009 | Poznan (pol) | |||
| 2007 | München (ger) | Mahe Drysdale (nzl) | Ondrej Synek (cze) | Olaf Tufte (nor) |
| 2006 | Eton (gbr) | Mahe Drysdale (nzl) | Marcel Hacker (ger) | Ondrej Synek (cze) |
| 2005 | Gifu (jpn) | Mahe Drysdale (nzl) | Olaf Tufte (nor) | Ondrej Synek (cze) |
| 2003 | Milano (ita) | Olaf Tufte (nor) | Marcel Hacker (ger) | Iztok Cop (svn) |
| 2002 | Sevilla (spa) | Marcel Hacker (ger) | Iztok Cop (svn) | Olaf Tufte (nor) |
| 2001 | Luzern (swi) | Olaf Tufte (nor) | Iztok Cop (svn) | Vaclav Chalupa (cze) |
| 1999 | St. Catharines (can) | Rob Waddell (nzl) | Xeno Müller (swi) | Derek Porter (can) |
| 1998 | Köln (ger) | Rob Waddell (nzl) | Xeno Müller (swi) | Vaclav Chalupa (cze) |
| 1997 | Aiguebelette (fra) | James Koven (usa) | André Willms (ger) | Gregory Searle (gbr) |
| 1995 | Tampere (fin) | Iztok Cop (svn) | Jüri Jaanson (est) | Vaclav Chalupa (cze) |
| 1994 | Indianapolis (usa) | André Willms (ger) | Xeno Müller (swi) | Iztok Cop (svn) |
| 1993 | Racice (cze) | Derek Porter (can) | Vaclav Chalupa (cze) | Thomas Lange (ger) |
| 1991 | Wien (aut) | Thomas Lange (ger) | Vaclav Chalupa (czs) | Kajetan Broniewski (pol) |
| 1990 | Lake Barrington (aus) | Jüri Jaanson (sov) | Vaclav Chalupa (czs) | Eric Verdonk (nzl) |
| 1989 | Bled (yug) | Thomas Lange (ege) | Vaclav Chalupa (czs) | Jüri Jaanson (sov) |
| 1987 | København (den) | Thomas Lange (ege) | Peter-Michael Kolbe (wge) | Pertti Karppinen (fin) |
| 1986 | Nottingham (gbr) | Peter-Michael Kolbe (wge) | Pertti Karppinen (fin) | Vasiliy Yakucha (sov) |
| 1985 | Hazewinkel (bel) | Pertti Karppinen (fin) | Andrew Sudduth (usa) | Peter-Michael Kolbe (wge) |
| 1983 | Duisburg (wge) | Peter-Michael Kolbe (wge) | Uwe Mund (ege) | Christopher Wood (usa) |
| 1982 | Luzern (swi) | Rüdiger Reiche (ege) | Vasiliy Yakucha (sov) | John Biglow (usa) |
| 1981 | München (wge) | Peter-Michael Kolbe (wge) | Rüdiger Reiche (ege) | John Biglow (usa) |
| 1979 | Bled (yug) | Pertti Karppinen (fin) | Peter-Michael Kolbe (wge) | Rüdiger Reiche (ege) |
| 1978 | Hamilton (nzl) | Peter-Michael Kolbe (wge) | Joachim Dreifke (ege) | Milorad Stanulov (yug) |
| 1977 | Amsterdam (net) | Joachim Dreifke (ege) | Pertti Karppinen (fin) | Nikolay Dovgan (sov) |
| 1975 | Nottingham (gbr) | Peter-Michael Kolbe (wge) | Sean Drea (ire) | Martin Winter (ege) |
| 1974 | Luzern (swi) | Wolfgang Hönig (ege) | James Dietz (usa) | Nikolay Dovgan (sov) |
| 1970 | St. Catharines (can) | Alberto Demiddi (arg) | Götz Dräger (ege) | Jaroslav Hellebrand (czs) |
| 1966 | Bled (yug) | Don Spero (usa) | Henri-Jan Wienese (net) | Jochen Meissner (wge) |
| 1962 | Luzern (swi) | Vyacheslav Ivanov (sov) | Stuart MacKenzie (gbr) | Seymour Cromwell (usa) |
