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| Sailing World Championships Finn | 
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| 2010 | San Francisco (usa) | |||
| 2009 | København (den) | Jonas Høgh Christensen (den) | Zach Railey (usa) | Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (cro) |
| 2008 | Melbourne (aus) | Ben Ainslie (gbr) | Dan Slater (nzl) | Jonas Høgh Christensen (den) |
| 2007 | Cascais (por) | Rafael Trujillo (spa) | Pieter-Jan Postma (net) | Gasper Vincec (svn) |
| 2006 | Split (cro) | Jonas Høgh Christensen (den) | Emilios Papathanasiou (gre) | Edward Wright (gbr) |
| 2005 | Moskva (rus) | Ben Ainslie (gbr) | Emilios Papathanasiou (gre) | Chris Cook (can) |
| 2004 | Rio de Janeiro (bra) | Ben Ainslie (gbr) | Richard Clarke (can) | David Burrows (ire) |
| 2003 | Cádiz (spa) | Ben Ainslie (gbr) | Rafael Trujillo (spa) | Andrew Simpson (gbr) |
| 2002 | Pireas (gre) | Ben Ainslie (gbr) | Mateusz Kusznierewicz (pol) | Emilios Papathanasiou (gre) |
| 2001 | Marblehead (usa) | Sébastien Godefroid (bel) | Mateusz Kusznierewicz (pol) | Emilios Papathanasiou (gre) |
| 2000 | Weymouth (gbr) | Mateusz Kusznierewicz (pol) | Sébastien Godefroid (bel) | Emilios Papathanasiou (gre) |
| 1999 | Melbourne (aus) | Fredrik Lööf (swe) | Mateusz Kusznierewicz (pol) | Richard Clarke (can) |
| 1998 | Athínai (gre) | Mateusz Kusznierewicz (pol) | Fredrik Lööf (swe) | Xavier Rohart (fra) |
| 1997 | Gdánsk (pol) | Fredrik Lööf (swe) | Luca Devoti (ita) | Xavier Rohart (fra) |
| 1996 | La Rochelle (fra) | Philippe Presti (fra) | Hans Spitzauer (aut) | Fredrik Lööf (swe) |
| 1995 | Melbourne (aus) | Hans Spitzauer (aut) | Fredrik Lööf (swe) | Philippe Presti (fra) |
| 1994 | Parnu (est) | Fredrik Lööf (swe) | Hank Lammens (can) | José van der Ploeg (spa) |
| 1993 | Bangor (gbr) | Philippe Presti (fra) | Fredrik Lööf (swe) | Richard Clarke (can) |
| 1992 | Cádiz (spa) | Eric Mergenthaler (mex) | Glen Bourke (aus) | Hans Spitzauer (aut) |
| 1991 | Kingston (can) | Hank Lammens (can) | Brian Ledbetter (usa) | Oleg Zhoperskiy (sov) |
| 1990 | Porto Carras (gre) | Hank Lammens (can) | Lawrence Lernieux (can) | Eric Mergenthaler (mex) |
| 1989 | Alassio (ita) | Stig Westergaard (den) | Eric Mergenthaler (mex) | Oleg Zhoperskiy (sov) |
| 1988 | Ilha Bela (bra) | Thomas Schmid (wge) | Roy Heiner (net) | Gordon Anderson (can) |
| 1987 | Kiel (wge) | José Luis Doreste (spa) | Lasse Hjortnæs (den) | Brian Ledbetter (usa) |
| 1986 | El Arenal (spa) | Stig Westergaard (den) | Brian Ledbetter (usa) | José Luis Doreste (spa) |
| 1985 | Marstrand (swe) | Lasse Hjortnæs (den) | Olef Zhoperskiy (sov) | I. Bengtsson (swe) |
| 1984 | Anzio (ita) | Lasse Hjortnæs (den) | Terry Neilson (can) | Jørgen Lindhardtsen (den) |
| 1983 | Milwaukee (usa) | Paul van Cleve (usa) | Wolfgang Gerz (wge) | Mark Neeleman (net) |
| 1982 | Medemblik (net) | Lasse Hjortnæs (den) | H. Blaszka (pol) | B. Reynolds (usa) |
| 1981 | Gromitz (wge) | Wolfgang Gerz (wge) | Lasse Hjortnæs (den) | M. Rychzik (pol) |
| 1980 | Auckland (nzl) | Cameron Lewis (usa) | John Bertrand (usa) | Lawrence Lernieux (can) |
| 1979 | Weymouth (gbr) | Cameron Lewis (usa) | John Bertrand (usa) | Mark Neeleman (net) |
| 1978 | Manzanillo (mex) | John Bertrand (usa) | Joaquín Blanco (spa) | C. Buchan (usa) |
| 1977 | Palamos (spa) | Joaquín Blanco (spa) | José Luis Doreste (spa) | Claudio Biekarck (bra) |
| 1976 | Brisbane (aus) | Christopher Law (gbr) | J. Farmer (nzl) | John Bertrand (aus) |
| 1975 | Malmö (swe) | Magnus Olin (swe) | Hans Binkhorst (net) | J. Farmer (nzl) |
| 1974 | Long Beach (usa) | Henry Spraque (usa) | Guy Lilljegren (swe) | Kent Carlsson (swe) |
| 1973 | Brest (fra) | Serge Maury (fra) | Magnus Olin (swe) | Guy Lilljegren (swe) |
| 1972 | Anzio (ita) | Jorg Bruder (bra) | John Bertrand (aus) | Leonard Gustafsson (swe) |
| 1971 | Toronto (can) | Jorg Bruder (bra) | C. van Duyne (usa) | Serge Maury (fra) |
| 1970 | Cascais (por) | Jorg Bruder (bra) | Henry Spraque (usa) | B. Andre (usa) |
| 1969 | Hamilton (ber) | Thomas Lundqvist (swe) | Jorg Bruder (bra) | Peter Barrett (usa) |
| 1968 | Whitestable (gbr) | Henning Wind (den) | Uwe Mares (wge) | Jorg Bruder (bra) |
| 1967 | Hanko (fin) | Willi Kuhweide (wge) | Valentin Mankin (sov) | Uwe Mares (wge) |
| 1966 | La Baule (fra) | Willi Kuhweide (wge) | Jorg Bruder (bra) | B. Straubinger (wge) |
| 1965 | Gdynia (pol) | Jürgen Mier (ege) | Bernd Dehmel (ege) | R. Hart (gbr) |
| 1964 | Torquay (gbr) | Hubert Raudaschl (aut) | H. Kellner (swe) | R. Creagh-Osborne (can) |
| 1963 | Medemblik (net) | Willi Kuhweide (wge) | Boris Jacobsson (swe) | H. Willems (net) |
| 1962 | Tønsberg (nor) | Arne Akersson (swe) | Boris Jacobsson (swe) | André Nelis (bel) |
| 1961 | Travemünde (wge) | André Nelis (bel) | Hans Fogh (den) | F. Miller (usa) |
| 1960 | Torquay (gbr) | Vernon Stratton (gbr) | André Nelis (bel) | D. Stratton (gbr) |
| 1959 | Hellerup (den) | Poul Elvstrøm (den) | André Nelis (bel) | P. Poullain (fra) |
| 1958 | Zeebrugge (bel) | Poul Elvstrøm (den) | André Nelis (bel) | Adelchi Palaschiar (ita) |
| 1957 | Karlstad (swe) | Jürgen Vogler (ege) | H. Eriksen (nor) | André Nelis (bel) |
| 1956 | Burnham (gbr) | André Nelis (bel) | Poul Elvstrøm (den) | B. Roswell (can) |
