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| Swimming World Championships Men: 100 m Backstroke | 
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| 2009 | Roma (ita) | |||
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Aaron Peirsol (usa) | Ryan Lochte (usa) | Liam Tancock (gbr) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Aaron Peirsol (usa) | Randall Bal (usa) | László Cseh (hun) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Aaron Peirsol (usa) | Arkady Vyatchanin (rus) | -- |
| Matt Welsh (aus) | ||||
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Matt Welsh (aus) | Orn Arnarson (ice) | Steffen Driesen (ger) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Lenny Krayzelburg (usa) | Mark Versfeld (can) | Steve Theloke (ger) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | Martín López Zubero (spa) | Jeff Rouse (usa) | Tamás Deutsch (hun) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Jeff Rouse (usa) | Mark Tewksbury (can) | Martín López Zubero (spa) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Igor Polianskiy (sov) | Dirk Richter (ege) | Sergey Zabolotnov (sov) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Dirk Richter (ege) | Rick Carey (usa) | Vladimir Shemetov (sov) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Bob Jackson (usa) | Peter Rocca (usa) | Romulo Arantes (bra) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | Roland Matthes (ege) | John Murphy (usa) | Mel Nash (usa) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Roland Matthes (ege) | Mike Stamm (usa) | Lutz Wanja (ege) |
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Note: 1978: actual 3rd Viktor Kuznetsov (sov) disqualified for a doping offense |
