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| Swimming World Championships Men: 100 m Butterfly | 
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| 2009 | Roma (ita) | |||
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Michael Phelps (usa) | Ian Crocker (usa) | Albert Subirats (ven) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Ian Crocker (usa) | Michael Phelps (usa) | Andriy Serdinov (ukr) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Ian Crocker (usa) | Michael Phelps (usa) | Andriy Serdinov (ukr) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Lars Frölander (swe) | Ian Crocker (usa) | Geoff Huegill (aus) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Michael Klim (aus) | Lars Frölander (swe) | Geoff Huegill (aus) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | Rafal Szukala (pol) | Lars Frölander (swe) | Denis Pankratov (rus) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Anthony Nesty (sur) | Michael Gross (ger) | Vladislav Kulikov (sov) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Pablo Morales (usa) | Matt Biondi (usa) | Andrew Jameson (gbr) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Matt Gribble (usa) | Michael Gross (wge) | Bengt Baron (swe) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Joe Bottom (usa) | Greg Jagenburg (usa) | Par Arvidsson (swe) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | Greg Jagenburg (usa) | Roger Pyttel (ege) | Bill Forrester (usa) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Bruce Robertson (can) | Joe Bottom (usa) | Robin Backhaus (usa) |
