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| Swimming World Championships Men: 100 m Freestyle | 
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| 2009 | Roma (ita) | |||
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Brent Hayden (can) | -- | Eamon Sullivan (aus) |
| Filippo Magnini (ita) | ||||
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Filippo Magnini (ita) | Roland Schoeman (saf) | Ryk Neethling (saf) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Aleksandr Popov (rus) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (net) | Ian Thorpe (aus) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Anthony Ervin (usa) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (net) | Lars Frölander (swe) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Aleksandr Popov (rus) | Michael Klim (aus) | Lars Frölander (swe) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | Aleksandr Popov (rus) | Gary Hall Jr. (usa) | Gustavo Borges (bra) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Matt Biondi (usa) | Tommy Werner (swe) | Giorgio Lamberti (ita) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Matt Biondi (usa) | Stéphan Caron (fra) | Tom Jager (usa) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Jörg Woithe (ege) | Rowdy Gaines (usa) | Per Johansson (swe) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | David McCagg (usa) | Jim Montgomery (usa) | Klaus Steinbach (wge) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | Andy Coan (usa) | Vladimir Bure (sov) | Jim Montgomery (usa) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Jim Montgomery (usa) | Michel Rousseau (fra) | Mike Wenden (aus) |
