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| Swimming World Championships Men: 1500 m Freestyle | 
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| 2011 | Shanghai (chn) | |||
| 2009 | Roma (ita) | Oussama Mellouli (tun) | Ryan Cochrane (can) | Sun Yang (chn) |
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Mateusz Sawrymowicz (pol) | Yuriy Prilukov (rus) | David Davies (gbr) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Grant Hackett (aus) | Larsen Jensen (usa) | David Davies (gbr) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Grant Hackett (aus) | Igor Chervynskyi (ukr) | Erik Vendt (usa) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Grant Hackett (aus) | Graeme Smith (gbr) | Aleksey Filipets (rus) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Grant Hackett (aus) | Emiliano Brembilla (ita) | Daniel Kowalski (aus) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | Kieren Perkins (aus) | Dan Kowalski (aus) | Steffen Zesner (ger) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Jörg Hoffmann (ger) | Kieren Perkins (aus) | Stefan Pfeiffer (ger) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Rainer Henkel (wge) | Stefano Battistelli (ita) | Dan Jorgensen (usa) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Vladimir Salnikov (sov) | Svyatoslav Semenov (sov) | Darjan Petric (yug) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Vladimir Salnikov (sov) | Borut Petric (yug) | Bobby Hackett (usa) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | Tim Shaw (usa) | Brian Goodell (usa) | David Parker (gbr) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Stephen Holland (aus) | Rick DeMont (usa) | Brad Cooper (aus) |
