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| Swimming World Championships Men: 200 m Freestyle | 
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| 2009 | Roma (ita) | |||
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Michael Phelps (usa) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (net) | Park Tae-Hwan (sko) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Michael Phelps (usa) | Grant Hackett (aus) | Ryk Neethling (saf) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Ian Thorpe (aus) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (net) | Grant Hackett (aus) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Ian Thorpe (aus) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (net) | Klete Keller (usa) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Michael Klim (aus) | Massimiliano Rosolino (ita) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (net) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | Antti Kasvio (fin) | Anders Holmertz (swe) | Danyon Loader (nzl) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Giorgio Lamberti (ita) | Steffen Zesner (ger) | Artur Wojdat (pol) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Michael Gross (wge) | Sven Lodziewski (ege) | Matt Biondi (usa) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Michael Gross (wge) | Rowdy Gaines (usa) | Jörg Woithe (ege) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Billy Forrester (usa) | Rowdy Gaines (usa) | Sergey Kopliakov (sov) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | Tim Shaw (usa) | Bruce Furniss (usa) | Brian Brinkley (gbr) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Jim Montgomery (usa) | Kurt Krumpholz (usa) | Roger Pyttel (ege) |
