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| Swimming World Championships Men: 200 m Medley | 
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| 2009 | Roma (ita) | |||
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Michael Phelps (usa) | Ryan Lochte (usa) | László Cseh (hun) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Michael Phelps (usa) | László Cseh (hun) | Ryan Lochte (usa) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Michael Phelps (usa) | Ian Thorpe (aus) | Massimiliano Rosolino (ita) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Massimiliano Rosolino (ita) | Thomas Wilkens (usa) | Justin Norris (aus) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Marcel Wouda (net) | Xavier Marchand (fra) | Ron Karnaugh (usa) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | Jani Sievinen (fin) | Greg Burgess (usa) | Attila Czene (hun) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Tamás Darnyi (hun) | Eric Namesnik (usa) | Christian Gessner (ger) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Tamás Darnyi (hun) | Alex Baumann (can) | Vadim Yaroshchuk (sov) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Aleksandr Sidorenko (sov) | Bill Barrett (usa) | Giovanni Franceschi (ita) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Graham Smith (can) | Jesse Vassallo (usa) | Aleksandr Sidorenko (sov) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | András Hargitay (hun) | Steve Furniss (usa) | Andrey Smirnov (sov) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Gunnar Larsson (swe) | Stan Carper (usa) | David Wilkie (gbr) |
