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| Swimming World Championships Men: 400 m Freestyle | 
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| 2011 | Shanghai (chn) | |||
| 2009 | Roma (ita) | Paul Biedermann (ger) | Oussama Mellouli (tun) | Zhang Lin (chn) |
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Park Tae-Hwan (sko) | Grant Hackett (aus) | Yuriy Prilukov (rus) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Grant Hackett (aus) | Yuriy Prilukov (rus) | Oussama Mellouli (tun) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Ian Thorpe (aus) | Grant Hackett (aus) | Dragos Coman (rom) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Ian Thorpe (aus) | Grant Hackett (aus) | Emiliano Brembilla (ita) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Ian Thorpe (aus) | Grant Hackett (aus) | Paul Palmer (gbr) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | Kieren Perkins (aus) | Antti Kasvio (fin) | Danyon Loader (nzl) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Jörg Hoffmann (ger) | Stefan Pfeiffer (ger) | Artur Wojdat (pol) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Rainer Henkel (wge) | Uwe Dassler (ege) | Dan Jorgensen (usa) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Vladimir Salnikov (sov) | Svyatoslav Semenov (sov) | Sven Lodziewski (ege) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Vladimir Salnikov (sov) | Jeff Float (usa) | Billy Forrester (usa) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | Tim Shaw (usa) | Bruce Furniss (usa) | Frank Pfütze (ege) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Rick DeMont (usa) | Brad Cooper (aus) | Bengt Gingsjö (swe) |
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Note: 2007: actual 2nd Oussama Mellouli (tun) disqualified for a doping offense |
