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| Swimming World Championships Men: 400 m Medley | 
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| 2009 | Roma (ita) | |||
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Michael Phelps (usa) | Ryan Lochte (usa) | Luca Marin (ita) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | László Cseh (hun) | Luca Marin (ita) | Oussama Mellouli (tun) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Michael Phelps (usa) | László Cseh (hun) | Oussama Mellouli (tun) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Alessio Boggiatto (ita) | Erik Vendt (usa) | Thomas Wilkens (usa) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Tom Dolan (usa) | Marcel Wouda (net) | Curtis Myden (can) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | Tom Dolan (usa) | Jani Sievinen (fin) | Eric Namesnik (usa) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Tamás Darnyi (hun) | Eric Namesnik (usa) | Stefano Battistelli (ita) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Tamás Darnyi (hun) | Vadim Yaroshchuk (sov) | Alex Baumann (can) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Ricardo Prado (bra) | Jens-Peter Berndt (ege) | Sergey Fesenko (sov) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Jesse Vassallo (usa) | Sergey Fesenko (sov) | András Hargitay (hun) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | András Hargitay (hun) | Andrey Smirnov (sov) | Hans-Joachim Geisler (wge) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | András Hargitay (hun) | Ron Strachan (usa) | Rick Colella (usa) |
