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| Track Cycling World Championships Men: 4000 m Individual Pursuit | 
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| Year | Location | 
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| 2009 | Prusków (pol) | |||
| 2008 | Manchester (gbr) | Bradley Wiggins (gbr) | Jenning Huizenga (net) | Aleksey Markov (rus) |
| 2007 | Palma de Mallorca (spa) | Bradley Wiggins (gbr) | Robert Bartko (ger) | Sergi Escobar (spa) |
| 2006 | Bordeaux (fra) | Robert Bartko (ger) | Jens Mouris (net) | Paul Manning (gbr) |
| 2005 | Carson (usa) | Robert Bartko (ger) | Sergi Escobar (spa) | Levi Heimans (net) |
| 2004 | Melbourne (aus) | Sergi Escobar (spa) | Robert Hayles (gbr) | Robert Bartko (ger) |
| 2003 | Stuttgart (ger) | Bradley Wiggins (gbr) | Luke Roberts (aus) | Sergi Escobar (spa) |
| 2002 | Ballerup (den) | Bradley McGee (aus) | Luke Roberts (aus) | Jens Lehmann (ger) |
| 2001 | Antwerpen (bel) | Aleksandr Symonenko (ukr) | Jens Lehmann (ger) | Stefan Steinweg (ger) |
| 2000 | Manchester (gbr) | Jens Lehmann (ger) | Stefan Steinweg (ger) | Robert Hayles (gbr) |
| 1999 | Berlin (ger) | Robert Bartko (ger) | Jens Lehmann (ger) | Mauro Trentini (ita) |
| 1998 | Bordeaux (fra) | Philippe Ermenault (fra) | Francis Moreau (fra) | Robert Bartko (ger) |
| 1997 | Perth (aus) | Philippe Ermenault (fra) | Aleksey Markov (rus) | Andrea Colinelli (ita) |
| 1996 | Manchester (gbr) | Chris Boardman (gbr) | Andrea Colinelli (ita) | Francis Moreau (fra) |
| 1995 | Bogotá (col) | Graeme Obree (gbr) | Andrea Colinelli (ita) | Stuart O'Grady (aus) |
| 1994 | Palermo (ita) | Chris Boardman (gbr) | Francis Moreau (fra) | Jens Lehmann (ger) |
| 1993 | Hamar (nor) | Graeme Obree (gbr) | Philippe Ermenault (fra) | Chris Boardman (gbr) |
| 1991 | Stuttgart (ger) | Jens Lehmann (ger) | Michael Glöckner (ger) | Jan-Bo Petersen (den) |
| 1990 | Maebashi (jpn) | Yevgeniy Berzin (sov) | Valeriy Baturo (sov) | Mike McCarthy (usa) |
| 1989 | Lyon (fra) | Vyacheslav Yekimov (sov) | Jens Lehmann (ege) | Steffen Blochwitz (ege) |
| 1987 | Wien (aut) | Gintautas Umaras (sov) | Vyacheslav Yekimov (sov) | Arturas Kasputis (sov) |
| 1986 | Colorado Springs (usa) | Vyacheslav Yekimov (sov) | Gintautas Umaras (sov) | Dean Woods (aus) |
| 1985 | Bassano del Grappa (ita) | Vyacheslav Yekimov (sov) | Gintautas Umaras (sov) | Roland Günther (wge) |
| 1983 | Zürich (swi) | Viktor Kupovez (sov) | Bernd Dittert (ege) | Danys Liepinch (sov) |
| 1982 | Leicester (gbr) | Detlef Macha (ege) | Rolf Gölz (wge) | Mario Hernig (ege) |
| 1981 | Brünn (czs) | Detlef Macha (ege) | Danys Liepinch (sov) | Maurizio Bidinost (ita) |
| 1979 | Amsterdam (net) | Nikolay Makarov (sov) | Maurizio Bidinost (ita) | Alain Bondue (fra) |
| 1978 | München (wge) | Detlef Macha (ege) | Norbert Dürpisch (ege) | Uwe Unterwalder (ege) |
| 1977 | San Cristóbal (ven) | Norbert Dürpisch (ege) | Uwe Unterwalder (ege) | Daniel Gisiger (swi) |
| 1975 | Liège (bel) | Thomas Huschke (ege) | Vladimir Osokin (sov) | Orfeo Pizzoferrato (ita) |
| 1974 | Montréal (can) | Hans Lutz (wge) | Orfeo Pizzoferrato (ita) | Thomas Huschke (ege) |
| 1973 | San Sebastián (spa) | Knut Knudsen (nor) | Herman Ponsteen (net) | Ruppert Kratzer (wge) |
| 1971 | Varese (ita) | Martín Rodríguez (col) | Josef Fuchs (swi) | Giacomo Bazzan (ita) |
| 1970 | Leicester (gbr) | Xaver Kurmann (swi) | Ian Hallam (gbr) | Viktor Bykov (sov) |
| 1969 | Antwerpen (bel) | Xaver Kurmann (swi) | Bernard Darmet (fra) | Daniel Rébillard (fra) |
| 1968 | Roma (ita) | Mogens Frey (den) | Xaver Kurmann (swi) | Lorenzo Bosisio (ita) |
| 1967 | Amsterdam (net) | Gerard Bongers (net) | Mogens Frey (den) | Jiri Daler (czs) |
| 1966 | Frankfurt (wge) | Tiemen Groen (net) | Jiri Daler (czs) | Giorgio Ursi (ita) |
| 1965 | San Sebastián (spa) | Tiemen Groen (net) | Stanislav Moskvin (sov) | Preben Isaakson (den) |
| 1964 | Paris (fra) | Tiemen Groen (net) | Herman van Loo (bel) | Jiri Daler (czs) |
| 1963 | Liège (bel) | Jean Walschaerts (bel) | Stanislav Moskvin (sov) | Hugh Porter (gbr) |
| 1962 | Milano (ita) | Kaj Erik Jensen (den) | Herman van Loo (bel) | Jacob Oudkerk (net) |
| 1961 | Zürich (swi) | Henk Nijdam (net) | Jacob Oudkerk (net) | Marcel Delattre (fra) |
| 1960 | Leipzig (ege) | Marcus Delattre (fra) | Henk Nijdam (net) | Siegfried Köhler (ege) |
| 1959 | Amsterdam (net) | Rudi Altig (wge) | Mario Valotto (ita) | Wilhelm Trepp (swi) |
| 1958 | Paris (fra) | Norman Sheil (gbr) | Philippe Gaudrillet (fra) | Carlo Simonigh (ita) |
| 1957 | Liège (bel) | Carlo Simonigh (ita) | Franco Gandini (ita) | Ab Geldermans (net) |
| 1956 | København (den) | Ercole Baldini (ita) | Leandro Faggin (ita) | John Geddes (gbr) |
| 1955 | Milano (ita) | Norman Sheil (gbr) | Peter Brotherton (gbr) | Leandro Faggin (ita) |
| 1954 | Köln (ger) | Leandro Faggin (ita) | Peter Brotherton (gbr) | Norman Sheil (gbr) |
| 1953 | Zürich (swi) | Guido Messina (ita) | Loris Campana (ita) | Daan de Groot (net) |
| 1952 | Paris (fra) | Piet van Heusden (net) | Mino de Rossi (ita) | Loris Campana (ita) |
| 1951 | Milano (ita) | Mino de Rossi (ita) | Raphael Glorieux (bel) | Guido Messina (ita) |
| 1950 | Liège (bel) | Sydney Patterson (aus) | Aldo Gandini (ita) | Guido Messina (ita) |
| 1949 | København (den) | Knud Andersen (den) | Cyril Cartwright (gbr) | Aldo Gandini (ita) |
| 1948 | Amsterdam (net) | Guido Messina (ita) | Jacques Dupont (fra) | Charles Coste (fra) |
| 1947 | Paris (fra) | Arnaldo Benfenati (ita) | Attilio Francois (uru) | Knud Andersen (den) |
| 1946 | Zürich (swi) | Roger Rioland (fra) | Børge Gissel (den) | Harald Janemar (swe) |
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Note: till 1991 only amateurs were allowed to compete, there was the 5000 m Individual Pursuit for the pro's |
