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| Track Cycling World Championships Men: 5000 m Individual Pursuit | 
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| 1992 | Valencia (spa) | Mike McCarthy (usa) | Shawn Wallace (gbr) | Arturas Kasputis (lit) |
| 1991 | Stuttgart (ger) | Francis Moreau (fra) | Shawn Wallace (gbr) | Colin Sturgess (gbr) |
| 1990 | Maebashi (jpn) | Vyacheslav Yekimov (sov) | Francis Moreau (fra) | Armand de las Cuevas (fra) |
| 1989 | Lyon (fra) | Colin Sturgess (gbr) | Dean Woods (aus) | Regis Clčre (fra) |
| 1988 | Gent (bel) | Lech Piasecki (pol) | Anthony Doyle (gbr) | Jesper Worre (den) |
| 1987 | Wien (aut) | Hans-Hendrik Örsted (den) | Jesper Worre (den) | Anthony Doyle (gbr) |
| 1986 | Colorado Springs (usa) | Anthony Doyle (gbr) | Hans-Hendrik Örsted (den) | Jesper Worre (den) |
| 1985 | Bassano del Grappa (ita) | Hans-Hendrik Örsted (den) | Anthony Doyle (gbr) | Gregor Braun (wge) |
| 1984 | Barcelona (spa) | Hans-Hendrik Örsted (den) | Anthony Doyle (gbr) | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (bel) |
| 1983 | Zürich (swi) | Steele Bishop (aus) | Robert Dill-Bundi (swi) | Hans-Hendrik Örsted (den) |
| 1982 | Leicester (gbr) | Alain Bondue (fra) | Hans-Hendrik Örsted (den) | Maurizio Bidinost (ita) |
| 1981 | Brünn (czs) | Alain Bondue (fra) | Hans-Hendrik Örsted (den) | Bert Oosterbosch (net) |
| 1980 | Besançon (fra) | Anthony Doyle (gbr) | Hermann Ponsteen (net) | Hans-Hendrik Örsted (den) |
| 1979 | Amsterdam (net) | Bert Oosterbosch (net) | Francesco Moser (ita) | Hermann Ponsteen (net) |
| 1978 | München (wge) | Gregor Braun (wge) | Roy Schuiten (net) | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (bel) |
| 1977 | San Cristóbal (ven) | Gregor Braun (wge) | Knut Knudsen (nor) | Steve Heffernan (gbr) |
| 1976 | Lecce (ita) | Francesco Moser (ita) | Roy Schuiten (net) | Knut Knudsen (nor) |
| 1975 | Ličge (bel) | Roy Schuiten (net) | Knut Knudsen (nor) | Dirk Baert (bel) |
| 1974 | Montréal (can) | Roy Schuiten (net) | Ferdinand Bracke (bel) | René Pijnen (net) |
| 1973 | San Sebastián (spa) | Hugh Porter (gbr) | René Pijnen (net) | Ferdinand Bracke (bel) |
| 1972 | Marseille (fra) | Hugh Porter (gbr) | Ferdinand Bracke (bel) | Dirk Baert (bel) |
| 1971 | Varese (ita) | Dirk Baert (bel) | Charly Grosskost (fra) | Hugh Porter (gbr) |
| 1970 | Leicester (gbr) | Hugh Porter (gbr) | Lorenzo Bosisio (ita) | Charly Grosskost (fra) |
| 1969 | Antwerpen (bel) | Ferdinand Bracke (bel) | Hugh Porter (gbr) | Peter Post (net) |
| 1968 | Roma (ita) | Hugh Porter (gbr) | Ole Ritter (den) | Leandro Faggin (ita) |
| 1967 | Amsterdam (net) | Tiemen Groen (net) | Hugh Porter (gbr) | Leandro Faggin (ita) |
| 1966 | Frankfurt (wge) | Leandro Faggin (ita) | Ferdinand Bracke (bel) | Dieter Kemper (wge) |
| 1965 | San Sebastián (spa) | Leandro Faggin (ita) | Ferdinand Bracke (bel) | Dieter Kemper (wge) |
| 1964 | Paris (fra) | Ferdinand Bracke (bel) | Leandro Faggin (ita) | Ercole Baldini (ita) |
| 1963 | Ličge (bel) | Leandro Faggin (ita) | Peter Post (net) | Henk Nijdam (net) |
| 1962 | Milano (ita) | Henk Nijdam (net) | Leandro Faggin (ita) | Peter Post (net) |
| 1961 | Zürich (swi) | Rudi Altig (wge) | Willy Trepp (swi) | Leandro Faggin (ita) |
| 1960 | Leipzig (ege) | Rudi Altig (wge) | Willy Trepp (swi) | Ercole Baldini (ita) |
| 1959 | Amsterdam (net) | Roger Rivičre (fra) | Albert Bouvet (fra) | Jean Brankart (bel) |
| 1958 | Paris (fra) | Roger Rivičre (fra) | Leandro Faggin (ita) | Franco Gandini (ita) |
| 1957 | Ličge (bel) | Roger Rivičre (fra) | Albert Bouvet (fra) | Guido Messina (ita) |
| 1956 | Křbenhavn (den) | Guido Messina (ita) | Jacques Anquetil (fra) | Kay Werner Nielsen (den) |
| 1955 | Milano (ita) | Guido Messina (ita) | René Strechler (swi) | Wim van Est (net) |
| 1954 | Köln (ger) | Guido Messina (ita) | Hugo Koblet (swi) | Lucien Gillen (lux) |
| 1953 | Zürich (swi) | Sydney Patterson (aus) | Kay Werner Nielsen (den) | Antonio Bevilacqua (ita) |
| 1952 | Paris (fra) | Sydney Patterson (aus) | Antonio Bevilacqua (ita) | Lucien Gillen (lux) |
| 1951 | Milano (ita) | Antonio Bevilacqua (ita) | Hugo Koblet (swi) | Kay Werner Nielsen (den) |
| 1950 | Ličge (bel) | Antonio Bevilacqua (ita) | Wim van Est (net) | Paul Matteoli (fra) |
| 1949 | Křbenhavn (den) | Fausto Coppi (ita) | Lucien Gillen (lux) | Wim van Est (net) |
| 1948 | Amsterdam (net) | Gerrit Schulte (net) | Fausto Coppi (ita) | Antonio Bevilacqua (ita) |
| 1947 | Paris (fra) | Fausto Coppi (ita) | Antonio Bevilacqua (ita) | Hugo Koblet (swi) |
| 1946 | Zürich (swi) | Gerrit Peters (net) | Roger Piel (fra) | Arne Werner Pedersen (den) |
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Note: only pro's were allowed to compete |
