1996 Manchester
1 Silvio Martinello – Marco Villa (ITA)
2 Scott McGrory – Stephan Pate (AUS)
3 Andreas Kappes – Carsten Wolf (GER)

1997 Perth
1 Juan Llaneras – Miguel Alzamora (ESP)
2 Silvio Martinello – Marco Villa (ITA)
3 Juan Curuchet – Gabriel Curuchet (ARG)

1998 Bordeaux
1 Etienne Dewilde – Matthew Gilmore (BEL)
2 Silvio Martinello – Andrea Collinelli (ITA)
3 Andreas Kappes – Stefan Steinweg (GER)

1999 Berlin
1 Juan Llaneras – Isaac Galvez (ESP)
2 Jimmi Madsen – Jakob Piil (DEN)
3 Andreas Kappes – Olaf Pollack (GER)

2000 Manchester
1 Stefan Steinweg – Eric Weispfennig (GER)
2 Juan Llaneras – Isaac Galvez (ESP)
3 Juan Curuchet – Edgardo Simon (ARG)

2001 Antwerp
1 Jérôme Neuville – Robert Sassone (FRA)
2 Juan Llaneras – Isaac Galvez (ESP)
3 Juan Curuchet – Gabriel Curuchet (ARG)

2002 Ballerup
1 Jérôme Neuville – Franck Perque (FRA)
2 Franz Stocher – Roland Garber (AUT)
3 Juan Curuchet – Edgardo Simon (ARG)

2003 Stuttgart
1 Bruno Risi – Franco Marvulli (SUI)
2 Gregory Henderson – Hayden Roulston (NZL)
3 Juan Curuchet – Walter Perez (ARG)

2004 Melbourne
1 Juan Curuchet – Walter Perez (ARG)
2 Bruno Risi – Franco Marvulli (SUI)
3 Robert Slippens – Danny Stam (NED)

2005 Los Angeles
1 Robert Hayles – Marc Cavendish (GBR)
2 Robert Slippens – Danny Stam (NED)
3 Matthew Gilmore – Iljo Keisse (BEL)

2006 Bordeaux
1 Juan Llaneras – Isaac Galvez (ESP)
2 Volodymyr Rybin – Lyubomyr Polatayko (UKR)
3 Juan Curuchet – Walter Perez (ARG)

2007 Palma
1 Bruno Risi – Franco Marvulli (SUI)
2 Danny Stam – Peter Schep (NED)
3 Alois Kankovsky – Petr Lazar (CZE)

2008 Manchester
1 Bradley Wiggins – Marc Cavendish (GBR)
2 Roger Kluge – Olaf Pollack (GER)
3 Michael Mørkøv – Alex Rasmussen (DEN)

2009 Pruszkow
1 Alex Rasmussen - Michael Mørkøv (DEN)
2 Leigh Howard - Cameron Meyer (AUS)
3 Martin Blaha - Jiri Hochmann (CZE)

1981 Brno
1 Urs Freuler (SUI)
2 Danny Clark (AUS)
3 Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)

1983 Zürich
1 Urs Freuler (SUI)
2 Guido Bontempi (ITA)
3 Gary Sutton (AUS)

1984 Barcelona
1 Urs Freuler (SUI)
2 Gary Sutton (AUS)
3 Henry Rinklin (GER)

1985 Bassano
1 Urs Freuler (SUI)
2 Hans Ledermann (SUI)
3 Stefano Allocchio (ITA)

1986 Colorado
1 Urs Freuler (SUI)
2 Michel Vaarten (BEL)
3 Stefano Allocchio (ITA)

1987 Wien
1 Urs Freuler (SUI)
2 Tony Doyle (GBR)
3 Roger Ilegems (BEL)

1988 Ghent
1 Daniel Wyder (SUI)
2 Adriano Baffi (ITA)
3 Michael Marcussen (DEN)

1989 Lyon
1 Urs Freuler (SUI)
2 Gary Sutton (AUS)
3 Martin Penc (CZE)

1990 Maebashi
1 Laurent Biondi (FRA)
2 Michael Marcussen (DEN)
3 Danny Clark (AUS)

1991 Stuttgart
1 Viatechlav Ekimov (RUS)
2 Francis Moreau (FRA)
3 Peter Pieters (NED)

1992 Valencia
1 Bruno Risi (SUI)
2 Jonas Rumanovas (LTU)
3 Juan Curuchet (ARG)

1993 Hamar
1 Etienne Dewilde (BEL)
2 Eric Magnin (FRA)
3 Vasili Yakovlev (UKR)

1995 Bogota
1 Silvio Martinello (ITA)
2 Remi Lupeikis (LAT)
3 Sergei Laurenenko (KAZ)

1996 Manchester
1 Juan Llaneras (ESP)
2 Michael Sandstød (DEN)
3 Silvio Martinello (ITA)

1997 Perth
1 Silvio Martinello (ITA)
2 Bruno Risi (SUI)
3 Juan Llaneras (ESP)

1998 Bordeaux
1 Juan Llaneras (ESP)
2 Andreas Kappes (GER)
3 Silvio Martinello (ITA)

1999 Berlin
1 Bruno Risi (SUI)
2 Vavili Yakovlev (UKR)
3 Ho Sung Cho (ROK)

2000 Manchester
1 Juan Llaneras (ESP)
2 Matthew Gilmore (BEL)
3 Franz Stocher (AUT)

2001 Antwerp
1 Bruno Risi (SUI)
2 Juan Curuchet (ARG)
3 Franz Stocher (AUT)

2002 Ballerup
1 Chris Newton (GBR)
2 Franz Stocher (AUT)
3 Juan Curuchet (ARG)

2003 Stuttgart
1 Franz Stocher (AUT)
2 Juan Llaneres (ESP)
3 Jos Pronk (NED)

2004 Melbourne
1 Franck Perque (FRA)
2 Milton Wijnants (URU)
3 Juan Curuchet (ARG)

2005 Los Angeles
1 Volodymyr Rybin (UKR)
2 Ioannis Tamouridis (GRE)
3 Juan Llaneras (ESP)

2006 Bordeaux
1 Peter Schep (NED)
2 Rafal Ratajczyk (POL)
3 Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)

2007 Palma
1 Juan Llaneras (ESP)
2 Iljo Keisse (BEL)
3 Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS)

2008 Manchester
1 Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)
2 Christophe Riblon (FRA)
3 Peter Schep (NED)

1977 San Cristobal
1 Stan Tourné (BEL)
2 Jan Faltyn (POL)
3 Nikolai Marakov (RUS)

1978 München
1 Noël Dejonckheere (BEL)
2 Walter Baumgartner (SUI)
3 Jean-Jacques Rebière (FRA)

1979 Amsterdam
1 Igor Slama (CZE)
2 Pierangelo Bincoletto (ITA)
3 Urs Freuler (SUI)

1980 Besancon
1 Gary Sutton (AUS)
2 Victor Manakov (RUS)
3 Josef Kristen (GER)

1981 Brno
1 Lutz Haueisen (DDR)
2 Leonard Nitz (USA)
3 Michael Marcussen (DEN)

1982 Leicester
1 Hans-Joachim Pohl (DDR)
2 Michael Marcussen (DEN)
3 Karl Krenauer (AUT)

1983 Zürich
1 Michael Marcussen (DEN)
2 Hans-Joachim Pohl (DDR)
3 Ivan Romanov (RUS)

1984 no World Championship because of Olympic Games

1985 Bassano
1 Martin Penc (CZE)
2 Philippe Grivel (SUI)
3 Dan Frost (DEN)

1986 Colorado Springs
1 Dan Frost
2 Olaf Ludwig (DDR)
3 Leonard Nitz (USA)

1987 Wien
1 Marat Ganeev (RUS)
2 Uwe Messerschmidt (GER)
3 Pascal Lino (FRA)

1988 no World Championship because of Olympic Games

1989 Lyon
1 Marat Satybaldiev (RUS)
2 Fabio Baldato (ITA)
3 Leo Peelen (NED)

1990 Maebashi
1 Stephen McGlede (AUS)
2 Bruno Risi (SUI)
3 Jan Bo Petersen (DEN)

1991 Stuttgart
1 Bruno Risi (SUI)
2 Stephen McGlede (AUS)
3 Jan Bo Petersen (DEN)