Swimming in Swimming World Championships |  | ||||
| 2024 |  | CHN | Dong Zhihao | |
| 2023 | | CHN | Qin Haiyang | |
| 2022 |  | AUS | Izaac Stubblety-Cook | |
| 2019 |  | RUS | Anton Chupkov | |
| 2017 | | RUS | Anton Chupkov | |
| 2015 |  | GER | Marco Koch | |
| 2013 |  | HUN | Daniel Gyurta | |
| 2011 | | HUN | Daniel Gyurta | |
| 2009 | | HUN | Daniel Gyurta | |
| 2007 |  | JPN | Kosuke Kitajima | |
| 2005 |  | USA | Brendan Hansen | |
| 2003 | | JPN | Kosuke Kitajima | |
| 2001 | | USA | Brendan Hansen | |
| 1998 | | USA | Kurt Grote | |
| 1994 | | HUN | Norbert Rozsa | |
| 1991 | | USA | Mike Barrowman | |
| 1986 | | HUN | Jozsef Szabo | |
| 1982 |  | CAN | Victor Davis | |
| 1978 | | USA | Nick Nevid | |
| 1975 |  | GBR | David Wilkie | |
| 1973 | | GBR | David Wilkie | |