Swimming in Swimming World Championships |  | ||||
| 2024 |  | CHN | Ji Xinjie | |
| CHN | Pan Zhanle | ||
| CHN | Zhang Zhanshuo | ||
| CHN | Wang Haoyu | ||
| 2023 |  | AUS | Jack Cartwright | |
| AUS | Flynn Southam | ||
| AUS | Kai Taylor | ||
| AUS | Kyle Chalmers | ||
| AUS | Matthew Temple | ||
| 2022 |  | USA | Caeleb Dressel | |
| USA | Ryan Held | ||
| USA | Justin Ress | ||
| USA | Brooks Curry | ||
| USA | Hunter Armstrong | ||
| 2019 | | USA | Caeleb Dressel | |
| USA | Blake Pieroni | ||
| USA | Zach Apple | ||
| USA | Nathan Adrian | ||
| USA | Townley Haas | ||
| USA | Michael Chadwick | ||
| 2017 | | USA | Caeleb Dressel | |
| USA | Townley Haas | ||
| USA | Blake Pieroni | ||
| USA | Nathan Adrian | ||
| USA | Zach Apple | ||
| USA | Michael Chadwick | ||
| 2015 |  | FRA | Mehdy Metella | |
| FRA | Florent Manaudou | ||
| FRA | Fabien Gilot | ||
| FRA | Jeremy Stravius | ||
| FRA | Lorys Bourelly | ||
| FRA | Clement Mignon | ||
| 2013 | | FRA | Yannick Agnel | |
| FRA | Florent Manaudou | ||
| FRA | Fabien Gilot | ||
| FRA | Jeremy Stravius | ||
| FRA | Amaury Leveaux | ||
| FRA | Gregory Mallet | ||
| FRA | William Meynard | ||
| 2011 | | AUS | James Magnussen | |
| AUS | Matthew Targett | ||
| AUS | Matthew Abood | ||
| AUS | Eamon Sullivan | ||
| AUS | Kyle Richardson | ||
| AUS | James Roberts | ||
| 2009 | | USA | Michael Phelps | |
| USA | Ryan Lochte | ||
| USA | Matthew Grevers | ||
| USA | Nathan Adrian | ||
| USA | Garrett Weber-Gale | ||
| USA | Ricky Berens | ||
| USA | Cullen Jones | ||
| 2007 | | USA | Michael Phelps | |
| USA | Neil Walker | ||
| USA | Cullen Jones | ||
| USA | Jason Lezak | ||
| USA | Garrett Weber-Gale | ||
| USA | Ben Wildman-Tobriner | ||
| 2005 | | USA | Michael Phelps | |
| USA | Neil Walker | ||
| USA | Nathaniel Dusing | ||
| USA | Jason Lezak | ||
| USA | Ben Wildman-Tobriner | ||
| USA | Garrett Weber-Gale | ||
| 2003 |  | RUS | Andrey Kapralov | |
| RUS | Ivan Usov | ||
| RUS | Denis Pimankov | ||
| RUS | Aleksandr Popov | ||
| RUS | Dmitri Talepov | ||
| 2001 | | AUS | Michael Klim | |
| AUS | Ashley Callus | ||
| AUS | Todd Pearson | ||
| AUS | Ian Thorpe | ||
| AUS | David Jenkins | ||
| AUS | Adam Pine | ||
| 1998 | | USA | Scott Tucker | |
| USA | Jon Olsen | ||
| USA | Neil Walker | ||
| USA | Gary Hall jr. | ||
| USA | Bryan Jones | ||
| USA | Bradley Schumacher | ||
| 1994 | | USA | Jon Olsen | |
| USA | Josh Davis | ||
| USA | Ugur Taner | ||
| USA | Gary Hall jr. | ||
| USA | Scott Jett | ||
| USA | Chris Eckerman | ||
| 1991 | | USA | Tom Jaeger | |
| USA | Brent Lang | ||
| USA | Doug Gjertsen | ||
| USA | Matt Biondi | ||
| USA | Troy Dalbey | ||
| 1986 | | USA | Tom Jaeger | |
| USA | Michael Heath | ||
| USA | Paul Wallace | ||
| USA | Matt Biondi | ||
| USA | Jim Born | ||
| USA | Asa Lawrence | ||
| 1982 | | USA | Christopher Cavanaugh | |
| USA | Robin Leamy | ||
| USA | David McCagg | ||
| USA | Rowdy Gaines | ||
| USA | Bill Barrett | ||
| USA | Tom Jaeger | ||
| USA | Richard Saeger | ||
| USA | Matthew Gribble | ||
| 1978 | | USA | Jack Babashoff | |
| USA | Rowdy Gaines | ||
| USA | Jim Montgomery | ||
| USA | David McCagg | ||
| USA | Mark Greenwood | ||
| USA | David Dickson | ||
| USA | David Larson | ||
| USA | Joe Bottom | ||
| 1975 | | USA | Bruce Furniss | |
| USA | Jim Montgomery | ||
| USA | Andy Coan | ||
| USA | John Murphy | ||
| USA | Melvin Nash | ||
| USA | Robin Backhaus | ||
| USA | Tim McDonnell | ||
| USA | Joe Bottom | ||
| 1973 | | USA | Melvin Nash | |
| USA | Joe Bottom | ||
| USA | Jim Montgomery | ||
| USA | John Murphy | ||
| USA | Bill Miller | ||
| USA | Stanley Carper | ||
| USA | Kurt Krumpholz | ||
| USA | Richard Klatt | ||