Swimming in Swimming World Championships |  | ||||
| 2024 |  | CHN | Ji Xinjie | |
| CHN | Wang Haoyu | ||
| CHN | Pan Zhanle | ||
| CHN | Zhang Zhanshuo | ||
| 2023 |  | GBR | Duncan Scott | |
| GBR | Matthew Richards | ||
| GBR | James Guy | ||
| GBR | Thomas Dean | ||
| GBR | Joe Litchfield | ||
| 2022 |  | USA | Drew Kibler | |
| USA | Carson Foster | ||
| USA | Trenton Julian | ||
| USA | Kieran Smith | ||
| USA | Trey Freeman | ||
| USA | Coby Carrozza | ||
| 2019 |  | AUS | Clyde Lewis | |
| AUS | Kyle Chalmers | ||
| AUS | Alexander Graham | ||
| AUS | Mack Horton | ||
| AUS | Jack McLoughlin | ||
| AUS | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ||
| 2017 | | GBR | Stephen Milne | |
| GBR | Nicholas Grainger | ||
| GBR | Duncan Scott | ||
| GBR | James Guy | ||
| GBR | Calum Jarvis | ||
| 2015 | | GBR | Daniel Wallace | |
| GBR | Robert Renwick | ||
| GBR | Calum Jarvis | ||
| GBR | James Guy | ||
| GBR | Nicholas Grainger | ||
| GBR | Duncan Scott | ||
| 2013 | | USA | Conor Dwyer | |
| USA | Ryan Lochte | ||
| USA | Charlie Houchin | ||
| USA | Ricky Berens | ||
| USA | Matthew McLean | ||
| USA | Michael Klueh | ||
| 2011 | | USA | Michael Phelps | |
| USA | Peter Vanderkaay | ||
| USA | Ricky Berens | ||
| USA | Ryan Lochte | ||
| USA | David Walters | ||
| USA | Conor Dwyer | ||
| 2009 | | USA | Michael Phelps | |
| USA | Ricky Berens | ||
| USA | David Walters | ||
| USA | Ryan Lochte | ||
| USA | Daniel Madwed | ||
| USA | Davis Tarwater | ||
| USA | Peter Vanderkaay | ||
| 2007 | | USA | Michael Phelps | |
| USA | Ryan Lochte | ||
| USA | Klete Keller | ||
| USA | Peter Vanderkaay | ||
| USA | Jayme Cramer | ||
| USA | David Walters | ||
| 2005 | | USA | Michael Phelps | |
| USA | Ryan Lochte | ||
| USA | Peter Vanderkaay | ||
| USA | Klete Keller | ||
| USA | Jayme Cramer | ||
| USA | Matthew McGinnis | ||
| 2003 | | AUS | Grant Hackett | |
| AUS | Craig Stevens | ||
| AUS | Nicholas Sprenger | ||
| AUS | Ian Thorpe | ||
| AUS | Anthony Matkovich | ||
| AUS | Jason Cram | ||
| 2001 | | AUS | Grant Hackett | |
| AUS | William Kirby | ||
| AUS | Michael Klim | ||
| AUS | Ian Thorpe | ||
| AUS | Todd Pearson | ||
| AUS | Anthony Matkovich | ||
| AUS | Ray Hass | ||
| 1998 | | AUS | Michael Klim | |
| AUS | Ian Thorpe | ||
| AUS | Grant Hackett | ||
| AUS | Daniel Kowalski | ||
| AUS | Anthony Rogis | ||
| 1994 |  | SWE | Bengt Christer Wallin | |
| SWE | Tommy Werner | ||
| SWE | Lars Frölander | ||
| SWE | Anders Holmertz | ||
| SWE | Christoffer Eliasson | ||
| 1991 |  | GER | Peter Sitt | |
| GER | Steffen Zesner | ||
| GER | Stefan Pfeiffer | ||
| GER | Michael Gross | ||
| GER | Jochen Bruha | ||
| GER | Christian Tröger | ||
| 1986 |  | GDR | Lars Hinneburg | |
| GDR | Thomas Flemming | ||
| GDR | Dirk Richter | ||
| GDR | Sven Lodziewski | ||
| GDR | Steffen Zesner | ||
| 1982 | | USA | Richard Saeger | |
| USA | Jeffrey Float | ||
| USA | Kyle Miller | ||
| USA | Rowdy Gaines | ||
| USA | Doug Towne | ||
| USA | Sam Worden | ||
| 1978 | | USA | Bruce Furniss | |
| USA | William Forrester | ||
| USA | Bobby Hackett | ||
| USA | Rowdy Gaines | ||
| USA | David Larson | ||
| USA | David Dickson | ||
| USA | Mark Greenwood | ||
| USA | Jim Montgomery | ||
| 1975 |  | FRG | Klaus Steinbach | |
| FRG | Werner Lampe | ||
| FRG | Hans-Joachim Geisler | ||
| FRG | Peter Nocke | ||
| FRG | Volkert Meeuw | ||
| 1973 | | USA | Kurt Krumpholz | |
| USA | Robin Backhaus | ||
| USA | Richard Klatt | ||
| USA | Jim Montgomery | ||
| USA | Melvin Nash | ||
| USA | Tim Shaw | ||
| USA | Bill Miller | ||
| USA | Rex Favero | ||