Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.
1973 Belgrade | USA}} Melvin Nash Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery John Murphy | URS|1955}} Igor Grivennikov Viktor Aboimov Vladimir Krivtsov Vladimir Bure | GDR}} Roland Matthes Roger Pyttel Peter Bruch Hartmut Flöckner |
1975 Cali | USA}} Bruce Furniss Jim Montgomery Andy Coan John Murphy | FRG}} Klaus Steinbach Dirk Braunleder Kersten Meier Peter Nocke | ITA}} Roberto Pangaro Paolo Barelli Claudio Zei Marcello Guarducci |
1978 Berlin | USA}} Jack Babashoff Rowdy Gaines Jim Montgomery (3) David McCagg | FRG}} Andreas Schmidt Ulrich Temp Peter Knust Klaus Steinbach | SWE}} Per Holmertz Dan Larsson Per-Ola Quist Per-Alvar Magnusson |
1982 Guayaquil | USA}} Chris Cavanaugh Robin Leamy David McCagg Rowdy Gaines Matt Gribble* Richard Saeger* Tom Jager* Bill Barrett* | URS}} Serhiy Krasyuk Alexey Filonov Sergey Smiryagin Aleksey Markovsky | SWE}} Per Johansson Bengt Baron Per Holmertz Per Wikström Per-Alvar Magnusson* Michael Söderlund* |
1986 Madrid | USA}} Tom Jager Mike Heath Paul Wallace Matt Biondi Asa Lawrence* Jim Born* | URS}} Gennady Prigoda Nikolay Yevseyev Sergey Smiryagin Aleksey Markovsky Veniamin Tayanovich* | GDR}} Dirk Richter Jörg Woithe Sven Lodziewski Steffen Zesner Matthias Lutze* |
1991 Perth | USA}} Tom Jager Brent Lang Doug Gjersten Matt Biondi Troy Dalbey* | GER}} Peter Sitt Dirk Richter Steffen Zesner Bengt Zikarsky Christian Tröger* Nils Rudolph* | URS}} Gennady Prigoda Yuri Bashkatov Veniamin Tayanovich Vladimir Tkacenko Alexei Borislavski* |
1994 Rome | USA}} Jon Olsen Josh Davis Uğur Taner Gary Hall, Jr. Chris Eckerman* Scott Jett* | RUS}} Roman Shchegolev Vladimir Predkin Vladimir Pyshnenko Alexander Popov Yury Mukhin* Vladislav Kulikov* | BRA}} Fernando Scherer Teófilo Ferreira André Teixeira Gustavo Borges |
1998 Perth | USA}} Scott Tucker Jon Olsen Neil Walker Gary Hall, Jr. Brad Schumacher* Bryan Jones* | AUS}} Michael Klim Richard Upton Adam Pine Chris Fydler Anthony Rogis* Nathan Rickard* | RUS}} Alexander Popov Vladislav Kulikov Roman Yegorov Denis Pimankov Maxim Korshunov* |
2001 Fukuoka | AUS}} Michael Klim Ashley Callus Todd Pearson Ian Thorpe David Jenkins* Adam Pine* | NED}} Mark Veens Johan Kenkhuis Klaas-Erik Zwering Pieter van den Hoogenband Ewout Holst* | GER}} Stefan Herbst Torsten Spanneberg Lars Conrad Sven Lodziewski |
2003 Barcelona | RUS}} Andrey Kapralov Ivan Usov Denis Pimankov Alexander Popov Dmitri Talepov* | USA}} Scott Tucker Neil Walker Ryan Wochomurka Jason Lezak Randall Bal* Nate Dusing* | FRA}} Romain Barnier Julien Sicot Fabien Gilot Frédérick Bousquet |
2005 Montreal | USA}} Michael Phelps Neil Walker Nate Dusing Jason Lezak Garrett Weber-Gale* Ben Wildman-Tobriner* | CAN}} Yannick Lupien Rick Say Mike Mintenko Brent Hayden | AUS}} Michael Klim Andrew Mewing Leith Brodie Patrick Murphy |
2007 Melbourne | USA}} Michael Phelps Neil Walker (3) Cullen Jones Jason Lezak Garrett Weber-Gale* Ben Wildman-Tobriner* | ITA}} Massimiliano Rosolino Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Filippo Magnini Lorenzo Vismara* | FRA}} Fabien Gilot Frédérick Bousquet Julien Sicot Alain Bernard Amaury Leveaux* Grégory Mallet* |
2009 Rome | USA}} Michael Phelps (3) Ryan Lochte Matt Grevers Nathan Adrian Garrett Weber-Gale* Ricky Berens* Cullen Jones* | RUS}} Evgeniy Lagunov Andrey Grechin Danila Izotov Alexander Sukhorukov Nikita Konovalov* | FRA}} Fabien Gilot Alain Bernard Grégory Mallet Frédérick Bousquet Amaury Leveaux* William Meynard* |
2011 Shanghai | AUS}} James Magnussen Matt Targett Matthew Abood Eamon Sullivan Kyle Richardson* James Roberts* | FRA}} Fabien Gilot Alain Bernard Jérémy Stravius William Meynard | USA}} Michael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale Jason Lezak Nathan Adrian Ryan Lochte* Douglas Robison* David Walters* |
2013 Barcelona | FRA}} Yannick Agnel Florent Manaudou Fabien Gilot Jérémy Stravius Amaury Leveaux* Grégory Mallet* William Meynard* | USA}} Nathan Adrian Ryan Lochte Anthony Ervin James Feigen Ricky Berens* Conor Dwyer* | RUS}} Andrey Grechin Nikita Lobintsev Vladimir Morozov Danila Izotov Yevgeniy Lagunov* Alexander Sukhorukov* |
2015 Kazan | FRA}} Mehdy Metella Florent Manaudou Fabien Gilot Jérémy Stravius Lorys Bourelly* Clément Mignon* | RUS}} Andrey Grechin Nikita Lobintsev Vladimir Morozov Alexander Sukhorukov Danila Izotov* | ITA}} Luca Dotto Marco Orsi Michele Santucci Filippo Magnini |
2017 Budapest | USA}} Caeleb Dressel Townley Haas Blake Pieroni Nathan Adrian Zach Apple* Michael Chadwick* | BRA}} Gabriel Santos Marcelo Chierighini César Cielo Bruno Fratus | HUN}} Dominik Kozma Nándor Németh Péter Holoda Richárd Bohus |
1973 Belgrade | USA}} Kurt Krumpholz Robin Backhaus Richard Klatt Jim Montgomery | AUS}} John Kulasalu Steve Badger Brad Cooper Michael Wenden | FRG}} Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Peter Nocke Folkert Meeuw |
1975 Cali | FRG}} Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Hans-Joachim Geisler Peter Nocke | GBR}} Alan McClatchey Gary Jameson Gordon Downie Brian Brinkley | URS|1955}} Alexandre Samsonov Anatoly Rybakov Viktor Aboimov Andrey Krylov |
1978 Berlin | USA}} Bruce Furniss Bill Forrester Bobby Hackett Rowdy Gaines | URS|1955}} Sergey Rusin Andrey Krylov Vladimir Salnikov Sergey Koplyakov | FRG}} Andreas Schmidt Peter Knust Karsten Lippmann Frank Wennmann |
1982 Guayaquil | USA}} Richard Saeger Jeff Float Kyle Miller Rowdy Gaines Sam Worden* Doug Towme* | URS}} Vladimir Shemetov Ivar Stukolkin Vladimir Salnikov Alexey Filonov Andrey Krylov* Svyatoslav Semenov* Sergey Krasyuk* | FRG}} Andreas Schmidt Dirk Korthals Rainer Henkel Michael Gross Peter Knust* |
1986 Madrid | GDR}} Lars Hinnenburg Thomas Flemming Dirk Richter Sven Lodziewski Stefan Zessner* | FRG}} Rainer Henkel Michael Gross Alexander Schowtka Thomas Fahrner Stefan Pfeiffer* Dirk Korthals* | USA}} Eric Boyer Mike Heath Dan Jorgensen Matt Biondi Mike O'Brien* |
1991 Perth | GER}} Peter Sitt Steffen Zesner Stefan Pfeiffer Michael Gross Christian Tröger* Jochen Bruha* | USA}} Troy Dalbey Melvin Stewart Dan Jorgensen Doug Gjertsen Paul Robinson* | ITA}} Emanuele Idini Roberto Gleria Stefano Battistelli Giorgio Lamberti Bruno Zorzan* |
1994 Rome | SWE}} Christer Wallin Tommy Werner Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz Christoffer Eliasson* | RUS}} Yury Mukhin Vladimir Pyshnenko Denis Pankratov Roman Shchegolev Alexei Stepanov* | GER}} Andreas Szigat Christian Keller Oliver Lampe Steffen Zesner Torsten Spanneberg* Christian Tröger* Dirk Bludau* |
1998 Perth | AUS}} Michael Klim Ian Thorpe Grant Hackett Daniel Kowalski Anthony Rogis* | NED}} Pieter van den Hoogenband Martijn Zuijdweg Mark van der Zijden Marcel Wouda Johan Kenkhuis* Bas-Ido Wennekes* | GBR}} Paul Palmer Andrew Clayton Gavin Meadows James Salter Mark Steven* |
2001 Fukuoka | AUS}} Grant Hackett William Kirby Michael Klim Ian Thorpe Todd Pearson* Antony Matkovich* Ray Hass* | ITA}} Emiliano Brembilla Matteo Pelliciari Andrea Beccari Massimiliano Rosolino Andrea Righi* Federico Cappellazzo* Simone Cercato* | USA}} Scott Goldblatt Nate Dusing Chad Carvin Klete Keller Jay Schryver* Jamie Rauch* |
2003 Barcelona | AUS}} Grant Hackett Craig Stevens Nicholas Sprenger Ian Thorpe Jason Cram* Antony Matkovich* | USA}} Michael Phelps Nate Dusing Aaron Peirsol Klete Keller Kevin Clements* Chad Carvin* Scott Goldblatt* | GER}} Johannes Oesterling Lars Conrad Stefan Herbst Christian Keller Helge Meeuw* |
2005 Montreal | USA}} Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Peter Vanderkaay Klete Keller Jayme Cramer* Matthew McGinnis* | CAN}} Brent Hayden Colin Russell Rick Say Andrew Hurd | AUS}} Nicholas Sprenger Patrick Murphy Andrew Mewing Grant Hackett Brendon Hughes* Adam Lucas* |
2007 Melbourne | USA}} Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Klete Keller Peter Vanderkaay Jayme Cramer* David Walters* | AUS}} Patrick Murphy Andrew Mewing Grant Brits Kenrick Monk Nic Ffrost* | CAN}} Brian Johns Brent Hayden Rick Say Andrew Hurd |
2009 Rome | USA}} Michael Phelps Ricky Berens David Walters Ryan Lochte Daniel Madwed* Davis Tarwater* Peter Vanderkaay* | RUS}} Nikita Lobintsev Mikhail Polischuk Danila Izotov Alexander Sukhorukov Yevgeny Lagunov* Sergey Perunin* | AUS}} Kenrick Monk Robert Hurley Tommaso D'Orsogna Patrick Murphy Nic Ffrost* Kirk Palmer* |
2011 Shanghai | USA}} Michael Phelps Peter Vanderkaay Ricky Berens Ryan Lochte David Walters* Conor Dwyer* | FRA}} Yannick Agnel Grégory Mallet Jérémy Stravius Fabien Gilot Sebastien Rouault* | CHN}} Wang Shun Zhang Lin Li Yunqi Sun Yang Jiang Yuhui* |
2013 Barcelona | USA}} Conor Dwyer Ryan Lochte (5) Charlie Houchin Ricky Berens Matt McLean* Michael Klueh* | RUS}} Danila Izotov Nikita Lobintsev Artem Lobuzov Alexander Sukhorukov | CHN}} Wang Shun Hao Yun Li Yunqi Sun Yang Lü Zhiwu* |
2015 Kazan | GBR}} Daniel Wallace Robert Renwick Calum Jarvis James Guy Nicholas Grainger* Duncan Scott* | USA}} Ryan Lochte Conor Dwyer Reed Malone Michael Weiss Michael Klueh* | AUS}} Cameron McEvoy David McKeon Daniel Smith Thomas Fraser-Holmes Grant Hackett* Kurt Herzog* |
2017 Budapest | GBR}} Stephen Milne Nicholas Grainger Duncan Scott James Guy Calum Jarvis* | RUS}} Mikhail Dovgalyuk Mikhail Vekovishchev Danila Izotov Aleksandr Krasnykh Nikita Lobintsev* | USA}} Blake Pieroni Townley Haas Jack Conger Zane Grothe Conor Dwyer* Clark Smith* Jay Litherland* |
1973 Belgrade | USA}} Mike Stamm John Hencken Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery | GDR}} Roland Matthes Jürgen Glas Hartmut Flöckner Roger Pyttel | CAN}} Ian McKenzie Peter Hrditschka Bruce Robertson Brian Phillips |
1975 Cali | USA}} John Murphy Rick Colella Gregory Jagenburg Andy Coan | FRG}} Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Peter Nocke | GBR}} James Carter David Wilkie Brian Brinkley Gordon Downie |
1978 Berlin | USA}} Bob Jackson Nicholas Nevid Joe Bottom David McCagg | FRG}} Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Andreas Schmidt | GBR}} Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew John Mills Martin Smith |
1982 Guayaquil | USA}} Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Matt Gribble Rowdy Gaines Clay Britt* John Moffet* Chris Rives* Chris Cavanaugh* | URS}} Vladimir Shemetov Yuri Kis Aleksey Markovsky Sergey Smiryagin Viktor Kuznetsov* Sergey Krasyuk* | FRG}} Stefan Peter Gerald Mörken Michael Gross Andreas Schmidt |
1986 Madrid | USA}} Dan Veatch David Lundberg Pablo Morales Matt Biondi Mark Rhodenbaugh* Steven Bentley* Craig Oppel* Tom Jager* | FRG}} Frank Hoffmeister Bert Göbel Michael Gross Andre Schadt Rene Schaffgans* Alexander Schowtka* | URS}} Igor Polyansky Dmitry Volkov Aleksey Markovsky Nikolay Yevseyev Sergei Zabolotnov* Eduard Klimentyev* Sergey Garro* Sergey Smiryagin* |
1991 Perth | USA}} Jeff Rouse Eric Wunderlich Mark Henderson Matt Biondi Scot Johnson* Mike Barrowman* Bart Pippenger* Brent Lang* | URS}} Vladimir Shemetov Dmitry Volkov Vladislav Kulikov Veniamin Tayanovich Vladimir Selkov* Vadim Alexeev* Vyacheslav Novikov* Yuri Bashkatov* | GER}} Frank Hoffmeister Christian Poswiat Michael Gross Dirk Richter Thilo Haase* Bengt Zikarsky* |
1994 Rome | USA}} Jeff Rouse Eric Wunderlich Mark Henderson Gary Hall, Jr. Brian Retterer* Seth Van Neerden* Jon Olsen* | RUS}} Vladimir Selkov Vasily Ivanov Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov Andrey Ivanov* Vladislav Kulikov* Vladimir Predkin* | HUN}} Tamás Deutsch Norbert Rózsa Péter Horváth Attila Czene Attila Zubor* |
1998 Perth | AUS}} Matt Welsh Phil Rogers Michael Klim Chris Fydler Geoff Huegill* | USA}} Lenny Krayzelburg Kurt Grote Neil Walker Gary Hall, Jr. Jeremy Linn* John Hargis* Scott Tucker* | HUN}} Attila Czene Norbert Rózsa Péter Horváth Attila Zubor |
2001 Fukuoka | AUS}} Matt Welsh Regan Harrison Geoff Huegill Ian Thorpe Josh Watson* Phil Rogers* Adam Pine* Ashley Callus* | GER}} Steffen Driesen Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Torsten Spanneberg | RUS}} Vladislav Aminov Dmitry Komornikov Vladislav Kulikov Dmitry Chernyshov Igor Marchenko* Leonid Khokhlov* |
2003 Barcelona | USA}} Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak Randall Bal* Ed Moses* Michael Phelps* Neil Walker* | RUS}} Arkady Vyatchanin Roman Ivanovsky Igor Marchenko Alexander Popov Yevgeny Aleshin* Dmitry Komornikov* Yevgeny Korotyshkin* Denis Pimankov* | JPN}} Tomomi Morita Kosuke Kitajima Takashi Yamamoto Daisuke Hosokawa |
2005 Montreal | USA}} Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak Randall Bal* Mark Gangloff* Michael Phelps* Neil Walker* | RUS}} Arkady Vyatchanin Dmitry Komornikov Igor Marchenko Andrey Kapralov Grigory Falko* Yevgeny Korotyshkin* Yevgeny Lagunov* | JPN}} Tomomi Morita Kosuke Kitajima Ryo Takayasu Daisuke Hosokawa Hisayoshi Sato* |
2007 Melbourne | AUS}} Matt Welsh Brenton Rickard Andrew Lauterstein Eamon Sullivan Hayden Stoeckel* Michael Klim* Kenrick Monk* | JPN}} Tomomi Morita Kosuke Kitajima Takashi Yamamoto Daisuke Hosokawa Masafumi Yamaguchi* | RUS}} Arkady Vyatchanin Dmitry Komornikov Nikolay Skvortsov Evgeny Lagunov Roman Sludnov* Andrey Kapralov* |
2009 Rome | USA}} Aaron Peirsol Eric Shanteau Michael Phelps David Walters Matt Grevers* Mark Gangloff* Tyler McGill* Nathan Adrian* | GER}} Helge Meeuw Hendrik Feldwehr Benjamin Starke Paul Biedermann | AUS}} Ashley Delaney Brenton Rickard Andrew Lauterstein Matt Targett Christian Sprenger* |
2011 Shanghai | USA}} Nick Thoman Mark Gangloff Michael Phelps Nathan Adrian David Plummer* Eric Shanteau* Tyler McGill* Garrett Weber-Gale* | AUS}} Hayden Stoeckel Brenton Rickard Geoff Huegill James Magnussen Ben Treffers* Christian Sprenger* Sam Ashby* James Roberts* | GER}} Helge Meeuw Hendrik Feldwehr Benjamin Starke Paul Biedermann Markus Deibler* |
2013 Barcelona | FRA}} Camille Lacourt Giacomo Perez d'Ortona Jérémy Stravius Fabien Gilot
| AUS}} Ashley Delaney Christian Sprenger Tommaso D'Orsogna James Magnussen Kenneth To* Cameron McEvoy* | JPN}} Ryosuke Irie Kosuke Kitajima Takuro Fujii Shinri Shioura |
2015 Kazan | USA}} Ryan Murphy Kevin Cordes Tom Shields Nathan Adrian Matt Grevers* Cody Miller* Tim Phillips* Ryan Lochte* | AUS}} Mitch Larkin Jake Packard Jayden Hadler Cameron McEvoy David Morgan* Kyle Chalmers* | FRA}} Camille Lacourt Giacomo Perez-Dortona Mehdy Metella Fabien Gilot |
2017 Budapest | USA}} Matt Grevers Kevin Cordes Caeleb Dressel Nathan Adrian (3+1*) Ryan Murphy* Cody Miller* Tim Phillips* Townley Haas* | GBR}} Chris Walker-Hebborn Adam Peaty James Guy Duncan Scott Ross Murdoch* | RUS}} Evgeny Rylov Kirill Prigoda Aleksandr Popkov Vladimir Morozov Grigoriy Tarasevich* Anton Chupkov* Daniil Pakhomov* Danila Izotov* |
Boldface denotes active swimmers and highest medal count among all swimmers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
1. ^ISHOF list with all medalists in World Championships history, 1973-2005 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010202854/http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf |date=2014-10-10 }}
2. ^2003 results from Omega Timing
3. ^2005 results from Omega Timing
4. ^2007 results from Omega Timing
5. ^2009 results from Omega Timing
6. ^2011 results from Omega Timing
7. ^2013 results from Omega Timing