1952, Helsinki, Finland:

1 Paul Elvstrom, Denmark
2 Charles Currey, Great Britain
3 Rickard Sarby, Sweden

1956, Melbourne, Australia

1 Paul Elvstrom, Denmark
2 Andre Nelis, Belgium
3 John Marvin, United States

1960, Naples, Italy

1 Paul Elvstrom, Denmark
2 A. Chuchelov, USSR
3 Andre Nelis, Belgium

1964, Enoshima, Japan

1 Willy Kuhweide, Germany
2 Peter Barrett, United States
3 Henning Wind, Denmark

1968, Acapulco, Mexico

1 Valentin Mankin, USSR
2 Hubert Raudaschl, Austria
3 Fabio Albarelli, Italy

1972, Kiel, West Germany

1 Serge Maury, France
2 Elias Hatzipavlis, Greece
3 Victor Potapov, USSR

1976, Kingston, Canada

1 Jochen Schumann, DDR
2 Andrei Balashov, USSR
3 John Bertrand, Australia

1980, Tallinn, USSR

1 Esko Rechardt, Finland
2 Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Austria
3 Andrei Balashov, USSR

1984, Long Beach, USA

1 Russell Coutts, New Zealand
2 John Bertrand, United States
3 Terry Neilson, Canada

1988, Pusan, Korea

1 Jose Luis Doreste, Spain
2 Peter Holmberg, US Virgin Islands
3 John Cutler, New Zealand

1992, Barcelona, Spain

1 Jose Maria van der Ploeg, Spain
2 Brian Ledbetter, USA
3 Craig Monk, New Zealand

1996, Savannah, USA

1 Mateusz Kusnierewicz, POL
2 Sebastien Godefroid, BEL
3 Roy Heiner, NED

2000, Sydney, Australia

1 Iain Percy, GBR
2 Luca Devoti, ITA
3 Fredrik Loof, SWE

2004, Athens, Greece

1 Ben Ainslie, GBR
2 Rafael Trujillo, ESP
3 Mateusz Kusznierewicz, POL