| Year - Country | World champion | Information |
| 2005 - Russia |  RUS | Statistics |
| 2003 - Croatia |  FRA | Details |
| 2001 - Italy | RUS | Details |
| 1999 - Norway / Denmark |  NOR | Details |
| 1997 - Germany |  DEN | Details |
| 1995 - Austria / Hungary |  KOR | Details |
| 1993 - Norway |  GER | Details |
| 1990 - Korea |  URS | Details |
| 1986 - Netherlands | URS | Details |
| 1982 - Hungary | URS | Details |
| 1978 - Czechoslovakia |  GDR | Details |
| 1975 - Soviet Union | GDR | Details |
| 1973 - Yugoslavia |  YUG | Details |
| 1971 - Netherlands | GDR | Details |
| 1965 - Federal Republic of Germany |  HUN | Details |
| 1962 - Romania |  ROM | Details |
| 1957 - Yugoslavia |  TCH | Details |
| Year - Country | World champion | Information |
| 1960 - Netherlands | ROM | Details |
| 1956 - Germany | ROM | Details |
| 1949 - Hungary | HUN | Details |
