| Year\Category | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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| 1924 Men Paris | Czechoslovakia | Hungary | Switzerland | Latvia/Argentina |
| 1926 Men Budapest | Hungary | Yugoslavia | Romania | Germany | |
| 1927 Men London | Hungary | Denmark | Great Britain | The Netherlands | Czechoslovakia |
| 1928 Men The Hague | Hungary | United States | Poland | Austria | Denmark/Switzerland/Czechoslovakia |
| 1930 Men Hamburg | Poland | Hungary | Germany | Austria | Czechoslovakia |
| 1931 Men Prague | United States | Poland | Czechoslovakia | Yugoslavia | Germany/Latvia/Sweden |
| 1933 Men Folkestone | United States | Czechoslovakia | Sweden/Poland/Hungary |
| 1935 Men Warsaw | United States | Sweden | Poland | Hungary | Czechoslovakia |
| 1936 Men Munich | Hungary | Poland | Germany | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia |
| 1937 Men Stockholm | United States | Hungary | Poland/Argentina | Czechoslovakia |
| 1939 Men Buenos Aires | Germany | Poland | Estonia | Sweden | Argentina |
| 1950 Men Dubrovnik | Yugoslavia | Argentina | West Germany | United States | The Netherlands |
| 1952 Men Helsinki | U.S.S.R. | Argentina | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia | United States |
| 1954 Men Amsterdam | U.S.S.R. | Argentina | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia | West Germany |
| 1956 Men Moscow | U.S.S.R. | Yugoslavia | Hungary | Argentina | West Germany |
| 1957 Women Emmen | U.S.S.R. | Romania | East Germany | Hungary | Bulgaria |
| 1958 Men Munich | U.S.S.R. | Yugoslavia | Argentina | United States | Czechoslovakia |
| 1960 Men Leipzig | U.S.S.R. | United States | Yugoslavia | Hungary | Czechoslovakia |
| 1962 Men Varna | U.S.S.R. | Yugoslavia | Argentina | United States | Hungary |
| 1963 Women Split | U.S.S.R./Yugoslavia | East Germany | Romania | Bulgaria |
| 1964 Men Tel Aviv | U.S.S.R. | Yugoslavia | West Germany | Hungary | Czechoslovakia |
| 1966 Men Havana | U.S.S.R. | United States | Hungary | Yugoslavia | Argentina |
| 1966 Women Oberhausen | U.S.S.R. | Romania | East Germany | Yugoslavia | The Netherlands |
| 1968 Men Lugano | U.S.S.R. | Yugoslavia | Bulgaria | United States | West Germany |
| 1969 Women Lublin | U.S.S.R. | Hungary | Czechoslovakia | Yugoslavia | Bulgaria |
| 1970 Men Siegen | U.S.S.R. | Hungary | Yugoslavia | United States | Czechoslovakia |
| 1972 Men Skopje | U.S.S.R. | Hungary | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia | West Germany |
| 1972 Women Skopje | U.S.S.R. | Poland | Switzerland | Israel | Yugoslavia |
| 1974 Men Nice | U.S.S.R. | Yugoslavia | United States | Bulgaria | The Netherlands |
| 1974 Women Medellin | U.S.S.R. | Romania | Bulgaria | Hungary | The Netherlands |
| 1976 Men Tripoli | El Salvador | Tunisia | Pakistan | Iraq | Italy/Turkey |
| 1976 Men Haifa | United States | The Netherlands | England | Argentina | West Germany |
| 1976 Women Haifa | Israel | England | Spain | United States | The Netherlands
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| 1978 Men Buenos Aires | Hungary | U.S.S.R. | United States | West Germany | Israel |
| 1980 Men La Valletta | U.S.S.R./Hungary | Yugoslavia | United States | Czechoslovakia |
| 1980 Women La Valletta | U.S.S.R. | Hungary | Poland | Romania | West Germany/China |
| 1982 Men Lucerne | U.S.S.R. | Czechoslovakia | United States | Yugoslavia | Hungary/Bulgaria |
| 1982 Women Lucerne | U.S.S.R. | Romania | Hungary | Poland | China/West Germany |
| 1984 Men Thessaloniki | U.S.S.R. | England | United States | Hungary | Romania |
| 1984 Women Thessaloniki | U.S.S.R. | Bulgaria | Romania | West Germany/China |
| 1986 Men Dubai | U.S.S.R. | England | United States | Hungary | Iceland/Bulgaria/China |
| 1986 Women Dubai | U.S.S.R. | Hungary | Romania/China | Yugoslavia |
| 1988 Men Thessaloniki | U.S.S.R. | England/The Netherlands | United States/Hungary |
| 1988 Women Thessaloniki | Hungary | U.S.S.R. | Yugoslavia | China | Bulgaria/Romania/Greece/Cuba |
| 1990 Men Novi Sad | U.S.S.R. | United States/England | Czechoslovakia | Yugoslavia/China/Cuba |
| 1990 Women Novi Sad | Hungary/U.S.S.R. | China | Bulgaria | Yugoslavia |
| 1992 Men Manila | Russia | Uzbekistan | Armenia | United States | Latvia/Iceland |
| 1992 Women Manila | Georgia | Ukraine | China | Hungary | Russia |
| 1994 Men Moscow | Russia | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Russia Juniors/England | Bulgaria/The Netherlands/United States |
| 1994 Women Moscow | Georgia | Hungary | China/Romania | Ukraine |
| 1996 Men Yerevan | Russia | Ukraine | United States/England | Armenia/Spain |
| 1996 Women Yerevan | Georgia | China/Russia | Ukraine | Hungary |
| 1998 Men Elista | Russia | United States | Ukraine/Israel | China/Germany/Georgia |
| 1998 Women Elista | China | Russia/Georgia | The Netherlands/Bulgaria |
| 2000 Men Istanbul | Russia | Germany | Ukraine/Hungary | Israel |
| 2000 Women Istanbul | China | Georgia | Russia | Ukraine | Yugoslavia |
| 2002 Men Bled | Russia | Hungary | Armenia | Georgia | China/The Netherlands/England |
| 2002 Women Bled | China | Russia | Poland | Georgia | Hungary/Ukraine/Yugoslavia/Azerbaijan |
| 2004 Men Calvia | Ukraine | Russia | Armenia | United States | Israel |
| 2004 Women Calvia | China | United States | Russia/Georgia | France |
| 2006 Men Turin | Armenia | China | United States/Israel | Hungary |
| 2006 Women Turin | Ukraine | Russia | China | United States/Hungary/Georgia/Netherlands |
| 2008 Men Dresden | Armenia | Israel | United States | Ukraine | Russia |
| 2008 Women Dresden | Georgia | Ukraine | United States | Russia | Poland |
| 2010 Men Khanty-Mansiysk | Ukraine | Russia | Israel | Hungary | China |
| 2010 Women Khanty-Mansiysk | Russia | China | Georgia | Cuba | United States |
| 2012 Men Istanbul | Armenia | Russia | Ukraine | China | United States |
| 2012 Women Istanbul | Russia | China | Ukraine | India | Romania |
| 2014 Men Tromso | China | Hungary | India | Unknown |
| 2014 Women Tromso | Unknown |