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[[File:2013 World Championships Men Podium.jpg|thumb|alt=The men's medalists at the 2013 World Championships|right|The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the men's event at the [[2013 World Figure Skating Championships|2013 World Championships]]: [[Patrick Chan]] of Canada ''(center)'', [[Denis Ten]] of Kazakhstan ''(left)'', and [[Javier Fernández (figure skater)|Javier Fernández]] of Spain ''(right)'']]
[[File:2014 World Championships Ladies Podium (1).jpg|thumb|alt=The women's medalists at the 2014 World Championships|right|The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the women's event at the [[2014 World Figure Skating Championships|2014 World Championships]]: [[Mao Asada]] of Japan ''(center)'', [[Yulia Lipnitskaya]] of Russia ''(left)'', and [[Carolina Kostner]] of Italy ''(right)'']]
[[File:2015 World Championships Pairs Podium.jpg|thumb|alt=The pairs medalists at the 2015 World Championships|right|The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the pairs event at the [[2015 World Figure Skating Championships|2015 World Championships]]: [[Meagan Duhamel]] and [[Eric Radford]] of Canada ''(center)'', [[Sui Wenjing]] and [[Han Cong]] of China ''(left)'', and [[Pang Qing]] and [[Tong Jian]] of China ''(right)'']]
[[File:2017 World Championships Dance Podium.jpg|thumb|alt=The ice dance medalists at the 2017 World Championships|right|The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the ice dance event at the [[2017 World Figure Skating Championships|2017 World Championships]]: [[Tessa Virtue]] and [[Scott Moir]] of Canada ''(center)'', [[Gabriella Papadakis]] and [[Guillaume Cizeron]] of France ''(left)'', and [[Maia Shibutani]] and [[Alex Shibutani]] of the United States ''(right)'']]

The '''World Figure Skating Championships''' are an annual [[figure skating competition]] sanctioned by the [[International Skating Union]] (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in [[Saint Petersburg, Russia]], and they have been held ever since with only four interruptions. A separate competition for women was established in 1905, with the men's and women's events held as separate competitions for several years. [[Pair skating]] was added in 1908 and [[ice dance]] in 1952.

Skaters are eligible to compete at the World Championships, provided they represent a [[International figure skating|member nation]] of the [[International Skating Union]] and are selected by their respective federation. Skating federations have the liberty to make their own selections, but skaters competing at the World Championships must have earned the minimum required [[ISU judging system#Technical details|element scores]]. Medals are awarded in [[Single skating|men's singles, women's singles]], pair skating, and ice dance. The World Championships are considered the most prestigious event in figure skating,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships |url=https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/isu-championships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130125454/https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/isu-championships/ |archive-date=January 30, 2025 |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref> second only to the [[Figure skating at the Olympic Games|Olympics]].

The corresponding competition for junior-level skaters is the [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships]]. The corresponding competitions for [[synchronized skating]] are the [[ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships|World Synchronized Skating Championships]] and the [[ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships|World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships]].

[[Ulrich Salchow]] of Sweden holds the record for winning the most World Championship titles in men's singles (with ten), while [[Sonja Henie]] of Norway holds the record in women's singles (also with ten). [[Irina Rodnina]] and [[Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)|Alexander Zaitsev]] of the Soviet Union hold the record in pair skating (with six), although Rodnina won an additional four titles with a previous partner. [[Lyudmila Pakhomova]] and [[Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov]] of the Soviet Union hold the record in ice dance (with six).

== History ==
The [[International Skating Union]] (ISU) was formed in 1892 to govern international competition in speed and figure skating.<ref name="ISUhistory" /> The first world championships in figure skating, known as the Championship of the {{lang|de|Internationale Eislauf-Vereingung}}, were held in [[Saint Petersburg, Russia]], in 1896. There were four competitors and the winner of the event was [[Gilbert Fuchs]] of Germany.<ref name="Hines2006">{{cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |title=Figure Skating: A History |publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]] |year=2006 |isbn=9780252072864 |pages=76–83; 87–91 |language=en}}</ref>

Since competitive skating was generally viewed as a male sport, the championships were presumed to be an exclusive male event. However, there were no specific rules barring women from competing. In 1902, [[Madge Syers]] of Great Britain entered the championships and won the silver medal.<ref name="Hines2006" /> The [[International Skating Union#ISU Congress|ISU Congress]] – the highest-ranking decision-making body of the ISU – considered gender issues at their meeting in 1903, but passed no new rules. The 1905 ISU Congress established a second-class women's competition called the ISU Championships, rather than the World Championships; its winners were known as ISU champions and not world champions.<ref name="Hines2006" /> Men's and women's events were generally held separately. The first competition for women was held in [[Davos|Davos, Switzerland]], in 1906;<ref name="ISUhistory" /> the event was won by Syers.<ref name="Hines2006" />

The first competition for [[pair skating]] was held in Saint Petersburg in 1908.<ref name="Hines2006" /> Early championships for both women and pairs – previously called ISU Championships – were retroactively given World Championship status in 1924.<ref name="ISUhistory" />

In the early years, judges were invited by the host country and were often natives to that country. At the [[1927 World Figure Skating Championships|1927]] women's event in [[Oslo|Oslo, Norway]], three of the five judges were Norwegian; those three judges awarded first place to Norwegian competitor [[Sonja Henie]], while the Austrian and German judges placed defending champion [[Herma Szabo]] of Austria first. The controversial result stood, awarding Henie her first world title, but the controversy led to the ISU introducing a new rule that allowed no more than one judge per country on a panel.<ref name=Hines2015>{{cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |title=Figure Skating in the Formative Years: Singles, Pairs, and the Expanding Role of Women |publisher=University of Illinois Press |year=2015 |isbn=9780252039065 |pages=80–81 |language=en}}</ref>

The [[1930 World Figure Skating Championships|1930 World Championships]] in [[New York City]] were the first to be held outside Europe and combined all three competitions (men's singles, women's singles, and pair skating) into one event for the first time.<ref name="ISUhistory">{{cite web |title=Some Key Dates in ISU History |url=http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,4844-130844-132152-20256-74409-custom-item,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722191739/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,4844-130844-132152-20256-74409-custom-item,00.html |archive-date=July 22, 2010 |work=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref> [[Ice dance]] made its debut at the [[1952 World Figure Skating Championships|1952 World Championships]].<ref name=ISUhistory/> [[Compulsory figures]] were retired from the World Championships after [[1990 World Figure Skating Championships|1990]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Johnson |first=Susan A. |date=April 1991 |title=And Then There Were None |url=https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/199104.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302153742/https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/199104.pdf |archive-date=March 2, 2025 |access-date=March 1, 2025 |magazine=[[Skating (magazine)|Skating]] |pages=11–16 |volume=68 |issue=4}}</ref>

Every four years, the [[Figure skating at the Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]] take place roughly a month before the World Championships, causing a number of Olympic medalists tend to miss the World Championships. Many skaters need time to rest due to physical and mental exhaustion, and some Olympic medalists chose to capitalize on their success by becoming professional skaters with companies such as the [[Ice Capades]] or [[Champions on Ice]].<ref name="AP100329">{{cite news |last=Barry |first=Colleen |date=March 29, 2010 |title=Olympic-Fatigued Skaters Bumble Through Worlds |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jaV3nJwPlFS4UsxX1EjQfRQuVt7AD9ENP7D80 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331131738/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jaV3nJwPlFS4UsxX1EjQfRQuVt7AD9ENP7D80 |archive-date=March 31, 2010 |work= |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> Prior to 1993, professional skaters were barred from competing at the Olympics by the ISU, so choosing to pursue skating professionally had once meant the end of one's competitive career.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvey |first=Randy |date=March 30, 1993 |title=Boitano Plans to Skate in '94 Olympics: Winter Games: The 1988 gold medalist, who had turned pro, will apply to regain his eligibility for the competition at Lillehammer, Norway |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-30-sp-16946-story.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 9, 2023 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

The World Championships have been interrupted four times in the competition's history: from 1915 through 1921 due to [[World War I]];<ref name="Hines2006" /> from 1940 through 1946 due to [[World War II]];<ref name="Hines2006" /> in 1961 after the crash of [[Sabena Flight 548]];<ref name="skcnc">{{cite news |date=February 16, 1961 |title=Skating Cancelled |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nv0xAAAAIBAJ&pg=1436%2C3351165 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131082726/https://news.google.com/newspapers?pg=1436%2C3351165&id=nv0xAAAAIBAJ |archive-date=January 31, 2025 |access-date=February 9, 2025 |newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |page=1 |via=[[Google News Archive]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> and in 2020 due to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports#Figure skating|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2020 |title=World Figure Skating Championships Canceled Due to Coronavirus, At Least for Now |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/figure-skating-world-championships-coronavirus-canceled |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302154509/https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/figure-skating-world-championships-coronavirus-canceled |archive-date=March 2, 2025 |access-date=February 9, 2025 |website=[[NBC Sports]]}}</ref>

The [[2026 World Figure Skating Championships|2026 World Championships]] are scheduled to be held from March 23 to 29 in [[Prague|Prague, Czech Republic]],<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=2026 World Figure Skating Championships |url=https://www.goldenskate.com/events/world-figure-skating-championships-2026/ |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=Golden Skate |language=en-US |archive-date=November 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109034214/https://www.goldenskate.com/events/world-figure-skating-championships-2026/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while the 2027 World Championships are scheduled to be held from March 15 to 21 in [[Tampere, Finland]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2025 |title=World Figure Skating Championships arrive in Tampere |url=https://www.tampere.fi/en/current/2025/04/10/world-figure-skating-championships-arrive-tampere#:~:text=The%20World%20Figure%20Skating%20Championships,top-level%20sport%20to%20Finland. |access-date=April 10, 2025 |website=[[Tampere|Tampere.Finland]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Qualifying==
Skaters may compete at the World Championships if they represent a [[International figure skating|member nation]] of the [[International Skating Union]] and are selected by their federation. Member nations select their entries according to their own criteria. Some countries rely on the results of their national championships, while others have more varied criteria, which may include success at certain international events or specific technical requirements. All of the selected skaters must have earned the minimum [[ISU judging system#Technical Element Score (TES)|total element scores]], which are determined and published each season by the ISU, during the current or immediately previous season. Member nations may enter at least one competitor or team in each discipline; while a points system allows member nations to enter additional competitors or teams, up to a total of three per discipline, based on the nation's performance in that discipline at the previous World Championships.<ref name="ISURules">{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Special Regulations & Technical Rules |url=https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-regulations-rules/file |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220124349/https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-regulations-rules/file |archive-date=February 20, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>

Age restrictions have changed throughout the history of the World Championships. Originally there were no age restrictions at all. For example, [[Sonja Henie]] of Norway – a three-time Olympic champion and ten-time World champion in women's singles – debuted at the World Championships in [[1924 World Figure Skating Championships|1924]] at the age of 11.<ref name="Hines2015" /> Beginning with the 1996–97 season, skaters had to be at least 15 years old before July 1 of the previous year.<ref name="espn">{{cite news |date=February 14, 2011 |title=China Eyed over Eight Athletes' Ages |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/figureskating/news/story?id=6120559 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629003445/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/figureskating/news/story?id=6120559 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |work=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> However, the ISU allowed for two exception. Firstly, skaters younger than 15 who had already competed in senior-level international events could continue. For example, [[Tara Lipinski]] of the United States – the [[Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Olympic]] champion in women's singles who debuted at the World Championships in [[1996 World Figure Skating Championships|1996]] at the age of 13 – was allowed to participate at the [[1997 World Figure Skating Championships|1997 World Championships]], where she won a gold medal at the age of 14.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Longman |first=Jere |date=March 23, 1997 |title=Lipinski, 14, Is Youngest World Champion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/23/sports/lipinski-14-is-youngest-world-champion.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407213445/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/23/sports/lipinski-14-is-youngest-world-champion.html |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |access-date=March 1, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Secondly, skaters who had won medals at the [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships]] were permitted to compete as seniors at the ISU Championships.<ref name="cbs000316" /> For example, [[Sarah Hughes]] of the United States – the [[Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Olympic]] champion in women's singles – won the silver medal at the [[1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|1999 World Junior Championships]], and was thus allowed to participate at the [[1999 World Figure Skating Championships|1999 World Championships]] at the age of 13.<ref name="cbs000316">{{cite news |last=Loosemore |first=Sandra |date=March 16, 2000 |title=Junior Skaters Shouldn't Face Senior Pressure |url=http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/ce/multi/0,1329,2150632_10946,00.html |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013030332/http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/ce/multi/0,1329,2150632_10946,00.html |archive-date=October 13, 2008 |work=[[CBS Sportsline]]}}</ref>

At the [[International Skating Union#ISU Congress|ISU Congress]] held in June 2022, members of the [[International Skating Union#ISU Council|ISU Council]] – the ISU's executive body responsible for determining policies – accepted a proposal to gradually increase the minimum age limit for senior competition to 17 beginning with the 2024–25 season. To avoid forcing skaters who had already competed in the senior category to return to juniors, the age limit remained unchanged during the 2022–23 season, before increasing to 16 during the 2023–24 season, and then to 17 during the 2024–25 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/isu-raise-mininum-age-senior-competitions-17-following-doping-saga-2022-06-07/ |title=ISU to Raise Minimum Age for Senior Competitions to 17 |date=June 7, 2022 |website=[[Reuters]] |access-date=June 11, 2022 |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610095530/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/isu-raise-mininum-age-senior-competitions-17-following-doping-saga-2022-06-07/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Medalists==
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| footer            = The reigning World Champions: [[Ilia Malinin]] of the United States ([[single skating|men's singles]]); [[Alysa Liu]] of the United States ([[single skating|women's singles]]); [[Riku Miura]] and [[Ryuichi Kihara]] of Japan ([[pair skating]]); and [[Madison Chock]] and [[Evan Bates]] of the United States ([[ice dance]])
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| image1            = Ilia Malinin 2024 Worlds Short Program 4.jpg
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| image3            = Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara 2024 Worlds Short Program 6.jpg
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| alt1              = Ilia Malinin performs at the 2024 World Championships.
| alt2              = Alysa Liu performs at the 2022 World Championships.
| alt3              = Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara perform at the 2024 World Championships.
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===Men's singles===
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|+Men's event medalists
! scope="col" style="text-align:center" | Year
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:20%"| Location
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze
! scope="col" style="text-align:center" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1896 World Figure Skating Championships|1896]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[St. Petersburg]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Gilbert Fuchs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Gustav Hügel]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS|empire}} [[Georg Sanders]]
| rowspan="93" | <ref name="Worlds-Men">{{cite web |title=World Figure Skating Championships: Men |url=http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148235-165451-56216-0-file,00.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221144348/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148235-165451-56216-0-file,00.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2006 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1897 World Figure Skating Championships|1897]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Gustav Hügel]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR|1844}} [[Johan Lefstad]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1898 World Figure Skating Championships|1898]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[London]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Henning Grenander]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Gustav Hügel]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Gilbert Fuchs]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1899 World Figure Skating Championships|1899]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Gustav Hügel]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Edgar Syers]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1900 World Figure Skating Championships|1900]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Gustav Hügel]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| rowspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No other competitors''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1901 World Figure Skating Championships|1901]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Gilbert Fuchs]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1902 World Figure Skating Championships|1902]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[London]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Madge Syers]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Martin Gordan]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1903 World Figure Skating Championships|1903]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[St. Petersburg]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Nikolai Panin|Nikolai Panin Kolomenkin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Max Bohatsch]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1904 World Figure Skating Championships|1904]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|empire}} [[Berlin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Heinrich Burger]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Martin Gordan]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1905 World Figure Skating Championships|1905]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Max Bohatsch]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE|1844}} [[Per Thorén]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1906 World Figure Skating Championships|1906]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|empire}} [[Munich]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Gilbert Fuchs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Heinrich Burger]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Bror Meyer]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1907 World Figure Skating Championships|1907]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|Austria-Hungary}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Max Bohatsch]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Gilbert Fuchs]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1908 World Figure Skating Championships|1908]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|Austria-Hungary}} [[Opava|Troppau]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Gilbert Fuchs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Heinrich Burger]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1909 World Figure Skating Championships|1909]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Per Thorén]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Ernst Herz]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1910 World Figure Skating Championships|1910]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Werner Rittberger]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Andor Szende]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1911 World Figure Skating Championships|1911]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Berlin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Ulrich Salchow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Werner Rittberger]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Fritz Kachler]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1912 World Figure Skating Championships|1912]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Manchester]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Fritz Kachler]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Werner Rittberger]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Andor Szende]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1913 World Figure Skating Championships|1913]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|Austria-Hungary}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Fritz Kachler]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Willy Böckl]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Andor Szende]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1914 World Figure Skating Championships|1914]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|Russian Empire|1914}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gösta Sandahl]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Fritz Kachler]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Willy Böckl]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|1915–21 }}
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No competitions due to [[World War I]]''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1922 World Figure Skating Championships|1922]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gillis Grafström]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Fritz Kachler]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Willy Böckl]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1923 World Figure Skating Championships|1923]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Fritz Kachler]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Willy Böckl]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gösta Sandahl]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1924 World Figure Skating Championships|1924]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Manchester]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gillis Grafström]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Willy Böckl]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Ernst Oppacher]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1925 World Figure Skating Championships|1925]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Willy Böckl]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Fritz Kachler]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Otto Preißecker]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1926 World Figure Skating Championships|1926]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Weimar}} [[Berlin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Willy Böckl]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Otto Preißecker]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[John Page (figure skater)|John Page]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1927 World Figure Skating Championships|1927]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Willy Böckl]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Otto Preißecker]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1928 World Figure Skating Championships|1928]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Weimar}} [[Berlin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Willy Böckl]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Hugo Distler (figure skater)|Hugo Distler]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1929 World Figure Skating Championships|1929]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[London]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gillis Grafström]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Ludwig Wrede]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1930 World Figure Skating Championships|1930]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[New York City]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Roger Turner (figure skater)|Roger Turner]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Georges Gautschi]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1931 World Figure Skating Championships|1931]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Weimar}} [[Berlin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Roger Turner (figure skater)|Roger Turner]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Weimar}} [[Ernst Baier]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1932 World Figure Skating Championships|1932]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1921}} [[Montreal]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1921}} [[Montgomery Wilson]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Weimar}} [[Ernst Baier]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1933 World Figure Skating Championships|1933]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Zürich]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Weimar}} [[Ernst Baier]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Marcus Nikkanen]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1934 World Figure Skating Championships|1934]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|1933}} [[Ernst Baier]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Erich Erdös]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1935 World Figure Skating Championships|1935]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1920}} [[Budapest]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|1934}} [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Jack Dunn (figure skater)|Jack Dunn]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1920}} [[Dénes Pataky]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1936 World Figure Skating Championships|1936]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|1934}} [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Graham Sharp]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|1934}} [[Felix Kaspar]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1937 World Figure Skating Championships|1937]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|1934}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|1934}} [[Felix Kaspar]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Graham Sharp]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1920}} [[Elemér Terták]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1938 World Figure Skating Championships|1938]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Nazi}} [[Berlin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|1934}} [[Felix Kaspar]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Graham Sharp]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|1934}} [[Herbert Alward]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1939 World Figure Skating Championships|1939]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1920}} [[Budapest]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Graham Sharp]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Freddie Tomlins]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Nazi}} [[Horst Faber]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|1940–46}}
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No competitions due to [[World War II]]''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1947 World Figure Skating Championships|1947]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Hans Gerschwiler]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Dick Button]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Arthur Apfel]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1948 World Figure Skating Championships|1948]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Dick Button]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Hans Gerschwiler]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1946}} [[Ede Király]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1949 World Figure Skating Championships|1949]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Dick Button]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1946}} [[Ede Király]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Edi Rada]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1950 World Figure Skating Championships|1950]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[London]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Dick Button]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1949}} [[Ede Király]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Hayes Alan Jenkins]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1951 World Figure Skating Championships|1951]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Milan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Dick Button]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[James Grogan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Hellmut Seibt]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1952 World Figure Skating Championships|1952]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Dick Button]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[James Grogan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Hayes Alan Jenkins]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1953 World Figure Skating Championships|1953]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Hayes Alan Jenkins]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[James Grogan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Carlo Fassi]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1954 World Figure Skating Championships|1954]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Oslo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Hayes Alan Jenkins]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[James Grogan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Alain Giletti]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1955 World Figure Skating Championships|1955]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Hayes Alan Jenkins]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Ronald Robertson (figure skater)|Ronnie Robertson]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[David Jenkins (figure skater)|David Jenkins]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1956 World Figure Skating Championships|1956]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Hayes Alan Jenkins]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Ronald Robertson (figure skater)|Ronnie Robertson]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[David Jenkins (figure skater)|David Jenkins]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1957 World Figure Skating Championships|1957]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[David Jenkins (figure skater)|David Jenkins]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Tim Brown (figure skater)|Tim Brown]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1921}} [[Charles Snelling (figure skater)|Charles Snelling]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1958 World Figure Skating Championships|1958]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[David Jenkins (figure skater)|David Jenkins]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Tim Brown (figure skater)|Tim Brown]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Alain Giletti]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1959 World Figure Skating Championships|1959]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[David Jenkins (figure skater)|David Jenkins]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1957}} [[Donald Jackson (figure skater)|Donald Jackson]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Tim Brown (figure skater)|Tim Brown]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1960 World Figure Skating Championships|1960]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1957}} [[Vancouver]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Alain Giletti]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1957}} [[Donald Jackson (figure skater)|Donald Jackson]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Alain Calmat]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1961
| rowspan="2" | {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the crash of [[Sabena Flight 548]]''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1962 World Figure Skating Championships|1962]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1957}} [[Donald Jackson (figure skater)|Donald Jackson]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Karol Divín]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Alain Calmat]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1963 World Figure Skating Championships|1963]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1957}} [[Donald McPherson (figure skater)|Donald McPherson]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Alain Calmat]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Manfred Schnelldorfer]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1964 World Figure Skating Championships|1964]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Dortmund]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Manfred Schnelldorfer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Alain Calmat]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Karol Divín]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1965 World Figure Skating Championships|1965]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Alain Calmat]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Scott Allen (figure skater)|Scott Allen]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Donald Knight (figure skater)|Donald Knight]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1966 World Figure Skating Championships|1966]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Emmerich Danzer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Wolfgang Schwarz]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Gary Visconti]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1967 World Figure Skating Championships|1967]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Emmerich Danzer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Wolfgang Schwarz]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Gary Visconti]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1968 World Figure Skating Championships|1968]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Geneva]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Emmerich Danzer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Timothy Lyle Wood|Tim Wood]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Patrick Péra]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1969 World Figure Skating Championships|1969]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Timothy Lyle Wood|Tim Wood]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Ondrej Nepela]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Patrick Péra]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1970 World Figure Skating Championships|1970]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|YUG}} [[Ljubljana]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Timothy Lyle Wood|Tim Wood]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Ondrej Nepela]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Günter Zöller]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1971 World Figure Skating Championships|1971]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Lyon]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Ondrej Nepela]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Patrick Péra]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS|1955}} [[Sergei Chetverukhin]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1972 World Figure Skating Championships|1972]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Calgary]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Ondrej Nepela]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS|1955}} [[Sergei Chetverukhin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS|1955}} [[Vladimir Kovalyov]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1973 World Figure Skating Championships|1973]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Bratislava]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Ondrej Nepela]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS|1955}} [[Sergei Chetverukhin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Jan Hoffmann]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1974 World Figure Skating Championships|1974]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Munich]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Jan Hoffmann]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS|1955}} [[Sergey Volkov (figure skater)|Sergei Volkov]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Toller Cranston]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1975 World Figure Skating Championships|1975]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS|1955}} [[Sergey Volkov (figure skater)|Sergei Volkov]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS|1955}} [[Vladimir Kovalyov]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[John Curry]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1976 World Figure Skating Championships|1976]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[John Curry]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS|1955}} [[Vladimir Kovalyov]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Jan Hoffmann]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1977 World Figure Skating Championships|1977]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Tokyo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS|1955}} [[Vladimir Kovalyov]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Jan Hoffmann]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Minoru Sano (figure skater)|Minoru Sano]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1978 World Figure Skating Championships|1978]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Ottawa]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Charles Tickner]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Jan Hoffmann]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Robin Cousins]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1979 World Figure Skating Championships|1979]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS|1955}} [[Vladimir Kovalyov]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Robin Cousins]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Jan Hoffmann]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1980 World Figure Skating Championships|1980]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Dortmund]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Jan Hoffmann]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Robin Cousins]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Charles Tickner]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1981 World Figure Skating Championships|1981]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[David Santee]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS}} [[Igor Bobrin]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1982 World Figure Skating Championships|1982]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEN}} [[Copenhagen]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Norbert Schramm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Brian Pockar]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1983 World Figure Skating Championships|1983]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Norbert Schramm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Brian Orser]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1984 World Figure Skating Championships|1984]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Ottawa]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Scott Hamilton (figure skater)|Scott Hamilton]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Brian Orser]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS}} [[Alexandre Fadeev]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1985 World Figure Skating Championships|1985]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Tokyo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS}} [[Alexandre Fadeev]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Brian Orser]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Brian Boitano]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1986 World Figure Skating Championships|1986]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Geneva]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Brian Boitano]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Brian Orser]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS}} [[Alexandre Fadeev]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1987 World Figure Skating Championships|1987]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Brian Orser]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Brian Boitano]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS}} [[Alexandre Fadeev]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1988 World Figure Skating Championships|1988]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN}} [[Budapest]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Brian Boitano]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Brian Orser]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS}} [[Viktor Petrenko]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1989 World Figure Skating Championships|1989]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Kurt Browning]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Christopher Bowman]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|POL}} [[Grzegorz Filipowski]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1990 World Figure Skating Championships|1990]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Kurt Browning]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS}} [[Viktor Petrenko]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Christopher Bowman]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1991 World Figure Skating Championships|1991]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Munich]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Kurt Browning]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS}} [[Viktor Petrenko]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Todd Eldredge]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1992 World Figure Skating Championships|1992]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CIS|1992}} [[Viktor Petrenko]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Kurt Browning]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Elvis Stojko]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1993 World Figure Skating Championships|1993]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CZE}} [[Prague]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Kurt Browning]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Elvis Stojko]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS|1991}} [[Alexei Urmanov]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1994 World Figure Skating Championships|1994]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Elvis Stojko]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Philippe Candeloro]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|UKR}} [[Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1995 World Figure Skating Championships|1995]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Birmingham]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Elvis Stojko]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Todd Eldredge]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Philippe Candeloro]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1996 World Figure Skating Championships|1996]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Edmonton]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Todd Eldredge]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Ilia Kulik]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Rudy Galindo]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1997 World Figure Skating Championships|1997]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Lausanne]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Elvis Stojko]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Todd Eldredge]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Alexei Yagudin]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1998 World Figure Skating Championships|1998]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Alexei Yagudin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Todd Eldredge]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Evgeni Plushenko]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1999 World Figure Skating Championships|1999]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Alexei Yagudin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Evgeni Plushenko]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Michael Weiss (figure skater)|Michael Weiss]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2000 World Figure Skating Championships|2000]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Nice]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Alexei Yagudin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Elvis Stojko]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Michael Weiss (figure skater)|Michael Weiss]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2001 World Figure Skating Championships|2001]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Vancouver]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Evgeni Plushenko]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Alexei Yagudin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Todd Eldredge]]
| <ref name="WC2001">{{cite web |date=September 16, 2001 |title=2001 World Figure Skating Championships|url=http://www.icecalc.com/events/wc2001/results/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311010055/http://www.icecalc.com/events/wc2001/results/ |archive-date=March 11, 2007 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2002 World Figure Skating Championships|2002]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Alexei Yagudin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Timothy Goebel]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Takeshi Honda]]
| <ref name="WC2002">{{cite web |date=March 27, 2002 |title=2002 World Figure Skating Championships|url=http://www.icecalc.com/events/wc2002/results/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050216174303/http://www.icecalc.com/events/wc2002/results/ |archive-date=February 16, 2005 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2003 World Figure Skating Championships|2003]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Washington, D.C.]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Evgeni Plushenko]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Timothy Goebel]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Takeshi Honda]]
| <ref name="WC2003">{{cite web |date=March 17, 2003 |title=World Figure Skating Championships 2003 |url=http://www.icecalc.com/events/wc2003/results/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209230540/http://www.icecalc.com/events/wc2003/results/ |archive-date=December 9, 2006 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2004 World Figure Skating Championships|2004]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Dortmund]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Evgeni Plushenko]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Brian Joubert]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Stefan Lindemann]]
| <ref name="WC2004">{{cite web |date=March 23, 2004 |title=2004 ISU World Figure Skating Championships |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2004/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104214557/http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2004/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2005 World Figure Skating Championships|2005]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Moscow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHE}} [[Stéphane Lambiel]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Jeffrey Buttle]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Evan Lysacek]]
| <ref name="WC2005">{{cite web |date=March 19, 2005 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2005 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2005/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104212250/http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2005/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2006 World Figure Skating Championships|2006]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Calgary]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHE}} [[Stéphane Lambiel]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Brian Joubert]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Evan Lysacek]]
| <ref name="WC2006">{{cite web |date=March 25, 2006 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2006 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2006/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104205211/http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2006/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships|2007]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Brian Joubert]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Daisuke Takahashi]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHE}} [[Stéphane Lambiel]]
| <ref name="WC2007">{{cite web |date=March 24, 2007 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2007 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2007/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104203401/http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2008 World Figure Skating Championships|2008]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Jeffrey Buttle]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Brian Joubert]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Johnny Weir]]
| <ref name="WC2008">{{cite web |date=March 22, 2008 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2008 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2008/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226021547/http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2008/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2009 World Figure Skating Championships|2009]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Los Angeles]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Evan Lysacek]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Patrick Chan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Brian Joubert]]
| <ref name="WC2009">{{cite web |date=March 28, 2009 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships Los Angeles 2009 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2009/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211074139/http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2009/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2010 World Figure Skating Championships|2010]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Turin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Daisuke Takahashi]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Patrick Chan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Brian Joubert]]
| <ref name="WC2010">{{cite web |date=March 27, 2010 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2010 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2010/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=December 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224030532/http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2010/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2011 World Figure Skating Championships|2011]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Moscow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Patrick Chan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Takahiko Kozuka]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Artur Gachinski]]
| <ref name="WC2011">{{cite web |date=April 30, 2011 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2011 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2011/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519104438/http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2011/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2012 World Figure Skating Championships|2012]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Nice]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Patrick Chan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Daisuke Takahashi]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Yuzuru Hanyu]]
| <ref name="WC2012">{{cite web |date=March 31, 2012 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2012 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2012/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=November 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120002025/http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2012/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2013 World Figure Skating Championships|2013]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[London, Ontario|London]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Patrick Chan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KAZ}} [[Denis Ten]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ESP}} [[Javier Fernández (figure skater)|Javier Fernández]]
| <ref name="WC2013">{{cite web |date=March 16, 2013 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2013/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205114721/http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2013/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2014 World Figure Skating Championships|2014]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Yuzuru Hanyu]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Tatsuki Machida]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ESP}} [[Javier Fernández (figure skater)|Javier Fernández]]
| <ref name="WC2014">{{cite web |date=March 29, 2014 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2014 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2014/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717123647/http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2014/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2015 World Figure Skating Championships|2015]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} [[Shanghai]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ESP}} [[Javier Fernández (figure skater)|Javier Fernández]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Yuzuru Hanyu]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KAZ}} [[Denis Ten]]
| <ref name="WC2015">{{cite web |date=March 28, 2015 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2015 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2015/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205001123/http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2015/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2016 World Figure Skating Championships|2016]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Boston]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ESP}} [[Javier Fernández (figure skater)|Javier Fernández]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Yuzuru Hanyu]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} [[Jin Boyang]]
| <ref name="WC2016">{{cite web |date=April 2, 2016 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2016 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wc2016/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=November 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120002206/http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wc2016/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2017 World Figure Skating Championships|2017]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Yuzuru Hanyu]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Shoma Uno]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} [[Jin Boyang]]
| <ref name="WC2017">{{cite web |date=April 1, 2017 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1617/wc2017/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=November 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128100319/http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1617/wc2017/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2018 World Figure Skating Championships|2018]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Milan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Nathan Chen]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Shoma Uno]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Kolyada]]
| <ref name="WC2018">{{cite web |date=March 24, 2018 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2018 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/wc2018/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620011255/http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/wc2018/ |archive-date=June 20, 2018 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2019 World Figure Skating Championships|2019]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Nathan Chen]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Yuzuru Hanyu]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Vincent Zhou]]
| <ref name="WC2019">{{cite web |date=March 23, 2019 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2019 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/wc2019/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225002815/http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/wc2019/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2020 World Figure Skating Championships|2020]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports#Figure skating|COVID-19 pandemic]]''
| <ref name="WC2020">{{cite web |date=March 11, 2020 |title=ISU Statement - ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2020, Montreal |url=https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/145-news/13099-isu-statement-isu-world-figure-skating-championships-2020-montreal?templateParam=15 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=March 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311205244/https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/145-news/13099-isu-statement-isu-world-figure-skating-championships-2020-montreal?templateParam=15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2021 World Figure Skating Championships|2021]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Nathan Chen]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Yuma Kagiyama]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Yuzuru Hanyu]]
| <ref name="WC2021">{{cite web |date=March 27, 2021 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2021/wc2021/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=March 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327220455/http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2021/wc2021/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2022 World Figure Skating Championships|2022]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Montpellier]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Shoma Uno]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Yuma Kagiyama]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Vincent Zhou]]
| <ref name="WC2022">{{cite web |date=March 26, 2022 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2122/wc2022/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324214336/http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2122/wc2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2023 World Figure Skating Championships|2023]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Shoma Uno]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KOR}} [[Cha Jun-hwan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Ilia Malinin]]
| <ref name="WC2023">{{cite web |date=March 25, 2023 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2023 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2223/wc2023/ |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325092727/https://www.isuresults.com/results/season2223/wc2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2024 World Figure Skating Championships|2024]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Ilia Malinin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Yuma Kagiyama]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Adam Siao Him Fa]]
| <ref name="WC2024">{{cite web |date=March 24, 2024 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2024 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/wc2024/ |access-date=March 19, 2024 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324021951/http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/wc2024/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2025 World Figure Skating Championships|2025]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Boston]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Ilia Malinin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KAZ}} [[Mikhail Shaidorov]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Yuma Kagiyama]]
| <ref name="WC2025">{{cite web |date=March 26, 2025 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025 |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2425/wc2025/ |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-date=March 30, 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250330080028/https://www.isuresults.com/results/season2425/wc2025/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

===Women's singles===
{| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:100%"
|+Women's event medalists
! scope="col" style="text-align:center" | Year
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:20%"| Location
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze
! scope="col" style="text-align:center" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1906 World Figure Skating Championships|1906]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Madge Syers]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Jenny Herz]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Lily Kronberger]]
| rowspan="83" | <ref name="Worlds-Women">{{cite web |title=World Figure Skating Championships: Ladies |url=http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148236-165452-56215-0-file,00.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221144354/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148236-165452-56215-0-file,00.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2006 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1907 World Figure Skating Championships|1907]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|Austria-Hungary}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Madge Syers]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Jenny Herz]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Lily Kronberger]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1908 World Figure Skating Championships|1908]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|Austria-Hungary}} [[Opava|Troppau]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Lily Kronberger]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Elsa Rendschmidt]]
| align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No other competitors''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1909 World Figure Skating Championships|1909]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|Austria-Hungary}} [[Budapest]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Lily Kronberger]]
| colspan=2 align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No other competitors''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1910 World Figure Skating Championships|1910]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Berlin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Lily Kronberger]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Elsa Rendschmidt]]
| align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No other competitors''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1911 World Figure Skating Championships|1911]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|Austria-Hungary}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Lily Kronberger]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Opika von Méray Horváth]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Ludowika Jakobsson|Ludowika Eilers]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1912 World Figure Skating Championships|1912]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Opika von Méray Horváth]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Dorothy Greenhough-Smith]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Phyllis Johnson]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1913 World Figure Skating Championships|1913]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Opika von Méray Horváth]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Phyllis Johnson]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Svea Norén]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1914 World Figure Skating Championships|1914]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[St. Moritz]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1896}} [[Opika von Méray Horváth]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT|empire}} [[Angela Hanka]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Phyllis Johnson]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|1915–21}}
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No competitions due to [[World War I]]''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1922 World Figure Skating Championships|1922]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Herma Szabo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Svea Norén]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Margot Moe]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1923 World Figure Skating Championships|1923]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Herma Szabo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Gisela Reichmann]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Svea Norén]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1924 World Figure Skating Championships|1924]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Oslo|Kristiania]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Herma Szabo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Weimar}} [[Ellen Brockhöft]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Beatrix Loughran]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1925 World Figure Skating Championships|1925]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Herma Szabo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Weimar}} [[Ellen Brockhöft]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Weimar}} [[Elisabeth Böckel]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1926 World Figure Skating Championships|1926]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Herma Szabo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Sonja Henie]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Kathleen Shaw]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1927 World Figure Skating Championships|1927]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Oslo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Sonja Henie]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Herma Szabo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Karen Simensen]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1928 World Figure Skating Championships|1928]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[London]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Sonja Henie]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Maribel Vinson]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Fritzi Burger]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1929 World Figure Skating Championships|1929]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1920}} [[Budapest]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Sonja Henie]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Fritzi Burger]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Melitta Brunner]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1930 World Figure Skating Championships|1930]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[New York City]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Sonja Henie]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1921}} [[Cecil Smith (figure skater)|Cecil Smith]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Maribel Vinson]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1931 World Figure Skating Championships|1931]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Weimar}} [[Berlin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Sonja Henie]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Hilde Holovsky]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Fritzi Burger]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1932 World Figure Skating Championships|1932]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1921}} [[Montreal]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Sonja Henie]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Fritzi Burger]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1921}} [[Constance Wilson-Samuel]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1933 World Figure Skating Championships|1933]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Sonja Henie]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Vivi-Anne Hultén]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Hilde Holovsky]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1934 World Figure Skating Championships|1934]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Oslo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Sonja Henie]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Megan Taylor]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Liselotte Landbeck]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1935 World Figure Skating Championships|1935]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Sonja Henie]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Cecilia Colledge]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Vivi-Anne Hultén]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1936 World Figure Skating Championships|1936]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Sonja Henie]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Megan Taylor]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Vivi-Anne Hultén]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1937 World Figure Skating Championships|1937]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[London]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Cecilia Colledge]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Megan Taylor]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Vivi-Anne Hultén]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1938 World Figure Skating Championships|1938]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Megan Taylor]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Cecilia Colledge]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Hedy Stenuf]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1939 World Figure Skating Championships|1939]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Megan Taylor]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Hedy Stenuf]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Daphne Walker (figure skater)|Daphne Walker]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|1940–46}}
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No competitions due to [[World War II]]''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1947 World Figure Skating Championships|1947]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1921}} [[Barbara Ann Scott]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Daphne Walker (figure skater)|Daphne Walker]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Gretchen Merrill]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1948 World Figure Skating Championships|1948]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1921}} [[Barbara Ann Scott]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Eva Pawlik]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Jiřina Nekolová]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1949 World Figure Skating Championships|1949]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Alena Vrzáňová]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Yvonne Sherman]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Jeannette Altwegg]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1950 World Figure Skating Championships|1950]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[London]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Alena Vrzáňová]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Jeannette Altwegg]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Yvonne Sherman]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1951 World Figure Skating Championships|1951]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Milan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Jeannette Altwegg]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Jacqueline du Bief]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Sonya Klopfer]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1952 World Figure Skating Championships|1952]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Jacqueline du Bief]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Sonya Klopfer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Virginia Baxter]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1953 World Figure Skating Championships|1953]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Tenley Albright]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Gundi Busch]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Valda Osborn]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1954 World Figure Skating Championships|1954]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Oslo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Gundi Busch]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Tenley Albright]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Erica Batchelor]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1955 World Figure Skating Championships|1955]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Tenley Albright]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Carol Heiss]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Hanna Eigel]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1956 World Figure Skating Championships|1956]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Carol Heiss]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Tenley Albright]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Ingrid Wendl]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1957 World Figure Skating Championships|1957]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Carol Heiss]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Hanna Eigel]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Ingrid Wendl]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1958 World Figure Skating Championships|1958]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Carol Heiss]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Ingrid Wendl]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Hanna Walter]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1959 World Figure Skating Championships|1959]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Carol Heiss]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Hanna Walter]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NED}} [[Sjoukje Dijkstra]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1960 World Figure Skating Championships|1960]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1957}} [[Vancouver]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1959}} [[Carol Heiss]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NED}} [[Sjoukje Dijkstra]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1959}} [[Barbara Roles|Barbara Ann Roles]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1961
| rowspan="2" | {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the crash of [[Sabena Flight 548]]''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1962 World Figure Skating Championships|1962]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NED}} [[Sjoukje Dijkstra]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1957}} [[Wendy Griner]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Regine Heitzer]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1963 World Figure Skating Championships|1963]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NED}} [[Sjoukje Dijkstra]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Regine Heitzer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Nicole Hassler]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1964 World Figure Skating Championships|1964]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Dortmund]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NED}} [[Sjoukje Dijkstra]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Regine Heitzer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1957}} [[Petra Burka]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1965 World Figure Skating Championships|1965]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Petra Burka]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Regine Heitzer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Peggy Fleming]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1966 World Figure Skating Championships|1966]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Peggy Fleming]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Gabriele Seyfert]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Petra Burka]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1967 World Figure Skating Championships|1967]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Peggy Fleming]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Gabriele Seyfert]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Hana Mašková]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1968 World Figure Skating Championships|1968]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Geneva]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Peggy Fleming]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Gabriele Seyfert]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Hana Mašková]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1969 World Figure Skating Championships|1969]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Gabriele Seyfert]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Trixi Schuba|Beatrix Schuba]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN}} [[Zsuzsa Almássy]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1970 World Figure Skating Championships|1970]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|YUG}} [[Ljubljana]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Gabriele Seyfert]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Trixi Schuba|Beatrix Schuba]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Julie Lynn Holmes]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1971 World Figure Skating Championships|1971]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Lyon]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Trixi Schuba|Beatrix Schuba]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Julie Lynn Holmes]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Karen Magnussen]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1972 World Figure Skating Championships|1972]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Calgary]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Trixi Schuba|Beatrix Schuba]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Karen Magnussen]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Janet Lynn]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1973 World Figure Skating Championships|1973]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Bratislava]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Karen Magnussen]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Janet Lynn]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Christine Errath]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1974 World Figure Skating Championships|1974]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Munich]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Christine Errath]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Dorothy Hamill]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NED}} [[Dianne de Leeuw]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1975 World Figure Skating Championships|1975]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NED}} [[Dianne de Leeuw]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Dorothy Hamill]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Christine Errath]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1976 World Figure Skating Championships|1976]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Dorothy Hamill]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Christine Errath]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NED}} [[Dianne de Leeuw]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1977 World Figure Skating Championships|1977]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Tokyo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Linda Fratianne]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Anett Pötzsch]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Dagmar Lurz]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1978 World Figure Skating Championships|1978]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Ottawa]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Anett Pötzsch]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Linda Fratianne]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|Italy}} [[Susanna Driano]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1979 World Figure Skating Championships|1979]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Linda Fratianne]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Anett Pötzsch]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Emi Watanabe]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1980 World Figure Skating Championships|1980]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Dortmund]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Anett Pötzsch]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Dagmar Lurz]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Linda Fratianne]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1981 World Figure Skating Championships|1981]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Denise Biellmann]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Elaine Zayak]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Claudia Kristofics-Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1982 World Figure Skating Championships|1982]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEN}} [[Copenhagen]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Elaine Zayak]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Katarina Witt]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Claudia Kristofics-Binder]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1983 World Figure Skating Championships|1983]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Rosalynn Sumners]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Claudia Leistner]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS}} [[Elena Vodorezova]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1984 World Figure Skating Championships|1984]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Ottawa]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Katarina Witt]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS}} [[Anna Levandi|Anna Kondrashova]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Elaine Zayak]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1985 World Figure Skating Championships|1985]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Tokyo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Katarina Witt]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|URS}} [[Kira Ivanova]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Tiffany Chin]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1986 World Figure Skating Championships|1986]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Geneva]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Debi Thomas]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Katarina Witt]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Tiffany Chin]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1987 World Figure Skating Championships|1987]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Katarina Witt]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Debi Thomas]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Caryn Kadavy]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1988 World Figure Skating Championships|1988]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN}} [[Budapest]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GDR}} [[Katarina Witt]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Elizabeth Manley]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Debi Thomas]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1989 World Figure Skating Championships|1989]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Midori Ito]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Claudia Leistner]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Jill Trenary]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1990 World Figure Skating Championships|1990]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Jill Trenary]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Midori Ito]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Holly Cook]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1991 World Figure Skating Championships|1991]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Munich]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Kristi Yamaguchi]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Tonya Harding]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Nancy Kerrigan]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1992 World Figure Skating Championships|1992]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Kristi Yamaguchi]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Nancy Kerrigan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} [[Chen Lu (figure skater)|Chen Lu]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1993 World Figure Skating Championships|1993]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CZE}} [[Prague]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|UKR}} [[Oksana Baiul]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Surya Bonaly]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} [[Chen Lu (figure skater)|Chen Lu]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1994 World Figure Skating Championships|1994]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Yuka Sato]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Surya Bonaly]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Tanja Szewczenko]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1995 World Figure Skating Championships|1995]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Birmingham]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} [[Chen Lu (figure skater)|Chen Lu]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Surya Bonaly]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Nicole Bobek]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1996 World Figure Skating Championships|1996]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Edmonton]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Michelle Kwan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} [[Chen Lu (figure skater)|Chen Lu]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Irina Slutskaya]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1997 World Figure Skating Championships|1997]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Lausanne]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Tara Lipinski]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Michelle Kwan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Vanessa Gusmeroli]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1998 World Figure Skating Championships|1998]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Michelle Kwan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Irina Slutskaya]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Maria Butyrskaya]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1999 World Figure Skating Championships|1999]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Maria Butyrskaya]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Michelle Kwan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Julia Soldatova]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2000 World Figure Skating Championships|2000]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Nice]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Michelle Kwan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Irina Slutskaya]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Maria Butyrskaya]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2001 World Figure Skating Championships|2001]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Vancouver]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Michelle Kwan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Irina Slutskaya]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Sarah Hughes]]
| <ref name=WC2001/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2002 World Figure Skating Championships|2002]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Irina Slutskaya]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Michelle Kwan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Fumie Suguri]]
| <ref name=WC2002/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2003 World Figure Skating Championships|2003]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Washington, D.C.]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Michelle Kwan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Elena Sokolova]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Fumie Suguri]]
| <ref name=WC2003/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2004 World Figure Skating Championships|2004]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Dortmund]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Shizuka Arakawa]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Sasha Cohen]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Michelle Kwan]]
| <ref name=WC2004/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2005 World Figure Skating Championships|2005]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Moscow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Irina Slutskaya]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Sasha Cohen]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA|2003}} [[Carolina Kostner]]
| <ref name=WC2005/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2006 World Figure Skating Championships|2006]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Calgary]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Kimmie Meissner]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Fumie Suguri]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Sasha Cohen]]
| <ref name=WC2006/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships|2007]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Miki Ando]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Mao Asada]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KOR}} [[Yuna Kim]]
| <ref name=WC2007/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2008 World Figure Skating Championships|2008]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Mao Asada]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Carolina Kostner]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KOR}} [[Yuna Kim]]
| <ref name=WC2008/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2009 World Figure Skating Championships|2009]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Los Angeles]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KOR}} [[Yuna Kim]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Joannie Rochette]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Miki Ando]]
| <ref name=WC2009/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2010 World Figure Skating Championships|2010]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Turin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Mao Asada]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KOR}} [[Yuna Kim]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Laura Lepistö]]
| <ref name=WC2010/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2011 World Figure Skating Championships|2011]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Moscow]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Miki Ando]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KOR}} [[Yuna Kim]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Carolina Kostner]]
| <ref name=WC2011/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2012 World Figure Skating Championships|2012]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Nice]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Carolina Kostner]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Alena Leonova]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Akiko Suzuki]]
| <ref name=WC2012/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2013 World Figure Skating Championships|2013]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[London, Ontario|London]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KOR}} [[Yuna Kim]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Carolina Kostner]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Mao Asada]]
| <ref name=WC2013/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2014 World Figure Skating Championships|2014]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Mao Asada]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Yulia Lipnitskaya]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Carolina Kostner]]
| <ref name=WC2014/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2015 World Figure Skating Championships|2015]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} [[Shanghai]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Elizaveta Tuktamysheva]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Satoko Miyahara]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Elena Radionova]]
| <ref name=WC2015/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2016 World Figure Skating Championships|2016]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Boston]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Evgenia Medvedeva]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Ashley Wagner]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Anna Pogorilaya]]
| <ref name=WC2016/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2017 World Figure Skating Championships|2017]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Evgenia Medvedeva]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Kaetlyn Osmond]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Gabrielle Daleman]]
| <ref name=WC2017/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2018 World Figure Skating Championships|2018]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Milan]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Kaetlyn Osmond]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Wakaba Higuchi]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Satoko Miyahara]]
| <ref name=WC2018/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2019 World Figure Skating Championships|2019]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Alina Zagitova]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KAZ}} [[Elizabet Tursynbaeva]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Evgenia Medvedeva]]
| <ref name=WC2019/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2020 World Figure Skating Championships|2020]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports#Figure skating|COVID-19 pandemic]]''
| <ref name=WC2020/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2021 World Figure Skating Championships|2021]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| '''[[Figure Skating Federation of Russia|FSR]]''' [[Anna Shcherbakova]]
| '''[[Figure Skating Federation of Russia|FSR]]''' [[Elizaveta Tuktamysheva]]
| '''[[Figure Skating Federation of Russia|FSR]]''' [[Alexandra Trusova]]
| <ref name=WC2021/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2022 World Figure Skating Championships|2022]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Montpellier]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Kaori Sakamoto]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|BEL}} [[Loena Hendrickx]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Alysa Liu]]
| <ref name=WC2022/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2023 World Figure Skating Championships|2023]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Kaori Sakamoto]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KOR}} [[Lee Hae-in (figure skater)|Lee Hae-in]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|BEL}} [[Loena Hendrickx]]
| <ref name=WC2023/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2024 World Figure Skating Championships|2024]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Kaori Sakamoto]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Isabeau Levito]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|KOR}} [[Kim Chae-yeon (figure skater)|Kim Chae-yeon]]
| <ref name=WC2024/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2025 World Figure Skating Championships|2025]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Boston]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Alysa Liu]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Kaori Sakamoto]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Mone Chiba]]
| <ref name=WC2025/>
|}

===Pairs===
{| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:100%"
|+Pairs' event medalists
! scope="col" style="text-align:center" | Year
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:20%"| Location
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze
! scope="col" style="text-align:center" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1908 World Figure Skating Championships|1908]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|Russian Empire}} [[St. Petersburg]]
| {{FS medalist|German Empire|Anna Hübler|Heinrich Burger}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Phyllis Johnson|link2=James H. Johnson (figure skater)|James H. Johnson}}
| {{FS medalist|Russian Empire|Lidia Popova|link2=Alexander Fischer (figure skater)|Alexander L. Fischer}}
| rowspan="81" | <ref name="Worlds-Pairs">{{cite web |title=World Figure Skating Championships: Pairs |url=http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148238-165454-56217-0-file,00.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221144406/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148238-165454-56217-0-file,00.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2006 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1909 World Figure Skating Championships|1909]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Phyllis Johnson|link2=James H. Johnson (figure skater)|James H. Johnson}}
| {{FS medalist|SWE|Valborg Lindahl|Nils Rosenius}}
| {{FS medalist|SWE|Gertrud Ström|Richard Johansson}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1910 World Figure Skating Championships|1910]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|German Empire}} [[Berlin]]
| {{FS medalist|German Empire|Anna Hübler|Heinrich Burger}}
| {{FS medalist|German Empire|link=Ludowika Jakobsson|Ludowika Eilers|flag2=FIN|Walter Jakobsson}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Phyllis Johnson|link2=James H. Johnson (figure skater)|James H. Johnson}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1911 World Figure Skating Championships|1911]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|Austria-Hungary}} [[Vienna]]
| {{FS medalist|German Empire|link=Ludowika Jakobsson|Ludowika Eilers|flag2=FIN|Walter Jakobsson}}
| colspan=2 align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No other competitors''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1912 World Figure Skating Championships|1912]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Manchester]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Phyllis Johnson|link2=James H. Johnson (figure skater)|James H. Johnson}}
| {{FS medalist|FIN|Ludowika Jakobsson|Walter Jakobsson}}
| {{FS medalist|NOR|link=Alexia Bryn|Alexia Schøien|Yngvar Bryn}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1913 World Figure Skating Championships|1913]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{FS medalist|Austria-Hungary|Helene Engelmann|Karl Mejstrik}}
| {{FS medalist|FIN|Ludowika Jakobsson|Walter Jakobsson}}
| {{FS medalist|Austria-Hungary|Christa von Szabó|Leo Horwitz}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1914 World Figure Skating Championships|1914]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[St. Moritz]]
| {{FS medalist|FIN|Ludowika Jakobsson|Walter Jakobsson}}
| {{FS medalist|Austria-Hungary|Helene Engelmann|Karl Mejstrik}}
| {{FS medalist|Austria-Hungary|Christa von Szabó|Leo Horwitz}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|1915–21}}
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No competitions due to [[World War I]]''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1922 World Figure Skating Championships|1922]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Helene Engelmann|Alfred Berger}}
| {{FS medalist|FIN|Ludowika Jakobsson|Walter Jakobsson}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|altflag=Weimar|Margaret Metzner|Paul Metzner}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1923 World Figure Skating Championships|1923]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Oslo|Kristiania]]
| {{FS medalist|FIN|Ludowika Jakobsson|Walter Jakobsson}}
| {{FS medalist|NOR|Alexia Bryn|Yngvar Bryn}}
| {{FS medalist|SWE|Elna Henrikson|Kaj af Ekström}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1924 World Figure Skating Championships|1924]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Manchester]]
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Helene Engelmann|Alfred Berger}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Ethel Muckelt|link2=John Page (figure skater)|John F. Page}}
| {{FS medalist|SWE|Elna Henrikson|Kaj af Ekström}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1925 World Figure Skating Championships|1925]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Herma Szabo|Ludwig Wrede}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|link=Andrée Brunet|Andrée Joly|link2=Pierre Brunet (figure skater)|Pierre Brunet}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Lilly Scholz|link2=Otto Kaiser (figure skater)|Otto Kaiser}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1926 World Figure Skating Championships|1926]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Weimar}} [[Berlin]]
| {{FS medalist|FRA|link=Andrée Brunet|Andrée Joly|link2=Pierre Brunet (figure skater)|Pierre Brunet}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Lilly Scholz|link2=Otto Kaiser (figure skater)|Otto Kaiser}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Herma Szabo|Ludwig Wrede}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1927 World Figure Skating Championships|1927]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Herma Szabo|Ludwig Wrede}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Lilly Scholz|link2=Otto Kaiser (figure skater)|Otto Kaiser}}
| {{FS medalist|TCH|Else Hoppe|Oscar Hoppe}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1928 World Figure Skating Championships|1928]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[London]]
| {{FS medalist|FRA|link=Andrée Brunet|Andrée Joly|link2=Pierre Brunet (figure skater)|Pierre Brunet}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Lilly Scholz|link2=Otto Kaiser (figure skater)|Otto Kaiser}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Melitta Brunner|Ludwig Wrede}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1929 World Figure Skating Championships|1929]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1920}} [[Budapest]]
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Lilly Scholz|link2=Otto Kaiser (figure skater)|Otto Kaiser}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Melitta Brunner|Ludwig Wrede}}
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1920|Olga Orgonista|link2=Sándor Szalay (figure skater)|Sándor Szalay}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1930 World Figure Skating Championships|1930]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[New York City]]
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Andrée Brunet|link2=Pierre Brunet (figure skater)|Pierre Brunet}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Melitta Brunner|Ludwig Wrede}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Beatrix Loughran|Sherwin Badger}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1931 World Figure Skating Championships|1931]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|Weimar Republic}} [[Berlin]]
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1920|Emília Rotter|László Szollás}}
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1920|Olga Orgonista|link2=Sándor Szalay (figure skater)|Sándor Szalay}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Idi Papez|Karl Zwack}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1932 World Figure Skating Championships|1932]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1921}} [[Montreal]]
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Andrée Brunet|link2=Pierre Brunet (figure skater)|Pierre Brunet}}
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1920|Emília Rotter|László Szollás}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Beatrix Loughran|Sherwin Badger}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1933 World Figure Skating Championships|1933]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1920|Emília Rotter|László Szollás}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Idi Papez|Karl Zwack}}
| {{FS medalist|NOR|Randi Bakke|link2=Christen Christensen (figure skater)|Christen Christensen}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1934 World Figure Skating Championships|1934]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1920|Emília Rotter|László Szollás}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Idi Papez|Karl Zwack}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|altflag=1933|Maxi Herber|Ernst Baier}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1935 World Figure Skating Championships|1935]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1920}} [[Budapest]]
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1920|Emília Rotter|László Szollás}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Ilse Pausin|Erik Pausin}}
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1920|Lucy Galló|Rezső Dillinger}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1936 World Figure Skating Championships|1936]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{FS medalist|GER|altflag=Nazi|Maxi Herber|Ernst Baier}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Ilse Pausin|Erik Pausin}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Violet Cliff|link2=Leslie Cliff (figure skater)|Leslie Cliff}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1937 World Figure Skating Championships|1937]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[London]]
| {{FS medalist|GER|altflag=Nazi|Maxi Herber|Ernst Baier}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Ilse Pausin|Erik Pausin}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Violet Cliff|link2=Leslie Cliff (figure skater)|Leslie Cliff}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1938 World Figure Skating Championships|1938]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Nazi}} [[Berlin]]
| {{FS medalist|GER|altflag=Nazi|Maxi Herber|Ernst Baier}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Ilse Pausin|Erik Pausin}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|altflag=Nazi|link=Inge Koch (figure skater)|Inge Koch|Günther Noack}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1939 World Figure Skating Championships|1939]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1920}} [[Budapest]]
| {{FS medalist|GER|altflag=Nazi|Maxi Herber|Ernst Baier}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|altflag=Nazi|Ilse Pausin|Erik Pausin}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|altflag=Nazi|link=Inge Koch (figure skater)|Inge Koch|Günther Noack}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|1940–46}}
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No competitions due to [[World War II]]''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1947 World Figure Skating Championships|1947]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{FS medalist|BEL|Micheline Lannoy|Pierre Baugniet}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Karol Kennedy|link2=Peter Kennedy (figure skater)|Peter Kennedy}}
| {{FS medalist|BEL|Suzanne Diskeuve|Edmond Verbustel}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1948 World Figure Skating Championships|1948]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{FS medalist|BEL|Micheline Lannoy|Pierre Baugniet}}
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1946|Andrea Kékesy|Ede Király}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1921|Suzanne Morrow|Wallace Diestelmeyer}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1949 World Figure Skating Championships|1949]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1946|Andrea Kékesy|Ede Király}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Karol Kennedy|link2=Peter Kennedy (figure skater)|Peter Kennedy}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|link=Ann Davies (figure skater)|Ann Davies|Carleton Hoffner}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1950 World Figure Skating Championships|1950]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[London]]
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Karol Kennedy|link2=Peter Kennedy (figure skater)|Peter Kennedy}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Jennifer Nicks|John Nicks}}
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1949|Marianne Nagy|link2=László Nagy (figure skater)|László Nagy}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1951 World Figure Skating Championships|1951]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Milan]]
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Ria Baran|Paul Falk}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Karol Kennedy|link2=Peter Kennedy (figure skater)|Peter Kennedy}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Jennifer Nicks|John Nicks}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1952 World Figure Skating Championships|1952]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Ria Baran|Paul Falk}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Karol Kennedy|link2=Peter Kennedy (figure skater)|Peter Kennedy}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Jennifer Nicks|John Nicks}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1953 World Figure Skating Championships|1953]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Jennifer Nicks|John Nicks}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1921|Frances Dafoe|Norris Bowden}}
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1949|Marianne Nagy|link2=László Nagy (figure skater)|László Nagy}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1954 World Figure Skating Championships|1954]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Oslo]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1921|Frances Dafoe|Norris Bowden}}
| {{FS medalist|SUI|Silvia Grandjean|Michel Grandjean}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Sissy Schwarz|Kurt Oppelt}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1955 World Figure Skating Championships|1955]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1921|Frances Dafoe|Norris Bowden}}
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Sissy Schwarz|Kurt Oppelt}}
| {{FS medalist|HUN|altflag=1949|Marianne Nagy|link2=László Nagy (figure skater)|László Nagy}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1956 World Figure Skating Championships|1956]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]
| {{FS medalist|AUT|Sissy Schwarz|Kurt Oppelt}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1921|Frances Dafoe|Norris Bowden}}
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Marika Kilius|Franz Ningel}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1957 World Figure Skating Championships|1957]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Barbara Wagner|link2=Robert Paul (figure skater)|Robert Paul}}
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Marika Kilius|Franz Ningel}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Maria Jelinek|Otto Jelinek}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1958 World Figure Skating Championships|1958]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Barbara Wagner|link2=Robert Paul (figure skater)|Robert Paul}}
| {{FS medalist|TCH|Věra Suchánková|Zdeněk Doležal}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Maria Jelinek|Otto Jelinek}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1959 World Figure Skating Championships|1959]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Barbara Wagner|link2=Robert Paul (figure skater)|Robert Paul}}
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Marika Kilius|Hans-Jürgen Bäumler}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Nancy Ludington|Ronald Ludington}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1960 World Figure Skating Championships|1960]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1957}} [[Vancouver]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Barbara Wagner|link2=Robert Paul (figure skater)|Robert Paul}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Maria Jelinek|Otto Jelinek}}
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Marika Kilius|Hans-Jürgen Bäumler}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1961
| rowspan="2" | {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the crash of [[Sabena Flight 548]]''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1962 World Figure Skating Championships|1962]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Maria Jelinek|Otto Jelinek}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Ludmila Belousova|Oleg Protopopov}}
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Margret Göbl|Franz Ningel}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1963 World Figure Skating Championships|1963]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]]
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Marika Kilius|Hans-Jürgen Bäumler}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Ludmila Belousova|Oleg Protopopov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Tatiana Zhuk|link2=Aleksandr Gavrilov (figure skater)|Alexander Gavrilov}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1964 World Figure Skating Championships|1964]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Dortmund]]
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Marika Kilius|Hans-Jürgen Bäumler}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Ludmila Belousova|Oleg Protopopov}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Debbi Wilkes|Guy Revell}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1965 World Figure Skating Championships|1965]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Ludmila Belousova|Oleg Protopopov}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Vivian Joseph|link2=Ronald Joseph (figure skater)|Ronald Joseph}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Tatiana Zhuk|Alexander Gorelik}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1966 World Figure Skating Championships|1966]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Ludmila Belousova|Oleg Protopopov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Tatiana Zhuk|Alexander Gorelik}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Cynthia Kauffman|Ronald Kauffman}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1967 World Figure Skating Championships|1967]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Ludmila Belousova|Oleg Protopopov}}
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Margot Glockshuber|Wolfgang Danne}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Cynthia Kauffman|Ronald Kauffman}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1968 World Figure Skating Championships|1968]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Geneva]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Ludmila Belousova|Oleg Protopopov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Tatiana Zhuk|Alexander Gorelik}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Cynthia Kauffman|Ronald Kauffman}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1969 World Figure Skating Championships|1969]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Rodnina|Alexei Ulanov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Tamara Moskvina|Alexei Mishin}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Ludmila Belousova|Oleg Protopopov}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1970 World Figure Skating Championships|1970]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|YUG}} [[Ljubljana]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Rodnina|Alexei Ulanov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Lyudmila Smirnova|Andrei Suraikin}}
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Heidemarie Steiner|Heinz-Ulrich Walther}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1971 World Figure Skating Championships|1971]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Lyon]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Rodnina|Alexei Ulanov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Lyudmila Smirnova|Andrei Suraikin}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|JoJo Starbuck|Kenneth Shelley}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1972 World Figure Skating Championships|1972]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Calgary]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Rodnina|Alexei Ulanov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Lyudmila Smirnova|Andrei Suraikin}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|JoJo Starbuck|Kenneth Shelley}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1973 World Figure Skating Championships|1973]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Bratislava]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Rodnina|link2=Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)|Alexander Zaitsev}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Lyudmila Smirnova|Alexei Ulanov}}
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Manuela Groß|Uwe Kagelmann}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1974 World Figure Skating Championships|1974]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Munich]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Rodnina|link2=Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)|Alexander Zaitsev}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Lyudmila Smirnova|Alexei Ulanov}}
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Romy Kermer|Rolf Oesterreich}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1975 World Figure Skating Championships|1975]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Rodnina|link2=Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)|Alexander Zaitsev}}
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Romy Kermer|Rolf Oesterreich}}
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Manuela Groß|Uwe Kagelmann}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1976 World Figure Skating Championships|1976]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Rodnina|link2=Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)|Alexander Zaitsev}}
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Romy Kermer|Rolf Oesterreich}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Vorobieva|link2=Aleksandr Vlasov (figure skater)|Alexander Vlasov}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1977 World Figure Skating Championships|1977]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Tokyo]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Rodnina|link2=Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)|Alexander Zaitsev}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Vorobieva|link2=Aleksandr Vlasov (figure skater)|Alexander Vlasov}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Tai Babilonia|link2=Randy Gardner (figure skater)|Randy Gardner}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1978 World Figure Skating Championships|1978]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Ottawa]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Rodnina|link2=Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)|Alexander Zaitsev}}
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Manuela Mager|Uwe Bewersdorf}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Tai Babilonia|link2=Randy Gardner (figure skater)|Randy Gardner}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1979 World Figure Skating Championships|1979]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{FS medalist|USA|Tai Babilonia|link2=Randy Gardner (figure skater)|Randy Gardner}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Marina Cherkasova|Sergei Shakhrai}}
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Sabine Baeß|Tassilo Thierbach}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1980 World Figure Skating Championships|1980]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Dortmund]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Marina Cherkasova|Sergei Shakhrai}}
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Manuela Mager|Uwe Bewersdorf}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Marina Pestova|Stanislav Leonovich}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1981 World Figure Skating Championships|1981]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Irina Vorobieva|Igor Lisovski}}
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Sabine Baeß|Tassilo Thierbach}}
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Christina Riegel|Andreas Nischwitz}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1982 World Figure Skating Championships|1982]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEN}} [[Copenhagen]]
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Sabine Baeß|Tassilo Thierbach}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Marina Pestova|Stanislav Leonovich}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|link=Kitty Carruthers|Caitlin Carruthers|link2=Peter Carruthers (figure skater)|Peter Carruthers}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1983 World Figure Skating Championships|1983]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Elena Valova|link2=Oleg Vasiliev (figure skater)|Oleg Vasiliev}}
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Sabine Baeß|Tassilo Thierbach}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Barbara Underhill|Paul Martini}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1984 World Figure Skating Championships|1984]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Ottawa]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Barbara Underhill|Paul Martini}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Elena Valova|link2=Oleg Vasiliev (figure skater)|Oleg Vasiliev}}
| {{FS medalist|GDR|Sabine Baeß|Tassilo Thierbach}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1985 World Figure Skating Championships|1985]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Tokyo]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Elena Valova|link2=Oleg Vasiliev (figure skater)|Oleg Vasiliev}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Larisa Selezneva|link2=Oleg Makarov (figure skater)|Oleg Makarov}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Katherina Matousek|Lloyd Eisler}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1986 World Figure Skating Championships|1986]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Geneva]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Ekaterina Gordeeva|Sergei Grinkov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Elena Valova|link2=Oleg Vasiliev (figure skater)|Oleg Vasiliev}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Cynthia Coull|Mark Rowsom}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1987 World Figure Skating Championships|1987]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Ekaterina Gordeeva|Sergei Grinkov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Elena Valova|link2=Oleg Vasiliev (figure skater)|Oleg Vasiliev}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Jill Watson|Peter Oppegard}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1988 World Figure Skating Championships|1988]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN}} [[Budapest]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Elena Valova|link2=Oleg Vasiliev (figure skater)|Oleg Vasiliev}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Ekaterina Gordeeva|Sergei Grinkov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Larisa Selezneva|link2=Oleg Makarov (figure skater)|Oleg Makarov}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1989 World Figure Skating Championships|1989]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Ekaterina Gordeeva|Sergei Grinkov}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Cindy Landry|Lyndon Johnston}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Elena Bechke|Denis Petrov}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1990 World Figure Skating Championships|1990]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Ekaterina Gordeeva|Sergei Grinkov}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Isabelle Brasseur|Lloyd Eisler}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Natalia Mishkutionok|Artur Dmitriev}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1991 World Figure Skating Championships|1991]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Munich]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Natalia Mishkutionok|Artur Dmitriev}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Isabelle Brasseur|Lloyd Eisler}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Natasha Kuchiki|Todd Sand}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1992 World Figure Skating Championships|1992]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]
| {{FS medalist|CIS|altflag=1992|Natalia Mishkutionok|Artur Dmitriev}}
| {{FS medalist|TCH|Radka Kovaříková|René Novotný}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Isabelle Brasseur|Lloyd Eisler}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1993 World Figure Skating Championships|1993]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CZE}} [[Prague]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Isabelle Brasseur|Lloyd Eisler}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|Mandy Wötzel|Ingo Steuer}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|altflag=1991|Evgenia Shishkova|Vadim Naumov}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1994 World Figure Skating Championships|1994]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Evgenia Shishkova|Vadim Naumov}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Isabelle Brasseur|Lloyd Eisler}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Marina Eltsova|Andrei Bushkov}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1995 World Figure Skating Championships|1995]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Birmingham]]
| {{FS medalist|CZE|Radka Kovaříková|René Novotný}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Evgenia Shishkova|Vadim Naumov}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Jenni Meno|Todd Sand}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1996 World Figure Skating Championships|1996]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Edmonton]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Marina Eltsova|Andrei Bushkov}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|Mandy Wötzel|Ingo Steuer}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Jenni Meno|Todd Sand}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1997 World Figure Skating Championships|1997]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Lausanne]]
| {{FS medalist|GER|Mandy Wötzel|Ingo Steuer}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Marina Eltsova|Andrei Bushkov}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Oksana Kazakova|Artur Dmitriev}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1998 World Figure Skating Championships|1998]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Elena Berezhnaya|Anton Sikharulidze}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Jenni Meno|Todd Sand}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|Peggy Schwarz|Mirko Müller}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1999 World Figure Skating Championships|1999]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Elena Berezhnaya|Anton Sikharulidze}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Shen Xue|Zhao Hongbo}}
| {{FS medalist|POL|link=Dorota Siudek|Dorota Zagórska|Mariusz Siudek}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2000 World Figure Skating Championships|2000]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Nice]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|link=Maria Petrova (figure skater)|Maria Petrova|Alexei Tikhonov}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Shen Xue|Zhao Hongbo}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Sarah Abitbol|Stéphane Bernadis}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2001 World Figure Skating Championships|2001]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Vancouver]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Jamie Salé|David Pelletier}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Elena Berezhnaya|Anton Sikharulidze}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Shen Xue|Zhao Hongbo}}
| <ref name=WC2001/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2002 World Figure Skating Championships|2002]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]]
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Shen Xue|Zhao Hongbo}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Tatiana Totmianina|Maxim Marinin}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Kyoko Ina|link2=John Zimmerman (figure skater)|John Zimmerman}}
| <ref name=WC2002/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2003 World Figure Skating Championships|2003]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Washington, D.C.]]
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Shen Xue|Zhao Hongbo}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Tatiana Totmianina|Maxim Marinin}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|link=Maria Petrova (figure skater)|Maria Petrova|Alexei Tikhonov}}
| <ref name=WC2003/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2004 World Figure Skating Championships|2004]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Dortmund]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Tatiana Totmianina|Maxim Marinin}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Shen Xue|Zhao Hongbo}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Pang Qing|Tong Jian}}
| <ref name=WC2004/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2005 World Figure Skating Championships|2005]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Moscow]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Tatiana Totmianina|Maxim Marinin}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|link=Maria Petrova (figure skater)|Maria Petrova|Alexei Tikhonov}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Zhang Dan|link2=Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Zhang Hao}}
| <ref name=WC2005/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2006 World Figure Skating Championships|2006]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Calgary]]
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Pang Qing|Tong Jian}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Zhang Dan|link2=Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Zhang Hao}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|link=Maria Petrova (figure skater)|Maria Petrova|Alexei Tikhonov}}
| <ref name=WC2006/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships|2007]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]]
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Shen Xue|Zhao Hongbo}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Pang Qing|Tong Jian}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|link=Aljona Savchenko|Aliona Savchenko|Robin Szolkowy}}
| <ref name=WC2007/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2008 World Figure Skating Championships|2008]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]]
| {{FS medalist|GER|link=Aljona Savchenko|Aliona Savchenko|Robin Szolkowy}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Zhang Dan|link2=Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Zhang Hao}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Jessica Dubé|Bryce Davison}}
| <ref name=WC2008/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2009 World Figure Skating Championships|2009]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Los Angeles]]
| {{FS medalist|GER|link=Aljona Savchenko|Aliona Savchenko|Robin Szolkowy}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Zhang Dan|link2=Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Zhang Hao}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Yuko Kavaguti|link2=Alexander Smirnov (figure skater)|Alexander Smirnov}}
| <ref name=WC2009/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2010 World Figure Skating Championships|2010]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Turin]]
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Pang Qing|Tong Jian}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|link=Aljona Savchenko|Aliona Savchenko|Robin Szolkowy}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Yuko Kavaguti|link2=Alexander Smirnov (figure skater)|Alexander Smirnov}}
| <ref name=WC2010/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2011 World Figure Skating Championships|2011]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Moscow]]
| {{FS medalist|GER|link=Aljona Savchenko|Aliona Savchenko|Robin Szolkowy}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Tatiana Volosozhar|Maxim Trankov}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Pang Qing|Tong Jian}}
| <ref name=WC2011/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2012 World Figure Skating Championships|2012]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Nice]]
| {{FS medalist|GER|link=Aljona Savchenko|Aliona Savchenko|Robin Szolkowy}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Tatiana Volosozhar|Maxim Trankov}}
| {{FS medalist|JPN|Narumi Takahashi|Mervin Tran}}
| <ref name=WC2012/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2013 World Figure Skating Championships|2013]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[London, Ontario|London]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Tatiana Volosozhar|Maxim Trankov}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|link=Aljona Savchenko|Aliona Savchenko|Robin Szolkowy}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Meagan Duhamel|Eric Radford}}
| <ref name=WC2013/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2014 World Figure Skating Championships|2014]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| {{FS medalist|GER|link=Aljona Savchenko|Aliona Savchenko|Robin Szolkowy}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Ksenia Stolbova|Fedor Klimov}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Meagan Duhamel|Eric Radford}}
| <ref name=WC2014/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2015 World Figure Skating Championships|2015]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} [[Shanghai]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Meagan Duhamel|Eric Radford}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Sui Wenjing|Han Cong}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Pang Qing|Tong Jian}}
| <ref name=WC2015/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2016 World Figure Skating Championships|2016]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Boston]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Meagan Duhamel|Eric Radford}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Sui Wenjing|Han Cong}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|link=Aljona Savchenko|Aliona Savchenko|Bruno Massot}}
| <ref name=WC2016/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2017 World Figure Skating Championships|2017]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Sui Wenjing|Han Cong}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|link=Aljona Savchenko|Aliona Savchenko|Bruno Massot}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Evgenia Tarasova|link2=Vladimir Morozov (figure skater)|Vladimir Morozov}}
| <ref name=WC2017/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2018 World Figure Skating Championships|2018]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Milan]]
| {{FS medalist|GER|Aljona Savchenko|Bruno Massot}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Evgenia Tarasova|link2=Vladimir Morozov (figure skater)|Vladimir Morozov}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Vanessa James|Morgan Ciprès}}
| <ref name=WC2018/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2019 World Figure Skating Championships|2019]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Sui Wenjing|Han Cong}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Evgenia Tarasova|link2=Vladimir Morozov (figure skater)|Vladimir Morozov}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Natalia Zabiiako|Alexander Enbert}}
| <ref name=WC2019/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2020 World Figure Skating Championships|2020]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports#Figure skating|COVID-19 pandemic]]''
| <ref name=WC2020/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2021 World Figure Skating Championships|2021]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{FS medalist||noflag=[[Figure Skating Federation of Russia|'''FSR''']]|Anastasia Mishina|Aleksandr Galliamov}}
| {{FS medalist|CHN|Sui Wenjing|Han Cong}}
| {{FS medalist||noflag=[[Figure Skating Federation of Russia|'''FSR''']]|Aleksandra Boikova|Dmitrii Kozlovskii}}
| <ref name=WC2021/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2022 World Figure Skating Championships|2022]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Montpellier]]
| {{FS medalist|USA|Alexa Knierim|Brandon Frazier}}
| {{FS medalist|JPN|Riku Miura|Ryuichi Kihara}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Vanessa James|Eric Radford}}
| <ref name=WC2022/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2023 World Figure Skating Championships|2023]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| {{FS medalist|JPN|Riku Miura|Ryuichi Kihara}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Alexa Knierim|Brandon Frazier}}
| {{FS medalist|ITA|Sara Conti|Niccolò Macii}}
| <ref name=WC2023/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2024 World Figure Skating Championships|2024]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Deanna Stellato-Dudek|Maxime Deschamps}}
| {{FS medalist|JPN|Riku Miura|Ryuichi Kihara}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|Minerva Fabienne Hase|Nikita Volodin}}
| <ref name=WC2024/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2025 World Figure Skating Championships|2025]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Boston]]
|{{FS medalist|JPN|Riku Miura|Ryuichi Kihara}}
|{{FS medalist|GER|Minerva Fabienne Hase|Nikita Volodin}}
|{{FS medalist|ITA|Sara Conti|Niccolò Macii}}
| <ref name=WC2025/>
|}

===Ice dance===
{| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:100%"
|+Ice dance event medalists
! scope="col" style="text-align:center" | Year
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:20%"| Location
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze
! scope="col" style="text-align:center" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1952 World Figure Skating Championships|1952]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|link=Jean Westwood (figure skater)|Jean Westwood|Lawrence Demmy}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Joan Dewhirst|link2=John Slater (figure skater)|John Slater}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Carol Ann Peters|link2=Daniel Ryan (figure skater)|Daniel Ryan}}
| rowspan="49" | <ref name="Worlds-Dance">{{cite web |title=World Figure Skating Championships: Dance |url=http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148237-165453-56218-0-file,00.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221144400/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148237-165453-56218-0-file,00.pdf |archive-date=February 21, 2006 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1953 World Figure Skating Championships|1953]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|link=Jean Westwood (figure skater)|Jean Westwood|Lawrence Demmy}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Joan Dewhirst|link2=John Slater (figure skater)|John Slater}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Carol Ann Peters|link2=Daniel Ryan (figure skater)|Daniel Ryan}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1954 World Figure Skating Championships|1954]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NOR}} [[Oslo]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|link=Jean Westwood (figure skater)|Jean Westwood|Lawrence Demmy}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Nesta Davies|link2=Paul Thomas (figure skater)|Paul Thomas}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Carmel Bodel|Edward Bodel}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1955 World Figure Skating Championships|1955]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|link=Jean Westwood (figure skater)|Jean Westwood|Lawrence Demmy}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Pamela Weight|link2=Paul Thomas (figure skater)|Paul Thomas}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Barbara Radford|Raymond Lockwood}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1956 World Figure Skating Championships|1956]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Pamela Weight|link2=Paul Thomas (figure skater)|Paul Thomas}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|June Markham|link2=Courtney Jones (figure skater)|Courtney Jones}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|link=Barbara Thompson (figure skater)|Barbara Thompson|Gerard Rigby}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1957 World Figure Skating Championships|1957]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|June Markham|link2=Courtney Jones (figure skater)|Courtney Jones}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Geraldine Fenton|link2=William McLachlan (figure skater)|William McLachlan}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Sharon McKenzie|link2=Bert Wright (figure skater)|Bert Wright}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1958 World Figure Skating Championships|1958]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|June Markham|link2=Courtney Jones (figure skater)|Courtney Jones}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Geraldine Fenton|link2=William McLachlan (figure skater)|William McLachlan}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Andree Anderson|Donald Jacoby}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1959 World Figure Skating Championships|1959]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA|1912}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Doreen Denny|link2=Courtney Jones (figure skater)|Courtney Jones}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|altflag=1912|Andree Anderson|Donald Jacoby}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Geraldine Fenton|link2=William McLachlan (figure skater)|William McLachlan}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1960 World Figure Skating Championships|1960]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1957}} [[Vancouver]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Doreen Denny|link2=Courtney Jones (figure skater)|Courtney Jones}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Virginia Thompson|link2=William McLachlan (figure skater)|William McLachlan}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Christiane Guhel|Jean Paul Guhel}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | 1961
| rowspan="2" | {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the crash of [[Sabena Flight 548]]''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1962 World Figure Skating Championships|1962]]
| {{FS medalist|TCH|Eva Romanová|Pavel Roman}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Christiane Guhel|Jean Paul Guhel}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Virginia Thompson|link2=William McLachlan (figure skater)|William McLachlan}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1963 World Figure Skating Championships|1963]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]]
| {{FS medalist|TCH|Eva Romanová|Pavel Roman}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Linda Shearman|link2=Michael Phillips (figure skater)|Michael Phillips}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Paulette Doan|Kenneth Ormsby}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[1964 World Figure Skating Championships|1964]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Dortmund]]
| {{FS medalist|TCH|Eva Romanová|Pavel Roman}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|altflag=1957|Paulette Doan|Kenneth Ormsby}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Janet Sawbridge|David Hickinbottom}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1965 World Figure Skating Championships|1965]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{FS medalist|TCH|Eva Romanová|Pavel Roman}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Janet Sawbridge|David Hickinbottom}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Lorna Dyer|link2=John Carrell (figure skater)|John Carrell}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1966 World Figure Skating Championships|1966]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Davos]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Diane Towler|Bernard Ford}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Kristin Fortune|Dennis Sveum}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Lorna Dyer|link2=John Carrell (figure skater)|John Carrell}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1967 World Figure Skating Championships|1967]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Diane Towler|Bernard Ford}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Lorna Dyer|link2=John Carrell (figure skater)|John Carrell}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Yvonne Suddick|Malcolm Cannon}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1968 World Figure Skating Championships|1968]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Geneva]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Diane Towler|Bernard Ford}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Yvonne Suddick|Malcolm Cannon}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Janet Sawbridge|Jon Lane}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1969 World Figure Skating Championships|1969]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Diane Towler|Bernard Ford}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Judy Schwomeyer|James Sladky}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1970 World Figure Skating Championships|1970]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|YUG}} [[Ljubljana]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Judy Schwomeyer|James Sladky}}
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Angelika Buck|Erich Buck}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1971 World Figure Skating Championships|1971]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Lyon]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}}
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Angelika Buck|Erich Buck}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Judy Schwomeyer|James Sladky}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1972 World Figure Skating Championships|1972]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Calgary]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}}
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Angelika Buck|Erich Buck}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Judy Schwomeyer|James Sladky}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1973 World Figure Skating Championships|1973]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Bratislava]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}}
| {{FS medalist|FRG|Angelika Buck|Erich Buck}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Hilary Green|Glyn Watts}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1974 World Figure Skating Championships|1974]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Munich]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Hilary Green|Glyn Watts}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Natalia Linichuk|Gennadi Karponosov}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1975 World Figure Skating Championships|1975]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Moiseeva|link=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva|Andrei Minenkov|link2=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Colleen O'Connor|James Millns}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Hilary Green|Glyn Watts}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1976 World Figure Skating Championships|1976]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Moiseeva|link=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva|Andrei Minenkov|link2=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Colleen O'Connor|James Millns}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1977 World Figure Skating Championships|1977]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Tokyo]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Moiseeva|link=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva|Andrei Minenkov|link2=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|link=Janet Thompson (figure skater)|Janet Thompson|Warren Maxwell}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Natalia Linichuk|Gennadi Karponosov}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1978 World Figure Skating Championships|1978]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Ottawa]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Natalia Linichuk|Gennadi Karponosov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Moiseeva|link=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva|Andrei Minenkov|link2=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva}}
| {{FS medalist|HUN|Krisztina Regőczy|András Sallay}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1979 World Figure Skating Championships|1979]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Natalia Linichuk|Gennadi Karponosov}}
| {{FS medalist|HUN|Krisztina Regőczy|András Sallay}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|altflag=1955|Irina Moiseeva|link=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva|Andrei Minenkov|link2=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1980 World Figure Skating Championships|1980]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRG}} [[Dortmund]]
| {{FS medalist|HUN|Krisztina Regőczy|András Sallay}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Natalia Linichuk|Gennadi Karponosov}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Irina Moiseeva|link=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva|Andrei Minenkov|link2=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1981 World Figure Skating Championships|1981]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Jayne Torvill|Christopher Dean}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Irina Moiseeva|link=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva|Andrei Minenkov|link2=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Natalia Bestemianova|Andrei Bukin}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1982 World Figure Skating Championships|1982]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|DEN}} [[Copenhagen]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Jayne Torvill|Christopher Dean}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Natalia Bestemianova|Andrei Bukin}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Irina Moiseeva|link=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva|Andrei Minenkov|link2=Andrei Minenkov and Irina Moiseeva}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1983 World Figure Skating Championships|1983]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Jayne Torvill|Christopher Dean}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Natalia Bestemianova|Andrei Bukin}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Judy Blumberg|link2=Michael Seibert (figure skater)|Michael Seibert}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1984 World Figure Skating Championships|1984]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Ottawa]]
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Jayne Torvill|Christopher Dean}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Natalia Bestemianova|Andrei Bukin}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Judy Blumberg|link2=Michael Seibert (figure skater)|Michael Seibert}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1985 World Figure Skating Championships|1985]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Tokyo]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Natalia Bestemianova|Andrei Bukin}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Marina Klimova|Sergei Ponomarenko}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Judy Blumberg|link2=Michael Seibert (figure skater)|Michael Seibert}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1986 World Figure Skating Championships|1986]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Geneva]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Natalia Bestemianova|Andrei Bukin}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Marina Klimova|Sergei Ponomarenko}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Tracy Wilson|link2=Robert McCall (figure skater)|Robert McCall}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1987 World Figure Skating Championships|1987]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Natalia Bestemianova|Andrei Bukin}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Marina Klimova|Sergei Ponomarenko}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Tracy Wilson|link2=Robert McCall (figure skater)|Robert McCall}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1988 World Figure Skating Championships|1988]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN}} [[Budapest]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Natalia Bestemianova|Andrei Bukin}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Marina Klimova|Sergei Ponomarenko}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Tracy Wilson|link2=Robert McCall (figure skater)|Robert McCall}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1989 World Figure Skating Championships|1989]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Marina Klimova|Sergei Ponomarenko}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Maya Usova|Alexander Zhulin}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Isabelle Duchesnay|Paul Duchesnay}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1990 World Figure Skating Championships|1990]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
| {{FS medalist|URS|Marina Klimova|Sergei Ponomarenko}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Isabelle Duchesnay|Paul Duchesnay}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Maya Usova|Alexander Zhulin}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1991 World Figure Skating Championships|1991]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Munich]]
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Isabelle Duchesnay|Paul Duchesnay}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Marina Klimova|Sergei Ponomarenko}}
| {{FS medalist|URS|Maya Usova|Alexander Zhulin}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1992 World Figure Skating Championships|1992]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]
| {{FS medalist|CIS|altflag=1992|Marina Klimova|Sergei Ponomarenko}}
| {{FS medalist|CIS|altflag=1992|Maya Usova|Alexander Zhulin}}
| {{FS medalist|CIS|altflag=1992|Oksana Grishuk|Evgeni Platov}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1993 World Figure Skating Championships|1993]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CZE}} [[Prague]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|altflag=1991|Maya Usova|Alexander Zhulin}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|altflag=1991|Oksana Grishuk|Evgeni Platov}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|altflag=1991|Anjelika Krylova|Vladimir Fedorov}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1994 World Figure Skating Championships|1994]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN|1947}} [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Oksana Grishuk|Evgeni Platov}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Sophie Moniotte|Pascal Lavanchy}}
| {{FS medalist|FIN|Susanna Rahkamo|link2=Petri Kokko (figure skater)|Petri Kokko}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1995 World Figure Skating Championships|1995]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Birmingham]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Oksana Grishuk|Evgeni Platov}}
| {{FS medalist|FIN|Susanna Rahkamo|link2=Petri Kokko (figure skater)|Petri Kokko}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Sophie Moniotte|Pascal Lavanchy}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1996 World Figure Skating Championships|1996]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Edmonton]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Oksana Grishuk|Evgeni Platov}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Anjelika Krylova|Oleg Ovsyannikov}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Shae-Lynn Bourne|Victor Kraatz}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1997 World Figure Skating Championships|1997]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SUI}} [[Lausanne]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Oksana Grishuk|Evgeni Platov}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Anjelika Krylova|Oleg Ovsyannikov}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Shae-Lynn Bourne|Victor Kraatz}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1998 World Figure Skating Championships|1998]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Anjelika Krylova|Oleg Ovsyannikov}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Marina Anissina|Gwendal Peizerat}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Shae-Lynn Bourne|Victor Kraatz}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[1999 World Figure Skating Championships|1999]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Anjelika Krylova|Oleg Ovsyannikov}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Marina Anissina|Gwendal Peizerat}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Shae-Lynn Bourne|Victor Kraatz}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2000 World Figure Skating Championships|2000]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Nice]]
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Marina Anissina|Gwendal Peizerat}}
| {{FS medalist|ITA|Barbara Fusar-Poli|Maurizio Margaglio}}
| {{FS medalist|LTU|Margarita Drobiazko|Povilas Vanagas}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2001 World Figure Skating Championships|2001]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Vancouver]]
| {{FS medalist|ITA|Barbara Fusar-Poli|Maurizio Margaglio}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Marina Anissina|Gwendal Peizerat}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Irina Lobacheva|Ilia Averbukh}}
| <ref name=WC2001/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2002 World Figure Skating Championships|2002]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Irina Lobacheva|Ilia Averbukh}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Shae-Lynn Bourne|Victor Kraatz}}
| {{FS medalist|ISR|Galit Chait|Sergei Sakhnovski}}
| <ref name=WC2002/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2003 World Figure Skating Championships|2003]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Washington, D.C.]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Shae-Lynn Bourne|Victor Kraatz}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Irina Lobacheva|Ilia Averbukh}}
| {{FS medalist|BUL|Albena Denkova|Maxim Staviski}}
| <ref name=WC2003/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2004 World Figure Skating Championships|2004]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER}} [[Dortmund]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Tatiana Navka|Roman Kostomarov}}
| {{FS medalist|BUL|Albena Denkova|Maxim Staviski}}
| {{FS medalist|GER|Kati Winkler|René Lohse}}
| <ref name=WC2004/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2005 World Figure Skating Championships|2005]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Moscow]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Tatiana Navka|Roman Kostomarov}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|link=Tanith Belbin White|Tanith Belbin|Benjamin Agosto}}
| {{FS medalist|UKR|Elena Grushina|Ruslan Goncharov}}
| <ref name=WC2005/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2006 World Figure Skating Championships|2006]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Calgary]]
| {{FS medalist|BUL|Albena Denkova|Maxim Staviski}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Marie-France Dubreuil|Patrice Lauzon}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|link=Tanith Belbin White|Tanith Belbin|Benjamin Agosto}}
| <ref name=WC2006/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2007 World Figure Skating Championships|2007]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]]
| {{FS medalist|BUL|Albena Denkova|Maxim Staviski}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Marie-France Dubreuil|Patrice Lauzon}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|link=Tanith Belbin White|Tanith Belbin|Benjamin Agosto}}
| <ref name=WC2007/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2008 World Figure Skating Championships|2008]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]]
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Isabelle Delobel|Olivier Schoenfelder}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Tessa Virtue|Scott Moir}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Jana Khokhlova|Sergei Novitski}}
| <ref name=WC2008/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2009 World Figure Skating Championships|2009]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Los Angeles]]
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Oksana Domnina|Maxim Shabalin}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|link=Tanith Belbin White|Tanith Belbin|Benjamin Agosto}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Tessa Virtue|Scott Moir}}
| <ref name=WC2009/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2010 World Figure Skating Championships|2010]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Turin]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Tessa Virtue|Scott Moir}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Meryl Davis|link2=Charlie White (figure skater)|Charlie White}}
| {{FS medalist|ITA|Federica Faiella|Massimo Scali}}
| <ref name=WC2010/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2011 World Figure Skating Championships|2011]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|RUS}} [[Moscow]]
| {{FS medalist|USA|Meryl Davis|link2=Charlie White (figure skater)|Charlie White}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Tessa Virtue|Scott Moir}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Maia Shibutani|Alex Shibutani}}
| <ref name=WC2011/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2012 World Figure Skating Championships|2012]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Nice]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Tessa Virtue|Scott Moir}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Meryl Davis|link2=Charlie White (figure skater)|Charlie White}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Nathalie Péchalat|Fabian Bourzat}}
| <ref name=WC2012/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2013 World Figure Skating Championships|2013]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[London, Ontario|London]]
| {{FS medalist|USA|Meryl Davis|link2=Charlie White (figure skater)|Charlie White}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Tessa Virtue|Scott Moir}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Ekaterina Bobrova|Dmitri Soloviev}}
| <ref name=WC2013/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2014 World Figure Skating Championships|2014]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| {{FS medalist|ITA|Anna Cappellini|Luca Lanotte}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Kaitlyn Weaver|Andrew Poje}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Nathalie Péchalat|Fabian Bourzat}}
| <ref name=WC2014/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2015 World Figure Skating Championships|2015]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CHN}} [[Shanghai]]
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Gabriella Papadakis|Guillaume Cizeron}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Madison Chock|Evan Bates}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Kaitlyn Weaver|Andrew Poje}}
| <ref name=WC2015/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2016 World Figure Skating Championships|2016]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Boston]]
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Gabriella Papadakis|Guillaume Cizeron}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Maia Shibutani|Alex Shibutani}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Madison Chock|Evan Bates}}
| <ref name=WC2016/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2017 World Figure Skating Championships|2017]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]]
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Tessa Virtue|Scott Moir}}
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Gabriella Papadakis|Guillaume Cizeron}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Maia Shibutani|Alex Shibutani}}
| <ref name=WC2017/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2018 World Figure Skating Championships|2018]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ITA}} [[Milan]]
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Gabriella Papadakis|Guillaume Cizeron}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Madison Hubbell|Zachary Donohue}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Kaitlyn Weaver|Andrew Poje}}
| <ref name=WC2018/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2019 World Figure Skating Championships|2019]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Gabriella Papadakis|Guillaume Cizeron}}
| {{FS medalist|RUS|Victoria Sinitsina|Nikita Katsalapov}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Madison Hubbell|Zachary Donohue}}
| <ref name=WC2019/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2020 World Figure Skating Championships|2020]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports#Figure skating|COVID-19 pandemic]]''
| <ref name=WC2020/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2021 World Figure Skating Championships|2021]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SWE}} [[Stockholm]]
| {{FS medalist||noflag=[[Figure Skating Federation of Russia|'''FSR''']]|Victoria Sinitsina|Nikita Katsalapov}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Madison Hubbell|Zachary Donohue}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Piper Gilles|Paul Poirier}}
| <ref name=WC2021/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2022 World Figure Skating Championships|2022]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Montpellier]]
| {{FS medalist|FRA|Gabriella Papadakis|Guillaume Cizeron}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Madison Hubbell|Zachary Donohue}}
| {{FS medalist|USA|Madison Chock|Evan Bates}}
| <ref name=WC2022/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2023 World Figure Skating Championships|2023]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| {{FS medalist|USA|Madison Chock|Evan Bates}}
| {{FS medalist|ITA|Charlène Guignard|Marco Fabbri}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Piper Gilles|Paul Poirier}}
| <ref name=WC2023/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2024 World Figure Skating Championships|2024]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]]
| {{FS medalist|USA|Madison Chock|Evan Bates}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Piper Gilles|Paul Poirier}}
| {{FS medalist|ITA|Charlène Guignard|Marco Fabbri}}
| <ref name=WC2024/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[2025 World Figure Skating Championships|2025]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Boston]]
| {{FS medalist|USA|Madison Chock|Evan Bates}}
| {{FS medalist|CAN|Piper Gilles|Paul Poirier}}
| {{FS medalist|GBR|Lilah Fear|link2=Lewis Gibson (figure skater)|Lewis Gibson}}
| <ref name=WC2025/>
|}

==Records==
{{multiple image
| align             = none
| direction         = horizontal
| total_width       = 800
| footer            = ''From left to right:'' [[Ulrich Salchow]] of Sweden has won the most World Championship titles in [[single skating|men's singles]] (with ten); [[Sonja Henie]] of Norway has won the most World Championship titles in [[single skating|women's singles]] (with ten); [[Irina Rodnina]] of the Soviet Union has won the most World Championship titles in [[pair skating]] (with ten, although not all with the same partner); while [[Lyudmila Pakhomova]] and [[Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov]] of the Soviet Union have won the most World Championship titles in [[ice dance]] (with six).
| footer_align      = center
| image1            = 1908 Olympic Games Ulrich Salchow.jpg
| image2            = Sonja Henie 1936.jpg
| image3            = Irina_Rodnina_and_Alexei_Ulanov_in_1970.jpg
| image4            = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H1219-0016-001, Ludmilla Pachomowa, Alexander Gorschkow.jpg
| alt1              = Ulrich Salchow at the 1908 Olympic Games
| alt2              = Sonja Henie in 1936
| alt3              = Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov in 1970
| alt4              = Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov performing on ice
}}

{| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left"
|+{{sronly|Records}}
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Discipline
! colspan="4" scope="col" | Most championship titles
|-
! scope="col" | Skater(s)
! scope="col" | {{Abbr|No.|Number of championship titles}}
! scope="col" | Years
! scope="col" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Men's singles
| {{FS skater|SWE|Ulrich Salchow}}
| 10
| 1901–05;<br>1907–11
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Ulrich Salchow |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97097 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729210230/http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97097 |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |access-date=March 26, 2021 |website=Olympedia}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Women's singles
| {{FS skater|NOR|Sonja Henie}}
| 10
| 1927–36
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Sonja Henie |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/81280 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312181206/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/81280 |archive-date=March 12, 2025 |access-date=March 24, 2025 |website=Olympedia}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Pairs
| {{FS skater|URS|Irina Rodnina|link2=Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)|Alexander Zaitsev}}
| 6
| 1973–78
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Irina Rodnina |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/irina-rodnina-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421061337/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/irina-rodnina-1.html |archive-date=April 21, 2011 |website=Sports-Reference}}</ref>
|-
| {{FS skater|URS|Irina Rodnina}}{{efn|[[Irina Rodnina]] won four championship titles while partnered with [[Alexei Ulanov]] (1969–72) and six with [[Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)|Alexander Zaitsev]] (1973–78).}}
| 10
| 1969–78
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Ice dance
| {{FS skater|URS|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}}
| 6
| 1970–74;<br>1976
| <ref>{{cite magazine |last=Russell |first=Susan D. |date=January 5, 2013 |title=Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov |url=http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/32605-lyudmila-pakhomova-and-aleksandr-gorshkov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234703/http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/32605-lyudmila-pakhomova-and-aleksandr-gorshkov |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |magazine=International Figure Skating Magazine}}</ref>
|}
{{notelist}}

==Cumulative medal count==
{{main|World Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count}}

* Countries or entities that can no longer participate for whatever reason are indicated in ''italics'' with a dagger ({{dagger}}).
{{Medals table
 | caption        = Total number of World Championship medals by nation<ref name=SpoRec>{{cite web |url=https://www.sport-record.info/eiskunst/figure-skating-isu-wm.html |title=Sportstatistik/Sports Statistics: Eiskunstlauf/Figure Skating |website=Sport-Record.de |access-date=May 16, 2021 |archive-date=May 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516080922/https://www.sport-record.info/eiskunst/figure-skating-isu-wm.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_USA = 63 | silver_USA = 65 | bronze_USA = 84
 | gold_URS = 44 | silver_URS = 42 | bronze_URS = 24 | name_URS = ''{{URS}}'' {{dagger}}
 | gold_AUT = 36 | silver_AUT = 46 | bronze_AUT = 34
 | gold_CAN = 36 | silver_CAN = 39 | bronze_CAN = 38
 | gold_RUS = 33 | silver_RUS = 26 | bronze_RUS = 27 | name_RUS = ''{{RUS}}'' {{dagger}}{{efn|Skaters from Russia have been banned from competing at all international skating events since 2022 due to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://isu.org/isu-news/news/145-news/14024-isu-statement-on-the-ukrainian-crisis-participation-in-international-competitions-of-skaters-and-officials-from-russia-and-belarus?templateParam=15 |title= ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis - Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus |website=[[International Skating Union]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302024827/https://isu.org/isu-news/news/145-news/14024-isu-statement-on-the-ukrainian-crisis-participation-in-international-competitions-of-skaters-and-officials-from-russia-and-belarus/?templateParam=15 |date=March 1, 2022 |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
 | gold_GBR = 28 | silver_GBR = 30 | bronze_GBR = 25
 | gold_JPN = 18 | silver_JPN = 20 | bronze_JPN = 15
 | gold_GER = 16 | silver_GER = 21 | bronze_GER = 21
 | gold_FRA = 16 | silver_FRA = 19 | bronze_FRA = 19
 | gold_SWE = 15 | silver_SWE = 7 | bronze_SWE = 11
 | gold_HUN = 13 | silver_HUN = 7 | bronze_HUN = 15
 | gold_GDR = 12 | silver_GDR = 16 | bronze_GDR = 12 | name_GDR = ''{{GDR}}'' {{dagger}}
 | gold_NOR = 10 | silver_NOR = 2 | bronze_NOR = 5
 | gold_TCH = 9 | silver_TCH = 5 | bronze_TCH = 5 | name_TCH = ''{{TCH}}'' {{dagger}}
 | gold_CHN = 8 | silver_CHN = 11 | bronze_CHN = 9
 | gold_FRG = 6 | silver_FRG = 12 | bronze_FRG = 7 | name_FRG = ''{{FRG}}'' {{dagger}}
 | gold_SUI = 4 | silver_SUI = 2 | bronze_SUI = 2
 | gold_NED = 4 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 3
 | gold_FIN = 3 | silver_FIN = 5 | bronze_FIN = 3
 | gold_ITA = 3 | silver_ITA = 4 | bronze_ITA = 9
 | gold_FSR = 3 | silver_FSR = 1 | bronze_FSR = 2 | name_FSR = ''[[Figure Skating Federation of Russia]]'' {{dagger}}{{efn|In 2021, in accordance with a ban by the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] and a decision by the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]], skaters from Russia were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem; they instead participated under the name and modified flag of the [[Figure Skating Federation of Russia]].<ref name=Reuters210326>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL4N2LO45U |title=Figure skating-Shcherbakova Wins Gold in Podium Sweep for Russian Women |first=Alan |last=Baldwin |editor-first=Pritha |editor-last=Sarkar |website=[[Reuters]] |date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210613133324/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/figure-skating-shcherbakova-wins-gold-podium-sweep-russian-women-2021-03-26/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
 | gold_CIS = 3 | silver_CIS = 1 | bronze_CIS = 1 | name_CIS = ''{{flagicon|CIS}} [[Commonwealth of Independent States]]'' {{dagger}}
 | gold_KOR = 2 | silver_KOR = 4 | bronze_KOR = 3
 | gold_BEL = 2 | silver_BEL = 1 | bronze_BEL = 2
 | gold_BUL = 2 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 1
 | gold_ESP = 2 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 2
 | gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 2
 | gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 0
 | gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 3 | bronze_KAZ = 1
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 2
 | gold_ISR = 0 | silver_ISR = 0 | bronze_ISR = 1
 | gold_LTU = 0 | silver_LTU = 0 | bronze_LTU = 1
}}
{{notelist}}

==See also==
* [[World Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count]]
* [[Figure skating at the Olympic Games]]
* [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

== Works cited ==

* {{Cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |title=Figure Skating: A History |publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-252-07286-4}}
* Hines, James R. (2011). ''Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating''. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-6859-5}}.

==External links==
{{Commons category|World Figure Skating Championships}}
* [https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/isu-championships/ ISU Championship events]
* [https://skatingscores.com/wc/ World Championships] at Skating Scores

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