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{{Short description|Annual figure skating competition}}
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[[File:Eiskunstlauf-Weltmeisterschaft 1964 916-1135.jpg|thumb|[[1964 World Figure Skating Championships]], ladies' singles medalists (left to right: [[Regine Heitzer]], [[Sjoukje Dijkstra]], [[Petra Burka]])]]
The '''World Figure Skating Championships''', commonly referred to as "Worlds", are an annual [[figure skating competition]] sanctioned by the [[International Skating Union]]. Medals are awarded in [[single skating|men's singles, women's singles]], [[pair skating]], and [[ice dance]]. Generally held in March, the World Championships are considered to be the most prestigious of the [[ISU Figure Skating Championships]]. With the exception of the Olympic title, a world title is considered to be the highest competitive achievement in figure skating.

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

== History ==
The Internationale Eislauf-Vereinigung ([[International Skating Union]]) formed in 1892 to govern international competition in speed and figure skating. The first championship, known as the Championship of the Internationale Eislauf-Vereingung, was held in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]], in 1896. There were four competitors and the winner of the event was [[Gilbert Fuchs]].{{Sfn|Hines|2006|p=75}}

The championships were presumed all-male since competitive skating was generally viewed as a male sport. However, there were no specific rules regarding the gender of competitors. In 1902, [[Madge Syers]] entered the championships and won the silver medal.{{Sfn|Hines|2006|p=88}} The 1903 [[International Skating Union#ISU Congress|ISU Congress]] considered gender issues, but passed no new rules. The 1905 ISU Congress established a second-class ladies' competition called the "ISU Championships" rather than the "World Championships", and winners were to be known as ISU champions and not world champions. Men's and ladies' events were normally held separately. The first ladies' competition was held in [[Davos|Davos, Switzerland]], in 1906;{{Sfn|Hines|2006|p=88}} the event was won by Syers.

The first [[pair skating]] competition was held in Saint Petersburg in 1908,<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|work=[[International Skating Union]]|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 |url-status=dead}}</ref> despite pairs competition being illegal in some countries and considered indecent. Early championships for both ladies and pairs, previously titled "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 native. At the [[1927 World Figure Skating Championships|1927]] ladies' event in [[Oslo|Oslo, Norway]], three of the five judges were Norwegian; these three judges awarded first place to Norwegian competitor [[Sonja Henie]], while the Austrian and German judges placed defending champion [[Herma Szabo]] first. The controversial result stood, giving 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 the panel.{{Sfn|Hines|2006|p=114}}

The [[1930 World Figure Skating Championships|1930 Championships]] in [[New York City]] were the first to be held outside Europe and combined all three competitions into one event for the first time.<ref name=ISUhistory/>{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xxiii}} [[Ice dance]] entered the program officially in 1952.<ref name=ISUhistory/>

Until 1959, national teams were allowed to field multiple competitors in each discipline; for example the United Kingdom entered six skaters in the ladies' singles competition in [[1948 World Figure Skating Championships|1948]], and five skaters represented the United States in each singles discipline in [[1951 World Figure Skating Championships|1951]]. Beginning in 1960, the number of participants per country was limited to a maximum of three per discipline.

In 1967, all events at the World Championships, other than compulsory figures and ice dance, were held indoors.{{Sfn|Hines|2011|p=xxvi}}

[[Compulsory figures]] were removed from the World Championships in 1991.

The [[6.0 system]] was used for judging up to and including the 2004 event, after which the [[ISU Judging System]] was instituted.

Every four years, because the World Championships take place around a month after the [[Winter Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]], a large proportion of Olympic medalists tend to be absent from the competition. Many skaters need time to rest due to physical and mental exhaustion, and some Olympic medalists choose to cash in on their recent success by turning professional.<ref name=AP100329>{{cite news |url= https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jaV3nJwPlFS4UsxX1EjQfRQuVt7AD9ENP7D80 |title= Olympic-fatigued skaters bumble through worlds |first= Colleen |last= Barry |work= [[Associated Press]] |publisher= Google.com |date= 29 March 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100331131738/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jaV3nJwPlFS4UsxX1EjQfRQuVt7AD9ENP7D80 |archive-date= 31 March 2010 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

===Cancellations===
The World Figure Skating Championships have been cancelled 16 times in the competition's history: from 1915 through 1921 due to [[World War I]]; from 1940 through 1946 due to [[World War II]];<ref>Hines, p. xxiv</ref> in 1961 as a result of the loss of the entire [[U.S. Figure Skating]] team in the crash of [[Sabena Flight 548]]; and in 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

The [[2011 World Figure Skating Championships|2011 Championships]], originally due to be held in [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]], were considered for cancellation after the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Japan earthquake and tsunami]], but were instead moved to [[Moscow|Moscow, Russia]].<ref name=isu110324>{{Cite web |url=http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-312988-3787-4771-layout160-129898-news-item,00.html |title=ISU Statement of March 24, 2011 |access-date=2011-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423102149/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-312988-3787-4771-layout160-129898-news-item,00.html |archive-date=2011-04-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Eligibility and 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. Pairs and ice dance partnerships composed of skaters of different nationalities are not allowed to compete under two flags; they are required to choose one country and obtain the other country's permission.

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 meet the ISU's age and TES requirements.

===Age eligibility===
Age restrictions have changed throughout the history of the World Championships. Originally there were no any age restrictions at all. For example, [[Sonja Henie]] of Norway (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. In mid-1990s [[International Skating Union]] (ISU) imposed age limits in order to protect young athletes from serious injuries, especially in women's singles and pair skating. Starting from 1996–97 season, skaters had to be at least 15 years old before July 1 of the previous year.<ref name=espn>{{cite news |url= https://www.espn.com/olympics/figureskating/news/story?id=6120559 |title= China eyed over eight athletes' ages |date= February 14, 2011 |work= [[Associated Press]] |publisher= [[ESPN]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629003445/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/figureskating/news/story?id=6120559 |archive-date= 29 June 2011 |url-status= live}}</ref>. However, there were some exceptions during few following seasons. One exception allowed those who already had skated in senior events to stay at that level. Most notably, [[Tara Lipinski]] from the United States ([[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 gold medal at the age of 14. That exception expired naturally after couple of seasons. There was also an exception that skaters who had won medals at the World Junior Championships were eligible to compete as seniors. For example, [[Sarah Hughes]] from the United States ([[Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Olympic]] champion in women's singles) won silver medal at the [[1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships|1999 World Junior Championships]] and thus was allowed to participate at the [[1999 World Figure Skating Championships|1999 World Championships]] at the age of 13.<ref name=cbs000316>{{cite news |url= http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/ce/multi/0,1329,2150632_10946,00.html |title= Junior skaters shouldn't face senior pressure |first= Sandra |last= Loosemore |work= CBS Sportsline |date= March 16, 2000 |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 |url-status= unfit }}</ref> That exception lasted through the 1999–2000 season, which was also the first season that [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|Junior Worlds]] were moved from November-December to early March.

At the [[International Skating Union#ISU Congress|ISU Congress]] held in [[Phuket]], [[Thailand]], in June 2022, members of the [[International Skating Union#ISU Council|ISU Council]] accepted a proposal to gradually increase the minimum age limit for senior competition to 17 years old beginning from 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 years old during the 2023–24 season, and then will increase to 17 years old 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=2022-06-11|archive-date=2022-06-10|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>

===Minimum technical scores===
Since 2010, only skaters who have reached minimum technical elements scores (TES) in the short and free programs at a prior international event are allowed to compete at the World Championships.<ref name=isu1685>{{cite web |url= http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128610-19728-18886-314252-3572-4771-layout160-129918-news-item,00.html |title= ISU Communication 1685: Entries ISU Championships 2012 |date= 25 Jul 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120325173927/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128610-19728-18886-314252-3572-4771-layout160-129918-news-item,00.html |archive-date= 25 March 2012 |url-status= dead}}</ref> The short and free scores may be attained at different international events in the ongoing or preceding season. After an ISU congress voted to eliminate the qualifying rounds, the TES minimums were raised for the [[2013 World Figure Skating Championships|2013 World Championships]].

===Qualifying rounds===
Because of the large number of entries at the World Championships, in some years the event included qualifying rounds for men and ladies. After the 2006 championships in [[Calgary]], [[Canada]], the ISU Congress voted to eliminate the qualifying round. It was later reintroduced and then eliminated again after the 2012 World Championships. After the short program, the top 24 single skaters and top 20 pairs advance to the free skate. In ice dance, the top 30 teams in the [[compulsory dance]] advanced to the [[original dance]], and the top 24 after that segment advanced to the [[Free dance (figure skating)|free dance]].

===Number of entries===
Each national federation is entitled to send one entry per discipline. Depending on their results at the previous year's competition, some countries are allowed to send a second or third entry. If a country has only one entry, that skater/team must place in the top ten to earn a second entry and in the top two to earn three entries to next year's championships. If a country has two or three entries, their combined placement (best two) must be 28 or less to keep two entries for their country, and 13 or fewer to qualify three entries. All skaters who qualify for the free segment but place 16th or lower receive 16 placement points. All skaters who compete in the short segment but do not qualify for the free receive 18 placement points. There are exceptions if skaters are forced to withdraw in the middle of the competition due to a medical emergency or equipment problems – they are not considered as entered for the purpose of entry quotas' determination for next year's competition if they did not start or finish the free segment, but were among the top 10 in the short segment. Entries do not carry over and so countries must continue to earn their second or third spot every year.

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! scope="col" | Number of entries this year
! scope="col" | Points required to earn three entries the next year
! scope="col" | Points required to earn two entries the next year
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | One
| Placement in the top two
| Placement in the top ten
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Two
| Total placements equal to or less than 13
| Total placements equal to or less than 28
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Three
| Top two placements equal to or less than 13
| Top two placements equal to or less than 28
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==Medalists==
===Men's singles===
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| 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" | [[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=21 February 2006 |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | 1915–<br>1921 
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No competition held due to [[World War I]]''
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[1935 World Figure Skating Championships|1935]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1920}} [[Budapest]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[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" | [[1936 World Figure Skating Championships|1936]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|FRA}} [[Paris]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Graham Sharp]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Felix Kaspar]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1937 World Figure Skating Championships|1937]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Felix Kaspar]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Graham Sharp]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|HUN|1920}} [[Elemér Terták]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[1938 World Figure Skating Championships|1938]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Nazi}} [[Berlin]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Felix Kaspar]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GBR}} [[Graham Sharp]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Herbert Alward]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | 1940–<br>1946 
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No competition held due to [[World War II]]''
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | 1961
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the crash of [[Sabena Flight 548]]''
|-
! scope="row" | [[1962 World Figure Skating Championships|1962]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| {{#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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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=16 September 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=11 March 2007 |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=27 March 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=16 February 2005 |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=17 March 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=9 December 2006 |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=23 March 2004 |title=2004 ISU World Figure Skating Championships |url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2004/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=19 March 2005 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2005|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2005/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=25 March 2006 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2006|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2006/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=24 March 2007 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2007|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2007/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=22 March 2008 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2008|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2008/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=28 March 2009 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships Los Angeles 2009|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2009/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=27 March 2010 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2010|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2010/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=30 April 2011 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2011|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2011/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=31 March 2012 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2012|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2012/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=16 March 2013 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2013|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2013/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=29 March 2014 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2014|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2014/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=28 March 2015 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2015|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2015/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=2 April 2016 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2016|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wc2016/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=1 April 2017 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1617/wc2017/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=24 March 2018 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2018|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1718/wc2018/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=23 March 2019 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2019|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/wc2019/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[2020 World Figure Skating Championships|2020]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]'' || <ref name="WC2020">{{cite web |date=11 March 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=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=27 March 2021 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2021/wc2021/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=26 March 2022 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2022|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2122/wc2022/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=25 March 2023 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2023|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2223/wc2023/ |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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=24 March 2024 |title=ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2024|url=http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/wc2024/ |access-date=19 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[2025 World Figure Skating Championships|2025]] 
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Boston]]
|
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! scope="row" | [[2026 World Figure Skating Championships|2026]] 
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CZE}} [[Prague]]
|
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|}

===Women's singles===
{| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:85%;"
! 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" | [[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=21 February 2006 |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | 1915–<br>1921 
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No competition held due to [[World War I]]''
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | 1940–<br>1946
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No competition held due to [[World War II]]''
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | 1961
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the crash of [[Sabena Flight 548]]'' 
|-
! scope="row" | [[1962 World Figure Skating Championships|1962]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|NED}} [[Sjoukje Dijkstra]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN|1957}} [[Wendy Griner]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|AUT}} [[Regine Heitzer]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[2020 World Figure Skating Championships|2020]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''
| <ref name=WC2020/>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[2025 World Figure Skating Championships|2025]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Boston]]
|
|
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | [[2026 World Figure Skating Championships|2026]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CZE}} [[Prague]]
|
|
|
|
|}

===Pairs===
{| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:85%;"
! 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" | [[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=21 February 2006 |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | 1915–<br>1921 
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No competition held due to [[World War I]]'' 
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | 1940–<br>1946 
| colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''No competition held due to [[World War II]]'' 
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | 1961
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the crash of [[Sabena Flight 548]]'' 
|-
! scope="row" | [[1962 World Figure Skating Championships|1962]] 
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| {{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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[2020 World Figure Skating Championships|2020]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''
| <ref name=WC2020/>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[2025 World Figure Skating Championships|2025]] 
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Boston]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
! scope="row" | [[2026 World Figure Skating Championships|2026]] 
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CZE}} [[Prague]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|}

===Ice dance===
{| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:85%;"
! 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" | [[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=21 February 2006 |access-date=6 March 2024 |publisher=International Skating Union}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | 1961
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the crash of [[Sabena Flight 548]]'' 
|-
! scope="row" | [[1962 World Figure Skating Championships|1962]] 
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|TCH}} [[Prague]]
| {{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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[2020 World Figure Skating Championships|2020]]
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]]
| colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | ''Competition cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''
| <ref name=WC2020/>
|-
! scope="row" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[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" | [[2025 World Figure Skating Championships|2025]] 
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|USA}} [[Boston]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
! scope="row" | [[2026 World Figure Skating Championships|2026]] 
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|CZE}} [[Prague]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|}

==Records==
{| class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left"
! scope="col" | Event
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Most titles
! colspan="3" scope="col" | Most consecutive titles
! scope="col" colspan="2" | [[Podium sweep|Medal sweeps]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align:left" | Men's singles
| rowspan="4" | {{FS medalist|SWE|Ulrich Salchow}}
| rowspan="4" | 10
| rowspan="4" | 1901–05;<br>1907–11
| rowspan="4" | {{FS medalist|AUT|link=Karl Schäfer (figure skater)|Karl Schäfer}}
| rowspan="4" | 7
| rowspan="4" | 1930–36
| rowspan="2" | {{AUT}} 
| 1925
|-
| 1927–28
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{USA|1912}} 
| 1952
|-
| 1955–56
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"| Women's singles
| rowspan="2" | {{FS medalist|NOR|Sonja Henie}}
| rowspan="2" | 10
| rowspan="2" | 1927–36
| rowspan="2" | {{FS medalist|NOR|Sonja Henie}}
| rowspan="2" | 10
| rowspan="2" | 1927–36
| {{USA}}
| 1991
|-
| '''[[Figure Skating Federation of Russia|FSR]]'''
| 2021
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" style="text-align:left"| Pairs
| {{FS medalist|USSR|Irina Rodnina|link2=Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)|Alexander Zaitsev}}
| 6
| 1973–78
| {{FS medalist|USSR|Irina Rodnina|link2=Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)|Alexander Zaitsev}}
| 6
| 1973–78
| {{#invoke:flag|icon|GER|Nazi}} [[Germany]]
| 1939
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{FS medalist|USSR|Irina Rodnina}}
| rowspan="2" | 10{{efn|name=Rodnina|[[Irina Rodnina]] won ten consecutive titles in 1969–1978, the first four times while partnered with [[Alexei Ulanov]].}}
| rowspan="2" | 1969–78
| rowspan="2" | {{FS medalist|USSR|Irina Rodnina}}
| rowspan="2" | 10{{efn|name=Rodnina}}
| rowspan="2" | 1969–78
| rowspan="2" | {{USSR}}
| 1969
|-
| 1988
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align:left"| Ice dance
| rowspan="4" | {{FS medalist|USSR|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}}
| rowspan="4" | 6
| rowspan="4" | 1970–74;<br>1976
| rowspan="4" | {{FS medalist|USSR|Lyudmila Pakhomova|link2=Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater)|Aleksandr Gorshkov}}
| rowspan="4" | 5
| rowspan="4" | 1970–74
| rowspan="2" | {{GBR2}}
| 1955–56
|-
| 1968
|-
| {{#invoke:flag||CIS|1992}}
| 1992
|-
| {{RUS}}
| 1993
|}
;Note:
{{notelist}}

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

{{Medals table
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_USA = 60 | silver_USA = 65 | bronze_USA = 84
 | gold_URS = 44 | silver_URS = 42 | bronze_URS = 24 | name_URS = ''{{URS}}''
 | gold_AUT = 36 | silver_AUT = 46 | bronze_AUT = 34
 | gold_CAN = 36 | silver_CAN = 38 | bronze_CAN = 38
 | gold_RUS = 33 | silver_RUS = 26 | bronze_RUS = 27
 | gold_GBR = 28 | silver_GBR = 30 | bronze_GBR = 24
 | gold_JPN = 17 | silver_JPN = 19 | bronze_JPN = 13
 | gold_GER = 16 | silver_GER = 20 | 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}}''
 | gold_NOR = 10 | silver_NOR = 2 | bronze_NOR = 5
 | gold_TCH = 9 | silver_TCH = 5 | bronze_TCH = 5 | name_TCH = ''{{TCH}}''
 | gold_CHN = 8 | silver_CHN = 11 | bronze_CHN = 9
 | gold_FRG = 6 | silver_FRG = 12 | bronze_FRG = 7 | name_FRG = ''{{FRG}}''
 | 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 = 8
 | gold_FSR = 3 | silver_FSR = 1 | bronze_FSR = 2 | name_FSR = ''[[Figure Skating Federation of Russia]]''
 | gold_CIS = 3 | silver_CIS = 1 | bronze_CIS = 1 | name_CIS = ''{{CIS}}''
 | 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 = 2 | 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
}}

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

==References==
<references />

== Works cited ==

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

==External links==
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* [http://www.isu.org International Skating Union]

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