| Year & Place | Men's Individual | Women's Individual |
| XXXII | 2017 Sofia, Bulgaria | | |
| XXXI | 2015 Odense, Denmark | Lei Gao (CHN) | Dan Li (CHN) |
| XXX | 2014 Daytona Beach FL, USA | Xiao Tu (CHN) | Lingling Liu (CHN) |
| XXIX | 2013 Sofia, Bulgaria | Dong Dong (CHN) | Rosannagh MacLennan (CAN) |
| XXVIII | 2011 Birmingham, Great Britain | Chunlong Lu (CHN) | Wenna He (CHN) |
| XXVII | 2010 Metz, France | Dong Dong (CHN) | Dan Li (CHN) |
| XXVI | 2009 St Petersburg, Russia | Dong Dong (CHN) | Shanshan Huang (CHN) |
| XXV | 2007 Quebec QC, Canada | Shuai Ye (CHN) | Irina Karavaeva (RUS) |
| XXIV | 2005 Eindhoven, The Netherlands | Alexander Rusakov (RUS) | Irina Karavaeva (RUS) |
| XXIII | 2003 Hannover, Germany | Henrik Stehlik (GER) | Karen Cockburn (CAN) |
| XXII | 2001 Odense, Denmark | Alexander Moskalenko (RUS) | Anna Dogonadze (GER) |
| XXI | 1999 Sun City, South Africa | Alexander Moskalenko (RUS) | Irina Karavaeva (RUS) |
| XX | 1998 Sydney, Australia | German Knytchev (RUS) | Irina Karavaeva (RUS) |
| XIX | 1996 Vancouver BC, Canada | Dmitri Poliaroush (BLR) | Tatiana Kovaleva (RUS) |
| XVIII | 1994 Porto, Portugal | Alexander Moskalenko (RUS) | Irina Karavaeva (RUS) |
| XVII | 1992 Auckland, New Zealand | Alexander Moskalenko (RUS) | Elena Merkulova (RUS) |
| XVI | 1990 Essen, Germany | Alexander Moskalenko (URS) | Elena Merkulova (URS) |
| XV | 1988 Birmingham AL, USA | Vadim Krasnochapka (URS) | Rusudan Khoperia (URS) |
| XIV | 1986 Paris, France | Lionel Pioline (FRA) | Tatiana Lushina (URS) |
| XIII | 1984 Osaka, Japan | Lionel Pioline (FRA) | Susan Shotton (GBR) |
| XII | 1982 Bozeman MO, USA | Carl Furrer (GBR) | Ruth Keller (SUI) |
| XI | 1980 Brig, Switzerland | Stewart Matthews (GBR) | Ruth Keller (SUI) |
| X | 1978 Newcastle, Australia | Evgeni Janes (URS) | Tatiana Anisimova (URS) |
| IX | 1976 Tulsa OK, USA | Evgeni Janes (URS) & Richard Tison (FRA) | Svetlana Levina (URS) |
| VIII | 1974 Johannesburg, South Africa | Richard Tison (FRA) | Alexandra Nicholson (USA) |
| VII | 1972 Stuttgart, Germany | Paul Luxon (GBR) | Alexandra Nicholson (USA) |
| VI | 1970 Bern, Switzerland | Wayne Miller (USA) | Renee Ramson (USA) |
| V | 1968 Amersfoort, The Netherlands | David Jacobs (USA) | Judy Wills Cline (USA) |
| IV | 1967 London, Great Britain | David Jacobs (USA) | Judy Wills Cline (USA) |
| III | 1966 Lafayette LA, USA | Wayne Miller (USA) | Judy Wills Cline (USA) |
| II | 1965 London, Great Britain | Gary Erwin (USA) | Judy Wills Cline (USA) |
| I | 1964 London, Great Britain | Dan Millman (USA) | Judy Wills Cline (USA) |