Open category

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956	Tokyo ,  Japan
1958	Tokyo ,  Japan
1961	Paris ,  France
1965	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
1967	Salt Lake City ,  United States
1969	Mexico City ,  Mexico
1971	Ludwigshafen ,  West Germany
1973	Lausanne ,  Switzerland
1975	Vienna ,  Austria
1977
1979	Paris ,  France
1981	Maastricht ,  Netherlands
1983	Moscow ,  Soviet Union
1985	Seoul ,  South Korea
1987	Essen ,  West Germany
1989	Belgrade ,  Yugoslavia
1991	Barcelona ,  Spain
1993	Hamilton ,  Canada
1995	Chiba ,  Japan
1997	Paris ,  France
1999	Birmingham ,  United Kingdom
2001	Munich ,  Germany
2003	Osaka ,  Japan
2005	Cairo ,  Egypt
2007	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2009	Rotterdam ,  Netherlands
2010	Tokyo ,  Japan
2011	Paris ,  France
2013	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2014	Chelyabinsk ,  Russia
2015	Astana ,  Kazakhstan
2017	Budapest ,  Hungary
2018	Baku ,  Azerbaijan
2019	Tokyo ,  Japan
2021	Vienna ,  Austria
2022	Budapest ,  Hungary
2023	Doha ,  Qatar

Extra lightweight (- 60 kg)

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956	Tokyo ,  Japan
1958	Tokyo ,  Japan
1961	Paris ,  France
1965	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
1967	Salt Lake City ,  United States
1969	Mexico City ,  Mexico
1971	Ludwigshafen ,  West Germany
1973	Lausanne ,  Switzerland
1975	Vienna ,  Austria
1977
1979	Paris ,  France
1981	Maastricht ,  Netherlands
1983	Moscow ,  Soviet Union
1985	Seoul ,  South Korea
1987	Essen ,  West Germany
1989	Belgrade ,  Yugoslavia
1991	Barcelona ,  Spain
1993	Hamilton ,  Canada
1995	Chiba ,  Japan
1997	Paris ,  France
1999	Birmingham ,  United Kingdom
2001	Munich ,  Germany
2003	Osaka ,  Japan
2005	Cairo ,  Egypt
2007	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2009	Rotterdam ,  Netherlands
2010	Tokyo ,  Japan
2011	Paris ,  France
2013	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil	Naohisa Takato (Japan)
2014	Chelyabinsk ,  Russia			Naohisa Takato (Japan)
2015	Astana ,  Kazakhstan	Yeldos Smetov (Kazakhstan)
2017	Budapest ,  Hungary	Naohisa Takato (Japan)
2018	Baku ,  Azerbaijan	Naohisa Takato (Japan)		Ryuju Nagayama (Japan)
2019	Tokyo ,  Japan	Lukhumi Chkhvimiani (Georgia)	Sharafuddin Lutfillaev (Uzbekistan)	Yeldos Smetov (Kazakhstan) Ryuju Nagayama (Japan)
2021	Vienna ,  Austria
2022	Budapest ,  Hungary
2023	Doha ,  Qatar

Half lightweight (- 66 kg)

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956	Tokyo ,  Japan
1958	Tokyo ,  Japan
1961	Paris ,  France
1965	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
1967	Salt Lake City ,  United States
1969	Mexico City ,  Mexico
1971	Ludwigshafen ,  West Germany
1973	Lausanne ,  Switzerland
1975	Vienna ,  Austria
1977
1979	Paris ,  France
1981	Maastricht ,  Netherlands
1983	Moscow ,  Soviet Union
1985	Seoul ,  South Korea
1987	Essen ,  West Germany
1989	Belgrade ,  Yugoslavia
1991	Barcelona ,  Spain
1993	Hamilton ,  Canada
1995	Chiba ,  Japan
1997	Paris ,  France
1999	Birmingham ,  United Kingdom
2001	Munich ,  Germany
2003	Osaka ,  Japan
2005	Cairo ,  Egypt
2007	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2009	Rotterdam ,  Netherlands
2010	Tokyo ,  Japan
2011	Paris ,  France	Masashi Ebinuma (Japan)
2013	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil	Masashi Ebinuma (Japan)
2014	Chelyabinsk ,  Russia	Masashi Ebinuma (Japan)
2015	Astana ,  Kazakhstan
2017	Budapest ,  Hungary	Hifumi Abe (Japan)
2018	Baku ,  Azerbaijan	Hifumi Abe (Japan)
2019	Tokyo ,  Japan	Joshiro Maruyama (Japan)	Kim Lim-hwan (South Korea)	Hifumi Abe (Japan) Denis Vieru (Moldova)
2021	Vienna ,  Austria
2022	Budapest ,  Hungary
2023	Doha ,  Qatar

Lightweight (- 73 kg)

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956	Tokyo ,  Japan
1958	Tokyo ,  Japan
1961	Paris ,  France
1965	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
1967	Salt Lake City ,  United States
1969	Mexico City ,  Mexico
1971	Ludwigshafen ,  West Germany
1973	Lausanne ,  Switzerland
1975	Vienna ,  Austria
1977
1979	Paris ,  France
1981	Maastricht ,  Netherlands
1983	Moscow ,  Soviet Union
1985	Seoul ,  South Korea
1987	Essen ,  West Germany
1989	Belgrade ,  Yugoslavia
1991	Barcelona ,  Spain
1993	Hamilton ,  Canada
1995	Chiba ,  Japan
1997	Paris ,  France
1999	Birmingham ,  United Kingdom
2001	Munich ,  Germany
2003	Osaka ,  Japan
2005	Cairo ,  Egypt
2007	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2009	Rotterdam ,  Netherlands
2010	Tokyo ,  Japan
2011	Paris ,  France
2013	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil	Shohei Ono (Japan)
2014	Chelyabinsk ,  Russia
2015	Astana ,  Kazakhstan	Shohei Ono (Japan)
2017	Budapest ,  Hungary		Rustam Orujov (Azerbaijan)
2018	Baku ,  Azerbaijan	An Chang-rim (South Korea)	Soichi Hashimoto (Japan)	Hidayat Heydarov (Azerbaijan) Mohammad Mohammadi (Iran)
2019	Tokyo ,  Japan	Shohei Ono (Japan)	Rustam Orujov (Azerbaijan)	Hidayat Heydarov (Azerbaijan) Denis Yartsev (Russia)
2021	Vienna ,  Austria
2022	Budapest ,  Hungary
2023	Doha ,  Qatar

Half middleweight (- 81 kg)

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956	Tokyo ,  Japan
1958	Tokyo ,  Japan
1961	Paris ,  France
1965	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
1967	Salt Lake City ,  United States
1969	Mexico City ,  Mexico
1971	Ludwigshafen ,  West Germany
1973	Lausanne ,  Switzerland
1975	Vienna ,  Austria
1977
1979	Paris ,  France
1981	Maastricht ,  Netherlands
1983	Moscow ,  Soviet Union
1985	Seoul ,  South Korea
1987	Essen ,  West Germany
1989	Belgrade ,  Yugoslavia
1991	Barcelona ,  Spain
1993	Hamilton ,  Canada
1995	Chiba ,  Japan
1997	Paris ,  France
1999	Birmingham ,  United Kingdom
2001	Munich ,  Germany
2003	Osaka ,  Japan
2005	Cairo ,  Egypt
2007	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2009	Rotterdam ,  Netherlands
2010	Tokyo ,  Japan
2011	Paris ,  France
2013	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2014	Chelyabinsk ,  Russia
2015	Astana ,  Kazakhstan
2017	Budapest ,  Hungary
2018	Baku ,  Azerbaijan
2019	Tokyo ,  Japan	Sagi Muki (Israel)	Matthias Casse (Belgium)	Antoine Valois-Fortier (Canada) Luka Maisuradze (Georgia)
2021	Vienna ,  Austria
2022	Budapest ,  Hungary
2023	Doha ,  Qatar

Middleweight (- 90 kg)

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956	Tokyo ,  Japan
1958	Tokyo ,  Japan
1961	Paris ,  France
1965	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
1967	Salt Lake City ,  United States
1969	Mexico City ,  Mexico
1971	Ludwigshafen ,  West Germany
1973	Lausanne ,  Switzerland
1975	Vienna ,  Austria
1977
1979	Paris ,  France
1981	Maastricht ,  Netherlands
1983	Moscow ,  Soviet Union
1985	Seoul ,  South Korea
1987	Essen ,  West Germany
1989	Belgrade ,  Yugoslavia
1991	Barcelona ,  Spain
1993	Hamilton ,  Canada
1995	Chiba ,  Japan
1997	Paris ,  France
1999	Birmingham ,  United Kingdom
2001	Munich ,  Germany
2003	Osaka ,  Japan
2005	Cairo ,  Egypt
2007	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2009	Rotterdam ,  Netherlands
2010	Tokyo ,  Japan
2011	Paris ,  France
2013	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2014	Chelyabinsk ,  Russia
2015	Astana ,  Kazakhstan
2017	Budapest ,  Hungary	Nemanja Majdov (Serbia)
2018	Baku ,  Azerbaijan	Shoichiro Mukai (Japan)		Axel Clerget (France)
2019	Tokyo ,  Japan	Noël van 't End (Netherlands)	Shoichiro Mukai (Japan)	Axel Clerget (France) Nemanja Majdov (Serbia)
2021	Vienna ,  Austria
2022	Budapest ,  Hungary
2023	Doha ,  Qatar

Half heavyweight (- 100 kg)

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956	Tokyo ,  Japan
1958	Tokyo ,  Japan
1961	Paris ,  France
1965	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
1967	Salt Lake City ,  United States
1969	Mexico City ,  Mexico
1971	Ludwigshafen ,  West Germany
1973	Lausanne ,  Switzerland
1975	Vienna ,  Austria
1977
1979	Paris ,  France
1981	Maastricht ,  Netherlands
1983	Moscow ,  Soviet Union
1985	Seoul ,  South Korea
1987	Essen ,  West Germany
1989	Belgrade ,  Yugoslavia
1991	Barcelona ,  Spain
1993	Hamilton ,  Canada
1995	Chiba ,  Japan
1997	Paris ,  France
1999	Birmingham ,  United Kingdom
2001	Munich ,  Germany
2003	Osaka ,  Japan
2005	Cairo ,  Egypt
2007	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2009	Rotterdam ,  Netherlands
2010	Tokyo ,  Japan
2011	Paris ,  France
2013	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2014	Chelyabinsk ,  Russia
2015	Astana ,  Kazakhstan
2017	Budapest ,  Hungary	Aaron Wolf (Japan)
2018	Baku ,  Azerbaijan			Niyaz Ilyasov (Russia)
2019	Tokyo ,  Japan	Jorge Fonseca (Portugal)	Niyaz Ilyasov (Russia)	Michael Korrel (Netherlands) Aaron Wolf (Japan)
2021	Vienna ,  Austria
2022	Budapest ,  Hungary
2023	Doha ,  Qatar

Heavyweight (+ 100 kg)

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956	Tokyo ,  Japan
1958	Tokyo ,  Japan
1961	Paris ,  France
1965	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
1967	Salt Lake City ,  United States
1969	Mexico City ,  Mexico
1971	Ludwigshafen ,  West Germany
1973	Lausanne ,  Switzerland
1975	Vienna ,  Austria
1977
1979	Paris ,  France
1981	Maastricht ,  Netherlands
1983	Moscow ,  Soviet Union
1985	Seoul ,  South Korea
1987	Essen ,  West Germany
1989	Belgrade ,  Yugoslavia
1991	Barcelona ,  Spain
1993	Hamilton ,  Canada
1995	Chiba ,  Japan
1997	Paris ,  France
1999	Birmingham ,  United Kingdom
2001	Munich ,  Germany
2003	Osaka ,  Japan
2005	Cairo ,  Egypt
2007	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2009	Rotterdam ,  Netherlands
2010	Tokyo ,  Japan
2011	Paris ,  France
2013	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
2014	Chelyabinsk ,  Russia
2015	Astana ,  Kazakhstan
2017	Budapest ,  Hungary
2018	Baku ,  Azerbaijan			Hisayoshi Harasawa (Japan) Kim Min-jong (South Korea)
2019	Tokyo ,  Japan	Lukáš Krpálek (Czech Republic)	Hisayoshi Harasawa (Japan)	Kim Min-jong (South Korea) Roy Meyer (Netherlands)
2021	Vienna ,  Austria
2022	Budapest ,  Hungary
2023	Doha ,  Qatar