# UCI Trials World Championships – Men's trials, 20 inch

The men's trials, 20 inch is a trials event at the annual UCI Urban Cycling World Championships. It has been a UCI World Championship event since 1986. From 1986 to 1994 there was no separate 26-inch category in the world championships.
From 1986 to 1999, the UCI world championships in trials were run as the UCI Trials World Championships. From 2000 to 2016, the world championships in trials were held alongside other mountain-biking disciplines as the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. Beginning in 2017, the UCI World Championships in trials are being run as part of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships.

## Medalists

| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1986 details | Daniel Crosset (BEL) | Hansjörg Rey (SUI) | Bruno Evard (BEL) |
| 1987 details | Daniel Crosset (BEL) | Bruno Evard (BEL) | Javier Calleja (ESP) |
| 1988 details | Josep Ribera (ESP) | Ot Pi (ESP) | Christoph Winand (BEL) |
| 1989 details | Ot Pi (ESP) | Gerd Merkel (GER) | Josef Dressler (TCH) |
| 1990 details | Ot Pi (ESP) | Josef Dressler (TCH) | Christoph Winand (BEL) |
| 1991 details | Ot Pi (ESP) | Josef Dressler (TCH) | Libor Karas (TCH) |
| 1992 Lorca details | Alfonso Méndez (ESP) | Marc Terricabres (ESP) | Javier Calleja (ESP) |
| 1993 Val d'Isère details | Joël Gavillet (SUI) | Stefan Schlie (GER) | Alfonso Méndez (ESP) |
| 1994 Zafra details | Jesús Hurtado (ESP) | Alfonso Méndez (ESP) | Stephan Schlie (GER) |
| 1995 Grossheubach am Main details | Jesús Hurtado (ESP) | Christopher Noelle (GER) | Gerd Merkel (GER) |
| 1996 Zuoz details | Elias Bonet (ESP) | Alfonso Méndez (ESP) | Marc Verdaguer (ESP) |
| 1997 Avoriaz details | Michael Mesick (GER) | Alfonso Méndez (ESP) | Daniel Cegarra (ESP) |
| 1998 Cartagena details | Juan Pedro García (ESP) | Daniel Cegarra (ESP) | Juan Antonio Linares (ESP) |
| 1999 Avoriaz details | Marco Hösel (GER) | Juan Antonio Linares (ESP) | Miłosz Grajewski (POL) |
| 2000 Sierra Nevada details | Daniel Comas (ESP) | Marco Hösel (GER) | Juan Antonio Linares (ESP) |
| 2001 Vail details | Rafał Kumorowski (POL) | Marco Hösel (GER) | Benito Ros (ESP) |
| 2002 Kaprun details | Marco Hösel (GER) | Juan Antonio Linares (ESP) | Peter Barták (SVK) |
| 2003 Lugano details | Benito Ros (ESP) | Marco Hösel (GER) | Vincent Hermance (FRA) |
| 2004 Les Gets details | Benito Ros (ESP) | Marco Hösel (GER) | Rafał Kumorowski (POL) |
| 2005 Livigno details | Benito Ros (ESP) | Marco Hösel (GER) | Juan Daniel de la Peña (ESP) |
| 2006 Rotorua details | Marco Hösel (GER) | Carles Díaz (ESP) | Benito Ros (ESP) |
| 2007 Fort William details | Benito Ros (ESP) | Carles Díaz (ESP) | Daniel Comas (ESP) |
| 2008 Val di Sole details | Benito Ros (ESP) | Rafał Kumorowski (POL) | Sebastian Hoffmann (GER) |
| 2009 Canberra details | Benito Ros (ESP) | Rafał Kumorowski (POL) | Loris Braun (SUI) |
| 2010 Mont-Sainte-Anne details | Benito Ros (ESP) | Abel Mustieles (ESP) | Rick Koekoek (NED) |
| 2011 Champery details | Benito Ros (ESP) | Abel Mustieles (ESP) | Gilles Coustellier (FRA) |
| 2012 Leogang-Saalfelden details | Benito Ros (ESP) | Abel Mustieles (ESP) | Vincent Hermance (FRA) |
| 2013 Pietermaritzburg details | Abel Mustieles (ESP) | Aurélien Fontenoy (FRA) | Benito Ros (ESP) |
| 2014 Lillehammer-Hafjell details | Benito Ros (ESP) | Abel Mustieles (ESP) | Raphael Pils (GER) |
| 2015 Vallnord details | Abel Mustieles (ESP) | Lucien Leiser (SUI) | Benito Ros (ESP) |
| 2016 Val di Sole details | Abel Mustieles (ESP) | Benito Ros (ESP) | Ion Areitio (ESP) |
| 2017 Chengdu details | Abel Mustieles (ESP) | Dominik Oswald (GER) | Ion Areitio (ESP) |
| 2018 Chengdu details | Thomas Pechhacker (AUT) | Ion Areitio (ESP) | Dominik Oswald (GER) |
| 2019 Chengdu details | Dominik Oswald (GER) | Borja Conejos (ESP) | Ion Areitio (ESP) |
| 2021 Vic details | Borja Conejos (ESP) | Alejandro Montalvo (ESP) | Eloi Palau (ESP) |
| 2022 Abu Dhabi details | Eloi Palau (ESP) | Alejandro Montalvo (ESP) | Borja Conejos (ESP) |
| 2023 Glasgow details | Alejandro Montalvo (ESP) | Borja Conejos (ESP) | Charlie Rolls (GBR) |
| 2024 Abu Dhabi details | Alejandro Montalvo (ESP) | Borja Conejos (ESP) | Eloi Palau (ESP) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Spain | 28 | 21 | 19 | 68 |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Poland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |