# World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition generally held in March and sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The World Championships are considered the most prestigious annual event in the world of figure skating, second only to the Olympics.
The corresponding competition for junior-level skaters is the World Junior Championships. The corresponding competition for senior-level synchronized skating is the World Synchronized Skating Championships and for junior-level, the World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships.
The 2025 World Championships will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States, and the 2026 World Championships will be held in Prague, Czech Republic.

## History

The 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 of Germany.
The championships were presumed to be 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 of Great Britain entered the championships and won the silver medal. The 1903 ISU Congress considered gender issues, but passed no new rules. The 1905 ISU Congress established a second-class women's competition called the ISU Championships rather than the World Championships, and winners were known as ISU champions and not world champions. Men's and women's events were generally held separately. The first women's competition was held in Davos, Switzerland, in 1906; the event was won by Syers.
The first pair skating competition was held in Saint Petersburg in 1908. Early championships for both women and pairs – previously called ISU Championships – were retroactively given World Championship status in 1924.
In the early years, judges were invited by the host country and were often natives to that country. At the 1927 women's event in Oslo, Norway, three of the five judges were Norwegian; those three judges awarded first place to Norwegian competitor Sonja Henie, while the Austrian and German judges placed defending champion Herma Szabo of Austria first. The controversial result stood, 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.
The 1930 World 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. Ice dance debuted at the 1952 World Championships.
Compulsory figures were retired from the World Championships after 1990.
Every four years, because the World Championships take place about a month after the Winter Olympics, a number 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 chose to cash in on their success by turning professional.

### Cancellations

The World 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; 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.

## Qualifying

Skaters may compete at the World Championships if they represent a member nation of the International Skating Union and are selected by their federation. Member nations select their entries according to their own criteria. Some countries rely on the results of their national championships while others have more varied criteria, which may include success at certain international events or specific technical requirements. All of the selected skaters must have earned the minimum total element scores, which is determined and published each season by the ISU, during the current or immediately previous season.
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 at the age of 11. Beginning with the 1996–97 season, skaters had to be at least 15 years old before July 1 of the previous year. However, there were some exceptions during a few following seasons. One exception allowed those who already had skated in senior events to stay at that level. For example, Tara Lipinski from the United States (the 1998 Olympic champion in women's singles who debuted at the World Championships in 1996 at the age of 13) was allowed to participate at the 1997 World Championships, where she won a gold medal at the age of 14. There was also an exception that skaters who had won medals at the World Junior Championships were eligible to compete as seniors at the ISU Championships. For example, Sarah Hughes from the United States (the 2002 Olympic champion in women's singles) won the silver medal at the 1999 World Junior Championships, and was thus allowed to participate at the 1999 World Championships at the age of 13.
At the ISU Congress held in June 2022, members of the 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 during the 2023–24 season, and then to 17 during the 2024–25 season.
The number of additional competitors eligible to compete from ISU member countries is determined by the accumulation of points "equal to the sum of placements of their Competitors who were entered in this preceding season's Championships".

## Medalists
### Men's singles

Men's event medalists :
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1896 | St. Petersburg | Gilbert Fuchs | Gustav Hügel | Georg Sanders |
| 1897 | Stockholm | Gustav Hügel | Ulrich Salchow | Johan Lefstad |
| 1898 | London | Henning Grenander | Gustav Hügel | Gilbert Fuchs |
| 1899 | Davos | Gustav Hügel | Ulrich Salchow | Edgar Syers |
| 1900 | Davos | Gustav Hügel | Ulrich Salchow | No other competitors |
| 1901 | Stockholm | Ulrich Salchow | Gilbert Fuchs | No other competitors |
| 1902 | London | Ulrich Salchow | Madge Syers | Martin Gordan |
| 1903 | St. Petersburg | Ulrich Salchow | Nikolai Panin Kolomenkin | Max Bohatsch |
| 1904 | Berlin | Ulrich Salchow | Heinrich Burger | Martin Gordan |
| 1905 | Stockholm | Ulrich Salchow | Max Bohatsch | Per Thorén |
| 1906 | Munich | Gilbert Fuchs | Heinrich Burger | Bror Meyer |
| 1907 | Vienna | Ulrich Salchow | Max Bohatsch | Gilbert Fuchs |
| 1908 | Troppau | Ulrich Salchow | Gilbert Fuchs | Heinrich Burger |
| 1909 | Stockholm | Ulrich Salchow | Per Thorén | Ernst Herz |
| 1910 | Davos | Ulrich Salchow | Werner Rittberger | Andor Szende |
| 1911 | Berlin | Ulrich Salchow | Werner Rittberger | Fritz Kachler |
| 1912 | Manchester | Fritz Kachler | Werner Rittberger | Andor Szende |
| 1913 | Vienna | Fritz Kachler | Willy Böckl | Andor Szende |
| 1914 | Helsinki | Gösta Sandahl | Fritz Kachler | Willy Böckl |
| 1915–21 | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I |
| 1922 | Stockholm | Gillis Grafström | Fritz Kachler | Willy Böckl |
| 1923 | Vienna | Fritz Kachler | Willy Böckl | Gösta Sandahl |
| 1924 | Manchester | Gillis Grafström | Willy Böckl | Ernst Oppacher |
| 1925 | Vienna | Willy Böckl | Fritz Kachler | Otto Preißecker |
| 1926 | Berlin | Willy Böckl | Otto Preißecker | John Page |
| 1927 | Davos | Willy Böckl | Otto Preißecker | Karl Schäfer |
| 1928 | Berlin | Willy Böckl | Karl Schäfer | Hugo Distler |
| 1929 | London | Gillis Grafström | Karl Schäfer | Ludwig Wrede |
| 1930 | New York City | Karl Schäfer | Roger Turner | Georges Gautschi |
| 1931 | Berlin | Karl Schäfer | Roger Turner | Ernst Baier |
| 1932 | Montreal | Karl Schäfer | Montgomery Wilson | Ernst Baier |
| 1933 | Zürich | Karl Schäfer | Ernst Baier | Marcus Nikkanen |
| 1934 | Stockholm | Karl Schäfer | Ernst Baier | Erich Erdös |
| 1935 | Budapest | Karl Schäfer | Jack Dunn | Dénes Pataky |
| 1936 | Paris | Karl Schäfer | Graham Sharp | Felix Kaspar |
| 1937 | Vienna | Felix Kaspar | Graham Sharp | Elemér Terták |
| 1938 | Berlin | Felix Kaspar | Graham Sharp | Herbert Alward |
| 1939 | Budapest | Graham Sharp | Freddie Tomlins | Horst Faber |
| 1940–46 | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II |
| 1947 | Stockholm | Hans Gerschwiler | Dick Button | Arthur Apfel |
| 1948 | Davos | Dick Button | Hans Gerschwiler | Ede Király |
| 1949 | Paris | Dick Button | Ede Király | Edi Rada |
| 1950 | London | Dick Button | Ede Király | Hayes Alan Jenkins |
| 1951 | Milan | Dick Button | James Grogan | Hellmut Seibt |
| 1952 | Paris | Dick Button | James Grogan | Hayes Alan Jenkins |
| 1953 | Davos | Hayes Alan Jenkins | James Grogan | Carlo Fassi |
| 1954 | Oslo | Hayes Alan Jenkins | James Grogan | Alain Giletti |
| 1955 | Vienna | Hayes Alan Jenkins | Ronnie Robertson | David Jenkins |
| 1956 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Hayes Alan Jenkins | Ronnie Robertson | David Jenkins |
| 1957 | Colorado Springs | David Jenkins | Tim Brown | Charles Snelling |
| 1958 | Paris | David Jenkins | Tim Brown | Alain Giletti |
| 1959 | Colorado Springs | David Jenkins | Donald Jackson | Tim Brown |
| 1960 | Vancouver | Alain Giletti | Donald Jackson | Alain Calmat |
| 1961 | Prague | Competition cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 | Competition cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 | Competition cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 |
| 1962 | Prague | Donald Jackson | Karol Divín | Alain Calmat |
| 1963 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | Donald McPherson | Alain Calmat | Manfred Schnelldorfer |
| 1964 | Dortmund | Manfred Schnelldorfer | Alain Calmat | Karol Divín |
| 1965 | Colorado Springs | Alain Calmat | Scott Allen | Donald Knight |
| 1966 | Davos | Emmerich Danzer | Wolfgang Schwarz | Gary Visconti |
| 1967 | Vienna | Emmerich Danzer | Wolfgang Schwarz | Gary Visconti |
| 1968 | Geneva | Emmerich Danzer | Tim Wood | Patrick Péra |
| 1969 | Colorado Springs | Tim Wood | Ondrej Nepela | Patrick Péra |
| 1970 | Ljubljana | Tim Wood | Ondrej Nepela | Günter Zöller |
| 1971 | Lyon | Ondrej Nepela | Patrick Péra | Sergei Chetverukhin |
| 1972 | Calgary | Ondrej Nepela | Sergei Chetverukhin | Vladimir Kovalyov |
| 1973 | Bratislava | Ondrej Nepela | Sergei Chetverukhin | Jan Hoffmann |
| 1974 | Munich | Jan Hoffmann | Sergei Volkov | Toller Cranston |
| 1975 | Colorado Springs | Sergei Volkov | Vladimir Kovalyov | John Curry |
| 1976 | Gothenburg | John Curry | Vladimir Kovalyov | Jan Hoffmann |
| 1977 | Tokyo | Vladimir Kovalyov | Jan Hoffmann | Minoru Sano |
| 1978 | Ottawa | Charles Tickner | Jan Hoffmann | Robin Cousins |
| 1979 | Vienna | Vladimir Kovalyov | Robin Cousins | Jan Hoffmann |
| 1980 | Dortmund | Jan Hoffmann | Robin Cousins | Charles Tickner |
| 1981 | Hartford | Scott Hamilton | David Santee | Igor Bobrin |
| 1982 | Copenhagen | Scott Hamilton | Norbert Schramm | Brian Pockar |
| 1983 | Helsinki | Scott Hamilton | Norbert Schramm | Brian Orser |
| 1984 | Ottawa | Scott Hamilton | Brian Orser | Alexandre Fadeev |
| 1985 | Tokyo | Alexandre Fadeev | Brian Orser | Brian Boitano |
| 1986 | Geneva | Brian Boitano | Brian Orser | Alexandre Fadeev |
| 1987 | Cincinnati | Brian Orser | Brian Boitano | Alexandre Fadeev |
| 1988 | Budapest | Brian Boitano | Brian Orser | Viktor Petrenko |
| 1989 | Paris | Kurt Browning | Christopher Bowman | Grzegorz Filipowski |
| 1990 | Halifax | Kurt Browning | Viktor Petrenko | Christopher Bowman |
| 1991 | Munich | Kurt Browning | Viktor Petrenko | Todd Eldredge |
| 1992 | Oakland | Viktor Petrenko | Kurt Browning | Elvis Stojko |
| 1993 | Prague | Kurt Browning | Elvis Stojko | Alexei Urmanov |
| 1994 | Chiba | Elvis Stojko | Philippe Candeloro | Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk |
| 1995 | Birmingham | Elvis Stojko | Todd Eldredge | Philippe Candeloro |
| 1996 | Edmonton | Todd Eldredge | Ilia Kulik | Rudy Galindo |
| 1997 | Lausanne | Elvis Stojko | Todd Eldredge | Alexei Yagudin |
| 1998 | Minneapolis | Alexei Yagudin | Todd Eldredge | Evgeni Plushenko |
| 1999 | Helsinki | Alexei Yagudin | Evgeni Plushenko | Michael Weiss |
| 2000 | Nice | Alexei Yagudin | Elvis Stojko | Michael Weiss |
| 2001 | Vancouver | Evgeni Plushenko | Alexei Yagudin | Todd Eldredge |
| 2002 | Nagano | Alexei Yagudin | Timothy Goebel | Takeshi Honda |
| 2003 | Washington, D.C. | Evgeni Plushenko | Timothy Goebel | Takeshi Honda |
| 2004 | Dortmund | Evgeni Plushenko | Brian Joubert | Stefan Lindemann |
| 2005 | Moscow | Stéphane Lambiel | Jeffrey Buttle | Evan Lysacek |
| 2006 | Calgary | Stéphane Lambiel | Brian Joubert | Evan Lysacek |
| 2007 | Tokyo | Brian Joubert | Daisuke Takahashi | Stéphane Lambiel |
| 2008 | Gothenburg | Jeffrey Buttle | Brian Joubert | Johnny Weir |
| 2009 | Los Angeles | Evan Lysacek | Patrick Chan | Brian Joubert |
| 2010 | Turin | Daisuke Takahashi | Patrick Chan | Brian Joubert |
| 2011 | Moscow | Patrick Chan | Takahiko Kozuka | Artur Gachinski |
| 2012 | Nice | Patrick Chan | Daisuke Takahashi | Yuzuru Hanyu |
| 2013 | London | Patrick Chan | Denis Ten | Javier Fernández |
| 2014 | Saitama | Yuzuru Hanyu | Tatsuki Machida | Javier Fernández |
| 2015 | Shanghai | Javier Fernández | Yuzuru Hanyu | Denis Ten |
| 2016 | Boston | Javier Fernández | Yuzuru Hanyu | Jin Boyang |
| 2017 | Helsinki | Yuzuru Hanyu | Shoma Uno | Jin Boyang |
| 2018 | Milan | Nathan Chen | Shoma Uno | Mikhail Kolyada |
| 2019 | Saitama | Nathan Chen | Yuzuru Hanyu | Vincent Zhou |
| 2020 | Montreal | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Stockholm | Nathan Chen | Yuma Kagiyama | Yuzuru Hanyu |
| 2022 | Montpellier | Shoma Uno | Yuma Kagiyama | Vincent Zhou |
| 2023 | Saitama | Shoma Uno | Cha Jun-hwan | Ilia Malinin |
| 2024 | Montreal | Ilia Malinin | Yuma Kagiyama | Adam Siao Him Fa |
| 2025 | Boston | | | |

### Women's singles

Women's event medalists :
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1906 | Davos | Madge Syers | Jenny Herz | Lily Kronberger |
| 1907 | Vienna | Madge Syers | Jenny Herz | Lily Kronberger |
| 1908 | Troppau | Lily Kronberger | Elsa Rendschmidt | No other competitors |
| 1909 | Budapest | Lily Kronberger | No other competitors | No other competitors |
| 1910 | Berlin | Lily Kronberger | Elsa Rendschmidt | No other competitors |
| 1911 | Vienna | Lily Kronberger | Opika von Méray Horváth | Ludowika Eilers |
| 1912 | Davos | Opika von Méray Horváth | Dorothy Greenhough-Smith | Phyllis Johnson |
| 1913 | Stockholm | Opika von Méray Horváth | Phyllis Johnson | Svea Norén |
| 1914 | St. Moritz | Opika von Méray Horváth | Angela Hanka | Phyllis Johnson |
| 1915–21 | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I |
| 1922 | Stockholm | Herma Szabo | Svea Norén | Margot Moe |
| 1923 | Vienna | Herma Szabo | Gisela Reichmann | Svea Norén |
| 1924 | Kristiania | Herma Szabo | Ellen Brockhöft | Beatrix Loughran |
| 1925 | Davos | Herma Szabo | Ellen Brockhöft | Elisabeth Böckel |
| 1926 | Stockholm | Herma Szabo | Sonja Henie | Kathleen Shaw |
| 1927 | Oslo | Sonja Henie | Herma Szabo | Karen Simensen |
| 1928 | London | Sonja Henie | Maribel Vinson | Fritzi Burger |
| 1929 | Budapest | Sonja Henie | Fritzi Burger | Melitta Brunner |
| 1930 | New York City | Sonja Henie | Cecil Smith | Maribel Vinson |
| 1931 | Berlin | Sonja Henie | Hilde Holovsky | Fritzi Burger |
| 1932 | Montreal | Sonja Henie | Fritzi Burger | Constance Wilson-Samuel |
| 1933 | Stockholm | Sonja Henie | Vivi-Anne Hultén | Hilde Holovsky |
| 1934 | Oslo | Sonja Henie | Megan Taylor | Liselotte Landbeck |
| 1935 | Vienna | Sonja Henie | Cecilia Colledge | Vivi-Anne Hultén |
| 1936 | Paris | Sonja Henie | Megan Taylor | Vivi-Anne Hultén |
| 1937 | London | Cecilia Colledge | Megan Taylor | Vivi-Anne Hultén |
| 1938 | Stockholm | Megan Taylor | Cecilia Colledge | Hedy Stenuf |
| 1939 | Prague | Megan Taylor | Hedy Stenuf | Daphne Walker |
| 1940–46 | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II |
| 1947 | Stockholm | Barbara Ann Scott | Daphne Walker | Gretchen Merrill |
| 1948 | Davos | Barbara Ann Scott | Eva Pawlik | Jiřina Nekolová |
| 1949 | Paris | Alena Vrzáňová | Yvonne Sherman | Jeannette Altwegg |
| 1950 | London | Alena Vrzáňová | Jeannette Altwegg | Yvonne Sherman |
| 1951 | Milan | Jeannette Altwegg | Jacqueline du Bief | Sonya Klopfer |
| 1952 | Paris | Jacqueline du Bief | Sonya Klopfer | Virginia Baxter |
| 1953 | Davos | Tenley Albright | Gundi Busch | Valda Osborn |
| 1954 | Oslo | Gundi Busch | Tenley Albright | Erica Batchelor |
| 1955 | Vienna | Tenley Albright | Carol Heiss | Hanna Eigel |
| 1956 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Carol Heiss | Tenley Albright | Ingrid Wendl |
| 1957 | Colorado Springs | Carol Heiss | Hanna Eigel | Ingrid Wendl |
| 1958 | Paris | Carol Heiss | Ingrid Wendl | Hanna Walter |
| 1959 | Colorado Springs | Carol Heiss | Hanna Walter | Sjoukje Dijkstra |
| 1960 | Vancouver | Carol Heiss | Sjoukje Dijkstra | Barbara Ann Roles |
| 1961 | Prague | Competition cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 | Competition cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 | Competition cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 |
| 1962 | Prague | Sjoukje Dijkstra | Wendy Griner | Regine Heitzer |
| 1963 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | Sjoukje Dijkstra | Regine Heitzer | Nicole Hassler |
| 1964 | Dortmund | Sjoukje Dijkstra | Regine Heitzer | Petra Burka |
| 1965 | Colorado Springs | Petra Burka | Regine Heitzer | Peggy Fleming |
| 1966 | Davos | Peggy Fleming | Gabriele Seyfert | Petra Burka |
| 1967 | Vienna | Peggy Fleming | Gabriele Seyfert | Hana Mašková |
| 1968 | Geneva | Peggy Fleming | Gabriele Seyfert | Hana Mašková |
| 1969 | Colorado Springs | Gabriele Seyfert | Beatrix Schuba | Zsuzsa Almássy |
| 1970 | Ljubljana | Gabriele Seyfert | Beatrix Schuba | Julie Lynn Holmes |
| 1971 | Lyon | Beatrix Schuba | Julie Lynn Holmes | Karen Magnussen |
| 1972 | Calgary | Beatrix Schuba | Karen Magnussen | Janet Lynn |
| 1973 | Bratislava | Karen Magnussen | Janet Lynn | Christine Errath |
| 1974 | Munich | Christine Errath | Dorothy Hamill | Dianne de Leeuw |
| 1975 | Colorado Springs | Dianne de Leeuw | Dorothy Hamill | Christine Errath |
| 1976 | Gothenburg | Dorothy Hamill | Christine Errath | Dianne de Leeuw |
| 1977 | Tokyo | Linda Fratianne | Anett Pötzsch | Dagmar Lurz |
| 1978 | Ottawa | Anett Pötzsch | Linda Fratianne | Susanna Driano |
| 1979 | Vienna | Linda Fratianne | Anett Pötzsch | Emi Watanabe |
| 1980 | Dortmund | Anett Pötzsch | Dagmar Lurz | Linda Fratianne |
| 1981 | Hartford | Denise Biellmann | Elaine Zayak | Claudia Kristofics-Binder |
| 1982 | Copenhagen | Elaine Zayak | Katarina Witt | Claudia Kristofics-Binder |
| 1983 | Helsinki | Rosalynn Sumners | Claudia Leistner | Elena Vodorezova |
| 1984 | Ottawa | Katarina Witt | Anna Kondrashova | Elaine Zayak |
| 1985 | Tokyo | Katarina Witt | Kira Ivanova | Tiffany Chin |
| 1986 | Geneva | Debi Thomas | Katarina Witt | Tiffany Chin |
| 1987 | Cincinnati | Katarina Witt | Debi Thomas | Caryn Kadavy |
| 1988 | Budapest | Katarina Witt | Elizabeth Manley | Debi Thomas |
| 1989 | Paris | Midori Ito | Claudia Leistner | Jill Trenary |
| 1990 | Halifax | Jill Trenary | Midori Ito | Holly Cook |
| 1991 | Munich | Kristi Yamaguchi | Tonya Harding | Nancy Kerrigan |
| 1992 | Oakland | Kristi Yamaguchi | Nancy Kerrigan | Chen Lu |
| 1993 | Prague | Oksana Baiul | Surya Bonaly | Chen Lu |
| 1994 | Chiba | Yuka Sato | Surya Bonaly | Tanja Szewczenko |
| 1995 | Birmingham | Chen Lu | Surya Bonaly | Nicole Bobek |
| 1996 | Edmonton | Michelle Kwan | Chen Lu | Irina Slutskaya |
| 1997 | Lausanne | Tara Lipinski | Michelle Kwan | Vanessa Gusmeroli |
| 1998 | Minneapolis | Michelle Kwan | Irina Slutskaya | Maria Butyrskaya |
| 1999 | Helsinki | Maria Butyrskaya | Michelle Kwan | Julia Soldatova |
| 2000 | Nice | Michelle Kwan | Irina Slutskaya | Maria Butyrskaya |
| 2001 | Vancouver | Michelle Kwan | Irina Slutskaya | Sarah Hughes |
| 2002 | Nagano | Irina Slutskaya | Michelle Kwan | Fumie Suguri |
| 2003 | Washington, D.C. | Michelle Kwan | Elena Sokolova | Fumie Suguri |
| 2004 | Dortmund | Shizuka Arakawa | Sasha Cohen | Michelle Kwan |
| 2005 | Moscow | Irina Slutskaya | Sasha Cohen | Carolina Kostner |
| 2006 | Calgary | Kimmie Meissner | Fumie Suguri | Sasha Cohen |
| 2007 | Tokyo | Miki Ando | Mao Asada | Yuna Kim |
| 2008 | Gothenburg | Mao Asada | Carolina Kostner | Yuna Kim |
| 2009 | Los Angeles | Yuna Kim | Joannie Rochette | Miki Ando |
| 2010 | Turin | Mao Asada | Yuna Kim | Laura Lepistö |
| 2011 | Moscow | Miki Ando | Yuna Kim | Carolina Kostner |
| 2012 | Nice | Carolina Kostner | Alena Leonova | Akiko Suzuki |
| 2013 | London | Yuna Kim | Carolina Kostner | Mao Asada |
| 2014 | Saitama | Mao Asada | Yulia Lipnitskaya | Carolina Kostner |
| 2015 | Shanghai | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Satoko Miyahara | Elena Radionova |
| 2016 | Boston | Evgenia Medvedeva | Ashley Wagner | Anna Pogorilaya |
| 2017 | Helsinki | Evgenia Medvedeva | Kaetlyn Osmond | Gabrielle Daleman |
| 2018 | Milan | Kaetlyn Osmond | Wakaba Higuchi | Satoko Miyahara |
| 2019 | Saitama | Alina Zagitova | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | Evgenia Medvedeva |
| 2020 | Montreal | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Stockholm | FSR Anna Shcherbakova | FSR Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | FSR Alexandra Trusova |
| 2022 | Montpellier | Kaori Sakamoto | Loena Hendrickx | Alysa Liu |
| 2023 | Saitama | Kaori Sakamoto | Lee Hae-in | Loena Hendrickx |
| 2024 | Montreal | Kaori Sakamoto | Isabeau Levito | Kim Chae-yeon |
| 2025 | Boston | | | |

### Pairs

Pairs' event medalists :
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1908 | St. Petersburg | Anna Hübler Heinrich Burger | Phyllis Johnson James H. Johnson | Lidia Popova Alexander L. Fischer |
| 1909 | Stockholm | Phyllis Johnson James H. Johnson | Valborg Lindahl Nils Rosenius | Gertrud Ström Richard Johansson |
| 1910 | Berlin | Anna Hübler Heinrich Burger | Ludowika Eilers Walter Jakobsson | Phyllis Johnson James H. Johnson |
| 1911 | Vienna | Ludowika Eilers Walter Jakobsson | No other competitors | No other competitors |
| 1912 | Manchester | Phyllis Johnson James H. Johnson | Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson | Alexia Schøien Yngvar Bryn |
| 1913 | Stockholm | Helene Engelmann Karl Mejstrik | Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson | Christa von Szabó Leo Horwitz |
| 1914 | St. Moritz | Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson | Helene Engelmann Karl Mejstrik | Christa von Szabó Leo Horwitz |
| 1915–21 | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I |
| 1922 | Davos | Helene Engelmann Alfred Berger | Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson | Margaret Metzner Paul Metzner |
| 1923 | Kristiania | Ludowika Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson | Alexia Bryn Yngvar Bryn | Elna Henrikson Kaj af Ekström |
| 1924 | Manchester | Helene Engelmann Alfred Berger | Ethel Muckelt John F. Page | Elna Henrikson Kaj af Ekström |
| 1925 | Vienna | Herma Szabo Ludwig Wrede | Andrée Joly Pierre Brunet | Lilly Scholz Otto Kaiser |
| 1926 | Berlin | Andrée Joly Pierre Brunet | Lilly Scholz Otto Kaiser | Herma Szabo Ludwig Wrede |
| 1927 | Vienna | Herma Szabo Ludwig Wrede | Lilly Scholz Otto Kaiser | Else Hoppe Oscar Hoppe |
| 1928 | London | Andrée Joly Pierre Brunet | Lilly Scholz Otto Kaiser | Melitta Brunner Ludwig Wrede |
| 1929 | Budapest | Lilly Scholz Otto Kaiser | Melitta Brunner Ludwig Wrede | Olga Orgonista Sándor Szalay |
| 1930 | New York City | Andrée Brunet Pierre Brunet | Melitta Brunner Ludwig Wrede | Beatrix Loughran Sherwin Badger |
| 1931 | Berlin | Emília Rotter László Szollás | Olga Orgonista Sándor Szalay | Idi Papez Karl Zwack |
| 1932 | Montreal | Andrée Brunet Pierre Brunet | Emília Rotter László Szollás | Beatrix Loughran Sherwin Badger |
| 1933 | Stockholm | Emília Rotter László Szollás | Idi Papez Karl Zwack | Randi Bakke Christen Christensen |
| 1934 | Helsinki | Emília Rotter László Szollás | Idi Papez Karl Zwack | Maxi Herber Ernst Baier |
| 1935 | Budapest | Emília Rotter László Szollás | Ilse Pausin Erik Pausin | Lucy Galló Rezső Dillinger |
| 1936 | Paris | Maxi Herber Ernst Baier | Ilse Pausin Erik Pausin | Violet Cliff Leslie Cliff |
| 1937 | London | Maxi Herber Ernst Baier | Ilse Pausin Erik Pausin | Violet Cliff Leslie Cliff |
| 1938 | Berlin | Maxi Herber Ernst Baier | Ilse Pausin Erik Pausin | Inge Koch Günther Noack |
| 1939 | Budapest | Maxi Herber Ernst Baier | Ilse Pausin Erik Pausin | Inge Koch Günther Noack |
| 1940–46 | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II |
| 1947 | Stockholm | Micheline Lannoy Pierre Baugniet | Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy | Suzanne Diskeuve Edmond Verbustel |
| 1948 | Davos | Micheline Lannoy Pierre Baugniet | Andrea Kékesy Ede Király | Suzanne Morrow Wallace Diestelmeyer |
| 1949 | Paris | Andrea Kékesy Ede Király | Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy | Ann Davies Carleton Hoffner |
| 1950 | London | Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy | Jennifer Nicks John Nicks | Marianne Nagy László Nagy |
| 1951 | Milan | Ria Baran Paul Falk | Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy | Jennifer Nicks John Nicks |
| 1952 | Paris | Ria Baran Paul Falk | Karol Kennedy Peter Kennedy | Jennifer Nicks John Nicks |
| 1953 | Davos | Jennifer Nicks John Nicks | Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden | Marianne Nagy László Nagy |
| 1954 | Oslo | Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden | Silvia Grandjean Michel Grandjean | Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt |
| 1955 | Vienna | Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden | Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt | Marianne Nagy László Nagy |
| 1956 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Sissy Schwarz Kurt Oppelt | Frances Dafoe Norris Bowden | Marika Kilius Franz Ningel |
| 1957 | Colorado Springs | Barbara Wagner Robert Paul | Marika Kilius Franz Ningel | Maria Jelinek Otto Jelinek |
| 1958 | Paris | Barbara Wagner Robert Paul | Věra Suchánková Zdeněk Doležal | Maria Jelinek Otto Jelinek |
| 1959 | Colorado Springs | Barbara Wagner Robert Paul | Marika Kilius Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | Nancy Ludington Ronald Ludington |
| 1960 | Vancouver | Barbara Wagner Robert Paul | Maria Jelinek Otto Jelinek | Marika Kilius Hans-Jürgen Bäumler |
| 1961 | Prague | Competition cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 | Competition cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 | Competition cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 |
| 1962 | Prague | Maria Jelinek Otto Jelinek | Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov | Margret Göbl Franz Ningel |
| 1963 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | Marika Kilius Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov | Tatiana Zhuk Alexander Gavrilov |
| 1964 | Dortmund | Marika Kilius Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov | Debbi Wilkes Guy Revell |
| 1965 | Colorado Springs | Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov | Vivian Joseph Ronald Joseph | Tatiana Zhuk Alexander Gorelik |
| 1966 | Davos | Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov | Tatiana Zhuk Alexander Gorelik | Cynthia Kauffman Ronald Kauffman |
| 1967 | Vienna | Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov | Margot Glockshuber Wolfgang Danne | Cynthia Kauffman Ronald Kauffman |
| 1968 | Geneva | Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov | Tatiana Zhuk Alexander Gorelik | Cynthia Kauffman Ronald Kauffman |
| 1969 | Colorado Springs | Irina Rodnina Alexei Ulanov | Tamara Moskvina Alexei Mishin | Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov |
| 1970 | Ljubljana | Irina Rodnina Alexei Ulanov | Lyudmila Smirnova Andrei Suraikin | Heidemarie Steiner Heinz-Ulrich Walther |
| 1971 | Lyon | Irina Rodnina Alexei Ulanov | Lyudmila Smirnova Andrei Suraikin | JoJo Starbuck Kenneth Shelley |
| 1972 | Calgary | Irina Rodnina Alexei Ulanov | Lyudmila Smirnova Andrei Suraikin | JoJo Starbuck Kenneth Shelley |
| 1973 | Bratislava | Irina Rodnina Alexander Zaitsev | Lyudmila Smirnova Alexei Ulanov | Manuela Groß Uwe Kagelmann |
| 1974 | Munich | Irina Rodnina Alexander Zaitsev | Lyudmila Smirnova Alexei Ulanov | Romy Kermer Rolf Oesterreich |
| 1975 | Colorado Springs | Irina Rodnina Alexander Zaitsev | Romy Kermer Rolf Oesterreich | Manuela Groß Uwe Kagelmann |
| 1976 | Gothenburg | Irina Rodnina Alexander Zaitsev | Romy Kermer Rolf Oesterreich | Irina Vorobieva Alexander Vlasov |
| 1977 | Tokyo | Irina Rodnina Alexander Zaitsev | Irina Vorobieva Alexander Vlasov | Tai Babilonia Randy Gardner |
| 1978 | Ottawa | Irina Rodnina Alexander Zaitsev | Manuela Mager Uwe Bewersdorf | Tai Babilonia Randy Gardner |
| 1979 | Vienna | Tai Babilonia Randy Gardner | Marina Cherkasova Sergei Shakhrai | Sabine Baeß Tassilo Thierbach |
| 1980 | Dortmund | Marina Cherkasova Sergei Shakhrai | Manuela Mager Uwe Bewersdorf | Marina Pestova Stanislav Leonovich |
| 1981 | Hartford | Irina Vorobieva Igor Lisovski | Sabine Baeß Tassilo Thierbach | Christina Riegel Andreas Nischwitz |
| 1982 | Copenhagen | Sabine Baeß Tassilo Thierbach | Marina Pestova Stanislav Leonovich | Caitlin Carruthers Peter Carruthers |
| 1983 | Helsinki | Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev | Sabine Baeß Tassilo Thierbach | Barbara Underhill Paul Martini |
| 1984 | Ottawa | Barbara Underhill Paul Martini | Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev | Sabine Baeß Tassilo Thierbach |
| 1985 | Tokyo | Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev | Larisa Selezneva Oleg Makarov | Katherina Matousek Lloyd Eisler |
| 1986 | Geneva | Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov | Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev | Cynthia Coull Mark Rowsom |
| 1987 | Cincinnati | Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov | Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev | Jill Watson Peter Oppegard |
| 1988 | Budapest | Elena Valova Oleg Vasiliev | Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov | Larisa Selezneva Oleg Makarov |
| 1989 | Paris | Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov | Cindy Landry Lyndon Johnston | Elena Bechke Denis Petrov |
| 1990 | Halifax | Ekaterina Gordeeva Sergei Grinkov | Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler | Natalia Mishkutionok Artur Dmitriev |
| 1991 | Munich | Natalia Mishkutionok Artur Dmitriev | Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler | Natasha Kuchiki Todd Sand |
| 1992 | Oakland | Natalia Mishkutionok Artur Dmitriev | Radka Kovaříková René Novotný | Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler |
| 1993 | Prague | Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler | Mandy Wötzel Ingo Steuer | Evgenia Shishkova Vadim Naumov |
| 1994 | Chiba | Evgenia Shishkova Vadim Naumov | Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler | Marina Eltsova Andrei Bushkov |
| 1995 | Birmingham | Radka Kovaříková René Novotný | Evgenia Shishkova Vadim Naumov | Jenni Meno Todd Sand |
| 1996 | Edmonton | Marina Eltsova Andrei Bushkov | Mandy Wötzel Ingo Steuer | Jenni Meno Todd Sand |
| 1997 | Lausanne | Mandy Wötzel Ingo Steuer | Marina Eltsova Andrei Bushkov | Oksana Kazakova Artur Dmitriev |
| 1998 | Minneapolis | Elena Berezhnaya Anton Sikharulidze | Jenni Meno Todd Sand | Peggy Schwarz Mirko Müller |
| 1999 | Helsinki | Elena Berezhnaya Anton Sikharulidze | Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo | Dorota Zagórska Mariusz Siudek |
| 2000 | Nice | Maria Petrova Alexei Tikhonov | Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo | Sarah Abitbol Stéphane Bernadis |
| 2001 | Vancouver | Jamie Salé David Pelletier | Elena Berezhnaya Anton Sikharulidze | Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo |
| 2002 | Nagano | Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo | Tatiana Totmianina Maxim Marinin | Kyoko Ina John Zimmerman |
| 2003 | Washington, D.C. | Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo | Tatiana Totmianina Maxim Marinin | Maria Petrova Alexei Tikhonov |
| 2004 | Dortmund | Tatiana Totmianina Maxim Marinin | Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo | Pang Qing Tong Jian |
| 2005 | Moscow | Tatiana Totmianina Maxim Marinin | Maria Petrova Alexei Tikhonov | Zhang Dan Zhang Hao |
| 2006 | Calgary | Pang Qing Tong Jian | Zhang Dan Zhang Hao | Maria Petrova Alexei Tikhonov |
| 2007 | Tokyo | Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo | Pang Qing Tong Jian | Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy |
| 2008 | Gothenburg | Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy | Zhang Dan Zhang Hao | Jessica Dubé Bryce Davison |
| 2009 | Los Angeles | Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy | Zhang Dan Zhang Hao | Yuko Kavaguti Alexander Smirnov |
| 2010 | Turin | Pang Qing Tong Jian | Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy | Yuko Kavaguti Alexander Smirnov |
| 2011 | Moscow | Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy | Tatiana Volosozhar Maxim Trankov | Pang Qing Tong Jian |
| 2012 | Nice | Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy | Tatiana Volosozhar Maxim Trankov | Narumi Takahashi Mervin Tran |
| 2013 | London | Tatiana Volosozhar Maxim Trankov | Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy | Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford |
| 2014 | Saitama | Aliona Savchenko Robin Szolkowy | Ksenia Stolbova Fedor Klimov | Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford |
| 2015 | Shanghai | Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford | Sui Wenjing Han Cong | Pang Qing Tong Jian |
| 2016 | Boston | Meagan Duhamel Eric Radford | Sui Wenjing Han Cong | Aliona Savchenko Bruno Massot |
| 2017 | Helsinki | Sui Wenjing Han Cong | Aliona Savchenko Bruno Massot | Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov |
| 2018 | Milan | Aljona Savchenko Bruno Massot | Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov | Vanessa James Morgan Ciprès |
| 2019 | Saitama | Sui Wenjing Han Cong | Evgenia Tarasova Vladimir Morozov | Natalia Zabiiako Alexander Enbert |
| 2020 | Montreal | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Stockholm | FSR Anastasia Mishina Aleksandr Galliamov | Sui Wenjing Han Cong | FSR Aleksandra Boikova Dmitrii Kozlovskii |
| 2022 | Montpellier | Alexa Knierim Brandon Frazier | Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara | Vanessa James Eric Radford |
| 2023 | Saitama | Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara | Alexa Knierim Brandon Frazier | Sara Conti Niccolò Macii |
| 2024 | Montreal | Deanna Stellato-Dudek Maxime Deschamps | Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara | Minerva Fabienne Hase Nikita Volodin |
| 2025 | Boston | | | |

### Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists :
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1952 | Paris | Jean Westwood Lawrence Demmy | Joan Dewhirst John Slater | Carol Ann Peters Daniel Ryan |
| 1953 | Davos | Jean Westwood Lawrence Demmy | Joan Dewhirst John Slater | Carol Ann Peters Daniel Ryan |
| 1954 | Oslo | Jean Westwood Lawrence Demmy | Nesta Davies Paul Thomas | Carmel Bodel Edward Bodel |
| 1955 | Vienna | Jean Westwood Lawrence Demmy | Pamela Weight Paul Thomas | Barbara Radford Raymond Lockwood |
| 1956 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Pamela Weight Paul Thomas | June Markham Courtney Jones | Barbara Thompson Gerard Rigby |
| 1957 | Colorado Springs | June Markham Courtney Jones | Geraldine Fenton William McLachlan | Sharon McKenzie Bert Wright |
| 1958 | Paris | June Markham Courtney Jones | Geraldine Fenton William McLachlan | Andree Anderson Donald Jacoby |
| 1959 | Colorado Springs | Doreen Denny Courtney Jones | Andree Anderson Donald Jacoby | Geraldine Fenton William McLachlan |
| 1960 | Vancouver | Doreen Denny Courtney Jones | Virginia Thompson William McLachlan | Christiane Guhel Jean Paul Guhel |
| 1961 | Prague | Competition cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 | Competition cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 | Competition cancelled due to the crash of Sabena Flight 548 |
| 1962 | Prague | Eva Romanová Pavel Roman | Christiane Guhel Jean Paul Guhel | Virginia Thompson William McLachlan |
| 1963 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | Eva Romanová Pavel Roman | Linda Shearman Michael Phillips | Paulette Doan Kenneth Ormsby |
| 1964 | Dortmund | Eva Romanová Pavel Roman | Paulette Doan Kenneth Ormsby | Janet Sawbridge David Hickinbottom |
| 1965 | Colorado Springs | Eva Romanová Pavel Roman | Janet Sawbridge David Hickinbottom | Lorna Dyer John Carrell |
| 1966 | Davos | Diane Towler Bernard Ford | Kristin Fortune Dennis Sveum | Lorna Dyer John Carrell |
| 1967 | Vienna | Diane Towler Bernard Ford | Lorna Dyer John Carrell | Yvonne Suddick Malcolm Cannon |
| 1968 | Geneva | Diane Towler Bernard Ford | Yvonne Suddick Malcolm Cannon | Janet Sawbridge Jon Lane |
| 1969 | Colorado Springs | Diane Towler Bernard Ford | Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov | Judy Schwomeyer James Sladky |
| 1970 | Ljubljana | Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov | Judy Schwomeyer James Sladky | Angelika Buck Erich Buck |
| 1971 | Lyon | Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov | Angelika Buck Erich Buck | Judy Schwomeyer James Sladky |
| 1972 | Calgary | Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov | Angelika Buck Erich Buck | Judy Schwomeyer James Sladky |
| 1973 | Bratislava | Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov | Angelika Buck Erich Buck | Hilary Green Glyn Watts |
| 1974 | Munich | Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov | Hilary Green Glyn Watts | Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov |
| 1975 | Colorado Springs | Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov | Colleen O'Connor James Millns | Hilary Green Glyn Watts |
| 1976 | Gothenburg | Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov | Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov | Colleen O'Connor James Millns |
| 1977 | Tokyo | Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov | Janet Thompson Warren Maxwell | Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov |
| 1978 | Ottawa | Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov | Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov | Krisztina Regőczy András Sallay |
| 1979 | Vienna | Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov | Krisztina Regőczy András Sallay | Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov |
| 1980 | Dortmund | Krisztina Regőczy András Sallay | Natalia Linichuk Gennadi Karponosov | Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov |
| 1981 | Hartford | Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean | Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov | Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin |
| 1982 | Copenhagen | Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean | Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin | Irina Moiseeva Andrei Minenkov |
| 1983 | Helsinki | Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean | Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin | Judy Blumberg Michael Seibert |
| 1984 | Ottawa | Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean | Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin | Judy Blumberg Michael Seibert |
| 1985 | Tokyo | Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin | Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko | Judy Blumberg Michael Seibert |
| 1986 | Geneva | Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin | Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko | Tracy Wilson Robert McCall |
| 1987 | Cincinnati | Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin | Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko | Tracy Wilson Robert McCall |
| 1988 | Budapest | Natalia Bestemianova Andrei Bukin | Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko | Tracy Wilson Robert McCall |
| 1989 | Paris | Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko | Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin | Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay |
| 1990 | Halifax | Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko | Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay | Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin |
| 1991 | Munich | Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay | Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko | Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin |
| 1992 | Oakland | Marina Klimova Sergei Ponomarenko | Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin | Oksana Grishuk Evgeni Platov |
| 1993 | Prague | Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin | Oksana Grishuk Evgeni Platov | Anjelika Krylova Vladimir Fedorov |
| 1994 | Chiba | Oksana Grishuk Evgeni Platov | Sophie Moniotte Pascal Lavanchy | Susanna Rahkamo Petri Kokko |
| 1995 | Birmingham | Oksana Grishuk Evgeni Platov | Susanna Rahkamo Petri Kokko | Sophie Moniotte Pascal Lavanchy |
| 1996 | Edmonton | Oksana Grishuk Evgeni Platov | Anjelika Krylova Oleg Ovsyannikov | Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz |
| 1997 | Lausanne | Oksana Grishuk Evgeni Platov | Anjelika Krylova Oleg Ovsyannikov | Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz |
| 1998 | Minneapolis | Anjelika Krylova Oleg Ovsyannikov | Marina Anissina Gwendal Peizerat | Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz |
| 1999 | Helsinki | Anjelika Krylova Oleg Ovsyannikov | Marina Anissina Gwendal Peizerat | Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz |
| 2000 | Nice | Marina Anissina Gwendal Peizerat | Barbara Fusar-Poli Maurizio Margaglio | Margarita Drobiazko Povilas Vanagas |
| 2001 | Vancouver | Barbara Fusar-Poli Maurizio Margaglio | Marina Anissina Gwendal Peizerat | Irina Lobacheva Ilia Averbukh |
| 2002 | Nagano | Irina Lobacheva Ilia Averbukh | Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz | Galit Chait Sergei Sakhnovski |
| 2003 | Washington, D.C. | Shae-Lynn Bourne Victor Kraatz | Irina Lobacheva Ilia Averbukh | Albena Denkova Maxim Staviski |
| 2004 | Dortmund | Tatiana Navka Roman Kostomarov | Albena Denkova Maxim Staviski | Kati Winkler René Lohse |
| 2005 | Moscow | Tatiana Navka Roman Kostomarov | Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto | Elena Grushina Ruslan Goncharov |
| 2006 | Calgary | Albena Denkova Maxim Staviski | Marie-France Dubreuil Patrice Lauzon | Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto |
| 2007 | Tokyo | Albena Denkova Maxim Staviski | Marie-France Dubreuil Patrice Lauzon | Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto |
| 2008 | Gothenburg | Isabelle Delobel Olivier Schoenfelder | Tessa Virtue Scott Moir | Jana Khokhlova Sergei Novitski |
| 2009 | Los Angeles | Oksana Domnina Maxim Shabalin | Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto | Tessa Virtue Scott Moir |
| 2010 | Turin | Tessa Virtue Scott Moir | Meryl Davis Charlie White | Federica Faiella Massimo Scali |
| 2011 | Moscow | Meryl Davis Charlie White | Tessa Virtue Scott Moir | Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani |
| 2012 | Nice | Tessa Virtue Scott Moir | Meryl Davis Charlie White | Nathalie Péchalat Fabian Bourzat |
| 2013 | London | Meryl Davis Charlie White | Tessa Virtue Scott Moir | Ekaterina Bobrova Dmitri Soloviev |
| 2014 | Saitama | Anna Cappellini Luca Lanotte | Kaitlyn Weaver Andrew Poje | Nathalie Péchalat Fabian Bourzat |
| 2015 | Shanghai | Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron | Madison Chock Evan Bates | Kaitlyn Weaver Andrew Poje |
| 2016 | Boston | Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron | Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani | Madison Chock Evan Bates |
| 2017 | Helsinki | Tessa Virtue Scott Moir | Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron | Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani |
| 2018 | Milan | Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron | Madison Hubbell Zachary Donohue | Kaitlyn Weaver Andrew Poje |
| 2019 | Saitama | Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron | Victoria Sinitsina Nikita Katsalapov | Madison Hubbell Zachary Donohue |
| 2020 | Montreal | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Stockholm | FSR Victoria Sinitsina Nikita Katsalapov | Madison Hubbell Zachary Donohue | Piper Gilles Paul Poirier |
| 2022 | Montpellier | Gabriella Papadakis Guillaume Cizeron | Madison Hubbell Zachary Donohue | Madison Chock Evan Bates |
| 2023 | Saitama | Madison Chock Evan Bates | Charlène Guignard Marco Fabbri | Piper Gilles Paul Poirier |
| 2024 | Montreal | Madison Chock Evan Bates | Piper Gilles Paul Poirier | Charlène Guignard Marco Fabbri |
| 2025 | Boston | | | |

## Records

| Event | Most titles | Most titles | Most titles | Medal sweeps | Medal sweeps |
| Men's singles | Ulrich Salchow | 10 | 1901–05; 1907–11 | Austria | 1925; 1927–28 |
| Men's singles | Ulrich Salchow | 10 | 1901–05; 1907–11 | United States | 1952; 1955–56 |
| Women's singles | Sonja Henie | 10 | 1927–36 | United States | 1991 |
| Women's singles | Sonja Henie | 10 | 1927–36 | FSR | 2021 |
| Pairs | Irina Rodnina Alexander Zaitsev | 6 | 1973–78 | Germany | 1939 |
| Pairs | Irina Rodnina | 10 | 1969–78 | Soviet Union | 1969; 1988 |
| Ice dance | Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov | 6 | 1970–74; 1976 | Great Britain | 1955–56; 1968 |
| Ice dance | Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov | 6 | 1970–74; 1976 | CIS | 1992 |
| Ice dance | Lyudmila Pakhomova Aleksandr Gorshkov | 6 | 1970–74; 1976 | Russia | 1993 |

### Note

* ↑ Irina Rodnina won ten titles from 1969 to 1978; the first four while partnered with Alexei Ulanov and the last six with Alexander Zaitsev.

## Cumulative medal count

* Countries that no longer participate are indicated in italics.
Total number of World Championship medals by nation :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 60 | 65 | 84 | 209 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 44 | 42 | 24 | 110 |
| 3 | Austria | 36 | 46 | 34 | 116 |
| 4 | Canada | 36 | 38 | 38 | 112 |
| 5 | Russia | 33 | 26 | 27 | 86 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 28 | 30 | 24 | 82 |
| 7 | Japan | 17 | 19 | 13 | 49 |
| 8 | Germany | 16 | 20 | 21 | 57 |
| 9 | France | 16 | 19 | 19 | 54 |
| 10 | Sweden | 15 | 7 | 11 | 33 |
| 11 | Hungary | 13 | 7 | 15 | 35 |
| 12 | East Germany | 12 | 16 | 12 | 40 |
| 13 | Norway | 10 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 15 | China | 8 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
| 16 | West Germany | 6 | 12 | 7 | 25 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 19 | Finland | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 20 | Italy | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 21 | Figure Skating Federation of Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | CIS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 | South Korea | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 24 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 30 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (32 entries) | Totals (32 entries) | 389 | 387 | 382 | 1,158 |