# List of World Judo Championships medalists

The following is the list of World Judo Championships medalists in the sport of judo.

## Men
### Extra Lightweight

* 60 kg
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1979 | Thierry Rey | Gwak U-jong | Felice Mariani | Yasuhiko Moriwaki |
| 1981 | Yasuhiko Moriwaki | Pavel Petřikov | Felice Mariani | Phil Takahashi |
| 1983 | Khazret Tletseri | Tamás Bujkó | Kenichi Haraguchi | Klaus-Peter Stollberg |
| 1985 | Shinji Hosokawa | Peter Jupke | Tamás Bujkó | Khazret Tletseri |
| 1987 | Kim Jae-yup | Shinji Hosokawa | Kevin Asano | Patrick Roux |
| 1989 | Amiran Totikashvili | Tadanori Koshino | Dashgombyn Battulga | Yoon Hyun |
| 1991 | Tadanori Koshino | Yoon Hyun | Nazim Huseynov | Philippe Pradayrol |
| 1993 | Ryuji Sonoda | Nazim Huseynov | Richard Trautmann | Giorgi Vazagashvili |
| 1995 | Nikolay Ozhegin | Giorgi Vazagashvili | Ryuji Sonoda | Natik Bagirov |
| 1997 | Tadahiro Nomura | Giorgi Revazishvili | Fúlvio Miyata | Cédric Taymans |
| 1999 | Manolo Poulot | Kazuhiko Tokuno | Natik Bagirov | Nestor Khergiani |
| 2001 | Anis Lounifi | Cédric Taymans | Kazuhiko Tokuno | John Buchanan |
| 2003 | Choi Min-ho | Craig Fallon | Tadahiro Nomura | Anis Lounifi |
| 2005 | Craig Fallon | Ludwig Paischer | Nijat Shikhalizada | Cho Nam-suk |
| 2007 | Ruben Houkes | Nestor Khergiani | Ludwig Paischer | Choi Min-Ho |
| 2009 | Georgii Zantaraia | Hiroaki Hiraoka | Hovhannes Davtyan | Elio Verde |
| 2010 | Rishod Sobirov | Georgii Zantaraia | Hiroaki Hiraoka | Arsen Galstyan |
| 2011 | Rishod Sobirov | Hiroaki Hiraoka | Ilgar Mushkiyev | Georgii Zantaraia |
| 2013 | Naohisa Takatō | Dashdavaagiin Amartüvshin | Kim Won-jin | Orkhan Safarov |
| 2014 | Ganbatyn Boldbaatar | Beslan Mudranov | Amiran Papinashvili | Naohisa Takatō |
| 2015 | Yeldos Smetov | Rustam Ibrayev | Toru Shishime | Kim Won-jin |
| 2017 | Naohisa Takatō | Orkhan Safarov | Ganbatyn Boldbaatar | Diyorbek Urozboev |
| 2018 | Naohisa Takatō | Robert Mshvidobadze | Amiran Papinashvili | Ryuju Nagayama |
| 2019 | Lukhumi Chkhvimiani | Sharafuddin Lutfillaev | Yeldos Smetov | Ryuju Nagayama |
| 2021 | Yago Abuladze | Gusman Kyrgyzbayev | Karamat Huseynov | Francisco Garrigós |
| 2022 | Naohisa Takatō | Enkhtaivany Ariunbold | Yeldos Smetov | Yang Yung-wei |
| 2023 | Francisco Garrigós | Dilshodbek Baratov | Giorgi Sardalashvili | Lee Ha-rim |
| 2024 | Giorgi Sardalashvili | Yang Yung-wei | Taiki Nakamura [ja] | Lee Ha-rim |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 13 June 2025. | Scheduled for 13 June 2025. | Scheduled for 13 June 2025. | Scheduled for 13 June 2025. |

### Half Lightweight

* 65 kg (1979–1997)
* 66 kg (1999–)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1979 | Nikolay Solodukhin | Yves Delvingt | Janusz Pawłowski | Kyosuke Sahara |
| 1981 | Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki | Constantin Niculae | Hwang Jung-oh | Petr Ponomarev |
| 1983 | Nikolay Solodukhin | Yoshiyuki Matsuoka | Janusz Pawłowski | Sandro Rosati |
| 1985 | Yury Sokolov | Lee Kyung-keun | Yoshiyuki Matsuoka | Stephen Gawthorpe |
| 1987 | Yōsuke Yamamoto | Yury Sokolov | Janusz Pawłowski | Tamás Bujkó |
| 1989 | Dragomir Bečanović | Udo Quellmalz | Sergei Kosmynin | Bruno Carabetta |
| 1991 | Udo Quellmalz | Masahiko Okuma | Sergei Kosmynin | Jimmy Pedro |
| 1993 | Yukimasa Nakamura | Eric Born | Sergei Kosmynin | Udo Quellmalz |
| 1995 | Udo Quellmalz | Yukimasa Nakamura | Kim Dae-ik | Bektaş Demirel |
| 1997 | Kim Hyuk | Larbi Benboudaoud | Giorgi Vazagashvili | Victor Bivol |
| 1999 | Larbi Benboudaoud | Hüseyin Özkan | Patrick van Kalken | Yordanis Arencibia |
| 2001 | Arash Miresmaeili | Musa Nastuyev | Kim Hyung-ju | Yordanis Arencibia |
| 2003 | Arash Miresmaeili | Larbi Benboudaoud | Magomed Dzhafarov | Yordanis Arencibia |
| 2005 | João Derly | Masato Uchishiba | Arash Miresmaeili | Miklós Ungvári |
| 2007 | João Derly | Yordanis Arencibia | Arash Miresmaeili | Miklós Ungvári |
| 2009 | Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar | Sugoi Uriarte | An Jeong-hwan | Miklós Ungvári |
| 2010 | Junpei Morishita | Leandro Cunha | Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar | Loïc Korval |
| 2011 | Masashi Ebinuma | Leandro Cunha | Cho Jun-ho | Musa Mogushkov |
| 2013 | Masashi Ebinuma | Azamat Mukanov | Masaaki Fukuoka | Georgii Zantaraia |
| 2014 | Masashi Ebinuma | Mikhail Pulyaev | Kamal Khan-Magomedov | Georgii Zantaraia |
| 2015 | An Ba-ul | Mikhail Pulyaev | Golan Pollack | Rishod Sobirov |
| 2017 | Hifumi Abe | Mikhail Pulyaev | Tal Flicker | Vazha Margvelashvili |
| 2018 | Hifumi Abe | Yerlan Serikzhanov | An Ba-ul | Georgii Zantaraia |
| 2019 | Joshiro Maruyama | Kim Lim-hwan | Hifumi Abe | Denis Vieru |
| 2021 | Joshiro Maruyama | Manuel Lombardo | Yakub Shamilov | Yondonperenlein Baskhüü |
| 2022 | Hifumi Abe | Joshiro Maruyama | An Ba-ul | Denis Vieru |
| 2023 | Hifumi Abe | Joshiro Maruyama | Walide Khyar | Yondonperenlein Baskhüü |
| 2024 | Ryoma Tanaka | Takeshi Takeoka [ja] | Luukas Saha [fi] | Vazha Margvelashvili |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 14 June 2025. | Scheduled for 14 June 2025. | Scheduled for 14 June 2025. | Scheduled for 14 June 2025. |

### Lightweight

* 68 kg (1965)
* 63 kg (1967–1975)
* 71 kg (1979–1997)
* 73 kg (1999–)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1965 | Hirofumi Matsuda | Hiroshi Minatoya | Oleg Stepanov | Park Keil-soon |
| 1967 | Takafumi Shigeoka | Hirofumi Matsuda | Sergey Suslin | Kim Byung-sik |
| 1969 | Yoshio Sonoda | Toyokazu Nomura | Sergey Suslin | Kim Sang-chul |
| 1971 | Takao Kawaguchi | Toyokazu Nomura | Sergey Suslin | Choi Jong-sam |
| 1973 | Yoshiharu Minami | Takao Kawaguchi | Shengeli Pitskhelauri | Héctor Rodríguez |
| 1975 | Yoshiharu Minami | Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki | Felice Mariani | Torsten Reißmann |
| 1979 | Kiyoto Katsuki | Ezio Gamba | Neil Adams | Tamaz Namgalauri |
| 1981 | Park Chong-hak | Serge Dyot | Karl-Heinz Lehmann | Vojislav Vujević |
| 1983 | Hidetoshi Nakanishi | Ezio Gamba | Tamaz Namgalauri | Steffen Stranz |
| 1985 | Ahn Byeong-keun | Mike Swain | Wiesław Błach | Steffen Stranz |
| 1987 | Mike Swain | Marc Alexandre | Kerrith Brown | Toshihiko Koga |
| 1989 | Toshihiko Koga | Mike Swain | Giorgi Tenadze | Li Chang-su |
| 1991 | Toshihiko Koga | Joaquín Ruiz | Vladimeri Dgebuadze | Chung Hoon |
| 1993 | Chung Hoon | Bertalan Hajtós | Rogério Sampaio | Daisuke Hideshima |
| 1995 | Daisuke Hideshima | Kwak Dae-sung | Diego Brambilla | Jimmy Pedro |
| 1997 | Kenzo Nakamura | Christophe Gagliano | Guilherme Bentes | Vsevolods Zeļonijs |
| 1999 | Jimmy Pedro | Vitaly Makarov | Sebastian Pereira | Giorgi Revazishvili |
| 2001 | Vitaly Makarov | Yusuke Kanamaru | Askhat Shakharov | Krzysztof Wiłkomirski |
| 2003 | Lee Won-hee | Daniel Fernandes | João Neto | Vitaly Makarov |
| 2005 | Ákos Braun | Francesco Bruyere | Kiyoshi Uematsu | Gennadiy Bilodid |
| 2007 | Wang Ki-chun | Elnur Mammadli | Yusuke Kanamaru | Rasul Boqiev |
| 2009 | Wang Ki-chun | Kim Chol-su | Mansur Isaev | Dirk Van Tichelt |
| 2010 | Hiroyuki Akimoto | Dex Elmont | Wang Ki-chun | Yasuhiro Awano |
| 2011 | Riki Nakaya | Dex Elmont | Ugo Legrand | Navruz Jurakobilov |
| 2013 | Shohei Ono | Ugo Legrand | Dex Elmont | Dirk Van Tichelt |
| 2014 | Riki Nakaya | Hong Kuk-hyon | Musa Mogushkov | Victor Scvortov |
| 2015 | Shohei Ono | Riki Nakaya | Sainjargalyn Nyam-Ochir | An Chang-rim |
| 2017 | Soichi Hashimoto | Rustam Orujov | Ganbaataryn Odbayar | An Chang-rim |
| 2018 | An Chang-rim | Soichi Hashimoto | Hidayat Heydarov | Mohammad Mohammadi |
| 2019 | Shohei Ono | Rustam Orujov | Hidayat Heydarov | Denis Iartsev |
| 2021 | Lasha Shavdatuashvili | Tommy Macias | Soichi Hashimoto | Bilal Çiloğlu |
| 2022 | Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar | Soichi Hashimoto | Hidayat Heydarov | Daniel Cargnin |
| 2023 | Nils Stump | Manuel Lombardo | Soichi Hashimoto | Murodjon Yuldoshev |
| 2024 | Hidayat Heydarov | Tatsuki Ishihara [ja] | Nils Stump | Lavjargalyn Ankhzayaa |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 15 June 2025. | Scheduled for 15 June 2025. | Scheduled for 15 June 2025. | Scheduled for 15 June 2025. |

### Half Middleweight

* 70 kg (1967–1975)
* 78 kg (1979–1997)
* 81 kg (1999–)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1967 | Hiroshi Minatoya | Park Kil-sun | Takehide Nakatani | Park Cheong-sam |
| 1969 | Hiroshi Minatoya | Yoshimitsu Kono | David Rudman | Kim Chil-bok |
| 1971 | Hideki Tsuzawa | Hiroshi Minatoya | Dietmar Hötger | Antoni Zajkowski |
| 1973 | Toyokazu Nomura | Dietmar Hötger | Anatoliy Novikov | Kazuo Yoshimura |
| 1975 | Vladimir Nevzorov | Valeriy Dvoynikov | Katsunori Akimoto | Koji Kuramoto |
| 1979 | Shōzō Fujii | Bernard Tchoullouyan | Harald Heinke | Park Young-chul |
| 1981 | Neil Adams | Jiro Kase | Kevin Doherty | Georgi Petrov |
| 1983 | Nobutoshi Hikage | Neil Adams | Mircea Frățică | Shota Khabareli |
| 1985 | Nobutoshi Hikage | Torsten Bréchôt | Neil Adams | Vladimir Shestakov |
| 1987 | Hirotaka Okada | Bashir Varaev | Lee Koai-hwa | Waldemar Legień |
| 1989 | Kim Byung-joo | Tatsuto Mochida | Bashir Varaev | Waldemar Legień |
| 1991 | Daniel Lascau | Johan Laats | Bashir Varaev | Hidehiko Yoshida |
| 1993 | Jeon Ki-young | Hidehiko Yoshida | Jason Morris | Darcel Yandzi |
| 1995 | Toshihiko Koga | Oren Smadja | Patrick Reiter | Djamel Bouras |
| 1997 | Cho In-chul | Djamel Bouras | Patrick Reiter | Kwak Ok-chol |
| 1999 | Graeme Randall | Farkhod Turayev | Cho In-chul | Kwak Ok-chol |
| 2001 | Cho In-chul | Aleksei Budõlin | Sergei Aschwanden | Elkhan Rajabli |
| 2003 | Florian Wanner | Sergei Aschwanden | Aleksei Budõlin | Robert Krawczyk |
| 2005 | Guillaume Elmont | Abderrahmane Benamadi | Takashi Ono | Roman Hontyuk |
| 2007 | Tiago Camilo | Anthony Rodriguez | Guillaume Elmont | Euan Burton |
| 2009 | Ivan Nifontov | Siarhei Shundzikau | Ole Bischof | Kim Jae-bum |
| 2010 | Kim Jae-bum | Leandro Guilheiro | Masahiro Takamatsu | Euan Burton |
| 2011 | Kim Jae-bum | Srđan Mrvaljević | Leandro Guilheiro | Sergiu Toma |
| 2013 | Loïc Pietri | Avtandili Tchrikishvili | Ivan Vorobev | Alain Schmitt |
| 2014 | Avtandili Tchrikishvili | Antoine Valois-Fortier | Ivan Nifontov | Loïc Pietri |
| 2015 | Takanori Nagase | Loïc Pietri | Antoine Valois-Fortier | Victor Penalber |
| 2017 | Alexander Wieczerzak | Matteo Marconcini | Saeid Mollaei | Khasan Khalmurzaev |
| 2018 | Saeid Mollaei | Sotaro Fujiwara | Alexander Wieczerzak | Vedat Albayrak |
| 2019 | Sagi Muki | Matthias Casse | Antoine Valois-Fortier | Luka Maisuradze |
| 2021 | Matthias Casse | Tato Grigalashvili | Frank de Wit | Anri Egutidze |
| 2022 | Tato Grigalashvili | Matthias Casse | Takanori Nagase | Shamil Borchashvili |
| 2023 | Tato Grigalashvili | Matthias Casse | Takanori Nagase | Lee Joon-hwan |
| 2024 | Tato Grigalashvili | Timur Arbuzov | Somon Makhmadbekov | Lee Joon-hwan |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 16 June 2025. | Scheduled for 16 June 2025. | Scheduled for 16 June 2025. | Scheduled for 16 June 2025. |

### Middleweight

* 80 kg (1965–1975)
* 86 kg (1979–1997)
* 90 kg (1999–)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1965 | Isao Okano | Kenichi Yamanaka | Jim Bregman | Kim Eui-tae |
| 1967 | Eiji Maruki | Martin Poglajen | Shinichi Enshu | Brian Jacks |
| 1969 | Isamu Sonoda | Katsuya Hirao | Martin Poglajen | Oh Seung-lip |
| 1971 | Shōzō Fujii | Yoshinari Shigematsu | Guy Auffray | David Starbrook |
| 1973 | Shōzō Fujii | Isamu Sonoda | Bernd Look | Antoni Reiner |
| 1975 | Shōzō Fujii | Yoshimi Hara | Jean-Paul Coche | Adam Adamczik |
| 1979 | Detlef Ultsch | Michel Sanchis | Masao Takahashi | Walter Carmona |
| 1981 | Bernard Tchoullouyan | Seiki Nose | Detlef Ultsch | David Bodaveli |
| 1983 | Detlef Ultsch | Fabien Canu | Robert Berland | Seiki Nose |
| 1985 | Peter Seisenbacher | Georgi Petrov | Fabien Canu | Vitali Pesniak |
| 1987 | Fabien Canu | Pak Jong-chol | Masao Murata | Densign White |
| 1989 | Fabien Canu | Ben Spijkers | Stefan Freudenberg | Axel Lobenstein |
| 1991 | Hirotaka Okada | Joseph Wanag | Waldemar Legień | Giorgio Vismara |
| 1993 | Yoshio Nakamura | Nicolas Gill | Adrian Croitoru | León Villar |
| 1995 | Jeon Ki-young | Hidehiko Yoshida | Nicolas Gill | Oleg Maltsev |
| 1997 | Jeon Ki-young | Marko Spittka | Brian Olson | Michele Monti |
| 1999 | Hidehiko Yoshida | Victor Florescu | Yoo Sung-yeon | Adrian Croitoru |
| 2001 | Frédéric Demontfaucon | Zurab Zviadauri | Yoon Dong-sik | Rasul Salimov |
| 2003 | Hwang Hee-tae | Zurab Zviadauri | Siarhei Kukharenka | Carlos Honorato |
| 2005 | Hiroshi Izumi | Ilias Iliadis | Mark Huizinga | Andrei Kazusenok |
| 2007 | Irakli Tsirekidze | Ilias Iliadis | Roberto Meloni | Ivan Pershin |
| 2009 | Lee Kyu-won | Kirill Denisov | Hesham Mesbah | Dilshod Choriev |
| 2010 | Ilias Iliadis | Daiki Nishiyama | Kirill Denisov | Elkhan Mammadov |
| 2011 | Ilias Iliadis | Daiki Nishiyama | Takashi Ono | Asley González |
| 2013 | Asley González | Varlam Liparteliani | Ilias Iliadis | Kirill Denisov |
| 2014 | Ilias Iliadis | Krisztián Tóth | Varlam Liparteliani | Kirill Voprosov |
| 2015 | Gwak Dong-han | Kirill Denisov | Varlam Liparteliani | Mashu Baker |
| 2017 | Nemanja Majdov | Mihael Žgank | Gwak Dong-han | Ushangi Margiani |
| 2018 | Nikoloz Sherazadishvili | Iván Felipe Silva Morales | Kenta Nagasawa | Axel Clerget |
| 2019 | Noël van 't End | Shoichiro Mukai | Nemanja Majdov | Axel Clerget |
| 2021 | Nikoloz Sherazadishvili | Davlat Bobonov | Krisztián Tóth | Marcus Nyman |
| 2022 | Davlat Bobonov | Christian Parlati | Luka Maisuradze | Lasha Bekauri |
| 2023 | Luka Maisuradze | Lasha Bekauri | Marcus Nyman | Sanshiro Murao |
| 2024 | Goki Tajima | Nemanja Majdov | Erlan Sherov | Tristani Mosakhlishvili |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 17 June 2025. | Scheduled for 17 June 2025. | Scheduled for 17 June 2025. | Scheduled for 17 June 2025. |

### Half Heavyweight

* 93 kg (1967–1975)
* 95 kg (1979–1997)
* 100 kg (1999–)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1967 | Nobuyuki Sato | Osamu Sato | Peter Herrmann | Ernst Eugster |
| 1969 | Fumio Sasahara | Peter Herrmann | Tomoyuki Kawabata | Vladimir Pokatayev |
| 1971 | Fumio Sasahara | Nobuyuki Sato | Helmut Howiller | Chiaki Ishii |
| 1973 | Nobuyuki Sato | Takafumi Ueguchi | Dietmar Lorenz | David Starbrook |
| 1975 | Jean-Luc Rougé | Michinori Ishibashi | Viktor Betanov | Ramaz Kharshiladze |
| 1979 | Tengiz Khubuluri | Robert Van de Walle | Günther Neureuther | Henk Numan |
| 1981 | Tengiz Khubuluri | Robert Van de Walle | Ha Hyung-joo | Roger Vachon |
| 1983 | Andreas Preschel | Valeri Divisenko | Günther Neureuther | Robert Van de Walle |
| 1985 | Hitoshi Sugai | Ha Hyung-joo | Günther Neureuther | Robert Van de Walle |
| 1987 | Hitoshi Sugai | Theo Meijer | Ha Hyung-joo | Aurélio Miguel |
| 1989 | Koba Kurtanidze | Odvogiin Baljinnyam | Marc Meiling | Robert Van de Walle |
| 1991 | Stéphane Traineau | Paweł Nastula | Marc Meiling | Jiří Sosna |
| 1993 | Antal Kovács | Aurélio Miguel | Marc Meiling | Stéphane Traineau |
| 1995 | Paweł Nastula | Dmitri Sergeyev | Shigeru Okaizumi | Stéphane Traineau |
| 1997 | Paweł Nastula | Aurélio Miguel | Yoshio Nakamura | Ghislain Lemaire |
| 1999 | Kōsei Inoue | Jang Sung-ho | Alexander Mikhaylin | Nicolas Gill |
| 2001 | Kōsei Inoue | Antal Kovács | Jang Sung-ho | Askhat Zhitkeyev |
| 2003 | Kōsei Inoue | Ghislain Lemaire | Ihar Makarau | Mário Sabino |
| 2005 | Keiji Suzuki | Vitaliy Bubon | Dmitri Kabanov | Luciano Corrêa |
| 2007 | Luciano Corrêa | Peter Cousins | Dániel Hadfi | Oreidis Despaigne |
| 2009 | Maxim Rakov | Henk Grol | Ramadan Darwish | Takamasa Anai |
| 2010 | Takamasa Anai | Henk Grol | Oreidis Despaigne | Thierry Fabre |
| 2011 | Tagir Khaybulaev | Maxim Rakov | Irakli Tsirekidze | Lukáš Krpálek |
| 2013 | Elkhan Mammadov | Henk Grol | Dimitri Peters | Lukáš Krpálek |
| 2014 | Lukáš Krpálek | José Armenteros | Ivan Remarenco | Karl-Richard Frey |
| 2015 | Ryunosuke Haga | Karl-Richard Frey | Toma Nikiforov | Dimitri Peters |
| 2017 | Aaron Wolf | Varlam Liparteliani | Elmar Gasimov | Kirill Denisov |
| 2018 | Cho Gu-ham | Varlam Liparteliani | Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar | Niyaz Ilyasov |
| 2019 | Jorge Fonseca | Niyaz Ilyasov | Michael Korrel | Aaron Wolf |
| 2021 | Jorge Fonseca | Aleksandar Kukolj | Varlam Liparteliani | Ilia Sulamanidze |
| 2022 | Muzaffarbek Turoboyev | Kyle Reyes | Michael Korrel | Zelym Kotsoiev |
| 2023 | Arman Adamian | Lukáš Krpálek | Peter Paltchik | Zelym Kotsoiev |
| 2024 | Zelym Kotsoiev | Shady El Nahas | Dota Arai | Nikoloz Sherazadishvili |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 18 June 2025. | Scheduled for 18 June 2025. | Scheduled for 18 June 2025. | Scheduled for 18 June 2025. |

### Heavyweight

* 80+ kg (1965)
* 93+ kg (1967–1975)
* 95+ kg (1979–1997)
* 100+ kg (1999–)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1965 | Anton Geesink | Mitsuo Matsunaga | Seiji Sakaguchi | Doug Rogers |
| 1967 | Wim Ruska | Nobuyuki Maejima | Takeshi Matsuzaka | Anzor Kiknadze |
| 1969 | Shuji Suma | Klaus Glahn | Mitsuo Matsunaga | Givi Onashvili |
| 1971 | Wim Ruska | Klaus Glahn | Hisakazu Iwata | Keith Remfry |
| 1973 | Chonosuke Takagi | Jibilo Nizharadze | Sergei Novikov | Keith Remfry |
| 1975 | Sumio Endo | Sergei Novikov | Chonosuke Takagi | Pak Gil-jong |
| 1979 | Yasuhiro Yamashita | Jean-Luc Rougé | Cho Jae-ki | Imre Varga |
| 1981 | Yasuhiro Yamashita | Grigory Verichev | Vladimír Kocman | Juha Salonen |
| 1983 | Yasuhiro Yamashita | Willy Wilhelm | Mihai Cioc | Henry Stöhr |
| 1985 | Cho Yong-chul | Hitoshi Saito | Grigory Verichev | Dimitar Zapryanov |
| 1987 | Grigory Verichev | Mohamed Ali Rashwan | Jochen Plate | Xu Guoqing |
| 1989 | Naoya Ogawa | Frank Moreno | Grigory Verichev | Rafał Kubacki |
| 1991 | Sergei Kosorotov | Frank Moreno | Naoya Ogawa | Kim Geon-su |
| 1993 | David Douillet | David Khakhaleishvili | Sergei Kosorotov | Frank Möller |
| 1995 | David Douillet | Frank Möller | David Khakhaleishvili | Naoya Ogawa |
| 1997 | David Douillet | Shinichi Shinohara | Tamerlan Tmenov | Pan Song |
| 1999 | Shinichi Shinohara | Indrek Pertelson | Selim Tataroğlu | Pan Song |
| 2001 | Alexander Mikhaylin | Selim Tataroğlu | Shinichi Shinohara | Mahmoud Miran |
| 2003 | Yasuyuki Muneta | Dennis van der Geest | Tamerlan Tmenov | Yevgen Sotnikov |
| 2005 | Alexander Mikhaylin | Yasuyuki Muneta | Pierre Robin | Lasha Gujejiani |
| 2007 | Teddy Riner | Tamerlan Tmenov | João Schlittler | Lasha Gujejiani |
| 2009 | Teddy Riner | Óscar Brayson | Abdullo Tangriev | Marius Paškevičius |
| 2010 | Teddy Riner | Andreas Tölzer | Matthieu Bataille | Islam El Shehaby |
| 2011 | Teddy Riner | Andreas Tölzer | Alexander Mikhaylin | Kim Sung-min |
| 2013 | Teddy Riner | Rafael Silva | Andreas Tölzer | Faïcel Jaballah |
| 2014 | Teddy Riner | Ryu Shichinohe | Rafael Silva | Renat Saidov |
| 2015 | Teddy Riner | Ryu Shichinohe | Adam Okruashvili | Iakiv Khammo |
| 2017 | Teddy Riner | David Moura | Rafael Silva | Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar |
| 2018 | Guram Tushishvili | Ushangi Kokauri | Hisayoshi Harasawa | Ölziibayaryn Düürenbayar |
| 2019 | Lukáš Krpálek | Hisayoshi Harasawa | Kim Min-jong | Roy Meyer |
| 2021 | Kokoro Kageura | Tamerlan Bashaev | Iakiv Khammo | Roy Meyer |
| 2022 | Andy Granda | Tatsuru Saito | Guram Tushishvili | Kim Min-jong |
| 2023 | Teddy Riner Inal Tasoev | Not awarded | Rafael Silva | Alisher Yusupov |
| 2024 | Kim Min-jong | Guram Tushishvili | Tamerlan Bashaev | Alisher Yusupov |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 19 June 2025. | Scheduled for 19 June 2025. | Scheduled for 19 June 2025. | Scheduled for 19 June 2025. |

### Openweight

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1956 | Shokichi Natsui | Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu | Anton Geesink | Henri Courtine |
| 1958 | Koji Sone | Akio Kaminaga | Kimiyoshi Yamashiki | Bernard Pariset |
| 1961 | Anton Geesink | Koji Sone | Takeshi Koga | Kim Eui-tae |
| 1965 | Isao Inokuma | Anzor Kibrotsashvili | Peter Snijders | Anzor Kiknadze |
| 1967 | Mitsuo Matsunaga | Klaus Glahn | Peter Herrmann | Masatoshi Shinomaki |
| 1969 | Masatoshi Shinomaki | Wim Ruska | Ernst Eugster | Nobuyuki Sato |
| 1971 | Masatoshi Shinomaki | Vitali Kuznetsov | Klaus Glahn | Shinobu Sekine |
| 1973 | Kazuhiro Ninomiya | Haruki Uemura | Klaus Glahn | Wolfgang Zuckschwerdt |
| 1975 | Haruki Uemura | Kazuhiro Ninomiya | Shota Chochishvili | Dietmar Lorenz |
| 1979 | Sumio Endo | Vitali Kuznetsov | Radomir Kovačević | Jean-Luc Rougé |
| 1981 | Yasuhiro Yamashita | Wojciech Reszko | András Ozsvár | Robert Van de Walle |
| 1983 | Hitoshi Saito | Vladimír Kocman | András Ozsvár | Robert Van de Walle |
| 1985 | Yoshimi Masaki | Mohamed Ali Rashwan | Khabil Biktachev | Willy Wilhelm |
| 1987 | Naoya Ogawa | Elvis Gordon | Jorge Fis Castro | Henry Stöhr |
| 1989 | Naoya Ogawa | Akaki Kibodzalidze | Kim Kun-Soo | Alexander von der Groeben |
| 1991 | Naoya Ogawa | David Khakhaleishvili | Imre Csősz | Georges Mathonnet |
| 1993 | Rafał Kubacki | Henry Stöhr | David Khakhaleishvili | Naoya Ogawa |
| 1995 | David Douillet | Sergei Kosorotov | Selim Tataroğlu | Shinichi Shinohara |
| 1997 | Rafał Kubacki | Yoshiharu Makishi | Dennis van der Geest | Harry Van Barneveld |
| 1999 | Shinichi Shinohara | Selim Tataroğlu | Dennis van der Geest | Harry Van Barneveld |
| 2001 | Alexander Mikhaylin | Ariel Ze'evi | Dennis van der Geest | Frank Möller |
| 2003 | Keiji Suzuki | Indrek Pertelson | Abdullo Tangriev | Movlud Miraliyev |
| 2005 | Dennis van der Geest | Tamerlan Tmenov | Yohei Takai | Yury Rybak |
| 2007 | Yasuyuki Muneta | Yury Rybak | Matthieu Bataille | Abdullo Tangriev |
| 2008 | Teddy Riner | Alexander Mikhaylin | Matthieu Bataille | Grzegorz Eitel |
| 2010 | Daiki Kamikawa | Teddy Riner | Hiroki Tachiyama | Keiji Suzuki |
| 2011 | Abdullo Tangriev | Barna Bor | Alexander Mikhaylin | Keiji Suzuki |
| 2017 | Teddy Riner | Toma Nikiforov | Alex García Mendoza | Takeshi Ōjitani |

### Team

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1994 | France | Germany | Japan | Russia |
| 1998 | Japan | Brazil | France | Russia |
| 2002 | Japan | Georgia | France | Italy |
| 2006 | Georgia | Russia | France | South Korea |
| 2007 | Japan | Brazil | China | South Korea |
| 2008 | Georgia | Uzbekistan | Brazil | Russia |
| 2010 | Japan | Brazil | South Korea | Russia |
| 2011 | France | Brazil | South Korea | Japan |
| 2012 | Russia | Japan | Brazil | Georgia |
| 2013 | Georgia | Russia | Germany | Japan |
| 2014 | Japan | Russia | Germany | Georgia |
| 2015 | Japan | South Korea | Mongolia | Georgia |

## Women
### Extra Lightweight

* 48 kg
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1980 | Jane Bridge | Anna de Novellis | Marie-France Colignon | Marie Lewis |
| 1982 | Karen Briggs | Marie-France Colignon | Jola Bink | Hitomi Nakahara |
| 1984 | Karen Briggs | Marie-France Colignon | Darlene Anaya | Julie Reardon |
| 1986 | Karen Briggs | Fumiko Ezaki | Fabienne Boffin | Li Zhongyun |
| 1987 | Li Zhongyun | Fumiko Ezaki | Jessica Gal | Chou Yu-ping |
| 1989 | Karen Briggs | Fumiko Ezaki | Jessica Gal | Cécile Nowak |
| 1991 | Cécile Nowak | Karen Briggs | Ryoko Tamura | Legna Verdecia |
| 1993 | Ryoko Tamura | Li Aiyue | Joyce Heron | Giovanna Tortora |
| 1995 | Ryoko Tamura | Li Aiyue | Amarilis Savón | Małgorzata Roszkowska |
| 1997 | Ryoko Tamura | Amarilis Savón | Monika Kurath | Pae Dong-suk |
| 1999 | Ryoko Tamura | Amarilis Savón | Sarah Nichilo-Rosso | Anna-Maria Gradante |
| 2001 | Ryoko Tamura | Ri Kyong-ok | Danieska Carrión | Giuseppina Macrì |
| 2003 | Ryoko Tamura | Frédérique Jossinet | Danieska Carrión | Neşe Şensoy |
| 2005 | Yanet Bermoy | Frédérique Jossinet | Alina Dumitru | Soraya Haddad |
| 2007 | Ryoko Tani | Yanet Bermoy | Alina Dumitru | Frédérique Jossinet |
| 2009 | Tomoko Fukumi | Oiana Blanco | Chung Jung-yeon | Frédérique Jossinet |
| 2010 | Haruna Asami | Tomoko Fukumi | Alina Dumitru | Sarah Menezes |
| 2011 | Haruna Asami | Tomoko Fukumi | Éva Csernoviczki | Sarah Menezes |
| 2013 | Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg | Haruna Asami | Charline Van Snick | Sarah Menezes |
| 2014 | Ami Kondo | Paula Pareto | Amandine Buchard | Maria Celia Laborde |
| 2015 | Paula Pareto | Haruna Asami | Ami Kondo | Jeong Bo-kyeong |
| 2017 | Funa Tonaki | Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg | Ami Kondo | Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh |
| 2018 | Daria Bilodid | Funa Tonaki | Paula Pareto | Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh |
| 2019 | Daria Bilodid | Funa Tonaki | Distria Krasniqi | Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg |
| 2021 | Natsumi Tsunoda | Wakana Koga | Julia Figueroa | Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg |
| 2022 | Natsumi Tsunoda | Katharina Menz | Assunta Scutto | Abiba Abuzhakynova |
| 2023 | Natsumi Tsunoda | Shirine Boukli | Assunta Scutto | Wakana Koga |
| 2024 | Bavuudorjiin Baasankhüü | Assunta Scutto | Tara Babulfath | Abiba Abuzhakynova |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 13 June 2025. | Scheduled for 13 June 2025. | Scheduled for 13 June 2025. | Scheduled for 13 June 2025. |

### Half Lightweight

* 52 kg
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1980 | Edith Hrovat | Kaori Yamaguchi | Pascale Doger | Bridge MacCarth |
| 1982 | Loretta Doyle | Kaori Yamaguchi | Christina-Ann Boyd | Pascale Doger |
| 1984 | Kaori Yamaguchi | Edith Hrovat | Christina-Ann Boyd | Joanna Majdan |
| 1986 | Dominique Brun | Kaori Yamaguchi | Ock Kyoung-sook | Sharon Rendle |
| 1987 | Sharon Rendle | Kaori Yamaguchi | Dominique Brun | Alessandra Giungi |
| 1989 | Sharon Rendle | Alessandra Giungi | Maritza Pérez Cárdenas | Cho Min-sun |
| 1991 | Alessandra Giungi | Sharon Rendle | Maritza Pérez Cárdenas | Mutsumi Ueda [ja] |
| 1993 | Legna Verdecia | Almudena Muñoz | Cécile Nowak | Wakaba Suzuki |
| 1995 | Marie-Claire Restoux | Carolina Mariani | Sharon Rendle | Legna Verdecia |
| 1997 | Marie-Claire Restoux | Kye Sun-hui | Hyun Sook-hee | Nicole Flagothier |
| 1999 | Noriko Narazaki | Legna Verdecia | Kye Sun-hui | Marie-Claire Restoux |
| 2001 | Kye Sun-hui | Raffaella Imbriani | Legna Verdecia | Liu Yuxiang |
| 2003 | Amarilis Savón | Annabelle Euranie | Raffaella Imbriani | Yuki Yokosawa |
| 2005 | Li Ying | Yuki Yokosawa | An Kum-ae | Telma Monteiro |
| 2007 | Shi Junjie | Telma Monteiro | An Kum-ae | Yuka Nishida |
| 2009 | Misato Nakamura | Yanet Bermoy | Ana Carrascosa | Romy Tarangul |
| 2010 | Yuka Nishida | Misato Nakamura | Natalia Kuziutina | Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa |
| 2011 | Misato Nakamura | Yuka Nishida | Ana Carrascosa | Andreea Chițu |
| 2013 | Majlinda Kelmendi | Érika Miranda | Yuki Hashimoto | Mareen Kräh |
| 2014 | Majlinda Kelmendi | Andreea Chițu | Érika Miranda | Natalia Kuziutina |
| 2015 | Misato Nakamura | Andreea Chițu | Érika Miranda | Darya Skrypnik |
| 2017 | Ai Shishime | Natsumi Tsunoda | Érika Miranda | Natalia Kuziutina |
| 2018 | Uta Abe | Ai Shishime | Érika Miranda | Amandine Buchard |
| 2019 | Uta Abe | Natalia Kuziutina | Ai Shishime | Majlinda Kelmendi |
| 2021 | Ai Shishime | Ana Pérez Box | Fabienne Kocher | Gefen Primo |
| 2022 | Uta Abe | Chelsie Giles | Amandine Buchard | Distria Krasniqi |
| 2023 | Uta Abe | Diyora Keldiyorova | Amandine Buchard | Odette Giuffrida |
| 2024 | Odette Giuffrida | Diyora Keldiyorova | Amandine Buchard | Mascha Ballhaus |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 14 June 2025. | Scheduled for 14 June 2025. | Scheduled for 14 June 2025. | Scheduled for 14 June 2025. |

### Lightweight

* 56 kg (1980–1997)
* 57 kg (1999–)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1980 | Gerda Winklbauer | Marie-Paule Panza | Loretta Doyle | Jeannine Meulemans |
| 1982 | Béatrice Rodriguez | Suzanne Williams | Eve Aronoff | Diane Bell |
| 1984 | AnnMaria Burns | Suzanne Williams | Catherine Arnaud | Gerda Winklbauer |
| 1986 | Ann Hughes | Maria Gontowicz | Chita Gross | Béatrice Rodriguez |
| 1987 | Catherine Arnaud | Suzanne Williams | Ann Hughes | Regina Philips |
| 1989 | Catherine Arnaud | Ann Hughes | Miriam Blasco | Jung Sun-yong |
| 1991 | Miriam Blasco | Nicole Flagothier | Nicola Fairbrother | Li Zhongyun |
| 1993 | Nicola Fairbrother | Chiyori Tateno | Jessica Gal | Driulis González |
| 1995 | Driulis González | Jung Sun-yong | Danielle Zangrando | Filipa Cavalleri |
| 1997 | Isabel Fernández | Driulis González | Chiyori Tateno | Magali Baton |
| 1999 | Driulis González | Isabel Fernández | Jessica Gal | Michaela Vernerová |
| 2001 | Yurisleidy Lupetey | Deborah Gravenstijn | Isabel Fernández | Kie Kusakabe |
| 2003 | Kye Sun-hui | Yvonne Bönisch | Deborah Gravenstijn | Yurisleidy Lupetey |
| 2005 | Kye Sun-hui | Yvonne Bönisch | Sabrina Filzmoser | Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od |
| 2007 | Kye Sun-hui | Isabel Fernández | Aiko Sato | Bernadett Baczkó |
| 2009 | Morgane Ribout | Telma Monteiro | Kifayat Gasimova | Hedvig Karakas |
| 2010 | Kaori Matsumoto | Telma Monteiro | Sabrina Filzmoser | Ioulietta Boukouvala |
| 2011 | Aiko Sato | Rafaela Silva | Corina Căprioriu | Kaori Matsumoto |
| 2013 | Rafaela Silva | Marti Malloy | Vlora Beđeti | Miryam Roper |
| 2014 | Nae Udaka | Telma Monteiro | Sanne Verhagen | Automne Pavia |
| 2015 | Kaori Matsumoto | Corina Căprioriu | Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa | Automne Pavia |
| 2017 | Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa | Tsukasa Yoshida | Nekoda Smythe-Davis | Hélène Receveaux |
| 2018 | Tsukasa Yoshida | Nekoda Smythe-Davis | Christa Deguchi | Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa |
| 2019 | Christa Deguchi | Tsukasa Yoshida | Julia Kowalczyk | Rafaela Silva |
| 2021 | Jessica Klimkait | Momo Tamaoki | Nora Gjakova | Theresa Stoll |
| 2022 | Rafaela Silva | Haruka Funakubo | Jessica Klimkait | Lkhagvatogoogiin Enkhriilen |
| 2023 | Christa Deguchi | Haruka Funakubo | Jessica Klimkait | Lkhagvatogoogiin Enkhriilen |
| 2024 | Huh Mi-mi | Christa Deguchi | Jessica Klimkait | Momo Tamaoki |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 15 June 2025. | Scheduled for 15 June 2025. | Scheduled for 15 June 2025. | Scheduled for 15 June 2025. |

### Half Middleweight

* 61 kg (1980–1997)
* 63 kg (1999–)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1980 | Anita Staps | Laura di Toma | Inge Berg | Martine Rottier |
| 1982 | Martine Rottier | Inger Lise Solheim | Jeannine Peeters | Gabriele Ritschel |
| 1984 | Natasha Hernández | Chantal Han | Kaori Hachinohe | Martine Rottier |
| 1986 | Diane Bell | Céline Géraud | Ryoko Fujimoto | Donna Guy |
| 1987 | Diane Bell | Lynn Roethke | Noriko Mochida | Bogusława Olechnowicz |
| 1989 | Catherine Fleury-Vachon | Yelena Petrova | Takako Kobayashi | Gabriele Ritschel |
| 1991 | Frauke Eickhoff | Diane Bell | Yael Arad | Catherine Fleury-Vachon |
| 1993 | Gella Vandecaveye | Yael Arad | Diane Bell | Ileana Beltrán |
| 1995 | Jung Sung-sook | Jenny Gal | Gella Vandecaveye | Catherine Fleury-Vachon |
| 1997 | Séverine Vandenhende | Gella Vandecaveye | Sara Álvarez | Jung Sung-sook |
| 1999 | Keiko Maeda | Gella Vandecaveye | Sara Álvarez | Karen Roberts |
| 2001 | Gella Vandecaveye | Sara Álvarez | Anaysi Hernández | Ayumi Tanimoto |
| 2003 | Daniela Krukower | Driulis González | Anna von Harnier | Ylenia Scapin |
| 2005 | Lucie Décosse | Ayumi Tanimoto | Driulis González | Urška Žolnir |
| 2007 | Driulis González | Lucie Décosse | Ayumi Tanimoto | Elisabeth Willeboordse |
| 2009 | Yoshie Ueno | Elisabeth Willeboordse | Alice Schlesinger | Claudia Malzahn |
| 2010 | Yoshie Ueno | Miki Tanaka | Yaritza Abel | Ramila Yusubova |
| 2011 | Gévrise Émane | Yoshie Ueno | Anicka van Emden | Urška Žolnir |
| 2013 | Yarden Gerbi | Clarisse Agbegnenou | Gévrise Émane | Anicka van Emden |
| 2014 | Clarisse Agbegnenou | Yarden Gerbi | Miku Tashiro | Tina Trstenjak |
| 2015 | Tina Trstenjak | Clarisse Agbegnenou | Miku Tashiro | Tsedevsürengiin Mönkhzayaa |
| 2017 | Clarisse Agbegnenou | Tina Trstenjak | Agata Ozdoba | Baldorjyn Möngönchimeg |
| 2018 | Clarisse Agbegnenou | Miku Tashiro | Tina Trstenjak | Juul Franssen |
| 2019 | Clarisse Agbegnenou | Miku Tashiro | Martyna Trajdos | Juul Franssen |
| 2021 | Clarisse Agbegnenou | Andreja Leški | Anja Obradović | Sanne Vermeer |
| 2022 | Megumi Horikawa | Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard | Manon Deketer | Bárbara Timo |
| 2023 | Clarisse Agbegnenou | Andreja Leški | Szofi Özbas | Joanne van Lieshout |
| 2024 | Joanne van Lieshout | Angelika Szymańska | Clarisse Agbegnenou | Laura Fazliu |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 16 June 2025. | Scheduled for 16 June 2025. | Scheduled for 16 June 2025. | Scheduled for 16 June 2025. |

### Middleweight

* 66 kg (1980–1997)
* 70 kg (1999–)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1980 | Edith Simon | Dawn Netherwood | Christine Penick | Catherine Pierre |
| 1982 | Brigitte Deydier | Karin Krüger | Heidi Anderson | Anita Staps |
| 1984 | Brigitte Deydier | Irene de Kok | Shinobu Kandori | Dawn Netherwood |
| 1986 | Brigitte Deydier | Elisabeth Karlsson | Alexandra Schreiber | Anita Staps |
| 1987 | Alexandra Schreiber | Brigitte Deydier | Roswitha Hartl | Hikari Sasaki |
| 1989 | Emanuela Pierantozzi | Hikari Sasaki | Claire Lecat | Odalis Revé |
| 1991 | Emanuela Pierantozzi | Odalis Revé | Ryoko Fujimoto | Kate Howey |
| 1993 | Cho Min-sun | Liliko Ogasawara | Odalis Revé | Di Zhang |
| 1995 | Cho Min-sun | Odalis Revé | Liliko Ogasawara | Aneta Szczepańska |
| 1997 | Kate Howey | Anja von Rekowski | Emanuela Pierantozzi | Cho Min-sun |
| 1999 | Sibelis Veranes | Ulla Werbrouck | Ylenia Scapin | Kate Howey |
| 2001 | Masae Ueno | Kate Howey | Ulla Werbrouck | Regla Leyén |
| 2003 | Masae Ueno | Regla Leyén | Edith Bosch | Annett Böhm |
| 2005 | Edith Bosch | Gévrise Émane | Catherine Jacques | Raša Sraka |
| 2007 | Gévrise Émane | Ronda Rousey | Ylenia Scapin | Anett Mészáros |
| 2009 | Yuri Alvear | Anett Mészáros | Mina Watanabe | Houda Miled |
| 2010 | Lucie Décosse | Anett Mészáros | Yoriko Kunihara | Raša Sraka |
| 2011 | Lucie Décosse | Edith Bosch | Yoriko Kunihara | Anett Mészáros |
| 2013 | Yuri Alvear | Laura Vargas Koch | Kim Polling | Kim Seong-yeon |
| 2014 | Yuri Alvear | Karen Nun-Ira | Onix Cortés | Katarzyna Kłys |
| 2015 | Gévrise Émane | María Bernabéu | Yuri Alvear | Fanny Estelle Posvite |
| 2017 | Chizuru Arai | María Pérez | Yuri Alvear | María Bernabéu |
| 2018 | Chizuru Arai | Marie-Ève Gahié | Yuri Alvear | Yoko Ono |
| 2019 | Marie-Ève Gahié | Bárbara Timo | Margaux Pinot | Sally Conway |
| 2021 | Barbara Matić | Yoko Ono | Sanne van Dijke | Michaela Polleres |
| 2022 | Barbara Matić | Lara Cvjetko | Sanne van Dijke | Saki Niizoe |
| 2023 | Saki Niizoe | Giovanna Scoccimarro | Barbara Matić | Michaela Polleres |
| 2024 | Margaux Pinot | Marie-Ève Gahié | Shiho Tanaka | Madina Taimazova |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 17 June 2025. | Scheduled for 17 June 2025. | Scheduled for 17 June 2025. | Scheduled for 17 June 2025. |

### Half Heavyweight

* 72 kg (1980–1997)
* 78 kg (1999–)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1980 | Jocelyne Triadou | Barbara Claßen | Avril Malley | Jolanda van Meggelen |
| 1982 | Barbara Claßen | Ingrid Berghmans | Karin Posch | Jocelyne Triadou |
| 1984 | Ingrid Berghmans | Barbara Claßen | Anita Staps | Véronique Vigneron |
| 1986 | Irene de Kok | Ingrid Berghmans | Barbara Claßen | Liu Aixiang |
| 1987 | Irene de Kok | Ingrid Berghmans | Barbara Claßen | Yoko Tanabe |
| 1989 | Ingrid Berghmans | Yoko Tanabe | Aline Batailler | Wu Weifeng |
| 1991 | Kim Mi-jung | Yoko Tanabe | Laetitia Meignan | Marion van Dorssen |
| 1993 | Leng Chunhui | Kate Howey | Victoria Kazounina | Kim Mi-jung |
| 1995 | Diadenis Luna | Ulla Werbrouck | Tetyana Belajeva | Yoko Tanabe |
| 1997 | Noriko Anno | Diadenis Luna | Ulla Werbrouck | Edinanci Silva |
| 1999 | Noriko Anno | Yin Yufeng | Diadenis Luna | Céline Lebrun |
| 2001 | Noriko Anno | Yurisel Laborde | Lee So-yeon | Céline Lebrun |
| 2003 | Noriko Anno | Yurisel Laborde | Edinanci Silva | Esther San Miguel |
| 2005 | Yurisel Laborde | Sae Nakazawa | Claudia Zwiers | Céline Lebrun |
| 2007 | Yurisel Laborde | Sae Nakazawa | Jeong Gyeong-mi | Stéphanie Possamaï |
| 2009 | Marhinde Verkerk | Maryna Pryshchepa | Heide Wollert | Yi Sun |
| 2010 | Kayla Harrison | Mayra Aguiar | Akari Ogata | Yang Xiuli |
| 2011 | Audrey Tcheuméo | Akari Ogata | Kayla Harrison | Mayra Aguiar |
| 2013 | Sol Kyong | Marhinde Verkerk | Audrey Tcheuméo | Mayra Aguiar |
| 2014 | Mayra Aguiar | Audrey Tcheuméo | Kayla Harrison | Anamari Velenšek |
| 2015 | Mami Umeki | Anamari Velenšek | Luise Malzahn | Marhinde Verkerk |
| 2017 | Mayra Aguiar | Mami Umeki | Kaliema Antomarchi | Natalie Powell |
| 2018 | Shori Hamada | Guusje Steenhuis | Aleksandra Babintseva | Marhinde Verkerk |
| 2019 | Madeleine Malonga | Shori Hamada | Loriana Kuka | Mayra Aguiar |
| 2021 | Anna-Maria Wagner | Madeleine Malonga | Mami Umeki | Guusje Steenhuis |
| 2022 | Mayra Aguiar | Ma Zhenzhao | Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko | Beata Pacut-Kloczko |
| 2023 | Inbar Lanir | Audrey Tcheuméo | Alice Bellandi | Guusje Steenhuis |
| 2024 | Anna-Maria Wagner | Alice Bellandi | Madeleine Malonga | Emma Reid |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 18 June 2025. | Scheduled for 18 June 2025. | Scheduled for 18 June 2025. | Scheduled for 18 June 2025. |

### Heavyweight

* 72+ kg (1980–1997)
* 78+ kg (1999–)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1980 | Margherita De Cal | Paulette Fouillet | Ingrid Berghmans | Christiane Kieburg |
| 1982 | Natalina Lupino | Margaret Castro | Maria Teresa Motta | Marjolein van Unen |
| 1984 | Maria Teresa Motta | Gao Fenglian | Margaret Castro | Marjolein van Unen |
| 1986 | Gao Fenglian | Marjolein van Unen | Isabelle Paque | Nilmaris Santini |
| 1987 | Gao Fenglian | Regina Sigmund | Margaret Castro | Angelique Seriese |
| 1989 | Gao Fenglian | Regina Sigmund | Natalina Lupino | Beata Maksymow |
| 1991 | Mun Ji-yun | Zhang Ying | Beata Maksymow | Monique van der Lee |
| 1993 | Johanna Hagn | Noriko Anno | Svetlana Goundarenko | Monique van der Lee |
| 1995 | Angelique Seriese | Ying Zhang | Daima Beltrán | Son Hyeon-mi |
| 1997 | Christine Cicot | Miho Ninomiya | Sun Fuming | Beata Maksymow |
| 1999 | Beata Maksymow | Yuan Hua | Miho Ninomiya | Karina Bryant |
| 2001 | Yuan Hua | Midori Shintani | Daima Beltrán | Sandra Köppen |
| 2003 | Sun Fuming | Maki Tsukada | Tea Donguzashvili | Karina Bryant |
| 2005 | Tong Wen | Karina Bryant | Anne-Sophie Mondière | Maki Tsukada |
| 2007 | Tong Wen | Maki Tsukada | Sandra Köppen | Carola Uilenhoed |
| 2009 | Tong Wen | Karina Bryant | Maki Tsukada | Idalys Ortiz |
| 2010 | Mika Sugimoto | Qin Qian | Maki Tsukada | Idalys Ortiz |
| 2011 | Tong Wen | Qin Qian | Maki Tsukada | Elena Ivashchenko |
| 2013 | Idalys Ortiz | Maria Suelen Altheman | Megumi Tachimoto | Lee Jung-eun |
| 2014 | Idalys Ortiz | Maria Suelen Altheman | Megumi Tachimoto | Émilie Andéol |
| 2015 | Yu Song | Megumi Tachimoto | Idalys Ortiz | Kanae Yamabe |
| 2017 | Yu Song | Sarah Asahina | Kim Min-jeong | Iryna Kindzerska |
| 2018 | Sarah Asahina | Idalys Ortiz | Larisa Cerić | Kayra Sayit |
| 2019 | Akira Sone | Idalys Ortiz | Sarah Asahina | Kayra Sayit |
| 2021 | Sarah Asahina | Wakaba Tomita | Beatriz Souza | Maria Suelen Altheman |
| 2022 | Romane Dicko | Beatriz Souza | Wakaba Tomita | Julia Tolofua |
| 2023 | Akira Sone | Julia Tolofua | Beatriz Souza | Raz Hershko |
| 2024 | Wakaba Tomita | Kayra Ozdemir | Hilal Öztürk | Kim Ha-yun |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 19 June 2025. | Scheduled for 19 June 2025. | Scheduled for 19 June 2025. | Scheduled for 19 June 2025. |

### Openweight

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1980 | Ingrid Berghmans | Paulette Fouillet | Barbara Claßen | Barbara Fest |
| 1982 | Ingrid Berghmans | Hiromi Tateishi | Regina Sigmund | Jocelyne Triadou |
| 1984 | Ingrid Berghmans | Marjolein van Unen | Gao Fenglian | Natalina Lupino |
| 1986 | Ingrid Berghmans | Li Jinlin | Karin Kutz | Laetitia Meignan |
| 1987 | Gao Fenglian | Ingrid Berghmans | Karin Kutz | Isabelle Paque |
| 1989 | Estela Rodríguez | Sharon Lee | Yoko Tanabe | Zhang Ying |
| 1991 | Zhuang Xiaoyan | Estela Rodríguez | Nathalie Lupino | Claudia Weber |
| 1993 | Beata Maksymow | Angelique Seriese | Mun Ji-yun | Ying Zhang |
| 1995 | Monique van der Lee | Sun Fuming | Lee Hyun-Kyung | Estela Rodríguez |
| 1997 | Daima Beltrán | Raquel Barrientos | Yuan Hua | Miho Ninomiya |
| 1999 | Daima Beltrán | Miho Ninomiya | Tsvetana Bozhilova | Choi Sook-ie |
| 2001 | Céline Lebrun | Karina Bryant | Catarina Rodrigues | Tong Wen |
| 2003 | Tong Wen | Karina Bryant | Mara Kovačević | Daima Beltrán |
| 2005 | Midori Shintani | Karina Bryant | Carola Uilenhoed | Anne-Sophie Mondière |
| 2007 | Maki Tsukada | Lucija Polavder | Elena Ivashchenko | Anne-Sophie Mondière |
| 2008 | Tong Wen | Elena Ivashchenko | Megumi Tachimoto | Mika Sugimoto |
| 2010 | Mika Sugimoto | Qin Qian | Megumi Tachimoto | Tea Donguzashvili |
| 2011 | Tong Wen | Tea Donguzashvili | Mika Sugimoto | Nanami Hashiguchi |
| 2017 | Sarah Asahina | Larisa Cerić | Idalys Ortiz | Nihel Cheikh Rouhou |

### Team

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1997 | Cuba | South Korea | France | Japan |
| 1998 | Cuba | France | China | Belgium |
| 2002 | Japan | Cuba | China | Italy |
| 2006 | France | Cuba | China | Japan |
| 2007 | China | Cuba | Mongolia | Japan |
| 2008 | Japan | France | China | Germany |
| 2010 | Netherlands | Germany | Japan | Turkey |
| 2011 | France | Japan | Cuba | Germany |
| 2012 | Japan | China | Cuba | Brazil |
| 2013 | Japan | Brazil | Cuba | France |
| 2014 | France | Mongolia | Germany | Japan |
| 2015 | Japan | Poland | Germany | Russia |

## Mixed
### Team

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2017 | Japan | Brazil | France | South Korea |
| 2018 | Japan | France | Russia | Korea |
| 2019 | Japan | France | Russia | Brazil |
| 2021 | Japan | France | Uzbekistan | Brazil |
| 2022 | Japan | France | Germany | Israel |
| 2023 | Japan | France | Netherlands | Georgia |
| 2024 | Japan | France | Italy | Georgia |
| 2025 | Scheduled for 20 June 2025. | Scheduled for 20 June 2025. | Scheduled for 20 June 2025. | Scheduled for 20 June 2025. |