| 2022 | |||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 23) | |||
| 1. | Anderson Peters (Grenada) | 297-0 | 90.54 | |
| 2. | Neeraj Chopra (India) | 289-1 | 88.13 | |
| 3. | Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) | 289-0 | 88.09 | |
| 4. | Julian Weber (Germany) | 285-0 | 86.86 | |
| 5. | Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) | 282-8 | 86.16 | |
| 6. | Lassi Etelätalo (Finland) | 271-4 | 82.70 | |
| 7. | Andrian Mardare (Moldova) | 269-10 | 82.26 | |
| 8. | Oliver Helander (Finland) | 269-10 | 82.24 | |
| 11. | Curtis Thompson (USA) | 257-2 | 78.39 | |
| 12. | Ihab Abdelrahman (Egypt) | 249-3 | 75.99 | |
| [Ethan Dabbs (USA) dnq] | |||
| [Tim Glover (USA) dnq] | |||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 6) | ||||
| 1. | Anderson Peters (Grn) | 285-1 | 86.89 | ||
| 2. | Magnus Kirt (Est) | 282-10 | 86.21 | ||
| 3. | Johannes Vetter (Ger) | 280-1 | 85.37 | ||
| 4. | Lassi Etelätalo (Fin) | 270-7 | 82.49 | ||
| 5. | Jakub Vadlejch (CzR) | 269-8 | 82.19 | ||
| 6. | Julian Weber (Ger) | 266-7 | 81.26 | ||
| 7. | Marcin Krukowski (Pol) | 264-4 | 80.56 | ||
| 8. | Kim Amb (Swe) | 263-10 | 80.42 | ||
| [Riley Dolezal (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Michael Shuey (US) dnq] | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 12) | ||||
| 1 | Johannes Vetter (Germany) | 294-11 | 89.89 | ||
| 2 | Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) | 294-4 | 89.73 | ||
| 3 | Petr Frydrych (Czech Republic) | 289-9 | 88.32 | ||
| 4 | Thomas Röhler (Germany) | 289-7 | 88.26 | ||
| 5 | Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) | 285-3 | 86.94 | ||
| 6 | Ioánnis Kyriazís (Greece) | 277-3 | 84.52 | ||
| 7 | Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad) | 277-2 | 84.48 | ||
| 8 | Andreas Hofmann (Germany) | 275-6 | 83.98 | ||
| [Cyrus Hostetler (US) dnq—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 26) | ||||
| 1 | Julius Yego (Kenya) | 304-2 | 92.72 | ||
| 2 | Ihab Abdelrahman (Egypt) | 291-11 | 88.99 | ||
| 3 | Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) | 287-6 | 87.64 | ||
| 4 | Thomas Röhler (Germany) | 286-9 | 87.41 | ||
| 5 | Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) | 285-10 | 87.12 | ||
| 6 | Andreas Hofmann (Germany) | 282-2 | 86.01 | ||
| 7 | Johannes Vetter (Germany) | 274-11 | 83.79 | ||
| 8 | Vítezslav Veselý (Czech Republic) | 272-9 | 83.13 | ||
| [Sam Crouser (US) dnq | ||||
| [Riley Dolezal (US) dnq | ||||
| [Sean Furey (US) dnq] | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 17) | ||||
| 1 | Vítezslav Veselý (Czech Republic) | 286-0 | 87.17 | ||
| 2 | Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) | 285-8 | 87.07 | ||
| 3 | Dmitriy Tarabin (Russia) | 282-11 | 86.23 | ||
| 4 | Julius Yego (Kenya) | 280-2 | 85.40 | ||
| 5 | Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) | 267-2 | 81.44 | ||
| 6 | Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) | 265-11 | 81.06 | ||
| 7 | Ihab Abd El Rahman (Egypt) | 265-7 | 80.94 | ||
| 8 | Risto Mätas (Estonia) | 262-6 | 80.03 | ||
| [Riley Dolezal (US) dnq—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Matthias de Zordo (Germany) | 283-0 | 86.27 | ||
| 2 | Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) | 278-2 | 84.78 | ||
| 3 | Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) | 276-7 | 84.30 | ||
| 4 | Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) | 275-11 | 84.11 | ||
| 5 | Fatih Avan (Turkey) | 273-5 | 83.34 | ||
| 6 | Roman Avramenko (Ukraine) | 270-8 | 82.51 | ||
| 7 | Jarrod Bannister (Australia) | 269-10 | 82.25 | ||
| 8 | Mark Frank (Germany) | 268-5 | 81.81 | ||
| [Mike Hazle only U.S. entrant—injured, dnc] | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) | 293-11 | 89.59 | ||
| 2 | Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) | 283-6 | 86.41 | ||
| 3 | Yukifumi Murakami (Japan) | 272-2 | 82.97 | ||
| 4 | Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) | 270-3 | 82.37 | ||
| 5 | Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) | 268-8 | 81.90 | ||
| 6 | Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) | 268-7 | 81.87 | ||
| 7 | Ainārs Kovals (Latvia) | 267-6 | 81.54 | ||
| 8 | Mark Frank (Germany) | 266-9 | 81.32 | ||
| [12 | Sean Furey (US) | 244-5/74.51] | ||
| [Mike Hazle (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Chris Hill (US) dnq] | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) | 296-4 | 90.33 | ||
| 2 | Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) | 290-8 | 88.61 | ||
| 3 | Breaux Greer (US) | 282-10 | 86.21 | ||
| 4 | Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) | 279-6 | 85.19 | ||
| 5 | Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) | 279-5 | 85.18 | ||
| 6 | Robert Oosthuizen (South Africa) | 277-3 | 84.52 | ||
| 7 | Igor Janik (Poland) | 273-7 | 83.38 | ||
| 8 | Tero Järvenpää (Finland) | 269-4 | 82.10 | ||
| [Eric Brown (US) dnq] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Andrus Värnik (Estonia) | 286-0 | 87.17 | ||
| 2 | Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) | 282-9 | 86.18 | ||
| 3 | Sergey Makarov (Russia) | 274-1 | 83.54 | ||
| 4 | Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) | 266-7 | 81.27 | ||
| 5 | Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) | 259-8 | 79.14 | ||
| 6 | Eriks Rags (Latvia) | 258-5 | 78.77 | ||
| 7 | Ainārs Kovals (Latvia) | 254-7 | 77.61 | ||
| 8 | Mark Frank (Germany) | 254-5 | 77.56 | ||
| [John Hetzendorf (US) dnq—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Sergey Makarov (Russia) | 280-4 | 85.44 | ||
| 2 | Andrus Värnik (Estonia) | 279-5 | 85.17 | ||
| 3 | Boris Henry (Germany) | 278-0 | 84.74 | ||
| 4 | Jan Železný (Czech Republic) | 275-10 | 84.09 | ||
| 5 | Aki Parviainen (Finland) | 272-5 | 83.05 | ||
| 6 | Christian Nicolay (Germany) | 268-3 | 81.77 | ||
| 7 | Miroslav Guzdek (Czech Republic) | 267-1 | 81.40 | ||
| 8 | Peter Blank (Germany) | 263-7 | 80.34 | ||
| [Breaux Greer (US) dnq—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Jan Železný (Czech Republic) | 304-5 | 92.80 | WCR | |
| 2 | Aki Parviainen (Finland) | 299-7 | 91.31 | ||
| 3 | Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece) | 295-1 | 89.95 | ||
| 4 | Breaux Greer (US) | 285-5 | 87.00 | ||
| 5 | Raymond Hecht (Germany) | 283-8 | 86.46 | ||
| 6 | Boris Henry (Germany) | 280-7 | 85.52 | ||
| 7 | Sergey Makarov (Russia) | 274-5 | 83.64 | ||
| 8 | Eriks Rags (Latvia) | 271-9 | 82.82 | ||
| [Tom Pukstys (US) dnq] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [{qualifying}—Zelezny 297-9/90.76 WCR; | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Aki Parviainen (Finland) | 293-8 | 89.52 | ||
| 2 | Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece) | 292-7 | 89.18 | ||
| 3 | Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) | 287-7 | 87.67 | ||
| 4 | Pål Arne Fagernes (Norway) | 282-11 | 86.24 | ||
| 5 | Raymond Hecht (Germany) | 281-11 | 85.92 | ||
| 6 | Boris Henry (Germany) | 280-3 | 85.43 | ||
| 7 | Emeterio González (Cuba) | 276-8 | 84.32 | ||
| 8 | Steve Backley (Great Britain) | 275-1 | 83.84 | ||
| [Tom Pukstys only U.S. entrant—injured, dnc] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Marius Corbett (South Africa) | 290-0 | 80.40 | ||
| 2 | Steve Backley (Great Britain) | 284-9 | 86.80 | ||
| 3 | Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece) | 284-3 | 86.64 | ||
| 4 | Mick Hill (Great Britain) | 283-11 | 86.54 | ||
| 5 | Sergey Makarov (Russia) | 283-2 | 86.32 | ||
| 6 | Boris Henry (Germany) | 277-4 | 84.54 | ||
| 7 | Emeterio González (Cuba) | 274-2 | 83.56 | ||
| 8 | Aki Parviainen (Finland) | 271-8 | 82.80 | ||
| [Tom Pukstys (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Roald Bradstock (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Ed Kaminski (US) dnq] | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) | 293-11 | 89.58 | ||
| 2 | Steve Backley (Great Britain) | 283-2 | 86.30 | ||
| 3 | Boris Henry (Germany) | 282-5 | 86.08 | ||
| 4 | Raymond Hecht (Germany) | 273-3 | 83.30 | ||
| 5 | Dag Wennlund (Sweden) | 269-2 | 82.04 | ||
| 6 | Mick Hill (Great Britain) | 265-11 | 81.06 | ||
| 7 | Yuriy Rybin (Russia) | 265-9 | 81.00 | ||
| 8 | Andreas Linden (Germany) | 264-11 | 80.76 | ||
| [Ed Kaminski (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Tom Pukstys (US) dnq] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [{qualifying}—Henry 287-5/87.60 WCR; Zelezny 295-8/90.12 WCR] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) | 282-1 | 85.98 | WCR | |
| 2 | Kimmo Kinnunen (Finland) | 278-2 | 84.78 | ||
| 3 | Mick Hill (Great Britain) | 272-2 | 82.96 | ||
| 4 | Steve Backley (Great Britain) | 268-4 | 81.80 | ||
| 5 | Ari Pakarinen (Finland) | 266-0 | 81.08 | ||
| 6 | Dag Wennlund (Sweden) | 264-2 | 80.52 | ||
| 7 | Vladimir Sasimovich (Belarus) | 258-2 | 78.70 | ||
| 8 | Patrik Bodén (Sweden) | 255-11 | 78.00 | ||
| [9 | Tom Pukstys (US) | 255-8/77.92] | ||
| dq[doping]—[3]Dmitriy Polyunin (Uzbekistan) [273-7/83.38] | ||||
| [Ed Kaminski (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Art Skipper (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Kinnunen 278-2/84.87 WCR] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1 | Kimmo Kinnunen (Finland) | 297-11 | 90.82 | ||
| 2 | Seppo Räty (Finland) | 289-1 | 88.12 | ||
| 3 | Vladimir Sasimovich (Soviet Union) | 285-8 | 87.08 | ||
| 4 | Gavin Lovegrove (New Zealand) | 276-4 | 84.24 | ||
| 5 | Mick Hill (Great Britain) | 276-0 | 84.12 | ||
| 6 | Siggi Einarsson (Iceland) | 273-10 | 83.46 | ||
| 7 | Dag Wennlund (Sweden) | 266-2 | 81.14 | ||
| 8 | Patrik Bodén (Sweden) | 257-10 | 78.58 | ||
| [Mike Barnett (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Tom Pukstys (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Dave Stephens (US) dnq] | ||||
| [now-illegal rough-surface javelin marks not included in WCR progression] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1 | Seppo Räty (Finland) | 274-1 | 83.54 | WCR | |
| 2 | Viktor Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) | 270-0 | 82.52 | ||
| 3 | Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) | 269-8 | 82.20 | ||
| 4 | Tom Petranoff (US) | 266-8 | 81.28 | ||
| 5 | Lev Shatilo (Soviet Union) | 265-10 | 81.02 | ||
| 6 | Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (Japan) | 265-3 | 80.24 | ||
| 7 | Mick Hill (Great Britain) | 261-4 | 79.66 | ||
| 8 | Dag Wennlund (Sweden) | 257-3 | 78.40 | ||
| [12 | Duncan Atwood (US) 238-0/72.54] | |||
| [Mark Babich (US) dnq] | ||||
| [{qualifying}—Atwood 258-11/78.92 WCR; Zelezny 259-10/79.20 WCR; Pascal Lefèvre (France) 264-5/80.60 WCR; Yevsyukov 266-11/81.36 WCR; {final}—Yevsyukov 269-4/82.10 WCR; Zelezny 82.20 WCR; Räty 82.32/270-1 WCR; Yevsyukov 82.52 WCR] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| (old javelin) | ||||
| 1 | Detlef Michel (East Germany) | 293-7 | 89.48 | ||
| 2 | Tom Petranoff (US) | 280-10 | 85.60 | ||
| 3 | Dainis Kūla (Soviet Union) | 280-9 | 85.58 | ||
| 4 | Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) | 277-5 | 84.56 | ||
| 5 | Per-Erling Olsen (Norway) | 274-1 | 83.54 | ||
| 6 | Kenth Eldebrink (Sweden) | 273-3 | 83.28 | ||
| 7 | Zdeněk Adamec (Czechoslovakia) | 266-9 | 81.30 | ||
| 8 | Klaus Tafelmeier (West Germany) | 263-10 | 80.42 | ||
| [9 | Bob Roggy (US) | 261-11 | 79.84] | ||
| [11 | Rod Ewaliko (US) | 255-1 | 77.74] | ||