| 2023 | ||||
| (Budapest, Hungary, August 26) | ||||
| 1. | Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) | 20-0 | 6.10 | ||
| 2. | EJ Obiena (Philippines) | 19-8¼ | 6.00 | ||
| 3t. | Kurtis Marschall (Australia) | 19-6¼ | 5.95 | ||
| 3t. | Chris Nilsen (USA) | 19-6¼ | 5.95 | ||
| 5. | Thibaut Collet (France) | 19-4¼ | 5.90 | ||
| 6. | Bokai Huang (China) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 7. | Ben Broeders (Belgium) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 8. | Zach McWhorter (USA) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| [Zach Bradford (USA) dnq] | ||||
| 2022 | ||||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 24) | ||||
| 1. | Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) | 20-4½ | 6.21 | WR, MR | |
| 2. | Chris Nilsen (USA) | 19-5¾ | 5.94 | ||
| 3. | Ernest John Obiena (Philippines) | 19-5¾ | 5.94 | ||
| 4. | Thiago Braz (Brazil) | 19-3 | 5.87 | ||
| 5. | Renaud Lavillenie (France) | 19-3 | 5.87 | ||
| 5. | Oleg Zernikel (Germany) | 19-3 | 5.87 | ||
| 7. | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre (Germany) | 19-3 | 5.87 | ||
| 8. | Ersu Sasma (Turkey) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| [Andrew Irwin (USA) dnq] | ||||
| [Luke Winder (USA) dnq] | ||||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 1) | ||||
| 1. | Sam Kendricks (US) | 19-7 | 5.97 | ||
| 2. | Mondo Duplantis (LSU-Swe) | 19-7 | 5.97 | ||
| 3. | Piotr Lisek (Pol) | 19-3 | 5.87 | ||
| 4. | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre (Ger) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| 5. | Thiago Braz (Bra) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| =6. | Raphael Holzdeppe (Ger) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| =6. | Valentin Lavillenie (Fra) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| 8. | Claudio Michel Stecchi (Ita) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| [=10. | Cole Walsh (US) | 18-2½ | 5.55] | ||
| [Zach Bradford (US) dnq] | ||||
| [KC Lightfoot (US) dnq] | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 8) | ||||
| 1 | Sam Kendricks (US) | 19-6¼ | 5.95 | ||
| 2 | Piotr Lisek (Poland) | 19-3¾ | 5.89 | ||
| 3 | Renaud Lavillenie (France) | 19-3¾ | 5.89 | ||
| 4 | Changrui Xue (China) | 19-1 | 5.82 | ||
| 5 | Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 6 | Axel Chapelle (France) | 18-6½ | 5.65 | ||
| 7 | Kurt Marschall (Australia) | 18-6½ | 5.65 | ||
| 8 | Shawn Barber (Canada) | 18-6½ | 5.65 | ||
| [Andrew Irwin (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Chris Nilsen (US) dnq] | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, China, August 24) | ||||
| 1 | Shawn Barber (Canada) | 19-4¼ | 5.90 | ||
| =2 | Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) | 19-4¼ | 5.90 | ||
| =3 | Renaud Lavillenie (France) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| =3 | Piotr Lisek (Poland) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| =3 | Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| 6 | Kévin Menaldo (France) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| =7 | Michal Balner (Czech Republic) | 18-6½ | 5.65 | ||
| =7 | Tobias Scherbarth (Germany) | 18-6½ | 5.65 | ||
| [=9 | Sam Kendricks (US) | 18-6½ | 5.65] | ||
| [Brad Walker (US) dnq] | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 12) | ||||
| 1 | Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) | 19-3¾ | 5.89 | ||
| 2 | Renaud Lavillenie (France) | 19-3¾ | 5.89 | ||
| 3 | Björn Otto (Germany) | 19-1 | 5.82 | ||
| 4 | Brad Walker (US) | 19-1 | 5.82 | ||
| 5 | Malte Mohr (Germany) | 19-1 | 5.82 | ||
| 6 | Seito Yamamoto (Japan) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 7 | Jan Kudlicka (Czech Republic) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 8 | Sergey Kucheryanu (Russia) | 18-6½ | 5.65 | ||
| [Jeremy Scott (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Jack Whitt (US) dnq] | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) | 19-4¼ | 5.90 | ||
| 2 | Lázaro Borges (Cuba) | 19-4¼ | 5.90 | ||
| 3 | Renaud Lavillenie (France) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 4 | Łukasz Michalski (Poland) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 5 | Malte Mohr (Germany) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 6 | Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 7 | Mateusz Didenkow (Poland) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 8 | Fabio Gomes da Silva (Brazil) | 18-6½ | 5.65 | ||
| [=9 | Jeremy Scott (US) | 18-6½ |5.65] | ||
| [13 | Derek Miles (US) | 18-6½ |5.65] | ||
| [Mark Hollis (US) dnq] | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Steve Hooker (Australia) | 19-4¼ | 5.90 | ||
| 2 | Romain Mesnil (France) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 3 | Renaud Lavillenie (France) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| 4 | Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 5 | Aleksandr Gripich (Russia) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 6 | Damiel Dossévi (France) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| =7 | Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) | 18-6½ | 5.65 | ||
| =7 | Steven Lewis (Great Britain) | 18-6½ | 5.65 | ||
| =7 | Alexander Straub (Germany) | 18-6½ | 5.65 | ||
| [nh—Derek Miles (US)] | ||||
| [Jeremy Scott (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Toby Stevenson (US) dnq] | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | Brad Walker (US) | 19-2¾ | 5.86 | ||
| 2 | Romain Mesnil (France) | 19-2¾ | 5.86 | ||
| 3 | Danny Ecker (Germany) | 19-¾ | 5.81 | ||
| 4 | Igor Pavlov (Russia) | 19-¾ | 5.81 | ||
| 5 | Björn Otto (Germany) | 19-¾ | 5.81 | ||
| 6 | Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) | 19¾ | 5.81 | ||
| 7 | Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) | 19-¾ | 5.81 | ||
| 8 | Tom Lobinger (Germany) | 19-¾ | 5.81 | ||
| [Jeff Hartwig (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Jacob Pauli (US) dnq] | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Rens Blom (Holland) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| 2 | Brad Walker (US) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 3 | Pavel Gerasimov (Russia) | 18-6½ | 5.65 | ||
| 4 | Igor Pavlov (Russia) | 18-6½ | 5.65 | ||
| =5 | Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) | 18-½ | 5.50 | ||
| =5 | Nick Hysong (US) | 18-½ | 5.50 | ||
| =5 | Tom Lobinger (Germany) | 18-½ | 5.50 | ||
| 8 | Daichi Sawano (Japan) | 18-½ | 5.50 | ||
| [Toby Stevenson (US) dnq] | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) | 19-4¼ | 5.90 | ||
| 2 | Okkert Brits (South Africa) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 3 | Patrik Kristiansson (Sweden) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 4 | Dmitri Markov (Australia) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 5 | Tim Lobinger (Germany) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| =6 | Tim Mack (US) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| =6 | Derek Miles (US) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| =6 | Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| [Jeff Hartwig (US) dnq] | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Dmitriy Markov (Australia) | 19-10¼ | 6.05 | WCR | |
| 2 | Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 3 | Nick Hysong (US) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 4 | Michael Stolle (Germany) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 5 | Romain Mesnil (France) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| =6 | Richard Spiegelburg (Germany) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| =6 | Christian Tamminga (Holland) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 8 | Adam Kolasa (Poland) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| [9 | Tim Mack (US) | 18-10¼ | 5.75] | ||
| [Russ Buller (US) dnq] | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Maksim Tarasov (Russia) | 19-9 | 6.02 | WCR | |
| 2 | Dmitriy Markov (Australia) | 19-4¼ | 5.90 | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| =4 | Danny Ecker (Germany) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| =4 | Nick Hysong (US) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| 6 | Tim Lobinger (Germany) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| =7 | Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| =7 | Michael Stolle (Germany) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| [Jeff Hartwig (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Pat Manson (US) dnq] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) | 19-8½ | 6.01 | WCR | |
| 2 | Maksim Tarasov (Russia) | 19-6½ | 5.96 | ||
| 3 | Dean Starkey (US) | 19-4¾ | 5.91 | ||
| 4 | Tim Lobinger (Germany) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| 5 | Nick Buckfield (Great Britain) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| 6 | Pat Manson (US) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| 7 | Vadim Strogalyov (Russia) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| 8 | Yevgeniy Smiryagin (Russia) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| [Lawrence Johnson (US) dnq] | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) | 19-5 | 5.92 | ||
| 2 | Maksim Tarasov (Russia) | 19-2¾ | 5.86 | ||
| 3 | Jean Galfione (France) | 19-2¾ | 5.86 | ||
| 4 | Okkert Brits (South Africa) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| 5 | Rodion Gataullin (Russia) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| 6 | Scott Huffman (US) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| 7 | Igor Trandenkov (Russia) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| 8 | Dean Starkey (US) | 18-4½ | 5.60 | ||
| [Bill Payne (US) dnq] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) | 19-8¼ | 6.00 | WCR | |
| 2 | Grigoriy Yegorov (Kazakhstan) | 19-4¼ | 5.90 | ||
| =3 | Maksim Tarasov (Russia) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| =3 | Igor Trandenkov (Russia) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| 5 | Scott Huffman (US) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| 6 | Denis Petushinskiy (Russia) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| 7 | Valeriy Bukreyev (Estonia) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 8 | Jean Galfione (France) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| [Mike Holloway (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Dean Starkey (US) dnq] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1 | Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) | 19-6¼ | 5.95 | WCR | |
| 2 | István Bagyula (Hungary) | 19-4¼ | 5.90 | ||
| 3 | Maksim Tarasov (Soviet Union) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 4 | Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 5 | Peter Widén (Sweden) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 6 | Tim Bright (US) | 18-10¼ | 5.75 | ||
| 7 | Hermann Fehringer (Austria) | 18-4½ | 5.60 | ||
| 8 | Thierry Vigneron (France) | 18-4½ | 5.60 | ||
| [Billy Olson (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Kelly Riley (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Bagyula 5.90 WCR] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1 | Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | WCR | |
| 2 | Thierry Vigneron (France) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| 3 | Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| 4 | Marian Kolasa (Poland) | 19-¼ | 5.80 | ||
| =5 | Earl Bell (US) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| =5 | Nikolay Nikolov (Bulgaria) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | ||
| 7 | Delko Lesov (Bulgaria) | 18-4½ | 5.60 | ||
| 8 | Atanas Tarev (Bulgaria) | 18-4½ | 5.60 | ||
| [Joe Dial (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Billy Olson (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Nikolov 5.70 =WCR; Vigneron 5.70 =WCR; Bubka 5.70 =WCR; Bell 5.70 =WCR; Gataullin 5.70 =WCR; Kolasa 5.70 =WCR; Gataullin 5.80 WCR; Vigneron 5.80 =WCR; Kolasa 5.80 =WCR] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1 | Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) | 18-8¼ | 5.70 | WCR | |
| 2 | Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) | 18-4½ | 5.60 | ||
| 3 | Atanas Tarev (Bulgaria) | 18-4½ | 5.60 | ||
| 4 | Tadeusz Šlusarski (Poland) | 18-2½ | 5.55 | ||
| 5 | Tom Hintnaus (Brazil) | 18-½ | 5.50 | ||
| 6 | Patrick Abada (France) | 18-½ | 5.50 | ||
| 7 | Miro Zalar (Sweden) | 18-½ | 5.50 | ||
| =8 | Władyslaw Kozakiewicz (Poland) | 17-8½ | 5.40 | ||
| =8 | Thierry Vigneron (France) | 17-8½ | 5.40 | ||
| [13 | Jeff Buckingham (US) | 17-8½ | 5.40] | ||
| [nh—Billy Olson (US)] | ||||
| [nh—Mike Tully (US)] | ||||
| [5.40 WCR—Volkov led uncompleted qualifying round] [5.40 =WCR—Bubka; Volkov; Kozakiewicz; Vigneron; František Jans (Czechoslovakia); Zalar; Hintnaus; Felix Böhni (Switzerland); | ||||
| Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union); Slusarski; Buckingham; Veijo Vannesluoma (Finland)] | ||||
| [5.50 WCR—Bubka 5.50 ] | ||||
| [5.50 =WCR—Hintnaus; Tarev; Patrick Abada (France); Zalar] | ||||
| [5.55 WCR— Šlusarski] | ||||
| [5.60 WCR—Volkov] | ||||
| [5.60 =WCR—Tarev; Bubka] | ||||