Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
1973 Belgrade | United States (USA) Mike Stamm John Hencken Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery John Naber* Robin Backhaus* Melvin Nash* | East Germany (GDR) Roland Matthes Jürgen Glas Hartmut Flöckner Roger Pyttel Lutz Wanja* Wilfried Hartung* | Canada (CAN) Ian McKenzie Peter Hrditschka Bruce Robertson Brian Phillips |
1975 Cali | United States (USA) John Murphy Rick Colella Gregory Jagenburg Andy Coan Melvin Nash* Rick Bohan* Bill Forrester* Joe Bottom* | West Germany (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Peter Nocke Bodo Schlag* Peter Lang* Lutz Stoklasa* Dirk Braunleder* | Great Britain (GBR) James Carter David Wilkie Brian Brinkley Gordon Downie Stephen Nash* |
1978 West Berlin | United States (USA) Bob Jackson Nicholas Nevid Joe Bottom David McCagg Peter Rocca* Steve Lundquist* Gregory Jagenburg* Rowdy Gaines* | West Germany (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Andreas Schmidt Reinhold Becker* Peter Broscienski* Ulrich Temps* | Great Britain (GBR) Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew John Mills Martin Smith David Dunne* |
1982 Guayaquil | United States (USA) Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Matt Gribble Rowdy Gaines Clay Britt* John Moffet* Chris Rives* Chris Cavanaugh* | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Yuri Kis Aleksey Markovsky Sergey Smiryagin Viktor Kuznetsov* Sergey Krasyuk* | West Germany (FRG) Stefan Peter Gerald Mörken Michael Gross Andreas Schmidt |
1986 Madrid | United States (USA) Dan Veatch David Lundberg Pablo Morales Matt Biondi Mark Rhodenbaugh* Steven Bentley* Craig Oppel* Tom Jager* | West Germany (FRG) Frank Hoffmeister Bert Göbel Michael Gross Andre Schadt Rene Schaffgans* Alexander Schowtka* | Soviet Union (URS) Igor Polyansky Dmitry Volkov Aleksey Markovsky Nikolay Yevseyev Sergei Zabolotnov* Eduard Klimentyev* Sergey Garro* Sergey Smiryagin* |
1991 Perth | United States (USA) Jeff Rouse Eric Wunderlich Mark Henderson Matt Biondi Scot Johnson* Mike Barrowman* Bart Pippenger* Brent Lang* | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Dmitry Volkov Vladislav Kulikov Veniamin Tayanovich Vladimir Selkov* Vadim Alekseyev* Vyacheslav Novikov* Yuri Bashkatov* | Germany (GER) Frank Hoffmeister Christian Poswiat Michael Gross Dirk Richter Thilo Haase* Bengt Zikarsky* |
1994 Rome | United States (USA) Jeff Rouse Eric Wunderlich Mark Henderson Gary Hall, Jr. Brian Retterer* Seth Van Neerden* Jon Olsen* | Russia (RUS) Vladimir Selkov Vasily Ivanov Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov Andrey Ivanov* Vladislav Kulikov* Vladimir Predkin* | Hungary (HUN) Tamás Deutsch Norbert Rózsa Péter Horváth Attila Czene Attila Zubor* |
1998 Perth | Australia (AUS) Matt Welsh Phil Rogers Michael Klim Chris Fydler Geoff Huegill* | United States (USA) Lenny Krayzelburg Kurt Grote Neil Walker Gary Hall, Jr. Jeremy Linn* John Hargis* Scott Tucker* | Hungary (HUN) Attila Czene Norbert Rózsa Péter Horváth Attila Zubor |
2001 Fukuoka | Australia (AUS) Matt Welsh Regan Harrison Geoff Huegill Ian Thorpe Josh Watson* Phil Rogers* Adam Pine* Ashley Callus* | Germany (GER) Steffen Driesen Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Torsten Spanneberg | Russia (RUS) Vladislav Aminov Dmitry Komornikov Vladislav Kulikov Dmitry Chernyshov Igor Marchenko* Leonid Khokhlov* |
2003 Barcelona | United States (USA) Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak Randall Bal* Ed Moses* Michael Phelps* Neil Walker* | Russia (RUS) Arkady Vyatchanin Roman Ivanovsky Igor Marchenko Alexander Popov Yevgeny Aleshin* Dmitry Komornikov* Yevgeny Korotyshkin* Denis Pimankov* | Japan (JPN) Tomomi Morita Kosuke Kitajima Takashi Yamamoto Daisuke Hosokawa |
2005 Montreal | United States (USA) Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak Randall Bal* Mark Gangloff* Michael Phelps* Neil Walker* | Russia (RUS) Arkady Vyatchanin Dmitry Komornikov Igor Marchenko Andrey Kapralov Grigory Falko* Yevgeny Korotyshkin* Yevgeny Lagunov* | Japan (JPN) Tomomi Morita Kosuke Kitajima Ryo Takayasu Daisuke Hosokawa Hisayoshi Sato* |
2007 Melbourne | Australia (AUS) Matt Welsh Brenton Rickard Andrew Lauterstein Eamon Sullivan Hayden Stoeckel* Michael Klim* Kenrick Monk* | Japan (JPN) Tomomi Morita Kosuke Kitajima Takashi Yamamoto Daisuke Hosokawa Masafumi Yamaguchi* | Russia (RUS) Arkady Vyatchanin Dmitry Komornikov Nikolay Skvortsov Yevgeny Lagunov Roman Sludnov* Andrey Kapralov* |
2009 Rome | United States (USA) Aaron Peirsol Eric Shanteau Michael Phelps David Walters Matt Grevers* Mark Gangloff* Tyler McGill* Nathan Adrian* | Germany (GER) Helge Meeuw Hendrik Feldwehr Benjamin Starke Paul Biedermann | Australia (AUS) Ashley Delaney Brenton Rickard Andrew Lauterstein Matt Targett Christian Sprenger* |
2011 Shanghai | United States (USA) Nick Thoman Mark Gangloff Michael Phelps Nathan Adrian David Plummer* Eric Shanteau* Tyler McGill* Garrett Weber-Gale* | Australia (AUS) Hayden Stoeckel Brenton Rickard Geoff Huegill James Magnussen Ben Treffers* Christian Sprenger* Sam Ashby* James Roberts* | Germany (GER) Helge Meeuw Hendrik Feldwehr Benjamin Starke Paul Biedermann Markus Deibler* |
2013 Barcelona | France (FRA) Camille Lacourt Giacomo Perez d'Ortona Jérémy Stravius Fabien Gilot | Australia (AUS) Ashley Delaney Christian Sprenger Tommaso D'Orsogna James Magnussen Kenneth To* Cameron McEvoy* | Japan (JPN) Ryosuke Irie Kosuke Kitajima Takuro Fujii Shinri Shioura |
2015 Kazan | United States (USA) Ryan Murphy Kevin Cordes Tom Shields Nathan Adrian Matt Grevers* Cody Miller* Tim Phillips* Ryan Lochte* | Australia (AUS) Mitch Larkin Jake Packard Jayden Hadler Cameron McEvoy David Morgan* Kyle Chalmers* | France (FRA) Camille Lacourt Giacomo Perez-Dortona Mehdy Metella Fabien Gilot |
2017 Budapest | United States (USA) Matt Grevers Kevin Cordes Caeleb Dressel Nathan Adrian (3+1*) Ryan Murphy* Cody Miller* Tim Phillips* Townley Haas* | Great Britain (GBR) Chris Walker-Hebborn Adam Peaty James Guy Duncan Scott Ross Murdoch* | Russia (RUS) Evgeny Rylov Kirill Prigoda Aleksandr Popkov Vladimir Morozov Grigoriy Tarasevich* Anton Chupkov* Daniil Pakhomov* Danila Izotov* |
2019 Gwangju | Great Britain (GBR) Luke Greenbank Adam Peaty James Guy Duncan Scott James Wilby* | United States (USA) Ryan Murphy Andrew Wilson Caeleb Dressel Nathan Adrian Matt Grevers* Michael Andrew* Jack Conger* Zach Apple* | Russia (RUS) Evgeny Rylov Kirill Prigoda Andrey Minakov Vladimir Morozov Kliment Kolesnikov* Anton Chupkov* Mikhail Vekovishchev* Vladislav Grinev* |
2022 Budapest | Italy (ITA) Thomas Ceccon Nicolò Martinenghi Federico Burdisso Alessandro Miressi Piero Codia* Lorenzo Zazzeri* | United States (USA) Ryan Murphy Nic Fink Michael Andrew Ryan Held Hunter Armstrong* Trenton Julian* Brooks Curry* | Great Britain (GBR) Luke Greenbank James Wilby James Guy Tom Dean Jacob Peters* Lewis Burras* |
2023 Fukuoka | United States (USA) Ryan Murphy Nic Fink Dare Rose Jack Alexy Hunter Armstrong* Josh Matheny* Thomas Heilman* Matt King* | China (CHN) Xu Jiayu Qin Haiyang Wang Changhao Pan Zhanle Yan Zibei* Sun Jiajun* Wang Haoyu* | Australia (AUS) Bradley Woodward Zac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Temple Kyle Chalmers Samuel Williamson* Kai Taylor* |
2024 Doha | United States (USA) Hunter Armstrong Nic Fink Zach Harting Matt King Jack Aikins* Jake Foster* Shaine Casas* Luke Hobson* | Netherlands (NED) Kai van Westering Arno Kamminga Nyls Korstanje Stan Pijnenburg Caspar Corbeau* | Italy (ITA) Michele Lamberti Nicolò Martinenghi Gianmarco Sansone Alessandro Miressi Ludovico Viberti* Federico Burdisso* |