no. | host city | year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | system | boards | teams | players | games | PGN | |
- | Liverpool | 1952 | FIN | ENG | INT | RR | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||
- | Brussels | 1953 | NOR | ENG | FIN | RR | 4 | 8 | N/A | 112 | N/A | |
1. | Oslo | 1954 | CSR | URS | BUL | RR | 4 | 10 | 51 | 180 | ||
2. | Lyon | 1955 | URS | YUG | HUN | RR | 4 | 13 | 73 | 312 | ||
3. | Uppsala | 1956 | URS | HUN | YUG | 4Q + 2F | 4 | 16 | 86 | 308 | ||
4. | Reykjavik | 1957 | URS | BUL | CSR | RR | 4 | 14 | 69 | 364 | ||
5. | Varna | 1958 | URS | BUL | CSR | 4Q + 2F | 4 | 16 | 87 | 320 | ||
6. | Budapest | 1959 | BUL | URS | HUN | RR | 4 | 14 | 75 | 364 | ||
7. | Leningrad | 1960 | USA | URS | YUG | RR | 4 | 14 | 79 | 364 | ||
8. | Helsinki | 1961 | URS | USA | GDR | RR | 4 | 13 | 70 | 312 | ||
9. | Mariánské Lázně | 1962 | URS | YUG | CSR | 3Q + 2F | 4 | 18 | 101 | 468 | ||
10. | Budva | 1963 | CSR | YUG | BUL | 5Q + 2F | 4 | 19 | 106 | 432 | ||
11. | Cracow | 1964 | URS | CSR | HUN | 6Q + 2F | 4 | 21 | 117 | 516 | ||
12. | Sinaia | 1965 | URS | ISR | DEN | 3Q + 2F | 4 | 17 | 95 | 416 | ||
13. | Örebro | 1966 | URS | CSR | DEN | 6Q + 2F | 4 | 21 | 115 | 516 | ||
14. | Harrachov | 1967 | URS | USA | ENG | 5Q + 2F | 4 | 19 | 111 | 432 | ||
15. | Ybbs | 1968 | URS | GER | CSR | 5Q + 3F | 4 | 25 | 139 | 640 | ||
16. | Dresden | 1969 | URS | YUG | BUL | 5Q + 3F | 4 | 26 | 145 | 640 | ||
17. | Haifa | 1970 | USA | ENG | GER | RR | 4 | 11 | 59 | 220 | ||
18. | Mayagüez | 1971 | URS | USA | CAN | 3Q + 2F | 4 | 16 | 89 | 368 | ||
19. | Graz | 1972 | URS | HUN | GER | 5Q + 3F | 4 | 29 | 158 | 784 | ||
- | Ecuador | 1973 | Cancelled | |||||||||
20. | Teesside | 1974 | URS | USA | HUN | 5Q + 3F | 4 | 28 | 153 | 732 | ||
- | West Germany | 1975 | Cancelled | |||||||||
21. | Caracas | 1976 | URS | USA | CUB | 4Q + 3F | 4 | 21 | 117 | 444 | ||
22. | Mexico City | 1977 | URS | CUB | ENG | 3Q + 2F | 4 | 19 | 110 | 504 | ||
- | Bulgaria | 1979 | Cancelled |