See main article: World Modern Pentathlon Championships. This is a List of World Championships medalists in modern pentathlon. The World Modern Pentathlon Championships is the major modern pentathlon competition, along with the Olympic competition.
| 1949 Stockholm | ||||
| 1950 Bern | ||||
| 1951 Helsingborg | ||||
| 1954 Budapest | ||||
| 1955 Zurich | ||||
| 1957 Stockholm | ||||
| 1958 Aldershot | ||||
| 1959 Hershey | ||||
| 1961 Moscow | ||||
| 1962 Mexico City | ||||
| 1963 Magglingen | ||||
| 1965 Leipzig | ||||
| 1966 Melbourne | ||||
| 1967 Jönköping | ||||
| 1969 Budapest | ||||
| 1970 Warendorf | ||||
| 1971 San Antonio | ||||
| 1973 London | ||||
| 1974 Moscow | ||||
| 1975 Mexico City | ||||
| 1977 San Antonio | ||||
| 1978 Jönköping | ||||
| 1979 Budapest | ||||
| 1981 Zielona Góra | ||||
| 1982 Rome | ||||
| 1983 Warendorf | ||||
| 1985 Melbourne | ||||
| 1987 Moulins | ||||
| 1989 Budapest | ||||
| 1990 Lahti | ||||
| 1991 San Antonio | ||||
| 1993 Darmstadt | ||||
| 1994 Sheffield | ||||
| 1995 Basel | ||||
| 1997 Sofia | ||||
| 1998 Mexico City | ||||
| 1999 Budapest | ||||
| 2000 Pesaro | ||||
| 2001 Millfield | ||||
| 2002 San Francisco | ||||
| 2003 Pesaro | ||||
| 2004 Moscow | ||||
| 2005 Warsaw | ||||
| 2006 Guatemala City | ||||
| 2007 Berlin | ||||
| 2008 Budapest | ||||
| 2009 London | ||||
| 2010 Chengdu | ||||
| 2011 Moscow | ||||
| 2012 Rome | ||||
| 2013 Kaohsiung | ||||
| 2014 Warsaw | ||||
| 2015 Berlin | ||||
| 2016 Moscow[1] | ||||
| 2017 Cairo | ||||
| 2018 Mexico City | ||||
| 2019 Budapest | ||||
| 2021 Cairo | ||||
| 2022 Alexandria | ||||
| 2023 Bath |
| 1978 Jönköping | ||||
| 1981 London | ||||
| 1982 Compiègne | ||||
| 1983 Gothenburg | ||||
| 1984 Copenhagen | ||||
| 1985 Montreal | ||||
| 1987 Bensheim | ||||
| 1988 Warsaw | ||||
| 1990 Linköping | ||||
| 1991 Sydney | ||||
| 1992 Budapest | ||||
| 1993 Darmstadt | ||||
| 1994 Sheffield | ||||
| 1995 Basel | ||||
| 1996 Siena | ||||
| 1997 Sofia | ||||
| 1998 Mexico City | ||||
| 1999 Budapest | ||||
| 2000 Pesaro | ||||
| 2001 Millfield | ||||
| 2002 San Francisco | ||||
| 2003 Pesaro | ||||
| 2004 Moscow | ||||
| 2005 Warsaw | ||||
| 2006 Guatemala City | ||||
| 2007 Berlin | ||||
| 2008 Budapest | ||||
| 2009 London | ||||
| 2010 Chengdu | ||||
| 2011 Moscow | ||||
| 2012 Rome | ||||
| 2013 Kaohsiung | ||||
| 2014 Warsaw | ||||
| 2015 Berlin | ||||
| 2016 Moscow[4] | ||||
| 2017 Cairo | ||||
| 2018 Mexico City | ||||
| 2019 Budapest | ||||
| 2021 Cairo | ||||
| 2022 Alexandria |
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