| Index | |||||||
| Judo - Men | |||||||
| under 80kg | under 93kg | over 93kg | |||||
| 1960 | European | ¬ | Metzler | FDR | ¬ | ||
| 1961 | European | ¬ | Metzler | FDR | ¬ | ||
| 1962 | European | ¬ | Grossman | FRA | ¬ | ||
| 1963 | European | ¬ | Leberre | FRA | ¬ | ||
| 1964 | European | ¬ | Bondarenko | URS | ¬ | ||
| 1964 | Olympics | Okano | JPN | Inokuma | JPN | ¬ | |
| 1965 | European | Bourreau | FRA | Hofmann | FDR | Kibrosachvili | URS |
| 1965 | World | Okano | JPN | ¬ | Geesink | NED | |
| 1966 | European | Stepanov | URS | Snijders | NED | Gouweleeuw | NED |
| 1967 | European | Desmet | FRA | Pokatajev | URS | Herrmann | FDR |
| 1967 | World | Maruki | JPN | Sato | JPN | Ruska | NED |
| 1968 | European | Magaltadze | URS | Hofmann | FDR | Herrmann | FDR |
| 1969 | European | Rudman | URS | Bondarenko | URS | Snijders | NED |
| 1969 | World | Sonada I. | JPN | Sasahara | JPN | Suma | JPN |
| 1970 | European | Hendel | DDR | Jacks | GBR | Pokatajev | URS |
| 1971 | European | Hendel | DDR | Auffray | FRA | Howiller | DDR |
| 1971 | World | Fujii | JPN | Sasahara | JPN | Ruska | NED |
| 1972 | European | Hotger | DDR | Coche | FRA | Parisi | FRA |
| 1972 | Olympics | Sekie | JPN | Chochoshri | URS | Ruska | NED |
| 1973 | European | Hotger | DDR | Jacks | GBR | Rouge | FRA |
| 1973 | World | Fujii | JPN | Sato | JPN | Takaki | JPN |
| 1974 | European | Kruger | DDR | Coche | FRA | Zuvela | YUG |
| 1975 | World | Fujii | JPN | Rouge | FRA | Endo | JPN |
| 1976 | European | Dvojnikov | URS | Coche | FRA | Khubuluri | URS |
| 1976 | Olympics | Sonada I. | JPN | Ninomiya | JPN | Ahatoli | URS |
| under 78kg | under 86kg | under 95kg | |||||
| 1977 | European | Adamczyk | POL | Volossov | URS | Lorenz | DDR |
| 1978 | European | Heinke | DDR | Jaskevitsch | URS | Lorenz | DDR |
| 1979 | European | Heinke | DDR | Rothlisberger | SUI | Khubuluri | URS |
| 1979 | World | Fujii | JPN | Ultsch | DDR | Khubuluri | URS |
| 1980 | European | Adams | GBR | Jaskevitsch | URS | Rouge | FRA |
| 1980 | Olympics | Fujii | URS | Rothlisberger | SUI | Van de Walle | BEL |
| 1981 | European | Petrov | BUL | Bodaveli | URS | Vachon | FRA |
| 1981 | World | Khabarelli | GBR | Tchoullouyan | FRA | Khubuluri | URS |
| 1982 | European | Fratica | FRA | Jaskevitsch | URS | Kostenberger | AUT |
| 1983 | European | Adams | GBR | Pesniak | URS | Divisenko | URS |
| 1983 | World | Hikage | JPN | Ultsch | DDR | Preschel | DDR |
| 1984 | European | Adams | GBR | Pesniak | URS | Neureuther | FDR |
| 1984 | Olympics | Wieneke | FDR | Seisenbacher | AUT | Hyung Ha | KOR |
| 1985 | European | Adams | GBR | Pesniak | URS | Van de Walle | BEL |
| 1985 | World | Hikage | JPN | Seisenbacher | AUT | Sugai | JPN |
| 1986 | European | Wieneke | FDR | Seisenbacher | AUT | Van de Walle | BEL |
| 1987 | European | Varajev | URS | Canu | FRA | Kurtanidze | URS |
| 1987 | World | Okada | JPN | Canu | FRA | Sugai | JPN |
| 1988 | European | Varajev | URS | Canu | FRA | Sojna | CZE |
| 1988 | Olympics | Legien | POL | Seisenbacher | AUT | Miguel | BRA |
| 1989 | European | Varajev | URS | Canu | FRA | Kurtanidze | URS |
| 1989 | World | Bying | KOR | Canu | FRA | Kurtanidze | URS |
| 1990 | European | Varajev | URS | Legien | POL | Traineau | FRA |
| 1991 | European | Wurth | NED | Lobenstein | GER | Meijer | NED |
| 1991 | World | Lascau | FRA | Okada | JPN | Traineau | FRA |
| 1992 | European | Spittka | GER | Tayot | FRA | Traineau | FRA |
| 1992 | Olympics | Hoshida | JPN | Legien | POL | Kovacs | HUN |
| 1993 | European | Yandzi | FRA | Tayot | FRA | Traineau | FRA |
| 1993 | World | Ki Young Jeon | KOR | Nakamura Y. | JPN | Kovacs | HUN |
| 1994 | European | Birch | GBR | Malzev | RUS | Nastula | POL |
| 1995 | European | Reiter | AUT | Arens | NED | Nastula | POL |
| 1995 | World | Koga | JPN | Ki Young Jeon | KOR | Nastula | POL |
| 1996 | European | Bouras | FRA | Huizinga | NED | Nastula | POL |
| 1996 | Olympics | Bouras | FRA | Ki Young Jeon | KOR | Nastula | POL |
| 1997 | European | Laats | BEL | Huizinga | NED | Sonnemans | NED |
| 1997 | World | Cho in Chul | KOR | Ki Young Jeon | KOR | Nastula | POL |
| under 81kg | under 90kg | under 100kg | |||||
| 1998 | European | Hajtos | HUN | Huizinga | NED | Guerschner | GER |
| 1999 | European | Delgado | POR | De Cooman | NED | Traineau | FRA |
| 1999 | World | Randall | GBR | Yoshida | JPN | Inoue | JPN |
| 2000 | European | Aschwanden | SUI | Croitoru | ROM | Stepkine | RUS |
| 2000 | Olympics | Takimoto | JPN | Huizinga | NED | Inoue | JPN |
| 2001 | European | Budolin | EST | Huizinga | NED | Zeevi | ISR |
| 2001 | World | Cho in Chul | KOR | Demontfaucon | FRA | Inoue | JPN |
| Zviadauri | GEO | ||||||
| 2002 | European | Uznadze | TUR | Grekov | UKR | Van der Geest | NED |
| 2003 | European | Aschwanden | SUI | Grekov | UKR | Zeevi | ISR |
| 2003 | World | Wanner | GER | Hwang | KOR | Inoue | JPN |
| 2004 | European | Iliadis | GRE | Lepre | ITA | Zeevi | ISR |
| 2004 | Olympics | Iliadis | GRE | Zviadauri | GEO | Makarau | BLR |
| 2005 | European | Bischof | GER | Alarza | ESP | Humbert | FRA |
| 2005 | World | Elmont | NED | Izumi | JPN | Suzuki | JPN |
| 2006 | European | Shundzikau | BLR | Pershin | RUS | Gasymov | RUS |
| 2007 | European | Krawczyk | POL | Grekov | UKR | Hadfi | HUN |
| 2007 | World | Camilo | BRA | Tsirekidze | GEO | Correa | BRA |
| 2008 | European | Neto | POR | Huizinga | NED | Grol | NED |
| 2008 | Olympics | Bischof | GER | Tsirekidze | GEO | Naidan | MGL |
| 2009 | European | Nifontov | RUS | Kazusionak | BLR | Khaibulaev | RUS |
| 2009 | World | Nifontov | RUS | Lee K.W. | KOR | Rakov | KAZ |
| 2010 | European | Magomedev | RUS | Nyman | SWE | Van der Geest | NED |
| 2010 | World | Kim | KOR | Iliadis | GRE | Takamasa | JPN |
| 2011 | European | Mammadli | AZE | Iliadis | GRE | Mekic | BIH |
| 2011 | World | Guilheiro | BRA | Schirnhofer | AUT | Correa | BRA |