Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 1500 metre freestyle - 1500 metre freestyle World Champions, men

1973 Stephen Holland
1975 Timothy Shaw
1978 Vladimir Salnikov
1982 Vladimir Salnikov
1986 Rainer Henkel
1991 Jörg Hoffmann
1994 Kieren Perkins
1998 Grant Hackett
2001 Grant Hackett
2003 Grant Hackett
2005 Grant Hackett
2007 Mateusz Sawrymowicz
2009 Oussama Mellouli
2011 Sun Yang