Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 100 metre backstroke - 100 metre backstroke World Champions, men

1973 Roland Matthes
1975 Roland Matthes
1978 Bob Jackson
1982 Dirk Richter
1986 Igor Polyansky
1991 Jeff Rouse
1994 Martin López-Zubero
1998 Lenny Krayzelburg
2001 Matt Welsh
2003 Aaron Peirsol
2005 Aaron Peirsol
2007 Aaron Peirsol
2009 Junya Koga
2011 Camille Lacourt/Jérémy Stravius