| Edition | Site | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| I | Moscow | 1952 | Soviet Union | Polonia | Czechoslovakia |
| II | Paris | 1956 | Soviet Union | Romania | Polonia |
| III | Rio de Janeiro | 1960 | Soviet Union | Japan | Czechoslovakia |
| IV | Moscow | 1962 | Japan | Soviet Union | Polonia |
| V | Tokyo | 1967 | Japan | United States | South Korea |
| VI | Varna | 1970 | Soviet Union | Japan | North Korea |
| VII | Guadalajara | 1974 | Japan | Soviet Union | South Korea |
| VIII | Leningrad | 1978 | Cuba | Japan | Soviet Union |
| IX | Lima | 1982 | China | Peru | United States |
| X | Prague | 1986 | China | Cuba | Peru |
| XI | Beijing | 1990 | Soviet Union | China | United States |
| XII | Sao Paolo | 1994 | Cuba | Brazil | Russia |
| XIII | Osaka | 1998 | Cuba | China | Russia |
| XIV | Germany | 2002 | Italy | United States | Russia |
| XV | Japan | 2006 | Russia | Brazil | Serbia & Montenegro |
All the champions / Todas las campeonas
I Moscow, Soviet Union 1952
| SOVIET UNION Trainer: | ||
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Tatiana Bunina, Aleksandra Tschudina, Sofia Gorbunova, Militia Kononova, Serafirna Kundirenko, Sinaida Kuskina, Vera Oserova, Anna Ponomariova, Miniona Sakse, Valentina Sviridova, Simonina, Maria Toporkova. |
II Paris, France 1956
| SOVIET UNION Trainer: | ||
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Lidia Boldireva, Ludmila Buldakova, Aleksandra Tschudina, Skaidra Galachova, Kira Gorbachova, Sofia Gorbunova, Lidia Ivanetskaya, Militia Kononova, Lidia Kalenjik, Ludmila Metscheryakova, Antonina Moiseyeva, Lidia Strelnikova, Valentina Varkevitsch. |
III Río de Janeiro, Brazil 1960
| SOVIET UNION Trainer: | ||
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Lidia Boldireva, Ludmila Buldakova, Aleksandra Tschudina, Lidia Konovalova, Alica Krasenjinikova, Ludmila Michailovskaya, Skaidrite Plisman, Antonina Rischova, Lidia Strelnikova, Valentina Varkevitsch, Antonina Volodina, Militia Jeremeyeva. |
IV Moscow, Soviet Union 1962
| JAPAN Trainer: | ||
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Yoko Aoki, Noriko Honda, Yuriko Honda, Sada Isobe, Masae Kasai, Mitsue Masuo, Katsumi Matsumura, Yoshiko Matsumura, Emiko Miyamoto, Yoko Shinozaki, Kuniko Tanida, Teruko Yamada. |
V Tokyo, Japan 1967
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Toyoko Iwahara, Wakako Kumasaka, Katsumi Matsumura, Sumie Oinuma, Aiko Onozawa, Setsuko Sasaki, Eiko Haga, Yoko Shinozaki, Kunie Shishikura, Suzue Takayama, Teruko Yamada, Setsuko Yoshida. |
VI Varna, Bulgaria 1970 (22.IX/20.X)
| SOVIET UNION Trainer: | ||
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Ludmila Buldakova, Vera Dujunova, Vera Lantratova, Galina Leontieva, Ludmila Michailovskaya, Inna Ryskal, Tatiana Tretiakova, Rosa Salichova, Tatiana Sarytscheva, Nina Smolejeva, Liubov Turina, Marita Batutite. |
VII Guadalajara, Mexico 1974 (12/28.X)
| JAPAN Trainer: | ||
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Yuko Arakida, Furuta, Takako Iida, Kiyomi Kato, Koyama, Noriko Matsuda, Mariko Okamoto, Saito, Takako Shirai, Hiromi Yano, Juri Yokoyama. |
VIII Leningrad, Soviet Union 1978 (25.VIII/07.IX)
| CUBA Trainer: | ||
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Nelly Barnet, Ana Díaz, Erenia Díaz, Ana María García, Mavis Guilarte, L González, C Martínez, Mercedes Pérez, Mercedes Pomares, Imilsis Téllez, Lucila Urgelles. |
IX Lima, Peru 1982 (12/25.IX)
| CHINA Trainer: | ||
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Huying Cao, Hxa Ciang Chen, Zhaodi Chen, Xing Jing, Ping Lang, Yan Liang, Keizhi Sheng, Jinfang Sun, Xi Yang, Xilan Yang, Reng Fang Zhang, Xiaolan Zhu. |
X Prague, Czechoslovakia 1986 (02/13.IX)
| CHINA Trainer: | ||
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Xiaofeng Hu, Yuzhu Hu, Ying Jiang, Yanjun Li, Yan Liang, Wei Liu, Huijuan Su, Dan Wu, Xiaojun Yang, Xilan Yang, Gin Yin, Meizhu Zheng. |
XI Beijing, China 1990 (22/31.VIII)
| SOVIET UNION Trainer: | ||
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Jelena Batuchina, Bubnova, Gorbatiuk, Svetlana Korytova, Marina Nikulina, Valentina Ogijenko, Jelena Ovtschinnikova, Irina Parchomtschuk, Tatiana Sidorenko, Irina Smirnova, Tolmachova, Vasilevskaya. |
XII São Paolo, Brazil 1994 (17/30.X)
| CUBA Trainer: Eugenio George | ||
Tania Ortiz, Marlenys Costa, Mireya Luis Hernández, Lilian Izquierdo, Idalmis Gato, Regla Bell, Regla Torres, Sonia Lescaille, Mercedes Calderón, Analbis Fernández, Magaly Carvajal, Mirka Francis. |
XIII Osaka, Japan 1998 (03/12.XI)
| CUBA Trainer: Antonio Perdomo | ||
Yumilka Ruiz, Marlenis Costa, Mireya Luis Hernández, Lilian Izquierdo, Regla Bell, Indira Mestre, Regla Torres, Liana Mesa, Taimaris Agüero, Ana Fernández Valle, Mirka Francia, Martha Sánchez. |
XIV Germany 2002 (30.VIII/15.IX)
| ITALY Trainer: Marco Bonitta | ||
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Simona Rinieri, Elisa Togut, Manuela Leggeri, Sara Anzanello, Paola Paggi, Darina Mifkova, Francesca Piccinini, Rachele Sangiuliano, Eleonora lo Bianco, Valentina Borrelli, Anna Vania Mello, Paola Cardullo. |
XV Japan 2006 (31.X/16.XI)
| RUSSIA Trainer: Giovanni Caprara | ||
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Marina Akulova, Maria Borodakova, Maria Bruntseva, Ekaterina Gamova, Elena Godina, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Natalia Kulikova, Yulia Merkulova, Natalia Safronova, Lioubov Shashkova, Marina Sheshenina, Olga Zhitova. |
| Ps. | Country | G | S | B | Tot |
| 1. | Soviet Union | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2. | Japan | 3 | 3 | - | 6 |
| 3. | Cuba | 3 | 1 | - | 4 |
| 4. | China | 2 | 2 | - | 4 |
| 5. | Russia | 1 | - | 3 | 4 |
| 6. | Italia | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 7. | United States | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8. | Brazil | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 9. | Poland | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10. | Peru | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11. | Romania | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 12. | South Korea (KOR) | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| . | Czechoslovakia | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 14. | North Korea (PRK) | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| . | Serbia Montenegro | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | TOTAL | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
Most titles (players) / Más títulos (jugadoras)
3 - Aleksandra Tschudina (52 56 60), Ludmila Buldakova (56 60 70)