YEAR
LOCATION
1st
2nd
3rd
2018
Japan
Serbia
Italy
China
2014
Milan, Italy
United States
China
Brazil
2010
Tokyo, JPN
Russia
Brazil
Japan
2006
Osaka, JPN
Russia
Brazil
Serbia and Montenegro
2002
Berlin, GER
Italy
United States
Russia
1998
Tokyo, JPN
Cuba
China
Russia
1994
Sao Paulo, BRA
Cuba
Brazil
Russia
1990
Beijing, CHN
Soviet Union
China
United States
1986
Prague, TCH
China
Cuba
Peru
1982
Lima, PER
China
Peru
United States
1978
Leningrad, URS
Cuba
Japan
Soviet Union
1974
Guadalajara, MEX
Japan
Soviet Union
Korea
1970
Varna, BUL
Soviet Union
Japan
DPR Korea
1967
Tokyo, JPN
Japan
United States
Korea
1962
Moscow, URS
Japan
Soviet Union
Poland
1960
Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Soviet Union
Japan
Czechoslovakia
1956
Paris, FRA
Soviet Union
Romania
Poland
1952
Moscow, URS
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia