RUSSIA winner in Japan 1997
 
MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
#
Year
Host
Gold
Silver
Bronze
16th
1999 (Egypt)
1/6
until
15/6
15th
1977 (Japan) RUS SWE FRA
14th
1995 (Iceland) FRA CRO SWE
13th
1993 (Sweden) RUS FRA SWE
12th
1990 (Czechoslovakia) SWE URS ROM
11th
1986 (Switzerland) YUG HUN GDR
10th
1982 (FR Germany) URS YUG POL
9th
1978 (Denmark) FRG URS GDR
8th
1974 (Germany DR) ROM GDR YUG
7th
1970 (France) ROM GDR YUG
6th
1967 (Sweden) TCH DEN ROM
5th
1964 (Czechoslovakia) ROM SWE TCH
4th
1961 (FR Germany) ROM TCH SWE
3rd
1958 (Germany DR) SWE TCH GER
2nd
1954 (Sweden) SWE FRG TCH
1st
1938 (Germany) GER AUT SWE
 
MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS*
#
Year
Host
Gold
Silver
Bronze
7th
1966 (Austria) FRG GDR AUT
6th
1963 (Switzerland) GDR FRG SUI
5th
1959 (Austria) GER ROM SWE
4th
1955 (FR Germany) FRG SUI TCH
3rd
1952 (Switzerland) FRG SWE SUI
2nd
1948 (France) SWE DEN SUI
1st
1938 (Germany) GER SUI HUN
* Outdoor handball
 
 
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