| YEAR | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | CANADIAN FINISH |
| 1953 | United States | Chile | France | DNQ |
| 1957 | United States | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | DNQ |
| 1959 | Soviet Union | Bulgaria | Czechoslovakia | DNQ |
| 1964 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Bulgaria | DNQ |
| 1967 | Soviet Union | South Korea | Czechoslovakia | DNQ |
| 1971 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Brazil | 10th |
| 1975 | Soviet Union | Japan | Czechoslovakia | 11th |
| 1979 | United States | South Korea | CANADA | BRONZE |
| 1983 | Soviet Union | United States | China | 9th |
| 1986 | United States | Soviet Union | CANADA | BRONZE |
| 1990 | United States | Yugoslavia | Cuba | 7th |
| 1994 | Brazil | China | United States | 7th |
| 1998 | United States | Russia | Australia | DNQ |
| 2002 | United States | Russia | Australia | DNQ |
| 2006 | Australia | Russia | United States | 10th |
| 2010 | United States | Czech Republic | Spain | 12th |
| 2014 | United States | Spain | Australia | 5th |
| 2018 | United States | Australia | Spain | 7th |
| 2022 | United States | China | Australia | 4th |
FIBA AMERICAS (and world qualifiers, commencing 2022)
| YEAR | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | CANADIAN FINISH |
| 1989 | Cuba | Brazil | CANADA | BRONZE |
| 1993 | United States | Brazil | CANADA | BRONZE |
| 1997 | Brazil | United States | Cuba | 5th |
| 2001 | Cuba | Brazil | Argentina | 4th |
| 2005 | Cuba | Brazil | CANADA | BRONZE |
| 2009 | Brazil | Argentina | CANADA | BRONZE |
| 2013 | Cuba | CANADA | Brazil | SILVER |
| 2017 | CANADA | Argentina | Puerto Rico | GOLD |
| 2019 | United States | CANADA | Brazil | SILVER |
| 2021AC | United States | Puerto Rico | Brazil | 4th |
| 2022 | CANADA | Japan | Bosnia-Hercegovina | Tied 1st |
| 2023AC | Brazil | United States | CANADA | BRONZE |