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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY (MEN)

YEAR    VENUE           WINNER                  RUNNER-UP               3RD PLACE

1949    Czechoslovakia  1.Soviet Union          2.Czechoslovakia        3.BULGARIA
1952    Soviet Union    1.Soviet Union          2.Czechoslovakia        3.BULGARIA
1956    France          1.Czechoslovakia        2.Romania               3.Soviet Union   5.BULGARIA
1960*   Brazil          1.Soviet Union          2.Czechoslovakia        3.Romania               
1962    Soviet Union    1.Soviet Union          2.Czechoslovakia        3.Romania        
4.BULGARIA
1966    Czechoslovakia  1.Czechoslovakia        2.Romania               3.Soviet Union   
7.BULGARIA
1970    BULGARIA        1.East Germany          2.BULGARIA              3.Japan
1974    Mexico          1.Poland                2.Soviet Union          3.Japan          7.BULGARIA
1978    Italy           1.Soviet Union          2.Italy                 3.Cuba          10.BULGARIA
1982    Argentina       1.Soviet Union          2.Brazil                3.Argentina      5.BULGARIA
1986    France          1.United States         2.Soviet Union          3.BULGARIA
1990    Brazil          1.Italy                 2.Cuba                  3.Soviet Union   5.BULGARIA
1994    Greece          1.Italy                 2.Holland               3.United States  9.BULGARIA
1998    Japan           1.Italy                 2.Yugoslavia            3.Cuba           7.BULGARIA

*In the 1960 World Championship, BULGARIA did not participate.



WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY (WOMEN)

YEAR    VENUE           WINNER                  RUNNER-UP               3RD PLACE

1952    Soviet Union    1.Soviet Union          2.Poland                3.Czechoslovakia 4.BULGARIA
1956    France          1.Soviet Union          2.Romania               3.Poland         5.BULGARIA
1960*   Brazil          1.Soviet Union          2.Japan                 3.Czechoslovakia
1962    Soviet Union    1.Japan                 2.Soviet Union          3.Poland         4.BULGARIA
1966*   Japan           1.Japan                 2.United States         3.Korea
1970    BULGARIA        1.Soviet Union          2.Japan                 3.Korea          6.BULGARIA
1974    Mexico          1.Japan                 2.Soviet Union          3.Korea         13.BULGARIA
1978    Soviet Union    1.Cuba                  2.Japan                 3.Soviet Union   9.BULGARIA
1982    Peru            1.China                 2.Peru                  3.United States  9.BULGARIA
1986    Czechoslovakia  1.China                 2.Cuba                  3.Peru          12.BULGARIA
1990*   China           1.Soviet Union          2.China                 3.United States
1994*   Brazil          1.Cuba                  2.Brazil                3.Russia
1998    Japan           1.Cuba                  2.China                 3.Russia        11.BULGARIA

*In the 1960, 1966, 1990 and 1994 World Championships, BULGARIA did not 
participate.

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