The Mountain Bike & Trial World Championships are world championships organized by the International Cycling Union which have the task of appointing the world champions of various disciplines relating to the world of Mountain Bike. The 1st XC World Championship was in 1990 in Durango (USA).

Men		2	3
1990	Ned OVEREND	Thomas FRISCHKNECHT	Tim GOULD
1991	John TOMAC	Thomas FRISCHKNECHT	Ned OVEREND
1992	Henrik DJERNIS	Thomas FRISCHKNECHT	David BAKER
1993	Henrik DJERNIS	Marcel GERRITSEN	Jan Erik OSTERGAARD
1994	Henrik DJERNIS	Tinker JUAREZ	Bart BRENTJENS
1995	Bart BRENTJENS	Miguel MARTINEZ	Jan Erik OSTERGAARD
1996	Thomas FRISCHKNECHT	Runes HOYDAHL	Hubert PALLHUBER
1997	Hubert PALLHUBER	Henrik DJERNIS	Luca BRAMATI
1998	Christophe DUPOUEY	Jerome CHIOTTI	Filip MEIRHAEGHE
1999	Michael RASMUSSEN	Miguel MARTINEZ	Filip MEIRHAEGHE
2000	Miguel MARTINEZ	Roland GREEN	Bart BRENTJENS
2001	Roland GREEN	Thomas FRISCHKNECHT	Christoph SAUSER
2002	Roland GREEN	Filip MEIRHAEGHE	Thomas FRISCHKNECHT
2003	Filip MEIRHAEGHE	Ryder HESJEDAL	Roel PAULISSEN
2004	Julien ABSALON	Cedric RAVANEL	Thomas FRISCHKNECHT
2005	Julien ABSALON	Christoph SAUSER	Jose Antonio HERMIDA
2006	Julien ABSALON	Christoph SAUSER	Fredrik KESSIAKOFF
2007	Julien ABSALON	Ralph NAF	Florian VOGEL
2008	Christoph SAUSER	Florian VOGEL	Ralph NAF
2009	Nino SCHURTER	Julien ABSALON	Florian VOGEL
2010	Jose Antonio HERMIDA	Jaroslav KULHAVY	Burry STANDER
2011	Jaroslav KULHAVY	Nino SCHURTER	Julien ABSALON
2012	Nino SCHURTER	Lukas FLÜCKIGER	Mathias FLÜCKIGER
2013	Nino SCHURTER	Manuel FUMIC	Jose Antonio HERMIDA
2014	Julien ABSALON	Nino SCHURTER	Marco Aurelio FOUNTAIN
2015	Nino SCHURTER	Julien ABSALON	Ondrej CINK
2016	Nino SCHURTER	Jaroslav KULHAVY	Julien ABSALON
2017	Nino SCHURTER	Jaroslav KULHAVY	Thomas LITSCHER
2018	Nino SCHURTER	Gerhard KERSCHBAUMER	Mathieu VAN DER POEL
2019	Nino SCHURTER	Mathias FLÜCKIGER	Stephane TEMPIER
2020	Jordan SARROU	Mathias FLÜCKIGER	Titouan CAROD
2021	Nino SCHURTER	Mathias FLÜCKIGER	Victor KORETZKY
2022	Nino SCHURTER	David VALERO	Luca BRAIDOT
2023	Tom PIDCOCK	Sam GAZE	Nino SCHURTER
2024	Alan HATHERLY	Victor KORETZKY	Tom PIDCOCK
2025	Alan HATHERLY	Simone AVONDETTO	Victor KORETZKY

Women		2	3
1990	Juliana FURTADO	Sara BALLANTYNE	Ruthie MATTHES
1991	Ruthie MATTHES	Eva ORVOSOVA	Silvia FÜRST
1992	Silvia FÜRST	Alison SYDOR	Ruthie MATTHES
1993	Paola PEZZO	Jeannie LONGO	Ruthie MATTHES
1994	Alison SYDOR	Susan DEMATTEI	Sara BALLANTYNE
1995	Alison SYDOR	Silvia FÜRST	Chantal DAUCOURT
1996	Alison SYDOR	Ruthie MATTHES	Maria Paola TURCUTTO
1997	Paola PEZZO	Nadia DE NEGRI	Margarita FULLANA
1998	Laurence LEBOUCHER	Gunn Rita DAHLE	Alison SYDOR
1999	Margarita FULLANA	Alison SYDOR	Paola PEZZO
2000	Margarita FULLANA	Alison SYDOR	Paola PEZZO
2001	Alison DUNLAP	Alison SYDOR	Sabine SPITZ
2002	Gunn Rita DAHLE	Anna SZAFRANIEC	Sabine SPITZ
2003	Sabine SPITZ	Alison SYDOR	Irina KALENTIEVA
2004	Gunn Rita DAHLE	Maja WLOSZCZOWSKA	Alison SYDOR
2005	Gunn Rita DAHLE	Maja WLOSZCZOWSKA	Petra HENZI
2006	Gunn Rita DAHLE	Irina KALENTIEVA	Marie-Helene PREMONT
2007	Irina KALENTIEVA	Sabine SPITZ	Jingjing WANG
2008	Margarita FULLANA	Sabine SPITZ	Irina KALENTIEVA
2009	Irina KALENTIEVA	Lene BYBERG	Willow KOERBER
2010	Maja WLOSZCZOWSKA	Irina KALENTIEVA	Willow KOERBER
2011	Catharine PENDREL	Maja WLOSZCZOWSKA	Eva LECHNER
2012	Julie BRESSET	Gunn Rita DAHLE	Georgia GOULD
2013	Julie BRESSET	Maja WLOSZCZOWSKA	Esther SÜSS
2014	Catharine PENDREL	Irina KALENTIEVA	Lea DAVISON
2015	Pauline FERRAND-PREVOT	Irina KALENTIEVA	Yana BELOMOYNA
2016	Annika LANGVAD	Lea DAVISON	Emily BATTY
2017	Yolanda NEFF	Annie LAST	Pauline FERRAND-PREVOT
2018	KATE COURTNEY	Annika LANGVAD	Emily BATTY
2019	Pauline FERRAND-PREVOT	Yolanda NEFF	Rebecca MCCONNEL
2020	Pauline FERRAND-PREVOT	Eva LECHNER	Rebecca MCCONNEL
2021	Evie RICHARDS	Anne TERPSTRA	Sina FREI
2022	Pauline FERRAND-PREVOT	Yolanda NEFF	Haley BATTEN
2023	Pauline FERRAND-PREVOT	Loana LECOMTE	Puck PIETERSE
2024	Puck PIETERSE	Anne TERPSTRA	Martina BERTA
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