| Year | Venue | Champion | Nationality | Remarks | Time | Era |
| 1911 | GB | E W Twining | GB | First Wakefield. Original Gold Cup lost 1913 | 63.0 | Pioneer |
| 1928 | GB | T H Newell | GB | First SMAE Rules Silver Cup | 52.6 | Antique |
| 1929 | GB | R N Bullock | GB | Only low wing Wakefield winner | 70.4 | Antique |
| 1930 | GB | J H Ehrhardt | USA | First all-balsa wood Wakefield winner | 155.0 | Antique |
| 1931 | USA | J H Ehrhardt | USA | First consecutive Wakefield champion | 264.8 | Antique |
| 1932 | USA | G S Light | USA | SMAE Rules 'No Contest' | 817.2 | Antique |
| 1933 | GB | J Kenworthy | GB | SMAE 4 oz 190 - 200 sq.ins. | 321.0 ave | Antique |
| 1934 | GB | J B Allman | GB | First rubber tensioner | 111.8 ave | Antique |
| 1935 | GB | G S Light | USA | First proxy Wakefield champion | 150.0 ave | Antique |
| 1936 | USA | A A Judge | GB | First English free-wheeling propeller | 249.9 ave | Antique |
| 1937 | GB | E Fillon | France | First 8 oz Wakefield 190 - 200 sq.ins. 33%stab | 373.0 ave | Vintage |
| 1938 | France | J Cahill | USA | First folding propeller. 33% stab | 654 ave | Vintage |
| 1939 | USA | R Korda | USA | Longest flight. Last WC before World War II. Richard Korda died in 2002. | 950.2 ave | Vintage |
| 1948 | USA | R Chesterton | GB | First post world war II Wakefield Champion | 387.3 ave | Vintage |
| 1949 | GB | A Elilla | Finland | Built Wakefield winner in 1939 | 676.0 ave | Vintage |
| 1950 | Finland | A Ellila | Finland | Second consecutive Wakefield champion | 732.1 ave | Vintage |
| 1951 | Finland | S Stark | Sweden | FAI/CIAM takes over rules from SMAE | 705.2 ave | Vintage |
| 1952 | Sweden | A Blomgren | Sweden | Sweden wins again | 810.0 ave | Vintage |
| 1953 | GB | J Foster | USA | Wakefield co-champion - won the Cup only | 1945 tot | Vintage |
| H O'Donnell | GB | Wakefield co-champion | 1880 tot | Vintage | ||
| E Scotto | Argentina | Wakefield co-champion | 1872 tot | Vintage | ||
| 1954 | USA | A King | Australia | FAI/CIAM: rubber reduced to 80 grams, 5 rounds 180 sec | 900 tot | Vintage |
| 1955 | FR Germany | G Samann | FR Germany | 5 rounds + fly-off | 1215 tot | Vintage |
| 1956 | Sweden | L Petersson | Sweden | Last 'Vintage Wakefield' | 879 tot | Vintage |
| 1957 | SMAE votes not to recall Wakefield Cup from FAI/CIAM. No Wakefield contest or WC | |||||
| 1958 | GB | B Baker | Australia | FAI/CIAM: No ROG, rubber reduced to 50 grams | 860 tot | Modern |
| 1959 | France | F Dvorak | Czechoslovakia | SMAE drops sponsorship | 1185 tot | Modern |
| 1961 | FR Germany | G Reich | USA | 4th 1953 Wakefield I. C. | 1110 tot | Modern |
| 1963 | Austria | J Loffler | DDR | FAI/CIAM: 8 round's. @ 180 sec round | 1591 tot | Modern |
| 1965 | Finland | T Koster | Denmark | Thomas was to become first F1A F1B and F1C champion | 2220 tot | Modern |
| 1967 | Czechoslovkia | M Sulkala | Finland | FAI/CIAM: 7 round's. @ 180 sec/round | 1768 tot | Modern |
| 1969 | Austria | A Oschatz | DDR | FAI/CIAM: reduces rubber to 40 grams | 1260 tot | Modern |
| 1971 | Sweden | J Klima | Czechoslovakia | Thermal detectors prevail at WC | 1492 tot | Modern |
| 1973 | Austria | J Loffler | DDR | 1963 Wakefield Champion | 1485 tot | Modern |
| 1975 | Bulgaria | P C Sun | DPRK | North Koreans hold Team Trials @ WC | 2103 tot | Modern |
| 1977 | Denmark | K D Sik | DPRK | North Korea (P) wins again | 1253 tot | Modern |
| 1979 | USA | I Ben Itzhak | Israel | First west coast USA WC. Six minute fly-off | 2160 tot | Modern |
| 1981 | Spain | L Doring | FR Germany | Only WC in Spain | 1800 tot | Modern |
| 1983 | Australia | L Doring | FR Germany | First Australian WC. Lothar was the third consecutive-event Wakefield champion | 1260 tot | Modern |
| 1985 | Yugoslavia | R Hofsass | FR Germany | "ESPADA" F1B designer | 3060 tot | Modern |
| 1987 | France | R White | USA | 'Twin Fins' last 'simple' Wakefield winner | 2040 tot | Modern |
| 1989 | Argentina | E Cofalik | Poland | FAI/CIAM rescinds Builder of Model rule | 2147 tot | Modern |
| 1991 | Yugoslavia | A Andrjukov | CCCP | First and last Soviet Wakefield WC | 2580 tot | Modern |
| 1993 | USA | A Andrjukov | Ukraine | Fourth consecutive-event Wakefield champion | 2190 tot | Modern |
| 1995 | Hungary | J Fitch | USA | Thirty four in fly-off | 2489 tot | Modern |
| 1997 | Czech Republic | A Andrjukov | Ukraine | First person to win the International Wakefield Trophy three times! | 2474 tot | Modern |
| 1999 | Israel | O Kulakovsky | Ukraine | Single flyoff in early morning | 1768 tot | Modern |
| 2001 | USA | O Kulakovsky | Ukraine | Third consecutive win by Ukraine | 2535 tot | Modern |
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