| 1973 |
Belgrado |
Keena ROTHHAMMER (USA) |
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Shirley BABASHOFF (USA) |
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Andrea EIFE (DDR) |
| 1975 |
Calì |
Shirley BABASHOFF (USA) |
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Kornelia ENDER (DDR) |
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Enith BRIGITHA (OLA) |
| 1978 |
Berlino Ovest |
Cynthia WOODHEAD (USA) |
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Barbara KRAUSE (DDR) |
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Larisa TSEREVA (URS) |
| 1982 |
Guayaquil |
Annemarie VERSTAPPEN (OLA) |
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Birgit MEINEKE (DDR) |
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Annelies MAAS (OLA) |
| 1986 |
Madrid |
Heike FRIEDRICH (DDR) |
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Manuela STELLMACH (DDR) |
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Mary TERSTEGGE MEAGHER (USA) |
| 1991 |
Perth |
Hayley LEWIS (AUS) |
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Janet EVANS (USA) |
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Mette JACOBSEN (DAN) |
| 1994 |
Roma |
Franziska VAN ALMSICK (GER) |
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LÜ Bin (CHN) |
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Claudia POLL (CRC) |
| 1998 |
Perth |
Claudia POLL (CRC) |
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Martina MORAVCOVÁ (SVK) |
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Julia GREVILLE (AUS) |
| 2001 |
Fukuoka |
Giaan ROONEY (AUS) |
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YANG Yu (CHN) |
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Camelia POTEC (ROM) |
| 2003 |
Barcellona |
Alena POPCHANKA (BLR) |
| |
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Martina MORAVCOVÁ (SVK) |
| |
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YANG Yu (CHN) |
| 2005 |
Montreal |
Solenne FIGUÈS (FRA) |
| |
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Federica PELLEGRINI (ITA) |
| |
|
YANG Yu (CHN) |
| |
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Josefin LILLHAGE (SVE) |
| 2007 |
Melbourne |
Laure MANAUDOU (FRA) |
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Annika LURZ (GER) |
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Federica PELLEGRINI (ITA) |
| 2009 |
Roma |
Federica PELLEGRINI (ITA) |
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Allison SCHMITT (USA) |
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Dana VOLLMER (USA) |
| 2011 |
Shanghai |
Federica PELLEGRINI (ITA) |
| |
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Kylie PALMER (AUS) |
| |
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Camille MUFFAT (FRA) |
| 2013 |
Barcellona |
Missy FRANKLIN (USA) |
| |
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Federica PELLEGRINI (ITA) |
| |
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Camille MUFFAT (FRA) |
| 2015 |
Kazan |
Katie LEDECKY (USA) |
| |
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Federica PELLEGRINI (ITA) |
| |
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Missy FRANKLIN (USA) |
| 2017 |
Budapest |
Federica PELLEGRINI (ITA) |
| |
|
Katie LEDECKY (USA) |
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Emma McKEON (AUS) |
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bronzo non assegnato |
| 2019 |
Gwangju |
Federica PELLEGRINI (ITA) |
| |
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Ariarne TITMUS (AUS) |
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Sarah SJÖSTRÖM (SVE) |
| 2022 |
Budapest |
YANG Junxuan (CHN) |
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Mollie O'CALLAGHAN (AUS) |
| |
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TANG Muhan (CHN) |
| 2023 |
Fukuoka |
Mollie O'CALLAGHAN (AUS) |
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Ariarne TITMUS (AUS) |
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Summer McINTOSH (CAN) |
| 2024 |
Doha |
Siobhan HAUGHEY (HKG) |
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Erika FAIRWEATHER (NZL) |
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Brianna THROSSELL (AUS) |
| 2025 |
Singapore |
Mollie O'CALLAGHAN (AUS) |
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LI Bingjie (CHN) |
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Claire WEINSTEIN (USA) |