| 1973 |
Belgrado |
Heather GREENWOOD (USA) |
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Keena ROTHHAMMER (USA) |
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Novella CALLIGARIS (ITA) |
| 1975 |
Calì |
Shirley BABASHOFF (USA) |
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Jenny TURRALL (AUS) |
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Kathy HEDDY (USA) |
| 1978 |
Berlino Ovest |
Tracey WICKHAM (AUS) |
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Cynthia WOODHEAD (USA) |
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Kim LINEHAN (USA) |
| 1982 |
Guayaquil |
Carmela SCHMIDT (DDR) |
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Petra SCHNEIDER (DDR) |
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Tiffany COHEN (USA) |
| 1986 |
Madrid |
Heike FRIEDRICH (DDR) |
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Astrid STRAUSS (DDR) |
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Sarah HARDCASTLE (GBR) |
| 1991 |
Perth |
Janet EVANS (USA) |
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Hayley LEWIS (AUS) |
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Suzu CHIBA (JPN) |
| 1994 |
Roma |
Wenyi YANG (CHN) |
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Cristina TEUSCHER (USA) |
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Claudia POLL (CRC) |
| 1998 |
Perth |
Yan CHEN (CHN) |
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Brooke BENNETT (USA) |
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Dagmar HASE (GER) |
| 2001 |
Fukuoka |
Yana KLOCHKOVA (UKR) |
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Claudia POLL (CRC) |
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Hannah STOCKBAUER (GER) |
| 2003 |
Barcellona |
Hannah STOCKBAUER (GER) |
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Éva RISZTOV (HUN) |
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Diana MUNZ (USA) |
| 2005 |
Montreal |
Laure MANAUDOU (FRA) |
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Ai SHIBATA (JPN) |
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Caitlin McCLATCHEY (GBR) |
| 2007 |
Melbourne |
Laure MANAUDOU (FRA) |
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Otylia JEDRZEJCZAK (POL) |
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Ai SHIBATA (JPN) |
| 2009 |
Roma |
Federica PELLEGRINI (ITA) |
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Joanne JACKSON (GBR) |
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Rebecca ADLINGTON (GBR) |
| 2011 |
Shanghai |
Federica PELLEGRINI (ITA) |
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Rebecca ADLINGTON (GBR) |
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Camille MUFFAT (FRA) |
| 2013 |
Barcellona |
Katie LEDECKY (USA) |
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Melania COSTA-SCHMID (SPA) |
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Lauren BOYLE (NZL) |
| 2015 |
Kazan |
Katie LEDECKY (USA) |
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Sharon VAN ROUWENDAAL (OLA) |
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Jessica ASHWOOD (AUS) |
| 2017 |
Budapest |
Katie LEDECKY (USA) |
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Leah SMITH (USA) |
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LI Bingjie (CHN) |
| 2019 |
Gwangju |
Ariane TITMUS (AUS) |
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Katie LEDECKY (USA) |
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Leah SMITH (USA) |
| 2022 |
Budapest |
Katie LEDECKY (USA) |
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Summer McINTOSH (CAN) |
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Leah SMITH (USA) |
| 2023 |
Fukuoka |
Ariarne TITMUS (AUS) |
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Katie LEDECKY (USA) |
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Erika FAIRWEATHER (NZL) |
| 2024 |
Doha |
Erika FAIRWEATHER (NZL) |
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LI Bingjie (CHN) |
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Isabel Marie GOSE (GER) |
| 2025 |
Singapore |
Summer McINTOSH (CAN) |
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LI Bingjie (CHN) |
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Katie LEDECKY (USA) |