List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2024.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Medalists[edit]
Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.
50 metre freestyle[edit]
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sweden | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
2 | Netherlands | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
3 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
4 | United States | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
5 | China | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
6 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 17 | 18 | 18 | 53 |
100 metre freestyle[edit]
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
2 | East Germany | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
3 | United States | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
4 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
5 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
6 | China | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
7 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Sweden | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
11 | France | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Hong Kong | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
13 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 22 | 21 | 20 | 63 |
200 metre freestyle[edit]
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
2 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Australia | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
4 | France | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
5 | East Germany | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
6 | China | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
7 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Slovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
13 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
14 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
15 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 21 | 22 | 21 | 64 |
400 metre freestyle[edit]
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
3 | East Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
4 | China | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | France | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Italy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
7 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
8 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
11 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | Costa Rica | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
800 metre freestyle[edit]
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 12 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
2 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
3 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
5 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
6 | Denmark | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
7 | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
8 | China | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
10 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
1500 metre freestyle[edit]
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
4 | Denmark | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
6 | China | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
7 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
50 metre backstroke[edit]
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
2 | China | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
3 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Brazil | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
10 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
100 metre backstroke[edit]
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 8 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
2 | East Germany | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
3 | Australia | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
4 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
5 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
7 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Russia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 21 | 22 | 20 | 63 |
200 metre backstroke[edit]
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
2 | Australia | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
3 | East Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
6 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
11 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
13 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
15 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Neutral Independent Athletes [a] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |