Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships
Men Edition
| 50 metre freestyle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1986 Madrid | Tom Jager (USA) | Dano Halsall (SUI) | Matt Biondi (USA) |
| 1991 Perth | Tom Jager (USA) | Matt Biondi (USA) | Gennadiy Prigoda (URS) |
| 1994 Rome | Alexander Popov (RUS) | Gary Hall, Jr. (USA) | Raimundas Mažuolis (LTU) |
| 1998 Perth | Bill Pilczuk (USA) | Alexander Popov (RUS) | Ricardo Busquets (PUR) Michael Klim (AUS) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Anthony Ervin (USA) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | Roland Schoeman (RSA) Tomohiro Yamanoi (JPN) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Alexander Popov (RUS) | Mark Foster (GBR) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) |
| 2005 Montreal | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | Duje Draganja (CRO) | Bartosz Kizierowski (POL) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Benjamin Wildman (USA) | Cullen Jones (USA) | Stefan Nystrand (SWE) |
| 2009 Rome | César Cielo (BRA) | Frédérick Bousquet (FRA) | Amaury Leveaux (FRA) |
| 2011 Shanghai | César Cielo (BRA) | Luca Dotto (ITA) | Alain Bernard (FRA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | César Cielo (BRA) (3) | Vladimir Morozov (RUS) | George Bovell (TRI) |
| 2015 Kazan | Florent Manaudou (FRA) | Nathan Adrian (USA) | Bruno Fratus (BRA) |
| 2017 Budapest | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | Bruno Fratus (BRA) | Ben Proud (GBR) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | Bruno Fratus (Brazil) Kristian Golomeev (Greece) | none awarded |
| 100 metre freestyle | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Jim Montgomery (USA) | Michel Rousseau (FRA) | Michael Wenden (AUS) |
| 1975 Cali | Andy Coan (USA) | Vladimir Bure (URS) | Jim Montgomery (USA) |
| 1978 Berlin | David McCagg (USA) | Jim Montgomery (USA) | Klaus Steinbach (FRG) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Jörg Woithe (GDR) | Rowdy Gaines (USA) | Per Johansson (SWE) |
| 1986 Madrid | Matt Biondi (USA) | Stéphan Caron (FRA) | Tom Jager (USA) |
| 1991 Perth | Matt Biondi (USA) | Tommy Werner (SWE) | Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) |
| 1994 Rome | Alexander Popov (RUS) | Gary Hall, Jr. (USA) | Gustavo Borges (BRA) |
| 1998 Perth | Alexander Popov (RUS) | Michael Klim (AUS) | Lars Frölander (SWE) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Anthony Ervin (USA) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | Lars Frölander (SWE) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Alexander Popov (RUS) (3) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | Ian Thorpe (AUS) |
| 2005 Montreal | Filippo Magnini (ITA) | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | Ryk Neethling (RSA) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Brent Hayden (CAN) Filippo Magnini (ITA) | none awarded | Eamon Sullivan (AUS) |
| 2009 Rome | César Cielo (BRA) | Alain Bernard (FRA) | Frédérick Bousquet (FRA) |
| 2011 Shanghai | James Magnussen (AUS) | Brent Hayden (CAN) | William Meynard (FRA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | James Magnussen (AUS) | Jimmy Feigen (USA) | Nathan Adrian (USA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Ning Zetao (CHN) | Cameron McEvoy (AUS) | Federico Grabich (ARG) |
| 2017 Budapest | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | Nathan Adrian (USA) | Mehdy Metella (FRA) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | Kyle Chalmers (Australia) | Vladislav Grinev (Russia) |
| 200 metre freestyle | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Jim Montgomery (USA) | Kurt Krumpholz (USA) | Roger Pyttel (GDR) |
| 1975 Cali | Timothy Shaw (USA) | Bruce Furniss (USA) | Brian Brinkley (GBR) |
| 1978 Berlin | Bill Forrester (USA) | Rowdy Gaines (USA) | Sergey Koplyakov (URS) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Michael Gross (FRG) | Rowdy Gaines (USA) | Jörg Woithe (GDR) |
| 1986 Madrid | Michael Gross (FRG) (2) | Sven Lodziewski (GDR) | Matt Biondi (USA) |
| 1991 Perth | Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) | Steffen Zesner (GER) | Artur Wojdat (POL) |
| 1994 Rome | Antti Kasvio (FIN) | Anders Holmertz (SWE) | Danyon Loader (NZL) |
| 1998 Perth | Michael Klim (AUS) | Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | Klete Keller (USA) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Ian Thorpe (AUS)(2) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | Grant Hackett (AUS) |
| 2005 Montreal | Michael Phelps (USA) | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Ryk Neethling (RSA) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Michael Phelps (USA) (2) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) |
| 2009 Rome | Paul Biedermann (GER) | Michael Phelps (USA) | Danila Izotov (RUS) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Ryan Lochte (USA) | Michael Phelps (USA) | Paul Biedermann (GER) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Yannick Agnel (FRA) | Conor Dwyer (USA) | Danila Izotov (RUS) |
| 2015 Kazan | James Guy (GBR) | Sun Yang (CHN) | Paul Biedermann (GER) |
| 2017 Budapest | Sun Yang (CHN) | Townley Haas (USA) | Aleksandr Krasnykh (RUS) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Sun Yang (CHN) | Katsuhiro Matsumoto (Japan) | Martin Malyutin (Russia) Duncan Scott (Great Britain) |
| 400 metre freestyle | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Rick DeMont (USA) | Brad Cooper (AUS) | Bengt Gingsjö (SWE) |
| 1975 Cali | Timothy Shaw (USA) | Bruce Furniss (USA) | Frank Pfütze (GDR) |
| 1978 Berlin | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | Jeff Float (USA) | Bill Forrester (USA) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | Svyatoslav Semenov (URS) | Sven Lodziewski (GDR) |
| 1986 Madrid | Rainer Henkel (FRG) | Uwe Daßler (GDR) | Dan Jorgensen (USA) |
| 1991 Perth | Jörg Hoffmann (GER) | Stefan Pfeiffer (GER) | Artur Wojdat (POL) |
| 1994 Rome | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | Antti Kasvio (FIN) | Danyon Loader (NZL) |
| 1998 Perth | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Paul Palmer (GBR) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Ian Thorpe (AUS)(3) | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Dragoş Coman (ROM) |
| 2005 Montreal | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Yury Prilukov (RUS) | Oussama Mellouli (TUN) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Yury Prilukov (RUS) |
| 2009 Rome | Paul Biedermann (GER) | Oussama Mellouli (TUN) | Zhang Lin (CHN) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Park Tae-hwan (KOR) | Sun Yang (CHN) | Paul Biedermann (GER) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Sun Yang (CHN) | Kosuke Hagino (JPN) | Connor Jaeger (USA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Sun Yang (CHN) | James Guy (GBR) | Ryan Cochrane (CAN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Sun Yang (CHN | Mack Horton (AUS) | Gabriele Detti (ITA) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Sun Yang (CHN | Mack Horton (AUS) | Gabriele Detti (ITA) |
| 800 metre freestyle | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Graeme Smith (GBR) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Larsen Jensen (USA) | Igor Chervynskyi (UKR) |
| 2005 Montreal | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Larsen Jensen (USA) | Yury Prilukov (RUS) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Przemysław Stańczyk (POL) | Craig Stevens (AUS) | Federico Colbertaldo (ITA) |
| 2009 Rome | Zhang Lin (CHN) | Oussama Mellouli (TUN) | Ryan Cochrane (CAN) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Sun Yang (CHN) | Ryan Cochrane (CAN) | Gergő Kis (HUN) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Sun Yang (CHN) | Michael McBroom (USA) | Ryan Cochrane (CAN) |
| 2015 Kazan | Sun Yang (CHN)(3) | Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) | Mack Horton (AUS) |
| 2017 Budapest | Gabriele Detti (ITA) | Wojciech Wojdak (POL) | Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) | Henrik Christiansen (Norway) | David Aubry (France) |
| 1500 metre freestyle | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Stephen Holland (AUS) | Rick DeMont (USA) | Brad Cooper (AUS) |
| 1975 Cali | Timothy Shaw (USA) | Brian Goodell (USA) | David Parker (GBR) |
| 1978 Berlin | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | Borut Petrič (YUG) | Bobby Hackett (USA) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | Svyatoslav Semenov (URS) | Darjan Petric (YUG) |
| 1986 Madrid | Rainer Henkel (FRG) | Stefano Battistelli (ITA) | Dan Jorgensen (USA) |
| 1991 Perth | Jörg Hoffmann (GER) | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | Stefan Pfeiffer (GER) |
| 1994 Rome | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | Daniel Kowalski (AUS) | Steffen Zesner (GER) |
| 1998 Perth | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) | Daniel Kowalski (AUS) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Graeme Smith (GBR) | Alexei Filipets (RUS) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Igor Chervynskyi (UKR) | Erik Vendt (USA) |
| 2005 Montreal | Grant Hackett (AUS) (4) | Larsen Jensen (USA) | David Davies (GBR) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Mateusz Sawrymowicz (POL) | Yury Prilukov (RUS) | David Davies (GBR) |
| 2009 Rome | Oussama Mellouli (TUN) | Ryan Cochrane (CAN) | Sun Yang (CHN) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Sun Yang (CHN) | Ryan Cochrane (CAN) | Gergő Kis (HUN) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Sun Yang (CHN) | Ryan Cochrane (CAN) | Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) | Connor Jaeger (USA) | Ryan Cochrane (CAN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) | Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR) | Mack Horton (AUS) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Florian Wellbrock (Germany) | Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR) | Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) |
| 50 metre backstroke | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Randall Bal (USA) | Thomas Rupprath (GER) | Matt Welsh (AUS) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Thomas Rupprath (GER) | Matt Welsh (AUS) | Gerhard Zandberg (RSA) |
| 2005 Montreal | Aristeidis Grigoriadis (GRE) | Matt Welsh (AUS) | Liam Tancock (GBR) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Gerhard Zandberg (RSA) | Thomas Rupprath (GER) | Liam Tancock (GBR) |
| 2009 Rome | Liam Tancock (GBR) | Junya Koga (JPN) | Gerhard Zandberg (RSA) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Liam Tancock (GBR) | Camille Lacourt (FRA) | Gerhard Zandberg (RSA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Camille Lacourt (FRA) | Matt Grevers (USA) Jérémy Stravius (FRA) | none awarded |
| 2015 Kazan | Camille Lacourt (FRA) | Matt Grevers (USA) | Ben Treffers (AUS) |
| 2017 Budapest | Camille Lacourt (FRA) (3) | Junya Koga (JPN) | Matt Grevers (USA) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Xu Jiayu (China) | Evgeny Rylov (Russia) | Mitch Larkin (Australia) |
| 100 metre backstroke | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Roland Matthes (GDR) | Mike Stamm (USA) | Lutz Wanja (GDR) |
| 1975 Cali | Roland Matthes (GDR) | John Murphy (USA) | Melvin Nash (USA) |
| 1978 Berlin | Bob Jackson (USA) | Peter Rocca (USA) | Romulo Arantes (BRA) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Dirk Richter (GDR) | Rick Carey (USA) | Vladimir Shemetov (URS) |
| 1986 Madrid | Igor Polyansky (URS) | Dirk Richter (GDR) | Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) |
| 1991 Perth | Jeff Rouse (USA) | Mark Tewksbury (CAN) | Martin López-Zubero (ESP) |
| 1994 Rome | Martin López-Zubero (ESP) | Jeff Rouse (USA) | Tamás Deutsch (HUN) |
| 1998 Perth | Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) | Mark Versfeld (CAN) | Stev Theloke (GER) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Matt Welsh (AUS) | Örn Arnarson (ISL) | Steffen Driesen (GER) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) Matt Welsh (AUS) | none awarded |
| 2005 Montreal | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | Randall Bal (USA) | László Cseh (HUN) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Aaron Peirsol (USA) (3) | Ryan Lochte (USA) | Liam Tancock (GBR) |
| 2009 Rome | Junya Koga (JPN) | Helge Meeuw (GER) | Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Camille Lacourt (FRA) Jérémy Stravius (FRA) | none awarded | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Matt Grevers (USA) | David Plummer (USA) | Jérémy Stravius (FRA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Mitch Larkin (AUS) | Camille Lacourt (FRA) | Matt Grevers (USA) |
| 2017 Budapest | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | Matt Grevers (USA) | Ryan Murphy (USA) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Xu Jiayu (CHN) | Evgeny Rylov (Russia) | Mitch Larkin (AUS) |
| 200 metre backstroke | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Roland Matthes (GDR) | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) | John Naber (USA) |
| 1975 Cali | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) | Mark Tonelli (AUS) | Paul Hove (USA) |
| 1978 Berlin | Jesse Vassallo (USA) | Gary Hurring (NZL) | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Rick Carey (USA) | Sándor Wladár (HUN) | Frank Baltrusch (GDR) |
| 1986 Madrid | Igor Polyansky (URS) | Frank Baltrusch (GDR) | Frank Hoffmeister (FRG) |
| 1991 Perth | Martin López-Zubero (ESP) | Stefano Battistelli (ITA) | Vladimir Selkov (URS) |
| 1994 Rome | Vladimir Selkov (RUS) | Martin López-Zubero (ESP) | Royce Sharp (USA) |
| 1998 Perth | Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) | Ralf Braun (GER) | Mark Versfeld (CAN) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | Markus Rogan (AUT) | Örn Arnarson (ISL) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | Gordan Kožulj (CRO) | Simon Dufour (FRA) |
| 2005 Montreal | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | Markus Rogan (AUT) | Ryan Lochte (USA) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Ryan Lochte (USA) | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | Markus Rogan (AUT) |
| 2009 Rome | Aaron Peirsol (USA) (4) | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | Ryan Lochte (USA) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Ryan Lochte (USA) | Ryosuke Irie (JPN) | Tyler Clary (USA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Ryan Lochte (USA) | Radosław Kawęcki (POL) | Tyler Clary (USA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Mitch Larkin (AUS) | Radosław Kawęcki (POL) | Evgeny Rylov (RUS) |
| 2017 Budapest | Evgeny Rylov (RUS) | Ryan Murphy (USA) | Jacob Pebley (USA) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Evgeny Rylov (RUS) | Ryan Murphy (United States) | Luke Greenbank (Great Britain) |
| 50 metre breaststroke | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Oleh Lisohor (UKR) | Roman Sloudnov (RUS) | Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) |
| 2003 Barcelona | James Gibson (GBR) | Oleh Lisohor (UKR) | Mihály Flaskay (HUN) |
| 2005 Montreal | Mark Warnecke (GER) | Mark Gangloff (USA) | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Oleh Lisohor (UKR) (2) | Brendan Hansen (USA) | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) |
| 2009 Rome | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | Felipe França Silva (BRA) | Mark Gangloff (USA) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Felipe França Silva (BRA) | Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) (2) | Christian Sprenger (AUS) | Giulio Zorzi (RSA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Adam Peaty (GBR) | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | Kevin Cordes (USA) |
| 2017 Budapest | Adam Peaty (GBR) (2) | João Gomes Júnior (BRA) | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Adam Peaty (GBR) (2) | Felipe Lima (Brazil) | João Gomes Júnior (BRA) |
| 100 metre breaststroke | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | John Hencken (USA) | Mikhail Khryukin (URS) | Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN) |
| 1975 Cali | David Wilkie (GBR) | Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN) | David Leigh (GBR) |
| 1978 Berlin | Walter Kusch (FRG) | Graham Smith (CAN) | Gerald Mörken (FRG) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Steve Lundquist (USA) | Victor Davis (CAN) | John Moffett (USA) |
| 1986 Madrid | Victor Davis (CAN) | Gianni Minervini (ITA) | Dmitry Volkov (URS) |
| 1991 Perth | Norbert Rózsa (HUN) | Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) | Gianni Minervini (ITA) |
| 1994 Rome | Norbert Rózsa (HUN) (2) | Károly Güttler (HUN) | Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL) |
| 1998 Perth | Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL) | Zeng Qiliang (CHN) | Kurt Grote (USA) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Roman Sloudnov (RUS) | Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) | Ed Moses (USA) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | Brendan Hansen (USA) | James Gibson (GBR) |
| 2005 Montreal | Brendan Hansen (USA) | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | Hugues Duboscq (FRA) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Brendan Hansen (USA) (2) | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | Brenton Rickard (AUS) |
| 2009 Rome | Brenton Rickard (AUS) | Hugues Duboscq (FRA) | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Alexander Dale Oen (NOR) | Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Christian Sprenger (AUS) | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | Felipe Lima (BRA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Adam Peaty (GBR) | Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) | Ross Murdoch (GBR) |
| 2017 Budapest | Adam Peaty (GBR) | Kevin Cordes (USA) | Kirill Prigoda (RUS) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Adam Peaty (GBR) | James Wilby (Great Britain) | Yan Zibei (China) |
| 200 metre breaststroke | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | David Wilkie (GBR) | John Hencken (USA) | Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN) |
| 1975 Cali | David Wilkie (GBR) | Rick Colella (USA) | Nikolai Pankin (USSR) |
| 1978 Berlin | Nicholas Nevid (USA) | Arsens Miskarovs (URS) | Walter Kusch (FRG) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Victor Davis (CAN) | Robertas Žulpa (URS) | John Moffett (USA) |
| 1986 Madrid | József Szabó (HUN) | Victor Davis (CAN) | Steven Bentley (USA) |
| 1991 Perth | Mike Barrowman (USA) | Norbert Rózsa (HUN) | Nicholas Gillingham (GBR) |
| 1994 Rome | Norbert Rózsa (HUN) | Eric Wunderlich (USA) | Károly Güttler (HUN) |
| 1998 Perth | Kurt Grote (USA) | Jean-Christophe Sarnin (FRA) | Norbert Rózsa (HUN) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Brendan Hansen (USA) | Maxim Podoprigora (AUT) | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | Ian Edmond (GBR) | Brendan Hansen (USA) |
| 2005 Montreal | Brendan Hansen (USA) | Mike Brown (CAN) | Genki Imamura (JPN) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | Brenton Rickard (AUS) | Loris Facci (ITA) |
| 2009 Rome | Dániel Gyurta (HUN) | Eric Shanteau (USA) | Christian Sprenger (AUS) Giedrius Titenis (LIT) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Dániel Gyurta (HUN) | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | Christian vom Lehn (GER) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Dániel Gyurta (HUN) (3) | Marco Koch (GER) | Matti Mattsson (FIN) |
| 2015 Kazan | Marco Koch (GER) | Kevin Cordes (USA) | Dániel Gyurta (HUN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Anton Chupkov (RUS) | Yasuhiro Koseki (JPN) | Ippei Watanabe (JPN) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Anton Chupkov (RUS) | Matthew Wilson (Australia) | Ippei Watanabe (JPN) |
| 50 metre butterfly | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Geoff Huegill (AUS) | Lars Frölander (SWE) | Mark Foster (GBR) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Matt Welsh (AUS) | Ian Crocker (USA) | Yevgeny Korotyshkin (RUS) |
| 2005 Montreal | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | Ian Crocker (USA) | Sergiy Breus (UKR) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Roland Schoeman (RSA) (2) | Ian Crocker (USA) | Jakob Andkjær (DEN) |
| 2009 Rome | Milorad Čavić (SRB) | Matt Targett (AUS) | Rafael Muñoz (ESP) |
| 2011 Shanghai | César Cielo (BRA) | Matt Targett (AUS) | Geoff Huegill (AUS) |
| 2013 Barcelona | César Cielo (BRA) (2) | Eugene Godsoe (USA) | Frédérick Bousquet (FRA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Florent Manaudou (FRA) | Nicholas Santos (BRA) | László Cseh (HUN) Konrad Czerniak (POL) |
| 2017 Budapest | Ben Proud (GBR) | Nicholas Santos (BRA) | Andriy Hovorov (UKR) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Caeleb Dressel (United States) | Oleg Kostin (Russia) | Nicholas Santos (BRA) |
| 100 metre butterfly | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Bruce Robertson (CAN) | Joe Bottom (USA) | Robin Backhaus (USA) |
| 1975 Cali | Gregory Jagenburg (USA) | Roger Pyttel (GDR) | Bill Forrester (USA) |
| 1978 Berlin | Joe Bottom (USA) | Gregory Jagenburg (USA) | Pär Arvidsson (SWE) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Matt Gribble (USA) | Michael Gross (FRG) | Bengt Baron (SWE) |
| 1986 Madrid | Pablo Morales (USA) | Matt Biondi (USA) | Andrew Jameson (GBR) |
| 1991 Perth | Anthony Nesty (SUR) | Michael Gross (GER) | Vladislav Kulikov (URS) |
| 1994 Rome | Rafał Szukała (POL) | Lars Frölander (SWE) | Denis Pankratov (RUS) |
| 1998 Perth | Michael Klim (AUS) | Lars Frölander (SWE) | Geoff Huegill (AUS) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Lars Frölander (SWE) | Ian Crocker (USA) | Geoff Huegill (AUS) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Ian Crocker (USA) | Michael Phelps (USA) | Andriy Serdinov (UKR) |
| 2005 Montreal | Ian Crocker (USA) | Michael Phelps (USA) | Andriy Serdinov (UKR) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Michael Phelps (USA) | Ian Crocker (USA) | Albert Subirats (VEN) |
| 2009 Rome | Michael Phelps (USA) | Milorad Čavić (SRB) | Rafael Muñoz (ESP) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Michael Phelps (USA) (3) | Konrad Czerniak (POL) | Tyler McGill (USA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Chad le Clos (RSA) | László Cseh (HUN) | Konrad Czerniak (POL) |
| 2015 Kazan | Chad le Clos (RSA) | László Cseh (HUN) | Joseph Schooling (SIN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | Kristóf Milák (HUN) | James Guy (GBR) Joseph Schooling (SIN) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Caeleb Dressel (United States) | Andrey Minakov (Russia) | Chad le Clos (RSA) |
| 200 metre butterfly | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Robin Backhaus (USA) | Steve Gregg (USA) | Hartmut Flöckner (GDR) |
| 1975 Cali | Bill Forrester (USA) | Roger Pyttel (GDR) | Brian Brinkley (GBR) |
| 1978 Berlin | Mike Bruner (USA) | Steve Gregg (USA) | Roger Pyttel (GDR) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Michael Gross (FRG) | Sergey Fesenko (URS) | Craig Beardsley (USA) |
| 1986 Madrid | Michael Gross (FRG) | Anthony Mosse (NZL) | Benny Nielsen (DEN) |
| 1991 Perth | Melvin Stewart (USA) | Michael Gross (GER) | Tamás Darnyi (HUN) |
| 1994 Rome | Denis Pankratov (RUS) | Danyon Loader (NZL) | Chris-Carol Bremer (GER) |
| 1998 Perth | Denys Sylantyev (UKR) | Franck Esposito (FRA) | Tom Malchow (USA) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Michael Phelps (USA) | Tom Malchow (USA) | Anatoly Polyakov (RUS) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Michael Phelps (USA) | Takashi Yamamoto (JPN) | Tom Malchow (USA) |
| 2005 Montreal | Paweł Korzeniowski (POL) | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) | Wu Peng (CHN) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Michael Phelps (USA) | Wu Peng (CHN) | Nikolay Skvortsov (RUS) |
| 2009 Rome | Michael Phelps (USA) | Paweł Korzeniowski (POL) | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Michael Phelps (USA) (5) | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) | Wu Peng (CHN) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Chad le Clos (RSA) | Paweł Korzeniowski (POL) | Wu Peng (CHN) |
| 2015 Kazan | László Cseh (HUN) | Chad le Clos (RSA) | Jan Świtkowski (POL) |
| 2017 Budapest | Chad le Clos (RSA) | László Cseh (HUN) | Daiya Seto (JPN) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Kristóf Milák (Hungary) | Daiya Seto (JPN) | Chad le Clos (RSA) |
| 200 metre individual medley | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Gunnar Larsson (SWE) | Stanley Carper (USA) | David Wilkie (GBR) |
| 1975 Cali | András Hargitay (HUN) | Steve Furniss (USA) | Andrey Smirnov (URS) |
| 1978 Berlin | Graham Smith (CAN) | Jesse Vassallo (USA) | Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) | Bill Barrett (USA) | Giovanni Franceschi (ITA) |
| 1986 Madrid | Tamás Darnyi (HUN) | Alex Baumann (CAN) | Vadim Yaroshchuk (URS) |
| 1991 Perth | Tamás Darnyi (HUN) | Eric Namesnik (USA) | Christian Gessner (GER) |
| 1994 Rome | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | Greg Burgess (USA) | Attila Czene (HUN) |
| 1998 Perth | Marcel Wouda (NED) | Xavier Marchand (FRA) | Ron Karnaugh (USA) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) | Tom Wilkens (USA) | Justin Norris (AUS) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Michael Phelps (USA) | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) |
| 2005 Montreal | Michael Phelps (USA) | László Cseh (HUN) | Ryan Lochte (USA) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Michael Phelps (USA) | Ryan Lochte (USA) | László Cseh (HUN) |
| 2009 Rome | Ryan Lochte (USA) | László Cseh (HUN) | Eric Shanteau (USA) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Ryan Lochte (USA) | Michael Phelps (USA) | László Cseh (HUN) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Ryan Lochte (USA) | Kosuke Hagino (JPN) | Thiago Pereira (BRA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Ryan Lochte (USA) (4) | Thiago Pereira (BRA) | Wang Shun (CHN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Chase Kalisz (USA) | Kosuke Hagino (JPN) | Wang Shun (CHN) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Daiya Seto (Japan) | Jérémy Desplanches (Switzerland) | Chase Kalisz (USA) |
| 400 metre individual medley | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | András Hargitay (HUN) | Rod Strachan (USA) | Rick Colella (USA) |
| 1975 Cali | András Hargitay (HUN) (2) | Andrey Smirnov (URS) | Hans-Joachim Geisler (FRG) |
| 1978 Berlin | Jesse Vassallo (USA) | Sergey Fesenko (URS) | András Hargitay (HUN) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Ricardo Prado (BRA) | Jens-Peter Berndt (GDR) | Sergey Fesenko (URS) |
| 1986 Madrid | Tamás Darnyi (HUN) | Vadim Yaroshchuk (URS) | Alex Baumann (CAN) |
| 1991 Perth | Tamás Darnyi (HUN) (2) | Eric Namesnik (USA) | Stefano Battistelli (ITA) |
| 1994 Rome | Tom Dolan (USA) | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | Eric Namesnik (USA) |
| 1998 Perth | Tom Dolan (USA) (2) | Marcel Wouda (NED) | Curtis Myden (CAN) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Alessio Boggiatto (ITA) | Erik Vendt (USA) | Tom Wilkens (USA) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Michael Phelps (USA) | László Cseh (HUN) | Oussama Mellouli (TUN) |
| 2005 Montreal | László Cseh (HUN) | Luca Marin (ITA) | Oussama Mellouli (TUN) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Michael Phelps (USA) (2) | Ryan Lochte (USA) | Luca Marin (ITA) |
| 2009 Rome | Ryan Lochte (USA) | Tyler Clary (USA) | László Cseh (HUN) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Ryan Lochte (USA) (2) | Tyler Clary (USA) | Yuya Horihata (JPN) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Daiya Seto (JPN) | Chase Kalisz (USA) | Thiago Pereira (BRA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Daiya Seto (JPN) (2) | Dávid Verrasztó (HUN) | Chase Kalisz (USA) |
| 2017 Budapest | Chase Kalisz (USA) | Dávid Verrasztó (HUN) | Daiya Seto (JPN) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Daiya Seto (JPN) | Jay Litherland (United States) | Lewis Clareburt (New Zealand) |
| 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | United States Melvin Nash, Joe Bottom, Jim Montgomery, John Murphy | Soviet Union Igor Grivennikov, Viktor Aboimov, Vladimir Krivtsov, Vladimir Bure | East Germany Roland Matthes, Roger Pyttel, Peter Bruch, Hartmut Flöckner |
| 1975 Cali | United States | West Germany (FRG) | Italy (ITA) |
| Bruce Furniss | Klaus Steinbach | Roberto Pangaro | |
| Jim Montgomery | Dirk Braunleder | Paolo Barelli | |
| Andy Coan | Kersten Meier | Claudio Zei | |
| John Murphy | Peter Nocke | Marcello Guarducci | |
| 1978 Berlin | United States | West Germany (FRG) | Sweden (SWE) |
| Jack Babashoff | Andreas Schmidt | Per Holmertz | |
| Rowdy Gaines | Ulrich Temp | Dan Larsson | |
| Jim Montgomery (3) | Peter Knust | Per-Ola Quist | |
| David McCagg | Klaus Steinbach | Per-Alvar Magnusson | |
| 1982 Guayaquil | United States | Soviet Union (URS) | Sweden (SWE) |
| Chris Cavanaugh | Serhiy Krasyuk | Per Johansson | |
| Robin Leamy | Alexey Filonov | Bengt Baron | |
| David McCagg | Sergey Smiryagin | Per Holmertz | |
| Rowdy Gaines | Aleksey Markovsky | Per Wikström | |
| Matt Gribble* | Per-Alvar Magnusson* | ||
| Richard Saeger* | Michael Söderlund* | ||
| Tom Jager* | |||
| Bill Barrett* | |||
| 1986 Madrid | United States | Soviet Union (URS) | East Germany (GDR) |
| Tom Jager | Gennady Prigoda | Dirk Richter | |
| Mike Heath | Nikolay Yevseyev | Jörg Woithe | |
| Paul Wallace | Sergey Smiryagin | Sven Lodziewski | |
| Matt Biondi | Aleksey Markovsky | Steffen Zesner | |
| Asa Lawrence* | Veniamin Tayanovich* | Matthias Lutze* | |
| Jim Born* | |||
| 1991 Perth | United States | Germany (GER) | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Tom Jager | Peter Sitt | Gennady Prigoda | |
| Brent Lang | Dirk Richter | Yuri Bashkatov | |
| Doug Gjersten | Steffen Zesner | Veniamin Tayanovich | |
| Matt Biondi | Bengt Zikarsky | Vladimir Tkacenko | |
| Troy Dalbey* | Christian Tröger* | Alexei Borislavski* | |
| Nils Rudolph* | |||
| 1994 Rome | United States | Russia (RUS) | Brazil (BRA) |
| Jon Olsen | Roman Shchegolev | Fernando Scherer | |
| Josh Davis | Vladimir Predkin | Teófilo Ferreira | |
| Uğur Taner | Vladimir Pyshnenko | André Teixeira | |
| Gary Hall, Jr. | Alexander Popov | Gustavo Borges | |
| Chris Eckerman* | Yury Mukhin* | ||
| Scott Jett* | Vladislav Kulikov* | ||
| 1998 Perth | United States | Australia (AUS) | Russia (RUS) |
| Scott Tucker | Michael Klim | Alexander Popov | |
| Jon Olsen | Richard Upton | Vladislav Kulikov | |
| Neil Walker | Adam Pine | Roman Yegorov | |
| Gary Hall, Jr. | Chris Fydler | Denis Pimankov | |
| Brad Schumacher* | Anthony Rogis* | Maxim Korshunov* | |
| Bryan Jones* | Nathan Rickard* | ||
| 2001 Fukuoka | Australia (AUS) | Netherlands (NED) | Germany (GER) |
| Michael Klim | Mark Veens | Stefan Herbst | |
| Ashley Callus | Johan Kenkhuis | Torsten Spanneberg | |
| Todd Pearson | Klaas-Erik Zwering | Lars Conrad | |
| Ian Thorpe | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Sven Lodziewski | |
| David Jenkins* | Ewout Holst* | ||
| Adam Pine* | |||
| 2003 Barcelona | Russia (RUS) | United States | France (FRA) |
| Andrey Kapralov | Scott Tucker | Romain Barnier | |
| Ivan Usov | Neil Walker | Julien Sicot | |
| Denis Pimankov | Ryan Wochomurka | Fabien Gilot | |
| Alexander Popov | Jason Lezak | Frédérick Bousquet | |
| Dmitri Talepov* | Randall Bal* | ||
| Nate Dusing* | |||
| 2005 Montreal | United States | Canada (CAN) | Australia (AUS) |
| Michael Phelps | Yannick Lupien | Michael Klim | |
| Neil Walker | Rick Say | Andrew Mewing | |
| Nate Dusing | Mike Mintenko | Leith Brodie | |
| Jason Lezak | Brent Hayden | Patrick Murphy | |
| Garrett Weber-Gale* | |||
| Ben Wildman-Tobriner* | |||
| 2007 Melbourne | United States | Italy (ITA) | France (FRA) |
| Michael Phelps | Massimiliano Rosolino | Fabien Gilot | |
| Neil Walker (3) | Alessandro Calvi | Frédérick Bousquet | |
| Cullen Jones | Christian Galenda | Julien Sicot | |
| Jason Lezak | Filippo Magnini | Alain Bernard | |
| Garrett Weber-Gale* | Lorenzo Vismara* | Amaury Leveaux* | |
| Ben Wildman-Tobriner* | Grégory Mallet* | ||
| 2009 Rome | United States | Russia (RUS) | France (FRA) |
| Michael Phelps (3) | Evgeniy Lagunov | Fabien Gilot | |
| Ryan Lochte | Andrey Grechin | Alain Bernard | |
| Matt Grevers | Danila Izotov | Grégory Mallet | |
| Nathan Adrian | Alexander Sukhorukov | Frédérick Bousquet | |
| Garrett Weber-Gale* | Nikita Konovalov* | Amaury Leveaux* | |
| Ricky Berens* | William Meynard* | ||
| Cullen Jones* | |||
| 2011 Shanghai | Australia (AUS) | France (FRA) | United States |
| James Magnussen | Fabien Gilot | Michael Phelps | |
| Matt Targett | Alain Bernard | Garrett Weber-Gale | |
| Matthew Abood | Jérémy Stravius | Jason Lezak | |
| Eamon Sullivan | William Meynard | Nathan Adrian | |
| Kyle Richardson* | Ryan Lochte* | ||
| James Roberts* | Douglas Robison* | ||
| David Walters* | |||
| 2013 Barcelona | France (FRA) | United States | Russia (RUS) |
| Yannick Agnel | Nathan Adrian | Andrey Grechin | |
| Florent Manaudou | Ryan Lochte | Nikita Lobintsev | |
| Fabien Gilot | Anthony Ervin | Vladimir Morozov | |
| Jérémy Stravius | James Feigen | Danila Izotov | |
| Amaury Leveaux* | Ricky Berens* | Yevgeniy Lagunov* | |
| Grégory Mallet* | Conor Dwyer* | Alexander Sukhorukov* | |
| William Meynard* | |||
| 2015 Kazan | France (FRA) | Russia (RUS) | Italy (ITA) |
| Mehdy Metella | Andrey Grechin | Luca Dotto | |
| Florent Manaudou | Nikita Lobintsev | Marco Orsi | |
| Fabien Gilot | Vladimir Morozov | Michele Santucci | |
| Jérémy Stravius | Alexander Sukhorukov | Filippo Magnini | |
| Lorys Bourelly* | Danila Izotov* | ||
| Clément Mignon* | |||
| 2017 Budapest | United States Caeleb Dressel, Townley Haas, Blake Pieroni, Nathan Adrian | Brazil Gabriel Santos, Marcelo Chierighini, César Cielo, Bruno Fratus | Hungary Dominik Kozma, Nándor Németh, Péter Holoda, Richárd Bohus |
| 2019 Gwangju | United States Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple, Nathan Adrian | Russia Vladislav Grinev, Vladimir Morozov, Kliment Kolesnikov, Evgeny Rylov | Australia Cameron McEvoy, Clyde Lewis, Alexander Graham, Kyle Chalmers |
| 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | West Germany (FRG) |
| Kurt Krumpholz | John Kulasalu | Klaus Steinbach | |
| Robin Backhaus | Steve Badger | Werner Lampe | |
| Richard Klatt | Brad Cooper | Peter Nocke | |
| Jim Montgomery | Michael Wenden | Folkert Meeuw | |
| 1975 Cali | West Germany (FRG) | Great Britain (GBR) | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Klaus Steinbach | Alan McClatchey | Alexandre Samsonov | |
| Werner Lampe | Gary Jameson | Anatoly Rybakov | |
| Hans-Joachim Geisler | Gordon Downie | Viktor Aboimov | |
| Peter Nocke | Brian Brinkley | Andrey Krylov | |
| 1978 Berlin | United States (USA) | Soviet Union (URS) | West Germany (FRG) |
| Bruce Furniss | Sergey Rusin | Andreas Schmidt | |
| Bill Forrester | Andrey Krylov | Peter Knust | |
| Bobby Hackett | Vladimir Salnikov | Karsten Lippmann | |
| Rowdy Gaines | Sergey Koplyakov | Frank Wennmann | |
| 1982 Guayaquil | United States (USA) | Soviet Union (URS) | West Germany (FRG) |
| Richard Saeger | Vladimir Shemetov | Andreas Schmidt | |
| Jeff Float | Ivar Stukolkin | Dirk Korthals | |
| Kyle Miller | Vladimir Salnikov | Rainer Henkel | |
| Rowdy Gaines | Alexey Filonov | Michael Gross | |
| Sam Worden* | Andrey Krylov* | Peter Knust* | |
| Doug Towme* | Svyatoslav Semenov* | ||
| Sergey Krasyuk* | |||
| 1986 Madrid | East Germany (GDR) | West Germany (FRG) | United States (USA) |
| Lars Hinnenburg | Rainer Henkel | Eric Boyer | |
| Thomas Flemming | Michael Gross | Mike Heath | |
| Dirk Richter | Alexander Schowtka | Dan Jorgensen | |
| Sven Lodziewski | Thomas Fahrner | Matt Biondi | |
| Stefan Zessner* | Stefan Pfeiffer* | Mike O'Brien* | |
| Dirk Korthals* | |||
| 1991 Perth | Germany (GER) | United States (USA) | Italy (ITA) |
| Peter Sitt | Troy Dalbey | Emanuele Idini | |
| Steffen Zesner | Melvin Stewart | Roberto Gleria | |
| Stefan Pfeiffer | Dan Jorgensen | Stefano Battistelli | |
| Michael Gross | Doug Gjertsen | Giorgio Lamberti | |
| Christian Tröger* | Paul Robinson* | Bruno Zorzan* | |
| Jochen Bruha* | |||
| 1994 Rome | Sweden (SWE) | Russia (RUS) | Germany (GER) |
| Christer Wallin | Yury Mukhin | Andreas Szigat | |
| Tommy Werner | Vladimir Pyshnenko | Christian Keller | |
| Lars Frölander | Denis Pankratov | Oliver Lampe | |
| Anders Holmertz | Roman Shchegolev | Steffen Zesner | |
| Christoffer Eliasson* | Alexei Stepanov* | Torsten Spanneberg* | |
| Christian Tröger* | |||
| Dirk Bludau* | |||
| 1998 Perth | Australia (AUS) | Netherlands (NED) | Great Britain (GBR) |
| Michael Klim | Pieter van den Hoogenband | Paul Palmer | |
| Ian Thorpe | Martijn Zuijdweg | Andrew Clayton | |
| Grant Hackett | Mark van der Zijden | Gavin Meadows | |
| Daniel Kowalski | Marcel Wouda | James Salter | |
| Anthony Rogis* | Johan Kenkhuis* | Mark Steven* | |
| Bas-Ido Wennekes* | |||
| 2001 Fukuoka | Australia (AUS) | Italy (ITA) | United States (USA) |
| Grant Hackett | Emiliano Brembilla | Scott Goldblatt | |
| William Kirby | Matteo Pelliciari | Nate Dusing | |
| Michael Klim | Andrea Beccari | Chad Carvin | |
| Ian Thorpe | Massimiliano Rosolino | Klete Keller | |
| Todd Pearson* | Andrea Righi* | Jay Schryver* | |
| Antony Matkovich* | Federico Cappellazzo* | Jamie Rauch* | |
| Ray Hass* | Simone Cercato* | ||
| 2003 Barcelona | Australia (AUS) | United States (USA) | Germany (GER) |
| Grant Hackett | Michael Phelps | Johannes Oesterling | |
| Craig Stevens | Nate Dusing | Lars Conrad | |
| Nicholas Sprenger | Aaron Peirsol | Stefan Herbst | |
| Ian Thorpe | Klete Keller | Christian Keller | |
| Jason Cram* | Kevin Clements* | Helge Meeuw* | |
| Antony Matkovich* | Chad Carvin* | ||
| Scott Goldblatt* | |||
| 2005 Montreal | United States (USA) | Canada (CAN) | Australia (AUS) |
| Michael Phelps | Brent Hayden | Nicholas Sprenger | |
| Ryan Lochte | Colin Russell | Patrick Murphy | |
| Peter Vanderkaay | Rick Say | Andrew Mewing | |
| Klete Keller | Andrew Hurd | Grant Hackett | |
| Jayme Cramer* | Brendon Hughes* | ||
| Matthew McGinnis* | Adam Lucas* | ||
| 2007 Melbourne | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | Canada (CAN) |
| Michael Phelps | Patrick Murphy | Brian Johns | |
| Ryan Lochte | Andrew Mewing | Brent Hayden | |
| Klete Keller | Grant Brits | Rick Say | |
| Peter Vanderkaay | Kenrick Monk | Andrew Hurd | |
| Jayme Cramer* | Nic Ffrost* | ||
| David Walters* | |||
| 2009 Rome | United States (USA) | Russia (RUS) | Australia (AUS) |
| Michael Phelps | Nikita Lobintsev | Kenrick Monk | |
| Ricky Berens | Mikhail Polischuk | Robert Hurley | |
| David Walters | Danila Izotov | Tommaso D'Orsogna | |
| Ryan Lochte | Alexander Sukhorukov | Patrick Murphy | |
| Daniel Madwed* | Yevgeny Lagunov* | Nic Ffrost* | |
| Davis Tarwater* | Sergey Perunin* | Kirk Palmer* | |
| Peter Vanderkaay* | |||
| 2011 Shanghai | United States (USA) | France (FRA) | China (CHN) |
| Michael Phelps | Yannick Agnel | Wang Shun | |
| Peter Vanderkaay | Grégory Mallet | Zhang Lin | |
| Ricky Berens | Jérémy Stravius | Li Yunqi | |
| Ryan Lochte | Fabien Gilot | Sun Yang | |
| David Walters* | Sebastien Rouault* | Jiang Yuhui* | |
| Conor Dwyer* | |||
| 2013 Barcelona | United States (USA) | Russia (RUS) | China (CHN) |
| Conor Dwyer | Danila Izotov | Wang Shun | |
| Ryan Lochte (5) | Nikita Lobintsev | Hao Yun | |
| Charlie Houchin | Artem Lobuzov | Li Yunqi | |
| Ricky Berens | Alexander Sukhorukov | Sun Yang | |
| Matt McLean* | Lü Zhiwu* | ||
| Michael Klueh* | |||
| 2015 Kazan | Great Britain (GBR) | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) |
| Daniel Wallace | Ryan Lochte | Cameron McEvoy | |
| Robert Renwick | Conor Dwyer | David McKeon | |
| Calum Jarvis | Reed Malone | Daniel Smith | |
| James Guy | Michael Weiss | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | |
| Nicholas Grainger* | Michael Klueh* | Grant Hackett* | |
| Duncan Scott* | Kurt Herzog* | ||
| 2017 Budapest | Great Britain (GBR) | Russia (RUS) | United States (USA) |
| Stephen Milne | Mikhail Dovgalyuk | Blake Pieroni | |
| Nicholas Grainger | Mikhail Vekovishchev | Townley Haas | |
| Duncan Scott | Danila Izotov | Jack Conger | |
| James Guy | Aleksandr Krasnykh | Zane Grothe | |
| 2019 Gwangju | Australia Clyde Lewis, Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham, Mack Horton | Russia Mikhail Dovgalyuk, Mikhail Vekovishchev, Aleksandr Krasnykh, Martin Malyutin | United States Andrew Seliskar, Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple, Townley Haas |
| 4 × 100 metre medley relay | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | United States (USA) | East Germany (GDR) | Canada (CAN) |
| Mike Stamm | Roland Matthes | Ian McKenzie | |
| John Hencken | Jürgen Glas | Peter Hrditschka | |
| Joe Bottom | Hartmut Flöckner | Bruce Robertson | |
| Jim Montgomery | Roger Pyttel | Brian Phillips | |
| 1975 Cali | United States (USA) | West Germany (FRG) | Great Britain (GBR) |
| John Murphy | Klaus Steinbach | James Carter | |
| Rick Colella | Walter Kusch | David Wilkie | |
| Gregory Jagenburg | Michael Kraus | Brian Brinkley | |
| Andy Coan | Peter Nocke | Gordon Downie | |
| 1978 Berlin | United States (USA) | West Germany (FRG) | Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bob Jackson | Klaus Steinbach | Gary Abraham | |
| Nicholas Nevid | Walter Kusch | Duncan Goodhew | |
| Joe Bottom | Michael Kraus | John Mills | |
| David McCagg | Andreas Schmidt | Martin Smith | |
| 1982 Guayaquil | United States (USA) | Soviet Union (URS) | West Germany (FRG) |
| Rick Carey | Vladimir Shemetov | Stefan Peter | |
| Steve Lundquist | Yuri Kis | Gerald Mörken | |
| Matt Gribble | Aleksey Markovsky | Michael Gross | |
| Rowdy Gaines | Sergey Smiryagin | Andreas Schmidt | |
| Clay Britt* | Viktor Kuznetsov* | ||
| John Moffet* | Sergey Krasyuk* | ||
| Chris Rives* | |||
| Chris Cavanaugh* | |||
| 1986 Madrid | United States (USA) | West Germany (FRG) | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Dan Veatch | Frank Hoffmeister | Igor Polyansky | |
| David Lundberg | Bert Göbel | Dmitry Volkov | |
| Pablo Morales | Michael Gross | Aleksey Markovsky | |
| Matt Biondi | Andre Schadt | Nikolay Yevseyev | |
| Mark Rhodenbaugh* | Rene Schaffgans* | Sergei Zabolotnov* | |
| Steven Bentley* | Alexander Schowtka* | Eduard Klimentyev* | |
| Craig Oppel* | Sergey Garro* | ||
| Tom Jager* | Sergey Smiryagin* | ||
| 1991 Perth | United States (USA) | Soviet Union (URS) | Germany (GER) |
| Jeff Rouse | Vladimir Shemetov | Frank Hoffmeister | |
| Eric Wunderlich | Dmitry Volkov | Christian Poswiat | |
| Mark Henderson | Vladislav Kulikov | Michael Gross | |
| Matt Biondi | Veniamin Tayanovich | Dirk Richter | |
| Scot Johnson* | Vladimir Selkov* | Thilo Haase* | |
| Mike Barrowman* | Vadim Alexeev* | Bengt Zikarsky* | |
| Bart Pippenger* | Vyacheslav Novikov* | ||
| Brent Lang* | Yuri Bashkatov* | ||
| 1994 Rome | United States (USA) | Russia (RUS) | Hungary (HUN) |
| Jeff Rouse | Vladimir Selkov | Tamás Deutsch | |
| Eric Wunderlich | Vasily Ivanov | Norbert Rózsa | |
| Mark Henderson | Denis Pankratov | Péter Horváth | |
| Gary Hall, Jr. | Alexander Popov | Attila Czene | |
| Brian Retterer* | Andrey Ivanov* | Attila Zubor* | |
| Seth Van Neerden* | Vladislav Kulikov* | ||
| Jon Olsen* | Vladimir Predkin* | ||
| 1998 Perth | Australia (AUS) | United States (USA) | Hungary (HUN) |
| Matt Welsh | Lenny Krayzelburg | Attila Czene | |
| Phil Rogers | Kurt Grote | Norbert Rózsa | |
| Michael Klim | Neil Walker | Péter Horváth | |
| Chris Fydler | Gary Hall, Jr. | Attila Zubor | |
| Geoff Huegill* | Jeremy Linn* | ||
| John Hargis* | |||
| Scott Tucker* | |||
| 2001 Fukuoka | Australia (AUS) | Germany (GER) | Russia (RUS) |
| Matt Welsh | Steffen Driesen | Vladislav Aminov | |
| Regan Harrison | Jens Kruppa | Dmitry Komornikov | |
| Geoff Huegill | Thomas Rupprath | Vladislav Kulikov | |
| Ian Thorpe | Torsten Spanneberg | Dmitry Chernyshov | |
| Josh Watson* | Igor Marchenko* | ||
| Phil Rogers* | Leonid Khokhlov* | ||
| Adam Pine* | |||
| Ashley Callus* | |||
| 2003 Barcelona | United States (USA) | Russia (RUS) | Japan (JPN) |
| Aaron Peirsol | Arkady Vyatchanin | Tomomi Morita | |
| Brendan Hansen | Roman Ivanovsky | Kosuke Kitajima | |
| Ian Crocker | Igor Marchenko | Takashi Yamamoto | |
| Jason Lezak | Alexander Popov | Daisuke Hosokawa | |
| Randall Bal* | Yevgeny Aleshin* | ||
| Ed Moses* | Dmitry Komornikov* | ||
| Michael Phelps* | Yevgeny Korotyshkin* | ||
| Neil Walker* | Denis Pimankov* | ||
| 2005 Montreal | United States (USA) | Russia (RUS) | Japan (JPN) |
| Aaron Peirsol | Arkady Vyatchanin | Tomomi Morita | |
| Brendan Hansen | Dmitry Komornikov | Kosuke Kitajima | |
| Ian Crocker | Igor Marchenko | Ryo Takayasu | |
| Jason Lezak | Andrey Kapralov | Daisuke Hosokawa | |
| Randall Bal* | Grigory Falko* | Hisayoshi Sato* | |
| Mark Gangloff* | Yevgeny Korotyshkin* | ||
| Michael Phelps* | Yevgeny Lagunov* | ||
| Neil Walker* | |||
| 2007 Melbourne | Australia (AUS) | Japan (JPN) | Russia (RUS) |
| Matt Welsh | Tomomi Morita | Arkady Vyatchanin | |
| Brenton Rickard | Kosuke Kitajima | Dmitry Komornikov | |
| Andrew Lauterstein | Takashi Yamamoto | Nikolay Skvortsov | |
| Eamon Sullivan | Daisuke Hosokawa | Evgeny Lagunov | |
| Hayden Stoeckel* | Masafumi Yamaguchi* | Roman Sludnov* | |
| Michael Klim* | Andrey Kapralov* | ||
| Kenrick Monk* | |||
| 2009 Rome | United States (USA) | Germany (GER) | Australia (AUS) |
| Aaron Peirsol | Helge Meeuw | Ashley Delaney | |
| Eric Shanteau | Hendrik Feldwehr | Brenton Rickard | |
| Michael Phelps | Benjamin Starke | Andrew Lauterstein | |
| David Walters | Paul Biedermann | Matt Targett | |
| Matt Grevers* | Christian Sprenger* | ||
| Mark Gangloff* | |||
| Tyler McGill* | |||
| Nathan Adrian* | |||
| 2011 Shanghai | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | Germany (GER) |
| Nick Thoman | Hayden Stoeckel | Helge Meeuw | |
| Mark Gangloff | Brenton Rickard | Hendrik Feldwehr | |
| Michael Phelps | Geoff Huegill | Benjamin Starke | |
| Nathan Adrian | James Magnussen | Paul Biedermann | |
| David Plummer* | Ben Treffers* | Markus Deibler* | |
| Eric Shanteau* | Christian Sprenger* | ||
| Tyler McGill* | Sam Ashby* | ||
| Garrett Weber-Gale* | James Roberts* | ||
| 2013 Barcelona | France (FRA) | Australia (AUS) | Japan (JPN) |
| Camille Lacourt | Ashley Delaney | Ryosuke Irie | |
| Giacomo Perez d'Ortona | Christian Sprenger | Kosuke Kitajima | |
| Jérémy Stravius | Tommaso D'Orsogna | Takuro Fujii | |
| Fabien Gilot | James Magnussen | Shinri Shioura | |
| Kenneth To* | |||
| Cameron McEvoy* | |||
| 2015 Kazan | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | France (FRA) |
| Ryan Murphy | Mitch Larkin | Camille Lacourt | |
| Kevin Cordes | Jake Packard | Giacomo Perez-Dortona | |
| Tom Shields | Jayden Hadler | Mehdy Metella | |
| Nathan Adrian | Cameron McEvoy | Fabien Gilot | |
| Matt Grevers* | David Morgan* | ||
| Cody Miller* | Kyle Chalmers* | ||
| Tim Phillips* | |||
| Ryan Lochte* | |||
| 2017 Budapest | United States (USA) | Great Britain | Russia (RUS) |
| Matt Grevers | Chris Walker-Hebborn | Evgeny Rylov | |
| Kevin Cordes | Adam Peaty | Kirill Prigoda | |
| Caeleb Dressel | James Guy | Aleksandr Popkov | |
| Nathan Adrian (3+1*) | Duncan Scott | Vladimir Morozov | |
| 2019 Gwangju | Great Britain Luke Greenbank, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Duncan Scott | United States Ryan Murphy, Andrew Wilson, Caleeb Dressel, Nathan Adrian | Russia Evgeny Rylov, Kirill Prigoda, Andrei Minakov, Vladimir Morozov |
| 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Kazan | United States (USA) | Netherlands (NED) | Canada (CAN) |
| Ryan Lochte | Sebastiaan Verschuren | Santo Condorelli | |
| Nathan Adrian | Joost Reijns | Yuri Kisil | |
| Simone Manuel | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Chantal van Landeghem | |
| Missy Franklin | Femke Heemskerk | Sandrine Mainville | |
| Conor Dwyer* | Kyle Stolk* | Karl Krug* | |
| Margo Geer* | Marrit Steenbergen* | Victoria Poon* | |
| Abbey Weitzeil* | |||
| 2017 Budapest | United States (USA) | Netherlands (NED) | Canada (CAN) |
| Caeleb Dressel | Ben Schwietert | Yuri Kisil | |
| Nathan Adrian (2) | Kyle Stolk | Javier Acevedo | |
| Mallory Comerford | Femke Heemskerk | Chantal van Landeghem | |
| Simone Manuel (2) | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Penny Oleksiak | |
| Blake Pieroni* | Maud van der Meer* | Markus Thormeyer* | |
| Townley Haas* | Sandrine Mainville* | ||
| Lia Neal* | |||
| Kelsi Worrell* | |||
| 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Kazan | Great Britain (GBR) | United States (USA) | Germany (GER) |
| Chris Walker-Hebborn | Ryan Murphy | Jan-Philip Glania | |
| Adam Peaty | Kevin Cordes | Hendrik Feldwehr | |
| Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Katie McLaughlin | Alexandra Wenk | |
| Fran Halsall | Margo Geer | Annika Bruhn | |
| Ross Murdoch* | Kendyl Stewart* | ||
| Rachael Kelly* | Lia Neal* | ||
| 2017 Budapest | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | Canada (CAN) |
| Matt Grevers | Mitch Larkin | Kylie Masse | |
| Lilly King | Daniel Cave | Richard Funk | |
| Caeleb Dressel | Emma McKeon | Penny Oleksiak | |
| Simone Manuel | Bronte Campbell | Yuri Kisil | |
| Ryan Murphy* | Kaylee McKeown* | Javier Acevedo* | |
| Kevin Cordes* | Matthew Wilson* | Rebecca Smith* | |
| Kelsi Worrell* | Grant Irvine* | Chantal van Landeghem* | |
| Mallory Comerford* | Shayna Jack* | China (CHN) | |
| Xu Jiayu | |||
| Yan Zibei | |||
| Zhang Yufei | |||
| Zhu Menghui | |||
| Li Guangyuan* | |||
| Shi Jinglin* | |||
| Li Zhuhao* |
Women Edition
| 50 metre freestyle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1986 Madrid | Tamara Costache (ROM) | Kristin Otto (GDR) | Marie-Thérèse Armentero (SUI) |
| 1991 Perth | Zhuang Yong (CHN) | Leigh Ann Fetter (USA) Catherine Plewinski (FRA) | none awarded |
| 1994 Rome | Le Jingyi (CHN) | Natalya Meshcheryakova (RUS) | Amy Van Dyken (USA) |
| 1998 Perth | Amy Van Dyken (USA) | Sandra Völker (GER) | Shan Ying (CHN) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) | Sandra Völker (GER) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Inge de Bruijn (NED) (2) | Alice Mills (AUS) | Libby Lenton (AUS) |
| 2005 Montreal | Libby Lenton (AUS) | Marleen Veldhuis (NED) | Zhu Yingwen (CHN) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Libby Lenton (AUS) (2) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) | Marleen Veldhuis (NED) |
| 2009 Rome | Britta Steffen (GER) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) | Cate Campbell (AUS) Marleen Veldhuis (NED) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Therese Alshammar (SWE) | Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) | Marleen Veldhuis (NED) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) | Cate Campbell (AUS) | Francesca Halsall (GBR) |
| 2015 Kazan | Bronte Campbell (AUS) | Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) |
| 2017 Budapest | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) | Simone Manuel (USA) |
| 100 metre freestyle | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Kornelia Ender (GDR) | Shirley Babashoff (USA) | Enith Brigitha (NED) |
| 1975 Cali | Kornelia Ender (GDR) (2) | Shirley Babashoff (USA) | Enith Brigitha (NED) |
| 1978 Berlin | Barbara Krause (GDR) | Lene Jenssen (NOR) | Larisa Tsaryova (URS) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Birgit Meineke (GDR) | Annemarie Verstappen (NED) | Jill Sterkel (USA) |
| 1986 Madrid | Kristin Otto (GDR) | Jenna Johnson (USA) | Conny van Bentum (NED) |
| 1991 Perth | Nicole Haislett (USA) | Catherine Plewinski (FRA) | Zhuang Yong (CHN) |
| 1994 Rome | Le Jingyi (CHN) | Lü Bin (CHN) | Franziska van Almsick (GER) |
| 1998 Perth | Jenny Thompson (USA) | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | Shan Ying (CHN) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | Katrin Meissner (GER) | Sandra Völker (GER) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Hanna-Maria Seppälä (FIN) | Jodie Henry (AUS) | Jenny Thompson (USA) |
| 2005 Montreal | Jodie Henry (AUS) | Natalie Coughlin (USA) Malia Metella (FRA) | none awarded |
| 2007 Melbourne | Libby Lenton (AUS) | Marleen Veldhuis (NED) | Britta Steffen (GER) |
| 2009 Rome | Britta Steffen (GER) | Francesca Halsall (GBR) | Lisbeth Trickett (AUS) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) | none awarded | Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Cate Campbell (AUS) | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) |
| 2015 Kazan | Bronte Campbell (AUS) | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | Cate Campbell (AUS) |
| 2017 Budapest | Simone Manuel (USA) | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | Pernille Blume (DEN) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Simone Manuel (USA) | Cate Campbell (Australia) | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) |
| 200 metre freestyle | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Keena Rothhammer (USA) | Shirley Babashoff (USA) | Andrea Eife (GDR) |
| 1975 Cali | Shirley Babashoff (USA) | Kornelia Ender (GDR) | Enith Brigitha (NED) |
| 1978 Berlin | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) | Barbara Krause (GDR) | Larisa Tsaryova (URS) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Annemarie Verstappen (NED) | Birgit Meineke (GDR) | Annelies Maas (NED) |
| 1986 Madrid | Heike Friedrich (GDR) | Manuela Stellmach (GDR) | Mary T. Meagher (USA) |
| 1991 Perth | Hayley Lewis (AUS) | Janet Evans (USA) | Mette Jacobsen (DEN) |
| 1994 Rome | Franziska van Almsick (GER) | Lü Bin (CHN) | Claudia Poll (CRC) |
| 1998 Perth | Claudia Poll (CRC) | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | Julia Greville (AUS) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Giaan Rooney (AUS) | Yang Yu (CHN) | Camelia Potec (ROM) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Alena Popchanka (BLR) | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | Yang Yu (CHN) |
| 2005 Montreal | Solenne Figuès (FRA) | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | Josefin Lillhage (SWE) |
| Yang Yu (CHN) | |||
| 2007 Melbourne | Laure Manaudou (FRA) | Annika Lurz (GER) | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) |
| 2009 Rome | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | Allison Schmitt (USA) | Dana Vollmer (USA) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | Kylie Palmer (AUS) | Camille Muffat (FRA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Missy Franklin (USA) | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | Camille Muffat (FRA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | Missy Franklin (USA) |
| 2017 Budapest | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | Katie Ledecky (USA) Emma McKeon (AUS) | none awarded |
| 2019 Gwangju | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | Ariarne Titmus (Australia) | Sarah Sjöström (Sweden) |
| 400 metre freestyle | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Heather Greenwood (USA) | Keena Rothhammer (USA) | Novella Calligaris (ITA) |
| 1975 Cali | Shirley Babashoff (USA) | Jennifer Turrall (AUS) | Kathy Heddy (USA) |
| 1978 Berlin | Tracey Wickham (AUS) | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) | Kim Linehan (USA) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Carmela Schmidt (GDR) | Petra Schneider (GDR) | Tiffany Cohen (USA) |
| 1986 Madrid | Heike Friedrich (GDR) | Astrid Strauß (GDR) | Sarah Hardcastle (GBR) |
| 1991 Perth | Janet Evans (USA) | Hayley Lewis (AUS) | Suzu Chiba (JPN) |
| 1994 Rome | Yang Aihua (CHN) | Cristina Teuscher (USA) | Claudia Poll (CRC) |
| 1998 Perth | Chen Yan (CHN) | Brooke Bennett (USA) | Dagmar Hase (GER) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | Claudia Poll (CRC) | Hannah Stockbauer (GER) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Hannah Stockbauer (GER) | Éva Risztov (HUN) | Diana Munz (USA) |
| 2005 Montreal | Laure Manaudou (FRA) | Ai Shibata (JPN) | Caitlin McClatchey (GBR) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Laure Manaudou (FRA) | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) | Ai Shibata (JPN) |
| 2009 Rome | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | Joanne Jackson (GBR) | Rebecca Adlington (GBR) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | Rebecca Adlington (GBR) | Camille Muffat (FRA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Melanie Costa (ESP) | Lauren Boyle (NZL) |
| 2015 Kazan | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) | Jessica Ashwood (AUS) |
| 2017 Budapest | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Leah Smith (USA) | Li Bingjie (CHN) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Ariarne Titmus (Australia) | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Leah Smith (USA) |
| 800 metre freestyle | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Novella Calligaris (ITA) | Joan Harshbarger (USA) | Gudrun Wegner (GDR) |
| 1975 Cali | Jennifer Turrall (AUS) | Heather Greenwood (USA) | Shirley Babashoff (USA) |
| 1978 Berlin | Tracey Wickham (AUS) | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) | Kim Linehan (USA) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Kim Linehan (USA) | Jackie Willmot (GBR) | Carmela Schmidt (GDR) |
| 1986 Madrid | Astrid Strauss (GDR) | Katja Hartmann (GDR) | Deborah Babashoff (USA) |
| 1991 Perth | Janet Evans (USA) | Grit Müller (GER) | Jana Henke (GER) |
| 1994 Rome | Janet Evans (USA) | Hayley Lewis (AUS) | Brooke Bennett (USA) |
| 1998 Perth | Brooke Bennett (USA) | Diana Munz (USA) | Kirsten Vlieghuis (NED) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Hannah Stockbauer (GER) | Diana Munz (USA) | Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Hannah Stockbauer (GER) | Diana Munz (USA) | Rebecca Cooke (GBR) |
| 2005 Montreal | Kate Ziegler (USA) | Brittany Reimer (CAN) | Ai Shibata (JPN) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Kate Ziegler (USA) | Laure Manaudou (FRA) | Hayley Peirsol (USA) |
| 2009 Rome | Lotte Friis (DEN) | Joanne Jackson (GBR) | Alessia Filippi (ITA) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Rebecca Adlington (GBR) | Lotte Friis (DEN) | Kate Ziegler (USA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Lotte Friis (DEN) | Lauren Boyle (NZL) |
| 2015 Kazan | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Lauren Boyle (NZL) | Jazmin Carlin (GBR) |
| 2017 Budapest | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Li Bingjie (CHN) | Leah Smith (USA) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Simona Quadarella (Italy) | Ariarne Titmus (Australia) |
| 1500 metre freestyle | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Hannah Stockbauer (GER) | Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) | Diana Munz (USA) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Hannah Stockbauer (GER) | Hayley Peirsol (USA) | Jana Henke (GER) |
| 2005 Montreal | Kate Ziegler (USA) | Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) | Brittany Reimer (CAN) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Kate Ziegler (USA) | Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) | Ai Shibata (JPN) |
| 2009 Rome | Alessia Filippi (ITA) | Lotte Friis (DEN) | Camelia Potec (ROM) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Lotte Friis (DEN) | Kate Ziegler (USA) | Li Xuanxu (CHN) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Lotte Friis (DEN) | Lauren Boyle (NZL) |
| 2015 Kazan | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Lauren Boyle (NZL) | Boglárka Kapás (HUN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Katie Ledecky (USA) (3) | Mireia Belmonte (ESP) | Simona Quadarella (ITA) |
| 219 Gwangju | Simona Quadarella (Italy) | Sarah Köhler (Germany) | Wang Jianjiahe (China) |
| 50 metre backstroke | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Haley Cope (USA) | Antje Buschschulte (GER) | Natalie Coughlin (USA) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) | Ilona Hlaváčková (CZE) | Noriko Inada (JPN) |
| 2005 Montreal | Giaan Rooney (AUS) | Gao Chang (CHN) | Antje Buschschulte (GER) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Leila Vaziri (USA) | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | Tayliah Zimmer (AUS) |
| 2009 Rome | Zhao Jing (CHN) | Daniela Samulski (GER) | Gao Chang (CHN) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Anastasia Zuyeva (RUS) | Aya Terakawa (JPN) | Missy Franklin (USA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Zhao Jing (CHN) (2) | Fu Yuanhui (CHN) | Aya Terakawa (JPN) |
| 2015 Kazan | Fu Yuanhui (CHN) | Etiene Medeiros (BRA) | Liu Xiang (CHN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Etiene Medeiros (BRA) | Fu Yuanhui (CHN) | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Olivia Smoliga (United States) | Etiene Medeiros (BRA) | Daria Vaskina (Russia) |
| 100 metre backstroke | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Ulrike Richter (GDR) | Melissa Belote (USA) | Wendy Hogg (CAN) |
| 1975 Cali | Ulrike Richter (GDR) (2) | Birgit Treiber (GDR) | Nancy Garapick (CAN) |
| 1978 Berlin | Linda Jezek (USA) | Birgit Treiber (GDR) | Cheryl Gibson (CAN) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Kristin Otto (GDR) | Ina Kleber (GDR) | Susan Walsh (USA) |
| 1986 Madrid | Betsy Mitchell (USA) | Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR) | Natalya Shibayeva (URS) |
| 1991 Perth | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | Tünde Szabó (HUN) | Janie Wagstaff (USA) |
| 1994 Rome | He Cihong (CHN) | Nina Zhivanevskaya (RUS) | Barbara Bedford (USA) |
| 1998 Perth | Lea Maurer (USA) | Mai Nakamura (JPN) | Sandra Völker (GER) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Natalie Coughlin (USA) | Diana Mocanu (ROM) | Antje Buschschulte (GER) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Antje Buschschulte (GER) | Louise Ørnstedt (DEN) Katy Sexton (GBR) | none awarded |
| 2005 Montreal | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | Antje Buschschulte (GER) | Natalie Coughlin (USA) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Natalie Coughlin (USA) | Laure Manaudou (FRA) | Reiko Nakamura (JPN) |
| 2009 Rome | Gemma Spofforth (GBR) | Anastasia Zuyeva (RUS) | Emily Seebohm (AUS) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Zhao Jing (CHN) | Anastasia Zuyeva (RUS) | Natalie Coughlin (USA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Missy Franklin (USA) | Emily Seebohm (AUS) | Aya Terakawa (JPN) |
| 2015 Kazan | Emily Seebohm (AUS) | Madison Wilson (AUS) | Mie Nielsen (DEN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Kylie Masse (CAN) | Kathleen Baker (USA) | Emily Seebohm (AUS) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Kylie Masse (Canada) | Minna Atherton (Australia) | Olivia Smoliga (United States) |
| 200 metre backstroke | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Melissa Belote (USA) | Enith Brigitha (NED) | Andrea Gyarmati (HUN) |
| 1975 Cali | Birgit Treiber (GDR) | Nancy Garapick (CAN) | Ulrike Richter (GDR) |
| 1978 Berlin | Linda Jezek (USA) | Birgit Treiber (GDR) | Cheryl Gibson (CAN) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Kornelia Sirch (GDR) | Georgina Parkes (AUS) | Carmen Bunaciu (ROM) |
| 1986 Madrid | Kornelia Sirch (GDR) (2) | Betsy Mitchell (USA) | Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR) |
| 1991 Perth | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | Dagmar Hase (GER) | Janie Wagstaff (USA) |
| 1994 Rome | He Cihong (CHN) | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | Lorenza Vigarani (ITA) |
| 1998 Perth | Roxana Maracineanu (FRA) | Dagmar Hase (GER) | Mai Nakamura (JPN) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Diana Mocanu (ROM) | Stanislava Komarova (RUS) | Joanna Fargus (GBR) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Katy Sexton (GBR) | Margaret Hoelzer (USA) | Stanislava Komarova (RUS) |
| 2005 Montreal | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | Margaret Hoelzer (USA) | Reiko Nakamura (JPN) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Margaret Hoelzer (USA) | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | Reiko Nakamura (JPN) |
| 2009 Rome | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) (2) | Anastasia Zuyeva (RUS) | Elizabeth Beisel (USA) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Missy Franklin (USA) | Belinda Hocking (AUS) | Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Missy Franklin (USA) (2) | Belinda Hocking (AUS) | Hilary Caldwell (CAN) |
| 2015 Kazan | Emily Seebohm (AUS) | Missy Franklin (USA) | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Emily Seebohm (AUS) (2) | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | Kathleen Baker (USA) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Yuliya Yefimova (Russia) | Tatjana Schoenmaker (South Africa) | Sydney Pickrem (Canada) |
| 50 metre breaststroke | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Luo Xuejuan (CHN) | Kristy Kowal (USA) | Zoë Baker (GBR) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Luo Xuejuan (CHN) (2) | Brooke Hanson (AUS) | Zoë Baker (GBR) |
| 2005 Montreal | Jade Edmistone (AUS) | Jessica Hardy (USA) | Brooke Hanson (AUS) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Jessica Hardy (USA) | Leisel Jones (AUS) | Tara Kirk (USA) |
| 2009 Rome | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | Rebecca Soni (USA) | Sarah Katsoulis (AUS) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Jessica Hardy (USA) (2) | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | Rebecca Soni (USA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) (2) | Rūta Meilutytė (LTU) | Jessica Hardy (USA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Jennie Johansson (SWE) | Alia Atkinson (JAM) | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) |
| 2017 Budapest | Lilly King (USA) | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | Katie Meili (USA) |
| 100 metre breaststroke | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Renate Vogel (GDR) | Lyubov Rusanova (URS) | Brigitte Schuchardt (GDR) |
| 1975 Cali | Hannelore Anke (GDR) | Wijda Mazereeuw (NED) | Marcia Morey (USA) |
| 1978 Berlin | Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | Margaret Kelly (GBR) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | Ann Ottenbrite (CAN) Kim Rhodenbaugh (USA) | none awarded |
| 1986 Madrid | Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) | Silke Hörner (GDR) | Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) |
| 1991 Perth | Linley Frame (AUS) | Jana Dörries (GER) | Yelena Volkova (URS) |
| 1994 Rome | Samantha Riley (AUS) | Dai Guohong (CHN) | Yuan Yuan (CHN) |
| 1998 Perth | Kristy Kowal (USA) | Helen Denman (AUS) | Lauren van Oosten (CAN) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Luo Xuejuan (CHN) | Leisel Jones (AUS) | Ágnes Kovács (HUN) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Luo Xuejuan (CHN) (2) | Amanda Beard (USA) | Leisel Jones (AUS) |
| 2005 Montreal | Leisel Jones (AUS) | Jessica Hardy (USA) | Tara Kirk (USA) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Leisel Jones (AUS) (2) | Tara Kirk (USA) | Anna Khlistunova (UKR) |
| 2009 Rome | Rebecca Soni (USA) | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | Kasey Carlson (USA) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Rebecca Soni (USA) (2) | Leisel Jones (AUS) | Ji Liping (CHN) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Rūta Meilutytė (LTU) | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | Jessica Hardy (USA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | Rūta Meilutytė (LTU) | Alia Atkinson (JAM) |
| 2017 Budapest | Lilly King (USA) | Katie Meili (USA) | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Lilly King (USA) | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | Martina Carraro (Italy) |
| 200 metre breaststroke | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Renate Vogel (GDR) | Hannelore Anke (GDR) | Lynn Colella (USA) |
| 1975 Cali | Hannelore Anke (GDR) | Wijda Mazereeuw (NED) | Karla Linke (GDR) |
| 1978 Berlin | Lina Kačiušytė (URS) | Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) | Susanne Nielsson (DEN) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Svetlana Varganova (URS) | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | Ann Ottenbrite (CAN) |
| 1986 Madrid | Silke Hörner (GDR) | Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) | Allison Higson (CAN) |
| 1991 Perth | Yelena Volkova (URS) | Linley Frame (AUS) | Jana Dörries (GER) |
| 1994 Rome | Samantha Riley (AUS) | Yuan Yuan (CHN) | Brigitte Becue (BEL) |
| 1998 Perth | Ágnes Kovács (HUN) | Kristy Kowal (USA) | Jenna Street (USA) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Ágnes Kovács (HUN) (2) | Qi Hui (CHN) | Luo Xuejuan (CHN) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Amanda Beard (USA) | Leisel Jones (AUS) | Qi Hui (CHN) |
| 2005 Montreal | Leisel Jones (AUS) | Anne Poleska (GER) | Mirna Jukić (AUT) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Leisel Jones (AUS) (2) | Kirsty Balfour (GBR) | none awarded |
| Megan Jendrick (USA) | |||
| 2009 Rome | Nađa Higl (SRB) | Annamay Pierse (CAN) | Mirna Jukić (AUT) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Rebecca Soni (USA) | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | Martha McCabe (CAN) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) | Micah Lawrence (USA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Kanako Watanabe (JPN) | Micah Lawrence (USA) | Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) Shi Jinglin (CHN) Jessica Vall (ESP) |
| 2017 Budapest | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | Bethany Galat (USA) | Shi Jinglin (CHN) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS | Tatjana Schoenmaker (South Africa) | Sydney Pickrem (Canada) |
| 50 metre butterfly | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) | Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Inge de Bruijn (NED) (2) | Jenny Thompson (USA) | Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) |
| 2005 Montreal | Danni Miatke (AUS) | Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Therese Alshammar (SWE) | Danni Miatke (AUS) | Inge Dekker (NED) |
| 2009 Rome | Marieke Guehrer (AUS) | Zhou Yafei (CHN) | Ingvild Snildal (NOR) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Inge Dekker (NED) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) | Mélanie Henique (FRA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) | Lu Ying (CHN) | Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) |
| 2015 Kazan | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) | Lu Ying (CHN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) | Farida Osman (EGY) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) | Farida Osman (Egypt) |
| 100 metre butterfly | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Kornelia Ender (GDR) | Rosemarie Kother (GDR) | Mayumi Aoki (JPN) |
| 1975 Cali | Kornelia Ender (GDR) | Rosemarie Kother (GDR) | Camille Wright (USA) |
| 1978 Berlin | Joan Pennington (USA) | Andrea Pollack (GDR) | Wendy Quirk (CAN) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | Ines Geissler (GDR) | Melanie Buddemeyer (USA) |
| 1986 Madrid | Kornelia Gressler (GDR) | Kristin Otto (GDR) | Mary T. Meagher (USA) |
| 1991 Perth | Qian Hong (CHN) | Wang Xiaohong (CHN) | Catherine Plewinski (FRA) |
| 1994 Rome | Liu Limin (CHN) | Qu Yun (CHN) | Susan O'Neill (AUS) |
| 1998 Perth | Jenny Thompson (USA) | Ayari Aoyama (JPN) | Petria Thomas (AUS) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Petria Thomas (AUS) | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) | Junko Onishi (JPN) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Jenny Thompson (USA) | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) | Martina Moravcová (SVK) |
| 2005 Montreal | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | Libby Lenton (AUS) | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Libby Lenton (AUS) | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | Natalie Coughlin (USA) |
| 2009 Rome | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | Jiao Liuyang (CHN) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Dana Vollmer (USA) | Alicia Coutts (AUS) | Lu Ying (CHN) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | Alicia Coutts (AUS) | Dana Vollmer (USA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) | Lu Ying (CHN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | Emma McKeon (AUS) | Kelsi Worrell (USA) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Margaret MacNeil (Canada) | Sarah Sjöström (SWE) | Emma McKeon (AUS) |
| 200 metre butterfly | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Rosemarie Kother (GDR) | Roswitha Beier (GDR) | Lynn Colella (USA) |
| 1975 Cali | Rosemarie Kother (GDR)(2) | Valerie Lee (USA) | Gabrielle Wuschek (GDR) |
| 1978 Berlin | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | Nancy Hogshead (USA) | Andrea Pollack (GDR) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Ines Geissler (GDR) | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | Heike Dahne (GDR) |
| 1986 Madrid | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | Kornelia Gressler (GDR) | Birte Weigang (GDR) |
| 1991 Perth | Summer Sanders (USA) | Rie Shito (JPN) | Hayley Lewis (AUS) |
| 1994 Rome | Liu Limin (CHN) | Qu Yun (CHN) | Susan O'Neill (AUS) |
| 1998 Perth | Susan O'Neill (AUS) | Petria Thomas (AUS) | Misty Hyman (USA) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Petria Thomas (AUS) | Annika Mehlhorn (GER) | Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) | Éva Risztov (HUN) | Yuko Nakanishi (JPN) |
| 2005 Montreal | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) (2) | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | Yuko Nakanishi (JPN) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | Kim Vandenberg (USA) | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) |
| 2009 Rome | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) (2) | Liu Zige (CHN) | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Jiao Liuyang (CHN) | Ellen Gandy (GBR) | Liu Zige (CHN) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Liu Zige (CHN) | Mireia Belmonte (ESP) | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) |
| 2015 Kazan | Natsumi Hoshi (JPN) | Cammile Adams (USA) | Zhang Yufei (CHN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Mireia Belmonte (ESP) | Franziska Hentke (GER) | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Boglárka Kapás (Hungary) | Hali Flickinger (United States) | Katie Drabot (United States) |
| 200 metre individual medley | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Andrea Hubner (GDR) | Kornelia Ender (GDR) | Kathy Heddy (USA) |
| 1975 Cali | Kathy Heddy (USA) | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) | Angela Franke (GDR) |
| 1978 Berlin | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | Joan Pennington (USA) | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Petra Schneider (GDR) | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | Tracy Caulkins (USA) |
| 1986 Madrid | Kristin Otto (GDR) | Elena Dendeberova (URS) | Kathleen Nord (GDR) |
| 1991 Perth | Lin Li (CHN) | Summer Sanders (USA) | Daniela Hunger (GER) |
| 1994 Rome | Lü Bin (CHN) | Allison Wagner (USA) | Elli Overton (AUS) |
| 1998 Perth | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | Chen Yan (CHN) | Martina Moravcová (SVK) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Martha Bowen (USA) | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | Qi Hui (CHN) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | Alice Mills (AUS) | Zhou Yafei (CHN) |
| 2005 Montreal | Katie Hoff (USA) | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | Lara Carroll (AUS) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Katie Hoff (USA) | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | Stephanie Rice (AUS) |
| 2009 Rome | Ariana Kukors (USA) | Stephanie Rice (AUS) | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Ye Shiwen (CHN) | Alicia Coutts (AUS) | Ariana Kukors (USA) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | Alicia Coutts (AUS) | Mireia Belmonte (ESP) |
| 2015 Kazan | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | Kanako Watanabe (JPN) | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (GBR) |
| 2017 Budapest | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | Yui Ohashi (JPN) | Madisyn Cox (USA) |
| 2019 Gwangju | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | Yu Shiwen (China) | Sydney Pickrem (Canada) |
| 400 metre individual medley | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | Gudrun Wegner (GDR) | Angela Franke (GDR) | Novella Calligaris (ITA) |
| 1975 Cali | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) | Karla Linke (GDR) | Kathy Heddy (USA) |
| 1978 Berlin | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) | Petra Schneider (GDR) |
| 1982 Guayaquil | Petra Schneider (GDR) | Kathleen Nord (GDR) | Tracy Caulkins (USA) |
| 1986 Madrid | Kathleen Nord (GDR) | Michelle Griglione (USA) | Noemi Lung (ROM) |
| 1991 Perth | Lin Li (CHN) | Hayley Lewis (AUS) | Summer Sanders (USA) |
| 1994 Rome | Dai Guohong (CHN) | Allison Wagner (USA) | Kristine Quance (USA) |
| 1998 Perth | Chen Yan (CHN) | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | Yasuko Tajima (JPN) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | Martha Bowen (USA) | Beatrice Căslaru (ROM) |
| 2003 Barcelona | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | Éva Risztov (HUN) | Beatrice Căslaru (ROM) |
| 2005 Montreal | Katie Hoff (USA) | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Katie Hoff (USA) | Yana Martynova (RUS) | Stephanie Rice (AUS) |
| 2009 Rome | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | Stephanie Rice (AUS) |
| 2011 Shanghai | Elizabeth Beisel (USA) | Hannah Miley (GBR) | Stephanie Rice (AUS) |
| 2013 Barcelona | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | Mireia Belmonte (ESP) | Elizabeth Beisel (USA) |
| 2015 Kazan | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) | Maya DiRado (USA) | Emily Overholt (CAN) |
| 2017 Budapest | Katinka Hosszú (HUN) (4) | Mireia Belmonte (ESP) | Sydney Pickrem (CAN) |
| 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | East Germany (GDR) | United States (USA) | West Germany (FRG) |
| Kornelia Ender | Kim Peyton | Jutta Weber | |
| Andrea Eife | Kathy Heddy | Heidemarie Reineck | |
| Andrea Hübner | Heather Greenwood | Gudrun Beckman | |
| Sylvia Eichner | Shirley Babashoff | Angela Steinbach | |
| 1975 Cali | East Germany (GDR) | United States (USA) | Canada (CAN) |
| Kornelia Ender | Kathy Heddy | Gail Amundrud | |
| Barbara Krause | Karen Reeser | Ann Jardin | |
| Claudia Hempel | Kelly Rowell | Becky Smith | |
| Ute Brückner | Shirley Babashoff | Jill Quick | |
| 1978 Berlin | United States (USA) | East Germany (GDR) | Canada (CAN) |
| Tracy Caulkins | Heike Witt | Gail Amundrud | |
| Stephanie Elkins | Karen Metschuk | Nancy Garapick | |
| Jill Sterkel | Barbara Krause | Susan Sloan | |
| Cynthia Woodhead | Petra Priemer | Wendy Quirk | |
| 1982 Guayaquil | East Germany (GDR) | United States (USA) | Netherlands (NED) |
| Birgit Meineke | Susan Habernigg | Annemarie Verstappen | |
| Susanne Link | Kathy Treible | Annelies Maas | |
| Kristin Otto | Elisabeth Washut | Wilma van Velsen | |
| Karen Metschuk | Jill Sterkel | Conny van Bentum | |
| Kathleen Nord* | Tracy Caulkins* | Desi Reijers* | |
| Julie Williams* | |||
| Marybeth Linzmeier* | |||
| 1986 Madrid | East Germany (GDR) | United States (USA) | Netherlands (NED) |
| Kristin Otto | Jenna Johnson | Conny van Bentum | |
| Manuela Stellmach | Dara Torres | Laura Leideritz | |
| Sabina Schulze | Mary T. Meagher | Karin Brienesse | |
| Heike Friedrich | Betsy Mitchell | Annemarie Verstappen | |
| Nadja Bergknecht* | Mary Wayte* | ||
| Karen König* | Aimee Berzins* | ||
| Kornelia Gressler* | Laura Walker* | ||
| 1991 Perth | United States (USA) | Germany (GER) | Netherlands (NED) |
| Nicole Haislett | Simone Osygus | Marianne Muis | |
| Julie Cooper | Kerstin Kielgass | Inge de Bruijn | |
| Whitney Hedgepeth | Karin Seick | Mildred Muis | |
| Jenny Thompson | Manuela Stellmach | Karin Brienesse | |
| Ashley Tappin* | Daniela Hunger* | Manon Masseurs* | |
| Lynn Kohl* | Katrin Meissner* | Diane van der Plaats* | |
| 1994 Rome | China (CHN) | United States (USA) | Germany (GER) |
| Le Jingyi | Angel Martino | Franziska van Almsick | |
| Shan Ying | Amy Van Dyken | Katrin Meissner | |
| Le Ying | Nicole Haislett | Kerstin Kielgass | |
| Lü Bin | Jenny Thompson | Daniela Hunger | |
| Lindsey Farella* | Anke Scholz* | ||
| Ashley Tappin* | Anja Kleber* | ||
| 1998 Perth | United States (USA) | Germany (GER) | Australia (AUS) |
| Lindsay Farella | Sandra Völker | Sarah Ryan | |
| Amy Van Dyken | Simone Osygus | Rebecca Creedy | |
| Barbara Bedford | Franziska van Almsick | Susie O'Neill | |
| Jenny Thompson | Katrin Meissner | Angela Kennedy | |
| Melanie Valerio* | Silvia Szalai* | Kate Godfrey* | |
| Catherine Fox* | Antje Buschschulte* | ||
| 2001 Fukuoka | Germany (GER) | Great Britain (GBR) | none awarded |
| Petra Dallmann | Alison Sheppard | ||
| Antje Buschschulte | Melanie Marshall | ||
| Katrin Meissner | Rosalind Brett | ||
| Sandra Völker | Karen Pickering | ||
| Meike Freitag* | United States (USA) | ||
| Colleen Lanne | |||
| Erin Phenix | |||
| Maritza Correia | |||
| Courtney Shealy | |||
| Stefanie Williams* | |||
| Tammie Stone* | |||
| 2003 Barcelona | United States (USA) | Germany (GER) | Australia (AUS) |
| Natalie Coughlin | Petra Dallmann | Lisbeth Lenton | |
| Lindsay Benko | Katrin Meissner | Elka Graham | |
| Rhi Jeffrey | Antje Buschschulte | Jodie Henry | |
| Jenny Thompson (3) | Sandra Völker | Alice Mills | |
| Maritza Correia* | Alessa Ries* | Sophie Edington* | |
| Gabrielle Rose* | Daniela Götz* | ||
| 2005 Montreal | Australia (AUS) | Germany (GER) | United States (USA) |
| Jodie Henry | Petra Dallmann | Natalie Coughlin | |
| Alice Mills | Antje Buschschulte | Kara Lynn Joyce | |
| Shayne Reese | Annika Liebs | Lacey Nymeyer | |
| Libby Lenton | Daniela Götz | Amanda Weir | |
| Sophie Edington* | Meike Freitag* | Mary DeScenza* | |
| Emily Silver* | |||
| 2007 Melbourne | Australia (AUS) | United States (USA) | Netherlands (NED) |
| Libby Lenton | Natalie Coughlin | Inge Dekker | |
| Melanie Schlanger | Lacey Nymeyer | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | |
| Shayne Reese | Amanda Weir | Femke Heemskerk | |
| Jodie Henry | Kara Lynn Joyce | Marleen Veldhuis | |
| Sally Foster* | Dana Vollmer* | Chantal Groot* | |
| Danni Miatke* | |||
| 2009 Rome | Netherlands (NED) | Germany (GER) | Australia (AUS) |
| Inge Dekker | Britta Steffen | Lisbeth Trickett | |
| Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Daniela Samulski | Marieke Guehrer | |
| Femke Heemskerk | Petra Dallmann | Shayne Reese | |
| Marleen Veldhuis | Daniela Schreiber | Felicity Galvez | |
| Hinkelien Schreuder* | Sally Foster* | ||
| Meagan Nay* | |||
| 2011 Shanghai | Netherlands (NED) | United States (USA) | Germany (GER) |
| Inge Dekker | Natalie Coughlin | Britta Steffen | |
| Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Missy Franklin | Silke Lippok | |
| Marleen Veldhuis | Jessica Hardy | Lisa Vitting | |
| Femke Heemskerk | Dana Vollmer | Daniela Schreiber | |
| Maud van der Meer* | Amanda Weir* | ||
| Kara Lynn Joyce* | |||
| 2013 Barcelona | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | Netherlands (NED) |
| Missy Franklin | Cate Campbell | Elise Bouwens | |
| Natalie Coughlin | Bronte Campbell | Femke Heemskerk | |
| Shannon Vreeland | Emma McKeon | Inge Dekker | |
| Megan Romano | Alicia Coutts | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | |
| Simone Manuel* | Brittany Elmslie* | Esmee Vermeulen* | |
| Elizabeth Pelton* | Emily Seebohm* | ||
| 2015 Kazan | Australia (AUS) | Netherlands (NED) | United States (USA) |
| Emily Seebohm | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Missy Franklin | |
| Emma McKeon | Maud van der Meer | Margo Geer | |
| Bronte Campbell | Marrit Steenbergen | Lia Neal | |
| Cate Campbell | Femke Heemskerk | Simone Manuel | |
| Madison Wilson* | Shannon Vreeland* | ||
| Melanie Wright* | Abbey Weitzeil* | ||
| Bronte Barratt* | |||
| 2017 Budapest | United States | Australia (AUS) | Netherlands (NED) |
| Mallory Comerford | Shayna Jack | Kim Busch | |
| Kelsi Worrell | Bronte Campbell | Femke Heemskerk | |
| Katie Ledecky | Brittany Elmslie | Maud van der Meer | |
| Simone Manuel | Emma McKeon | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | |
| Lia Neal* | Emily Seebohm* | ||
| Olivia Smoliga* | Madison Wilson* | ||
| 2019 Gwangju | Australia Bronte Campbell, Brianna Throssell, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbel | United States Mallory Comerford, Abbey Weitzeil, Kelsi Dahlia, Simone Manuel | Canada Kayla Sanchez (53.72) Taylor Ruck, Penny Oleksiak, Margaret MacNeil |
| 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1986 Madrid | East Germany (GDR) | United States (USA) | Netherlands (NED) |
| Manuela Stellmach | Betsy Mitchell | Annemarie Verstappen | |
| Astrid Strauß | Mary T. Meagher | Jolande van der Meer | |
| Nadja Bergknecht | Kimberley Brown | Mildred Muis | |
| Heike Friedrich | Mary Wayte | Conny van Bentum | |
| Karen König* | Laura Walker* | ||
| Katja Hartmann* | Debbie Babashoff* | ||
| Julianne Brossman* | |||
| 1991 Perth | Germany (GER) | Netherlands (NED) | Denmark (DEN) |
| Kerstin Kielgass | Marianne Muis | Gitta Jenssen | |
| Manuela Stellmach | Manon Masseurs | Berit Puggaard | |
| Dagmar Hase | Mildred Muis | Annette Poulsen | |
| Stephanie Ortwig | Karin Brienesse | Mette Jacobsen | |
| Svenja Schlicht* | Diane van der Plaats* | ||
| Katrin Meissner* | |||
| 1994 Rome | China (CHN) | Germany (GER) | United States (USA) |
| Le Ying | Kerstin Kielgass | Cristina Teuscher | |
| Yang Aihua | Franziska van Almsick | Jenny Thompson | |
| Zhou Guanbin | Julia Jung | Janet Evans | |
| Lü Bin | Dagmar Hase | Nicole Haislett | |
| Shan Ying* | Anja Kleber* | Dady Vincent* | |
| Jutta Renner* | Ashley Tappin* | ||
| 1998 Perth | Germany (GER) | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) |
| Franziska van Almsick | Cristina Teuscher | Julia Greville | |
| Dagmar Hase | Lindsay Benko | Anna Windsor | |
| Silvia Szalai | Brooke Bennett | Susie O'Neill | |
| Kerstin Kielgass | Jenny Thompson | Petria Thomas | |
| Janina Götz* | Ashley Whitney* | Emma Johnson* | |
| Antje Buschschulte* | Trina Jackson* | ||
| 2001 Fukuoka | Great Britain (GBR) [8] | Germany (GER) | Japan (JPN) |
| Nicola Jackson | Silvia Szalai | Maki Mita | |
| Janine Belton | Sarah Harstick | Tomoko Hagiwara | |
| Karen Legg | Hannah Stockbauer | Tomoko Nagai | |
| Karen Pickering | Meike Freitag | Eri Yamanoi | |
| Alessa Ries* | |||
| 2003 Barcelona | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | China (CHN) |
| Lindsay Benko | Elka Graham | Zhou Yafei | |
| Rachel Komisarz | Linda Mackenzie | Xu Yanwei | |
| Rhi Jeffrey | Kirsten Thompson | Jiaying Pang | |
| Diana Munz | Alice Mills | Yang Yu | |
| Margaret Hoelzer* | Melanie Houghton* | ||
| Gabrielle Rose* | Heidi Crawford* | ||
| Giaan Rooney* | |||
| 2005 Montreal | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | China (CHN) |
| Natalie Coughlin | Libby Lenton | Zhu Yingwen | |
| Katie Hoff | Shayne Reese | Pang Jiaying | |
| Whitney Myers | Bronte Barratt | Zhou Yafei | |
| Kaitlin Sandeno | Linda Mackenzie | Yang Yu | |
| Mary DeScenza* | Melissa Mitchell* | Tang Jingzhi* | |
| Caroline Burckle* | Lara Davenport* | ||
| Rachel Komisarz* | |||
| 2007 Melbourne | United States (USA) | Germany (GER) | France (FRA) |
| Natalie Coughlin | Meike Freitag | Alena Popchanka | |
| Dana Vollmer | Britta Steffen | Sophie Huber | |
| Lacey Nymeyer | Petra Dallmann | Aurore Mongel | |
| Katie Hoff | Annika Lurz | Laure Manaudou | |
| Kara Lynn Joyce* | Daniela Samulski* | Céline Couderc* | |
| Margaret Hoelzer* | |||
| Amanda Weir* | |||
| 2009 Rome | China (CHN) | United States (USA) | Great Britain (GBR) |
| Yang Yu | Dana Vollmer | Joanne Jackson | |
| Zhu Qianwei | Lacey Nymeyer | Jazmin Carlin | |
| Liu Jing | Ariana Kukors | Caitlin McClatchey | |
| Pang Jiaying | Allison Schmitt | Rebecca Adlington | |
| Dagny Knutson* | Hannah Miley* | ||
| Alyssa Anderson* | |||
| 2011 Shanghai | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | China (CHN) |
| Missy Franklin | Bronte Barratt | Chen Qian | |
| Dagny Knutson | Blair Evans | Pang Jiaying | |
| Katie Hoff (3) | Angie Bainbridge | Liu Jing | |
| Allison Schmitt | Kylie Palmer | Tang Yi | |
| Jasmine Tosky* | Jade Neilsen* | Zhu Qianwei* | |
| 2013 Barcelona | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | France (FRA) |
| Katie Ledecky | Bronte Barratt | Camille Muffat | |
| Shannon Vreeland | Kylie Palmer | Charlotte Bonnet | |
| Karlee Bispo | Brittany Elmslie | Mylène Lazare | |
| Missy Franklin | Alicia Coutts | Coralie Balmy | |
| Chelsea Chenault* | Emma McKeon* | Isabelle Mabboux* | |
| Maya DiRado* | Ami Matsuo* | ||
| Jordan Mattern* | |||
| 2015 Kazan | United States (USA) | Italy (ITA) | China (CHN) |
| Missy Franklin (3) | Alice Mizzau | Qiu Yuhan | |
| Leah Smith | Erica Musso | Guo Junjun | |
| Katie McLaughlin | Chiara Masini Luccetti | Zhang Yufei | |
| Katie Ledecky | Federica Pellegrini | Shen Duo | |
| Cierra Runge* | Shao Yiwen* | ||
| Chelsea Chenault* | Zhang Yuhan* | ||
| Shannon Vreeland* | |||
| 2017 Budapest | United States (USA) | China (CHN) | Australia (AUS) |
| Leah Smith | Ai Yanhan | Madison Wilson | |
| Mallory Comerford | Liu Zixuan | Emma McKeon | |
| Melanie Margalis | Zhang Yuhan | Kotuku Ngawati | |
| Katie Ledecky | Li Bingjie | Ariarne Titmus | |
| 2019 Gwangju | Australia Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson, Brianna Throssell, Emma McKeon | United States Simone Manuel, Katie Ledecky, Melanie Margalis, Katie McLaughlin | Canada Kayla Sanchez, Taylor Ruck, Penny Oleksiak, Emily Overholt |
| 4 × 100 metre medley relay | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1973 Belgrade | East Germany (GDR) | United States (USA) | West Germany (FRG) |
| Ulrike Richter | Melissa Belote | Angelike Greiser | |
| Renate Vogel | Marcia Morey | Petra Nows | |
| Rosemarie Kother | Deena Deardurff | Gudrun Beckmann | |
| Kornelia Ender | Shirley Babashoff | Jutta Weber | |
| 1975 Cali | East Germany (GDR) | United States (USA) | Netherlands (NED) |
| Ulrike Richter | Linda Jezek | Paula van Eijk | |
| Hannelore Anke | Marcia Morey | Wijda Mazereeuw | |
| Rosemarie Kother | Camille Wright | José Damen | |
| Kornelia Ender | Shirley Babashoff | Enith Brigitha | |
| 1978 Berlin | United States (USA) | East Germany (GDR) | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Linda Jasek | Birgit Treiber | Yelena Kruglova | |
| Tracy Caulkins | Ramona Reinke | Yuliya Bogdanova | |
| Joan Pennington | Andrea Pollack | Irina Aksenova | |
| Cynthia Woodhead | Barbara Krause | Larisa Tsaryova | |
| 1982 Guayaquil | East Germany (GDR) | United States (USA) | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Kristin Otto | Susan Walsh | Larisa Gorchakova | |
| Ute Geweniger | Kim Rhodenbaugh | Svetlana Varganova | |
| Ines Geissler | Mary T. Meagher | Natalia Pokas | |
| Birgit Meineke | Jill Sterkel | Irina Gerasimova | |
| Silke Hörner* | Libby Kinkead* | Larisa Belokon* | |
| Jean Childs* | Inna Abramova* | ||
| Melanie Buddemeyer* | |||
| Kathy Treible* | |||
| 1986 Madrid | East Germany (GDR) | United States (USA) | Netherlands (NED) |
| Kathrin Zimmermann | Betsy Mitchell | Jolanda de Rover | |
| Sylvia Gerasch | Jennifer Hau | Petra van Staveren | |
| Kornelia Gressler | Mary T. Meagher | Conny van Bentum | |
| Kristin Otto | Jenna Johnson | Annemarie Verstappen | |
| Manuela Stellmach* | Ann Mahoney* | ||
| Cara Hafner* | |||
| Kara McGrath* | |||
| Laura Walker* | |||
| 1991 Perth | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | Germany (GER) |
| Janie Wagstaff | Nicole Livingston | Svenja Schlicht | |
| Tracey McFarlane | Linley Frame | Jana Doerries | |
| Crissy Ahmann-Leighton | Susan O'Neill | Susanne Müller | |
| Nicole Haislett | Karen Van Wirdum | Manuela Stellmach | |
| Jodi Wilson* | Johanna Griggs* | Dagmar Hase* | |
| Tori de Silvia* | Alexandra Haenel* | ||
| Julia Gorman* | Katrin Jäke* | ||
| Jenny Thompson* | Kerstin Kielgass* | ||
| 1994 Rome | China (CHN) | United States (USA) | Russia (RUS) |
| He Cihong | Lea Loveless | Nina Zhivanevskaya | |
| Dai Guohong | Kristine Quance | Olga Prokhorova | |
| Liu Limin | Amy Van Dyken | Svetlana Pozdeyeva | |
| Le Jingyi | Jenny Thompson | Natalya Meshcheryakova | |
| Yuan Yuan* | Whitney Phelps* | ||
| Qu Yun* | Angel Martino* | ||
| Shan Ying* | |||
| 1998 Perth | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | Japan (JPN) |
| Lea Maurer | Meredith Smith | Mai Nakamura | |
| Kristy Kowal | Helen Denman | Masami Tanaka | |
| Jenny Thompson | Petria Thomas | Ayari Aoyama | |
| Amy Van Dyken | Susan O'Neill | Sumika Minamoto | |
| Beth Botsford* | Samantha Riley* | ||
| Jenna Street* | Angela Kennedy* | ||
| Misty Hyman* | Sarah Ryan* | ||
| Barbara Bedford* | |||
| 2001 Fukuoka | Australia (AUS) | United States (USA) | China (CHN) |
| Dyana Calub | Natalie Coughlin | Zhan Shu | |
| Leisel Jones | Megan Quann | Luo Xuejuan | |
| Petria Thomas | Mary DeScenza | Ruan Yi | |
| Sarah Ryan | Erin Phenix | Xu Yanwei | |
| Clementine Stoney* | Shelly Ripple* | ||
| Tarnee White* | Courtney Shealy* | ||
| Elka Graham | Maritza Correia* | ||
| 2003 Barcelona | China (CHN) | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) |
| Zhan Shu | Natalie Coughlin | Giaan Rooney | |
| Luo Xuejuan | Amanda Beard | Leisel Jones | |
| Zhou Yafei | Jenny Thompson | Jessicah Schipper | |
| Yang Yu | Lindsay Benko | Jodie Henry | |
| Haley Cope* | |||
| Tara Kirk* | |||
| Mary DeScenza* | |||
| 2005 Montreal | Australia (AUS) | United States (USA) | Germany (GER) |
| Sophie Edington | Natalie Coughlin | Antje Buschschulte | |
| Leisel Jones | Jessica Hardy | Sarah Poewe | |
| Jessicah Schipper | Rachel Komisarz | Annika Mehlhorn | |
| Libby Lenton | Amanda Weir | Daniela Götz | |
| Giaan Rooney* | Jeri Moss* | ||
| Brooke Hanson* | Tara Kirk* | ||
| Felicity Galvez* | Mary DeScenza* | ||
| Jodie Henry* | Lacey Nymeyer* | ||
| 2007 Melbourne | Australia (AUS) | United States (USA) | China (CHN) |
| Emily Seebohm | Natalie Coughlin | Xutian Longzi | |
| Leisel Jones (3) | Tara Kirk | Luo Nan | |
| Jessicah Schipper | Rachel Komisarz | Zhou Yafei | |
| Libby Lenton | Lacey Nymeyer | Xu Yanwei | |
| Tarnee White* | Leila Vaziri* | ||
| Felicity Galvez* | Jessica Hardy* | ||
| Jodie Henry* | Dana Vollmer* | ||
| Amanda Weir* | |||
| 2009 Rome | China (CHN) | Australia (AUS) | Germany (GER) |
| Zhao Jing | Emily Seebohm | Daniela Samulski | |
| Chen Huijia | Sarah Katsoulis | Sarah Poewe | |
| Jiao Liuyang | Jessicah Schipper | Annika Mehlhorn | |
| Li Zhesi | Lisbeth Trickett | Britta Steffen | |
| Sally Foster* | Daniela Schreiber* | ||
| Stephanie Rice* | |||
| Shayne Reese* | |||
| 2011 Shanghai | United States (USA) | China (CHN) | Australia (AUS) |
| Natalie Coughlin | Zhao Jing | Belinda Hocking | |
| Rebecca Soni | Ji Liping | Leisel Jones | |
| Dana Vollmer | Lu Ying | Alicia Coutts | |
| Missy Franklin | Tang Yi | Merindah Dingjan | |
| Elizabeth Pelton* | Gao Chang* | Stephanie Rice* | |
| Christine Magnuson* | Sun Ye* | ||
| Amanda Weir* | Jiao Liuyang* | ||
| Li Zhesi* | |||
| 2013 Barcelona | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | Russia (RUS) |
| Missy Franklin | Emily Seebohm | Dariya Ustinova | |
| Jessica Hardy | Sally Foster | Yuliya Yefimova | |
| Dana Vollmer | Alicia Coutts | Svetlana Chimrova | |
| Megan Romano | Cate Campbell | Veronika Popova | |
| Elizabeth Pelton* | Samantha Marshall* | Anna Belousova* | |
| Breeja Larson* | Emma McKeon* | ||
| Claire Donahue* | |||
| Shannon Vreeland* | |||
| 2015 Kazan | China (CHN) | Sweden (SWE) | Australia (AUS) |
| Fu Yuanhui | Michelle Coleman | Emily Seebohm | |
| Shi Jinglin | Jennie Johansson | Taylor McKeown | |
| Lu Ying | Sarah Sjöström | Emma McKeon | |
| Shen Duo | Louise Hansson | Bronte Campbell | |
| Chen Xinyi* | Madison Wilson* | ||
| Qiu Yuhan* | Lorna Tonks* | ||
| Madeline Groves* | |||
| Melanie Wright* | |||
| 2017 Budapest | United States (USA) | Russia (RUS) | Australia (AUS) |
| Kathleen Baker | Anastasia Fesikova | Emily Seebohm | |
| Lilly King | Yuliya Yefimova | Taylor McKeown | |
| Kelsi Worrell | Svetlana Chimrova | Emma McKeon | |
| Simone Manuel | Veronika Popova | Bronte Campbell | |
| Olivia Smoliga* | Natalia Ivaneeva* | Holly Barratt* | |
| Katie Meili* | Jessica Hansen* | ||
| Sarah Gibson* | Brianna Throssell* | ||
| Mallory Comerford* | Shayna Jack* | ||
| 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Kazan | United States (USA) | Netherlands (NED) | Canada (CAN) |
| Ryan Lochte | Sebastiaan Verschuren | Santo Condorelli | |
| Nathan Adrian | Joost Reijns | Yuri Kisil | |
| Simone Manuel | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Chantal van Landeghem | |
| Missy Franklin | Femke Heemskerk | Sandrine Mainville | |
| Conor Dwyer* | Kyle Stolk* | Karl Krug* | |
| Margo Geer* | Marrit Steenbergen* | Victoria Poon* | |
| Abbey Weitzeil* | |||
| 2017 Budapest | United States (USA) | Netherlands (NED) | Canada (CAN) |
| Caeleb Dressel | Ben Schwietert | Yuri Kisil | |
| Nathan Adrian (2) | Kyle Stolk | Javier Acevedo | |
| Mallory Comerford | Femke Heemskerk | Chantal van Landeghem | |
| Simone Manuel (2) | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Penny Oleksiak | |
| Blake Pieroni* | Maud van der Meer* | Markus Thormeyer* | |
| Townley Haas* | Sandrine Mainville* | ||
| Lia Neal* | |||
| Kelsi Worrell* | |||
| 2019 Gwangju | Australia Mitch Larkin, Matthew Wilson, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell | United States Ryan Murphy, Lilly King, Caeleb Dressel, Simone Manuel | Great Britain Georgia Davies, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Freya Anderson |
| 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay | |||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 Kazan | Great Britain (GBR) | United States (USA) | Germany (GER) |
| Chris Walker-Hebborn | Ryan Murphy | Jan-Philip Glania | |
| Adam Peaty | Kevin Cordes | Hendrik Feldwehr | |
| Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Katie McLaughlin | Alexandra Wenk | |
| Fran Halsall | Margo Geer | Annika Bruhn | |
| Ross Murdoch* | Kendyl Stewart* | ||
| Rachael Kelly* | Lia Neal* | ||
| 2017 Budapest | United States (USA) | Australia (AUS) | Canada (CAN) |
| Matt Grevers | Mitch Larkin | Kylie Masse | |
| Lilly King | Daniel Cave | Richard Funk | |
| Caeleb Dressel | Emma McKeon | Penny Oleksiak | |
| Simone Manuel | Bronte Campbell | Yuri Kisil | |
| Ryan Murphy* | Kaylee McKeown* | Javier Acevedo* | |
| Kevin Cordes* | Matthew Wilson* | Rebecca Smith* | |
| Kelsi Worrell* | Grant Irvine* | Chantal van Landeghem* | |
| Mallory Comerford* | Shayna Jack* | China (CHN) | |
| Xu Jiayu | |||
| Yan Zibei | |||
| Zhang Yufei | |||
| Zhu Menghui | |||
| Li Guangyuan* | |||
| Shi Jinglin* | |||
| Li Zhuhao* |