Swimming in Swimming World Championships |  | ||||
| 2024 |  | CHN | Ai Yanhan | |
| CHN | Gong Zhenqi | ||
| CHN | Li Bingjie | ||
| CHN | Yang Peiqi | ||
| CHN | Ma Yonghui | ||
| 2023 |  | AUS | Mollie O'Callaghan | |
| AUS | Shayna Jack | ||
| AUS | Brianna Throssell | ||
| AUS | Ariarne Titmus | ||
| AUS | Madison Wilson | ||
| AUS | Lani Pallister | ||
| AUS | Kiah Melverton | ||
| 2022 |  | USA | Claire Weinstein | |
| USA | Leah Smith | ||
| USA | Katie Ledecky | ||
| USA | Bella Sims | ||
| USA | Alex Walsh | ||
| USA | Hali Flickinger | ||
| 2019 | | AUS | Ariarne Titmus | |
| AUS | Madison Wilson | ||
| AUS | Brianna Throssell | ||
| AUS | Emma McKeon | ||
| AUS | Leah Neale | ||
| AUS | Kiah Melverton | ||
| 2017 | | USA | Leah Smith | |
| USA | Mallory Comerford | ||
| USA | Melanie Margalis | ||
| USA | Katie Ledecky | ||
| USA | Cierra Runge | ||
| USA | Hali Flickinger | ||
| USA | Madisyn Cox | ||
| 2015 | | USA | Missy Franklin | |
| USA | Leah Smith | ||
| USA | Katie McLaughlin | ||
| USA | Katie Ledecky | ||
| USA | Cierra Runge | ||
| USA | Chelsea Chenault | ||
| USA | Shannon Vreeland | ||
| 2013 | | USA | Katie Ledecky | |
| USA | Shannon Vreeland | ||
| USA | Karlee Bispo | ||
| USA | Missy Franklin | ||
| USA | Chelsea Chenault | ||
| USA | Maya Dirado | ||
| USA | Jordan Mattern | ||
| 2011 | | USA | Missy Franklin | |
| USA | Dagny Knutson | ||
| USA | Katie Hoff | ||
| USA | Allison Schmitt | ||
| USA | Jasmine Tosky | ||
| 2009 | | CHN | Yang Yu | |
| CHN | Zhu Qianwei | ||
| CHN | Liu Jing | ||
| CHN | Pang Jiaying | ||
| 2007 | | USA | Natalie Coughlin | |
| USA | Dana Vollmer | ||
| USA | Lacey Nymeyer | ||
| USA | Katie Hoff | ||
| USA | Amanda Weir | ||
| USA | Margaret Hoelzer | ||
| USA | Kara Lynn Joyce | ||
| 2005 | | USA | Natalie Coughlin | |
| USA | Katie Hoff | ||
| USA | Whitney Myers | ||
| USA | Kaitlin Sandeno | ||
| USA | Mary Descenza | ||
| USA | Caroline Burckle | ||
| USA | Rachel Komisarz | ||
| 2003 | | USA | Lindsay Benko | |
| USA | Rachel Komisarz | ||
| USA | Rhiannon Jeffrey | ||
| USA | Diana Munz | ||
| USA | Gabrielle Rose | ||
| USA | Margaret Hoelzer | ||
| 2001 |  | GBR | Nicola Jackson | |
| GBR | Janine Belton | ||
| GBR | Karen Legg | ||
| GBR | Karen Pickering | ||
| 1998 |  | GER | Franziska van Almsick | |
| GER | Dagmar Hase | ||
| GER | Silvia Szalai | ||
| GER | Kerstin Kielgass | ||
| GER | Antje Buschschulte | ||
| GER | Janina-Kristin Götz | ||
| 1994 | | CHN | Le Ying | |
| CHN | Yang Aihua | ||
| CHN | Lu Bin | ||
| CHN | Zhou Guanbin | ||
| CHN | Shan Ying | ||
| 1991 | | GER | Kerstin Kielgass | |
| GER | Manuela Stellmach | ||
| GER | Dagmar Hase | ||
| GER | Stephanie Ortwig | ||
| GER | Katrin Meissner | ||
| GER | Svenja Schlicht | ||
| 1986 |  | GDR | Manuela Stellmach | |
| GDR | Astrid Strauss | ||
| GDR | Nadja Bergknecht | ||
| GDR | Heike Friedrich | ||
| GDR | Katja Hartmann | ||
| GDR | Karen Konig | ||