Fencing in Fencing World Championships |  | ||||
| 2023 |  | ITA | Alice Volpi | |
| 2022 |  | FRA | Ysaora Thibus | |
| 2019 |  | RUS | Inna Deriglazova | |
| 2018 | | ITA | Alice Volpi | |
| 2017 | | RUS | Inna Deriglazova | |
| 2015 | | RUS | Inna Deriglazova | |
| 2014 | | ITA | Arianna Errigo | |
| 2013 | | ITA | Arianna Errigo | |
| 2011 | | ITA | Valentina Vezzali | |
| 2010 | | ITA | Elisa Di Francisca | |
| 2009 | | RUS | Aida Shanayeva | |
| 2007 | | ITA | Valentina Vezzali | |
| 2006 | | ITA | Margherita Granbassi | |
| 2005 | | ITA | Valentina Vezzali | |
| 2003 | | ITA | Valentina Vezzali | |
| 2002 | | RUS | Svetlana Boyko | |
| 2001 | | ITA | Valentina Vezzali | |
| 1999 | | ITA | Valentina Vezzali | |
| 1998 |  | GER | Sabine Bau | |
| 1997 | | ITA | Giovanna Trillini | |
| 1995 |  | ROU | Laura Badea | |
| 1994 | | ROU | Reka Szabo | |
| 1993 | | ITA | Francesca Bortolozzi | |
| 1991 | | ITA | Giovanna Trillini | |
| 1990 |  | FRG | Anja Fichtel | |
| 1989 |  | URS | Olga Velichko | |
| 1987 | | ROU | Elisabeta Tufan | |
| 1986 | | FRG | Anja Fichtel | |
| 1985 | | FRG | Cornelia Hanisch | |
| 1983 | | ITA | Dorina Vaccaroni | |
| 1982 | | URS | Nailya Gilyazova | |
| 1981 | | GER | Cornelia Hanisch | |
| 1979 | | FRG | Cornelia Hanisch | |
| 1978 | | URS | Valentina Sidorova | |
| 1977 | | URS | Valentina Sidorova | |
| 1975 | | ROU | Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic | |
| 1974 |  | HUN | Ildiko Bobis | |
| 1973 | | URS | Valentina Nikonova | |
| 1971 | | FRA | Marie-Chantal Demaille | |
| 1970 | | URS | Galina Gorokhova | |
| 1969 | | URS | Yelena Belova | |
| 1967 | | URS | Aleksandra Zabelina | |
| 1966 | | URS | Tatyana Petrenko Samusenko | |
| 1965 | | URS | Galina Gorokhova | |
| 1963 | | HUN | Ildiko Ujlaki-Rejtö | |
| 1962 | | ROU | Olga Orban | |
| 1961 | | GER | Heidi Schmid | |
| 1959 | | URS | Emma Yefimova | |
| 1958 | | URS | Valentina Rastvorova | |
| 1957 | | URS | Aleksandra Zabelina | |
| 1955 | | HUN | Lidia Dömölky | |
| 1954 |  | DEN | Karen Lachmann | |
| 1953 | | ITA | Irene Camber-Como | |
| 1951 | | HUN | Ilona Elek | |
| 1950 |  | AUT | Ellen Müller-Preis | |
| FRA | Renee Garilhe | ||
| 1949 | | AUT | Ellen Müller-Preis | |
| 1947 | | AUT | Ellen Müller-Preis | |
| 1938 |  | TCH | Marie Sediva | |
| 1937 | | GER | Helene Mayer | |
| 1935 | | HUN | Ilona Elek | |
| 1934 | | HUN | Ilona Elek | |
| 1933 |  | GBR | Gwendoline Neligan | |
| 1931 | | GER | Helene Mayer | |
| 1930 |  | BEL | Jenny Addams | |
| 1929 | | GER | Helene Mayer | |