List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)

This is the complete list of women's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2024.

Medalists
Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.

50 metre freestyle

 * Medals:

100 metre freestyle

 * Medals:

200 metre freestyle

 * Medals:

400 metre freestyle

 * Medals:

800 metre freestyle

 * Medals:

1500 metre freestyle

 * Medals:

50 metre backstroke

 * Medals:

100 metre backstroke

 * Medals:

200 metre backstroke

 * Medals:

50 metre breaststroke

 * Medals:

100 metre breaststroke

 * Medals:

200 metre breaststroke

 * Medals:

50 metre butterfly

 * Medals:

100 metre butterfly

 * Medals:

200 metre butterfly

 * Medals:

200 metre individual medley

 * Medals:

400 metre individual medley

 * Medals:

4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only.


 * Medals:

4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only.


 * Medals:

4 × 100 metre medley relay
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only.


 * Medals:

4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only.


 * Medals:

4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay
* Swimmers who participated in the heats only.


 * Medals:

All-time medal table 1973–2024
Updated after the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.

Multiple medalists
Boldface denotes active swimmers and highest medal count among all swimmers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

All events
* including one medal in the relay event in which she participated in the heats only ***** including five medals in the relay events in which she participated in the heats only & including eleven medals in the relay events in which she participated in the heats only
 * 1) At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, in the Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, the Australian team finished first but was disqualified for jumping into the pool in celebration before all teams finished the race. The US team finished second, but was disqualified for improper changeover. This was later blamed on the faulty touchpad. In accordance with the decision of the FINA Bureau (2001, Bangkok): "To avoid any reasonable doubt regarding the result of the Women’s relay 4x200m Freestyle Final of the 9th FINA World Championships in Fukuoka but without unfairly changing the official results of the race, the Bureau decided to grant a second set of gold medals to the USA team." Natalie Coughlin was one of four members of the USA team.