List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
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 ) ( 4 ) Emma McKeon ( AUS ) Kelsi Worrell ( USA )
2019 Gwangju Maggie MacNeil ( CAN ) Sarah Sjöström ( SWE ) Emma McKeon ( AUS )
Medalists -- 100 metre butterfly
This is the complete list of women's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2019.