List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
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 ( USA ) Etiene Medeiros ( BRA ) Daria Vaskina ( RUS )
Medalists -- 50 metre backstroke
This is the complete list of women's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2019.