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List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women)

This is an overview of the women's swimming champions in individual events at the Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships. These tournaments are the only global long course (50 meter pool) swimming championships organized by world swimming federation FINA. This list gives an overview of the dominant swimmers throughout the history of swimming.

Currently, the Olympic program includes 14 individual events, and the World Championships program 17. These numbers were lower in the past, as shown in the table.

Asterisks (*) link to the event article. Use the sort function in the left-hand column to separate Olympics and World Championships.

Year Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Butterfly Individual medley
50 m 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 50 m 100 m 200 m 50 m 100 m 200 m 50 m 100 m 200 m 200 m 400 m
OG 1912 – Durack* – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
OG 1920 – Bleibtrey* – Bleibtrey* (300 m) – – – – – – – – – – – – –
OG 1924 – Lackie* – Norelius* – – – Bauer* – – – Morton* – – – – –
OG 1928 – Osipowich* – Norelius* – – – Braun* – – – Schrader* – – – – –
OG 1932 – Madison* – Madison* – – – Holm* – – – Dennis* – – – – –
OG 1936 – Mastenbroek* – Mastenbroek* – – – Senff* – – – Maehata* – – – – –
OG 1948 – Andersen* – Curtis* – – – Harup* – – – van Vliet* – – – – –
OG 1952 – Szőke* – Gyenge* – – – Harrison* – – – Székely* – – – – –
OG 1956 – Fraser* – Crapp* – – – Grinham* – – – Happe* – Mann* – – –
OG 1960 – Fraser* – von Saltza* – – – Burke* – – – Lonsbrough* – Schuler* – – –
OG 1964 – Fraser* – Duenkel* – – – Ferguson* – – – Prozumensh-chikova* – Stouder* – – de Varona*
OG 1968 – Henne* Meyer* Meyer* Meyer* – – Hall* Watson* – Bjedov* Wichman* – McClements* Kok* Kolb* Kolb*
OG 1972 – Neilson* Gould* Gould* Rothhammer* – – Belote* Belote* – Carr* Whitfield* – Aoki* Moe* Gould* Neall*
WC 1973 – Ender* Rothhammer* Greenwood* Calligaris* – – Richter* Belote* – Vogel* Vogel* – Ender* Kother* Hübner* Wegner*
WC 1975 – Ender* Babashoff* Babashoff* Turrall* – – Richter* Treiber* – Anke* Anke* – Ender* Kother* Heddy* Tauber*
OG 1976 – Ender* Ender* Thümer* Thümer* – – Richter* Richter* – Anke* Kosheveya* – Ender* Pollack* – Tauber*
WC 1978 – Krause* Woodhead* Wickham* Wickham* – – Jezek* Jezek* – Bogdanova* Kačiušytė* – Pennington* Caulkins* Caulkins* Caulkins*
OG 1980 – Krause* Krause* Diers* Ford* – – Reinisch* Reinisch* – Geweniger* Kačiušytė* – Metschuck* Geissler* – Schneider*
WC 1982 – Meineke* Verstappen* Schmidt* Linehan* – – Otto* Sirch* – Geweniger* Varganova* – Meagher* Geissler* Schneider* Schneider*
OG 1984 – Steinseifer & Hogshead* Wayte* Cohen* Cohen* – – Andrews* de Rover* – van Staveren* Ottenbrite* – Meagher* Meagher* Caulkins* Caulkins*
WC 1986 Costache* Otto* Friedrich* Friedrich* Strauss* – – Mitchell* Sirch* – Gerasch* Hörner* – Gressler* Meagher* Otto* Nord*
OG 1988 Otto* Otto* Friedrich* Evans* Evans* – – Otto* Egerszegi* – Danga-lakova* Hörner* – Otto* Nord* Hunger* Evans*
WC 1991 Zhuang* Haislett* Lewis* Evans* Evans* – – Egerszegi* Egerszegi* – Frame* Volkova* – Qian* Sanders* Lin* Lin*
OG 1992 Yang* Zhuang* Haislett* Hase* Evans* – – Egerszegi* Egerszegi* – Rudkov-skaya* Iwasaki* – Hong* Sanders* Lin* Egerszegi*
WC 1994 Le* Le* van Almsick* Yang* Evans* – – He* He* – Riley* Riley* – Liu* Liu* Lü* Dai*
OG 1996 Van Dyken* Le* Poll* Smith* Bennett* – – Botsford* Egerszegi* – Heyns* Heyns* – Van Dyken* O'Neill* Smith* Smith*
WC 1998 Van Dyken* Thompson* Poll* Chen* Bennett* – – Loveless-Maurer* Maracineanu* – Kowal* Kovács* – Thompson* O'Neill* Wu* Chen*
OG 2000 de Bruijn* de Bruijn* O'Neill* Bennett* Bennett* – – Mocanu* Mocanu* – Quann* Kovács* – de Bruijn* Hyman* Klochkova* Klochkova*
WC 2001 de Bruijn* de Bruijn* Rooney* Klochkova* Stockbauer* Stockbauer* Cope* Coughlin* Mocanu* Luo* Luo* Kovács* de Bruijn* Thomas* Thomas* Bowen* Klochkova*
WC 2003 de Bruijn* Seppälä* Popchanka* Stockbauer* Stockbauer* Stockbauer* Zhivan-evskaya* Busch-schulte* Sexton* Luo* Luo* Beard* de Bruijn* Thompson* Jędrzejczak* Klochkova* Klochkova*
OG 2004 de Bruijn* Henry* Potec* Manaudou* Shibata* – – Coughlin* Coventry* – Luo* Beard* – Thomas* Jędrzejczak* Klochkova* Klochkova*
WC 2005 Lenton* Henry* Figuès* Manaudou* Ziegler* Ziegler* Rooney* Coventry* Coventry* Edmistone* Jones* Jones* Miatke* Schipper* Jędrzejczak* Hoff* Hoff*
WC 2007 Lenton* Lenton* Manaudou* Manaudou* Ziegler* Ziegler* Vaziri* Coughlin* Hoelzer* Hardy* Jones* Jones* Alshammar* Lenton* Schipper* Hoff* Hoff*
OG 2008 Steffen* Steffen* Pellegrini* Adlington* Adlington* – – Coughlin* Coventry* – Jones* Soni* – Trickett* Liu* Rice* Rice*
WC 2009 Steffen* Steffen* Pellegrini* Pellegrini* Friis* Filippi* Zhao* Spofforth* Coventry* Yefimova* Soni* Higl* Guehrer* Sjöström* Schipper* Kukors* Hosszú*
WC 2011 Alshammar* Ottesen &
Gerasimenya* 		Pellegrini* Pellegrini* Adlington* Friis* Zuyeva* Zhao* Franklin* Hardy* Soni* Soni* Dekker* Vollmer* Jiao* Ye* Beisel*
OG 2012 Kromo-widjojo* Kromo-widjojo* Schmitt* Muffat* Ledecky* – – Franklin* Franklin* – Meilutytė* Soni* – Vollmer* Jiao* Ye* Ye*
WC 2013 Kromo-widjojo* C.Campbell* Franklin* Ledecky* Ledecky* Ledecky* Zhao* Franklin* Franklin* Yefimova* Meilutytė* Yefimova* Ottesen* Sjöström* Liu* Hosszú* Hosszú*
WC 2015 B.Campbell* B.Campbell* Ledecky* Ledecky* Ledecky* Ledecky* Fu* Seebohm* Seebohm* Johansson* Yefimova* Watanabe* Sjöström* Sjöström* Hoshi* Hosszú* Hosszú*
OG 2016 Blume* Manuel & Oleksiak* Ledecky* Ledecky* Ledecky* – – Hosszú* DiRado* – King* Kaneto* – Sjöström* Belmonte* Hosszú* Hosszú*
WC 2017 Sjöström* Manuel* Pellegrini* Ledecky* Ledecky* Ledecky* Medeiros* Masse* Seebohm* King* King* Yefimova* Sjöström* Sjöström* Belmonte* Hosszú* Hosszú*
WC 2019 Manuel* Manuel* Pellegrini* Titmus* Ledecky* Quadarella* Smoliga* Masse* Smith* King* King* Yefimova* Sjöström* MacNeil* Kapás* Hosszú* Hosszú*
OG 2020 McKeon* McKeon* Titmus* Titmus* Ledecky* Ledecky* – McKeown* McKeown* – Jacoby* Schoenmaker* – MacNeil* Zhang* Ohashi* Ohashi*
WC 2022 Sjöström* O'Callaghan* Yang* Ledecky* Ledecky* Ledecky* Masse* Smith* McKeown* Meilutytė* Pilato* King* Sjöström* Huske* McIntosh* Walsh* McIntosh*
WC 2023 Sjöström* O'Callaghan* O'Callaghan* Titmus* Ledecky* Ledecky* McKeown* McKeown* McKeown* Meilutytė* Meilutytė* Schoenmaker* Sjöström* Zhang* McIntosh* Douglass* McIntosh*
WC 2024 Sjöström* Steenbergen* Haughey* Fairweather* Quadarella* Quadarella* Curzan* Curzan* Curzan* Meilutytė* Tang* Schouten* Sjöström* Köhler* Stephens* Douglass* Colbert*

Note: Only events that are presently contested have their own column in the above table. At the 1920 Olympics, a 300-meter freestyle event was held. The champion in this event has been placed in the 400-meter freestyle column.

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