This is the complete list of women's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2022. 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 1973–2022 Updated after the 2022 World Aquatics Championships. Women's events Mixed events 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 & At the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Australia, US team won gold in the Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay. Jenny Thompson took part in the preliminary heats but, according to the former rules, teammates who swam only in preliminaries were not awarded with medals back then. That's why this victory was not included into her medal statistics. # 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 4 × 200 m Freestyle Final of the 9th FINA World Championships in Fukuoka but without unfairly changing the official results of the race,