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| Swimming World Championships Women: 100 m Backstroke | 
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| 2009 | Roma (ita) | |||
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Natalie Coughlin (usa) | Laure Manaudou (fra) | Reiko Nakamura (jpn) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Kirsty Coventry (zim) | Antje Buschschulte (ger) | Natalie Coughlin (usa) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Antje Buschschulte (ger) | Louise Řrnstedt (den) | -- |
| Katy Sexton (gbr) | ||||
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Natalie Coughlin (usa) | Diana Mocanu (rom) | Antje Buschschulte (ger) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Lea Maurer (usa) | Mai Nakamura (jpn) | Sandra Völker (ger) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | He Cihong (chn) | Nina Zhivanevskaya (rus) | Barbara Bedford (usa) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Krisztina Egerszegi (hun) | Tunde Szabó (hun) | Janie Wagstaff (usa) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Betsy Mitchell (usa) | Kathrin Zimmermann (ege) | Natalya Shibayeva (sov) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Kristin Otto (ege) | Ina Kleber (ege) | Sue Walsh (usa) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Linda Jezek (usa) | Birgit Treiber (ege) | Cheryl Gibson (can) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | Ulrike Richter (ege) | Birgit Treiber (ege) | Nancy Garapick (can) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Ulrike Richter (ege) | Melissa Belote (usa) | Wendy Cook (can) |
