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| Swimming World Championships Women: 100 m Freestyle | 
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| 2011 | Shanghai (chn) | |||
| 2009 | Roma (ita) | Britta Steffen (ger) | Fran Halsall (gbr) | Lisbeth Trickett-Lenton (aus) |
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Lisbeth Lenton (aus) | Marleen Veldhuis (net) | Britta Steffen (ger) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Jodie Henry (aus) | Natalie Coughlin (usa) | -- |
| Malia Metella (fra) | ||||
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Hanna-Maria Seppälä (fin) | Jodie Henry (aus) | Jenny Thompson (usa) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Inge de Bruijn (net) | Katrin Meissner (ger) | Sandra Völker (ger) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Jenny Thompson (usa) | Martina Moravcová (svk) | Shan Ying (chn) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | Le Jingyi (chn) | Lu Bin (chn) | Franziska van Almsick (ger) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Nicole Haislett (usa) | Cathérine Plewinski (fra) | Zhuang Yong (chn) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Kristin Otto (ege) | Jenna Johnson (usa) | Conny van Bentum (net) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Birgit Meineke (ege) | Annemarie Verstappen (net) | Jill Sterkel (usa) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Barbara Krause (ege) | Lene Jenssen (nor) | Larisa Tsareva (sov) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | Kornelia Ender (ege) | Shirley Babashoff (usa) | Enith Brigitha (net) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Kornelia Ender (ege) | Shirley Babashoff (usa) | Enith Brigitha (net) |
