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| Swimming World Championships Women: 200 m Backstroke | 
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| 2011 | Shanghai (chn) | |||
| 2009 | Roma (ita) | Kirsty Coventry (zim) | Anastasiya Zueva (rus) | Elizabeth Beisel (usa) |
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Margaret Hoelzer (usa) | Kirsty Coventry (zim) | Reiko Nakamura (jpn) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Kirsty Coventry (zim) | Margaret Hoelzer (usa) | Reiko Nakamura (jpn) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Katy Sexton (gbr) | Margaret Hoelzer (usa) | Stanislava Komarova (rus) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Diana Mocanu (rom) | Stanislava Komarova (rus) | Joanna Fargus (gbr) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Roxanna Maracineanu (fra) | Dagmar Hase (ger) | Mai Nakamura (jpn) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | He Cihong (chn) | Krisztina Egerszegi (hun) | Lorenza Vigarani (ita) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Krisztina Egerszegi (hun) | Dagmar Hase (ger) | Janie Wagstaff (usa) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Cornelia Sirch (ege) | Betsy Mitchell (usa) | Kathrin Zimmermann (ege) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Cornelia Sirch (ege) | Georgina Parkes (aus) | Carmen Bunaciu (rom) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Linda Jezek (usa) | Birgit Treiber (ege) | Cheryl Gibson (can) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | Birgit Treiber (ege) | Nancy Garapick (can) | Ulrike Richter (ege) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Melissa Belote (usa) | Enith Brigitha (net) | Andrea Gyarmati (hun) |
