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| Swimming World Championships Women: 200 m Freestyle | 
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| 2009 | Roma (ita) | |||
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Laure Manaudou (fra) | Annika Lurz (ger) | Federica Pellegrini (ita) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Solenne Figues (fra) | Federica Pellegrini (ita) | Josefin Lillhage (swe) |
| Yang Yu (chn) | ||||
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Alena Popchanka (blr) | Martina Moravcová (svk) | Yang Yu (chn) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Giaan Rooney (aus) | Yang Yu (chn) | Camelia Potec (rom) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Claudia Poll (crc) | Martina Moravcová (svk) | Julia Greville (aus) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | Franziska van Almsick (ger) | Lu Bin (chn) | Claudia Poll (crc) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Hayley Lewis (aus) | Janet Evans (usa) | Mette Jacobsen (den) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Heike Friedrich (ege) | Manuela Stellmach (ege) | Mary Terstegge Meagher (usa) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Annemarie Verstappen (net) | Birgit Meineke (ege) | Annelies Maas (net) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Cynthia Woodhead (usa) | Barbara Krause (ege) | Larisa Tsareva (sov) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | Shirley Babashoff (usa) | Kornelia Ender (ege) | Enith Brigitha (net) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Keena Rothhammer (usa) | Shirley Babashoff (usa) | Andrea Eife (ege) |
