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| Swimming World Championships Women: 200 m Medley | 
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| 2009 | Roma (ita) | |||
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Katie Hoff (usa) | Kirsty Coventry (zim) | Stephanie Rice (aus) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Katie Hoff (usa) | Kirsty Coventry (zim) | Lara Carroll (aus) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Yana Klochkova (ukr) | Alice Mills (aus) | Zhou Yafei (chn) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Martha Bowen (usa) | Yana Klochkova (ukr) | Qi Hui (chn) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Wu Yanyan (chn) | Chen Yan (chn) | Martina Moravcová (svk) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | Lu Bin (chn) | Allison Wagner (usa) | Elli Overton (aus) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Lin Li (chn) | Summer Sanders (usa) | Daniela Hunger (ger) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Kristin Otto (ege) | Yelena Dendeberova (sov) | Kathleen Nord (ege) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Petra Schneider (ege) | Ute Geweniger (ege) | Tracy Caulkins (usa) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Tracy Caulkins (usa) | Joan Pennington (usa) | Urike Tauber (ege) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | Kathy Heddy (usa) | Ulrike Tauber (ege) | Angela Franke (ege) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Andre Hübner (ege) | Kornelia Ender (ege) | Kathy Heddy (usa) |
