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| Swimming World Championships Women: 400 m Medley | 
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| 2011 | Shanghai (chn) | |||
| 2009 | Roma (ita) | Katinka Hosszú (hun) | Kirsty Coventry (zim) | Stephanie Rice (aus) |
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Katie Hoff (usa) | Yana Martynova (rus) | Stephanie Rice (aus) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Katie Hoff (usa) | Kirsty Coventry (zim) | Kaitlin Sandeno (usa) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Yana Klochkova (ukr) | Eva Risztov (hun) | Beatrice Caslaru (rom) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Yana Klochkova (ukr) | Martha Bowen (usa) | Beatrice Caslaru (rom) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Chen Yan (chn) | Yana Klochkova (ukr) | Yasuko Tajima (jpn) |
| 1994 | Roma (ita) | Dai Guohong (chn) | Allison Wagner (usa) | Kristine Quance (usa) |
| 1991 | Perth (aus) | Lin Li (chn) | Hayley Lewis (aus) | Summer Sanders (usa) |
| 1986 | Madrid (spa) | Kathleen Nord (ege) | Michelle Griglione (usa) | Noemi Lung (rom) |
| 1982 | Guayaquil (ecu) | Petra Schneider (ege) | Kathleen Nord (ege) | Tracy Caulkins (usa) |
| 1978 | West-Berlin (wge) | Tracy Caulkins (usa) | Ulrike Tauber (ege) | Petra Schneider (ege) |
| 1975 | Cali (col) | Ulrike Tauber (ege) | Karla Linke (ege) | Kathy Heddy (usa) |
| 1973 | Beograd (yug) | Gudrun Wegner (ege) | Angela Franke (ege) | Novella Calligaris (ita) |
