List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women)

This is an overview of the women's swimming champions in individual events at the Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships. These tournaments are the only global long course (50 meter pool) swimming championships organized by world swimming federation FINA. This list gives an overview of the dominant swimmers throughout the history of swimming.

Currently, the Olympic program includes 13 individual events, and the World Championships program 17. These numbers were lower in the past, as shown in the table.

Asterisks (*) link to the event article. Use the sort function in the left-hand column to separate Olympics and World Championships.

Year Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Butterfly Individual medley
50 m 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 50 m 100 m 200 m 50 m 100 m 200 m 50 m 100 m 200 m 200 m 400 m
OG 1912 – Durack* – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
OG 1920 – Bleibtrey* – Bleibtrey* (300 m) – – – – – – – – – – – – –
OG 1924 – Lackie* – Norelius* – – – Bauer* – – – Morton* – – – – –
OG 1928 – Osipowich* – Norelius* – – – Braun* – – – Schrader* – – – – –
OG 1932 – Madison* – Madison* – – – Holm* – – – Dennis* – – – – –
OG 1936 – Mastenbroek* – Mastenbroek* – – – Senff* – – – Maehata* – – – – –
OG 1948 – Andersen* – Curtis* – – – Harup* – – – van Vliet* – – – – –
OG 1952 – Szőke* – Gyenge* – – – Harrison* – – – Székely* – – – – –
OG 1956 – Fraser* – Crapp* – – – Grinham* – – – Happe* – Mann* – – –
OG 1960 – Fraser* – von Saltza* – – – Burke* – – – Lonsbrough* – Schuler* – – –
OG 1964 – Fraser* – Duenkel* – – – Ferguson* – – – Prozumensh-chikova* – Stouder* – – de Varona*
OG 1968 – Henne* Meyer* Meyer* Meyer* – – Hall* Watson* – Bjedov* Wichman* – McClements* Kok* Kolb* Kolb*
OG 1972 – Neilson* Gould* Gould* Rothhammer* – – Belote* Belote* – Carr* Whitfield* – Aoki* Moe* Gould* Neall*
WC 1973 – Ender* Rothhammer* Greenwood* Calligaris* – – Richter* Belote* – Vogel* Vogel* – Ender* Kother* Hübner* Wegner*
WC 1975 – Ender* Babashoff* Babashoff* Turrall* – – Richter* Treiber* – Anke* Anke* – Ender* Kother* Heddy* Tauber*
OG 1976 – Ender* Ender* Thümer* Thümer* – – Richter* Richter* – Anke* Kosheveya* – Ender* Pollack* – Tauber*
WC 1978 – Krause* Woodhead* Wickham* Wickham* – – Jezek* Jezek* – Bogdanova* Kačiušytė* – Pennington* Caulkins* Caulkins* Caulkins*
OG 1980 – Krause* Krause* Diers* Ford* – – Reinisch* Reinisch* – Geweniger* Kačiušytė* – Metschuck* Geissler* – Schneider*
WC 1982 – Meineke* Verstappen* Schmidt* Linehan* – – Otto* Sirch* – Geweniger* Varganova* – Meagher* Geissler* Schneider* Schneider*
OG 1984 – Steinseifer & Hogshead* Wayte* Cohen* Cohen* – – Andrews* de Rover* – van Staveren* Ottenbrite* – Meagher* Meagher* Caulkins* Caulkins*
WC 1986 Costache* Otto* Friedrich* Friedrich* Strauss* – – Mitchell* Sirch* – Gerasch* Hörner* – Gressler* Meagher* Otto* Nord*
OG 1988 Otto* Otto* Friedrich* Evans* Evans* – – Otto* Egerszegi* – Danga-lakova* Hörner* – Otto* Nord* Hunger* Evans*
WC 1991 Zhuang* Haislett* Lewis* Evans* Evans* – – Egerszegi* Egerszegi* – Frame* Volkova* – Qian* Sanders* Lin* Lin*
OG 1992 Yang* Zhuang* Haislett* Hase* Evans* – – Egerszegi* Egerszegi* – Rudkov-skaya* Iwasaki* – Hong* Sanders* Lin* Egerszegi*
WC 1994 Le* Le* van Almsick* Yang* Evans* – – He* He* – Riley* Riley* – Liu* Liu* Lü* Dai*
OG 1996 Van Dyken* Le* Poll* Smith* Bennett* – – Botsford* Egerszegi* – Heyns* Heyns* – Van Dyken* O'Neill* Smith* Smith*
WC 1998 Van Dyken* Thompson* Poll* Chen* Bennett* – – Loveless-Maurer* Maracineanu* – Kowal* Kovács* – Thompson* O'Neill* Wu* Chen*
OG 2000 de Bruijn* de Bruijn* O'Neill* Bennett* Bennett* – – Mocanu* Mocanu* – Quann* Kovács* – de Bruijn* Hyman* Klochkova* Klochkova*
WC 2001 de Bruijn* de Bruijn* Rooney* Klochkova* Stockbauer* Stockbauer* Cope* Coughlin* Mocanu* Luo* Luo* Kovács* de Bruijn* Thomas* Thomas* Bowen* Klochkova*
WC 2003 de Bruijn* Seppälä* Popchanka* Stockbauer* Stockbauer* Stockbauer* Zhivan-evskaya* Busch-schulte* Sexton* Luo* Luo* Beard* de Bruijn* Thompson* Jędrzejczak* Klochkova* Klochkova*
OG 2004 de Bruijn* Henry* Potec* Manaudou* Shibata* – – Coughlin* Coventry* – Luo* Beard* – Thomas* Jędrzejczak* Klochkova* Klochkova*
WC 2005 Lenton* Henry* Figuès* Manaudou* Ziegler* Ziegler* Rooney* Coventry* Coventry* Edmistone* Jones* Jones* Miatke* Schipper* Jędrzejczak* Hoff* Hoff*
WC 2007 Lenton* Lenton* Manaudou* Manaudou* Ziegler* Ziegler* Vaziri* Coughlin* Hoelzer* Hardy* Jones* Jones* Alshammar* Lenton* Schipper* Hoff* Hoff*
OG 2008 Steffen* Steffen* Pellegrini* Adlington* Adlington* – – Coughlin* Coventry* – Jones* Soni* – Trickett* Liu* Rice* Rice*
WC 2009 Steffen* Steffen* Pellegrini* Pellegrini* Friis* Filippi* Zhao* Spofforth* Coventry* Yefimova* Soni* Higl* Guehrer* Sjöström* Schipper* Kukors* Hosszú*
WC 2011 Alshammar* Ottesen &
Gerasimenya*		 Pellegrini* Pellegrini* Adlington* Friis* Zuyeva* Zhao* Franklin* Hardy* Soni* Soni* Dekker* Vollmer* Jiao* Ye* Beisel*
OG 2012 Kromo-widjojo* Kromo-widjojo* Schmitt* Muffat* Ledecky* – – Franklin* Franklin* – Meilutytė* Soni* – Vollmer* Jiao* Ye* Ye*
WC 2013 Kromo-widjojo* C.Campbell* Franklin* Ledecky* Ledecky* Ledecky* Zhao* Franklin* Franklin* Yefimova* Meilutytė* Yefimova* Ottesen* Sjöström* Liu* Hosszú* Hosszú*
WC 2015 B.Campbell* B.Campbell* Ledecky* Ledecky* Ledecky* Ledecky* Fu* Seebohm* Seebohm* Johansson* Yefimova* Watanabe* Sjöström* Sjöström* Hoshi* Hosszú* Hosszú*
OG 2016 Blume* Manuel & Oleksiak* Ledecky* Ledecky* Ledecky* – – Hosszú* DiRado* – King* Kaneto* – Sjöström* Belmonte* Hosszú* Hosszú*
WC 2017 Sjöström* Manuel* Pellegrini* Ledecky* Ledecky* Ledecky* Medeiros* Masse* Seebohm* King* King* Yefimova* Sjöström* Sjöström* Belmonte* Hosszú* Hosszú*

Note: Only events that are presently contested have their own column in the above table. At the 1920 Olympics, a 300-meter freestyle event was held. The champion in this event has been located in the 400-meter freestyle column.

Title leaders

  • The leaders in these events are listed below. All swimmers with at least three individual titles are included. Note that this list favors more recent swimmers due to the increasing number of events held, and the introduction and increasing frequency of the World Championships.

Asterisks (*) and bold denote active swimmers

Rank Name Year
of birth		 Total
titles		 Olympic
Games		 World
Championships		 Time span
1.United States Katie Ledecky*1997144102012–2017 (6)
2.Hungary Katinka Hosszú*198910372009–2017 (9)
3.Netherlands Inge de Bruijn19739452000–2004 (5)
4.Ukraine Yana Klochkova19828442000–2004 (5)
Sweden Sarah Sjöström*19938172009–2017 (9)
6.Hungary Krisztina Egerszegi19747521988–1996 (9)
United States Janet Evans19717431988–1994 (7)
East Germany Kristin Otto19667431982–1988 (7)
East Germany Kornelia Ender19587341973–1976 (4)
10.United States Missy Franklin*19956242011–2013 (3)
Italy Federica Pellegrini*19886152008–2017 (10)
12.United States Tracy Caulkins19635231978–1984 (7)
Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry19835232004–2009 (6)
United States Rebecca Soni19875232008–2012 (5)
China Luo Xuejuan19845142001–2004 (4)
Australia Leisel Jones19855142005–2008 (4)
Australia Libby Trickett (Lenton)19855142005–2008 (4)
Germany Hannah Stockbauer19825052001–2003 (3)
Russia Yuliya Yefimova*19925052009–2017 (9)
20.United States Brooke Bennett19804311996–2000 (5)
East Germany Ulrike Richter19594221973–1976 (4)
United States Mary T. Meagher19644221982–1986 (5)
United States Natalie Coughlin*19824222001–2008 (8)
Germany Britta Steffen19834222008–2009 (2)
France Laure Manaudou19864132004–2007 (4)
United States Katie Hoff19894042005–2007 (3)
United States Kate Ziegler*19884042005–2007 (3)
28.Australia Dawn Fraser193733–1956–1964 (9)
United States Debbie Meyer195233–1968 (1)
Australia Shane Gould19563301972 (1)
Republic of Ireland Michelle Smith19693301996 (1)
United States Melissa Belote19563211972–1973 (2)
East Germany Barbara Krause19593211978–1980 (3)
United States Amy Van Dyken19733211996–1998 (3)
Australia Susie O'Neill19733211996–2000 (5)
Romania Diana Mocanu19843212000–2001 (2)
United Kingdom Rebecca Adlington19893212008–2011 (4)
Netherlands Ranomi Kromowidjojo*19903212012–2013 (2)
East Germany Hannelore Anke19573121975–1976 (2)
East Germany Petra Schneider19633121980–1982 (3)
East Germany Heike Friedrich19703121986–1988 (3)
United States Lilly King*19973122016–2017 (2)
China Lin Li19703121991–1992 (2)
Hungary Ágnes Kovács19813121998–2001 (4)
Australia Petria Thomas19753122001–2004 (4)
Poland Otylia Jędrzejczak19833122003–2005 (3)
United States Jenny Thompson19733031998–2003 (6)
Australia Jessicah Schipper19863032005–2009 (5)
China Zhao Jing19903032009–2013 (5)
Australia Emily Seebohm*19923032015–2017 (3)

See also

References

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