# List of Universiade medalists in swimming (women)

This is the complete list of women's Universiade medalists in swimming from 1959 to 2019.

## Events
### 50 m freestyle

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1987 | Ann Drolsom (USA) | 26.24 | Marie-Thérèse Armentero (SUI) | 26.56 | Conny van Bentum (NED) | 26.57 |
| 1991 | Yang Wenyi (CHN) | 25.92 | Zhuang Yong (CHN) | 26.10 | Jenifer Boyd (USA) | 26.14 |
| 1993 | Le Jingyi (CHN) | | Ye Beibei (CHN) | | Richelle DePold (USA) | |
| 1995 | Sun Jialin (CHN) | | Nicole DeMan (USA) | | Marianne Muis (NED) | |
| 1997 | Katherine Taylor (USA) | 26.12 | Luminița Dobrescu (ROU) | 26.32 | Liesl Pimentel (USA) | 26.37 |
| 1999 | Courtney Allen (USA) | | Cristina Chiuso (ITA) | | Ana Belén Palomo (ESP) | |
| 2001 | Han Xue (CHN) | | Olga Mukomol (UKR) | | Suze Valen (NED) | |
| 2003 | Olga Mukomol (UKR) | 25.57 | Michelle Engelsman (AUS) | 25.89 | Petra Dallmann (GER) | 25.93 |
| 2005 | Maritza Correia (USA) | 25.38 | Sviatlana Khakhlova (BLR) | 25.41 | Sarah Wanezek (USA) | 25.60 |
| 2007 | Britta Steffen (GER) | 24.87 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 25.01 | Alice Mills (AUS) | 25.11 |
| 2009 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 24.62 | Dorothea Brandt (GER) | 25.03 | Michelle King (USA) | 25.10 |
| 2011 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 24.66 | Darya Stepanyuk (UKR) | 25.12 | Cate Campbell (AUS) | 25.17 |
| 2013 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 24.48 | Anna Santamans (FRA) | 24.81 | Megan Romano (USA) | 24.98 |
| 2015 | Rozaliya Nasretdinova (RUS) | 24.91 | Elizaveta Bazarova (RUS) | 25.05 | Holly Barratt (AUS) | 25.08 |
| 2017 | Caroline Baldwin (USA) | 25.02 | Maria Kameneva (RUS) | 25.08 | Katrina Konopka (USA) | 25.21 |
| 2019 | Ky-lee Perry (USA) | 25.08 | Jessica Felsner (GER) | 25.12 | Emily Barclay (GBR) | 25.15 |
| 2021 | Zhang Yufei (CHN) | 24.29 | Erin Gallagher (RSA) | 25.05 | Kalia Antoniou (CYP) | 25.14 |

### 100 m freestyle

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | N. Sacco (ITA) | 1:09.7 | Ludmila Kottková (TCH) | 1:10.3 | Koosje van Voorn (NED) | 1:12.7 |
| 1961 | Karin Larsson (SWE) | 1:07.6 | Hilda Zeier (YUG) | 1:07.7 | Anna Ragasová (TCH) | 1:08.1 |
| 1963 | Csilla Madarász (HUN) | 1:04.4 | Mária Frank (HUN) | 1:05.3 | Ursel Brunner (FRG) | 1:05.8 |
| 1965 | Csilla Madarász (HUN) | 1:03.7 | Diana Wilkinson (GBR) | 1:04.0 | Svetlana Babanina (URS) | 1:04.3 |
| 1967 | Linda Gustavson (USA) | 1:00.2 | Lynne Allsup (USA) | 1:01.8 | Michiko Kihara (JPN) | 1:03.5 |
| 1970 | Mirjana Šegrt (YUG) | 1:00.9 | Marsha McCuen (USA) | 1:01.1 | Laura Fritz (USA) | 1:02.1 |
| 1973 | Sally Tuttle (USA) | 1:00.33 | Jutta Weber (FRG) | 1:00.59 | Heidi Reineck (FRG) | 1:00.82 |
| 1977 | Jutta Weber (FRG) | 57.80 | Sue Hinderaker (USA) | 58.93 | Beth Harrell (USA) | 59.05 |
| 1979 | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | 58.26 | Sue Hinderaker (USA) | 58.67 | Annelies Maas (NED) | 58.71 |
| 1981 | Jill Sterkel (USA) | 57.17 | Barbara Major (USA) | 58.28 | Olga Klevakina (URS) | 58.65 |
| 1983 | Irina Laricheva (URS) | 58.15 | Annelies Kraus (NED) | 58.27 | Tammy Thomas (USA) | 58.45 |
| 1985 | Conny van Bentum (NED) | 55.87 | Jenna Johnson (USA) | 56.29 | Kathy Coffin (USA) | 57.71 |
| 1987 | Mitzi Kremer (USA) | 57.30 | Conny van Bentum (NED) | 57.47 | Mildred Muis (NED) | 57.56 |
| 1991 | Zhuang Yong (CHN) | 56.28 | Wang Xiaohong (CHN) | 56.87 | Andrea Nugent (CAN) | 57.31 |
| 1993 | Le Jingyi (CHN) | | Patricia Levesque (CAN) | | Ayako Nakano (JPN) | |
| 1995 | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | | Lisa Coole (USA) Marianne Muis (NED) | | No medal awarded | No medal awarded |
| 1997 | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 55.47 | Luminița Dobrescu (ROU) | 56.16 | Liesl Kolbisen (USA) | 56.91 |
| 1999 | Ioana Diaconescu (ROU) | | Cassidy Maxwell (USA) | | Courtney Allen (USA) | |
| 2001 | Petra Dallmann (GER) | | Han Xue (CHN) | | Jennifer Crisman (USA) | |
| 2003 | Petra Dallmann (GER) | 55.51 | Xu Yanwei (CHN) | 55.88 | Tomoko Nagai (JPN) | 56.11 |
| 2005 | Petra Dallmann (GER) | 55.35 | Annika Liebs (GER) | 55.97 | Jana Myšková (CZE) | 56.40 |
| 2007 | Britta Steffen (GER) | 54.36 | Andrea Hupman (USA) | 55.36 | Alice Mills (AUS) | 55.40 |
| 2009 | Hannah Wilson (HKG) | 54.35 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 54.79 | Miroslava Najdanovski (SRB) Madison Kennedy (USA) | 54.96 |
| 2011 | Tang Yi (CHN) | 54.24 | Darya Stepanyuk (UKR) | 55.32 | Megan Romano (USA) | 55.38 |
| 2013 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 53.50 | Veronika Popova (RUS) | 54.12 | Megan Romano (USA) | 54.45 |
| 2015 | Shannon Vreeland (USA) | 54.39 | Abbey Weitzeil (USA) | 54.53 | Ami Matsuo (AUS) | 54.94 |
| 2017 | Siobhán Haughey (HKG) | 54.10 | Maria Kameneva (RUS) | 54.37 | Arina Openysheva (RUS) | 54.89 |
| 2019 | Gabby DeLoof (USA) | 54.76 | Lisa Höpink (GER) | 55.04 | Veronica Burchill (USA) | 55.05 |
| 2021 | Zhang Yufei (CHN) | 53.34 | Erin Gallagher (RSA) | 54.39 | Kalia Antoniou (CYP) | 54.82 |

### 200 m freestyle

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1979 | Annelies Maas (NED) | 2:04.87 | Bonnie Glasgow (USA) | 2:07.24 | Maura Walsh (USA) | 2:08.84 |
| 1981 | Jill Sterkel (USA) | 2:03.97 | Olga Klevakina (URS) | 2:04.58 | Irina Laricheva (URS) | 2:05.38 |
| 1983 | Irina Laricheva (URS) | 2:02.17 | Annelies Kraus (NED) | 2:02.78 | Irina Gerasimova (URS) | 2:02.84 |
| 1985 | Conny van Bentum (NED) | 2:00.34 | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | 2:01.64 | Michelle Pearson (AUS) | 2:02.25 |
| 1987 | Noemi Lung (ROM) | 2:00.89 | Mitzi Kremer (USA) | 2:01.84 | Silvia Persi (ITA) | 2:03.68 |
| 1991 | Karen Kraemer (USA) | 2:02.23 | Patricia Noall (CAN) | 2:02.99 | Natalia Trefilova (URS) | 2:03.68 |
| 1993 | Heike Lünenschloss (GER) | | Whitney Hedgepeth (USA) | | Claire Huddart (GBR) | |
| 1995 | Lisa Jacob (USA) | | Sarah Anderson (USA) | | Naoko Imoto (JPN) | |
| 1997 | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 1:59.96 | Kim Black (USA) | 2:01.48 | Luminița Dobrescu (ROU) | 2:02.76 |
| 1999 | Kim Black (USA) | | Ioana Diaconescu (ROU) | | Meike Freitag (GER) | |
| 2001 | Camelia Potec (ROU) | | Nadezhda Chemezova (RUS) | | Sarah Tolar (USA) | |
| 2003 | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | 1:59.03 | Solenne Figuès (FRA) | 1:59.66 | Pang Jiaying (CHN) | 2:00.76 |
| 2005 | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) | 1:58.49 | Annika Liebs (GER) | 1:59.99 | Petra Dallmann (GER) | 2:00.81 |
| 2007 | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | 1:57.67 | Sara Isaković (SLO) | 1:58.19 | Kate Dwelley (USA) | 1:59.35 |
| 2009 | Sara Isaković (SLO) | 1:58.59 | Kevyn Peterson (CAN) | 1:58.67 | Kristen Heiss (USA) | 1:58.77 |
| 2011 | Melani Costa Schmid (ESP) | 1:57.98 | Lauren Boyle (NZL) | 1:59.19 | Karlee Bispo (USA) | 1:59.31 |
| 2013 | Viktoriya Andreyeva (RUS) | 1:57.31 | Veronika Popova (RUS) | 1:57.40 | Caitlin McClatchey (GBR) | 1:58.20 |
| 2015 | Shannon Vreeland (USA) | 1:58.38 | Wang Shijia (CHN) | 1:58.89 | Martina De Memme (ITA) | 1:59.14 |
| 2017 | Siobhán Haughey (HKG) | 1:56.71 | Katie Drabot (USA) | 1:57.61 | Arina Openysheva (RUS) | 1:58.53 |
| 2019 | Gabby DeLoof (USA) | 1:57.62 | Paige Madden (USA) | 1:58.31 | Mariya Baklakova (RUS) | 1:59.00 |
| 2021 | Liu Yaxin (CHN) | 1:56.84 | Giulia D'Innocenzo (ITA) | 1:58.69 | Océane Carnez (FRA) | 1:59.73 |

### 400 m freestyle

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Ludmila Kottková (TCH) | 5:33.3 | Christine Gosden (GBR) | 5:42.9 | N. Sacco (ITA) | 5:43.3 |
| 1961 | Hilda Zeier (YUG) | 5:14.4 | Hilda-Danuta Zachariasiewicz (POL) | 5:38.0 | Ludmila Kottková (TCH) | 5:45.1 |
| 1963 | Ursel Brunner (FRG) | 5:07.3 | Mária Frank (HUN) | 5:11.1 | Hilda Zeier (YUG) | 5:13.8 |
| 1965 | Hilda Zeier (YUG) | 5:08.9 | Bep Weeteling (NED) | 5:11.5 | Cristina Balaban (ROM) | 5:13.8 |
| 1967 | Linda Gustavson (USA) | 4:37.8 | Lee Davis (USA) | 4:43.8 | Michiko Kihara (JPN) | 4:55.4 |
| 1970 | Evelyn Kossner (USA) | 4:43.7 | Kathy Thomas (USA) | 4:49.9 | Sandra Smith (CAN) | 4:53.9 |
| 1973 | Ann Simmons (USA) | 4:28.80 | Jill Strong (USA) | 4:39.15 | Nadezhda Matyukhina (URS) | 4:41.56 |
| 1977 | Bonnie Glasgow (USA) | 4:16.50 | Liz McKinnon (CAN) | 4:24.04 | Wendy Weinberg (USA) | 4:27.75 |
| 1979 | Corrina Weinkofsky (USA) | 4:22.88 | Bonnie Glasgow (USA) | 4:25.92 | Annelies Maas (NED) | 4:28.03 |
| 1981 | Kim Linehan (USA) | 4:15.26 | Irina Laricheva (URS) | 4:15.50 | Sherri Hanna (USA) | 4:21.01 |
| 1983 | Irina Laricheva (URS) | 4:13.41 | Marybeth Linzmeier (USA) | 4:15.36 | Julie Daigneault (CAN) | 4:17.77 |
| 1985 | Patty Sabo (USA) | 4:16.23 | Andrea Orosz (HUN) | 4:16.88 | Stacy Shupe (USA) | 4:18.34 |
| 1987 | Noemi Lung (ROM) | 4:10.84 | Mitzi Kremer (USA) | 4:12.18 | Lisa Meyers (USA) | 4:18.86 |
| 1991 | Patricia Noall (CAN) | 4:16.74 | Jana Shamarova (URS) | 4:17.15 | Sionainn Marcoux (USA) | 4:18.03 |
| 1993 | Sandra Cam (BEL) | | Heike Lünenschloss (GER) | | Isabelle Arnould (BEL) | |
| 1995 | Emily Peters (USA) | | Sarah Anderson (USA) | | Sachiko Miyaji (JPN) | |
| 1997 | Eri Yamanoi (JPN) | 4:16.30 | Sachiko Miyaji (JPN) | 4:16.40 | Julie Varozza (USA) | 4:16.49 |
| 1999 | Hana Černá (CZE) | | Jana Pechanová (CZE) | | Katie Zimbone (USA) | |
| 2001 | Camelia Potec (ROU) | | Rachel Komisarz (USA) | | Sachiko Yamada (JPN) | |
| 2003 | Rebecca Cooke (GBR) | 4:11.23 | Chen Hua (CHN) | 4:11.94 | Magda Dyszkiewicz (USA) | 4:12.52 |
| 2005 | Camelia Potec (ROU) | 4:10.88 | Rebecca Cooke (GBR) | 4:12.11 | Chanelle Charron-Watson (CAN) | 4:13.27 |
| 2007 | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | 4:06.11 | Coralie Balmy (FRA) | 4:10.08 | Jördis Steinegger (AUT) | 4:11.88 |
| 2009 | Kevyn Peterson (CAN) | 4:10.01 | Kristen Heiss (USA) | 4:11.30 | Leone Vorster (RSA) | 4:13.18 |
| 2011 | Lauren Boyle (NZL) | 4:07.78 | Melani Costa Schmid (ESP) | 4:07.97 | Stephanie Peacock (USA) | 4:10.25 |
| 2013 | Martina De Memme (ITA) | 4:07.69 | Elena Sokolova (RUS) | 4:08.51 | Caitlin McClatchey (GBR) | 4:08.77 |
| 2015 | Leah Smith (USA) | 4:05.29 | Lindsay Vrooman (USA) | 4:07.28 | Martina De Memme (ITA) | 4:08.95 |
| 2017 | Sarah Köhler (GER) | 4:03.96 | Joanna Evans (BAH) | 4:08.52 | Sierra Schmidt (USA) | 4:09.82 |
| 2019 | Kaersten Meitz (USA) | 4:05.80 | Linda Caponi (ITA) | 4:10.53 | Sierra Schmidt (USA) | 4:11.37 |
| 2021 | Li Bingjie (CHN) | 4:08.38 | Ajna Késely (HUN) | 4:09.50 | Antonietta Cesarano (ITA) | 4:10.49 |

### 800 m freestyle

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1979 | Margaret Brooksbank (USA) | 9:04.32 | Annelies Maas (NED) | 9:13.62 | Cyndi McCullam (USA) | 9:18.28 |
| 1981 | Kim Linehan (USA) | 8:37.50 | Irina Laricheva (URS) | 8:45.01 | Sherri Hanna (USA) | 8:46.57 |
| 1983 | Irina Laricheva (URS) | 8:40.31 | Marybeth Linzmeier (USA) | 8:41.43 | Julie Daigneault (CAN) | 8:53.52 |
| 1985 | Stacy Shupe (USA) | 8:45.87 | Carla Lasi (ITA) | 8:47.76 | Andrea Orosz (HUN) | 8:49.41 |
| 1987 | Noemi Lung (ROM) | 8:34.82 | Cheryl Kriegsman (USA) | 8:41.18 | Yan Ming (CHN) | 8:46.10 |
| 1991 | Francesca Ferrarini (ITA) | 8:43.55 | Marie-Pierre Wirth (FRA) | 8:47.98 | Sionainn Marcoux (USA) | 8:48.53 |
| 1993 | Christine Stephenson (USA) | | Sandra Cam (BEL) | | Marie-Pierre Wirth (FRA) | |
| 1995 | Tamako Kihara (JPN) | | Julie Millis (USA) | | Chloe Flutter (AUS) | |
| 1997 | Suzanne Black (USA) | 8:45.82 | Joy Stover (USA) | 8:47.73 | Eri Yamanoi (JPN) | 8:48.65 |
| 1999 | Cara Lane (USA) | | Jana Pechanová (CZE) | | Julie Varozza (USA) | |
| 2001 | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | | Jana Pechanová (CZE) | | Sachiko Yamada (JPN) | |
| 2003 | Rebecca Cooke (GBR) | 8:33.84 | Chen Hua (CHN) | 8:35.70 | Olga Beresnyeva (UKR) | 8:36.66 |
| 2005 | Rebecca Cooke (GBR) | 8:31.43 | Hayley Peirsol (USA) | 8:32.89 | Camelia Potec (ROU) | 8:33.33 |
| 2007 | Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) | 8:25.59 | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | 8:34.97 | Kelsey Ditto (USA) | 8:35.30 |
| 2009 | Whitney Sprague (USA) | 8:32.71 | Yumi Kida (JPN) | 8:34.98 | Roberta Ioppi (ITA) | 8:40.00 |
| 2011 | Lauren Boyle (NZL) | 8:26.30 | Haley Anderson (USA) | 8:27.11 | Melani Costa Schmid (ESP) | 8:33.66 |
| 2013 | Martina De Memme (ITA) | 8:28.09 | Stephanie Peacock (USA) | 8:28.21 | Ashley Steenvoorden (USA) | 8:29.79 |
| 2015 | Lindsay Vrooman (USA) | 8:26.67 | Martina Caramignoli (ITA) | 8:28.43 | Kiah Melverton (AUS) | 8:31.80 |
| 2017 | Simona Quadarella (ITA) | 8:20.54 | Sarah Köhler (GER) | 8:21.67 | Joanna Evans (BAH) | 8:31.18 |
| 2019 | Waka Kobori (JPN) | 8:34.30 | Irina Prikhodko (RUS) | 8:37.36 | Chinatsu Sato (JPN) | 8:38.19 |
| 2021 | Li Bingjie (CHN) | 8:30.74 | Duné Coetzee (RSA) | 8:32.88 | Noemi Cesarano (ITA) | 8:33.12 |

### 1500 m freestyle

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1993 | Christine Stephenson (USA) | | Isabelle Arnould (BEL) | | Marie-Pierre Wirth (FRA) | |
| 1995 | Tobie Smith (USA) | | Julie Millis (USA) | | Tamako Kihara (JPN) | |
| 1997 | Suzanne Black (USA) | 16:40.30 | Joy Stover (USA) | 16:45.47 | Olga Šplíchalová (CZE) | 16:52.83 |
| 1999 | Cara Lane (USA) | | Julie Varozza (USA) | | Hana Černá (CZE) | |
| 2001 | Sachiko Yamada (JPN) | | Rachel Komisarz (USA) | | Jana Pechanová (CZE) | |
| 2003 | Rebecca Cooke (GBR) | 16:14.70 | Adrienne Binder (USA) | 16:19.32 | Lauren Costella (USA) | 16:24.43 |
| 2005 | Hayley Peirsol (USA) | 16:08.06 | Rebecca Cooke (GBR) | 16:22.47 | Jana Pechanová (CZE) | 16:37.77 |
| 2007 | Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) | 16:05.90 | Chika Yonenaga (JPN) | 16:27.86 | Kelsey Ditto (USA) | 16:36.31 |
| 2009 | Yumi Kida (JPN) | 16:24.26 | Whitney Sprague (USA) | 16:29.04 | Natsumi Iwashita (JPN) | 16:31.68 |
| 2011 | Haley Anderson (USA) | 16:21.72 | Melani Costa Schmid (ESP) | 16:21.79 | Lauren Boyle (NZL) | 16:26.37 |
| 2013 | Stephanie Peacock (USA) | 16:04.44 | Ashley Steenvoorden (USA) | 16:07.89 | Martina Caramignoli (ITA) | 16:19.71 |
| 2015 | Martina Caramignoli (ITA) | 16:06.71 | Lindsay Vrooman (USA) | 16:13.85 | Kiah Melverton (AUS) | 16:21.39 |
| 2017 | Simona Quadarella (ITA) | 15:57.90 | Sarah Köhler (GER) | 15:59.85 | Hannah Moore (USA) | 16:11.68 |
| 2019 | Waka Kobori (JPN) | 16:16.33 | Moesha Johnson (AUS) | 16:20.00 | Molly Kowal (USA) | 16:20.94 |
| 2021 | Li Bingjie (CHN) | 16:18.48 | Ichika Kajimoto (JPN) | 16:23.02 | Noemi Cesarano (ITA) | 16:23.16 |

### 50 m backstroke

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2001 | Ilona Hlaváčková (CZE) | | Mai Nakamura (JPN) | | Susan Woessner (USA) | |
| 2003 | Ilona Hlaváčková (CZE) | 29.04 | Beth Botsford (USA) | 29.27 | Aya Terakawa (JPN) | 29.43 |
| 2005 | Aya Terakawa (JPN) | 29.06 | Jennifer Carroll (CAN) | 29.32 | Sviatlana Khakhlova (BLR) | 29.42 |
| 2007 | Aya Terakawa (JPN) | 28.61 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 28.70 | Sviatlana Khakhlova (BLR) | 28.83 |
| 2009 | Shiho Sakai (JPN) | 28.17 | Xu Tianlongzi (CHN) | 28.20 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 28.32 |
| 2011 | Jenny Connolly (USA) | 27.92 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 27.93 | Grace Loh (AUS) | 28.37 |
| 2013 | Anastasia Zueva (RUS) | 27.89 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 28.01 | Madison Wilson (AUS) | 28.33 |
| 2015 | Holly Barratt (AUS) | 28.04 | Stephanie Au (HKG) Yu Hyoun-ji (KOR) | 28.38 | No medal awarded | No medal awarded |
| 2017 | Kira Toussaint (NED) Ali DeLoof (USA) | 28.07 | No medal awarded | No medal awarded | Hannah Stevens (USA) | 28.14 |
| 2019 | Silvia Scalia (ITA) | 27.92 | Elise Haan (USA) | 28.02 | Calypso McDonnell (AUS) | 28.25 |
| 2021 | Adela Piskorska (POL) | 27.84 | Paulina Peda (POL) Anya Mostek (USA) | 28.48 | No medal awarded | No medal awarded |

### 100 m backstroke

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Rita Androsoni (ITA) | 1:20.7 | Tindall (GBR) | 1:28.0 | Bosch (FRG) | 1:28.8 |
| 1961 | Larisa Viktorova (URS) | 1:13.6 | Magdolna Dávid (HUN) | 1:16.1 | Maria Both (ROM) | 1:16.7 |
| 1963 | Mária Balla (HUN) | 1:12.7 | Olga Korényi (HUN) | 1:13.3 | Ursel Brunner (FRG) | 1:16.3 |
| 1965 | Françoise Borie (FRA) | 1:11.4 | Bep Weeteling (NED) | 1:11.5 | Cristina Balaban (ROM) | 1:11.8 |
| 1967 | Kendis Moore (USA) | 1:07.9 | Françoise Borie (FRA) | 1:10.3 | Martha Randall (USA) | 1:11.0 |
| 1970 | Kaye Hall (USA) | 1:07.3 | Lynn Skrifvars (USA) | 1:11.0 | Soviet Athlete (URS) | 1:11.4 |
| 1973 | Mary Feldman (USA) | 1:07.04 | Elizabeth Tullis (USA) | 1:07.38 | Bénédicte Duprez (FRA) | 1:09.65 |
| 1977 | Klavdiya Studennikova (URS) | 1:06.68 | Meg McCully (USA) | 1:07.25 | Yelena Rusanova (URS) | 1:08.54 |
| 1979 | Carmen Bunaciu (ROM) | 1:03.35 | Margaret Browne (USA) | 1:05.63 | Christine Breedy (USA) | 1:05.75 |
| 1981 | Carmen Bunaciu (ROM) | 1:02.47 | Kim Carlisle (USA) | 1:04.53 | Susan Walsh (USA) | 1:04.74 |
| 1983 | Larisa Gorchakova (URS) | 1:03.28 | Carmen Bunaciu (ROM) | 1:03.77 | Susan Walsh (USA) | 1:03.80 |
| 1985 | Carmen Bunaciu (ROM) | 1:03.67 | Jolanda de Rover (NED) | 1:03.75 | Michelle Donahue (USA) | 1:03.83 |
| 1987 | Aneta Patrascoiu (ROM) | 1:02.92 | Susan O'Brien (USA) | 1:03.77 | Jolanda de Rover (NED) | 1:03.92 |
| 1991 | Barbara Bedford (USA) | 1:02.08 | Kristina Stinson (USA) | 1:03.70 | Niecia Freeman (AUS) | 1:04.47 |
| 1993 | Barbara Bedford (USA) | | Yoko Koikawa (JPN) | | Alecia Humphrey (USA) | |
| 1995 | Kristin Heydanek (USA) | | Yoko Koikawa (JPN) | | Angela Gittings (USA) | |
| 1997 | Noriko Inada (JPN) | 1:02.24 | Fabíola Molina (BRA) | 1:03.76 | Paige Francis (USA) | 1:03.89 |
| 1999 | Noriko Inada (JPN) | | Tomoko Hagiwara (JPN) | | Ilona Hlaváčková (CZE) | |
| 2001 | Mai Nakamura (JPN) | | Susan Woessner (USA) | | Ilona Hlaváčková (CZE) | |
| 2003 | Ilona Hlaváčková (CZE) | 1:01.74 | Reiko Nakamura (JPN) | 1:02.18 | Aya Terakawa (JPN) | 1:02.43 |
| 2005 | Aya Terakawa (JPN) | 1:01.38 | Masaki Oikawa (JPN) | 1:02.44 | Iryna Amshennikova (UKR) | 1:02.53 |
| 2007 | Aya Terakawa (JPN) | 1:01.50 | Kateryna Zubkova (UKR) | 1:01.67 | Chen Yanyan (CHN) | 1:01.89 |
| 2009 | Shiho Sakai (JPN) | 1:00.30 | Katy Murdoch (CAN) | 1:00.92 | Eri Tabei (JPN) | 1:01.01 |
| 2011 | Shiho Sakai (JPN) | 1:00.28 | Jenny Connolly (USA) | 1:00.50 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 1:00.91 |
| 2013 | Anastasia Zueva (RUS) | 59.83 | Megan Romano (USA) | 59.85 | Madison Wilson (AUS) | 1:00.65 |
| 2015 | Kylie Masse (CAN) | 59.97 | Elizabeth Pelton (USA) | 1:00.65 | Rachel Bootsma (USA) | 1:00.78 |
| 2017 | Sian Whittaker (AUS) | 1:00.14 | Hannah Stevens (USA) | 1:00.23 | Anna Konishi (JPN) | 1:00.33 |
| 2019 | Katharine Berkoff (USA) | 59.29 | Elise Haan (USA) | 59.62 | Silvia Scalia (ITA) | 1:00.43 |
| 2021 | Adela Piskorska (POL) | 1:00.20 | Camila Rebelo (POR) | 1:00.52 | Federica Toma (ITA) | 1:00.65 |

### 200 m backstroke

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1979 | Carmen Bunaciu (ROM) | 2:16.20 | Margaret Browne (USA) | 2:23.08 | Christine Breedy (USA) | 2:25.86 |
| 1981 | Carmen Bunaciu (ROM) | 2:13.21 | Kim Carlisle (USA) | 2:19.02 | Susan Walsh (USA) | 2:19.11 |
| 1983 | Larisa Gorchakova (URS) | 2:15.37 | Carmen Bunaciu (ROM) | 2:15.96 | Susan Walsh (USA) | 2:16.41 |
| 1985 | Jolanda de Rover (NED) | 2:13.34 | Michelle Donahue (USA) | 2:13.81 | Carmen Bunaciu (ROM) | 2:17.63 |
| 1987 | Aneta Patrascoiu (ROM) | 2:13.06 | Jolanda de Rover (NED) | 2:17.08 | Jennifer Shannon (USA) | 2:17.20 |
| 1991 | Lin Li (CHN) | 2:15.12 | Laura Savarino (ITA) | 2:16.54 | Kristina Stinson (USA) | 2:16.65 |
| 1993 | Whitney Hedgepeth (USA) | | Alecia Humphrey (USA) | | Yoko Koikawa (JPN) | |
| 1995 | Yoko Koikawa (JPN) | | Beth Jackson (USA) | | Joanne Deakins (GBR) | |
| 1997 | Miki Nakao (JPN) | 2:15.02 | Noriko Inada (JPN) | 2:15.88 | Erin Brooks (USA) | 2:16.76 |
| 1999 | Miki Nakao (JPN) | | Tomoko Hagiwara (JPN) | | Linda Riker (USA) | |
| 2001 | Reiko Nakamura (JPN) | | Tomoko Hagiwara (JPN) | | Roxana Maracineanu (FRA) | |
| 2003 | Reiko Nakamura (JPN) | 2:12.17 | Aya Terakawa (JPN) | 2:13.21 | Erin Volcán (USA) | 2:13.82 |
| 2005 | Aya Terakawa (JPN) | 2:11.81 | Takami Igarashi (JPN) | 2:12.23 | Annika Liebs (GER) | 2:13.99 |
| 2007 | Kelly Harrigan (USA) | 2:11.48 | Melissa Ingram (NZL) | 2:11.98 | Takami Igarashi (JPN) | 2:12.04 |
| 2009 | Stephanie Proud (GBR) | 2:08.91 | Kristen Heiss (USA) | 2:09.22 | Tomoyo Fukuda (JPN) | 2:11.17 |
| 2011 | Shiho Sakai (JPN) | 2:09.75 | Hilary Caldwell (CAN) | 2:11.12 | Duane Da Rocha (ESP) | 2:11.24 |
| 2013 | Madison Wilson (AUS) | 2:09.22 | Daryna Zevina (UKR) | 2:09.41 | Hayle White (AUS) | 2:09.84 |
| 2015 | Lisa Bratton (USA) | 2:09.31 | Simona Baumrtová (CZE) | 2:10.53 | Yuka Kawayoke (JPN) | 2:11.60 |
| 2017 | Sian Whittaker (AUS) | 2:09.50 | Alexia Zevnik (CAN) | 2:09.92 | Bridgette Alexander (USA) | 2:10.30 |
| 2019 | Lisa Bratton (USA) | 2:07.91 | Asia Seidt (USA) | 2:08.56 | Chloe Golding (GBR) | 2:09.57 |
| 2021 | Liu Yaxin (CHN) | 2:08.18 | Camila Rebelo (POR) | 2:10.47 | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy (HUN) | 2:10.77 |

### 50 m breaststroke

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2001 | Tara Kirk (USA) | | Kristen Woodring (USA) | | Yelena Bogomazova (RUS) | |
| 2003 | Luo Xuejuan (CHN) | 31.39 | Jade Edmistone (AUS) | 31.74 | Ashley Roby (USA) | 31.92 |
| 2005 | Megan Jendrick (USA) | 30.88 | Yekaterina Kormacheva (RUS) | 31.79 | Janne Schäfer (GER) | 31.92 |
| 2007 | Janne Schäfer (GER) | 30.99 | Sarah Katsoulis (AUS) | 31.51 | Alice Mills (AUS) | 31.78 |
| 2009 | Daria Deeva (RUS) | 31.55 | Kim Dal-eun (KOR) | 31.57 | Ewa Scieszko (POL) | 31.63 |
| 2011 | Annie Chandler (USA) | 31.13 | Tera van Beilen (CAN) | 31.45 | Valentina Artemyeva (RUS) | 31.74 |
| 2013 | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | 30.12 | Petra Chocová (CZE) | 30.99 | Valentina Artemyeva (RUS) | 31.39 |
| 2015 | Mariya Liver (UKR) | 30.73 | Fiona Doyle (IRL) | 31.09 | Martina Carraro (ITA) Emma Reaney (USA) | 31.11 |
| 2017 | Andrea Cottrell (USA) | 30.77 | Leiston Pickett (AUS) | 30.82 | Jessica Eriksson (SWE) Mariya Liver (UKR) | 31.50 |
| 2019 | Jhennifer Alves (BRA) | 30.73 | Sarah Vasey (GBR) | 30.81 | Chelsea Hodges (AUS) | 31.13 |
| 2021 | Kotryna Teterevkova (LTU) | 30.58 | Dominika Sztandera (POL) | 31.02 | Jhennifer Conceição (BRA) | 31.11 |

### 100 m breaststroke

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1967 | Diana Harris (GBR) | 1:18.9 | Cynthia Goyette (USA) | 1:19.0 | Christine Barnetson (AUS) | 1:20.5 |
| 1970 | Galina Stepanova (URS) | 1:16.7 | Alla Grebennikova (URS) | 1:18.1 | Linda Kurtz (USA) | 1:18.9 |
| 1973 | Lyubov Rusanova (URS) | 1:15.54 | Catherine Carr (USA) | 1:15.60 | Galina Stepanova (URS) | 1:17.03 |
| 1977 | Marian Stuart (CAN) | 1:15.60 | Amy Tasnady (USA) | 1:16.66 | Anna Skolarczyk (POL) | 1:16.83 |
| 1979 | Irena Fleissnerová (TCH) | 1:14.57 | Debbie Rudd (GBR) | 1:14.74 | Anna Skolarczyk (POL) | 1:14.94 |
| 1981 | Angelika Knipping (FRG) | 1:14.20 | Liang Weifen (CHN) | 1:14.48 | Lina Kačiušytė (URS) | 1:14.54 |
| 1983 | Larisa Belokon (URS) | 1:12.17 | Ayshkute Buzelite (URS) | 1:13.08 | Manuela Dalla Valle (ITA) | 1:13.90 |
| 1985 | Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) | 1:09.27 | Larisa Moreva (URS) | 1:12.24 | Manuela Dalla Valle (ITA) | 1:12.33 |
| 1987 | Manuela Dalla Valle (ITA) | 1:10.54 | Ingrid Lempereur (BEL) | 1:11.37 | Susannah Brownsdon (GBR) | 1:11.86 |
| 1991 | Guylaine Cloutier (CAN) | 1:10.93 | Yelena Volkova (URS) | 1:11.19 | Katherine Hedman (USA) | 1:11.98 |
| 1993 | Guylaine Cloutier (CAN) | | Svitlana Bondarenko (UKR) | | Yelena Rudkovskaya (BLR) | |
| 1995 | Penelope Heyns (RSA) | | Helen Denman (AUS) | | Nadine Neumann (AUS) | |
| 1997 | Svitlana Bondarenko (UKR) | 1:10.02 | Penelope Heyns (RSA) | 1:10.15 | Dagmara Ajnenkiel (POL) | 1:10.70 |
| 1999 | Amy Balcerzak (USA) | | Amanda Beard (USA) | | Brooke Hanson (AUS) | |
| 2001 | Xu Shan (CHN) | | Zhang Yi (CHN) | | Yuko Sakaguchi (JPN) | |
| 2003 | Luo Xuejuan (CHN) | 1:07.45 | Qi Hui (CHN) | 1:08.76 | Rachel Genner (GBR) | 1:09.72 |
| 2005 | Megan Jendrick (USA) | 1:08.20 | Rebecca Soni (USA) | 1:08.77 | Beata Kaminska (POL) | 1:09.03 |
| 2007 | Nanaka Tamura (JPN) | 1:08.33 | Sarah Katsoulis (AUS) | 1:08.42 | Mirna Jukić (AUT) | 1:08.53 |
| 2009 | Chiara Boggiatto (ITA) | 1:07.15 | Nađa Higl (SRB) | 1:07.80 NR | Hitomi Nose (JPN) | 1:07.87 |
| 2011 | Sun Ye (CHN) | 1:07.53 | Tera van Beilen (CAN) | 1:08.24 | Satomi Suzuki (JPN) | 1:08.45 |
| 2013 | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | 1:05.48 | Fiona Doyle (IRL) | 1:07.66 | Laura Sogar (USA) | 1:07.78 |
| 2015 | Mina Matsushima (JPN) | 1:06.76 | Lilly King (USA) | 1:06.93 | Fiona Doyle (IRL) | 1:07.15 |
| 2017 | Kanako Watanabe (JPN) | 1:06.85 | Reona Aoki (JPN) | 1:07.36 | Andrea Cottrell (USA) | 1:07.37 |
| 2019 | Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA) | 1:06.42 | Mai Fukasawa (JPN) | 1:07.22 | Kanako Watanabe (JPN) | 1:07.28 |
| 2021 | Kotryna Teterevkova (LTU) | 1:06.74 | Kaylene Corbett (RSA) | 1:06.98 | Dominika Sztandera (POL) | 1:07.19 |

### 200 m breaststroke

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Christine Gosden (GBR) | 2:59.2 | Alessandra Salvi (ITA) | 3:08.2 | Schiemenz (FRG) | 3:21.1 |
| 1961 | Sanda Iordan (ROM) | 2:59.6 | Christine Gosden (GBR) | 3:00.8 | Alla Kovalenko (URS) | 3:01.2 |
| 1963 | Márta Egerváry (HUN) | 2:54.9 | Michèle Pialat (FRA) | 2:59.8 | Lisa Barth (BRA) | 3:12.0 |
| 1965 | Svetlana Babanina (URS) | 2:52.4 | Eva Schmidtová (TCH) | 2:56.4 | Márta Egerváry (HUN) | 2:57.3 |
| 1967 | Cynthia Goyette (USA) | 2:50.1 | Diana Harris (GBR) | 2:54.5 | Fumiko Nagumo (JPN) | 2:56.2 |
| 1970 | Galina Stepanova (URS) | 2:45.4 | Linda Kurtz (USA) | 2:49.4 | Alla Grebennikova (URS) | 2:49.6 |
| 1973 | Catherine Carr (USA) | 2:42.30 | Lyudmila Porubayko (URS) | 2:42.68 | Robyn Farrell (AUS) | 2:48.49 |
| 1977 | Anne Gagnon (CAN) | 2:43.7 | Anne Merklinger (CAN) | 2:44.60 | Amy Tasnady (USA) | 2:44.69 |
| 1979 | Irena Fleissnerová (TCH) | 2:41.00 | Debbie Rudd (GBR) | 2:41.88 | Anna Skolarczyk (POL) | 2:42.81 |
| 1981 | Lina Kačiušytė (URS) | 2:35.85 | Irena Fleissnerová (TCH) | 2:38.64 | Cindy Tuttle (USA) | 2:41.66 |
| 1983 | Larisa Belokon (URS) | 2:34.02 | Ayshkute Buzelite (URS) | 2:34.58 | Lisa Borsholt (CAN) | 2:36.22 |
| 1985 | Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) | 2:30.30 | Larisa Moreva (URS) | 2:32.53 | Channon Hermstad (USA) | 2:36.72 |
| 1987 | Ingrid Lempereur (BEL) | 2:31.09 | Manuela Dalla Valle (ITA) | 2:31.75 | Larisa Moreva (URS) | 2:32.87 |
| 1991 | Svetlana Kuzmina (URS) | 2:31.60 | Lin Li (CHN) | 2:31.72 | Yelena Volkova (URS) | 2:32.03 |
| 1993 | Svitlana Bondarenko (UKR) | | Yoshie Nishioka (JPN) | | Guylaine Cloutier (CAN) | |
| 1995 | Penelope Heyns (RSA) | | Nadine Neumann (AUS) | | Kyoko Iwasaki (JPN) | |
| 1997 | Masami Tanaka (JPN) | 2:30.24 | Svitlana Bondarenko (UKR) | 2:30.99 | Lenka Maňhalová (CZE) | 2:31.38 |
| 1999 | Yuko Sakaguchi (JPN) | | Brooke Hanson (AUS) | | Amy Balcerzak (USA) | |
| 2001 | Yuko Sakaguchi (JPN) | | Anne Poleska (GER) | | Zhang Yi (CHN) | |
| 2003 | Qi Hui (CHN) | 2:26.25 | Luo Xuejuan (CHN) | 2:26.99 | Fumiko Kawanabe (JPN) | 2:31.06 |
| 2005 | Megumi Taneda (JPN) | 2:27.81 | Rebecca Soni (USA) | 2:27.84 | Qi Hui (CHN) | 2:27.94 |
| 2007 | Jung Seul-ki (KOR) | 2:24.67 | Rie Kaneto (JPN) | 2:25.63 | Annamay Pierse (CAN) | 2:25.73 |
| 2009 | Rie Kaneto (JPN) | 2:22.32 | Nađa Higl (SRB) | 2:24.20 | Alena Alekseeva (RUS) | 2:25.40 |
| 2011 | Sun Ye (CHN) | 2:24.63 | Andrea Kropp (USA) | 2:26.18 | Satomi Suzuki (JPN) | 2:26.67 |
| 2013 | Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) | 2:24.10 | Laura Sogar (USA) | 2:25.33 | Mio Motegi (JPN) | 2:25.73 |
| 2015 | Keiko Fukudome (JPN) | 2:24.92 | Reona Aoki (JPN) | 2:26.17 | Martina Moravčíková (CZE) | 2:27.35 |
| 2017 | Kanako Watanabe (JPN) | 2:24.15 | Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA) | 2:24.61 | Maria Temnikova (RUS) | 2:24.73 |
| 2019 | Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA) | 2:22.92 | Emily Escobedo (USA) | 2:23.65 | Kanako Watanabe (JPN) | 2:24.18 |
| 2021 | Kotryna Teterevkova (LTU) | 2:22.86 | Kaylene Corbett (RSA) | 2:22.99 | Zhu Leiju (CHN) | 2:28.71 |

### 50 m butterfly

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2001 | Bethany Goodwin (USA) | | Rachel Komisarz (USA) | | Zheng Xi (CHN) | |
| 2003 | Shannon Catalano (USA) | 27.56 | Irina Bespalova (RUS) | 27.75 | Kate Corkran (AUS) | 27.76 |
| 2005 | Vasilissa Vladykina (RUS) | 26.88 | Dana Vollmer (USA) | 26.91 | Cristina Maccagnola (ITA) | 26.99 |
| 2007 | Fabienne Nadarajah (AUT) | 26.81 | Yuka Kato (JPN) | 26.82 | Masae Oshimi (JPN) | 26.82 |
| 2009 | Sviatlana Khakhlova (BLR) | 25.97 | Cristina Maccagnola (ITA) | 26.52 | Hong Wenwen (CHN) | 26.66 |
| 2011 | Lu Ying (CHN) | 25.98 | Marieke Guehrer (AUS) | 26.24 | Alice Mills (AUS) | 26.53 |
| 2013 | Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) | 25.84 | Katerine Savard (CAN) | 26.05 | Elena Gemo (ITA) Silvia Di Pietro (ITA) | 26.28 |
| 2015 | Lu Ying (CHN) | 25.72 | Svetlana Chimrova (RUS) | 26.23 | Holly Barratt (AUS) | 26.41 |
| 2017 | Aliena Schmidtke (GER) | 26.16 | Elena Di Liddo (ITA) | 26.50 | Yukina Hirayama (JPN) | 26.51 |
| 2019 | Tayla Lovemore (RSA) | 26.25 | Ai Soma (JPN) | 26.38 | Jeong So-eun (KOR) | 26.41 |
| 2021 | Zhang Yufei (CHN) | 25.20 | Erin Gallagher (RSA) | 25.66 | Viola Scotto di Carlo (ITA) | 26.01 |

### 100 m butterfly

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Valentina Poznyak (URS) | 1:13.9 | Christine Gosden (GBR) | 1:14.6 | Cornelia Hruska (ITA) | 1:28.1 |
| 1961 | Valentina Poznyak (URS) | 1:13.8 | Yelena Antonova (URS) Karin Larsson (SWE) | 1:16.0 | No medal awarded | No medal awarded |
| 1963 | Márta Egerváry (HUN) | 1:10.4 | Olga Korényi (HUN) | 1:14.0 | Ankie Hulsebos (NED) | 1:15.6 |
| 1965 | Márta Egerváry (HUN) | 1:11.6 | Lyudmila Yegorova (URS) | 1:11.9 | Éva Erdélyi (HUN) | 1:12.2 |
| 1967 | Martha Randall (USA) | 1:06.9 | Sydnee Arth (USA) | 1:07.6 | Masako Ishii (JPN) | 1:08.5 |
| 1970 | Lynn Colella (USA) Mirjana Šegrt (YUG) | 1:06.0 | No medal awarded | No medal awarded | Ellie Daniel (USA) | 1:06.9 |
| 1973 | Irene Arden (USA) | 1:06.05 | Cathy Corcione (USA) | 1:07.34 | Alexandra Meerzon (URS) | 1:07.46 |
| 1977 | Sue Hinderaker (USA) | 1:03.63 | Gudrun Beckmann (FRG) | 1:03.84 | Anca Miclaus (ROM) | 1:04.61 |
| 1979 | Elizabeth Rapp (USA) | 1:04.04 | Sue Hinderaker (USA) | 1:04.88 | Alla Gritchenkova (URS) | 1:05.28 |
| 1981 | Jill Sterkel (USA) | 1:01.91 | Carol Borgmann (USA) | 1:02.43 | Carmen Bunaciu (ROM) | 1:02.98 |
| 1983 | Susie Woodhouse (AUS) | 1:01.79 | Cinzia Savi Scarponi (ITA) | 1:02.31 | Naoko Kume (JPN) | 1:02.48 |
| 1985 | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | 59.81 | Melanie Buddemeyer (USA) | 1:01.33 | Conny van Bentum (NED) | 1:01.51 |
| 1987 | Ilaria Tocchini (ITA) | 1:02.01 | Conny van Bentum (NED) | 1:02.13 | Jodi Eyles (USA) | 1:02.25 |
| 1991 | Wang Xiaohong (CHN) | 1:00.00 | Qian Hong (CHN) | 1:00.21 | Kristin Stoudt (USA) | 1:02.69 |
| 1993 | Yoko Kando (JPN) | | Kristie Krueger (USA) | | Debbie Gaudin (CAN) | |
| 1995 | Liu Limin (CHN) | | Karen Campbell (USA) | | Lisa Coole (USA) | |
| 1997 | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 1:00.40 | Junko Onishi (JPN) | 1:01.00 | Mary Bowen (USA) | 1:01.33 |
| 1999 | Tomoko Hagiwara (JPN) | | Julia Ham (AUS) | | Pang Ran (CHN) | |
| 2001 | Irina Bespalova (RUS) | | Natalya Sutyagina (RUS) | | Rachel Komisarz (USA) | |
| 2003 | Demerae Christianson (USA) | 1:00.42 | Kate Corkran (AUS) | 1:00.59 | Irina Bespalova (RUS) | 1:00.66 |
| 2005 | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) | 58.74 | Sarah Healy (GBR) | 1:00.09 | Demerae Christianson (USA) | 1:00.16 |
| 2007 | MacKenzie Downing (CAN) | 58.88 | Irina Bespalova (RUS) | 59.02 | Xu Yanwei (CHN) | 59.22 |
| 2009 | Hannah Wilson (HKG) | 58.24 | Hong Wenwen (CHN) | 59.19 | Ayano Kuroki (JPN) | 59.44 |
| 2011 | Lu Ying (CHN) | 57.86 | Tomoyo Fukuda (JPN) | 59.08 | Alice Mills (AUS) | 59.11 |
| 2013 | Katerine Savard (CAN) | 57.63 | Guo Fan (CHN) | 58.98 | Nao Kobayashi (JPN) | 58.99 |
| 2015 | Lu Ying (CHN) | 57.83 | Elena Di Liddo (ITA) | 58.29 | Katarína Listopadová (SVK) | 58.37 |
| 2017 | Hellen Moffitt (USA) | 58.75 | Elena Di Liddo (ITA) | 58.81 | Rachael Kelly (GBR) | 58.90 |
| 2019 | Tayla Lovemore (RSA) | 58.74 | Dakota Luther (USA) | 58.82 | Lisa Höpink (GER) | 58.87 |
| 2021 | Zhang Yufei (CHN) | 56.57 | Erin Gallagher (RSA) | 57.64 | Giulia D'Innocenzo (ITA) | 58.33 |

### 200 m butterfly

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1979 | Elizabeth Rapp (USA) | 2:19.11 | Alla Gritchenkova (URS) | 2:19.57 | Jody Alexander (USA) | 2:20.38 |
| 1981 | Kim Carlisle (USA) | 2:15.71 | Susie Woodhouse (AUS) | 2:15.97 | Mayumi Yokoyama (USA) | 2:17.52 |
| 1983 | Susie Woodhouse (AUS) | 2:13.50 | Naoko Kume (JPN) | 2:15.02 | Michelle Ford (AUS) | 2:15.38 |
| 1985 | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | 2:07.32 | Kiyomi Takahashi (JPN) | 2:13.87 | Patty King (USA) | 2:15.06 |
| 1987 | Elizabeth Roussaki (GRE) | 2:12.59 | Aneta Patrascoiu (ROM) | 2:14.26 | Noemi Lung (ROM) | 2:14.74 |
| 1991 | Wang Xiaohong (CHN) | 2:10.76 | Yumiko Ichioka (JPN) | 2:14.30 | Mojca Cater (CAN) | 2:15.57 |
| 1993 | Yoko Kando (JPN) | | Paige Wilson (USA) | | Kirsten Silvester (NED) | |
| 1995 | Tomoko Kunimitsu (JPN) | | Liu Limin (CHN) | | Annette Salmeen (USA) | |
| 1997 | Anna Uryniuk (POL) | 2:12.39 | Mika Haruna (JPN) | 2:13.58 | Jean Todisco (USA) | 2:14.08 |
| 1999 | María Peláez (ESP) | | Pang Ran (CHN) | | Noriko Maekawa (JPN) | |
| 2001 | Yuko Nakanishi (JPN) | | Yekaterina Vinogradova (RUS) | | Margie Pedder (GBR) | |
| 2003 | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | 2:09.52 | Paola Cavallino (ITA) | 2:11.52 | Yukiko Osada (JPN) | 2:12.59 |
| 2005 | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) | 2:09.67 | Kim Vandenberg (USA) | 2:10.40 | Terri Dunning (GBR) | 2:11.73 |
| 2007 | Audrey Lacroix (CAN) | 2:06.83 | MacKenzie Downing (CAN) | 2:08.83 | Sara Isaković (SLO) | 2:09.45 |
| 2009 | Annika Mehlhorn (GER) | 2:07.35 | Lyndsay DePaul (USA) | 2:09.89 | Haruka Minamizono (JPN) | 2:10.01 |
| 2011 | Jessica Dickons (GBR) | 2:08.91 | Natsumi Hoshi (JPN) | 2:08.94 | Choi Hye-ra (KOR) | 2:09.35 |
| 2013 | Kona Fujita (JPN) | 2:09.66 | Nao Kobayashi (JPN) | 2:10.65 | Yana Martynova (RUS) | 2:10.72 |
| 2015 | Zhou Yilin (CHN) | 2:07.69 | Alessia Polieri (ITA) | 2:08.66 | Hali Flickinger (USA) | 2:08.80 |
| 2017 | Ella Eastin (USA) | 2:08.21 | Martina van Berkel (SUI) | 2:11.32 | Nida Eliz Üstündağ (TUR) | 2:11.40 |
| 2019 | Dakota Luther (USA) | 2:07.92 | Olivia Carter (USA) | 2:09.05 | Sachi Mochida (JPN) | 2:09.38 |
| 2021 | Antonella Crispino (ITA) | 2:09.10 | Dalma Sebestyén (HUN) | 2:09.12 | Chiho Mizuguchi (JPN) | 2:09.65 |

### 200 m individual medley

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1967 | Maddie Ellis (USA) | 2:31.3 | Debbie Ledford (USA) | 2:32.8 | Carla Galle (BEL) | 2:41.9 |
| 1970 | Lynn Colella (USA) | 2:31.4 | Lidiya Milenina (URS) | 2:32.1 | Kathy Thomas (USA) | 2:34.5 |
| 1973 | Susie Atwood (USA) | 2:26.38 | Catherine Carr (USA) | 2:28.65 | Birutė Užkuraitytė (URS) | 2:29.30 |
| 1977 | Bonnie Glasgow (USA) | 2:20.66 | Jennie Franks (USA) | 2:23.82 | Danielle Balla (CAN) | 2:27.22 |
| 1981 | Kim Carlisle (USA) | 2:20.43 | Olga Klevakina (URS) | 2:20.81 | Barbara Selter (FRG) | 2:24.17 |
| 1983 | Irina Gerasimova (URS) | 2:18.23 | Cinzia Savi Scarponi (ITA) | 2:19.75 | Vera Barker (USA) | 2:20.63 |
| 1985 | Svitlana Kopchykova (URS) | 2:18.11 | Michelle Pearson (AUS) | 2:18.21 | Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) | 2:19.36 |
| 1987 | Noemi Lung (ROM) | 2:15.64 | Mildred Muis (NED) | 2:18.21 | Marianne Muis (NED) | 2:18.31 |
| 1991 | Lin Li (CHN) | 2:14.22 | Alicja Pęczak (POL) | 2:18.84 | Marie-Pierre Wirth (FRA) | 2:20.83 |
| 1993 | Marianne Limpert (CAN) | | Nancy Sweetnam (CAN) | | Whitney Hedgepeth (USA) | |
| 1995 | Fumie Kurotori (JPN) | | Lenka Maňhalová (CZE) | | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | |
| 1997 | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 2:15.55 | Elli Overton (AUS) | 2:17.50 | Lenka Maňhalová (CZE) | 2:17.59 |
| 1999 | Tomoko Hagiwara (JPN) | | Sabine Herbst (GER) | | Elizabeth Warden (CAN) | |
| 2001 | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | | Tomoko Hagiwara (JPN) | | Liang Shuang (CHN) | |
| 2003 | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | 2:13.32 | Qi Hui (CHN) | 2:15.86 | Maiko Fujino (JPN) | 2:17.41 |
| 2005 | Qi Hui (CHN) | 2:14.99 | Helen Norfolk (NZL) | 2:16.03 | Nicole Hetzer (GER) | 2:17.22 |
| 2007 | Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) | 2:12.13 | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | 2:13.15 | Alice Mills (AUS) | 2:14.37 |
| 2009 | Ava Ohlgren (USA) | 2:12.07 | Asami Kitagawa (JPN) | 2:13.39 | Tomoyo Fukuda (JPN) | 2:13.71 |
| 2011 | Izumi Kato (JPN) | 2:13.52 | Choi Hye-ra (KOR) | 2:14.17 | Liu Jing (CHN) | 2:14.3 |
| 2013 | Viktoriya Andreyeva (RUS) | 2:12.32 | Sarah Henry (USA) | 2:12.69 | Melanie Margalis (USA) | 2:12.96 |
| 2015 | Zhang Sishi (CHN) | 2:12.31 | Madisyn Cox (USA) | 2:12.77 | Ellen Fullerton (AUS) | 2:13.48 |
| 2017 | Yui Ohashi (JPN) | 2:10.03 | Ella Eastin (USA) | 2:11.12 | Kim Seo-yeong (KOR) | 2:11.62 |
| 2019 | Alicia Wilson (GBR) | 2:11.35 | Ella Eastin (USA) | 2:12.24 | Runa Imai (JPN) | 2:12.25 |
| 2021 | Anita Gastaldi (ITA) | 2:12.74 | Dalma Sebestyén (HUN) | 2:13.44 | Caroline Theil (USA) | 2:14.28 |

### 400 m individual medley

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1979 | Janet Buchan (USA) | 5:06.6 | Bonnie Glasgow (USA) | 5:08.1 | Irena Fleissnerová (TCH) | 5:12.8 |
| 1981 | Mayumi Yokoyama (USA) | 4:55.45 | Irinel Pănulescu (ROM) | 5:03.78 | Małgorzata Różycka (POL) | 5:07.49 |
| 1983 | Irina Gerasimova (URS) | 4:52.27 | Cinzia Savi Scarponi (ITA) | 4:55.77 | Christi Woolger (USA) | 4:56.70 |
| 1985 | Channon Hermstad (USA) | 4:49.84 | Michelle Pearson (AUS) | 4:51.20 | Aivi Liiv (URS) | 4:52.04 |
| 1987 | Noemi Lung (ROM) | 4:42.95 | Aneta Patrascoiu (ROM) | 4:50.75 | Janelie Bosse (USA) | 4:52.98 |
| 1991 | Lin Li (CHN) | 4:42.58 | Sheila Taormina (USA) | 4:52.10 | Patricia Noall (CAN) | 4:52.17 |
| 1993 | Nancy Sweetnam (CAN) | | Hana Černá (CZE) | | Hideko Hiranaka (JPN) | |
| 1995 | Fumie Kurotori (JPN) | | Hideko Hiranaka (JPN) | | Kerri Hale (USA) | |
| 1997 | Fumie Kurotori (JPN) | 4:46.20 | Hana Černá (CZE) | 4:48.20 | Elli Overton (AUS) | 4:52.40 |
| 1999 | Hana Černá (CZE) | | Beatrice Câșlaru (ROU) | | Corrie Murphy (USA) | |
| 2001 | Federica Biscia (ITA) Liang Shuang (CHN) | | No medal awarded | No medal awarded | Hana Černá (CZE) | |
| 2003 | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | 4:45.01 | Maiko Fujino (JPN) | 4:48.44 | Rebecca Cooke (GBR) | 4:48.59 |
| 2005 | Qi Hui (CHN) | 4:45.24 | Rebecca Cooke (GBR) | 4:45.62 | Nicole Hetzer (GER) | 4:46.62 |
| 2007 | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | 4:37.50 | Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) | 4:41.57 | Zhang Xin (CHN) | 4:42.49 |
| 2009 | Ava Ohlgren (USA) | 4:40.61 | Lyndsay DePaul (USA) | 4:41.94 | Svetlana Karpeeva (RUS) | 4:44.26 |
| 2011 | Maya DiRado (USA) | 4:40.79 | Miho Takahashi (JPN) | 4:42.28 | Jördis Steinegger (AUT) | 4:43.30 |
| 2013 | Yana Martynova (RUS) | 4:39.02 | Meghan Hawthorne (USA) | 4:40.40 | Sakiko Shimizu (JPN) | 4:42.09 |
| 2015 | Sarah Henry (USA) | 4:38.88 | Barbora Závadová (CZE) | 4:40.03 | Hali Flickinger (USA) | 4:40.54 |
| 2017 | Yui Ohashi (JPN) | 4:34.40 | Allyson McHugh (USA) | 4:40.22 | Kim Seo-yeong (KOR) | 4:41.52 |
| 2019 | Makayla Sargent (USA) | 4:37.95 | Genevieve Pfeifer (USA) | 4:40.16 | Ilaria Cusinato (ITA) | 4:40.18 |
| 2021 | Ichika Kajimoto (JPN) | 4:41.65 | Megan van Berkom (USA) | 4:42.47 | Paige MacEachern (USA) | 4:45.81 |

### 4×100 m freestyle relay

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:54.9 | West Germany (FRG) | 5:02.9 | Italy (ITA) | 5:06.4 |
| 1961 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:39.5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:41.2 | Poland (POL) | 4:52.2 |
| 1963 | Hungary (HUN) | 4:25.0 | France (FRA) | 5:03.7 | Brazil (BRA) | 5:13.7 |
| 1965 | Hungary (HUN) | 4:21.8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:27.9 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:31.1 |
| 1967 | United States (USA) Linda Gustavson Lynne Allsup Martha Randall Maddie Ellis | 4:04.2 | Japan (JPN) | 4:18.8 | Italy (ITA) | 4:21.8 |
| 1970 | United States (USA) Marsha McCuen Benoit Kaye Hall Laura Fritz | 4:09.5 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 4:20.2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:21.6 |
| 1973 | United States (USA) Cathy Corcione Elizabeth Tullis Eadie Wetsel Sally Tuttle | 4:01.04 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:07.83 | West Germany (FRG) | 4:10.41 |
| 1977 | United States (USA) Shawn Houghton Bonny Brown Beth Harrell Sue Hinderaker | 3:53.70 | Canada (CAN) | 4:01.02 | West Germany (FRG) | 4:03.23 |
| 1979 | United States (USA) B.Harris Sue Hinderaker Bonnie Glasgow Tracy Caulkins | 3:56.75 | Netherlands (NED) | 3:59.16 | Canada (CAN) | 4:01.15 |
| 1981 | United States (USA) Annie Lett Carol Borgmann Barbara Major Jill Sterkel | 3:55.05 | Soviet Union (URS) Irina Laricheva Olga Eliseeva Irina Orliuk Olga Klevakina | 3:57.64 | Canada (CAN) Kelly Neuber Leslie Brafield Sylvie Kennedy Valerie Whyte | 4:00.59 |
| 1983 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:49.64 | United States (USA) E. Emery J. Williams I. Lawrence Tammy Thomas | 3:50.19 | Canada (CAN) Maureen New | 3:54.67 |
| 1985 | United States (USA) Jennifer Boyd Paige Zemina Kirsten Wengler Jenna Johnson | 3:49.10 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:51.17 | Netherlands (NED) | 3:51.42 |
| 1987 | Netherlands (NED) | 3:47.94 | United States (USA) | 3:48.56 | Italy (ITA) | 3:52.97 |
| 1991 | China (CHN) | 3:46.41 | United States (USA) Dyne Burrell Grace Cornelius Melanie Morgan Julie Sommer | 3:47.48 | Canada (CAN) | 3:49.73 |
| 1993 | United States (USA) | | Canada (CAN) | | Germany (GER) | |
| 1995 | United States (USA) | | Italy (ITA) | | Japan (JPN) | |
| 1997 | United States (USA) | 3:47.80 | Italy (ITA) | 3:51.37 | Australia (AUS) | 3:52.43 |
| 1999 | United States (USA) | | Italy (ITA) | | China (CHN) | |
| 2001 | United States (USA) | | Japan (JPN) | | China (CHN) | |
| 2003 | France (FRA) Aurore Mongel Céline Couderc Magali Monchaux Solenne Figuès | 3:45.50 | United States (USA) Rebekah Short Jessica Perruquet Marie Marsman Stephanie Williams | 3:45.68 | China (CHN) Xu Yanwei Zhan Shu Pang Jiaying Chen Hua | 3:47.50 |
| 2005 | United States (USA) Andrea Hupman Maritza Correia Sarah Wanezek Dana Vollmer | 3:43.97 | New Zealand (NZL) Alison Fitch Helen Norfolk Georgina Toomey Rina Te Taite | 3:46.59 | France (FRA) Elsa N'Guessan Mylène Lazare Amandine Bouysset Angela Tavernier | 3:46.68 |
| 2007 | United States (USA) Emily Silver Kara Denby Courtney Cashion Andrea Hupman | 3:40.85 | China (CHN) Xu Yanwei Chen Yanyan Zhu Yingwen Pang Jiaying | 3:41.38 | Germany (GER) Britta Steffen Sonja Schöber Annika Lurz Katharina Schiller | 3:42.68 |
| 2009 | United States (USA) Michelle King (56.42) Madison Kennedy (54.94) Ava Ohlgren (55.77) Morgan Scroggy (54.68) Chelsea Nauta | 3:41.81 | Japan (JPN) Yayoi Matsumoto (56.18) Misaki Yamaguchi (55.08) Asami Kitagawa (55.67) Shiho Sakai (55.67) | 3:42.60 | Canada (CAN) Marie-Pier Ratelle (55.64) Breanna Hendriks (55.97) Katy Murdoch (55.58) Seanna Mitchell (55.90) Hayley Nell | 3:43.09 |
| 2011 | Australia (AUS) Cate Campbell (55.26) Alice Mills (55.35) Jessica Morrison (55.82) Marieke Guehrer (53.60) | 3:40.03 | United States (USA) Kate Dwelley (55.22) Felicia Lee (55.22) Shannon Vreeland (55.46) Megan Romano (54.13) | 3:40.19 | China (CHN) Zhu Qianwei (55.31) Lu Ying (55.94) Liu Jing (55.67) Tang Yi (53.37) | 3:40.29 |
| 2013 | Russia (RUS) Viktoriya Andreyeva Daria Belyakina Margarita Nesterova Veronika Popova | 3:38.15 | United States (USA) Rachael Acker Liv Jensen Andrea Murez Megan Romano | 3:38.60 | Canada (CAN) Caroline Lapierre-Lemire Brittany MacLean Sandrine Mainville Paige Schultz | 3:40.71 |
| 2015 | United States (USA) Abbey Weitzeil Shannon Vreeland Madeline Locus Lia Neal | 3:38.12 | Japan (JPN) Yui Yamane Yasuko Miyamoto Aya Sato Mari Sumiyoshi | 3:41.15 | Russia (RUS) Polina Lapshina Margarita Nesterova Elizaveta Bazarova Rozaliya Nasretdinova | 3:41.34 |
| 2017 | Canada (CAN) Katerine Savard (54.93) Jacqueline Keire (54.25) Sarah Fournier (55.93) Alexia Zevnik (54.10) Kennedy Goss Kelsey Wog | 3:39.21 | Russia (RUS) Maria Kameneva (54.79) Polina Lapshina (54.87) Anastasia Guzhenkova (54.98) Arina Openysheva (54.75) Mariya Baklakova | 3:39.39 | United States (USA) Caroline Baldwin (54.57) Claire Rasmus (55.72) Katrina Konopka (55.61) Veronica Burchill (54.19) Katie Drabot Katie McLaughlin | 3:40.09 |
| 2019 | United States (USA) Veronica Burchill (55.39) Claire Rasmus (54.63) Catherine DeLoof (54.10) Gabby DeLoof (53.87) Claire Adams | 3:37.99 | Japan (JPN) Mayuka Yamamoto (56.15) Sachi Mochida (55.60) Kanako Watanabe (55.55) Runa Imai (54.44) Aki Nishizu | 3:41.74 | Italy (ITA) Paola Biagioli (55.75) Gioelemaria Origlia (55.72) Giulia Verona (55.52) Aglaia Pezzato (54.85) | 3:41.84 |
| 2021 | China (CHN) Li Bingjie Liu Yaxin Luo Youyang Zhang Yufei Zhang Yifan | 3:37.51 | Italy (ITA) Anita Gastaldi Viola Scotto di Carlo Paola Biagioli Giulia D'Innocenzo Antonietta Cesarano | 3:38.81 | Japan (JPN) Momoka Yoshii Hazuki Yamamoto Riru Kubota Shiho Matsumoto | 3:41.83 |

### 4×200 m freestyle relay

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1983 | Soviet Union (URS) | 8:21.78 | Australia (AUS) | 8:22.74 | West Germany (FRG) | 8:23.48 |
| 1985 | United States (USA) Paige Zemina Stacy Shupe Francie O'Leary Mary T. Meagher | 8:15.14 | Australia (AUS) Michelle Pearson Jenny Messenger Rebecca Whitehead Michelle Ford | 8:21.78 | Netherlands (NED) | 8:22.74 |
| 1987 | United States (USA) Francie O'Leary Lisa Meyers Cheryl Kriegsman Mitzi Kremer | 8:09.50 | Netherlands (NED) | 8:17.51 | Romania (ROM) | 8:21.50 |
| 1991 | Soviet Union (URS) | 8:14.48 | United States (USA) Dyne Burrell Karen Kraemer Sionainn Marcoux Amy Ward | 8:14.54 | Canada (CAN) | 8:28.20 |
| 1993 | Canada (CAN) | | Great Britain (GBR) | | France (FRA) | |
| 1995 | Canada (CAN) | | Japan (JPN) | | Great Britain (GBR) | |
| 1997 | United States (USA) | 8:12.16 | Australia (AUS) | 8:26.97 | Italy (ITA) | 8:27.11 |
| 1999 | Canada (CAN) | | Italy (ITA) | | Great Britain (GBR) | |
| 2001 | United States (USA) | | Japan (JPN) | | China (CHN) | |
| 2003 | China (CHN) Xu Yanwei Qi Hui Chen Hua Pang Jiaying | 8:05.86 | United States (USA) Magdalena Dyszkiewicz Heather Kemp Jessica Perruquet Stephanie Williams | 8:08.84 | Russia (RUS) Nataliya Shalagina Irina Korovina Irina Ufimtseva Ekaterina Nasyrova | 8:13.99 |
| 2005 | United States (USA) Lauren Medina Elizabeth Hill Ashley Chandler Carmen Retrum | 8:05.92 | New Zealand (NZL) Helen Norfolk Melissa Ingram Alison Fitch Rina Te Taite | 8:09.09 | France (FRA) Angela Tavernier Sophie Huber Mylène Lazare Elsa N'Guessan | 8:09.50 |
| 2007 | United States (USA) Kate Dwelley Erin Reilly Lindsey Smith Kaitlin Sandeno | 7:57.87 | China (CHN) Tan Miao Xu Yanwei Zhu Yingwen Pang Jiaying | 7:58.28 | Italy (ITA) Flavia Zoccari Roberta Ioppi Alice Carpanese Federica Pellegrini | 8:01.11 |
| 2009 | United States (USA) Ava Ohlgren (2:01.92) Morgan Scroggy (1:59.06) Chelsea Nauta (2:00.07) Kristen Heiss (1:59.44) | 8:00.49 | Canada (CAN) Kevyn Peterson (1:59.08) Breanna Hendriks (1:59.01) Seanna Mitchell (2:02.88) Katy Murdoch (2:01.80) | 8:03.67 | Italy (ITA) Silvia Florio (2:02.01) Erica Buratto (1:59.43) Roberta Ioppi (2:01.57) Ambra Migliori (2:03.13) | 8:06.14 |
| 2011 | United States Karlee Bispo (2:00.19) Chelsea Nauta (1:58.66) Kate Dwelley (1:58.76) Megan Romano (1:57.41) | 7:55.02 | New Zealand Natasha Hind (2:00.57) Melissa Ingram (2:00.56) Amaka Gessler (1:59.87) Lauren Boyle (1:58.60) | 7:59.60 | China Tang Yi (1:58.17) Zhu Qianwei (1:57.88) Liu Jing (2:00.88) Lu Ying (2:02.69) | 7:59.62 |
| 2013 | United States (USA) Andrea Murez Sarah Henry Chelsea Chenault Megan Romano | 7:55.53 | Russia (RUS) Veronika Popova Daria Belyakina Elena Sokolova Viktoriya Andreyeva | 7:55.76 | Canada (CAN) Lindsay Delmar Brittany MacLean Paige Schultz Savannah King | 8:02.73 |
| 2015 | United States (USA) Chelsea Chenault Hali Flickinger Leah Smith Shannon Vreeland | 7:53.88 | China (CHN) Wang Shijia Zhang Jiaqi Zhou Yilin Zhang Sishi | 8:01.09 | Japan (JPN) Aya Takano Yui Yamane Asami Chida Yasuko Miyamoto | 8:01.18 |
| 2017 | Russia (RUS) Anastasia Guzhenkova (1:58.84) Valeriya Salamatina (1:59.00) Mariya Baklakova (1:59.72) Arina Openysheva (1:57.72) Anna Egorova | 7:55.28 | United States (USA) Claire Rasmus (1:58.85) Katie Drabot (1:58.75) Katie McLaughlin (1:59.11) Ella Eastin (1:58.61) Kaersten Meitz Allyson McHugh Asia Seidt Brooke Forde | 7:55.32 | Japan (JPN) Chihiro Igarashi (1:59.15) Rika Omoto (2:00.50) Wakaba Tsuyuuchi (2:01.08) Yui Ohashi (1:58.86) Tsuzumi Hasegawa | 7:59.59 |
| 2019 | United States (USA) Kaersten Meitz (1:58.23) Paige Madden (1:59.33) Claire Rasmus (1:58.81) Gabby DeLoof (1:57.53) Catherine DeLoof Sierra Schmidt | 7:53.90 | Italy (ITA) Linda Caponi (1:58.97) Paola Biagioli (2:00.48) Alice Scarabelli (1:58.83) Sara Ongaro (2:01.40) Gioelemaria Origlia | 7:59.68 | Russia (RUS) Mariya Baklakova (1:59.47) Irina Krivonogova (1:59.40) Irina Prikhodko (1:59.98) Elizaveta Klevanovich (2:05.00) Anastasiia Osipenko Vasilissa Buinaia Ksenia Vasilenok Aleksandra Denisenko | 8:03.85 |
| 2021 | China (CHN) Liu Yaxin Jing Shangbeihua Zhang Yufei Li Bingjie Gao Xing Zhang Yifan Chen Keyi | 7:58.77 | United States (USA) Amy Tang Megan van Berkom Mackenzie Hodges Paige MacEachern Noelle Harvey Sabrina Johnston | 8:02.28 | Japan (JPN) Momoka Yoshii Shiho Matsumoto Kanon Nagao Ichika Kajimoto Hazuki Yamamoto | 8:04.29 |

### 4×100 m medley relay

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Italy (ITA) | 5:25.5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5:32.8 | West Germany (FRG) | 5:47.4 |
| 1961 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5:04.5 | Romania (ROM) | 5:12.2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 5:15.7 |
| 1963 | Hungary (HUN) | 4:52.6 | France (FRA) | 5:23.0 | Brazil (BRA) | 5:55.1 |
| 1965 | Hungary (HUN) | 4:49.6 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:52.4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 5:04.1 |
| 1967 | United States (USA) Kendis Moore Cynthia Goyette Martha Randall Linda Gustavson | 4:36.2 | Great Britain (GBR) Japan (JPN) | 4:50.1 | Not Awarded | |
| 1970 | United States (USA) Kaye Hall Linda Kurtz Lynn Colella Marsha McCuen | 4:35.1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:41.6 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 4:43.3 |
| 1973 | United States (USA) Elizabeth Tullis Catherine Carr Irene Arden Sally Tuttle | 4:29.78 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:31.27 | West Germany (FRG) | 4:46.63 |
| 1977 | United States (USA) Meg McCully Amy Tasnady Beth Harrell Sue Hinderaker | 4:29.78 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:31.27 | West Germany (FRG) | 4:46.63 |
| 1979 | United States (USA) Christine Breedy Gayle Hegel Elizabeth Rapp Tracy Caulkins | 4:22.8 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:27.4 | Netherlands (NED) | 4:29.1 |
| 1981 | United States (USA) Kim Carlisle Patricia Waters Jill Sterkel Barbara Major | 4:18.84 | Romania (ROM) Carmen Bunaciu Brigitte Prass Mariana Paraschiv Irinel Pănulescu | 4:22.14 | Soviet Union (URS) Irina Orliuk Lina Kačiušytė Olga Klevakina Irina Laricheva | 4:25.96 |
| 1983 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:14.10 | United States (USA) Susan Walsh Jeanne Childs Jane Wagstaff J. Williams | 4:16.29 | Canada (CAN) Reema Abdo | 4:22.46 |
| 1985 | United States (USA) Michelle Donahue Kathy Smith Mary T. Meagher Jenna Johnson | 4:11.24 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 4:14.59 | Australia (AUS) Michelle Pearson Jenny Messenger Rebecca Whitehead Julie West | 4:16.78 |
| 1987 | United States (USA) Susan O'Brien Kim Rhodenbaugh Jodi Eyles Aimee Berzins | 4:14.38 | Italy (ITA) | 4:14.57 | Netherlands (NED) | 4:15.10 |
| 1991 | United States (USA) Barbara Bedford Katherine Hedman Melanie Morgan Kristin Stoudt | 4:11.70 | Canada (CAN) | 4:15.25 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:17.32 |
| 1993 | United States (USA) | | Japan (JPN) | | Canada (CAN) | |
| 1995 | United States (USA) | | Japan (JPN) | | China (CHN) | |
| 1997 | Japan (JPN) | 4:11.42 | United States (USA) | 4:11.97 | South Africa (RSA) | 4:15.54 |
| 1999 | Japan (JPN) | | United States (USA) | | Ukraine (UKR) | |
| 2001 | China (CHN) | | United States (USA) | | Russia (RUS) | |
| 2003 | China (CHN) Zhan Shu Luo Xuejuan Xu Yanwei Pang Jiaying | 4:06.22 | United States (USA) Beth Botsford Ashley Roby Demaere Christianson Stephanie Williams | 4:07.63 | Japan (JPN) Reiko Nakamura Fumiko Kawanabe Yukiko Osada Tomoko Nagai | 4:08.89 |
| 2005 | United States (USA) Hayley McGregory Megan Jendrick Demerae Christianson Maritza Correia | 4:07.00 | Japan (JPN) Aya Terakawa Fumiko Kawanabe Kozue Watanabe Kaori Yamada | 4:08.99 | Russia (RUS) Irina Zhiburt Yekaterina Kormacheva Irina Bespalova Kira Volodina | 4:10.36 |
| 2007 | Japan (JPN) Aya Terakawa Nanaka Tamura Yuka Kato Norie Urabe | 4:03.11 | United States (USA) Brooke Bishop Ellie Weberg Elaine Breeden Emily Silver | 4:03.96 | Canada (CAN) Kelly Stefanyshyn Annamay Pierse MacKenzie Downing Seanna Mitchell | 4:04.52 |
| 2009 | United States (USA) Lauren Rogers (1:02.24) Katlin Freeman (1:05.8) Amanda Sims (59.22) Madison Kennedy (54.61) Morgan Scroggy Ava Ohlgren | 4:01.90 | Italy (ITA) Elena Gemo (1:01.70) Chiara Boggiatto (1:07.62) Cristina Maccagnola (58.30) Erica Buratto (55.13) Marialaura Simonetto | 4:02.75 | Russia (RUS) Kseniya Moskvina (1:01.31) Daria Deeva (1:07.60) Svetlana Fedulova (59.56) Svetlana Karpeeva (55.42) | 4:03.89 |
| 2011 | China Gao Chang (1:01.59) Sun Ye (1:06.81) Lu Ying (57.52) Tang Yi (53.23) | 3:59.15 | United States Jenny Connolly (1:00.21) Annie Chandler (1:07.40) Lyndsay DePaul (58.84) Megan Romano (53.70) | 4:00.15 | Japan Shiho Sakai (1:00.41) Satomi Suzuki (1:07.38) Tomoyo Fukuda (58.92) Yayoi Matsumoto (54.27) | 4:00.98 |
| 2013 | Russia (RUS) Anastasia Zueva Yuliya Yefimova Veronika Popova Viktoriya Andreyeva | 3:58.04 | Italy (ITA) Elena Gemo Giulia de Ascentis Elena Di Liddo Erika Ferraioli | 4:02.61 | United States (USA) Cindy Tran Laura Sogar Kelsey Floyd Megan Romano | 4:02.71 |
| 2015 | Italy (ITA) Carlotta Zofkova Ilaria Scarcella Elena Di Liddo Laura Letrari | 4:00.50 | Japan (JPN) Miki Takahashi Mina Matsushima Rino Hosoda Yui Yamane | 4:00.61 | United States (USA) Elizabeth Pelton Lilly King Felicia Lee Shannon Vreeland | 4:00.75 |
| 2017 | Japan (JPN) Anna Konishi (1:00.93) Kanako Watanabe (1:06.73) Yukina Hirayama (58.26) Chihiro Igarashi (54.32) Reona Aoki Ayu Iwamoto | 4:00.24 | United States (USA) Hannah Stevens (1:00.97) Andrea Cottrell (1:06.97) Hellen Moffitt (58.46) Caroline Baldwin (54.09) Ali DeLoof Miranda Tucker Katie McLaughlin Veronica Burchill | 4:00.49 | Italy (ITA) Carlotta Zofkova (1:01.37) Giulia Verona (1:08.86) Elena Di Liddo (57.76) Agalia Pezzato (54.41) | 4:02.40 |
| 2019 | United States (USA) Katharine Berkoff (1:00.03) Emily Escobedo (1:06.72) Dakota Luther (59.01) Gabby DeLoof (54.01) Elise Haan Veronica Burchill Catherine DeLoof | 3:59.77 | Japan (JPN) Marina Furubayashi (1:00.97) Mai Fukasawa (1:07.01) Ai Soma (58.22) Runa Imai (53.87) Kanako Watanabe | 4:00.07 | Canada (CAN) Ingrid Wilm (1:01.04) Nina Kucheran (1:08.03) Hannah Genich (59.47) Ainsley McMurray (54.78) Sophie Angus Sarah Watson | 4:03.32 |
| 2021 | China (CHN) Liu Yaxin Zhu Leiju Zhang Yufei Li Bingjie Zheng Muyan Luo Youyang Jing Shangbeihua Gao Xing | 3:59.67 | Poland (POL) Adela Piskorska Dominika Sztandera Paulina Peda Kornelia Fiedkiewicz Wiktoria Piotrowska Aleksandra Knop | 4:00.67 | Japan (JPN) Yumi Shuno Haruna Ogata Natsuki Hiroshita Shiho Matsumoto Hazuki Yamamoto Italy (ITA) Federica Toma Anita Gastaldi Giulia D'Innocenzo Viola Scotto di Carlo Francesca Pasquino Alessia Ferraguti Anna Pirovano Paola Biagioli | 4:02.824:04.82 |

### 10 km marathon

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2011 | Rachele Bruni (ITA) | 2:06:49.31 | Nadine Reichert (GER) | 2:07:29.21 | Alice Franco (ITA) | 2:08:42.77 |
| 2013 | Ashley Twichell (USA) | 2:05:00.9 | Aurora Ponselé (ITA) | 2:05:31.9 | Karla Šitić (CRO) | 2:05:32.1 |
| 2015 | Arianna Bridi (ITA) | 2:03:19.4 | Ilaria Raimondi (ITA) | 2:03:58.9 | Stephanie Peacock (USA) | 2:04:53.1 |
| 2017 | Anna Olasz (HUN) | 2:04:12.2 | Giulia Gabbrielleschi (ITA) | 2:04:17.9 | Adeline Furst (FRA) | 2:04:23.1 |