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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 14 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*
WC 2019 Manuel* Manuel* Pellegrini* Titmus* Ledecky* Quadarella* Smoliga* Masse* Smith* King* King* Yefimova* Sjöström* MacNeil* Kapás* Hosszú* Hosszú*
OG 2020 McKeon* McKeon* Titmus* Titmus* Ledecky* Ledecky* – McKeown* McKeown* – Jacoby* Schoenmaker* – MacNeil* Zhang* Ohashi* Ohashi*
WC 2022 Sjöström* O'Callaghan* Yang* Ledecky* Ledecky* Ledecky* Masse* Smith* McKeown* Meilutytė* Pilato* King* Sjöström* Huske* McIntosh* Walsh* McIntosh*
WC 2023 Sjöström* O'Callaghan* O'Callaghan* Titmus* Ledecky* Ledecky* McKeown* McKeown* McKeown* Meilutytė* Meilutytė* Schoenmaker* Sjöström* Zhang* McIntosh* Douglass* McIntosh*
WC 2024 Sjöström* Steenbergen* Haughey* Fairweather* Quadarella* Quadarella* Curzan* Curzan* Curzan* Meilutytė* Tang* Schouten* Sjöström* Köhler* Stephens* Douglass* Colbert*

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 placed in the 400-meter freestyle column.

Title leaders edit

  • 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.   Katie Ledecky* 1997 22 6 16 2012–2023 (12)
2.   Sarah Sjöström* 1993 15 1 14 2009–2024 (16)
3.   Katinka Hosszú* 1989 12 3 9 2009–2019 (11)
4.   Inge de Bruijn 1973 9 4 5 2000–2004 (5)
5.   Yana Klochkova 1982 8 4 4 2000–2004 (5)
6.   Krisztina Egerszegi 1974 7 5 2 1988–1996 (9)
  Janet Evans 1971 7 4 3 1988–1994 (7)
  Kristin Otto 1966 7 4 3 1982–1988 (7)
  Kornelia Ender 1958 7 3 4 1973–1976 (4)
  Federica Pellegrini 1988 7 1 6 2008–2019 (12)
11.   Missy Franklin 1995 6 2 4 2011–2013 (3)
  Kaylee McKeown* 2001 6 2 4 2021–2023 (3)
  Lilly King* 1997 6 1 5 2016–2022 (7)
  Rūta Meilutytė* 1997 6 1 5 2012–2024 (13)
  Yuliya Yefimova* 1992 6 0 6 2009–2019 (11)
16.   Tracy Caulkins 1963 5 2 3 1978–1984 (7)
  Kirsty Coventry 1983 5 2 3 2004–2009 (6)
  Rebecca Soni 1987 5 2 3 2008–2012 (5)
  Luo Xuejuan 1984 5 1 4 2001–2004 (4)
  Leisel Jones 1985 5 1 4 2005–2008 (4)
  Libby Trickett (Lenton) 1985 5 1 4 2005–2008 (4)
  Hannah Stockbauer 1982 5 0 5 2001–2003 (3)
23.   Brooke Bennett 1980 4 3 1 1996–2000 (5)
  Ulrike Richter 1959 4 2 2 1973–1976 (4)
  Mary T. Meagher 1964 4 2 2 1982–1986 (5)
  Natalie Coughlin 1982 4 2 2 2001–2008 (8)
  Britta Steffen 1983 4 2 2 2008–2009 (2)
  Ariarne Titmus* 2000 4 2 2 2019–2023 (5)
  Simone Manuel* 1996 4 1 3 2016–2019 (4)
  Laure Manaudou 1986 4 1 3 2004–2007 (4)
  Katie Hoff 1989 4 0 4 2005–2007 (3)
  Kate Ziegler 1988 4 0 4 2005–2007 (3)
  Summer McIntosh* 2006 4 0 4 2022–2023 (2)
34.   Dawn Fraser 1937 3 3 0 1956–1964 (9)
  Debbie Meyer 1952 3 3 0 1968 (1)
  Shane Gould 1956 3 3 0 1972 (1)
  Michelle Smith 1969 3 3 0 1996 (1)
  Melissa Belote 1956 3 2 1 1972–1973 (2)
  Barbara Krause 1959 3 2 1 1978–1980 (3)
  Amy Van Dyken 1973 3 2 1 1996–1998 (3)
  Susie O'Neill 1973 3 2 1 1996–2000 (5)
  Diana Mocanu 1984 3 2 1 2000–2001 (2)
  Rebecca Adlington 1989 3 2 1 2008–2011 (4)
  Ranomi Kromowidjojo 1990 3 2 1 2012–2013 (2)
  Ye Shiwen* 1996 3 2 1 2011–2012 (2)
  Hannelore Anke 1957 3 1 2 1975–1976 (2)
  Petra Schneider 1963 3 1 2 1980–1982 (3)
  Heike Friedrich 1970 3 1 2 1986–1988 (3)
  Lin Li 1970 3 1 2 1991–1992 (2)
  Ágnes Kovács 1981 3 1 2 1998–2001 (4)
  Petria Thomas 1975 3 1 2 2001–2004 (4)
  Otylia Jędrzejczak 1983 3 1 2 2003–2005 (3)
  Jenny Thompson 1973 3 0 3 1998–2003 (6)
  Jessicah Schipper 1986 3 0 3 2005–2009 (5)
  Zhao Jing 1990 3 0 3 2009–2013 (5)
  Emily Seebohm* 1992 3 0 3 2015–2017 (3)
  Kylie Masse* 1996 3 0 3 2017–2022 (6)
  Simona Quadarella* 1998 3 0 3 2019–2024 (6)
  Mollie O'Callaghan* 2004 3 0 3 2022–2023 (2)
  Claire Curzan* 2004 3 0 3 2024 (1)

See also edit

References edit

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