This is the complete list of women's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2024.
Boldface denotes active swimmers and highest medal count among all swimmers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
* including one medal in the relay event in which she participated in the heats only ***** including five medals in the relay events in which she participated in the heats only & including eleven medals in the relay events in which she participated in the heats only # At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, in the Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, the Australian team finished first but was disqualified for jumping into the pool in celebration before all teams finished the race.
The US team finished second, but was disqualified for improper changeover.
In accordance with the decision of the FINA Bureau (2001, Bangkok): "To avoid any reasonable doubt regarding the result of the Women’s relay 4x200m Freestyle Final of the 9th FINA World Championships in Fukuoka but without unfairly changing the official results of the race, the Bureau decided to grant a second set of gold medals to the USA team."