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

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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*
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*

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[]

  • 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* 1997 17 6 11 2012–2021 (10)
2. Hungary Katinka Hosszú* 1989 12 3 9 2009–2019 (11)
3. Netherlands Inge de Bruijn 1973 9 4 5 2000–2004 (5)
Sweden Sarah Sjöström* 1993 9 1 8 2009–2019 (11)
5. Ukraine Yana Klochkova 1982 8 4 4 2000–2004 (5)
6. Hungary Krisztina Egerszegi 1974 7 5 2 1988–1996 (9)
United States Janet Evans 1971 7 4 3 1988–1994 (7)
East Germany Kristin Otto 1966 7 4 3 1982–1988 (7)
East Germany Kornelia Ender 1958 7 3 4 1973–1976 (4)
Italy Federica Pellegrini* 1988 7 1 6 2008–2019 (12)
11. United States Missy Franklin 1995 6 2 4 2011–2013 (3)
Russia Yuliya Yefimova* 1992 6 0 6 2009–2019 (11)
13. United States Tracy Caulkins 1963 5 2 3 1978–1984 (7)
Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry 1983 5 2 3 2004–2009 (6)
United States Rebecca Soni 1987 5 2 3 2008–2012 (5)
China Luo Xuejuan 1984 5 1 4 2001–2004 (4)
Australia Leisel Jones 1985 5 1 4 2005–2008 (4)
Australia Libby Trickett (Lenton) 1985 5 1 4 2005–2008 (4)
United States Lilly King* 1997 5 1 4 2016–2019 (4)
Germany Hannah Stockbauer 1982 5 0 5 2001–2003 (3)
21. United States Brooke Bennett 1980 4 3 1 1996–2000 (5)
East Germany Ulrike Richter 1959 4 2 2 1973–1976 (4)
United States Mary T. Meagher 1964 4 2 2 1982–1986 (5)
United States Natalie Coughlin* 1982 4 2 2 2001–2008 (8)
Germany Britta Steffen 1983 4 2 2 2008–2009 (2)
United States Simone Manuel* 1996 4 1 3 2016–2019 (4)
France Laure Manaudou 1986 4 1 3 2004–2007 (4)
United States Katie Hoff 1989 4 0 4 2005–2007 (3)
United States Kate Ziegler 1988 4 0 4 2005–2007 (3)
30. Australia Dawn Fraser 1937 3 3 0 1956–1964 (9)
United States Debbie Meyer 1952 3 3 0 1968 (1)
Australia Shane Gould 1956 3 3 0 1972 (1)
Republic of Ireland Michelle Smith 1969 3 3 0 1996 (1)
United States Melissa Belote 1956 3 2 1 1972–1973 (2)
East Germany Barbara Krause 1959 3 2 1 1978–1980 (3)
United States Amy Van Dyken 1973 3 2 1 1996–1998 (3)
Australia Susie O'Neill 1973 3 2 1 1996–2000 (5)
Romania Diana Mocanu 1984 3 2 1 2000–2001 (2)
United Kingdom Rebecca Adlington 1989 3 2 1 2008–2011 (4)
Netherlands Ranomi Kromowidjojo* 1990 3 2 1 2012–2013 (2)
Australia Ariarne Titmus* 2000 3 2 1 2019–2021 (3)
East Germany Hannelore Anke 1957 3 1 2 1975–1976 (2)
East Germany Petra Schneider 1963 3 1 2 1980–1982 (3)
East Germany Heike Friedrich 1970 3 1 2 1986–1988 (3)
China Lin Li 1970 3 1 2 1991–1992 (2)
Hungary Ágnes Kovács 1981 3 1 2 1998–2001 (4)
Australia Petria Thomas 1975 3 1 2 2001–2004 (4)
Poland Otylia Jędrzejczak 1983 3 1 2 2003–2005 (3)
United States Jenny Thompson 1973 3 0 3 1998–2003 (6)
Australia Jessicah Schipper 1986 3 0 3 2005–2009 (5)
China Zhao Jing 1990 3 0 3 2009–2013 (5)
Australia Emily Seebohm* 1992 3 0 3 2015–2017 (3)

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