Year	Gold			Silver			Bronze
2025 Women 50m Freestyle	Meg Harris	AUS	24.02s	Qingfeng Wu	CHN	24.26s	Yujie Cheng	CHN	24.28s
2024 Women 50m Freestyle	Sarah Sjöström	SWE	23.69s	Kate Douglass	USA	23.91s	Katarzyna Wasick	POL	23.95s
2023 Women 50m Freestyle	Sarah Sjöström	SWE	23.62s	Shayna Jack	AUS	24.10s	Yufei Zhang	CHN	24.15s
2022 Women 50m Freestyle	Sarah Sjöström	SWE	23.98s	Katarzyna Wasick	POL	24.18s	Meg Harris	AUS	24.38s
2019 Women_50m_Freestyle	Simone Manuel	USA	24.05s	Sarah Sjöström	SWE	24.07s	Cate Campbell	AUS	24.11s
2017 Women_50m_Freestyle	Sarah Sjöström	SWE	23.69s	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	NED	23.85s	Simone Manuel	USA	23.97s
2015 Women_50m_Freestyle	Bronte Campbell	AUS	24.12s	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	NED	24.22s	Sarah Sjöström	SWE	24.31s
2013 Women_50m_Freestyle	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	NED	24.05s	Cate Campbell	AUS	24.14s	Francesca Halsall	GBR	24.30s
2011 Women_50m_Freestyle	Therese Alshammar	SWE	24.14s	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	NED	24.27s	Marleen Veldhuis	NED	24.49s
2009 Women_50m_Freestyle	Britta Steffen	GER	23.73s	Therese Alshammar	SWE	23.88s	Cate Campbell	AUS	23.99s
2007 Women_50m_Freestyle	Lisbeth Lenton	AUS	24.53s	Therese Alshammar	SWE	24.62s	Marleen Veldhuis	NED	24.70s
2005 Women_50m_Freestyle	Lisbeth Lenton	AUS	24.59s	Marleen Veldhuis	NED	24.83s	Yingwen Zhu	CHN	24.91s
2003 Women_50m_Freestyle	Inge De Bruijn	NED	24.47s	Alice Mills	AUS	25.07s	Lisbeth Lenton	AUS	25.08s
2001 Women_50m_Freestyle	Inge De Bruijn	NED	24.47s	Therese Alshammar	SWE	24.88s	Sandra Volker	GER	24.96s
1998 Women_50m_Freestyle	Amy Van Dyken	USA	25.15s	Sandra Voelker	GER	25.32s	Ying Shan	CHN	25.36s
1994 Women 50m Freestyle	Jingyi Le	CHN	24.51s	Natalia Mesheryakova	RUS	25.10s	Amy Van Dyken	USA	25.18s

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Last updated: 12 Aug 2025
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