Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 100 metre backstroke - 100 metre backstroke World Champions, women

1973 Ulrike Richter
1975 Ulrike Richter
1978 Linda Jezek
1982 Kristin Otto
1986 Betsy Mitchell
1991 Krisztina Egerszegi
1994 He Cihong
1998 Lea Maurer
2001 Natalie Coughlin
2003 Antje Buschschulte
2005 Kirsty Coventry
2007 Natalie Coughlin
2009 Gemma Spofforth
2011 Zhao Jing