Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 800 metre freestyle - 800 metre freestyle World Champions, women

1973 Novella Calligaris
1975 Jennifer Turrall
1978 Tracey Wickham
1982 Kimberly Lineham
1986 Astrid Strauss
1991 Janet Evans
1994 Janet Evans
1998 Brooke Bennett
2001 Hannah Stockbauer
2003 Hannah Stockbauer
2005 Kate Ziegler
2007 Kate Ziegler
2009 Lotte Friis
2011 Rebecca Adlington