Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 200 metre backstroke - 200 metre backstroke World Champions, women

1973 Melissa Belote
1975 Birgit Treiber
1978 Linda Jezek
1982 Kornelia Sirch
1986 Kornelia Sirch
1991 Krisztina Egerszegi
1994 He Cihong
1998 Roxana Maracineanu
2001 Diana Mocanu
2003 Katy Sexton
2005 Kirsty Coventry
2007 Margaret Hoelzer
2009 Kirsty Coventry
2011 Missy Franklin