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

1973 Roland Matthes
1975 Zoltán Verrasztó
1978 Jesse Vassallo
1982 Rick Carey
1986 Igor Polyansky
1991 Martin López-Zubero
1994 Vladimir Selkov
1998 Lenny Krayzelburg
2001 Aaron Peirsol
2003 Aaron Peirsol
2005 Aaron Peirsol
2007 Ryan Lochte
2009 Aaron Peirsol
2011 Ryan Lochte

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

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

1973 Roland Matthes
1975 Roland Matthes
1978 Bob Jackson
1982 Dirk Richter
1986 Igor Polyansky
1991 Jeff Rouse
1994 Martin López-Zubero
1998 Lenny Krayzelburg
2001 Matt Welsh
2003 Aaron Peirsol
2005 Aaron Peirsol
2007 Aaron Peirsol
2009 Junya Koga
2011 Camille Lacourt/Jérémy Stravius

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

Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 50 metre backstroke - 50 metre backstroke World Champions, men

2001 Randall Bal
2003 Thomas Rupprath
2005 Aristeidis Grigoriadis
2007 Gerhardus Zandberg
2009 Liam Tancock
2011 Liam Tancock

Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 50 metre backstroke - 50 metre backstroke World Champions, women

2001 Haley Cope
2003 Nina Zhivanevskaya
2005 Giaan Rooney
2007 Leila Vaziri
2009 Zhao Jing
2011 Anastasia Zuyeva

Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 1500 metre freestyle - 1500 metre freestyle World Champions, men

1973 Stephen Holland
1975 Timothy Shaw
1978 Vladimir Salnikov
1982 Vladimir Salnikov
1986 Rainer Henkel
1991 Jörg Hoffmann
1994 Kieren Perkins
1998 Grant Hackett
2001 Grant Hackett
2003 Grant Hackett
2005 Grant Hackett
2007 Mateusz Sawrymowicz
2009 Oussama Mellouli
2011 Sun Yang

Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 1500 metre freestyle - 1500 metre freestyle World Champions, women

2001 Hannah Stockbauer
2003 Hannah Stockbauer
2005 Kate Ziegler
2007 Kate Ziegler
2009 Alessia Filippi
2011 Lotte Friis

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

2001 Ian Thorpe
2003 Grant Hackett
2005 Grant Hackett
2007 Przemysław Stańczyk
2009 Zhang Lin
2011 Sun Yang

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

Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 400 metre freestyle - 400 metre freestyle World Champions, men

1973 Rick DeMont
1975 Timothy Shaw
1978 Vladimir Salnikov
1982 Vladimir Salnikov
1986 Rainer Henkel
1991 Jörg Hoffmann
1994 Kieren Perkins
1998 Ian Thorpe
2001 Ian Thorpe
2003 Ian Thorpe
2005 Grant Hackett
2007 Park Tae-Hwan
2009 Paul Biedermann
2011 Park Tae-Hwan

Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 400 metre freestyle - 400 metre freestyle World Champions, women

1973 Heather Greenwood
1975 Shirley Babashoff
1978 Tracey Wickham
1982 Carmela Schmidt
1986 Heike Friedrich
1991 Janet Evans
1994 Yang Aihua
1998 Chen Yan
2001 Yana Klochkova
2003 Hannah Stockbauer
2005 Laure Manaudou
2007 Laure Manaudou
2009 Federica Pellegrini
2011 Federica Pellegrini

Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 200 metre freestyle - 200 metre freestyle World Champions, men

1973 Jim Montgomery
1975 Timothy Shaw
1978 William Forrester
1982 Michael Groß
1986 Michael Groß
1991 Giorgio Lamberti
1994 Antti Kasvio
1998 Michael Klim
2001 Ian Thorpe
2003 Ian Thorpe
2005 Michael Phelps
2007 Michael Phelps
2009 Paul Biedermann
2011 Ryan Lochte

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

1973 Keena Rothhammer
1975 Shirley Babashoff
1978 Cynthia Woodhead
1982 Annemarie Verstappen
1986 Heike Friedrich
1991 Hayley Lewis
1994 Franziska van Almsick
1998 Claudia Poll
2001 Giaan Rooney
2003 Alena Popchanka
2005 Solenne Figuès
2007 Laure Manaudou
2009 Federica Pellegrini
2011 Federica Pellegrini

Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 100 metre freestyle - 100 metre freestyle World Champions, men

1973 Jim Montgomery
1975 Andy Coan
1978 David McCagg
1982 Jörg Woithe
1986 Matt Biondi
1991 Matt Biondi
1994 Alexander Popov
1998 Alexander Popov
2001 Anthony Ervin
2003 Alexander Popov
2005 Filippo Magnini
2007 Filippo Magnini/Brent Hayden
2009 César Cielo
2011 James Magnussen

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

1973 Kornelia Ender
1975 Kornelia Ender
1978 Barbara Krause
1982 Birgit Meineke
1986 Kristin Otto
1991 Nicole Haislett
1994 Le Jingyi
1998 Jenny Thompson
2001 Inge de Bruijn
2003 Hanna-Maria Seppälä
2005 Jodie Henry
2007 Libby Lenton
2009 Britta Steffen
2011 Jeanette Ottesen/Aleksandra Gerasimenya

Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 50 metre freestyle - 50 metre freestyle World Champions, men

1986 Tom Jager
1991 Tom Jager
1994 Alexander Popov
1998 Bill Pilczuk
2001 Anthony Ervin
2003 Alexander Popov
2005 Roland Schoeman
2007 Benjamin Wildman
2009 César Cielo
2011 César Cielo

Swimming, FINA Aquatics World Championships, 50 metre freestyle - 50 metre freestyle World Champions, women

1986 Tamara Costache
1991 Zhuang Yong
1994 Le Jingyi
1998 Amy Van Dyken
2001 Inge de Bruijn
2003 Inge de Bruijn
2005 Libby Lenton
2007 Libby Lenton
2009 Britta Steffen
2011 Therese Alshammar

Athletics, IAAF Athletics World Championships, Decathlon - Decathlon World Champions

1983 Daley Thompson
1987 Torsten Voss
1991 Dan O'Brien
1993 Dan O'Brien
1995 Dan O'Brien
1997 Tomáš Dvořák
1999 Tomáš Dvořák
2001 Tomáš Dvořák
2003 Tom Pappas
2005 Bryan Clay
2007 Roman Šebrle
2009 Trey Hardee
2011 Trey Hardee

Athletics, IAAF Athletics World Championships, Heptathlon - Heptathlon World Champions

1983 Ramona Gohler-Neubert
1987 Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1991 Sabine Braun
1993 Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1995 Ghada Shouaa
1997 Sabine Braun
1999 Eunice Barber
2001 Yelena Prokhorova
2003 Carolina Klüft
2005 Carolina Klüft
2007 Carolina Klüft
2009 Jessica Ennis
2011 Tatyana Chernova

Athletics, IAAF Athletics World Championships, Hammer throw - Hammer throw World Champions, men

1983 Sergey Litvinov
1987 Sergey Litvinov
1991 Yuriy Sedykh
1993 Andrey Abduvaliyev
1995 Andrey Abduvaliyev
1997 Heinz Weis
1999 Karsten Kobs
2001 Szymon Ziółkowski
2003 Ivan Tsikhan
2005 Ivan Tsikhan
2007 Ivan Tsikhan
2009 Primož Kozmus
2011 Koji Murofushi

Athletics, IAAF Athletics World Championships, Hammer throw - Hammer throw World Champions, women

1999 Mihaela Melinte
2001 Yipsi Moreno
2003 Yipsi Moreno
2005 Olga Kuzenkova
2007 Betty Heidler
2009 Anita Włodarczyk
2011 Tatyana Lysenko

Athletics, IAAF Athletics World Championships, Javelin throw - Javelin throw World Champions, men

1983 Detlef Michel
1987 Seppo Räty
1991 Kimmo Kinnunen
1993 Jan Železný
1995 Jan Železný
1997 Marius Corbett
1999 Aki Parviainen
2001 Jan Železný
2003 Sergey Makarov
2005 Andrus Värnik
2007 Tero Pitkämäki
2009 Andreas Thorkildsen
2011 Matthias de Zordo

Athletics, IAAF Athletics World Championships, Javelin throw - Javelin throw World Champions, women

1983 Tiina Lillak
1987 Fatima Whitbread
1991 Xu Demei
1993 Trine Hattestad
1995 Natalya Shikolenko
1997 Trine Hattestad
1999 Mirela Manjani
2001 Osleidys Menéndez
2003 Mirela Manjani
2005 Osleidys Menéndez
2007 Barbora Špotáková
2009 Steffi Nerius
2011 Maria Abakumova

Athletics, IAAF Athletics World Championships, Discus throw - Discus throw World Champions, men

1983 Imrich Bugár
1987 Jürgen Schult
1991 Lars Riedel
1993 Lars Riedel
1995 Lars Riedel
1997 Lars Riedel
1999 Anthony Washington
2001 Lars Riedel
2003 Virgilijus Alekna
2005 Virgilijus Alekna
2007 Gerd Kanter
2009 Robert Harting
2011 Robert Harting