Recuento histórico de los medallistas de los mundiales de natación 50 metros libres, en ambas ramas.
| Año | Oro | Plata | Bronce |
| 1986 Madrid | Tamara Costache ( ROM ) | Kristin Otto ( GDR ) | Marie-Thérèse Armentero ( SUI ) |
| 1991 Perth | Zhuang Yong ( CHN ) | Leigh Ann Fetter ( EE.UU. ) | ninguno recibió |
| Catalina Plewinski ( FRA ) | |||
| 1994 Roma | Le Jingyi ( CHN ) | Natalya Meshcheryakova ( RUS ) | Amy Van Dyken ( EE.UU. ) |
| 1998 Perth | Amy Van Dyken ( EE.UU. ) | Sandra Völker ( GER ) | Shan Ying ( CHN ) |
| 2001 Fukuoka | Inge de Bruijn ( NED ) | Teresa Alshammar ( SWE ) | Sandra Völker ( GER ) |
| 2003 Barcelona, | Inge de Bruijn ( NED ) | Alice Mills ( AUS ) | Libby Lenton ( AUS ) |
| 2005 Montreal | Libby Lenton ( AUS ) | Marleen Veldhuis ( NED ) | Zhu Yingwen ( CHN ) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Libby Lenton ( AUS ) | Teresa Alshammar ( SWE ) | Marleen Veldhuis ( NED ) |
| 2009 Roma | Britta Steffen ( GER ) | Teresa Alshammar ( SWE ) | Marleen Veldhuis ( NED ) |
| Cate Campbell ( AUS ) | |||
| 2011 Shanghai | Teresa Alshammar ( SWE ) | Ranomi Kromowidjojo ( NED ) | Marleen Veldhuis ( NED ) |
| 2013 Barcelona, | Ranomi Kromowidjojo ( NED ) | Cate Campbell ( AUS ) | Francesca Halsall ( GBR ) |
| 2015 Kazan | |||
| 2017 Guadalajara | |||
2019 | |||
2021 | |||
2023 | |||
2025 |
| Año | Oro | Plata | Bronce |
| 1986 Madrid | Tom Jager ( EE.UU. ) | Dano Halsall ( SUI ) | Matt Biondi ( EE.UU. ) |
| 1991 Perth | Tom Jager ( EE.UU. ) | Matt Biondi ( EE.UU. ) | Gennadiy Prigoda ( URS ) |
| 1994 Roma | Alexander Popov ( RUS ) | Gary Hall, Jr. ( EE.UU. ) | Raimundas Mažuolis ( LTU ) |
| 1998 Perth | Bill Pilczuk ( EE.UU. ) | Alexander Popov ( RUS ) | Ricardo Busquets ( PUR ) |
| Michael Klim ( AUS ) | |||
| 2001 Fukuoka | Anthony Ervin ( EE.UU. ) | Pieter v / d Hoogenband ( NED ) | Roland Schoeman ( RSA ) |
| Tomohiro Yamanoi ( JPN ) | |||
| 2003 Barcelona, | Alexander Popov ( RUS ) | Mark Foster ( GBR ) | Pieter v / d Hoogenband ( NED ) |
| 2005 Montreal | Roland Schoeman ( RSA ) | Duje Draganja ( CRO ) | Bartosz Kizierowski ( POL ) |
| 2007 Melbourne | Benjamin Wildman ( EE.UU. ) | Cullen Jones ( EE.UU. ) | Stefan Nystrand ( SWE ) |
| 2009 Roma | César Cielo ( BRA ) | Frédérick Bousquet ( FRA ) | Amaury Leveaux ( FRA ) |
| 2011 Shanghai | César Cielo ( BRA ) | Luca Dotto ( ITA ) | Alain Bernard ( FRA ) |
| 2013 Barcelona, | César Cielo ( BRA ) | Vladimir Morozov ( RUS ) | George Bovell ( TRI ) |
| 2015 Kazan | |||
| 2017 Guadalajara | |||
2019 | |||
2021 | |||
2023 | |||
2025 |
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