Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
50 m freestyle | Zhuang Yong (CHN) | Leigh Ann Fetter (USA) | — |
Catherine Plewinski (FRA) |
100 m freestyle | Nicole Haislett (USA) | Catherine Plewinski (FRA) | Zhuang Yong (CHN) |
200 m freestyle | Hayley Lewis (AUS) | Janet Evans (USA) | Mette Jacobsen (DEN) |
400 m freestyle | Janet Evans (USA) | Hayley Lewis (AUS) | Suzu Chiba (JPN) |
800 m freestyle | Janet Evans (USA) | Grit Müller (GER) | Jana Henke (GER) |
100 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | Tünde Szabó (HUN) | Janie Wagstaff (USA) |
200 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | Dagmar Hase (GER) | Janie Wagstaff (USA) |
100 m breaststroke | Linley Frame (AUS) | Jana Dörries (GER) | Yelena Volkova (URS) |
200 m breaststroke | Yelena Volkova (URS) | Linley Frame (AUS) | Jana Dörries (GER) |
100 m butterfly | Hong Qian (CHN) | Wang Xiaohong (CHN) | Catherine Plewinski (FRA) |
200 m butterfly | Summer Sanders (USA) | Rie Shito (JPN) | Hayley Lewis (AUS) |
200 m individual medley | Lin Li (CHN) | Summer Sanders (USA) | Daniela Hunger (GER) |
400 m individual medley | Lin Li (CHN) | Hayley Lewis (AUS) | Summer Sanders (USA) |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Nicole Haislett Julie Cooper Whitney Hedgepeth Jenny Thompson | Germany (GER) Simone Osygus Kerstin Kielgaß Karen Seick Manuela Stellmach | Netherlands (NED) Mildred Muis Inge de Bruijn Marianne Muis Karin Brienesse |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Germany (GER) Kerstin Kielgaß Manuela Stellmach Dagmar Hase Stephanie Ortwig | Netherlands (NED) Marianne Muis Manon Masseurs Mildred Muis Karin Brienesse | Denmark (DEN) Gitta Jensen Berit Puggaard Annette Povlsen Mette Jacobsen |
4 × 100 m medley relay | United States (USA) Janie Wagstaff Tracey McFarlane Crissy Ahmann-Leighton Nicole Haislett | Australia (AUS) Nicole Livingstone Linley Frame Susie O'Neill Karen van Wirdum | Germany (GER) Svenja Schlicht Jana Dörries Susanne Müller Manuela Stellmach |