Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships^[1][2] were first held in 1934 at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1938, at the 11th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added.

The women's floor exercise competition has been held in every year since its inception.

Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position (second for a tie for first, third for a tie for second) is left empty because a medal was not awarded for that position. If three gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.

Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories.

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1938	Prague *	Matylda Pálfyová *	unknown	unknown
1950	Basel	Helena Rakoczy	Tereza Kočiš	Stefania Reindl
1954	Rome	Tamara Manina	Eva Bosáková	Maria Gorokhovskaya
1958	Moscow	Eva Bosáková	Larisa Latynina	Keiko Tanaka
1962	Prague	Larisa Latynina	Irina Pervushina	Věra Čáslavská
1966	Dortmund	Natalia Kuchinskaya	Věra Čáslavská	Zinaida Druzhinina
1970	Ljubljana	Ludmilla Tourischeva	Olga Karasyova	Zinaida Voronina
1974	Varna	Ludmilla Tourischeva	Olga Korbut	Elvira Saadi Rusudan Sikharulidze
1978	Strasbourg	Nellie Kim Elena Mukhina	—	Emilia Eberle Kathy Johnson
1979	Fort Worth	Emilia Eberle	Nellie Kim	Melita Ruhn
1981	Moscow	Natalia Ilienko	Yelena Davydova	Zoja Grantcharova
1983	Budapest	Ecaterina Szabó	Olga Mostepanova	Boriana Stoyanova
1985	Montreal	Oksana Omelianchik	Yelena Shushunova	Ulrike Klotz
1987	Rotterdam	Yelena Shushunova Daniela Silivaș	—	Aurelia Dobre
1989	Stuttgart	Svetlana Boginskaya Daniela Silivaș	—	Cristina Bontaș
1991	Indianapolis	Cristina Bontaș Oksana Chusovitina	—	Kim Zmeskal
1992	Paris	Kim Zmeskal	Henrietta Ónodi	Tatiana Lysenko Maria Neculiță
1993	Birmingham	Shannon Miller	Gina Gogean	Natalia Bobrova
1994	Brisbane	Dina Kochetkova	Lavinia Miloșovici	Gina Gogean
1995	Sabae	Gina Gogean	Ji Liya	Ludivine Furnon
1996	San Juan	Gina Gogean Kui Yuanyuan	—	Lavinia Miloșovici Liubov Sheremeta
1997	Lausanne	Gina Gogean	Svetlana Khorkina	Yelena Produnova
1999	Tianjin	Andreea Răducan	Simona Amânar	Svetlana Khorkina
2001	Ghent	Andreea Răducan	Daniele Hypólito	Svetlana Khorkina
2002	Debrecen	Elena Gómez	Verona van de Leur	Samantha Sheehan
2003	Anaheim	Daiane dos Santos	Cătălina Ponor	Elena Gómez
2005	Melbourne	Alicia Sacramone	Nastia Liukin	Suzanne Harmes
2006	Aarhus	Cheng Fei	Jana Bieger	Vanessa Ferrari
2007	Stuttgart	Shawn Johnson	Alicia Sacramone	Cassy Vericel
2009	London	Beth Tweddle	Lauren Mitchell	Sui Lu
2010	Rotterdam	Lauren Mitchell	Diana Chelaru Aliya Mustafina	—
2011	Tokyo	Ksenia Afanasyeva	Sui Lu	Aly Raisman
2013	Antwerp	Simone Biles	Vanessa Ferrari	Larisa Iordache
2014	Nanning	Simone Biles	Larisa Iordache	Aliya Mustafina
2015	Glasgow	Simone Biles	Ksenia Afanasyeva	Maggie Nichols
2017	Montreal	Mai Murakami	Jade Carey	Claudia Fragapane
2018	Doha	Simone Biles	Morgan Hurd	Mai Murakami
2019	Stuttgart	Simone Biles	Sunisa Lee	Angelina Melnikova
2021	Kitakyushu	Mai Murakami	Angelina Melnikova	Leanne Wong
2022	Liverpool	Jessica Gadirova	Jordan Chiles	Rebeca Andrade Jade Carey
2023	Antwerp	Simone Biles (6)	Rebeca Andrade	Flávia Saraiva

* There is conflicting and incomplete information about medal winners in the individual apparatus events at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as non-primary sources gives different information about it.

Last updated after the 2023 World Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	12	8	5	25
2	United States	10	7	7	24
3	Romania	10	6	8	24
4	Russia	2	3	6	11
5	China	2	2	1	5
	Czechoslovakia	2	2	1	5
7	Japan	2	0	2	4
8	Great Britain	2	0	1	3
9	Brazil	1	2	2	5
10	Australia	1	1	0	2
11	Poland	1	0	1	2
	Spain	1	0	1	2
13	Italy	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
15	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Russian Gymnastics Federation [b]	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
18	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
	France	0	0	2	2
20	CIS [a]	0	0	1	1
	East Germany	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		46	36	44	126

Note

• ^[a] Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from former Soviet Union at the 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Paris, France, as medals for CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).
• ^[b] At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), athletes from Russia were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated under name and flag of the RGF (Russian Gymnastics Federation).

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Years	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Simone Biles	United States	2013–2023	6	0	0	6
2	Gina Gogean	Romania	1993–1997	3	1	1	5
3	Mai Murakami	Japan	2017–2021	2	0	1	3
4	Andreea Răducan	Romania	1999–2001	2	0	0	2
	Daniela Silivaș	Romania	1987–1989	2	0	0	2
	Ludmilla Tourischeva	Soviet Union	1970–1974	2	0	0	2
7	Ksenia Afanasyeva	Russia	2011–2015	1	1	0	2
	Eva Bosáková	Czechoslovakia	1954–1958	1	1	0	2
	Nellie Kim	Soviet Union	1978–1979	1	1	0	2
	Larisa Latynina	Soviet Union	1958–1962	1	1	0	2
	Alicia Sacramone	United States	2005–2007	1	1	0	2
	Yelena Shushunova	Soviet Union	1985–1987	1	1	0	2
13	Cristina Bontaș	Romania	1989–1991	1	0	1	2
	Emilia Eberle	Romania	1978–1979	1	0	1	2
	Elena Gómez	Spain	2002–2003	1	0	1	2
	Kim Zmeskal	United States	1991–1992	1	0	1	2
17	Svetlana Khorkina	Russia	1997–2001	0	1	2	3
18	Rebeca Andrade	Brazil	2022–2023	0	1	1	2
	Jade Carey	United States	2017–2022	0	1	1	2
	Věra Čáslavská	Czechoslovakia	1962–1966	0	1	1	2
	Vanessa Ferrari	Italy	2006–2013	0	1	1	2
	Larisa Iordache	Romania	2013–2014	0	1	1	2
	Angelina Melnikova	Russia Russian Gymnastics Federation	2019–2021	0	1	1	2
	Lavinia Miloșovici	Romania	1994–1996	0	1	1	2
	Aliya Mustafina	Russia	2010–2014	0	1	1	2
	Sui Lu	China	2009–2011	0	1	1	2
27	Zinaida Voronina (Druzhinina)	Soviet Union	1966–1970	0	0	2	2

• FIG Results: 1903 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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• FIG Results: 1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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• FIG Results: 1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Individuals Competition)
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• Results: 2009 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships