# List of Universiade medalists in athletics (women)

This is the complete list of women's Universiade medalists in athletics from 1959 to 2019.

## Events
### 100m

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Giuseppina Leone (ITA) | 11.7 | Lyudmila Nechayeva (URS) | 12.0 | Catherine Capdevielle (FRA) | 12.1 |
| 1961 | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | 11.78 | Galina Popova (URS) | 11.90 | Joan Atkinson (GBR) | 11.93 |
| 1963 | Renāte Lāce (URS) | 11.91 | Vera Popkova (URS) | 12.02 | Miguelina Cobián (CUB) | 12.11 |
| 1965 | Irena Kirszenstein (POL) | 11.3 | Miguelina Cobián (CUB) | 11.5 | Liz Gill (GBR) | 11.6 |
| 1967 | Barbara Ferrell (USA) | 11.6 | Gabrielle Meyer (FRA) | 11.7 | Gerlind Beyrichen (FRG) | 12.1 |
| 1970 | Renate Meißner (GDR) | 11.5 | Wilma van den Berg (NED) | 11.6 | Györgyi Balogh (HUN) | 11.7 |
| 1973 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (FIN) | 11.41 | Elfgard Schittenhelm (FRG) | 11.62 | Ellen Stropahl (GDR) | 11.63 |
| 1975 | Lyudmila Zharkova (URS) | 11.31 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (FIN) | 11.47 | Patty Loverock (CAN) | 11.57 |
| 1977 | Lyudmila Storozhkova (URS) | 11.21 | Andrea Lynch (GBR) | 11.22 | Silvia Chivás (CUB) | 11.23 |
| 1979 | Marlies Göhr (GDR) | 11.00 UR | Kathy Smallwood (GBR) | 11.27 | Beverley Goddard (GBR) | 11.32 |
| 1981 | Bev Goddard (GBR) | 11.35 | Olga Zolotaryova (URS) | 11.51 | Olga Nasonova (URS) | 11.54 |
| 1983 | Beverly Kinch (GBR) | 11.13w | Randy Givens (USA) | 11.16w | Angella Taylor (CAN) | 11.17w |
| 1985 | Irina Slyusar (URS) | 11.22 | Anelia Nuneva (BUL) | 11.29 | Grace Jackson (JAM) | 11.35 |
| 1987 | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 11.09 | Irina Slyusar (URS) | 11.34 | Tina Iheagwam (NGR) | 11.40 |
| 1989 | Liliana Allen (CUB) | 11.37 | Anita Howard (USA) | 11.47 | Natalya Voronova (URS) | 11.48 |
| 1991 | Chryste Gaines (USA) | 11.56 | Anita Howard (USA) | 11.57 | Sølvi Olsen (NOR) | 11.61 |
| 1993 | Dahlia Duhaney (JAM) | 11.56 | Liliana Allen (CUB) | 11.57 | Beatrice Utondu (NGR) | 11.59 |
| 1995 | Melanie Paschke (GER) | 11.16 | Ekaterini Thanou (GRE) | 11.30 | Mary Tombiri (NGR) | 11.43 |
| 1997 | Ekaterini Thanou (GRE) | 11.20 | Anzhela Kravchenko (UKR) | 11.34 | Katia Benth (FRA) | 11.35 |
| 1999 | Angela Williams (USA) | 11.19 | Katia Benth (FRA) | 11.23 | Virgen Benavides (CUB) | 11.25 |
| 2001 | Abi Oyepitan (GBR) | 11.42 | Zeng Xiujun (CHN) | 11.58 | Mireille Donders (SUI) | 11.59 |
| 2003 | Qin Wangping China | 11.53 | Enikő Szabó Hungary | 11.61 | Yelena Bolsun Russia | 11.65 |
| 2005 | Olga Khalandyreva Russia | 11.43 | Ailis McSweeney Ireland | 11.68 | Nikolett Listár Hungary | 11.71 |
| 2007 | Johanna Manninen Finland | 11.46 | Elena Chebanu Ukraine | 11.56 | Audra Dagelytė Lithuania | 11.65 |
| 2009 | Lina Grincikaitė Lithuania | 11.31 | Momoko Takahashi Japan | 11.52 | Sónia Tavares Portugal | 11.54 |
| 2011 | Carrie Russell Jamaica | 11.05 =PB | Khrystyna Stuy Ukraine | 11.34 PB | Lina Grinčikaitė Lithuania | 11.44 |
| 2013 | Aurieyall Scott United States | 11.28 | Lina Grinčikaitė Lithuania | 11.32 | Andreea Ogrăzeanu Romania | 11.41 |
| 2015 | Viktoriya Zyabkina Kazakhstan | 11.23 | Shimayra Williams Jamaica | 11.46 | Yelena Kozlova Russia | 11.47 |
| 2017 | Shashalee Forbes Jamaica | 11.18 | Irene Siragusa Italy | 11.31 PB | Salomé Kora Switzerland | 11.33 |
| 2019 | Dutee Chand India | 11.32 | Ajla Del Ponte Switzerland | 11.33 | Lisa-Marie Kwayie Germany | 11.39 |

### 200m

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Giuseppina Leone (ITA) | 23.8 | Barbara Janiszewska (POL) | 24.2 | Lyudmila Nechayeva (URS) | 24.7 |
| 1961 | Barbara Janiszewska (POL) | 24.44 | Joan Atkinson (GBR) | 24.49 | Vera Kabranyuk (URS) | 24.70 |
| 1963 | Jutta Heine (FRG) | 24.60 | Renāte Lāce (URS) | 24.64 | Miguelina Cobián (CUB) | 24.74 |
| 1965 | Irena Kirszenstein (POL) | 23.5 | Miguelina Cobián (CUB) | 23.9 | Liz Gill (GBR) | 24.0 |
| 1967 | Gabrielle Meyer (FRA) | 23.8 | Barbara Ferrell (USA) | 23.9 | Jannette Champion (GBR) | 24.7 |
| 1970 | Renate Meißner (GDR) | 22.7 | Györgyi Balogh (HUN) | 23.2 | Wilma van den Berg (NED) | 23.5 |
| 1973 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (FIN) | 22.39 | Marina Sidorova (URS) | 22.72 | Ellen Stropahl (GDR) | 22.73 |
| 1975 | Pirjo Häggman (FIN) | 23.38 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (FIN) | 23.61 | Jelica Pavličić (YUG) | 23.78 |
| 1977 | Silvia Chivás (CUB) | 23.08 | Marina Sidorova (URS) | 23.09 | Andrea Lynch (GBR) | 23.23 |
| 1979 | Marita Koch (GDR) | 21.91 UR | Kathy Smallwood (GBR) | 22.70 | Beverley Goddard (GBR) | 22.76 |
| 1981 | Kathy Smallwood (GBR) | 22.78 | Marisa Masullo (ITA) | 23.36 | Irina Nazarova (URS) | 23.45 |
| 1983 | Randy Givens (USA) | 22.47 | Marita Payne (CAN) | 22.62 | Grace Jackson (JAM) | 22.69 |
| 1985 | Grace Jackson (JAM) | 22.59 | Elżbieta Tomczak (POL) | 22.76 | Irina Slyusar (URS) | 22.86 |
| 1987 | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 22.44 | Mary Onyali (NGR) | 22.64 | Dannette Young (USA) | 22.72 |
| 1989 | Galina Malchugina (URS) | 22.70 | Liliana Allen (CUB) | 23.00 | Esther Jones (USA) | 23.02 |
| 1991 | Wang Huei-chen (TPE) | 23.22 | Sølvi Olsen (NOR) | 23.41 | Michelle Collins (USA) | 23.47 |
| 1993 | Flirtisha Harris (USA) | 22.56w | Dahlia Duhaney (JAM) | 22.79w | Wang Huei-chen (TPE) | 22.80w |
| 1995 | Du Xiujie (CHN) | 22.53 | Oksana Dyachenko (RUS) | 22.89 | Zlatka Georgieva (BUL) | 23.04 |
| 1997 | Yekaterina Leshcheva (RUS) | 23.18 | Katia Benth (FRA) | 23.31 | Monika Gachevska (BUL) | 23.60 |
| 1999 | Kim Gevaert (BEL) | 23.10 | Zuzanna Radecka (POL) | 23.14 | Nanceen Perry (USA) | 23.27 |
| 2001 | Li Xuemei (CHN) | 22.86 | Kim Gevaert (BEL) | 22.94 | Natallia Safronnikava (BLR) | 23.16 |
| 2003 | Yelena Bolsun Russia | 23.39 | Yekaterina Kondratyeva Russia | 23.43 | Jenice Daley Jamaica | 23.55 |
| 2005 | Natalya Ivanova Russia | 23.28 | Yelena Yakovleva Russia | 23.45 | Élodie Ouédraogo Belgium | 23.62 |
| 2007 | Iryna Shtanhyeyeva Ukraine | 22.95 | Kadi-Ann Thomas Great Britain | 23.28 PB | Hanna Mariën Belgium | 23.48 |
| 2009 | Monique Williams New Zealand | 23.11 | Isabel Le Roux South Africa | 23.18 | Sabina Veit Slovenia | 23.34 |
| 2011 | Anneisha McLaughlin Jamaica | 22.54 =PB | Tiffany Townsend United States | 22.96 | Anna Kaygorodova Russia | 23.16 PB |
| 2013 | Kimberly Hyacinthe Canada | 22.78 PB | Hanna-Maari Latvala Finland | 22.98 PB | Andreea Ogrăzeanu Romania | 23.10 PB |
| 2015 | Viktoriya Zyabkina Kazakhstan | 22.77 NR | Akeyla Mitchell United States | 22.95 PB | Kedisha Dallas Jamaica | 23.24 PB |
| 2017 | Irene Siragusa Italy | 22.96 PB | Gunta Latiševa-Čudare Latvia | 23.15 PB | Anna Bongiorni Italy | 23.47 |
| 2019 | Krystsina Tsimanouskaya Belarus | 23.00 PB | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly Germany | 23.05 | Lisa-Marie Kwayie Germany | 23.11 PB |

### 400 m

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1967 | Elisabeth Östberg (SWE) | 55.4 | Gabriele Grossekettler (FRG) | 56.0 | Biruta Vilmanis (AUS) | 56.5 |
| 1970 | Maria Sykora (AUT) | 52.8 | Carmen Trustée (CUB) | 53.5 | Aurelia Pentón (CUB) | 53.8 |
| 1973 | Nadezhda Kolesnikova (URS) | 52.04 | Judy Canty (AUS) | 52.82 | Carmen Trustée (CUB) | 53.44 |
| 1975 | Pirjo Häggman (FIN) | 51.80 GR | Inta Kļimoviča (URS) | 52.25 | Jelica Pavličić (YUG) | 52.50 |
| 1977 | Rosalyn Bryant (USA) | 52.10 | Natalya Sokolova (URS) | 52.15 | Beatriz Castillo (CUB) | 52.95 |
| 1979 | Mariya Kulchunova (URS) | 50.35 UR | Rosalyn Bryant (USA) | 51.35 | Christina Brehmer (GDR) | 51.59 |
| 1981 | Irina Baskakova (URS) | 51.45 | Nadezhda Lyalina (URS) | 51.56 | Sophie Malbranque (FRA) | 52.52 |
| 1983 | Mariya Pinigina (URS) | 50.47 | Molly Killingbeck (CAN) | 51.94 | Yelena Korban (URS) | 52.07 |
| 1985 | Tatyana Alekseyeva (URS) | 51.49 | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 52.10 | Sadia Showunmi (NGR) | 52.78 |
| 1987 | Denean Howard (USA) | 51.07 | Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS) | 51.32 | Sandie Richards (JAM) | 51.42 |
| 1989 | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 50.73 | Jearl Miles (USA) | 52.41 | Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS) | 52.69 |
| 1991 | Maicel Malone (USA) | 50.65 | Gretha Tromp (NED) | 52.06 | Galina Moskvina (URS) | 52.34 |
| 1993 | Michelle Collins (USA) | 52.01 | Youlanda Warren (USA) | 52.18 | Nancy McLeón (CUB) | 52.84 |
| 1995 | Olabisi Afolabi (NGR) | 50.50 | Tatyana Chebykina (RUS) | 51.01 | Olena Rurak (UKR) | 51.76 |
| 1997 | Allison Curbishley (GBR) | 50.84 | Olga Kotlyarova (RUS) | 51.35 | Idalmis Bonne (CUB) | 51.72 |
| 1999 | Ionela Târlea (ROM) | 49.88 UR | Miki Barber (USA) | 51.03 | Doris Jacob (NGR) | 51.04 |
| 2001 | Demetria Washington (USA) | 51.22 | Otilia Ruicu (ROU) | 51.82 | Miki Barber (USA) | 51.92 |
| 2003 | Tatyana Firova Russia | 51.81 | Mariya Lisnichenko Russia | 52.54 | Estie Wittstock South Africa | 52.86 |
| 2005 | Natalya Nazarova Russia | 51.31 | Fatou Bintou Fall Senegal | 51.33 | Tatyana Roslanova Kazakhstan | 52.46 |
| 2007 | Olga Tereshkova Kazakhstan | 51.62 PB | Danijela Grgić Croatia | 51.88 SB | Ksenia Zadorina Russia | 51.89 |
| 2009 | Fatou Bintou Fall Senegal | 51.65 | Esther Akinsulie Canada | 51.70 | Carline Muir Canada | 52.07 |
| 2011 | Olga Topilskaya Russia | 51.63 | Yelena Migunova Russia | 51.77 SB | Diamond Dixon United States | 52.76 |
| 2013 | Kseniya Ustalova Russia | 50.60 | Alyona Tamkova Russia | 51.17 | Anastasia Le-Roy Jamaica | 51.72 |
| 2015 | Justine Palframan South Africa | 51.27 PB | Małgorzata Hołub Poland | 51.93 SB | Yang Huizhen China | 51.98 PB |
| 2017 | Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Poland | 51.76 | Justine Palframan South Africa | 51.83 SB | Bianca Răzor Romania | 51.97 |
| 2019 | Paola Morán Mexico | 51.52 SB | Leni Shida Uganda | 51.64 SB | Amandine Brossier France | 51.77 PB |

### 800m

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Nicole Goullieux (FRA) | 2:11.1 | Edith Schiller (FRG) | 2:11.3 | Klavdiya Babintseva (URS) | 2:12.3 |
| 1961 | Antje Gleichfeld (FRG) | 2:07.76 | Florica Grecescu (ROM) | 2:08.67 | Tsvetana Isaeva (BUL) | 2:12.59 |
| 1963 | Olga Kazi (HUN) | 2:05.9 | Antje Gleichfeld (FRG) | 2:08.2 | Joy Catling (GBR) | 2:10.3 |
| 1965 | Laine Erik (URS) | 2:06.2 | Antje Gleichfeld (FRG) | 2:06.6 | Abby Hoffman (CAN) | 2:07.8 |
| 1967 | Madeline Manning (USA) | 2:06.8 | Abby Hoffman (CAN) | 2:08.5 | Elisabeth Östberg (SWE) | 2:08.9 |
| 1970 | Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) | 2:01.8 | Maria Sykora (AUT) | 2:01.9 | Karin Burneleit (GDR) | 2:02.2 |
| 1973 | Lilyana Tomova (BUL) | 1:59.52 | Nijolė Sabaitė (URS) | 2:00.19 | Elżbieta Katolik (POL) | 2:00.85 |
| 1975 | Nina Morgunova (URS) | 2:01.94 | Jozefína Čerchlanová (TCH) | 2:02.45 | Nikolina Shtereva (BUL) | 2:02.74 |
| 1977 | Totka Petrova (BUL) | 1:57.6 | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) | 1:58.6 | Svetla Koleva (BUL) | 1:58.9 |
| 1979 | Nadezhda Mushta (URS) | 2:00.50 | Olga Dvirna (URS) | 2:00.77 | Fița Lovin (ROM) | 2:00.81 |
| 1981 | Doina Melinte (ROM) | 1:57.81 | Gabriella Dorio (ITA) | 1:58.99 | Tudorita Morutan (ROM) | 1:59.30 |
| 1983 | Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) | 1:59.29 | Robin Campbell (USA) | 1:59.81 | Doina Melinte (ROU) | 1:59.93 |
| 1985 | Nadezhda Zvyagintseva (URS) | 1:58.59 | Cristieana Cojocaru (ROM) | 1:59.09 | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 1:59.77 |
| 1987 | Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) | 1:56.88 | Mitica Junghiatu (ROM) | 1:59.28 | Joetta Clark (USA) | 1:59.92 |
| 1989 | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 1:58.88 | Ellen van Langen (NED) | 1:59.82 | Inna Yevseyeva (URS) | 2:01.03 |
| 1991 | Inna Yevseyeva (URS) | 1:59.80 | Gabi Lesch (GER) | 2:00.97 | Jasmin Jones (USA) | 2:02.00 |
| 1993 | Amy Wickus (USA) | 2:03.72 | Inez Turner (JAM) | 2:04.14 | Daniela Antipov (ROM) | 2:04.75 |
| 1995 | Stella Jongmans (NED) | 2:02.13 | Svetlana Tverdokhleb (UKR) | 2:02.92 | Natalie Tait (GBR) | 2:03.32 |
| 1997 | Irina Nedelenko (UKR) | 2:00.21 | Olena Buzhenko (UKR) | 2:00.84 | Mariya Sinyusova (RUS) | 2:01.38 |
| 1999 | Yuliya Taranova (RUS) | 1:59.63 | Brigita Langerholc (SLO) | 1:59.87 | Elena Buhăianu (ROM) | 2:00.26 |
| 2001 | Brigita Langerholc (SLO) | 2:00.96 | Nédia Semedo (POR) | 2:01.64 | Tatyana Rodionova (RUS) | 2:01.68 |
| 2003 | Liliana Barbulescu Romania | 2:00.06 | Anna Zagórska Poland | 2:00.11 | Irina Vashentseva Russia | 2:00.77 |
| 2005 | Svetlana Klyuka Russia | 2:00.80 | Binnaz Uslu Turkey | 2:01.42 | Marilyn Okoro Great Britain | 2:01.90 |
| 2007 | Yuliya Krevsun Ukraine | 1:57.63 WL, PB | Yekaterina Kostetskaya Russia | 1:59.52 | Charlotte Best Great Britain | 2:01.50 PB |
| 2009 | Madeleine Pape Australia | 2:01.91 | Olga Cristea Moldova | 2:03.49 | Rebecca Johnstone Canada | 2:03.67 |
| 2011 | Olha Zavhorodnya Ukraine | 1:59.56 PB | Elena Kofanova Russia | 1:59.94 | Liliya Lobanova Ukraine | 2:00.42 |
| 2013 | Margarita Mukasheva Kazakhstan | 1:58.96 | Yekaterina Kupina Russia | 1:59.57 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė Lithuania | 1:59.82 |
| 2015 | Angie Petty New Zealand | 1:59.06 PB | Simoya Campbell Jamaica | 1:59.26 PB | Fabienne Kohlmann Germany | 1:59.54 PB |
| 2017 | Rose Mary Almanza Cuba | 2:02.21 | Olha Lyakhova Ukraine | 2:03.11 | Dorcus Ajok Uganda | 2:03.22 |
| 2019 | Catriona Bisset Australia | 2:01.20 | Christina Hering Germany | 2:01.87 | Dorcus Ajok Uganda | 2:02.31 SB |

### 1500m

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1973 | Paola Pigni-Cacchi (ITA) | 4:10.69 | Glenda Reiser (CAN) | 4:12.50 | Tonka Petrova (BUL) | 4:13.50 |
| 1975 | Ellen Wellmann (FRG) | 4:08.72 | Natalia Andrei (ROM) | 4:08.84 | Rositsa Pekhlivanova (BUL) | 4:10.17 |
| 1977 | Totka Petrova (BUL) | 4:05.7 | Natalia Mărășescu (ROM) | 4:05.8 | Maricica Puică (ROM) | 4:06.4 |
| 1979 | Natalia Mărășescu (ROM) | 4:13.9 | Olga Dvirna (URS) | 4:14.5 | Valentina Ilyinykh (URS) | 4:14.6 |
| 1981 | Gabriella Dorio (ITA) | 4:05.35 GR | Doina Melinte (ROM) | 4:05.74 | Olga Dvirna (URS) | 4:06.39 |
| 1983 | Gabriella Dorio (ITA) | 4:07.26 | Doina Melinte (ROU) | 4:07.34 | Maria Radu (ROU) | 4:08.41 |
| 1985 | Svetlana Kitova (URS) | 4:07.12 | Margareta Keszeg (ROM) | 4.07.55 | Darlene Beckford (USA) | 4:08.84 |
| 1987 | Paula Ivan (ROM) | 4:01.32 | Svetlana Kitova (URS) | 4.03.03 | Mitica Junghiatu (ROM) | 4:03.04 |
| 1989 | Paula Ivan (ROM) | 4:13.58 | Suzy Favor (USA) | 4:14.92 | Lyudmila Rogachova (URS) | 4:15.11 |
| 1991 | Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) | 4:12.14 | Iulia Besliu (ROM) | 4:12.24 | Qu Yunxia (CHN) | 4:12.43 |
| 1993 | Lynne Robinson (GBR) | 4:12.03 | Julie Speights (USA) | 4:12.43 | Sarah Howell (CAN) | 4:13.30 |
| 1995 | Gabriela Szabo (ROM) | 4:11.73 | Julie Henner (USA) | 4:12.70 | Ursula Friedmann (GER) | 4:13.32 |
| 1997 | Gabriela Szabo (ROM) | 4:10.31 | Carla Sacramento (POR) | 4:10.40 | Lidia Chojecka (POL) | 4:12.38 |
| 1999 | Elena Buhăianu (ROM) | 4:13.04 | Luminița Gogîrlea (ROM) | 4:14.61 | Ana Amelia Menéndez (ESP) | 4:14.95 |
| 2001 | Süreyya Ayhan (TUR) | 4:06.91 | Maria Cristina Grosu (ROU) | 4:08.84 | Sabine Fischer (SUI) | 4:08.93 |
| 2003 | Natalya Sidorenko Ukraine | 4:11.69 | Johanna Risku Finland | 4:11.88 | Malindi Elmore Canada | 4:12.00 |
| 2005 | Olesya Syreva Russia | 4:12.69 | Tetyana Holovchenko Ukraine | 4:12.73 | Liu Qing China | 4:12.76 |
| 2007 | Olesya Chumakova Russia | 4:09.32 | Tetyana Holovchenko Ukraine | 4:10.46 | Sylwia Ejdys Poland | 4:11.51 |
| 2009 | Marina Munćan Serbia | 4:15.53 | Kaila McKnight Australia | 4:16.10 | Elena Garcia Grimau Spain | 4:17.02 |
| 2011 | Anna Mishchenko Ukraine | 4:05.91 | Denise Krebs Germany | 4:07.70 | Liu Fang China | 4:07.90 |
| 2013 | Yelena Korobkina Russia | 4:08.13 | Luiza Gega Albania | 4:08.71 | Margherita Magnani Italy | 4:09.72 |
| 2015 | Dorcus Ajok Uganda | 4:18.53 SB | Gabriela Stafford Canada | 4:19.27 | Kristina Ugarova Russia | 4:19.78 |
| 2017 | Amela Terzić Serbia | 4:19.18 | Dorcus Ajok Uganda | 4:19.48 | Kristiina Mäki Czech Republic | 4:20.65 |
| 2019 | Caterina Granz Germany | 4:09.14 SB | Georgia Griffith Australia | 4:09.89 | Courtney Hufsmith Canada | 4:11.81 PB |

### 3000m

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1975 | Natalia Andrei (ROM) | 8:54.09 | Thelma Wright (CAN) | 8:54.94 | Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) | 8:55.88 |
| 1981 | Breda Pergar (YUG) | 8:53.78 GR | Valentina Ilyinykh (URS) | 8:54.23 | Maria Radu (ROM) | 8:58.58 |
| 1983 | Maria Radu (ROU) | 9:04.32 | Yelena Malychina (URS) | 9:06.17 | Lynn Williams (CAN) | 9:07.74 |
| 1985 | Cathy Branta (USA) | 9:02.75 | Kathy Hayes (USA) | 9:02.92 | Angela Chalmers (CAN) | 9:03.19 |
| 1987 | Paula Ivan (ROM) | 8:53.61 | Anne Schweitzer (USA) | 8:59.56 | Natalya Artyomova (URS) | 9:02.98 |
| 1989 | Paula Ivan (ROM) | 8:44.09 GR | Viorica Ghican (ROM) | 8:46.27 | Regina Chistyakova (URS) | 8:55.73 |
| 1991 | Iulia Besliu (ROM) | 8:55.42 | Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) | 8:56.35 | Zita Ágoston (HUN) | 9:01.09 |
| 1993 | Clare Eichner (USA) | 9:04.32 | Iulia Ionescu (ROM) | 9:05.10 | Rosalind Taylor (USA) | 9:06.25 |

### 5000m

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1995 | Gabriela Szabo (ROM) | 15:29.86 | Silvia Sommaggio (ITA) | 15:34.32 | Yumi Sato (JPN) | 15:35.28 |
| 1997 | Nnenna Lynch (USA) | 15:47.61 | Lori Durward (CAN) | 15:48.68 | Sarah Howell (CAN) | 15:49.96 |
| 1999 | Rie Ueno (JPN) | 15:51.24 | Ana Dias (POR) | 15:53.23 | Cristina Casandra (ROM) | 16:03.18 |
| 2001 | Dong Yanmei (CHN) | 15:30.28 | Tatyana Khmeleva (RUS) | 15:43.18 | Yoshiko Fujinaga (JPN) | 15:43.94 |
| 2003 | Eloise Poppett Australia | 15:47.19 | Zhang Yuhong China | 15:47.62 | Cristina Casandra Romania | 15:50.44 |
| 2005 | Kim Smith New Zealand | 15:29.18 | Tetyana Holovchenko Ukraine | 15:44.92 | Jolene Byrne Ireland | 15:56.01 |
| 2007 | Jéssica Augusto Portugal | 15:28.78 CR | Tetyana Holovchenko Ukraine | 15:40.56 | Yelizaveta Grechishnikova Russia | 15:50.58 |
| 2009 | Sara Moreira Portugal | 15:32.78 | Kasumi Nishihara Japan | 15:46.95 | Natalia Medvedeva Russia | 15:49.60 |
| 2011 | Binnaz Uslu Turkey | 15:41.15 PB | Sara Moreira Portugal | 15:45.83 | Natalya Popkova Russia | 15:52.55 |
| 2013 | Olga Golovkina Russia | 15:43.77 | Ayuko Suzuki Japan | 15:51.47 | Mai Shoji Japan | 16:11.90 |
| 2015 | Kristiina Mäki Czech Republic | 16:03.29 | Camille Buscomb New Zealand | 16:03.72 | Darya Maslova Kyrgyzstan | 16:04.09 |
| 2017 | Hanna Klein Germany | 15:45.28 | Jessica O'Connell Canada | 15:50.96 | Jessica Judd Great Britain | 15:51.19 |
| 2019 | Jessica Judd Great Britain | 15:45.82 | Nicole Hutchinson Canada | 15:48.06 | Julia van Velthoven Netherlands | 15:51.75 PB |

### 10,000m

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1985 | Marina Rodchenkova (URS) | 32:58.45 | Svetlana Guskova (URS) | 32:59.24 | Kirsten O'Hara (USA) | 33:05.84 |
| 1987 | Patty Murray (USA) | 33:11.26 | Zhong Huandi (CHN) | 33:11.59 | Yelena Uskova (URS) | 33:14.71 |
| 1989 | Viorica Ghican (ROM) | 31:46.43 GR | Masami Ishizaka (JPN) | 32:16.24 | Lizanne Bussières (CAN) | 32:28.38 |
| 1991 | Anne Marie Letko (USA) | 32:36.87 | Suzana Ćirić (YUG) | 32:37.94 | Olga Nazarkina (URS) | 32:40.83 |
| 1993 | Iulia Negură (ROM) | 32:22.99 | Suzana Ćirić (IPU)$^†$ | 32:26.68 | Alina Tecuţa (ROM) | 32:29.18 |
| 1995 | Iulia Negură (ROM) | 32:28.25 | Alina Tecuţa (ROM) | 32:43.38 | Yasuko Kimura (JPN) | 33:03.01 |
| 1997 | Deena Drossin (USA) | 33:45.31 | Lucilla Andreucci (ITA) | 33:54.22 | Miwako Yamanaka (JPN) | 34:10.28 |
| 1999 | Leigh Daniel (USA) | 32:58.80 | Yuri Kanō (JPN) | 33:16.41 | Annemette Jensen (DEN) | 33:36.11 |
| 2001 | Dong Yanmei (CHN) | 32:45.14 | Yoshiko Fujinaga (JPN) | 32:53.55 | Yukiko Akaba (JPN) | 32:57.35 |
| 2003 | Natalia Cercheș Moldova | 33:37.05 | Alena Samokhvalova Russia | 33:40.57 | Anna Incerti Italy | 33:49.71 |
| 2005 | Eri Sato Japan | 34:12.06 | Zeng Guang China | 34:57.57 | Mary Davies New Zealand | 35:58.20 |
| 2007 | Kseniya Agafonova Russia | 32:20.94 | Ryoko Kizaki Japan | 32:55.11 PB | Jo Bun-hui North Korea | 33:20.55 |
| 2009 | Kasumi Nishihara Japan | 33:14.62 | Tatiana Shutova Russia | 33:29.99 | Volha Minina Belarus | 33:32.35 |
| 2011 | Fadime Suna Turkey | 33:11.92 | Hanae Tanaka Japan | 33:15.57 | Mai Ishibashi Japan | 33:41.90 |
| 2013 | Ayuko Suzuki Japan | 32:54.17 | Alina Prokopeva Russia | 33:00.93 | Mai Tsuda Japan | 33:14.59 |
| 2015 | Alla Kuliatina Russia | 32:52.27 PB | Gulshat Fazlitdinova Russia | 32:55.35 | Zhang Yingying China | 32:56.60 SB |
| 2017 | Darya Maslova Kyrgyzstan | 33:19.27 | Sanjivani Jadhav India | 33:22.00 PB | Ai Hosoda Japan | 33:27.89 |
| 2019 | Zhang Deshun China | 34:03.31 | Rino Goshima Japan | 34:04.65 | Natsuki Sekiya Japan | 34:05.84 |

### Half marathon

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1997 | Mari Sotani (JPN) | 1:11:49 | Agata Balsamo (ITA) | 1:13:06 | Miyuki Tokura (JPN) | 1:13:20 |
| 1999 | Rosaria Console (ITA) | 1:14:14 | Yukiko Akaba (JPN) | 1:14:35 | Marta Fernández (ESP) | 1:14:52 |
| 2001 | Ham Bong-sil (PRK) | 1:15:24 | Miki Oyama (JPN) | 1:15:31 | Kim Chang-ok (PRK) | 1:15:36 |
| 2003 | Machi Tanaka Japan | 1:13:06 | Jo Bun-hui North Korea | 1:13:47 | Jang Son-Ok North Korea | 1:13:55 |
| 2005 | Lee Eun-jung South Korea | 1:14:31 | Ryoko Kizaki Japan | 1:14:34 | Jang Son-ok North Korea | 1:14:50 |
| 2007 | Kim Kum-ok North Korea | 1:12:31 | Kei Terada Japan | 1:12:37 | Jong Yong-ok North Korea | 1:13:56 |
| 2009 | Chisato Saito Japan | 1:13:44 | Kikuyo Tsuzaki Japan | 1:14:03 | Sayo Nomura Japan | 1:14:23 |
| 2011 | Ro Un-ok North Korea | 1:16:38 | Jin Lingling China | 1:16:42 | Sayo Nomura Japan | 1:16:48 |
| 2013 | Mai Tsuda Japan | 1:13:12 | Alina Prokopeva Russia | 1:13:18 | Yukiko Okuno Japan | 1:13:24 |
| 2015 | Zhang Yingying China | 1:15:06 | Nanako Kanno Japan | 1:15:24 | Ayumi Uehara Japan | 1:15:35 |
| 2017 | Yuki Munehisa Japan | 1:13:48 | Esma Aydemir Turkey | 1:14:28 | Saki Fukui Japan | 1:14:37 |
| 2019 | Yuka Suzuki Japan | 1:14:10 | Rika Kaseda Japan | 1:14:32 | Yuki Tagawa Japan | 1:14:36 |

### Marathon

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1983 | Sarah Rowell (GBR) | 2:47:37 UR | Kathy Roberts (CAN) | 2:52:47 | Marjorie Kaput (USA) | 2:54:03 |
| 1985 | Mami Fukao (JPN) | 2:44:55 | Patti Gray (USA) | 2:46:20 | Sylvie Bornet (FRA) | 2:48:11 |
| 1987 | Natalya Bardina (URS) | 2:46:30 | Takako Kanesashi (JPN) | 2:46:33 | Karlene Erickson (USA) | 3:03:00 |
| 1989 | Irina Bogachova (URS) | 2:35:09 GR | Akemi Takayama (JPN) | 2:39:58 | Kim Yen-ku (KOR) | 2:40:52 |
| 1991 | Miyako Iwai (JPN) | 2:36:27 | Kim Yen-ku (KOR) | 2:37:58 | Mariya Doskoch (URS) | 2:38:48 |
| 1993 | Noriko Kawaguchi (JPN) | 2:37:47 | Franca Fiacconi (ITA) | 2:38:44 | Nao Otani (JPN) | 2:40:17 |
| 1995 | Masako Kusakaya (JPN) | 2:53:03 | Nao Otani (JPN) | 2:57:09 | Kristi Klinnert (USA) | 2:57:29 |

### 100m hurdles

* 80m until 1967
| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Nelli Yelisayeva (URS) | 11.1 | Snezhana Kerkova (BUL) | 11.4 | Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) | 11.5 |
| 1961 | Irina Press (URS) | 10.90 | Rimma Koshelyova (URS) | 11.01 | Snezhana Kerkova (BUL) | 11.09 |
| 1963 | Jutta Heine (FRG) | 10.95 | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | 11.01 | Alla Chernisheva (URS) | 11.10 |
| 1965 | Danuta Straszyńska (POL) | 10.6 | Snezhana Kerkova (BUL) | 10.8 | Tatyana Ilyina (URS) | 10.9 |
| 1967 | Françoise Masse (FRA) | 11.3 | Sheila Garnett (GBR) | 11.3 | Ayako Natsume (JPN) | 11.3 |
| 1970 | Teresa Sukniewicz (POL) | 13.0 | Bärbel Podeswa (GDR) | 13.4 | Valeria Bufanu (ROM) | 13.5 |
| 1973 | Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) | 13.23 | Annerose Krumpholz (GDR) | 13.38 | Natalya Lebedeva (URS) | 13.50 |
| 1975 | Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) | 13.14 | Bożena Nowakowska (POL) | 13.34 | Tatyana Anisimova (URS) | 13.64 |
| 1977 | Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) | 12.86 | Tatyana Anisimova (URS) | 13.03 | Natalya Lebedeva (URS) | 13.05 |
| 1979 | Lucyna Langer (POL) | 12.62 UR | Danuta Perka (POL) | 12.66 | Vera Komisova (URS) | 12.90 |
| 1981 | Stephanie Hightower (USA) | 13.03 | Mariya Kemenchezhiy (URS) | 13.13 | Elżbieta Rabsztyn (POL) | 13.31 |
| 1983 | Natalya Petrova (URS) | 13.04 | Yelena Biserova (URS) | 13.07 | Benita Fitzgerald (USA) | 13.24 |
| 1985 | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.71 | Nadezhda Korshunova (URS) | 12.87 | Anne Piquereau (FRA) | 12.96 |
| 1987 | Heike Theele (GDR) | 12.84 | Aliuska López (CUB) | 12.84 | Florence Colle (FRA) | 12.84 |
| 1989 | Monique Éwanjé-Épée (FRA) | 12.65 GR, NR | Lidiya Okolo-Kulak (URS) | 12.73 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz (FRG) | 12.78 |
| 1991 | Marina Azyabina (URS) | 12.95 | Mary Cobb (USA) | 13.19 | Keri Maddox (GBR) | 13.32 |
| 1993 | Dawn Bowles (USA) | 13.16 | Marsha Guialdo (USA) | 13.24 | Nicole Ramalalanirina (MAD) | 13.28 |
| 1995 | Nicole Ramalalanirina (MAD) | 13.02 | Olena Ovcharova (UKR) | 13.07 | Svetlana Laukhova (RUS) | 13.08 |
| 1997 | Angela Atede (NGR) | 13.16 | Feng Yun (CHN) | 13.19 | Svetlana Laukhova (RUS) | 13.22 |
| 1999 | Andria King (USA) | 13.04 | Yolanda McCray (USA) | 13.08 | Diane Allahgreen (GBR) | 13.17 |
| 2001 | Su Yiping (CHN) | 12.95 | Maurren Maggi (BRA) | 13.13 | Jacquie Munro (AUS) | 13.17 |
| 2003 | Xu Jia China | 13.29 | Yevgeniya Likhuta Belarus | 13.33 | Natalia Kresova Russia | 13.35 |
| 2005 | Mirjam Liimask Estonia | 12.96 | Tatyana Pavliy Russia | 13.01 | Derval O'Rourke Ireland | 13.02 |
| 2007 | Yauheniya Valadzko Belarus | 13.03 PB | Nevin Yanıt Turkey | 13.07 | Yevgeniya Snihur Ukraine | 13.08 |
| 2009 | Nevin Yanıt Turkey | 12.89 | Sonata Tamošaitytė Lithuania | 13.10 | Andrea Miller New Zealand | 13.13 |
| 2011 | Nia Sifaatihii Ali United States | 12.85 | Natalya Ivoninskaya Kazakhstan | 13.16 | Christina Manning United States | 13.17 |
| 2013 | Vashti Thomas United States | 12.61 UR | Alina Talay Belarus | 12.78 SB | Danielle Williams Jamaica | 12.84 |
| 2015 | Danielle Williams Jamaica | 12.78 | Nina Morozova Russia | 12.83 | Michelle Jenneke Australia | 12.94 |
| 2017 | Nadine Visser Netherlands | 12.98 | Elvira Herman Belarus | 13.17 | Luca Kozák Hungary | 13.19 |
| 2019 | Luminosa Bogliolo Italy | 12.79 PB | Reetta Hurske Finland | 13.02 | Coralie Comte France | 13.09 PB |

### 400m hurdles

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1981 | Anna Kastyetskaya (URS) | 55.52 GR | Birgit Sonntag (GDR) | 55.90 | Tatyana Zubova (URS) | 57.07 |
| 1983 | Yekaterina Fesenko (URS) | 54.97 UR | Yelena Filipishina (URS) | 56.10 | Gwen Wall (CAN) | 56.10 |
| 1985 | Margarita Navickaitė (URS) | 55.33 | Cristieana Cojocaru (ROM) | 55.44 | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 55.59 |
| 1987 | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR) | 55.21 | Nicoleta Căruțașu (ROM) | 55.35 | Sophia Hunter (USA) | 55.45 |
| 1989 | Margarita Khromova (URS) | 57.03 | Rosey Edeh (CAN) | 57.06 | Irmgard Trojer (ITA) | 57.94 |
| 1991 | Gretha Tromp (NED) | 55.30 | Nicoleta Căruțașu (ROM) | 56.07 | Anna Chuprina (URS) | 56.74 |
| 1993 | Heike Meißner (GER) | 56.10 | Debbie-Ann Parris (JAM) | 56.11 | Trevaia Williams (USA) | 56.57 |
| 1995 | Heike Meißner (GER) | 55.57 | Ionela Târlea (ROM) | 55.99 | Tonya Williams (USA) | 56.04 |
| 1997 | Tetyana Tereshchuk (UKR) | 54.91 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS) | 55.91 | Daimí Pernía (CUB) | 56.13 |
| 1999 | Daimí Pernía (CUB) | 53.95 UR | Joanna Hayes (USA) | 54.57 | Ulrike Urbansky (GER) | 54.93 |
| 2001 | Tasha Danvers (GBR) | 54.94 | Małgorzata Pskit (POL) | 55.27 | Sonia Brito (AUS) | 55.72 |
| 2003 | Maren Schott Germany | 55.28 | Huang Xiaoxiao China | 56.10 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk Ukraine | 56.30 |
| 2005 | Marina Shiyan Russia | 55.14 | Benedetta Ceccarelli Italy | 55.22 | Marta Chrust Poland | 55.49 |
| 2007 | Tatyana Azarova Kazakhstan | 55.52 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk Ukraine | 55.98 | Jonna Tilgner Germany | 56.27 SB |
| 2009 | Vania Stambolova Bulgaria | 55.14 | Jonna Tilgner Germany | 56.02 | Sara Slott Petersen Denmark | 56.40 |
| 2011 | Hanna Yaroshchuk Ukraine | 55.15 | Irina Davydova Russia | 55.50 | Nagihan Karadere Turkey | 55.81 |
| 2013 | Hanna Titimets Ukraine | 54.64 | Hanna Yaroshchuk Ukraine | 54.77 | Irina Davydova Russia | 54.79 |
| 2015 | Joanna Linkiewicz Poland | 55.62 | Emilia Ankiewicz Poland | 56.55 SB | Irina Takuncheva Russia | 56.57 PB |
| 2017 | Ayomide Folorunso Italy | 55.63 SB | Joanna Linkiewicz Poland | 55.90 | Olena Kolesnichenko Ukraine | 56.14 |
| 2019 | Ayomide Folorunso Italy | 54.75 PB | Zenéy van der Walt South Africa | 55.73 SB | Amalie Iuel Norway | 56.13 |

### 3000m steeplechase

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2005 | Lívia Tóth Hungary | 9:40.37 CR | Victoria Mitchell Australia | 9:47.54 | Türkan Erişmiş Turkey | 9:50.32 |
| 2007 | Dobrinka Shalamanova Bulgaria | 9:45.04 | Valentyna Gorpynych Ukraine | 9:45.55 | Türkan Erişmiş Turkey | 9:46.12 PB |
| 2009 | Sara Moreira Portugal | 9:32.62 UR | Ancuța Bobocel Romania | 9:38.14 | Türkan Erişmiş Turkey | 9:38.87 |
| 2011 | Binnaz Uslu Turkey | 9:33.50 PB | Lyudmila Kuzmina Russia | 9:44.77 | Jin Yuan China | 9:45.21 SB |
| 2013 | Chantelle Groenewoud Canada | 9:51.17 | Jessica Furlan Canada | 9:51.23 | Sandra Eriksson Finland | 9:55.11 |
| 2015 | Yekaterina Sokolenko Russia | 9:25.77 UR | Natalya Vlasova Russia | 9:35.99 SB | Özlem Kaya Turkey | 9:37.79 |
| 2017 | Tuğba Güvenç Turkey | 9:51.27 | Viktória Gyürkés Hungary | 9:52.17 | Özlem Kaya Turkey | 9:52.59 |
| 2019 | Alicja Konieczek Poland | 9:41.46 SB | Belén Casetta Argentina | 9:43.05 SB | Meswat Asmare Dagnaw Ethiopia | 9:45.48 PB |

### 5km walk

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1985 | Aleksandra Grigoryeva (URS) | 22:21.10 | Yan Hong (CHN) | 22:25.77 | Natalya Serbinenko (URS) | 22:27.21 |
| 1987 | Li Sujie (CHN) | 21:51.50 | Yelena Rodionova (URS) | 22:00.01 | Ann Peel (CAN) | 22:01.09 |
| 1989 | Ileana Salvador (ITA) | 20:44 | Vera Makolova (URS) | 20:52 | Sari Essayah (FIN) | 21:34 |

### 10km walk

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1991 | Sari Essayah (FIN) | 44:04 | Chen Yueling (CHN) | 44:33 | Annarita Sidoti (ITA) | 45:10 |
| 1993 | Long Yuwen (CHN) | 46:16.75 | Olga Leonenko (UKR) | 46:18.40 | Larisa Ramazanova (RUS) | 46:18.58 |
| 1995 | Annarita Sidoti (ITA) | 43:22 GR | Rossella Giordano (ITA) | 43:30 | Larisa Ramazanova (RUS) | 43:56 |
| 1997 | Larisa Ramazanova (BLR) | 44:01 | Rossella Giordano (ITA) | 44:31 | Annarita Sidoti (ITA) | 44:38 |
| 1999 | Claudia Iovan (ROM) | 44:22 | Rossella Giordano (ITA) | 44:39 | Valentyna Savchuk (UKR) | 45:23 |
| 2001 | Gao Hongmiao (CHN) | 43:20 UR | Susana Feitor (POR) | 43:40 | Wang Liping (CHN) | 44:01 |

### 20 km walk

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2003 | Tatyana Sibileva Russia | 1:34.55 | Jiang Xingli China | 1:35:52 | Tatyana Korotkova Russia | 1:36.52 |
| 2005 | Jiang Qiuyan China | 1:33:13 CR | Vera Santos Portugal | 1:33.54 | Tatyana Sibileva Russia | 1:34.16 |
| 2007 | Jiang Qiuyan China | 1:35:22 | Lidia Mongelli Italy | 1:37:23 | Sniazhana Yurchanka Belarus | 1:37:26 |
| 2009 | Olga Mikhaylova Russia | 1:30:43 UR | Masumi Fuchise Japan | 1:31:42 | Olga Povalyaeva Russia | 1:33:58 |
| 2011 | Júlia Takács Spain | 1:33:51 | Tatyana Shemyakina Russia | 1:34:23 | Nina Okhotnikova Russia | 1:35:10 |
| 2013 | Irina Yumanova Russia | 1:30:41 | Lina Bikulova Russia | 1:32:30 | Hanna Drabenia Belarus | 1:33:15 |
| 2015 | Anisya Kirdyapkina Russia | 1:28:18 UR | Marina Pandakova Russia | 1:29:52 | Hou Yongbo China | 1:32:42 |
| 2017 | Inna Kashyna Ukraine | 1:39:44 | Zhang Xin China | 1:41:18 | Elisa Neuvonen Finland | 1:42:50 |
| 2019 | Katie Hayward Australia | 1:33:30 | Jemima Montag Australia | 1:33:57 | Anežka Drahotová Czech Republic | 1:35:44 |

### 20 km walk team

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2011 | China (CHN) Shi Yang Yang Yawei Wang Shanshan | 4:58:57 | | | | |
| 2013 | China (CHN) Yang Mingxia Gao Ni Zhou Tongmei Zhang Xin | 4:49:54 | Russia (RUS) Lina Bikulova Vera Sokolova Irina Yumanova | 3:33:11 | none | none |
| 2015 | Russia (RUS) Anisya Kirdyapkina Marina Pandakova Sofiya Brodatskaya Lina Kalutskaya | 4:33:11 | China (CHN) Hou Yongbo Yang Jiayu Yang Mingxia Liu Huan | 4:47:58 | Australia (AUS) Rachel Tallent Stephanie Stigwood Nicole Fagan | 5:06:28 |
| 2017 | Ukraine (UKR) | 5:12:01 | China (CHN) | 5:19:12 | None awarded | None awarded |
| 2019 | Katie Hayward Jemima Montag Philippa Huse Australia | 4:51:36 | Olena Sobchuk Mariya Filiuk Valentyna Myronchuk Ukraine | 4:58:02 | Wang Na Liu Yu Su Wenxiu China | 4:59:53 |

### Half marathon team

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2011 | Japan (JPN) Sayo Nomura Machiko Iwakawa Aki Otagiri Shiho Takechi | 3:50:43 | China (CHN) Jin Lingling Jiang Xiaoli Li Zhenzhu Jin Yuan Sun Juan | 3:53:09 | | |
| 2013 | Japan (JPN) Ayako Mitsui Yukiko Okuno Hitomi Suzuki Mai Tsuda Yasuka Ueno | 3:40:41 | Russia (RUS) Valentina Galimova Lyudmila Lebedeva Natalia Novichkova Alina Prokopeva Elena Sedova | 3:40:49 | China (CHN) Zhou Jing Sun Lamei Gong Lihua Mei Ying | 3:57:30 |
| 2015 | Japan (JPN) Nanako Kanno Ayumi Uehara Maki Izumida Sakurako Fukuuchi | 3:47:08 | China (CHN) Zhang Yingying Zhang Meixia Xiao Huinin | 3:55:15 | Turkey (TUR) Nilay Ersun Şeyma Yıldız Yasemin Can Elif Tozlu Burcu Büyükbezgin | 3:55:36 |
| 2017 | Japan (JPN) | 3:43:35 | Turkey (TUR) | 3:55:13 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 4:05:52 |
| 2019 | Yuka Suzuki Rika Kaseda Yuki Tagawa Japan | 3:43:18 | Li Zhixuan Zhang Deshun Jin Mingming China | 3:52:40 | Tyler Beling Lesego Msphe Rachel Leistra South Africa | 4:19:15 |

### 4 × 100 m relay

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Soviet Union (URS) Nelli Yeliseyeva Larisa Kuleshova Tamara Makarova Lyudmila Nechayeva | 46.9 | Italy (ITA) Anna Doro Fausta Galluzzi Giuseppina Leone Nadia Mecocci | 47.5 | West Germany (FRG) Ilsabe Heider Antje Gleichfeld Kristianne Foss Inge Fuhrmann | 48.1 |
| 1961 | Soviet Union (URS) Irina Press Tatyana Shchelkanova Rimma Koshelyova Larisa Kuleshova | 46.2 | Poland (POL) Mirosława Sałacińska Irena Szczupak Elżbieta Krzesińska Barbara Janiszewska | 47.6 | Bulgaria (BUL) Stefka Ilieva Diana Yorgova Svetlana Isaeva Rossitsa Madzharska | 47.9 |
| 1963 | Soviet Union (URS) Alla Chernyshova Renāte Lāce Vera Popkova Tatyana Shchelkanova | 46.5 | West Germany (FRG) Bärbel Palmi Antje Gleichfeld Elke Masnfeld Jutta Heine | 47.5 | Cuba (CUB) Irene Martínez Fulgencia Romay Norma Pérez Miguelina Cobián | 47.5 |
| 1965 | Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Samotyosova Renāte Lāce Vera Popkova Tatyana Shchelkanova | 45.5 | Poland (POL) Irena Kirszenstein Mirosława Sałacińska Danuta Straszyńska Irena Woldańska | 46.1 | Hungary (HUN) Irén Buskó Annamária Kovács Ildikó Jónás Ida Such | 46.4 |
| 1967 | France (FRA) Anne-Marie Grosse Françoise Masse Michèle Alayrangues Gabrielle Meyer | 46.5 | Japan (JPN) Miho Sato Ritsuko Sukegawa Miyoko Tsujishita Ayoko Natsume | 46.5 | West Germany (FRG) Bärbel Palmi Marlies Fünfstück Gabriele Großekettler Gerlinde Beyrichen | 46.8 |
| 1970 | Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Zharkowa Marina Nikiforova Lyudmila Golomazova Tatyana Kondrasheva | 44.7 | Hungary (HUN) Éva Pusztai Judit Szabóné Györgyi Balogh Klára Woth | 45.1 | West Germany (FRG) Heidi Schüller Kirsten Roggenkamp Hannelore Groh Heide Rosendahl | 45.4 |
| 1973 | Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Chernikova Lyudmila Zharkova Marina Sidorova Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | 43.99 | Poland (POL) Ewa Długołęcka Barbara Bakulin Urszula Styranka Maria Żukowska | 44.42 | East Germany (GDR) Annerose Krumpholz Ellen Stropahl Bärbel Struppert Doris Maletzki | 44.44 |
| 1975 | Soviet Union (URS) Inta Kļimoviča Tatyana Anisimova Marina Sidorova Lyudmila Zharkova | 44.77 | Poland (POL) Ewa Długołęcka Aniela Szubert Barbara Bakulin Grażyna Rabsztyn | 44.87 | France (FRA) Cécile Cachera Danielle Camus Jacqueline Curtet Rose-Aimée Bacoul | 45.88 |
| 1977 | Soviet Union (URS) Lyudmila Maslakova Vera Anisimova Marina Sidorova Tatyana Prorochenko | 43.16 | Bulgaria (BUL) Sofka Popova Atanaska Georgieva Ivanka Valkova Lyubina Dimitrova | 44.30 | Poland (POL) Bogusława Kaniecka Helena Fliśnik Ewa Witkowska Ewa Długołęcka | 44.79 |
| 1979 | Soviet Union (URS) Vera Komisova Vera Anisimova Tatyana Prorochenko Olga Korotkova | 43.14 | Great Britain (GBR) Yvette Wray Kathy Smallwood Ruth Kennedy Bev Goddard | 43.26 | France (FRA) Odile Madkaud Jacqueline Curtet Marie-Pierre Philippe Chantal Réga | 43.94 |
| 1981 | United States (USA) Michelle Glover Carol Lewis Jackie Washington Benita Fitzgerald | 43.66 | Great Britain (GBR) Yvette Wray Kathy Smallwood Sue Hearnshaw Beverley Goddard | 43.86 | Italy (ITA) Antonella Capriotti Carla Mercurio Patrizia Lombardo Marisa Masullo | 44.43 |
| 1983 | United States (USA) LaShon Nedd Jackie Washington Brenda Cliette Randy Givens | 42.82 | Canada (CAN) Angella Taylor Tanya Brothers Marita Payne Molly Killingbeck | 43.21 | Soviet Union (URS) Marina Romanova Marina Molokova Irina Olkhovnikova Olga Antonova | 44.20 |
| 1985 | United States (USA) Kathrene Wallace Michelle Finn Brenda Cliette Gwen Torrence | 43.29 | Soviet Union (URS) Nadezhda Korshunova Marina Molokova Irina Slyusar Yelena Vinogradova | 43.43 | Bulgaria (BUL) Silvia Khristova Anelia Nuneva Pepa Pavlova Ginka Zagorcheva | 43.57 |
| 1987 | United States (USA) Wendy Vereen Jackie Washington Dannette Young Gwen Torrence | 42.90 | Soviet Union (URS) Nadezhda Roshchupkina Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova Yelena Vinogradova Irina Slyusar | 43.17 | Nigeria (NGR) Tina Iheagwam Lynda Eseimokumoh Mary Onyali Falilat Ogunkoya | 43.71 |
| 1989 | United States (USA) Michelle Burrell Anita Howard LaMonda Miller Esther Jones | 42.40 GR | Soviet Union (URS) Nadezhda Roshchupkina Galina Malchugina Tatyana Papilina Natalya Voronova | 43.25 | West Germany (FRG) Claudia Zaczkiewicz Ulrike Sarvari Karin Janke Silke-Beate Knoll | 43.85 |
| 1991 | United States (USA) Andrea James Tamela Saldana Chryste Gaines Anita Howard | 44.45 | Great Britain (GBR) Rachel Kirby Louise Stuart Melanie Neef Christine Bloomfield | 44.97 | Italy (ITA) Annarita Balzani Laura Galligani Cristina Picchi Lara Sinico | 45.24 |
| 1993 | United States (USA) Crystal Braddock Cheryl Taplin Flirtisha Harris Chryste Gaines | 43.37 | Nigeria (NGR) Mary Tombiri Faith Idehen Christy Opara Beatrice Utondu | 44.25 | Canada (CAN) Katie Anderson Dionne Wright Dena Burrows France Gareau | 45.20 |
| 1995 | United States (USA) Cheryl Taplin Inger Miller Juan Ball Kenya Walton | 43.58 | Russia (RUS) Natalya Anisimova Oksana Dyachenko Olga Voronova Janna Levacheva | 44.06 | Nigeria (NGR) Ime Akpan Taiwo Aladefa Pat Itanyi Mary Tombiri | 44.08 |
| 1997 | United States (USA) Juan Ball Melinda Sergent Andrea Anderson Passion Richardson | 44.04 | Russia (RUS) Yekaterina Leshcheva Irina Korotya Olga Povtoryova Natalya Ignatova | 44.37 | Canada (CAN) Sonia Paquette Tara Perry LaDonna Antoine Karen Clarke | 44.59 |
| 1999 | United States (USA) Angela Williams Torri Edwards LaKeisha Backus Nanceen Perry | 43.49 | Poland (POL) Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz Irena Sznajder Monika Borejza Zuzanna Radecka | 43.74 | Germany (GER) Shanta Gosh Kirsten Bolm Andrea Bornscheuer Nicole Mahrarens | 43.96 |
| 2001 | China (CHN) Li Xuemei Chen Yueqin Zeng Xiujun Yan Jiankui | 43.72 | Brazil (BRA) Lucimar Moura Maíla Machado Rosemar Coelho Neto Maurren Maggi Maria Laura Almirão | 44.13 | France (FRA) Katia Benth Sylvanie Morandais Céline Thelamon Reïna-Flor Okori | 44.24 |
| 2003 | China Chen Lisha Zhu Juanhong Ni Xiaoli Qin Wangping | 44.09 | France Céline Thelamon Aurore Kassambara Amélie Huyghes Cécile Sellier | 44.68 | Brazil Gilvaneide de Oliveira Rosemar Coelho Neto Sônia Ficagna Thatiana Regina Ignácio | 45.79 |
| 2005 | Russia Yevgeniya Polyakova, Olga Khalandyreva, Yelena Yakovleva, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya | 43.62 | France Natacha Vouaux, Aurore Kassambara, Celine Thelamon, Adrianna Lamalle | 43.73 | Ireland Derval O'Rourke, Anna Boyle, Emily Maher, Ailis McSweeney | 44.69 |
| 2007 | Finland Heidi Hannula, Sari Keskitalo, Ilona Ranta, Johanna Manninen | 43.48 | Thailand Sangwan Jaksunin, Orranut Klomdee, Jutamass Tawoncharoen, Nongnuch Sanrat | 43.92 SB | Ukraine Elena Chebanu, Halyna Tonkovyd, Iryna Shtanhyeyeva, Iryna Shepetyuk | 43.99 |
| 2009 | Audrey Alloh Doris Tomasini Giulia Arcioni Maria Aurora Salvagno Italy | 43.83 | Ewelina Ptak Marika Popowicz Dorota Jędrusińska Marta Jeschke Iwona Brzezińska Poland | 43.96 | Laetitia Denis Ayodelé Ikuesan Amandine Elard Lucienne M'belu France | 44.31 |
| 2011 | Ukraine (UKR) Hanna Titimets Nataliya Pohrebnyak Khrystyna Stuy Yelyzaveta Bryzhina | 43.33 | United States (USA) Lakya Brookins Shayla Mahan Christina Manning Tiffany Townsend | 43.48 | Jamaica (JAM) Shermaine Williams Carrie Russell Anneisha McLaughlin Anastasia Le-Roy | 43.57 |
| 2013 | Ukraine (UKR) Olesya Povh Nataliya Pohrebnyak Mariya Ryemyen Viktoriya Piatachenko | 42.77 | United States (USA) Vashti Thomas Aurieyall Scott Jade Barber Tristie Johnson | 43.54 | Poland (POL) Marika Popowicz Weronika Wedler Ewelina Ptak Małgorzata Kołdej | 43.81 |
| 2015 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) Anastassiya Tulapina Svetlana Ivanchukova Yuliya Rakhmanova Viktoriya Zyabkina | 44.28 | United States (USA) Ana Holland Kylie Price Jade Barber Nataliyah Friar | 44.95 | Thailand (THA) Supawan Thaipat Phensri Chairoek Tassaporn Wannakit Khanrutai Pakdee | 45.03 |
| 2017 | Switzerland (SUI) Ajla Del Ponte Salomé Kora Cornelia Halbheer Selina von Jackowski | 43.81 | Poland (POL) Kamila Ciba Agata Forkasiewicz Małgorzata Kołdej Karolina Zagajewska | 44.19 | Japan (JPN) Sayaka Takeuchi Mizuki Nakamura Ichiko Iki Miyu Maeyama | 44.56 SB |
| 2019 | Salomé Kora Sarah Atcho Ajla Del Ponte Samantha Dagry Riccarda Dietsche Switzerland | 43.72 | Abbie Taddeo Nana Owusu-Afriyie Riley Day Celeste Mucci Australia | 43.97 | Olivia Eaton Zoe Hobbs Georgia Hulls Natasha Eady Brooke Somerfield New Zealand | 44.24 NR |

### 4 × 400 m relay

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1981 | Soviet Union (URS) Ana Ambrazienė Irina Baskakova Natalya Alyoshina Irina Nazarova | 3:26.65 | United States (USA) Kelia Bolton Leann Warren Robin Campbell Delisa Walton-Floyd | 3:29.50 | Romania (ROM) Steluța Vintila Stela Manea Ibolya Korodi Elena Tărîță | 3:30.47 |
| 1983 | Soviet Union (URS) Larisa Krylova Lyudmila Borisova Yelena Didilenko Mariya Pinigina | 3:24.97 UR | Canada (CAN) Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne | 3:25.26 | United States (USA) Kelia Bolton Easter Gabriel Sharon Dabney Arlise Emerson | 3:34.64 |
| 1985 | Soviet Union (URS) Margarita Navickaitė Nadezhda Zvyagintseva Yelena Korban Tatyana Alekseyeva | 3:25.96 | Canada (CAN) Charmaine Crooks Esmie Lawrence Camille Cato Molly Killingbeck | 3:29.06 | United States (USA) Susan Shurr Sharon Dabney Tanya McIntosh Joetta Clark | 3:30.41 |
| 1987 | United States (USA) Sonia Fridy Denise Mitchell Rochelle Stevens Denean Howard | 3:27.16 | Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Vinogradova Tatyana Ledovskaya Larisa Lesnykh Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova | 3:27.65 | Nigeria (NGR) Sadia Sowunmi Kehinde Vaughan Airat Bakare Maria Usifo | 3:33.37 |
| 1989 | United States (USA) Celena Mondie-Milner Natasha Kaiser-Brown Jearl Miles Terri Dendy | 3:26.48 | West Germany (FRG) Linda Kisabaka Karin Janke Gabriela Lesch Helga Arendt | 3:27.02 | Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Vinogradova Margarita Ponomaryova Yelena Golesheva Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova | 3:28.60 |
| 1991 | United States (USA) Keisha Demas Tasha Downing Teri Smith Maicel Malone | 3:27.93 | Soviet Union (URS) Yelena Golesheva Inna Yevseyeva Galina Moskvina Anna Knoroz | 3:29.64 | Poland (POL) Barbara Grzywocz Agata Sadurska Monika Warnicka Sylwia Pachut | 3:35.03 |
| 1993 | United States (USA) Crystal Irving Maicel Malone Youlanda Warren Michelle Collins | 3:26.18 | Cuba (CUB) Nancy McLeón Yudalis Limonta Idalmis Bonne Oraidis Ramirez | 3:28.95 | Nigeria (NGR) Onyinye Chikezie Omotayo Akinremi Olabisi Afolabi Omolade Akinremi | 3:34.97 |
| 1995 | Russia (RUS) Yuliya Sotnikova Natalya Khrushcheleva Yelena Andreyeva Tatyana Chebykina | 3:28.32 | United States (USA) Nicole Green Camara Jones Janeen Jones Youlanda Warren | 3:30.25 | Ukraine (UKR) Viktoriya Fomenko Svetlana Tverdokhleb Tatyana Movchan Olena Rurak | 3:30.57 |
| 1997 | Russia (RUS) Natalya Sharova Svetlana Goncharenko Yekaterina Bakhvalova Olga Kotlyarova | 3:27.93 | Cuba (CUB) Nancy McLeón Julia Duporty Daimí Pernía Idalmis Bonne | 3:29.00 | Great Britain (GBR) Vicki Jamison Michelle Pierre Michelle Thomas Allison Curbishley | 3:30.57 |
| 1999 | United States (USA) Yolanda Brown-Moore Yulanda Nelson Mikele Barber Suziann Reid | 3:27.97 | Russia (RUS) Natalya Khrushcheleva Yuliya Taranova Olga Salnykova Anna Tkach | 3:30.54 | Great Britain (GBR) Tasha Danvers Dawn Higgins Lee McConnell Sinead Dudgeon | 3:32.25 |
| 2001 | United States (USA) Me'Lisa Barber Carolyn Jackson Demetria Washington Mikele Barber | 3:28.04 | Great Britain (GBR) Tracey Duncan Jenny Meadows Tasha Danvers Lee McConnell | 3:30.40 | Belarus (BLR) Sviatlana Usovich Natallia Safronnikava Hanna Kazak Iryna Khliustava | 3:30.65 |
| 2003 | Russia Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Tatyana Firova, Natalya Lavshuk, Mariya Lisnichenko | 3:31.63 | Poland Marta Chrust, Ewelina Sętowska, Joanna Buza, Anna Zagórska | 3:38.17 | Germany Anja Neupert, Katja Keller, Annika Meyer, Maren Schott | 3:38.87 |
| 2005 | Russia Anastasia Ovchinnikova, Natalya Ivanova, Yelena Migunova, Natalya Nazarova | 3:27.47 | Poland Monika Bejnar, Ewelina Sętowska, Marta Chrust, Grażyna Prokopek | 3:27.71 | Ukraine Antonina Yefremova, Olga Zangorodnya, Nataliya Pyhyda, Liliya Pilyugina | 3:28.23 |
| 2007 | Ukraine Nataliya Pyhyda, Antonina Yefremova, Olha Zavhorodnya, Oksana Shcherbak | 3:29.59 | Russia Olga Shulikova, Elena Voinova, Anastasia Kochetove, Ksenia Zadorina | 3:30.49 | Great Britain Kelly Massey, Laura Finucane, Kadi-Ann Thomas, Faye Harding | 3:33.70 |
| 2009 | Carline Muir Amonn Nelson Kimberly Hyacinthe Esther Akinsulie Canada | 3:33.09 | Ekaterina Voronenkova Alexandra Zaytseva Nadezda Sozontova Ekaterina Vukolova Russia | 3:34.45 | Ndeye Fatouseck Soumah Mame Fatou Faye Fatou Diabaye Fatou Bintou Fall Senegal | 3:36.33 |
| 2011 | Russia (RUS) Marina Karnaushchenko Yelena Migunova Kseniya Ustalova Olga Topilskaya | 3:27.16 | Turkey (TUR) Nagihan Karadere Merve Aydın Meliz Redif Pınar Saka | 3:30.14 | Great Britain (GBR) Kelly Lorraine Massey Charlotte Anne Best Meghan Beesley Emily Diamond | 3:33.09 |
| 2013 | Russia (RUS) Alyona Tamkova Nadezhda Kotlyarova Ekaterina Renzhina Kseniya Ustalova | 3:26.61 | Canada (CAN) Noelle Montcalm Sarah Wells Helen Crofts Alicia Brown | 3:32.93 | South Africa (RSA) Sonja van der Merwe Arista Nienaber Justine Palframan Anneri Ebersohn | 3:36.05 |
| 2015 | Poland (POL) Małgorzata Hołub Monika Szczęsna Joanna Linkiewicz Justyna Święty | 3:31.98 | Russia (RUS) Liliya Gafiyatullina Kristina Malvinova Irina Takuncheva Yelena Zuykevich | 3:32.46 | United States (USA) Akeyla Mitchell Madeline Kopp Kimberly Mackay Alissa Martinez | 3:37.20 |
| 2017 | Poland (POL) Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik Iga Baumgart Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz Justyna Święty-Ersetic Aleksandra Gaworska* Martyna Dąbrowska* | 3:26.75 | Mexico (MEX) Dania Aguillón Natali Brito Leticia Cook Paola Morán | 3:33.98 SB | Romania (ROU) Anamaria Nesteriuc Sanda Belgyan Camelia Gal Bianca Răzor | 3:34.16 |
| 2019 | Mariia Mykolenko Anastasiia Holienieva Kateryna Klymiuk Tetyana Melnyk Ukraine | 3:30.82 | Frida Corona Dania Aguillón Rosa Cook Paola Morán Mexico | 3:32.63 | Genevieve Cowie Morgan Mitchell Jessie Stafford Gabriella O'Grady Australia | 3:34.01 |

### High jump

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Iolanda Balaș (ROM) | 1.80 | Valentina Ballod (URS) | 1.73 | Jarosława Jóźwiakowska (POL) | 1.61 |
| 1961 | Iolanda Balaș (ROM) | 1.85 | Klara Pushkaryeva (URS) | 1.67 | Thelma Hopkins (GBR) | 1.65 |
| 1963 | Taisiya Chenchik (URS) | 1.72 | Susan Dennler (GBR) | 1.67 | Heidemarie Hummel (FRG) | 1.65 |
| 1965 | Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL) | 1.65 | Klara Pushkaryeva (URS) | 1.65 | Nevenka Mrinjek (YUG) | 1.63 |
| 1967 | Mami Takeda (JPN) | 1.68 | Linda Knowles (GBR) | 1.68 | Liese Prokop (AUT) | 1.68 |
| 1970 | Snežana Hrepevnik (YUG) | 1.86 | Cornelia Popescu (ROM) | 1.83 | Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT) | 1.83 |
| 1973 | Virginia Ioan (ROM) | 1.84 | Jutta Kirst (GDR) | 1.84 | Galina Filatova (URS) Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 1.81 |
| 1975 | Galina Filatova (URS) | 1.88 | Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 1.88 | Alla Fedorchuk (URS) | 1.86 |
| 1977 | Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 1.92 | Debbie Brill (CAN) | 1.90 | Tatyana Boyko (URS) | 1.86 |
| 1979 | Andrea Mátay (HUN) | 1.94 | Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) | 1.92 | Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 1.92 |
| 1981 | Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 1.96 m GR | Lyudmila Andonova (BUL) | 1.94 m | Tamara Bykova (URS) | 1.94 m |
| 1983 | Tamara Bykova (URS) | 1.98 UR | Silvia Costa (CUB) | 1.98 UR | Maryse Éwanjé-Épée (FRA) | 1.92 |
| 1985 | Silvia Costa (CUB) | 2.01 | Lyudmila Petrus (URS) | 1.93 | Danuta Bułkowska (POL) | 1.91 |
| 1987 | Svetlana Leseva (BUL) | 1.95 | Natalya Golodnova (URS) | 1.91 | Megumi Sato (JPN) | 1.88 |
| 1989 | Alina Astafei (ROM) | 1.91 m | Silvia Costa (CUB) | 1.91 m | Jin Ling (CHN) | 1.88 m |
| 1991 | Alison Inverarity (AUS) | 1.92 m | Svetlana Lavrova (URS) | 1.92 m | Tisha Waller (USA) | 1.90 m |
| 1993 | Tanya Hughes (USA) | 1.95 m | Nelė Žilinskienė (LTU) | 1.95 m | Larisa Hryhorenko (UKR) | 1.95 m |
| 1995 | Viktoriya Fyodorova (RUS) | 1.92 m | Svetlana Zalevskaya (KAZ) | 1.92 m | Natalja Jonckheere (BEL) | 1.88 m |
| 1997 | Amy Acuff (USA) | 1.98 | Monica Iagăr (ROM) | 1.96 | Marie Collonvillé (FRA) | 1.94 |
| 1999 | Monica Iagăr (ROM) | 1.95 | Svetlana Lapina (RUS) | 1.93 | Solange Witteveen (ARG) | 1.93 |
| 2001 | Vita Palamar (UKR) | 1.96 | Nicole Forrester (CAN) | 1.94 | Nevena Lenđel (CRO) | 1.91 |
| 2003 | Dóra Győrffy Hungary | 1.94 | Anna Ksok Poland | 1.94 | Yelena Slesarenko Russia | 1.94 |
| 2005 | Anna Chicherova Russia | 1.90 | Iryna Kovalenko Ukraine | 1.88 | Ariane Friedrich Germany | 1.88 |
| 2007 | Marina Aitova Kazakhstan | 1.92 | Ariane Friedrich Germany | 1.90 | Anna Ustinova Kazakhstan | 1.90 |
| 2009 | Ariane Friedrich Germany | 2.00 | Yekaterina Yevseyeva Kazakhstan | 1.91 | Julia Wanner Germany | 1.91 |
| 2011 | Brigetta Barrett United States | 1.96 PB | Airinė Palšytė Lithuania | 1.96 =NR | Anna Iljuštšenko Estonia | 1.94 |
| 2013 | Kamila Stepaniuk Poland | 1.96 | Mariya Kuchina Russia | 1.96 PB | Anna Iljuštšenko Estonia | 1.94 SB |
| 2015 | Airinė Palšytė Lithuania | 1.84 m | Elisabeth Boyer United States Madara Onužāne Latvia | 1.80 m | | |
| 2017 | Oksana Okunyeva Ukraine | 1.97 m =SB | Iryna Herashchenko Ukraine | 1.91 m | Airinė Palšytė Lithuania | 1.91 m |
| 2019 | Yuliya Chumachenko Ukraine | 1.94 m PB | Iryna Herashchenko Ukraine | 1.91 m | Imke Onnen Germany | 1.91 m |

### Pole vault

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1997 | Emma George (AUS) | 4.40 | Cai Weiyan (CHN) | 4.30 | Doris Auer (AUT) | 4.10 |
| 1999 | Pavla Hamácková (CZE) | 4.25 | Monique de Wilt (NED) | 4.20 | Dana Cervantes (ESP) | 4.10 |
| 2001 | Gao Shuying (CHN) | 4.52 UR | Sabine Schulte (GER) | 4.35 | Šárka Mládková (CZE) | 4.20 |
| 2003 | Tatyana Polnova Russia | 4.70 CR | Anastasiya Ivanova Russia | 4.40 | Nadine Rohr Switzerland | 4.25 |
| 2005 | Julia Hütter Germany | 4.25 | Nadine Rohr Switzerland | 4.20 | Dimitra Emmanouil Greece | 4.20 |
| 2007 | Aleksandra Kiryashova Russia | 4.40 | Kristina Gadschiew Germany | 4.40 | Nicole Büchler Switzerland | 4.35 PB |
| 2009 | Jiřina Ptáčníková Czech Republic | 4.55 | Nicole Büchler Switzerland | 4.50 | Kristina Gadschiew Germany | 4.50 |
| 2011 | Aleksandra Kiryashova Russia | 4.65 =PB | Tina Šutej Slovenia | 4.55 | Katerina Stefanidi Greece | 4.45 =PB |
| 2013 | Anastasia Savchenko Russia | 4.60 | Martina Schultze Germany | 4.40 PB | Fanny Smets Belgium | 4.30 PB |
| 2015 | Li Ling China | 4.45 m | Eliza McCartney New Zealand | 4.40 m SB | Chloé Henry Belgium | 4.40 m SB |
| 2017 | Iryna Zhuk Belarus | 4.40 m | Annika Roloff Germany | 4.40 m | Marta Onofre Portugal | 4.40 m SB |
| 2019 | Roberta Bruni Italy | 4.46 m PB | Rachel Baxter United States | 4.41 m | Bridget Guy United States | 4.31 m |

### Long jump

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) | 5.94 | Tamara Makarova (URS) | 5.76 | Larisa Kuleshova (URS) | 5.71 |
| 1961 | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | 6.49 | Diana Yorgova (BUL) | 6.12 | Elżbieta Krzesińska (POL) | 6.11 |
| 1963 | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | 6.48 | Vlasta Přikrylová (TCH) | 5.71 | Bärbel Palmié (FRG) | 5.63 |
| 1965 | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | 6.42 | Viorica Viscopoleanu (ROM) | 6.18 | Dorothee Sander (FRG) | 5.98 |
| 1967 | Sheila Parkin (GBR) | 6.32 | Bärbel Palmié (FRG) | 6.17 | Anne-Marie Grosse (FRA) | 5.96 |
| 1970 | Heide Rosendahl (FRG) | 6.84 | Elena Vintilă (ROM) | 6.35 | Hiroko Yamashita (JPN) | 6.17 |
| 1973 | Margrit Olfert (GDR) | 6.63 | Margarita Treinytė (URS) | 6.51 | Brenda Eisler (CAN) | 6.48 |
| 1975 | Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH) | 6.48 | Dorina Catineanu (ROM) | 6.34 | Alina Gheorghiu (ROM) | 6.32 |
| 1977 | Jacqueline Curtet (FRA) | 6.38 | Jarmila Nygrýnová (TCH) | 6.35 | Jodi Anderson (USA) | 6.35 |
| 1979 | Anita Stukāne (URS) | 6.80 | Jodi Anderson (USA) | 6.67 | Tetyana Skachko (URS) | 6.57 |
| 1981 | Tatyana Kolpakova (URS) | 6.83 m | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROM) | 6.77 m | Vali Ionescu (ROM) | 6.61 m |
| 1983 | Anişoara Cuşmir (ROU) | 7.06w | Svetlana Zorina (URS) | 6.81 | Vali Ionescu (ROU) | 6.56w |
| 1985 | Irina Valyukevich (URS) | 7.04 | Silvia Khristova (BUL) | 6.62 | Marieta Ilcu (ROM) | 6.61 |
| 1987 | Marieta Ilcu (ROM) | 6.81 | Ljudmila Ninova (BUL) | 6.78 | Heike Grabe (GDR) | 6.74 |
| 1989 | Yolanda Chen (URS) | 6.72 m | Marieta Ilcu (ROM) | 6.71 m | Katja Trostel (GDR) | 6.49 m |
| 1991 | Inessa Kravets (URS) | 6.87 m | Fiona May (GBR) | 6.67 m | Olena Khlopotnova (URS) | 6.66 m (w) |
| 1993 | Mirela Dulgheru (ROM) | 6.69 m (w) | Vanessa Monar-Enweani (CAN) | 6.57 m (w) | Daphne Saunders (BAH) | 6.53 m |
| 1995 | Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) | 6.76 m | Sharon Jaklofsky (NED) | 6.74 m | Lyudmila Galkina (RUS) | 6.55 m |
| 1997 | Olena Shekhovtsova (UKR) | 6.78 | Viktoriya Vershynina (UKR) | 6.44 | Cristina Nicolau (ROM) | 6.40 |
| 1999 | Olena Shekhovtsova (UKR) | 6.92 | Adrien Sawyer (USA) | 6.61 | Maurren Maggi (BRA) | 6.58 |
| 2001 | Maurren Maggi (BRA) | 6.83 | Guan Yingnan (CHN) | 6.56 | Kumiko Ikeda (JPN) | 6.52 |
| 2003 | Irina Simagina Russia | 6.49 | Alina Militaru Romania | 6.45 | Zita Ajkler Hungary | 6.38 |
| 2005 | Lyudmila Kolchanova Russia | 6.79 | Naide Gomes Portugal | 6.56 | Natalya Lebusova Russia | 6.51 |
| 2007 | Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan | 6.85 SB | Yelena Sokolova Russia | 6.61 | Stiliani Pilatou Greece | 6.52 |
| 2009 | Ivana Španović Serbia | 6.64 | Irina Kryachkova Russia | 6.47 | Ruky Abdulai Canada | 6.44 |
| 2011 | Anna Nazarova Russia | 6.72 | Yuliya Pidluzhnaya Russia | 6.56 | Melanie Bauschke Germany | 6.51 |
| 2013 | Darya Klishina Russia | 6.90 | Yelena Sokolova Russia | 6.73 | Michelle Weitzel Germany | 6.56 |
| 2015 | Yuliya Pidluzhnaya Russia | 6.79 m SB | Anna Jagaciak Poland | 6.57 m SB | Naa Anang Australia | 6.55 m PB |
| 2017 | Alina Rotaru Romania | 6.65 m | Nektaria Panagi Cyprus | 6.42 m | Anna Bühler Germany | 6.38 m |
| 2019 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk Ukraine | 6.84 m | Evelise Veiga Portugal | 6.61 m | Florentina Iusco Romania | 6.55 m |

### Triple jump

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1991 | Li Huirong (CHN) | 14.20 m GR | Yelena Semiraz (URS) | 13.75 m | Li Jing (CHN) | 13.63 m (w) |
| 1993 | Niurka Montalvo (CUB) | 14.16 m (w) | Šárka Kašpárková (CZE) | 14.00 m (w) | Monica Toth (ROM) | 13.96 m (w) |
| 1995 | Šárka Kašpárková (CZE) | 14.20 m GR= | Lyudmila Dubkova (RUS) | 13.87 m | Barbara Lah (ITA) | 13.85 m |
| 1997 | Olena Hovorova (UKR) | 14.23 | Olga Cepero (CUB) | 14.12 | Zhanna Gureyeva (BLR) | 13.93 |
| 1999 | Olena Hovorova (UKR) | 14.99w | Wu Lingmei (CHN) | 14.55w | Adelina Gavrilă (ROM) | 14.33 |
| 2001 | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 14.81 UR | Natallia Safronava (BLR) | 14.57 | Yelena Oleynikova (RUS) | 14.39w |
| 2003 | Oksana Rogova Russia | 14.16 | Viktoriya Gurova Russia | 14.14 | Mariana Solomon Romania | 14.09 |
| 2005 | Wang Ying China | 14.12 | Olha Saladukha Ukraine | 13.96 | Nadezhda Bazenova Russia | 13.90 |
| 2007 | Olha Saladukha Ukraine | 14.79 PB | Dana Velďáková Slovakia | 14.41 PB | Yarianna Martínez Cuba | 14.25 |
| 2009 | Yarianna Martínez Cuba | 14.40 | Natalya Kutyakova Russia | 14.14 | Anastasia Matveeva Russia | 13.94 |
| 2011 | Ekaterina Koneva Russia | 14.25 PB | Patrícia Mamona Portugal | 14.23 | Cristina Bujin Romania | 14.21 |
| 2013 | Ekaterina Koneva Russia | 14.82 UR | Anna Jagaciak Poland | 14.21 | Carmen Toma Romania | 14.14 |
| 2015 | Ekaterina Koneva Russia | 14.60 m | Jenny Elbe Germany | 13.86 m | Anna Jagaciak Poland | 13.81 m |
| 2017 | Neele Eckhardt Germany | 13.91 m | Fu Luna China | 13.59 m PB | Māra Grīva Latvia | 13.58 m SB |
| 2019 | Olha Korsun Ukraine | 13.90 m PB | Evelise Veiga Portugal | 13.81 m | Neja Filipič Slovenia | 13.73 m |

### Shot put

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Lidia Sharamovich (BUL) | 13.97 | Milena Usenik (YUG) | 13.90 | Antonia Vehoff (FRG) | 13.11 |
| 1961 | Tamara Press (URS) | 17.12 | Irina Press (URS) | 15.61 | Ana Roth (ROM) | 15.59 |
| 1963 | Tamara Press (URS) | 17.29 | Judit Bognár (HUN) | 15.47 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (HUN) | 14.75 |
| 1965 | Tamara Press (URS) | 18.31 | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 17.27 | Judit Bognár (HUN) | 15.37 |
| 1967 | Liesel Westermann (FRG) | 15.30 | Ryoko Sugiyama (JPN) | 15.04 | Brigitte Berendonk (FRG) | 14.36 |
| 1970 | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 19.51 | Hannelore Friedel (GDR) | 17.84 | Ingeburg Friedrich (GDR) | 17.03 |
| 1973 | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) | 20.82 UR | Elena Stoyanova (BUL) | 18.64 | Faina Melnik (URS) | 18.31 |
| 1975 | Elena Stoyanova (BUL) | 18.99 | Mihaela Loghin (ROM) | 18.21 | Rima Makauskaitė (URS) | 18.06 |
| 1977 | Elena Stoyanova (BUL) | 19.98 | Nina Isayeva (URS) | 19.56 | Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) | 19.29 |
| 1979 | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 19.98 | Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) | 19.56 | Mihaela Loghin (ROM) | 19.41 |
| 1981 | Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) | 20.24 m | Ines Müller (GDR) | 19.66 m | Lyudmila Savina (URS) | 18.50 m |
| 1983 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.46 | Claudia Losch (FRG) | 18.81 | Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) | 18.67 |
| 1985 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.47 | Yang Yanqin (CHN) | 17.79 | Ramona Pagel (USA) | 17.46 |
| 1987 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 20.48 | Kathrin Neimke (GDR) | 20.07 | Larisa Peleshenko (URS) | 19.49 |
| 1989 | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 20.56 m | Belsy Laza (CUB) | 19.32 m | Zhou Tianhua (CHN) | 18.71 m |
| 1991 | Svetlana Krivelyova (URS) | 19.62 m | Zhou Tianhua (CHN) | 19.23 m | Agnes Deselaers (GER) | 17.32 m |
| 1993 | Zhou Tianhua (CHN) | 19.17 m | Belsy Laza (CUB) | 18.48 m | Katrin Koch (GER) | 16.70 m |
| 1995 | Wu Xianchun (CHN) | 18.31 m | Cheng Xiaoyan (CHN) | 17.95 m | Corrie de Bruin (NED) | 17.82 m |
| 1997 | Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) | 19.39 | Corrie de Bruin (NED) | 18.65 | Tressa Thompson (USA) | 18.26 |
| 1999 | Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) | 18.70 | Song Feina (CHN) | 18.28 | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 18.17 |
| 2001 | Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) | 18.90 | Lee Myung-sun (KOR) | 18.79 | Katarzyna Żakowicz (POL) | 18.31 |
| 2003 | Li Fengfeng China | 18.55 | Lee Myung-sun South Korea | 17.58 | Yelena Ivanenko Belarus | 17.29 |
| 2005 | Natallia Khoroneko Belarus | 18.86 | Li Meiju China | 18.48 | Misleydis González Cuba | 18.26 |
| 2007 | Irina Tarasova Russia | 17.46 | Yuliya Leantsiuk Belarus | 17.20 | Magdalena Sobieszek Poland | 16.88 |
| 2009 | Mailín Vargas Cuba | 18.91 | Chiara Rosa Italy | 18.21 | Alena Kopets Belarus | 17.48 |
| 2011 | Irina Tarasova Russia | 18.02 | Sophie Kleeberg Germany | 17.48 | Meng Qianqian China | 17.21 |
| 2013 | Irina Tarasova Russia | DQ (Doping)18.75 | Liu Xiangrong China | 18.58 | Natalia Ducó Chile | 17.96 |
| 2015 | Lena Urbaniak Germany | 18.00 m PB | Paulina Guba Poland | 17.94 m PB | Brittany Crew Canada | 17.27 m PB |
| 2017 | Brittany Crew Canada | 18.34 m | Klaudia Kardasz Poland | 17.90 m PB | Paulina Guba Poland | 17.76 m |
| 2019 | Sarah Mitton Canada | 18.31 m | Portious Warren Trinidad and Tobago | 17.82 m | Klaudia Kardasz Poland | 17.65 m |

### Discus

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Györgyi Hegedus (HUN) | 46.76 | Elivia Ricci (ITA) | 45.56 | Ida Bucsányi (HUN) | 43.38 |
| 1961 | Tamara Press (URS) | 58.06 | Antonina Zolotukhina (URS) | 53.82 | Jolán Kontsek (HUN) | 52.51 |
| 1963 | Tamara Press (URS) | 55.90 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (HUN) | 50.92 | Judit Bognár (HUN) | 49.73 |
| 1965 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (HUN) | 55.66 | Judit Stugner (HUN) | 55.14 | Tamara Press (URS) | 53.62 |
| 1967 | Liesel Westermann (FRG) | 59.22 | Brigitte Berendonk (FRG) | 53.16 | Iris Malnig (AUT) | 46.16 |
| 1970 | Karin Illgen (GDR) | 62.04 | Brigitte Berendonk (FRG) | 56.78 | Liesel Westermann (FRG) | 56.46 |
| 1973 | Faina Melnik (URS) | 64.54 | Argentina Menis (ROM) | 63.92 | Nadezhda Sergeyeva (URS) | 59.26 |
| 1975 | Mariya Vergova (BUL) | 65.28 | Argentina Menis (ROM) | 64.28 | Radostina Bakhchevanova (BUL) | 56.96 |
| 1977 | Mariya Vergova (BUL) | 66.34 | Svetlana Melnikova (URS) | 61.78 | Radostina Bakhchevanova (BUL) | 61.08 |
| 1979 | Svetlana Melnikova (URS) | 63.54 | Evelin Jahl (GDR) | 63.00 | Florenţa Ţacu (ROM) | 59.28 |
| 1981 | Florența Crăciunescu (ROM) | 67.48 m GR | Petra Sziegaud (GDR) | 64.14 m | Mariana Lengyel (ROM) | 61.84 m |
| 1983 | Florența Crăciunescu (ROU) | 64.56 | Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) | 62.62 | Lyubov Urakova (URS) | 58.28 |
| 1985 | Maritza Martén (CUB) | 66.66 | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | 65.30 | Daniela Costian (ROM) | 63.20 |
| 1987 | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | 67.96 | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 64.12 | Hou Xuemei (CHN) | 64.04 |
| 1989 | Hou Xuemei (CHN) | 65.32 m | Gabriele Reinsch (GDR) | 65.20 m | Maritza Martén (CUB) | 64.70 m |
| 1991 | Xiao Yanling (CHN) | 64.36 m | Qiu Qiaoping (CHN) | 62.40 m | Antonina Patoka (URS) | 62.22 m |
| 1993 | Renata Katewicz (POL) | 62.40 m | Jackie McKernan (GBR) | 60.72 m | Anja Gündler (GER) | 60.56 m |
| 1995 | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 62.92 m | Anja Gündler (GER) | 60.78 m | Bao Dongying (CHN) | 59.30 m |
| 1997 | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | 67.02 | Hu Honglian (CHN) | 61.00 | Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) | 60.08 |
| 1999 | Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) | 65.21 | Joanna Wiśniewska (POL) | 63.97 | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 62.23 |
| 2001 | Li Qiumei (CHN) | 61.66 | Li Yanfeng (CHN) | 60.50 | Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) | 58.04 |
| 2003 | Natalya Fokina Ukraine | 63.11 | Li Yanfeng China | 61.12 | Xu Shaoyang China | 58.64 |
| 2005 | Wioletta Potępa Poland | 62.10 | Song Aimin China | 61.74 | Dragana Tomašević Serbia and Montenegro | 59.92 |
| 2007 | Yarelys Barrios Cuba | 61.36 | Dani Samuels Australia | 60.47 SB | Dragana Tomašević Serbia | 56.82 |
| 2009 | Dani Samuels Australia | 62.48 | Żaneta Glanc Poland | 60.57 | Kateryna Karsak Ukraine | 60.47 |
| 2011 | Żaneta Glanc Poland | 63.99 PB | Zinaida Sendriūtė Lithuania | 62.49 PB | Svetlana Saykina Russia | 60.81 |
| 2013 | Vera Ganeeva Russia | 61.26 | Yelena Panova Russia | 56.86 | Maryke Oberholzer South Africa | 54.09 |
| 2015 | Yuliya Maltseva Russia | 59.37 m | Marike Steinacker Germany | 58.83 m | Stefania Strumillo Italy | 58.22 m PB |
| 2017 | Kristin Pudenz Germany | 59.09 m | Valarie Allman United States | 58.36 m | Taryn Gollshewsky Australia | 58.11 m |
| 2019 | Daisy Osakue Italy | 61.69 m PB | Claudine Vita Germany | 61.52 m | Ieva Zarankaitė Lithuania | 56.75 m |

### Hammer throw

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1997 | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 69.84 | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 65.96 | Deborah Sosimenko (AUS) | 65.02 |
| 1999 | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 74.24 | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | 68.27 | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 68.11 |
| 2001 | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 69.78 | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | 68.39 | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | 67.97 |
| 2003 | Liu Yinghui China | 69.05 | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Russia | 65.12 | Agnieszka Pogroszewska Poland | 64.27 |
| 2005 | Kamila Skolimowska Poland | 72.75 | Liu Yinghui China | 72.51 | Ester Balassini Italy | 70.13 |
| 2007 | Darya Pchelnik Belarus | 68.74 | Eileen O'Keeffe Ireland | 68.46 | Lenka Ledvinová Czech Republic | 66.41 |
| 2009 | Betty Heidler Germany | 75.83 UR | Martina Hrašnová Slovakia | 72.85 | Kathrin Klaas Germany | 70.97 |
| 2011 | Zalina Marghieva Moldova | 72.93 NR | Éva Orbán Hungary | 71.33 NR | Bianca Perie Romania | 71.18 |
| 2013 | Jeneva McCall United States | 73.75 | Oksana Kondratyeva Russia | 72.22 | Zalina Marghieva Moldova | 71.10 |
| 2015 | Hanna Skydan Azerbaijan | 70.67 m | Joanna Fiodorow Poland | 69.69 m | Julia Ratcliffe New Zealand | 67.54 m |
| 2017 | Malwina Kopron Poland | 76.85 m UR, PB | Hanna Malyshchyk Belarus | 74.93 m | Joanna Fiodorow Poland | 71.33 m |
| 2019 | Iryna Klymets Ukraine | 71.25 m | Malwina Kopron Poland | 70.89 m | Katarzyna Furmanek Poland | 69.68 m PB |

### Javelin

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1959 | Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS) | 49.95 | Urszula Figwer (POL) | 47.02 | Maria Diţi (ROM) | 46.86 |
| 1961 | Yelena Gorchakova (URS) | 51.39 | Maria Diaconescu (ROM) | 50.64 | Almut Brömmel (FRG) | 47.65 |
| 1963 | Almut Brömmel (FRG) | 49.61 | Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS) | 47.00 | Barbara Decker (FRG) | 43.91 |
| 1965 | Mihaela Peneș (ROM) | 59.22 | Michèle Demys (FRA) | 52.71 | Valentina Popova (URS) | 52.65 |
| 1967 | RaNae Bair (USA) | 52.98 | Sakiko Hara (JPN) | 48.38 | Michèle Demys (FRA) | 48.20 |
| 1970 | Daniela Jaworska (POL) | 56.16 | Magda Vidos (HUN) | 50.60 | Valentyna Evert (URS) | 50.00 |
| 1973 | Svetlana Korolyova (URS) | 62.00 | Kate Schmidt (USA) | 60.34 | Lyutviyan Mollova (BUL) | 59.04 |
| 1975 | Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS) | 61.72 | Kate Schmidt (USA) | 60.36 | Éva Zörgő (ROM) | 59.50 |
| 1977 | Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS) | 61.42 | Ivanka Vancheva (BUL) | 61.12 | Aranka Vágási (HUN) | 61.12 |
| 1979 | Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROM) | 67.20 | Ivanka Vancheva (BUL) | 63.04 | Mayra Vila (CUB) | 60.98 |
| 1981 | Petra Felke (GDR) | 65.20 m | Karin Smith (USA) | 64.12 m | Mayra Vila (CUB) | 63.88 m |
| 1983 | Beate Peters (FRG) | 66.86 | Fausta Quintavalla (ITA) | 63.06 | Mayra Vila (CUB) | 62.34 |
| 1985 | Ivonne Leal (CUB) | 71.82 | Beate Peters (FRG) | 63.70 | María Caridad Colón (CUB) | 62.46 |
| 1987 | Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS) | 66.72 | Susanne Jung (GDR) | 65.36 | Brigitte Graune (FRG) | 61.24 |
| 1989 | Silke Renk (GDR) | 66.09 m | Brigitte Graune (FRG) | 62.13 m | Päivi Alafrantti (FIN) | 61.75 m |
| 1991 | Tatyana Shikolenko (URS) | 63.56 m | Isel López (CUB) | 62.32 m | Paula Berry (USA) | 58.28 m |
| 1993 | Lee Young-sun (KOR) | 58.62 m | Tanja Damaske (GER) | 57.68 m | Valerie Tulloch (CAN) | 56.52 m |
| 1995 | Felicia Ţilea (ROM) | 62.16 m | Claudia Isăilă (ROM) | 61.74 m | Lee Young-sun (KOR) | 61.62 m |
| 1997 | Isel López (CUB) | 64.30 | Sonia Bisset (CUB) | 63.46 | Karen Forkel (GER) | 60.70 |
| 1999 | Ewa Rybak (POL) | 60.76 UR | Evfemija Štorga (SLO) | 59.30 | Yanuris la Motaña (CUB) | 59.08 |
| 2001 | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 69.82 UR | Nikola Tomecková (CZE) | 62.20 | Wei Jianhua (CHN) | 57.84 |
| 2003 | Barbara Madejczyk Poland | 56.23 | Christina Scherwin Denmark | 56.08 | Mercedes Chilla Spain | 55.94 |
| 2005 | Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic | 60.73 | Ma Ning China | 59.18 | Justine Robbeson South Africa | 58.70 |
| 2007 | Buoban Pamang Thailand | 61.40 NR | Monica Stoian Romania | 61.19 PB | Urszula Jasińska Poland | 60.63 |
| 2009 | Sunette Viljoen South Africa | 62.52 | Vera Rebrik Ukraine | 61.02 | Mareike Rittweg Germany | 59.44 |
| 2011 | Sunette Viljoen South Africa | 66.47 AR | Marina Maximova Russia | 59.87 | Justine Robbeson South Africa | 59.78 |
| 2013 | Mariya Abakumova Russia | 65.12 | Viktoriya Sudarushkina Russia | 62.68 | Elisabeth Eberl Austria | 55.02 |
| 2015 | Tatsiana Khaladovich Belarus | 60.45 m | Līna Mūze Latvia | 60.26 m | Irena Šedivá Czech Republic | 59.89 m PB |
| 2017 | Marcelina Witek Poland | 63.31 m PB | Marina Saito Japan | 62.37 m PB | Jenni Kangas Finland | 60.98 m PB |
| 2019 | Liveta Jasiūnaitė Lithuania | 60.36 m | Haruka Kitaguchi Japan | 60.15 m | Eda Tuğsuz Turkey | 59.75 m |

### Pentathlon

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1965 | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) | 4802 | Annamária Kovács (HUN) | 4606 | Yelena Kolnich (URS) | 4479 |
| 1967 | Liese Prokop (AUT) | 4465 | Michiko Okamoto (JPN) | 4355 | Pirkko Heikkilä (FIN) | 4274 |
| 1970 | Tatyana Kondrashova (URS) | 4884 | Nedyalka Angelova (BUL) | 4859 | Mieke Sterk (NED) | 4828 |
| 1973 | Nadiya Tkachenko (URS) | 4629 | Tatyana Vorokhobko (URS) | 4444 | Diane Jones (CAN) | 4370 |
| 1975 | Jane Frederick (USA) | 4442 | Đurđa Fočić (YUG) | 4423 | Olga Rukavishnikova (URS) | 4313 |
| 1977 | Valentina Dimitrova (BUL) | 4630 | Jane Frederick (USA) | 4625 | Yekaterina Smirnova (URS) | 4521 |
| 1979 | Yekaterina Smirnova (URS) | 4497 | Sylvia Barlag (NED) | 4306 | Ina Losch (FRG) | 4272 |

### Heptathlon

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 1981 | Małgorzata Guzowska (POL) | 6198 pts | Nadezhda Vinogradova (URS) | 6133 pts | Corina Tifrea (ROM) | 6033 pts |
| 1983 | Yekaterina Smirnova (URS) | 6350 | Sabine Everts (FRG) | 6291 | Judy Livermore (GBR) | 6184 |
| 1985 | Małgorzata Guzowska (POL) | 6616 | Liliana Năstase (ROM) | 6313 | Judy Simpson (GBR) | 6045 |
| 1987 | Liliana Năstase (ROM) | 6364 | Yelena Davydova (URS) | 6272 | Zuzana Lajbnerová (TCH) | 6224 |
| 1989 | Larisa Nikitina (URS) | 6847 pts GR | Sabine Braun (FRG) | 6575 pts | Jane Flemming (AUS) | 6286 pts |
| 1991 | Birgit Clarius (GER) | 6419 pts | Urszula Włodarczyk (POL) | 6319 pts | Maria Kamrowska (POL) | 6279 pts |
| 1993 | Urszula Włodarczyk (POL) | 6127 pts | Birgit Gautzsch (GER) | 5934 pts | Kelly Blair (USA) | 5926 pts |
| 1995 | Jane Jamieson (AUS) | 6123 pts | Mona Steigauf (GER) | 6102 pts | Irina Tyukhay (RUS) | 5989 pts |
| 1997 | Mona Steigauf (GER) | 6546 | Irina Vostrikova (RUS) | 6175 | Marie Collonvillé (FRA) | 6143 |
| 1999 | Tiffany Lott (USA) | 5959 | Katerina Nekolná (CZE) | 5900 | Clare Thompson (AUS) | 5766 |
| 2001 | Jane Jamieson (AUS) | 6041 | Svetlana Sokolova (RUS) | 5985 | Sonja Kesselschläger (GER) | 5973 |
| 2003 | Kylie Wheeler Australia | 6031 | Jane Jamieson Australia | 5908 | Michaela Hejnová Czech Republic | 5795 |
| 2005 | Lyudmyla Blonska Ukraine | 6297 | Simone Oberer Switzerland | 5996 | Jessica Ennis Great Britain | 5910 |
| 2007 | Viktorija Žemaitytė Lithuania | 5971 | Sara Aerts Belgium | 5904 | Hanna Melnychenko Ukraine | 5852 |
| 2009 | Jessica Samuelsson Sweden | 6004 | Jana Korešová Czech Republic | 5956 | Saludes Cristina Barcena Spain | 5828 |
| 2011 | Olga Kurban Russia | 6151 | Viktorija Žemaitytė Lithuania | 5958 | Kateřina Cachová Czech Republic | 5873 |
| 2013 | Laura Ikauniece Latvia | 6321 SB | Györgyi Farkas Hungary | 6269 PB | Eliška Klučinová Czech Republic | 6124 |
| 2015 | Anna Maiwald Germany | 5965 pts | Ida Marcussen Norway | 5865 pts | Anna Petrich Russia | 5795 pts |
| 2017 | Verena Preiner Austria | 6224 | Alysha Burnett Australia | 5835 PB | Noor Vidts Belgium | 5728 |
| 2019 | Miia Sillman Finland | 6209 pts PB | Marthe Koala Burkina Faso | 6121 pts | Caroline Agnou Switzerland | 5844 pts |