Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
These are the female Olympic medalists in athletics. See Olympic medalists in athletics (men) for male medalists and Olympic medalists for medalists in other sports.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Betty Robinson (USA) | Fanny Rosenfeld (CAN) | Ethel Smith (CAN) |
| 1932 | Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) | Hilda Strike (CAN) | Wilhelmina Von Bremen (USA) |
| 1936 | Helen Stephens (USA) | Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL) | KÃÂäthe Krauss (GER) |
| 1948 | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | Dorothy Manley (GBR) | Shirley Strickland (AUS) |
| 1952 | Marjorie Jackson (AUS) | Daphne Hasenjager (RSA) | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS) |
| 1956 | Betty Cuthbert (AUS) | Christa Stubnick (GER) | Marlene Matthews (AUS) |
| 1960 | Wilma Rudolph (USA) | Dorothy Hyman (GBR) | Giuseppina Leone (ITA) |
| 1964 | Wyomia Tyus (USA) | Edith McGuire (USA) | Ewa Klobukowska (POL) |
| 1968 | Wyomia Tyus (USA) | Barbara Ferrell (USA) | Irena Szewinska (POL) |
| 1972 | Renate Stecher (GDR) | Raelene Boyle (AUS) | Silvia Chibás (CUB) |
| 1976 | Annegret Richter (FRG) | Renate Stecher (GDR) | Inge Helten (FRG) |
| 1980 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS) | Marlies GÃÂöhr (GDR) | Ingrid Auerswald (GDR) |
| 1984 | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | Alice Brown (USA) | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
| 1988 | Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) | Evelyn Ashford (USA) | Heike Drechsler (GER) |
| 1992 | Gail Devers (USA) | Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) | Irina Privalova (EUN) |
| 1996 | Gail Devers (USA) | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | Gwen Torrence (USA) |
| 2000 | Marion Jones (USA) | Ekaterini Thanou (GRE) | Tanya Lawrence (JAM) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | Audrey Williamson (GBR) | Audrey Patterson (USA) |
| 1952 | Marjorie Jackson (AUS) | Puck Brouwer (NED) | Nadezhda Khnykina (URS) |
| 1956 | Betty Cuthbert (AUS) | Christa Stubnick (GER) | Marlene Mathews (AUS) |
| 1960 | Wilma Rudolph (USA) | Jutta Heine (GER) | Dorothy Hyman (GBR) |
| 1964 | Edith McGuire (USA) | Irena Kirszenstein (POL) | Marilyn Black (AUS) |
| 1968 | Irena Szewinska (POL) | Raelene Boyle (AUS) | Jenny Lamy (AUS) |
| 1972 | Renate Stecher (GDR) | Raelene Boyle (AUS) | Irena Szewinska (POL) |
| 1976 | BÃÂärbel Eckert (GDR) | Annegret Richter (FRG) | Renate Stecher (GDR) |
| 1980 | BÃÂärbel WÃÂöckel (GDR) | Natalya Bochina (URS) | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
| 1984 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA) | Florence Griffith (USA) | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
| 1988 | Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) | Grace Jackson (JAM) | Heike Drechsler (GDR) |
| 1992 | Gwen Torrence (USA) | Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) | Merlene Ottey (JAM) |
| 1996 | Marie-JosÃÂé Perec (FRA) | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | Mary Onyali (NGR) |
| 2000 | Marion Jones (USA) | Pauline Davis (BAH) | Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Betty Cuthbert (AUS) | Ann Packer (GBR) | Judy Amoore (AUS) |
| 1968 | Colette Besson (FRA) | Lillian Board (GBR) | Natalya Pechonkina (URS) |
| 1972 | Monika Zehrt (GDR) | Rita Wilden (FRG) | Kathy Hammond (USA) |
| 1976 | Irena Szewinska (POL) | Christina Brehmer (GDR) | Ellen Streidt (GDR) |
| 1980 | Marita Koch (GDR) | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | Christina Lathan (GDR) |
| 1984 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA) | Chandra Cheeseborough (USA) | Kathy Cook (GBR) |
| 1988 | Olga Bryzgina (URS) | Petra Müller (GDR) | Olga Nazarova (URS) |
| 1992 | Marie-JosÃÂé Perec (FRA) | Olga Bryzgina (EUN) | Ximena Restrepo (COL) |
| 1996 | Marie-JosÃÂé Perec (FRA) | Cathy Freeman (AUS) | Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) |
| 2000 | Cathy Freeman (AUS) | Lorraine Graham (JAM) | Katharine Merry (GBR) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Lina Radke (GER) | Kinuye Hitomi (JPN) | Inga Gentzel (SWE) |
| 1960 | Lyudmila Shevtsova (URS) | Brenda Jones (AUS) | Ursula Donath (GER) |
| 1964 | Ann Packer (GBR) | Maryvonne Dupureur (FRA) | Marise Chamberlain (NZL) |
| 1968 | Madeline Manning (USA) | Ilona Silai (ROM) | Mia Gommers (NED) |
| 1972 | Hildegard Falck (FRG) | Niole Sabaite (URS) | Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) |
| 1976 | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) | Nikolina Shtereva (URS) | Elfi Zinn (GDR) |
| 1980 | Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) | Olga Mineyeva (URS) | Tatyana Providokhina (URS) |
| 1984 | Doina Melinte (ROM) | Kim Gallagher (USA) | Fita Lovin (ROM) |
| 1988 | Sigrun Wodars (GDR) | Christine Wachtel (GDR) | Kim Gallagher (USA) |
| 1992 | Ellen van Langen (NED) | Lilia Nurutdinova (EUN) | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) |
| 1996 | Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | Maria Mutola (MOZ) |
| 2000 | Maria Mutola (MOZ) | Stephanie Graf (AUT) | Kelly Holmes (GBR) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Lyudmila Bragina (URS) | Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) | Paola Cacchi (ITA) |
| 1976 | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) | Gunhild Hoffmeister (GDR) | Ulrike Klapezynski (GDR) |
| 1980 | Tatyana Kazankina (URS) | Christiane Wartenberg (GDR) | Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) |
| 1984 | Gabriella Dorio (ITA) | Doina Melinte (ROM) | Maricica Puica (ROM) |
| 1988 | Paula Ivan (ROM) | Laimute Baikauskaite (URS) | Tatyana Samolenko (URS) |
| 1992 | Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) | Lyudmila Rogachova (EUN) | Qu Yunxia (CHN) |
| 1996 | Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) | Gabriela Szabo (ROM) | Theresia Kiesl (AUT) |
| 2000 | Nouria MÃÂérah-Benida (ALG) | Violeta Szekely (ROM) | Gabriela Szabo (ROM) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Maricica Puica (ROM) | Wendy Sly (GBR) | Lynn Williams (CAN) |
| 1988 | Tatyana Samolenko (URS) | Paula Ivan (ROM) | Yvonne Murray (GBR) |
| 1992 | Yelena Romanova (EUN) | Tatyana Dorovskikh (EUN) | Angela Chalmers (CAN) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Wang Junxia (CHN) | Pauline Konga (KEN) | Roberta Brunet (ITA) |
| 2000 | Gabriela Szabo (ROM) | Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) | Gete Wami (ETH) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Olga Bondarenko (URS) | Liz McColgan (GBR) | Yelena Zhupiyova (URS) |
| 1992 | Derartu Tulu (ETH) | Elana Meyer (RSA) | Lynn Jennings (USA) |
| 1996 | Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | Wang Junxia (CHN) | Gete Wami (ETH) |
| 2000 | Derartu Tulu (ETH) | Gete Wami (ETH) | Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Joan Benoit (USA) | Grete Waitz (NOR) | Rosa Mota (POR) |
| 1988 | Rosa Mota (POR) | Lisa Martin (AUS) | Katrin DÃÂörre (GDR) |
| 1992 | Valentina Yegorova (EUN) | Yuko Arimori (JPN) | Lorraine Moller (NZL) |
| 1996 | Fatuma Roba (ETH) | Valentina Yegorova (RUS) | Yuko Arimori (JPN) |
| 2000 | Naoko Takahashi (JPN) | Lidia Simon (ROM) | Joyce Chepchumba (KEN) |
1932 Babe Didrikson (USA)
1972 Annelise Ehrhardt (GDR)
1984 Nawal El Moutawakel (MOR)80 m hurdles
1936 Tebisonda Valla (ITA)
1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen (HOL)
1952 Shirley Strickland (AUS)
1956 Shirley Strickland (AUS)
1960 Iryna Press (SOV)
1964 Karin Balzer (GDR)
1968 Maureen Caird (AUS)100 m hurdles
1976 Johanna Schaller (GDR)
1980 Vera Komisova (SOV)
1984 Benita Fitzgerald (USA)
1988 Yordanka Donkova (BUL)
1992 Voula Patoulidou (GRE)
1996 Ludmila Engquist (SWE)
2000 Olga Shishigina (KAZ)400 m hurdles
1988 Debra Flintoff-King (AUS)
1992 Sally Gunnell (GBR)
1996 Deon Hemmings (JAM)
2000 Irina Privalova (RUS)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Canada Fanny Rosenfeld Ethel Smith Florence Bell Myrtle Cook | United States of America Mary Washburn Jessie Cross Loretta McNeil Betty Robinson | Germany Rosa Kellner Helene Schmidt Anni Holdmann Helene Junker |
| 1932 | United States of America Mary Carew Evelyn Furtsch Annette Rogers Wilhelmina Von Bremen | Canada Mildred Frizzel Lilian Palmer Mary Frizzel Hilda Strike | Great Britain Eileen Hiscock Gwendoline Porter Violet Webb Nellie Halstead |
| 1936 | United States of America Harriet Bland Annette Rogers Betty Robinson Helen Stephens | Great Britain Eileen Hiscock Violet Olney Audrey Brown Barbara Burke | Canada Dorothy Brookshaw Mildred Dolson Hilda Cameron Aileen Meagher |
| 1948 | Netherlands Xenia Stad-de Jong Jeanette Witziers-Timmer Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Fanny Blankers-Koen | Australia Shirley Strickland June Maston Elizabeth McKinnon Joyce King | Canada Viola Myers Nancy MacKay Diane Foster Patricia Jones |
| 1952 | United States of America Mae Faggs Barbara Jones Janet Moreau Catherine Hardy | Germany Ursula Knab Maria Sander Helga Klein Marga Petersen | Great Britain Sylvia Cheeseman June Foulds Jean Desforges Heather Armitage |
| 1956 | Australia Shirley Strickland Norma Croker Fleur Mellor Betty Cuthbert | Great Britain Anne Pashley Jean Scrivens June Foulds Heather Armitage | United States of America Mae Faggs Margaret Matthews Wilma Rudolph Isabelle Daniels |
| 1960 | United States of America Martha Hudson Lucinda Williams (athlete)>Lucinda Williams Barbara Jones Wilma Rudolph | Germany Martha Langbein Annie Biechl Brunhilde Hendrix Jutta Heine | Poland Teresa Wieczorek Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Halina Richter |
| 1964 | Poland Teresa Wieczorek Irena Kirszenstein Halina Richter Ewa Klobukowska | United States of America Willye White Wyomia Tyus Marilyn White Edith McGuire | Great Britain Janet Simpson Mary Rand Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman |
| 1968 | United States of America Barbara Ferrell Margaret Bailes Mildrette Netter Wyomia Tyus | Cuba Marlene Elejarde Fulgencia Romay Violetta Quesada Miguelina Cobian>Miguelina Cobián | Soviet Union Lyudmila Zharkova Galina Bukharina Vera Popkova Lyudmila Samotysova |
| 1972 | West Germany Christiane Krause Ingrid Mickler Annegret Richter Heidemarie Rosendahl | East Germany Evelyn Kaufer Christina Heinich Barbel Struppert Renate Stecher | Cuba Marlene Elejarde Carmen Valdes Fulgencia Romay Silvia Chibas>Silvia Chibás |
| 1976 | East Germany Marlies Oelsner Renate Stecher Carla Bodendorf BÃÂärbel WÃÂöckel>BÃÂärbel Eckert | West Germany Elvira Possekel Inge Helten Annegret Richter Annegret Kroniger | Soviet Union Tatyana Prorochenko Lyudmila Zharkova Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Vera Anisimova |
| 1980 | East Germany Romy MÃÂüller BÃÂärbel WÃÂöckel Ingrid Auerswald Marlies GÃÂöhr | Soviet Union Vera Komisova Lyudmila Zharkova Vera Anisimova Natalya Bochina | Great Britain Heather Hunte Kathy Cook Beverly Goddard Sonia Lannaman |
| 1984 | United States of America Alice Brown Jeanette Bolden Chandra Cheeseborough Evelyn Ashford | Canada Angela Bailey Marita Payne Angella Taylor France Gareau | Great Britain Simone Jacobs Kathy Cook Beverley Callender Heather Oakes |
| 1988 | United States of America Alice Brown Sheila Echols Florence Griffith Joyner Evelyn Ashford | East Germany Silke MÃÂöller Kerstin Behrendt Ingrid Auerswald Marlies GÃÂöhr | Soviet Union Lyudmila Konratyeva Galina Malchugina Marina Zhirova Natalya Pomoschnikova |
| 1992 | United States of America Evelyn Ashford Esther Jones Carlette Guidry Gwen Torrence | Unified Team Olga Bogoslovskaya Galina Malchugina Marina Trandenkova Irina Privalova | Nigeria Beatrice Utondu Faith Idehen Christy Opara Thompson Mary Onyali |
| 1996 | United States of America Gail Devers Inger Miller Chryste Gaines Gwen Torrence | Bahamas Eldece Clarke Chandra Sturrup Sevatheda Fynes Pauline Davis | Jamaica Michelle Freeman Juliet Cuthbert Nikole Mitchell Merlene Ottey |
| 2000 | Bahamas Sevatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis Debbie Ferguson | Jamaica Tayna Lawrence Veronica Campbell Beverly McDonald Merlene Ottey | United States of America Chryste Gaines Torri Edwards Nanceen Perry Marion Jones |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | East Germany Dagmar KÃÂäsling Rita KÃÂühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt | United States of America Mable Fergerson Madeline Manning Cheryl Toussaint Kathy Hammond | West Germany Anette RÃÂückes Inge BÃÂödding Hildegard Falck Rita Wilden |
| 1976 | East Germany Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Brehmer | United States of America Debra Sapenter Sheila Ingram Pamela Giles Rosalyn Bryant | Soviet Union Inta Klimovica Lyudmila Aksenova Natalya Sokolova Nadezhda Ilyina |
| 1980 | Soviet Union Tatyana Prorochenko Tatyana Goistchik Nina Zyuskova Irina Nazarova | East Germany Gabriele LÃÂöwe Barbara Krug Christina Brehmer Marita Koch | Great Britain Linsey MacDonald Michelle Probert Joslyn Hoyte-Smith Janine Macgregor |
| 1984 | United States of America Lillie Leatherwood Sherri Howard Valerie Brisco-Hooks Chandra Cheeseborough | Canada Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Molly Killingbeck Marita Payne | West Germany Heike Schulte-Mattler Ute Thimm Heide-Elke Gaugel Gaby Bussmann |
| 1988 | Soviet Union Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Marina Pinigina Olga Bryzgina | United States of America Denean Howard Diane Dixon Valerie Brisco-Hooks Florence Griffith Joyner | East Germany Dagmar Neubauer Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Petra MÃÂüller |
| 1992 | Unified Team Yelena Ruzina Lyudmila Dzhigalova Olga Nazarova Olga Bryzgina | United States of America Natasha Kaiser Gwen Torrence Jearl Miles Rochelle Stevens | Great Britain Phylis Smith Sandra Douglas Jennifer Stoute Sally Gunnell |
| 1996 | United States of America Rochelle Stevens Maicel Malone Kim Graham Jearl Miles | Nigeria Bisi Afolabi Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara Falilat Ogunkoya | Germany Uta RohlÃÂänder Linda Kisabaka Anja RÃÂücker Grit Breuer |
| 2000 | United States of America Jearl Miles Monique Hennagan Marion Jones La Tasha Colander-Richardson | Jamaica Sandie Richards Catherine Scott-Polmales Deon Hemmings Lorraine Graham | Russia Yulia Sotnikova Svetlana Gontcharenko Olga Kotlyarova Irina Privalova |
1992 Chen Yueling (CHN)
2000 Liping Wang (CHN)
1928 Ethel Catherwood (CAN)10 km walk
1996 Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)20 km walk
High jump
1932 Jean Shiley (USA)
1936 Ibolya CsÃÂák (HUN)
1948 Alice Coachman (USA)
1952 Esther Brand (SAF)
1956 Mildred McDaniel (USA)
1960 Iolanda Balas (ROM)
1964 Iolanda Balas (ROM)
1968 Miloslava RezkovÃÂá (CZE)
1972 Ulrike Meyfarth (GER)
1976 Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)
1980 Sara Simeoni (ITA)
1984 Ulrike Meyfarth (GER)
1988 Louise Ritter (USA)
1992 Heiki Henkel (GER)
1996 Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
2000 Yelena Yelesina (RUS)
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Olga Gyarmati (HUN) | Noëmi de Portela (ARG) | Ann-Britt Leyman (SWE) |
| 1952 | Yvette Williams (NZL) | Aleksandra Chudina (URS) | Shirley Cawley (GBR) |
| 1956 | Elzbieta Krzesinska (POL) | Willye White (USA) | Nadezhda Dvalishvili (URS) |
| 1960 | Vera Krepkina (URS) | Elzbieta Krzesinska (POL) | Hildrun Claus (GER) |
| 1964 | Mary Rand (GBR) | Irena Kirszenstein (POL) | Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) |
| 1968 | Viorica Viscopoleanu (ROM) | Sheila Sherwood (GBR) | Tatyana Talysheva (URS) |
| 1972 | Heide Rosendahl (GER) | Diana Yorgova (BUL) | Eva ÃÂÃÂuranovÃÂá (TCH) |
| 1976 | Angela Voigt (GDR) | Kathy McMillan (USA) | Lidia Alfeyeva (URS) |
| 1980 | Tatyana Kolpakova (URS) | Brigitte Wujak (GDR) | Tatyana Skatchko (URS) |
| 1984 | Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu (ROM) | Valy Ionescu (ROM) | Sue Hearnshaw (GBR) |
| 1988 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | Galina Chistyakova (URS) |
| 1992 | Heike Drechsler (GER) | Inessa Kravets (EUN) | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
| 1996 | Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) | Fiona May (GBR) | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) |
| 2000 | Heike Drechsler (GER) | Fiona May (GBR) | Marion Jones (USA) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | Inna Lasovskaya (RUS) | ÃÂÃÂÃÂárka KaÃÂÃÂpÃÂárkovÃÂá (CZE) |
| 2000 | Tereza Marinova (BUL) | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | Yelena Govorova (UKR) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) | Amelia Piccinini (ITA) | Ina Schäffer (AUT) |
| 1952 | Falina Zybina (URS) | Marianne Werner (GER) | Klavdia Tochonova (URS) |
| 1956 | Tamara Tyshkevich (URS) | Galina Zybina (URS) | Marianne Werner (GER) |
| 1960 | Tamara Press (URS) | Johanna Lüttge (GER) | Earlene Brown (USA) |
| 1964 | Tamara Press (URS) | Renate Culmberger (GER) | Galina Zybina (URS) |
| 1968 | Margitta Gummel (GDR) | Marita Lange (GDR) | Nadezhda Chizhova (URS) |
| 1972 | Nadezha Chizhova (URS) | Margitta Gummel (GDR) | Ivanka Khristova (BUL) |
| 1976 | Ivanka Hristova (BUL) | Nadezha Chizhova (URS) | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) |
| 1980 | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | Svetlana Krachevskaya (URS) | Margitta Pufe (GDR) |
| 1984 | Claudia Losch (FRG) | Mihaela Loghin (ROM) | Gael Martin (AUS) |
| 1988 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | Kathrin Neimke (GDR) | Li Meisu (CHN) |
| 1992 | Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | Kathrin Neimke (GER) |
| 1996 | Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) | Sui Xinmei (CHN) | Irina Khudoroshkina (RUS) |
| 2000 | Yanina Korolchik (BLR) | Larisa Peleshenko (RUS) | Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Halina Konpacka (POL) | Lillian Copeland (USA) | Ruth Svedberg (SWE) |
| 1932 | Lillian Copeland (USA) | Ruth Osborn (USA) | Jadwiga Wajs (POL) |
| 1936 | Gisela Mauermayer (GER) | Jadwiga Wajs (POL) | Paula Mollenhauer (GER) |
| 1948 | Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) | Edera Gentile (ITA) | Jacqueline Mazéas (FRA) |
| 1952 | Nina Romaschkova (URS) | Yelisaveta Bagriantseva (URS) | Nina Dumbadze (URS) |
| 1956 | Olga FikotovÃÂá (TCH) | Irina Beglyakova (URS) | Nina Ponomaryova (URS) |
| 1960 | Nina Ponomaryeva (URS) | Tamara Press (URS) | Lia Manoliu (ROM) |
| 1964 | Tamara Press (URS) | Ingrid Lotz (GER) | Lia Manoliu (ROM) |
| 1968 | Lia Manoliu (ROM) | Liesel Westermann (FRG) | Jolán Kleiber (HUN) |
| 1972 | Faina Melnik (URS) | Argentina Menis (ROM) | Vasilka Stoeva (BUL) |
| 1976 | Evelin Schlaak (GDR) | Maria Vergova (BUL) | Gabriele Hinzmann (GDR) |
| 1980 | Evelin Jahl (GDR) | Maria Petkova (BUL) | Tatyana Lesovaya (URS) |
| 1984 | Ria Stalman (NED) | Leslie Deniz (USA) | Florenta Craciunescu (ROM) |
| 1988 | Marina Hellmann (GDR) | Diana Gansky (GDR) | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) |
| 1992 | Maritza Martén (CUB) | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | Daniela Costian (ROM) |
| 1996 | Ilke Wyludda (GER) | Natalya Sadova (RUS) | Ellina Zvereva (BLR) |
| 2000 | Ellina Zvereva (BLR) | Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) | Irina Yatchenko (BLR) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | Kirsten Münchow (GER) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Babe Didrikson (USA) | Ellen Braumüller (GER) | Tilly Fleischer (GER) |
| 1936 | Tilly Fleischer (GER) | Luise Krüger (GER) | Maria Kwasniewska (POL) |
| 1948 | Herma Bauma (AUT) | Kaisa Parviainen (FIN) | Lily Carlstedt (DEN) |
| 1952 | Dana ZÃÂátopkovÃÂá (TCH) | Aleksandra Chudina (URS) | Yelena Gorchakova (URS) |
| 1956 | Inese Jaunzeme (URS) | Marlene Ahrens (CHI) | Nadezhda Konyayeva (URS) |
| 1960 | Elvira Ozolina (URS) | Dana Zátopková (TCH) | Birute Kalediene (URS) |
| 1964 | Mihaela Penes (ROM) | Márta Rudas (HUN) | Yelena Gorchakova (URS) |
| 1968 | AngÃÂéla NÃÂémeth (HUN) | Mihaela Penes (ROM) | Eva Janko (AUT) |
| 1972 | Ruth Fuchs (GDR) | Jacqueline Todten (GDR) | Kate Schmidt (USA) |
| 1976 | Ruth Fuchs (GDR) | Marion Becker (FRG) | Kate Schmidt (USA) |
| 1980 | Maria ColÃÂón (CUB) | Saida Gunba (URS) | Ute Hommola (GDR) |
| 1984 | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) | Tiina Lillak (FIN) | Fatima Whitbread (GBR) |
| 1988 | Petra Felke (GDR) | Fatima Whitbread (GBR) | Beate Koch (GDR) |
| 1992 | Silke Renk (GER) | Natalya Shikolenko (EUN) | Karen Forkel (GER) |
| 1996 | Heli Rantanen (FIN) | Louise McPaul (AUS) | Trine Hattestad (NOR) |
| 2000 | Trine Hattestad (NOR) | Mirella Tzelili (GRE) | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Irina Press (URS) | Mary Rand (GBR) | Galina Bystrova (URS) |
| 1968 | Ingrid Becker (GER) | Liese Prokop (AUT) | Annamária Tóth (HUN) |
| 1972 | Mary Peters (GBR) | Heide Rosendahl (FRG) | Burglinde Pollak (GDR) |
| 1976 | Siegrun Siegl (GDR) | Christine Laser (GDR) | Burglinde Pollak (GDR) |
| 1980 | Nadezhda Tkachenko (URS) | Olga Rukavishnikova (URS) | Olga Kuragina (URS) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Glynis Nunn (AUS) | Jackie Joyner (USA) | Sabine Everts (FRG) |
| 1988 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | Sabine John (GDR) | Anke Behmer (GDR) |
| 1992 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | Irina Belova (EUN) | Sabine Braun (GER) |
| 1996 | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | Natalya Sazanovich (BLR) | Denise Lewis (GBR) |
| 2000 | Denise Lewis (GBR) | Yelena Prokhorova (RUS) | Natalya Sazanovich (BLR) |