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Although a limited number of events, not on the Olympic Programme, were given World Championship status in 1976 and 1980, the first World Championships proper were held in 1983. Originally held every 4 years the event is now held every 2. Nationalities given are those of the countries the athletes were representing at the time of the event, with their nationality under today's political boundaries given in brackets where otherwise unclear.
Venues: 1976(50kW) Malmö (SWE), 1980(w3000/w400H) Sittard (NED), 1983 Helsinki (FIN), 1987 Rome (ITA), 1991 Tokyo (JPN), 1993 Stuttgart (GER), 1995 Gothenburg (SWE), 1997 Athens (GRE), 1999 Seville (ESP), 2001 Edmonton (CAN), 2003 Paris/Saint-Denis (FRA), 2005 Helsinki (FIN)
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Carl LewisUSA Carl LewisUSA Carl LewisUSA Linford ChristieGBR Donovan BaileyCAN Maurice GreeneUSA Maurice GreeneUSA Maurice GreeneUSA Kim CollinsSKN Justin GatlinUSA | 10.07 9.93 9.86 9.87 9.97 9.86 9.80 9.82 10.07 9.88 | Calvin SmithUSA Ray StewartJAM Leroy BurrellUSA Andre CasonUSA Bruny SurinCAN Donovan BaileyCAN Bruny SurinCAN Bernard WilliamsUSA Darrel BrownTRI Michael FraterJAM | 10.21 10.08 9.88 9.92 10.03 9.91 9.84 9.94 10.08 10.05 | Emmit KingUSA Linford ChristieGBR Dennis MitchellUSA Dennis MitchellUSA Ato BoldonTRI Tim MontgomeryUSA Dwain ChambersGBR Ato BoldonTRI Darren CampbellGBR Kim CollinsSKN | 10.24 10.14 9.91 9.99 10.03 9.94 9.97 9.98 10.08 10.05 | -0.3 1.0 1.2 0.3 1.0 0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.4 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Calvin SmithUSA Calvin SmithUSA Michael JohnsonUSA Frankie FredericksNAM Michael JohnsonUSA Ato BoldonTRI Maurice GreeneUSA Konstantinos KenterisGRE John CapelUSA Justin GatlinUSA | 20.14 20.16 20.01 19.85 19.79 20.04w 19.90 20.04 20.30 20.04 | Elliott QuowUSA Gilles QuenéhervéFRA Frankie FredericksNAM John RegisGBR Frankie FredericksNAM Frankie FredericksNAM Claudinei da SilvaBRA Christopher WilliamsJAM Darvis PattonUSA Wallace SpearmonUSA | 20.41 20.16 20.34 19.94 20.12 20.23w 20.00 20.20 20.31 20.20 | Pietro MenneaITA John RegisGBR Atlee MahornCAN Carl LewisUSA Jeff WilliamsUSA Claudinei da SilvaBRA Francis ObikweluNGR Kim CollinsSKN & Shawn CrawfordUSA Shingo SuetsuguJPN John CapelUSA | 20.51 20.18 20.49 19.99 20.18 20.26w 20.11 20.20 20.38 20.31 | 1.2 -0.4 -3.4 0.3 0.5 2.3 1.2 0.1 0.1 -0.5 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Bert CameronJAM Thomas SchönlebeGDR Antonio PettigrewUSA Michael JohnsonUSA Michael JohnsonUSA Michael JohnsonUSA Michael JohnsonUSA Avard MoncurBAH Jerome YoungUSA Jeremy WarinerUSA | 45.05 44.33 44.57 43.65 43.39 44.12 43.18 44.64 44.50 43.93 | Mike FranksUSA Innocent EgbunikeNGR Roger BlackGBR Butch ReynoldsUSA Butch ReynoldsUSA Davis KamogaUGA Sanderlei ParrelaBRA Ingo SchultzGER Tyree WashingtonUSA Andrew RockUSA | 45.22 44.56 44.62 44.13 44.22 44.37 44.29 44.87 44.77 44.35 | Sunder NixUSA Butch ReynoldsUSA Danny EverettUSA Samson KiturKEN Greg HaughtonJAM Tyree WashingtonUSA Alejandro CárdenasMEX Greg HaughtonJAM Marc RaquilFRA Tyler ChristopherCAN | 45.24 44.80 44.63 44.54 44.56 44.39 44.31 44.98 44.79 44.44 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Willi WülbeckFRG Billy KonchellahKEN Billy KonchellahKEN Paul RutoKEN Wilson KipketerDEN Wilson KipketerDEN Wilson KipketerDEN André BucherSUI Djabir Saïd GuerniALG Rashid RamziBRN | 1:43.65 1:43:06 1:43.99 1:44.71 1:45.08 1:43.38 1:43.30 1:43.70 1:44.81 1:44.24 | Rob DruppersNED Peter ElliottGBR José Luiz BarbosaBRA Giuseppe D'UrsoITA Arthémon HatungimanaBDI Norberto TéllezCUB Hezekiél SepengRSA Wilfred BungeiKEN Yuriy BorzakovskiyRUS Yuriy BorzakovskiyRUS | 1:44.20 1:43.41 1:44.24 1:44.86 1:45.64 1:44.00 1:43.32 1:44.55 1:44.84 1:44.51 | Joaquim CruzBRA José Luiz BarbosaBRA Mark EverettUSA Billy KonchellahKEN Vebjørn RodalNOR Rich KenahUSA Djabir Saïd GuerniALG Pawel CzapiewskiPOL Mbulaeni MulaudziRSA William YiampoyKEN | 1:44.27 1:43.76 1:44.67 1:44.89 1:45.68 1:44.25 1:44:18 1:44.63 1:44.90 1:44.55 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Steve CramGBR Abdi BileSOM Noureddine MorceliALG Noureddine MorceliALG Noureddine MorceliALG Hicham El GuerroujMAR Hicham El GuerroujMAR Hicham El GuerroujMAR Hicham El GuerroujMAR Rashid RamziBRN | 3:41.59 3:36.80 3:32.84 3:34.24 3:33.73 3:35.83 3:27.65 3:30.68 3:31.77 3:37.88 | Steve ScottUSA José Luis GonzálezESP Wilfred KirochiKEN Fermín CachoESP Hicham El GuerroujMAR Fermín CachoESP Noah NgenyKEN Bernard LagatKEN Mehdi BaalaFRA Adil KaouchMAR | 3:41.87 3:38.03 3:34.84 3:35.56 3:35.28 3:36.63 3:28.73 3:31.10 3:32.31 3:38.00 | Saïd AouitaMAR Jim SpiveyUSA Hauke FuhlbrüggeGER Abdi BileSOM Vénuste NiyongaboBDI Reyes EstévezESP Reyes EstévezESP Driss MaazouziFRA Ivan HeshkoUKR Rui SilvaPOR | 3:42.02 3:38.82 3:35.28 3:35.96 3:35.56 3:37.26 3:30.57 3:31.54 3:33.17 3:38.02 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Eamonn CoghlanIRL Saïd AouitaMAR Yobes OndiekiKEN Ismael KiruiKEN Ismael KiruiKEN Daniel KomenKEN Salah HissouMAR Richard LimoKEN Eliud KipchogeKEN Benjamin LimoKEN | 13:28.53 13:26.44 13:14.45 13:02.75 13:16.77 13:07.38 12:58.13 13:00.77 12:52.79 13:32.55 | Werner SchildhauerGDR Domingos CastroPOR Fita BayissaETH Haile GebrselassieETH Khalid BoulamiMAR Khalid BoulamiMAR Benjamin LimoKEN Million WoldeETH Hicham El GuerroujMAR Sileshi SihineETH | 13:30.20 13:27.59 13:16.64 13:03.17 13:17.15 13:09.34 12:58.72 13:03.47 12:52.83 13:32.81 | Martti VainioFIN Jack BucknerGBR Brahim BoutayebMAR Fita BayissaETH Shem KororiaKEN Tom NyarikiKEN Mohammed MourhitBEL John KibowenKEN Kenenisa BekeleETH Craig MottramAUS | 13:30.34 13:27.74 13:22.70 13:05.40 13:17.59 13:11.09 12:58.80 13:05.20 12:53.12 13:32.96 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Alberto CovaITA Paul KipkoechKEN Moses TanuiKEN Haile GebrselassieETH Haile GebrselassieETH Haile GebrselassieETH Haile GebrselassieETH Charles KamathiKEN Kenenisa BekeleETH Kenenisa BekeleETH | 28:01.04 27:38.63 27:38.74 27:46.02 27:12.95 27:24.58 27:57.27 27:53.25 26:49.57 27:08.33 | Werner SchildhauerGDR Francesco PanettaITA Richard ChelimoKEN Moses TanuiKEN Khalid SkahMAR Paul TergatKEN Paul TergatKEN Assefa MezegebuETH Haile GebrselassieETH Sileshi SihineETH | 28:01.18 27:48.98 27:39.41 27:46.54 27:14.53 27:25.62 27:58.56 27:53.97 26:50.77 27:08.87 | Hansjörg KunzeGDR Hansjörg KunzeGDR Khalid SkahMAR Richard ChelimoKEN Paul TergatKEN Salah HissouMAR Assefa MezegebuETH Haile GebrselassieETH Sileshi SihineETH Moses MosopKEN | 28:01.26 27:50.37 27:41.74 28:06.02 27:14.70 27:28.67 27:59.15 27:54.41 27:01.44 27:08.96 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Rob de CastellaAUS Douglas WakiihuriKEN Hiromi TaniguchiJPN Mark PlaatjesUSA Martín FizESP Abel AntónESP Abel AntónESP Gezahegne AberaETH Jaouad GharibMAR Jaouad GharibMAR | 2:10:03 2:11:48 2:14:57 2:13:57 2:11:41 2:13:16 2:13:36 2:12:42 2:08:31 2:10:10 | Kebebe BalchaETH Ahmed SalahDJI Ahmed SalahDJI Lucketz SwartbooiNAM Dionicio CerónMEX Martín FizESP Vincenzo ModicaITA Simon BiwottKEN Julio ReyESP Christopher IsegweTAN | 2:10:27 2:12:30 2:15:26 2:14:11 2:12:13 2:13:21 2:14:03 2:12:43 2:08:38 2:10:21 | Waldemar CierpinskiGDR Gelindo BordinITA Steve SpenceUSA Bert van VlaanderenNED Luiz dos SantosBRA Steve MoneghettiAUS Nobuyuki SatoJPN Stefano BaldiniITA Stefano BaldiniITA Tsuyoshi OgataJPN | 2:10:37 2:12:40 2:15:36 2:15:12 2:12:49 2:14:16 2:14:07 2:13:18 2:09:14 2:11:16 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Patriz IlgFRG Francesco PanettaITA Moses KiptanuiKEN Moses KiptanuiKEN Moses KiptanuiKEN Wilson Boit KipketerKEN Christopher KosgeiKEN Reuben KosgeiKEN Saif Saeed ShaheenQAT Saif Saeed ShaheenQAT | 8:15.06 8:08.57 8:12.59 8:06.36 8:04.16 8:05.84 8:11.76 8:15.16 8:04.39 8:13.31 | Boguslaw MaminskiPOL Hagen MelzerGDR Patrick SangKEN Patrick SangKEN Christopher KosgeiKEN Moses KiptanuiKEN Wilson Boit KipketerKEN Ali EzzineMAR Ezekiel KemboiKEN Ezekiel KemboiKEN | 8:17.03 8:10.32 8:13.44 8:07.53 8:09.30 8:06.04 8:12.09 8:16.21 8:05.11 8:14.95 | Colin ReitzGBR William Van DijckBEL Azzedine BrahmiALG Alessandro LambruschiniITA Saad Shadad Al-AsmariKSA Bernard BarmasaiKEN Ali EzzineMAR Bernard BarmasaiKEN Eliseo MartínESP Brimin KiprutoKEN | 8:17.75 8:12.18 8:15.54 8:08.78 8:12.95 8:06.04 8:12.73 8:16.59 8:09.09 8:15.30 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Greg FosterUSA Greg FosterUSA Greg FosterUSA Colin JacksonGBR Allen JohnsonUSA Allen JohnsonUSA Colin JacksonGBR Allen JohnsonUSA Allen JohnsonUSA Ladji DoucouréFRA | 13.42 13.21 13.06 12.91 13.00 12.93 13.04 13.04 13.12 13.07 | Arto BryggareFIN Jon RidgeonGBR Jack PierceUSA Tony JarrettGBR Tony JarrettGBR Colin JacksonGBR Anier GarcíaCUB Anier GarcíaCUB Terrence TrammellUSA Liu XiangCHN | 13.46 13.29 13.06 13.00 13.04 13.05 13.07 13.07 13.20 13.08 | Willie GaultUSA Colin JacksonGBR Tony JarrettGBR Jack PierceUSA Roger KingdomUSA Igor KovácSVK Duane RossUSA Dudley DorivalHAI Liu XiangCHN Allen JohnsonUSA | 13.48 13.38 13.25 13.06 13.19 13.18 13.12 13.25 13.23 13.10 | 1.3 0.5 0.7 0.5 -0.1 0.0 1.0 -0.3 0.3 -0.2 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Ed MosesUSA Ed MosesUSA Samuel MateteZAM Kevin YoungUSA Derrick AdkinsUSA Stéphane DiaganaFRA Fabrizio MoriITA Félix SánchezDOM Félix SánchezDOM Bershawn JacksonUSA | 47.50 47.46 47.64 47.18 47.98 47.70 47.72 47.49 47.25 47.30 | Harald SchmidFRG Danny HarrisUSA Winthrop GrahamJAM Samuel MateteZAM Samuel MateteZAM Llewellyn HerbertRSA Stéphane DiaganaFRA Fabrizio MoriITA Joey WoodyUSA James CarterUSA | 48.61 47.48 47.74 47.60 48.03 47.86 48.12 47.54 48.18 47.43 | Aleksandr KharlovURS(UZB) Harald SchmidFRG Kriss AkabusiGBR Winthrop GrahamJAM Stéphane DiaganaFRA Bryan BronsonUSA Marcel SchelbertSUI Dai TamesueJPN Periklis IakovakisGRE Dai TamesueJPN | 49.03 47.48 47.86 47.62 48.14 47.88 48.13 47.89 48.24 48.10 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Gennadiy AvdeyenkoURS(UKR) Patrik SjöbergSWE Charles AustinUSA Javier SotomayorCUB Troy KempBAH Javier SotomayorCUB Vyacheslav VoroninRUS Martin BussGER Jacques FreitagRSA Yuriy KrymarenkoUKR | 2.32 2.38 2.38 2.40 2.37 2.37 2.37 2.36 2.35 2.32 | Tyke PeacockUSA Gennadiy AvdeyenkoURS(UKR) & Igor PaklinURS(KGZ) Javier SotomayorCUB Artur PartykaPOL Javier SotomayorCUB Artur PartykaPOL Mark BoswellCAN Yaroslav RybakovRUS & Vyacheslav VoroninRUS Stefan HolmSWE Víctor MoyaCUB & Yaroslav RybakovRUS | 2.32 2.38 2.36 2.37 2.37 2.35 2.35 2.33 2.32 2.29 | Zhu JianhuaCHN Hollis ConwayUSA Steve SmithGBR Artur PartykaPOL Tim ForsythAUS Martin BussGER Mark BoswellCAN | 2.29 2.36 2.37 2.35 2.35 2.32 2.32 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Sergey BubkaURS(UKR) Sergey BubkaURS(UKR) Sergey BubkaURS(UKR) Sergey BubkaUKR Sergey BubkaUKR Sergey BubkaUKR Maksim TarasovRUS Dmitri MarkovAUS Giuseppe GibiliscoITA Rens BlomNED | 5.70 5.85 5.95 6.00 5.92 6.01 6.02 6.05 5.90 5.80 | Konstantin VolkovURS(RUS) Thierry VigneronFRA István BagyulaHUN Grigoriy YegorovKAZ Maksim TarasovRUS Maksim TarasovRUS Dmitri MarkovAUS Aleksandr AverbukhISR Okkert BritsRSA Brad WalkerUSA | 5.60 5.80 5.90 5.90 5.86 5.96 5.90 5.85 5.85 5.75 | Atanas TarevBUL Rodion GataullinURS(UZB) Maksim TarasovURS(RUS) Maksim TarasovRUS & Igor TrandenkovRUS Jean GalfioneFRA Dean StarkeyUSA Aleksandr AverbukhISR Nick HysongUSA Patrik KristianssonSWE Pavel GerasimovRUS | 5.60 5.80 5.85 5.80 5.86 5.91 5.80 5.85 5.85 5.65 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Carl LewisUSA Carl LewisUSA Mike PowellUSA Mike PowellUSA Iván PedrosoCUB Iván PedrosoCUB Iván PedrosoCUB Iván PedrosoCUB Dwight PhillipsUSA Dwight PhillipsUSA | 8.55 8.67 8.95 8.59 8.70 8.42 8.56 8.40 8.32 8.60 | Jason GrimesUSA Robert EmmiyanURS(ARM) Carl LewisUSA Stanislav TarasenkoRUS James BeckfordJAM Erick WalderUSA Yago LamelaESP Savanté StringfellowUSA James BeckfordJAM Ignisious GaisahGHA | 8.29 8.53 8.91w 8.16 8.30 8.38 8.40 8.24 8.28 8.34 | Mike ConleyUSA Larry MyricksUSA Larry MyricksUSA Vitaliy KirilenkoUKR Mike PowellUSA Kirill SosunovRUS Gregor CankarSLO Carlos CaladoPOR Yago LamelaESP Tommi EviläFIN | 8.12 8.33 8.42 8.15 8.29 8.18 8.36 8.21 8.22 8.25w |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Zdzislaw HoffmannPOL Khristo MarkovBUL Kenny HarrisonUSA Mike ConleyUSA Jonathan EdwardsGBR Yoelbi QuesadaCUB Charles FriedekGER Jonathan EdwardsGBR Christian OlssonSWE Walter DavisUSA | 17.42 17.92 17.78 17.86 18.29 17.85 17.59 17.92 17.72 17.57 | Willie BanksUSA Mike ConleyUSA Leonid VoloshinURS(RUS) Leonid VoloshinRUS Brian WellmanBER Jonathan EdwardsGBR Rostislav DimitrovBUL Christian OlssonSWE Yoandri BetanzosCUB Yoandri BetanzosCUB | 17.18 17.67 17.75 17.65 17.62w 17.69 17.49 17.47 17.28 17.42 | Ajayi AgbebakuNGR Oleg SakirkinURS(KAZ) Mike ConleyUSA Jonathan EdwardsGBR Jérôme RomainDMA Aliecer UrrutiaCUB Jonathan EdwardsGBR Igor SpasovkhodskiyRUS Leevan SandsBAH Marian OpreaROM | 17.18 17.43 17.62 17.44 17.59w 17.64 17.48 17.44 17.26 17.40 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Edward SarulPOL Werner GünthörSUI Werner GünthörSUI Werner GünthörSUI John GodinaUSA John GodinaUSA C.J. HunterUSA John GodinaUSA Andrey MikhnevichBLR Adam NelsonUSA | 21.39 22.23 21.67 21.97 21.47 21.44 21.79 21.87 21.69 21.73 | Ulf TimmermannGDR Alessandro AndreiITA Lars Arvid NilsenNOR Randy BarnesUSA Mika HalvariFIN Oliver-Sven BuderGER Oliver-Sven BuderGER Adam NelsonUSA Adam NelsonUSA Rutger SmithNED | 21.16 21.88 20.75 21.80 20.93 21.24 21.42 21.24 21.26 21.29 | Remigius MachuraTCH(CZE) John BrennerUSA Aleksandr KlimenkoURS(UKR) Aleksandr BagachUKR Randy BarnesUSA C.J. HunterUSA Aleksandr BagachUKR Arsi HarjuFIN Yuriy BilonogUKR Ralf BartelsGER | 20.98 21.75 20.34 20.40 20.41 20.33 21.26 20.93 21.10 20.99 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Imrich BugárTCH(CZE) Jürgen SchultGDR Lars RiedelGER Lars RiedelGER Lars RiedelGER Lars RiedelGER Anthony WashingtonUSA Lars RiedelGER Virgilijus AleknaLTU Virgilijus AleknaLTU | 67.72 68.74 66.20 67.72 68.76 68.54 69.08 69.72 69.69 70.17 | Luis DelísCUB John PowellUSA Erik de BruinNED Dmitriy ShevchenkoRUS Vladimir DubrovshchikBLR Virgilijus AleknaLTU Jürgen SchultGER Virgilijus AleknaLTU Róbert FazekasHUN Gerd KanterEST | 67.36 66.22 65.82 66.90 65.98 66.70 68.18 69.40 69.01 68.57 | Gejza ValentTCH(CZE) Luis DelísCUB Attila HorváthHUN Jürgen SchultGER Vasiliy KaptyukhBLR Jürgen SchultGER Lars RiedelGER Michael MöllenbeckGER Vasiliy KaptyukhBLR Michael MöllenbeckGER | 66.08 66.02 65.32 66.12 65.88 66.14 68.09 67.61 66.51 65.95 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Sergey LitvinovURS(RUS) Sergey LitvinovURS(RUS) Yuriy SedykhURS(RUS) Andrey AbduvaliyevTJK Andrey AbduvaliyevTJK Heinz WeisGER Karsten KobsGER Szymon ZiólkowskiPOL Ivan TikhonBLR Ivan TikhonBLR | 82.68 83.06 81.70 81.64 81.56 81.78 80.24 83.38 83.05 83.89 | Yuriy SedykhURS(RUS) Jüri TammURS(EST) Igor AstapkovichURS(BLR) Igor AstapkovichBLR Igor AstapkovichBLR Andrey SkvarukUKR Zsolt NémethHUN Koji MurofushiJPN Adrián AnnusHUN Vadim DevyatovskiyBLR | 80.94 80.84 80.94 79.88 81.10 81.46 79.05 82.92 80.36 82.60 | Zdzislaw KwasnyPOL Ralf HaberGDR Heinz WeisGER Tibor GécsekHUN Tibor GécsekHUN Vasiliy SidorenkoRUS Vladislav PiskunovUKR Ilya KonovalovRUS Koji MurofushiJPN Szymon ZiólkowskiPOL | 79.42 80.76 80.44 79.54 80.98 80.76 79.03 80.27 80.12 79.35 |
(new model from 1987)
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Detlef MichelGDR Seppo RätyFIN Kimmo KinnunenFIN Jan ŽeleznýCZE Jan ŽeleznýCZE Marius CorbettRSA Aki ParviainenFIN Jan ŽeleznýCZE Sergey MakarovRUS Andrus VärnikEST | 89.48 83.54 90.82 85.98 89.58 88.40 89.52 92.80 85.44 87.17 | Tom PetranoffUSA Viktor YevsyukovURS(UKR) Seppo RätyFIN Kimmo KinnunenFIN Steve BackleyGBR Steve BackleyGBR Kostas GatsioudisGRE Aki ParviainenFIN Andrus VärnikEST Andreas ThorkildsenNOR | 85.60 82.52 88.12 84.78 86.30 86.80 89.18 91.31 85.17 86.18 | Dainis KûlaURS(LAT) Jan ŽeleznýTCH(CZE) Vladimir SasimovichURS(BLR) Mick HillGBR Boris HenryGER Kostas GatsioudisGRE Jan ŽeleznýCZE Kostas GatsioudisGRE Boris HenryGER Sergey MakarovRUS | 85.58 82.20 87.08 82.96 86.08 86.64 87.67 89.95 84.74 83.54 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Daley ThompsonGBR Torsten VossGDR Dan O'BrienUSA Dan O'BrienUSA Dan O'BrienUSA Tomáš DvorákCZE Tomáš DvorákCZE Tomáš DvorákCZE Tom PappasUSA Bryan ClayUSA | 8666 8680 8812 8817 8695 8837 8744 8902 8750 8732 | Jürgen HingsenFRG Siegfried WentzFRG Mike SmithCAN Eduard HämäläinenBLR Eduard HämäläinenBLR Eduard HämäläinenFIN Dean MaceyGBR Erki NoolEST Roman ŠebrleCZE Roman ŠebrleCZE | 8561 8461 8549 8724 8489 8730 8556 8815 8634 8521 | Siegfried WentzFRG Pavel TarnovetskiyURS(UKR) Christian SchenkGER Paul MeierGER Mike SmithCAN Frank BusemannGER Chris HuffinsUSA Dean MaceyGBR Dmitriy KarpovKAZ Attila ZsivóczkyHUN | 8478 8375 8394 8548 8419 8652 8547 8603 8374 8385 |
Above scores given using tables in use at time of competition. Major changes to tables were made in 1985.
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Ernesto CantoMEX Maurizio DamilanoITA Maurizio DamilanoITA Valentí MassanaESP Michele DidoniITA Daniel GarcíaMEX Ilya MarkovRUS Roman RasskazovRUS Jefferson PérezECU Jefferson PérezECU | 1:20:49 1:20:45 1:19:37 1:22:31 1:19:59 1:21:43 1:23:34 1:20:31 1:17:21 1:18:35 | Jozef PribilinecTCH(SVK) Jozef PribilinecTCH(SVK) Mikhail ShchennikovURS(RUS) Giovanni De BenedictisITA Valentí MassanaESP Mikhail ShchennikovRUS Jefferson PérezECU Ilya MarkovRUS Francisco FernándezESP Francisco FernándezESP | 1:20:59 1:21:07 1:19:46 1:23:06 1:20:23 1:21:53 1:24:19 1:20:33 1:18:00 1:19:36 | Yevgeniy YevsyukovURS(RUS) José MarínESP Yevgeniy MisyulyaURS(BLR) Daniel PlazaESP Yevgeniy MisyulyaBLR Mikhail KhmelnitskiyBLR Daniel GarcíaMEX Viktor BurayevRUS Roman RasskazovRUS Juan Manuel MolinaESP | 1:21:08 1:21:24 1:20:22 1:23:18 1:20:48 1:22:01 1:24:31 1:20:36 1:18:07 1:19:44 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1976 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Veniamin SoldatenkoURS(KAZ) Ronald WeigelGDR Hartwig GauderGDR Aleksandr PotashovURS(BLR) Jesús Ángel GarcíaESP Valentin KononenFIN Robert KorzeniowskiPOL Ivano BrugnettiITA Robert KorzeniowskiPOL Robert KorzeniowskiPOL Sergey KirdyapkinRUS | 3:54:40 3:43:08 3:40:53 3:53:09 3:41:41 3:43:42 3:44:46 3:47:54 3:42:08 3:36:03 3:38:08 | Enrique VeraMEX José MarínESP Ronald WeigelGDR Andrey PerlovURS(RUS) Valentin KononenFIN Giovanni PerricelliITA Jesús Ángel GarcíaESP Nikolay MatyukhinRUS Jesús Ángel GarcíaESP German SkuryginRUS Aleksey VoyevodinRUS | 3:58:14 3:43:42 3:41:30 3:53:09 3:42:02 3:45:11 3:44:59 3:48:18 3:43:07 3:36:42 3:41:25 | Reima SalonenFIN Sergey YungURS(RUS) Vyacheslav IvanenkoURS(RUS) Hartwig GauderGDR Valeriy SpitsynRUS Robert KorzeniowskiPOL Miguel RodríguezMEX Curt ClausenUSA Edgar HernándezMEX Andreas ErmGER Alex SchwazerITA | 3:58:53 3:49:03 3:44:02 3:55:14 3:42:50 3:45:57 3:48:30 3:50:55 3:46:12 3:37:46 3:41:54 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | United States United States United States United States Canada Canada United States South Africa United States France | 37.86 37.90 37.50 37.48 38.31 37.86 37.59 38.47 38.06 38.08 | Italy Soviet Union France Great Britain & N.I. Australia Nigeria Great Britain & N.I. Trinidad & Tobago Brazil Trinidad & Tobago | 38.37 38.02 37.87 37.77 38.50 38.07 37.73 38.58 38.26 38.10 | Soviet Union Jamaica Great Britain & N.I. Canada Italy Great Britain & N.I. Brazil Australia Netherlands Great Britain & N.I. | 38.41 38.41 38.09 37.83 39.07 38.14 38.05 38.83 38.87 38.27 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Soviet Union United States Great Britain & N.I. United States United States United States United States United States France United States | 3:00.79 2:57.29 2:57.53 2:54.29 2:57.32 2:56.47 2:56.45 2:57.54 2:58.96 2:56.91 | F.R. Germany Great Britain & N.I. United States Kenya Jamaica Great Britain & N.I. Poland Bahamas Jamaica Bahamas | 3:01.83 2:58.86 2:57.57 2:59.82 2:59.88 2:56.65 2:58.91 2:58.19 2:59.60 2:57.32 | Great Britain & N.I. Cuba Jamaica Germany Nigeria Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Bahamas Jamaica | 3:03.53 2:59.16 3:00.10 2:59.99 3:03.18 2:56.75 2:59.34 2:58.39 3:00.53 2:58.07 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Marlies GöhrGDR Silke GladischGDR Katrin KrabbeGER Gail DeversUSA Gwen TorrenceUSA Marion JonesUSA Marion JonesUSA Zhanna Pintusevich-BlockUKR Torri EdwardsUSA Lauryn WilliamsUSA | 10.97 10.90 10.99 10.82 10.85 10.83 10.70 10.82 10.93 10.93 | Marita KochGDR Heike DrechslerGDR Gwen TorrenceUSA Merlene OtteyJAM Merlene OtteyJAM Zhanna PintusevichUKR Inger MillerUSA Marion JonesUSA Zhanna BlockUKR Veronica CampbellJAM | 11.02 11.00 11.03 10.82 10.94 10.85 10.79 10.85 10.99 10.95 | Diane WilliamsUSA Merlene OtteyJAM Merlene OtteyJAM Gwen TorrenceUSA Irina PrivalovaRUS Savatheda FynesBAH Ekaterini ThanouGRE Ekaterini ThanouGRE Chandra SturrupBAH Christine ArronFRA | 11.06 11.04 11.06 10.89 10.96 11.03 10.84 10.91 11.02 10.98 | -0.5 -0.5 -3.0 0.3 0.9 0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0.9 1.3 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Marita KochGDR Silke GladischGDR Katrin KrabbeGER Merlene OtteyJAM Merlene OtteyJAM Zhanna PintusevichUKR Inger MillerUSA Marion JonesUSA Anastasiya KapachinskayaRUS Allyson FelixUSA | 22.13 21.74 22.09 21.98 22.12 22.32 21.77 22.39 22.38 22.16 | Merlene OtteyJAM Florence GriffithUSA Gwen TorrenceUSA Gwen TorrenceUSA Irina PrivalovaRUS Susanthika JayasingheSRI Beverly McDonaldJAM Debbie FergusonBAH Torri EdwardsUSA Rachelle Boone-SmithUSA | 22.19 21.96 22.16 22.00 22.12 22.39 22.22 22.52 22.47 22.31 | Kathy CookGBR Merlene OtteyJAM Merlene OtteyJAM Irina PrivalovaRUS Galina MalchuginaRUS Merlene OtteyJAM Merlene FrazerJAM & Andrea PhilippGER LaTasha JenkinsUSA Muriel HurtisFRA Christine ArronFRA | 22.37 22.06 22.21 22.13 22.37 22.40 22.26 22.85 22.59 22.31 | 1.5 1.2 -2.4 0.0 -2.2 -0.7 0.6 -0.8 -0.3 0.2 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Jarmila KratochvílováTCH(CZE) Olga BryzginaURS(UKR) Marie-José PérecFRA Jearl MilesUSA Marie-José PérecFRA Cathy FreemanAUS Cathy FreemanAUS Amy Mbacké ThiamSEN Ana GuevaraMEX Tonique Williams-DarlingBAH | 47.99 49.38 49.13 49.82 49.28 49.77 49.67 49.86 48.89 49.55 | Tatána KocembováTCH(CZE) Petra MüllerGDR Grit BreuerGER Natasha Kaiser-BrownUSA Pauline DavisBAH Sandie RichardsJAM Anja RückerGER Lorraine Fenton (Graham)JAM Lorraine FentonJAM Sanya RichardsUSA | 48.59 49.94 49.42 50.17 49.96 49.79 49.74 49.88 49.43 49.74 | Mariya PiniginaURS(UKR) Kirsten EmmelmannGDR Sandra MyersESP Sandie RichardsJAM Jearl MilesUSA Jearl Miles ClarkUSA Lorraine GrahamJAM Ana GuevaraMEX Amy Mbacké ThiamSEN Ana GuevaraMEX | 49.19 50.20 49.78 50.44 50.00 49.90 49.92 49.97 49.95 49.81 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Jarmila KratochvílováTCH(CZE) Sigrun WodarsGDR Liliya NurutdinovaURS(RUS) Maria MutolaMOZ Ana Fidelia QuirotCUB Ana Fidelia QuirotCUB Ludmila FormanováCZE Maria MutolaMOZ Maria MutolaMOZ Zulia CalatayudCUB | 1:54.68 1:55.26 1:57.50 1:55.43 1:56.11 1:57.14 1:56.68 1:57.17 1:59.89 1:58.82 | Lyubov GurinaURS(RUS) Christine WachtelGDR Ana Fidelia QuirotCUB Lyubov GurinaRUS Letitia VriesdeSUR Yelena AfanasyevaRUS Maria MutolaMOZ Stephanie GrafAUT Kelly HolmesGBR Hasna BenhassiMAR | 1:56.11 1:55.32 1:57.55 1:57.10 1:56.68 1:57.56 1:56.72 1:57.20 2:00.18 1:59.42 | Yekaterina PodkopayevaURS(RUS) Lyubov GurinaURS(RUS) Ella KovacsROM Ella KovacsROM Kelly HolmesGBR Maria MutolaMOZ Svetlana MasterkovaRUS Letitia VriesdeSUR Natalya KhrushchelyovaRUS Tatyana AndrianovaRUS | 1:57.58 1:55.56 1:57.58 1:57.92 1:56.95 1:57.59 1:56.93 1:57.35 2:00.29 1:59.60 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Mary DeckerUSA Tatyana SamolenkoURS(UKR) Hassiba BoulmerkaALG Liu DongCHN Hassiba BoulmerkaALG Carla SacramentoPOR Svetlana MasterkovaRUS Gabriela SzaboROM Tatyana TomashovaRUS Tatyana TomashovaRUS | 4:00.90 3:58.56 4:02.21 4:00.50 4:02.42 4:04.24 3:59.53 4:00.57 3:58.52 4:00.35 | Zamira ZaytsevaURS(UZB) Hildegard KörnerGDR Tatyana Dorovskikh (Samolenko) URS(UKR) Sonia O'SullivanIRL Kelly HolmesGBR Regina JacobsUSA Regina JacobsUSA Violeta SzekelyROM Süreyya AyhanTUR Olga YegorovaRUS | 4:01.19 3:58.67 4:02.58 4:03.48 4:03.04 4:04.63 4:00.35 4:01.70 3:59.04 4:01.46 | Yekaterina PodkopayevaURS(RUS) Doina MelinteROM Lyudmila RogachovaURS(RUS) Hassiba BoulmerkaALG Carla SacramentoPOR Anita WeyermannSUI Kutre DulechaETH Natalya GorelovaRUS Hayley TullettGBR Bouchra GhezielleFRA | 4:02.25 3:59.27 4:02.72 4:04.29 4:03.79 4:04.70 4:00.96 4:02.40 3:59.95 4:02.45 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1980 1983 1987 1991 1993 | Birgit FriedmannFRG Mary DeckerUSA Tatyana SamolenkoURS(UKR) Tatyana Dorovskikh (Samolenko) URS(UKR) Qu YunxiaCHN | 8:48.05 8:34.62 8:38.73 8:35.82 8:28.71 | Karoline NemetzSWE Brigitte KrausFRG Maricica PuicaROM Yelena RomanovaURS(RUS) Zhang LinliCHN | 8:50.22 8:35.11 8:39.45 8:36.06 8:29.25 | Ingrid ChristensenNOR Tatyana KazankinaURS(RUS) Ulrike BrunsGDR Susan SirmaKEN Zhang LirongCHN | 8:58.8a 8:35.13 8:40.30 8:39.41 8:31.95 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Sonia O'SullivanIRL Gabriela SzaboROM Gabriela SzaboROM Olga YegorovaRUS Tirunesh DibabaETH Tirunesh DibabaETH | 14:46.47 14:57.68 14:41.82 15:03.39 14:51.72 14:38.59 | Fernanda RibeiroPOR Roberta BrunetITA Zahra OuazizMAR Marta DomínguezESP Marta DomínguezESP Meseret DefarETH | 14:48.54 14:58.29 14:43.15 15:06.59 14:52.26 14:39.54 | Zahra OuazizMAR Fernanda RibeiroPOR Ayelech WorkuETH Ayelech WorkuETH Edith MasaiKEN Ejegayehu DibabaETH | 14:53.77 14:58.85 14:44.22 15:10.17 14:52.30 14:42.47 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1980† 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Kath BinnsGBR not held Ingrid Kristiansen (Christensen) NOR Liz McColganGBR Wang JunxiaCHN Fernanda RibeiroPOR Sally BarsosioKEN Gete WamiETH Derartu TuluETH Berhane AdereETH Tirunesh DibabaETH | 32:57.17 31:05.85 31:14.31 30:49.30 31:04.99 31:32.92 30:24.56 31:48.81 30:04.18 30:24.02 | Fionnuala MorrishIRL Yelena ZhupiyovaURS(UKR) Zhong HuandiCHN Zhong HuandiCHN Derartu TuluETH Fernanda RibeiroPOR Paula RadcliffeGBR Berhane AdereETH Werknesh KidaneETH Berhane AdereETH | 33:51.7a 31:09.40 31:35.08 31:12.55 31:08.10 31:39.15 30:27.13 31:48.85 30:07.15 30:25.41 | Magda IlandsBEL Kathrin UllrichGDR Wang XiutingCHN Sally BarsosioKEN Tegla LoroupeKEN Masako ChibaJPN Tegla LoroupeKEN Gete WamiETH Sun YingjieCHN Ejegayehu DibabaETH | 34:25.3a 31:11.34 31:35.99 31:15.38 31:17.66 31:41.93 30:32.03 31:49.98 30:07.20 30:26.00 |
† - non-championship event
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995* 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Grete WaitzNOR Rosa MotaPOR Wanda PanfilPOL Junko AsariJPN Manuela MachadoPOR Hiromi SuzukiJPN Jong Song-OkPRK Lidia SimonROM Catherine NderebaKEN Paula RadcliffeGBR | 2:28:09 2:25:17 2:29:53 2:30:03 2:25:39 2:29:48 2:26:59 2:26:01 2:23:55 2:20:57 | Marianne DickersonUSA Zoya IvanovaURS(KAZ) Sachiko YamashitaJPN Manuela MachadoPOR Anuta CatunaROM Manuela MachadoPOR Ari IchihashiJPN Reiko TosaJPN Mizuki NoguchiJPN Catherine NderebaKEN | 2:31:09 2:32:38 2:29:57 2:30:54 2:26:25 2:31:12 2:27:02 2:26:06 2:24:14 2:22:01 | Raisa SmekhnovaURS(BLR) Jocelyne VilletonFRA Katrin DörreGDR Tomoe AbeJPN Ornella FerraraITA Lidia SimonROM Lidia SimonROM Svetlana ZakharovaRUS Masako ChibaJPN Constantina Dita-TomescuROM | 2:31:13 2:32:53 2:30:10 2:31:01 2:30:11 2:31:55 2:27:41 2:26:18 2:25:09 2:23:19 |
* - short course (400m under)
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 2005 | Dorcus InzikuruUGA | 9:18.24 | Yekaterina VolkovaRUS | 9:20.49 | Jeruto KiptumKEN | 9:26.95 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Bettine JahnGDR Ginka ZagorchevaBUL Lyudmila NarozhilenkoURS(RUS) Gail DeversUSA Gail DeversUSA Ludmila Engquist (Narozhilenko) SWE Gail DeversUSA Anjanette KirklandUSA Perdita FelicienCAN Michelle PerryUSA | 12.35w 12.34 12.59 12.46 12.68 12.50 12.50 12.37 12.42 12.53 12.66 | Kerstin KnabeGDR Gloria UibelGDR Gail DeversUSA Marina AzyabinaRUS Olga ShishiginaKAZ Svetla DimitrovaBUL Glory AlozieNGR Gail DeversUSA Brigitte FosterJAM Delloreen Ennis-LondonJAM | 12.42w 12.44 12.63 12.60 12.80 12.58 12.44 12.54 12.57 12.76 | Ginka ZagorchevaBUL Cornelia OschkenatGDR Natalya GrigoryevaURS(UKR) Lynda TolbertUSA Yuliya GraudynRUS Michelle FreemanJAM Ludmila EngquistSWE Olga ShishiginaKAZ Miesha McKelvyUSA Brigitte Foster-HyltonJAM | 12.62w 12.46 12.69 12.67 12.85 12.61 12.47 12.58 12.67 12.76 | 2.4 -0.5 -1.7 0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.7 2.0 -0.2 -2.0 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1980 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Bärbel BroschatGDR Yekaterina FesenkoURS(RUS) Sabine BuschGDR Tatyana LedovskayaURS(BLR) Sally GunnellGBR Kim BattenUSA Nezha BidouaneMAR Daimí PerníaCUB Nezha BidouaneMAR Jana PittmanAUS Yuliya PechonkinaRUS | 54.55 54.14 53.62 53.11 52.74 52.61 52.97 52.89 53.34 53.22 52.90 | Ellen NeumannGDR Ana AmbrazienéURS(LTU) Debbie Flintoff-KingAUS Sally GunnellGBR Sandra Farmer-PatrickUSA Tonja BufordUSA Deon HemmingsJAM Nezha BidouaneMAR Yuliya NosovaRUS Sandra GloverUSA Lashinda DemusUSA | 54.56 54.15 54.19 53.16 52.79 52.62 53.09 52.90 54.27 53.65 53.27 | Petra PfaffGDR Ellen Fiedler (Neumann)GDR Cornelia UllrichGDR Janeene VickersUSA Margarita PonomaryovaRUS Deon HemmingsJAM Kim BattenUSA Deon HemmingsJAM Daimí PerníaCUB Yuliya Pechonkina (Nosova)RUS Sandra GloverUSA | 55.84 54.55 54.31 53.47 53.48 53.48 53.52 53.16 54.51 53.71 53.32 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Tamara BykovaURS(RUS) Stefka KostadinovaBUL Heike HenkelGER Ioamnet QuinteroCUB Stefka KostadinovaBUL Hanne HauglandNOR Inga BabakovaUKR Hestrie CloeteRSA Hestrie CloeteRSA Kajsa BergqvistSWE | 2.01 2.09 2.05 1.99 2.01 1.99 1.99 2.00 2.06 2.02 | Ulrike MeyfarthFRG Tamara BykovaURS(RUS) Yelena YelesinaURS(RUS) Silvia CostaCUB Alina AstafeiGER Inga BabakovaUKR & Olga KaliturinaRUS Yelena YelesinaRUS Inga BabakovaUKR Marina KuptsovaRUS Chaunté HowardUSA | 1.99 2.04 1.98 1.97 1.99 1.96 1.99 2.00 2.00 2.00 | Louise RitterUSA Susanne BeyerGDR Inga BabakovaURS(UKR) Sigrid KirchmannAUT Inga BabakovaUKR Svetlana LapinaRUS Kajsa BergqvistSWE Kajsa BergqvistSWE Emma GreenSWE | 1.95 1.99 1.96 1.97 1.99 1.99 1.97 2.00 1.96 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Stacy DragilaUSA Stacy DragilaUSA Svetlana FeofanovaRUS Yelena IsinbayevaRUS | 4.60 4.75 4.75 5.01 | Anzhela BalakhonovaUKR Svetlana FeofanovaRUS Annika BeckerGER Monika PyrekPOL | 4.55 4.75 4.70 4.60 | Tatiana GrigorievaAUS Monika PyrekPOL Yelena IsinbayevaRUS Pavla HamáckováCZE | 4.45 4.55 4.65 4.50 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Heike DauteGDR Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA Heike DrechslerGER Fiona MayITA Lyudmila GalkinaRUS Niurka MontalvoESP Fiona MayITA Eunice BarberFRA Tianna MadisonUSA | 7.27w 7.36 7.32 7.11 6.98w 7.05 7.06 7.02w 6.99 6.89 | Anisoara CusmirROM Yelena BelevskayaURS(BLR) Heike DrechslerGER Larisa BerezhnayaUKR Niurka MontalvoCUB Niki XanthouGRE Fiona MayITA Tatyana KotovaRUS Tatyana KotovaRUS Tatyana KotovaRUS | 7.15w 7.14 7.29 6.98 6.86 6.94 6.94 7.01w 6.74 6.79 | Carol LewisUSA Heike Drechsler (Daute)GDR Larisa BerezhnayaURS(UKR) Renata NielsenDEN Irina MushayilovaRUS Fiona MayITA Marion JonesUSA Niurka MontalvoESP Anju Bobby GeorgeIND Eunice BarberFRA | 7.04w 7.13 7.11 6.76 6.83w 6.91 6.83 6.88w 6.70 6.76w |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Anna BiryukovaRUS Inessa KravetsUKR Šárka KašpárkováCZE Paraskevi TsiamitaGRE Tatyana LebedevaRUS Tatyana LebedevaRUS Trecia SmithJAM | 15.09 15.50 15.20 14.88 15.25 15.18 15.11 | Yolanda ChenRUS Iva PrandzhevaBUL Rodica MateescuROM Yamilé AldamaCUB Françoise Mbango EtoneCMR Françoise Mbango EtoneCMR Yargelis SavigneCUB | 14.70 15.18 15.16 14.61 14.60 15.05 14.82 | Iva PrandzhevaBUL Anna BiryukovaRUS Yelena GovorovaUKR Olga VasdekiGRE Tereza MarinovaBUL Magdelín MartínezITA Anna PyatykhRUS | 14.23 15.08 14.67 14.61 14.58 14.90 14.78 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Helena FibingerováTCH(CZE) Natalya LisovskayaURS(RUS) Huang ZhihongCHN Huang ZhihongCHN Astrid KumbernussGER Astrid KumbernussGER Astrid KumbernussGER Yanina KorolchikBLR Svetlana KrivelyovaRUS Nadezhda OstapchukBLR | 21.05 21.24 20.83 20.57 21.22 20.71 19.85 20.61 20.63 20.51 | Helma KnorscheidtGDR Kathrin NeimkeGDR Natalya LisovskayaURS(RUS) Svetlana KrivelyovaRUS Huang ZhihongCHN Vita PavlyshUKR Nadine KleinertGER Nadine Kleinert-SchmittGER Nadezhda OstapchukBLR Olga RyabinkinaRUS | 20.70 21.21 20.29 19.97 20.04 20.66 19.61 19.86 20.12 19.64 | Ilona SlupianekGDR Ines MüllerGDR Svetlana KrivelyovaURS(RUS) Kathrin NeimkeGER Svetla MitkovaBUL Stephanie StorpGER Svetlana KrivelyovaRUS Vita PavlyshUKR Vita PavlyshUKR Valerie ViliNZL | 20.56 20.76 20.16 19.71 19.56 19.22 19.43 19.41 20.08 19.62 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Martina OpitzGDR Martina Hellmann (Opitz)GDR Tsvetanka KhristovaBUL Olga BurovaRUS Ellina ZverevaBLR Beatrice FaumuinaNZL Franka DietzschGER Ellina ZverevaBLR Irina YatchenkoBLR Franka DietzschGER | 68.94 71.62 71.02 67.40 68.64 66.82 68.14 67.10 67.32 66.56 | Galina MurašovaURS(LTU) Diana GanskyGDR Ilke WyluddaGER Daniela CostianAUS Ilke WyluddaGER Ellina ZverevaBLR Anastasia KelesidouGRE Nicoleta GrasuROM Anastasia KelesidouGRE Natalya SadovaRUS | 67.44 70.12 69.12 65.36 67.20 65.90 66.05 66.24 67.14 64.33 | Maria PetkovaBUL Tsvetanka KhristovaBUL Larisa MikhalchenkoURS(UKR) Min ChunfengCHN Olga ChernyavskayaRUS Natalya SadovaRUS Nicoleta GrasuROM Anastasia KelesidouGRE Ekaterini VogoliGRE Vera CechlováCZE | 66.44 68.82 68.26 65.26 66.86 65.14 65.35 65.50 66.73 63.19 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Mihaela MelinteROM Yipsi MorenoCUB Yipsi MorenoCUB Olga KuzenkovaRUS | 75.20 70.65 73.33 75.10 | Olga KuzenkovaRUS Olga KuzenkovaRUS Olga KuzenkovaRUS Yipsi MorenoCUB | 72.56 70.61 71.71 73.08 | Lisa MisipekaASA Bronwyn EaglesAUS Manuela MontebrunFRA Tatyana LysenkoRUS | 66.06 68.87 70.92 72.46 |
(new model from 1999)
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Tiina LillakFIN Fatima WhitbreadGBR Xu DemeiCHN Trine HattestadNOR Natalya ShikolenkoBLR Trine HattestadNOR Mirela TzeliliGRE Osleidys MenéndezCUB Mirela Manjani (Tzelili)GRE Osleidys MenéndezCUB | 70.82 76.64 68.78 69.18 67.56 68.78 67.09 69.53 66.52 71.70 | Fatima WhitbreadGBR Petra FelkeGDR Petra Meier (Felke)GER Karen ForkelGER Felicia TileaROM Joanna StoneAUS Tatyana ShikolenkoRUS Mirela TzeliliGRE Tatyana ShikolenkoRUS Christina ObergföllGER | 69.14 71.76 68.68 65.80 65.22 68.64 66.37 65.78 63.28 70.03 | Anna VerouliGRE Beate PetersFRG Silke RenkGER Natalya ShikolenkoBLR Mikaela IngbergFIN Tanja DamaskeGER Trine HattestadNOR Sonia BicetCUB Steffi NeriusGER Steffi NeriusGER | 65.72 68.82 66.80 65.64 65.16 67.12 66.06 64.69 62.70 65.96 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Ramona NeubertGDR Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA Sabine BraunGER Jackie Joyner-KerseeUSA Ghada ShouaaSYR Sabine BraunGER Eunice BarberFRA Yelena ProkhorovaRUS Carolina KlüftSWE Carolina KlüftSWE | 6714 7128 6672 6837 6651 6739 6861 6694 7001 6887 | Sabine PaetzGDR Larisa NikitinaURS(RUS) Liliana NastaseROM Sabine BraunGER Svetlana MoskaletsRUS Denise LewisGBR Denise LewisGBR Natalya SazanovichBLR Eunice BarberFRA Eunice BarberFRA | 6662 6564 6493 6797 6575 6654 6724 6539 6755 6824 | Anke VaterGDR Jane FrederickUSA Irina BelovaURS(RUS) Svetlana BuragaBLR Rita InáncsiHUN Remigija NazarovienéLTU Ghada ShouaaSYR Shelia BurrellUSA Natalya SazanovichBLR Margaret SimpsonGHA | 6532 6502 6448 6635 6522 6566 6500 6472 6524 6375 |
Above scores given using tables in use at time of competition. Major changes to tables were made in 1985.
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 | Irina StrakhovaURS(RUS) Alina IvanovaURS(UKR) Sari EssayahFIN Irina StankinaRUS Annarita SidotiITA | 44:12 42:57 42:59 42:13 42:55.49t | Kerry SaxbyAUS Madelein SvenssonSWE Ileana SalvadorITA Elisabetta PerroneITA Olga KardopoltsevaBLR | 44:23 43:13 43:08 42:16 43:30.20t | Yan HongCHN Sari EssayahFIN Encarna GranadosESP Yelena NikolayevaRUS Valentina TsybulskayaBLR | 44:42 43:13 43:21 42:20 43:49.24t |
t - track
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1999 2001 2003 2005 | Liu HongyuCHN Olimpiada IvanovaRUS Yelena NikolayevaRUS Olimpiada IvanovaRUS | 1:30:50 1:27:48 1:26:52 1:25:41 | Wang YanCHN Valentina TsybulskayaBLR Gillian O'SullivanIRL Ryta TuravaBLR | 1:30:52 1:28:49 1:27:34 1:27:05 | Kerry Saxby-JunnaAUS Elisabetta PerroneITA Valentina TsybulskayaBLR Susana FeitorPOR | 1:31:18 1:28:56 1:28:10 1:28:44 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | German D.R. United States Jamaica Russia United States United States Bahamas Germany France United States | 41.76 41.58 41.94 41.49 42.12 41.47 41.92 42.32 41.78 41.78 | Great Britain & N.I. German D.R. Soviet Union United States Jamaica Jamaica France France United States Jamaica | 42.71 41.95 42.20 41.49 42.25 42.10 42.06 42.39 41.83 41.99 | Jamaica Soviet Union Germany Jamaica Germany France Jamaica Jamaica Russia Belarus | 42.73 42.33 42.33 41.94 43.01 42.21 42.15 42.40 42.66 42.56 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 | German D.R. German D.R. Soviet Union United States United States Germany Russia Jamaica United States Russia | 3:19.73 3:18.63 3:18.43 3:16.71 3:22.39 3:20.92 3:21.98 3:20.65 3:22.63 3:20.95 | Czechoslovakia Soviet Union United States Russia Russia United States United States Germany Russia Jamaica | 3:20.32 3:19.50 3:20.15 3:18.38 3:23.98 3:21.03 3:22.09 3:21.97 3:22.91 3:23.29 | Soviet Union United States Germany Great Britain & N.I. Australia Jamaica Germany Russia Jamaica Great Britain & N.I. | 3:21.16 3:21.04 3:21.25 3:23.41 3:25.88 3:21.30 3:22.43 3:24.92 3:22.92 3:24.44 |
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