Traditional speed skating is conducted on a 400-meter track against the clock. Although there are two racers on the course simultaneously, they're not really competing against one another. The finishing time is the deciding factor.
Since 1998, the 500-meter has been decided by the aggregate time in two trials. In all other races, there's a single time trial.
Three women's races were held as demonstration events in 1932, but women's speed skating didn't become a medal sport until 1960.
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1924 | Charles Jewtraw, USA | 44.0 | Oskar Olsen, NOR | 44.2 | Roald Larsen, NOR & Clas Thunberg, FIN | 44.8 |
| 1928 | Bernt Evensen, NOR & Clas Thunberg, FIN | 43.4 | | | John O'Neil Farrell, USA, Jaako Friman, FIN & Roald Larsen, NOR | 43.6 |
| 1932 | John Shea, USA | 43.4 | Bernt Evensen, NOR | --- | Alexander Hurd, CAN | --- |
| 1936 | Ivar Ballangrud, NOR | 43.4 | Georg Krog, NOR | 43.5 | Leo Freisinger, USA | 44.0 |
| 1948 | Finn Helgesen, NOR | 43.1 | Kenneth Bartholomew, USA, Thomas Byberg, NOR & Robert Fitzgerald, USA | 43.2 | | |
| 1952 | Kenneth Henry, USA | 43.2 | Donald McDermott, USA | 43.9 | Gordon Audley, CAN & Arne Johansen, NOR | 44.0 |
| 1956 | Yevgeniy Grishin, URS | 40.2 | Rafael Gratch, URS | 40.8 | Alv Gjestvang, NOR | 41.0 |
| 1960 | Yevgeniy Grishin, URS | 40.2 | William Disney, USA | 40.3 | Rafael Gratch, URS | 40.4 |
| 1964 | Richard Terry McDermott, USA | 40.1 | Alv Gjestvang, NOR, Yevgeniy Grishin, URS & Vladimir Orlov, URS | 40.6 | | |
| 1968 | Erhard Keller, FRG | 40.3 | Richard Terry McDermott, USA & Magne Thomassen, NOR | 40.5 | | |
| 1972 | Erhard Keller, FRG | 39.44 | Hasse Börjes, SWE | 39.69 | Valeriy Muratov, URS | 39.80 |
| 1976 | Yevgeniy Kulikov, URS | 39.17 | Valeriy Muratov, URS | 39.25 | Daniel Immerfall, USA | 39.54 |
| 1980 | Eric Heiden, USA | 38.03 | Yevgeniy Kulikov, URS | 38.37 | Lieuwe de Boer, NED | 38.48 |
| 1984 | Sergey Fokichev, URS | 38.19 | Yoshihiro Kitazawa, JPN | 38.30 | Gaétan Boucher, CAN | 38.39 |
| 1988 | Uwe-Jens Mey, GDR | 36.45 | Jan Ykema, NED | 36.76 | Akira Kuroiwa, JPN | 36.77 |
| 1992 | Uwe-Jens Mey, GER | 37.14 | Toshiyuki Kuroiwa, JPN | 37.18 | Junichi Inoue, JPN | 37.26 |
| 1994 | Aleksandr Golubev, RUS | 36.33 | Sergey Klevchenya, RUS | 36.39 | Manabu Horii, JPN | 36.53 |
| 1998 | Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN | 1:11.35 | Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN | 1:11.84 | Kevin Overland, CAN | 1:11.86 |
| 2002 | Casey FitzRandolph, USA | 1:09:23 | Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN | 1:09.26 | Kip Carpenter, USA | 1:09.47 |
| 2006 | Joey Cheek, USA | 1:09.76 | Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS | 1:10.41 | Lee Kang Seok, KOR | 1:10.43 |
| 2010 | Tae-Bum Mo, KOR | 1:09.82 | Keiichiro Nagashima, JOPN | 1:09.98 | Joji Kato, JPN | 1:10.01 |
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Men's 1000-Meter
| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1976 | Peter Mueller, USA | 1:19.32 | Jørn Didriksen, NOR | 1:20.45 | Valeriy Muratov, URS | 1:20.57 |
| 1980 | Eric Heiden, USA | 1:15.18 | Gaétan Boucher, CAN | 1:16.68 | Vladimir Lobanov, URS & Frode Rønning, NOR | 1:16.91 |
| 1984 | Gaétan Boucher, CAN | 1:15.80 | Sergey Khlebnikov, URS | 1:16.63 | Kai Arne Engelstad, NOR | 1:16.75 |
| 1988 | Nikolay Gulyaev, URS | 1:13.03 | Uwe-Jens Mey, GDR | 1:13.11 | Igor Zhelezovsky, URS | 1:13.19 |
| 1992 | Olaf Zinke, GER | 1:14.85 | Kim Yoon-Man, KOR | 1:14.86 | Yukinori Miyabe, JPN | 1:14.92 |
| 1994 | Dan Jansen, USA | 1:12.43 | Igor Zhelezovsky, BLR | 1:12.72 | Sergey Klevchenya, RUS | 1:12.85 |
| 1998 | Ids Postma, NED | 1:10.64 | Jan Bos, NED | 1:10.71 | Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN | 1:11.00 |
| 2002 | Gerard van Velde, NED | 1:07.18 | Jan Bos, NED | 1:07.53 | Joey Cheek, USA | 1:07.61 |
| 2006 | Shani Davis, USA | 1:08.89 | Joey Cheek, USA | 1:09.16 | Erben Wennemars, NED | 1:09.32 |
| 2010 | Shani Davis, USA | 1:08.94 | Tae-Bum Mo, KOR | 1:09.12 | Chad Hedrick, USA | 1:09.32 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1924 | Clas Thunberg, FIN | 2:20.8 | Roald Larsen, NOR | 2:22.0 | Sigurd Moen, NOR | 2:25.6 |
| 1928 | Clas Thunberg, FIN | 2:21.1 | Bernt Evensen, NOR | 2:21.9 | Ivar Ballangrud, NOR | 2:22.6 |
| 1932 | John Shea, USA | 2:57.5 | Alexander Hurd, CAN | --- | William Logan, CAN | --- |
| 1936 | Charles Mathisen, NOR | 2:19.2 | Ivar Ballangrud, NOR | 2:20.2 | Birger Wasenius, FIN | 2:20.9 |
| 1948 | Sverre Farstad, NOR | 2:17.6 | Åke Seyffarth, SWE | 2:18.1 | Odd Lundberg, NOR | 2:18.9 |
| 1952 | Hjalmar Andersen, NOR | 2:20.4 | Willem van der Voort, NED | 2:20.6 | Roald Aas, NOR | 2:21.6 |
| 1956 | Yevgeniy Grishin, URS & Yuriy Mikhailov, URS | 2:08.6 | | | Toivo Salonen, FIN | 2:09.4 |
| 1960 | Roald Aas, NOR & Yevgeniy Grishin, URS | 2:10.4 | | | Boris Stenin, URS | 2:11.5 |
| 1964 | Ants Antson, URS | 2:10.3 | Kees Verkerk, NED | 2:10.6 | Willy Haugen, NOR | 2:11.2 |
| 1968 | Kees Verkerk, NED | 2:03.4 | Ivar Eriksen, NOR & Ard Schenk, NED | 2:05.0 | | |
| 1972 | Ard Schenk, NED | 2:02.96 | Roar Grønvold, NOR | 2:04.26 | Göran Claesson, SWE | 2:05.89 |
| 1976 | Jan Egil Storholt, NOR | 1:59.38 | Yuriy Kondakov, URS | 1:59.97 | Hans van Helden, NED | 2:00.87 |
| 1980 | Eric Heiden, USA | 1:55.44 | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet, NOR | 1:56.81 | Terje Andersen, NOR | 1:56.92 |
| 1984 | Gaétan Boucher, CAN | 1:58.36 | Sergey Khlebnikov, URS | 1:58.83 | Oleg Bozhyev, URS | 1:58.89 |
| 1988 | André Hoffmann, GDR | 1:52.06 | Eric Flaim, USA | 1:52.12 | Michael Hadschieff, AUT | 1:52.31 |
| 1992 | Johan Olav Koss, NOR | 1:54.81 | Ådne Søndrål, NOR | 1:54.85 | Leo Visser, NED | 1:54.90 |
| 1994 | Johan Olav Koss, NOR | 1:51.29 | Rintje Ritsma, NED | 1:51.99 | Falko Zandstra, NED | 1:52.38 |
| 1998 | Ådne Søndrål, NOR | 1:47.87 | Ids Postma, NED | 1:48.13 | Rintje Ritsma, NED | 1:48.52 |
| 2002 | Derek Parra, USA | 1:43.95 | Jochem Uytdehaage, NED | 1:44.57 | Ådne Søndrål, NOR | 1:45.26 |
| 2006 | Enrico Fabris, ITA | 1:45.97 | Shani Davis, USA | 1:46.13 | Chad Hedrick, USA | 1:46.22 |
| 2010 | Mark Tuitert, NED | 1:45.57 | Shani Davis, USA | 1:46.10 | Chad Hedrick, USA | 1:46.13 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1924 | Clas Thunberg, FIN | 8:39.0 | Julius Skutnabb, FIN | 8:48.4 | Roald Larsen, NOR | 8:50.2 |
| 1928 | Ivar Ballangrud, NOR | 8:50.5 | Julius Skutnabb, FIN | 8:59.1 | Bernt Evensen, NOR | 9:01.1 |
| 1932 | Irving Jaffee, USA | 9:40.8 | Edward Murphy, USA | --- | William Logan, CAN | --- |
| 1936 | Ivar Ballangrud, NOR | 8:19.6 | Birger Wasenius, FIN | 8:23.3 | Antero Ojala, FIN | 8:30.1 |
| 1948 | Reidar Liaklev, NOR | 8:29.4 | Odd Lundberg, NOR | 8:32.7 | Göthe Hedlund, SWE | 8:34.8 |
| 1952 | Hjalmar Andersen, NOR | 8:10.6 | Kees Broekman, NED | 8:21.6 | Sverre Haugli, NOR | 8:22.4 |
| 1956 | Boris Shilkov, URS | 7:48.7 | Sigvard Ericsson, SWE | 7:56.7 | Oleg Goncharenko, URS | 7:57.5 |
| 1960 | Viktor Kosichkin, URS | 7:51.3 | Knut Johannesen, NOR | 8:00.8 | Jan Pesman, NED | 8:05.1 |
| 1964 | Knut Johannesen, NOR | 7:38.4 | Per Ivar Moe, NOR | 7:38.6 | Fred Anton Maier, NOR | 7:42.0 |
| 1968 | Fred Anton Maier, NOR | 7:22.4 | Kees Verkerk, NED | 7:23.2 | Petrus Nottet, NED | 7:25.5 |
| 1972 | Ard Schenk, NED | 7:23.61 | Roar Grønvold, NOR | 7:28.18 | Sten Stensen, NOR | 7:33.39 |
| 1976 | Sten Stensen, NOR | 7:24.48 | Piet Kleine, NED | 7:26.47 | Hans van Helden, NED | 7:26.54 |
| 1980 | Eric Heiden, USA | 7:02.29 | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet, NOR | 7:03.28 | Tom Erik Oxholm, NOR | 7:05.59 |
| 1984 | Tomas Gustafson, SWE | 7:12.28 | Igor Malkov, URS | 7:12.30 | René Schöfisch, GDR | 7:17.49 |
| 1988 | Tomas Gustafson, SWE | 6:44.63 | Leo Visser, NED | 6:44.98 | Gerard Kemkers, NED | 6:45.92 |
| 1992 | Geir Karlstad, NOR | 6:59.97 | Falko Zandstra, NED | 7:02.28 | Leo Visser, NED | 7:04.96 |
| 1994 | Johan Olav Koss, NOR | 6:34.96 | Kjell Storelid, NOR | 6:42.68 | Rintje Ritsma, NED | 6:43.94 |
| 1998 | Gianni Romme, NED | 6:22.20 | Rintje Ritsma, NED | 6:28.24 | Bart Veldkamp, BEL | 6:28.31 |
| 2002 | Jochem Uytdehaage, NED | 6:14.66 | Derek Parra, USA | 6:17.98 | Jens Boden, GER | 6:21.73 |
| 2006 | Chad Hedrick, USA | 6:14.68 | Sven Kramer, NED | 6:16.40 | Enrico Fabris, ITA | 6:18.25 |
| 2010 | Sven Kramer, NED | 6:14.60 | Seung-hoon Lee, KOR | 6:16.95 | Ivan Skobrev, RUS | 6:18.05 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1924 | Julius Skutnabb, FIN | 18:04.8 | Clas Thunberg, FIN | 18:07.8 | Roald Larsen, NOR | 18:12.2 |
| 1928 | Irving Jaffee, USA | 18:36.5 | Bernt Evensen, NOR | 18:36.6 | Otto Polacsek, AUT | 20:00.9 |
| Unofficial; event was not concluded because of warm weather |
| 1932 | Irving Jaffee, USA | 19:13.6 | Ivar Ballangrud, NOR | --- | Frank Stack, CAN | |
| 1936 | Ivar Ballangrud, NOR | 17:24.3 | Birger Wasenius, FIN | 17:28.2 | Max Stiepl, AUT | 17:30.0 |
| 1948 | Åke Seyffarth, SWE | 17:26.3 | Lauri Parkkinen, FIN | 17:36.0 | Pentti Lammio, FIN | 17:42.7 |
| 1952 | Hjalmar Andersen, NOR | 16:45.8 | Kees Broekman, NED | 17:10.6 | Carl-Erik Asplund, SWE | 17:16.6 |
| 1956 | Sigvard Ericsson, SWE | 16:35.9 | Knut Johannesen, NOR | 16:36.9 | Oleg Goncharenko, URS | 16:42.3 |
| 1960 | Knut Johannesen, NOR | 15:46.6 | Viktor Kosichkin, URS | 15:49.2 | Kjell Bäckman, SWE | 16:14.2 |
| 1964 | Jonny Nilsson, SWE | 15:50.1 | Fred Anton Maier, NOR | 16:06.0 | Knut Johannesen, NOR | 16:06.3 |
| 1968 | Johnny Höglin, SWE | 15:23.6 | Fred Anton Maier, NOR | 15:23.9 | Örjan Sandler, SWE | 15:31.8 |
| 1972 | Ard Schenk, NED | 15:01.35 | Kees Verkerk, NED | 15:04.70 | Sten Stensen, NOR | 15:07.08 |
| 1976 | Piet Kleine, NED | 14:50.59 | Sten Stensen, NOR | 14:53.30 | Hans van Helden, NED | 15:02.02 |
| 1980 | Eric Heiden, USA | 14:28.13 | Piet Kleine, NED | 14:36.03 | Tom Erik Oxholm, NOR | 14:36.60 |
| 1984 | Igor Malkov, URS | 14:39.90 | Tomas Gustafson, SWE | 14:39.95 | René Schöfisch, GDR | 14:46.91 |
| 1988 | Tomas Gustafson, SWE | 13:48.20 | Michael Hadschieff, AUT | 13:56.11 | Leo Visser, NED | 14:00.55 |
| 1992 | Bart Veldkamp, NED | 14:12.12 | Johan Olav Koss, NOR | 14:14.58 | Geir Karlstad, NOR | 14:18.13 |
| 1994 | Johan Olav Koss, NOR | 13:30.55 | Kjell Storelid, NOR | 13:49.25 | Bart Veldkamp, NED | 13:56.73 |
| 1998 | Gianni Romme, NED | 13:15.33 | Bob de Jong, NED | 13:25.76 | Rintje Ritsma, NED | 13:28.19 |
| 2002 | Jochem Uytdehaage, NED | 12:58.92 | Gianni Romme, NED | 13:10.03 | Lasse Sætre, NOR | 13:16.92 |
| 2006 | Bob de Jong, NED | 13:01.57 | Chad Hedrick, USA | 13:05.40 | Carl Verheijen, NED | 13:08.80 |
| 2010 | Seung-hoon Lee, KOR | 12:58.55 | Ivan Skobrev, RUS | 13:02.07 | Bob de Jong, NED | 13:06.73 |
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| Year | Gold | | Silver | | Bronze | |
| 2006 | Italy | 3:44.46 | Canada | 3:47.28 | Netherlands | 3:44.53 |
2010 | Canada | 3:41.37 | United States | 3:41.58 | Netherlands | 3:39.95 |
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| Year | Gold | | Silver | | Bronze | |
| 1924 | Clas Thunberg, FIN | 5.5 | Roald Larsen, NOR | 9.5 | Julius Skutnabb, FIN | 11 |
| [Discontinued] |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
1960 | Helga Haase, GER | 45.9 | Natalya Donchenko, URS | 46.0 | Jeanne Ashworth, USA | 46.1 |
| 1964 | Lydia Skoblikova, URS | 45.0 | Irina Yegorova, URS | 45.4 | Tatyana Sidorova, URS | 45.5 |
| 1968 | Lyudmila Titova, URS | 46.1 | Jennifer Fish, USA, Dianne Holum, USA & Mary Meyers, USA | 46.3 | | |
| 1972 | Anne Henning, USA | 43.33 | Vera Krasnova, URS | 44.01 | Lyudmila Titova, URS | 44.45 |
| 1976 | Sheila Young, USA | 42.76 | Cathy Priestner, CAN | 43.12 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 43.17 |
| 1980 | Karin Enke, GDR | 41.78 | Leah Mueller, USA | 42.26 | Natalya Petruseva, URS | 42.42 |
| 1984 | Christa Rothenburger, GDR | 41.02 | Karin Enke, GDR | 41.28 | Natalya Chive, URS | 41.50 |
| 1988 | Bonnie Blair, USA | 39.10 | Christa Rothenburger, GDR | 39.12 | Karin Kania (Enke), GDR | 39.24 |
| 1992 | Bonnie Blair, USA | 40.33 | Ye Qiaobo, CHN | 40.51 | Christa Luding (Rothenburger), GER | 40.57 |
| 1994 | Bonnie Blair, USA | 39.25 | Susan Auch, CAN | 39.61 | Franziska Schenk, GER | 39.70 |
| 1998 | Catriona LeMay Doan, CAN | 1:16.60 | Susan Auch, CAN | 1:16.93 | Tomomi Okazaki, JPN | 1:17.10 |
| 2002 | Catriona LeMay Doan, CAN | 1:14.75 | Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt, GER | 1:14.94 | Sabine Völker, GER | 1:15.19 |
| 2006 | Svetlana Zhurova, RUS | 1:16.57 | Manli Wang, CHN | 1:16.78 | Hui Ren, CHN | 1:16.87 |
| 2010 | Sang-hwa Lee, KOR | 1:16.09 | Jenny Wolf, GER | 1:16.14 | Beixing Wang, CHN | 1:16.63 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1960 | Klara Guseva, URS | 1:34.1 | Helga Haase, GER | 1:34.3 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 1:34.8 |
| 1964 | Lydia Skoblikova, URS | 1:33.2 | Irina Yegorova, URS | 1:34.3 | Kaija Mustonen, FIN | 1:34.8 |
| 1968 | Carry Geijssen, NED | 1:32.6 | Lyudmila Titova, URS | 1:32.9 | Dianne Holum, USA | 1:33.4 |
| 1972 | Monika Pflug, FRG | 1:31.40 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 1:31.61 | Anne Henning, USA | 1:31.62 |
| 1976 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 1:28.43 | Leah Poulos, USA | 1:28.57 | Sheila Young, USA | 1:29.14 |
| 1980 | Natalya Petruseva, URS | 1:24.10 | Leah Mueller (Poulos), USA | 1:25.41 | Silvia Albrecht, GDR | 1:26.46 |
| 1984 | Karin Enke, GDR | 1:21.61 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 1:22.83 | Natalya Petruseva, URS | 1:23.21 |
| 1988 | Christa Rothenburger, GDR | 1:17.65 | Karin Kania (Enke), GDR | 1:17.70 | Bonnie Blair, USA | 1:18.31 |
| 1992 | Bonnie Blair, USA | 1:21.90 | Ye Qiaobo, CHN | 1:21.92 | Monique Garbrecht, GER | 1:22.10 |
| 1994 | Bonnie Blair, USA | 1:18.74 | Anke Baier, GER | 1:20.12 | Ye Qiaobo, CHN | 1:20.22 |
| 1998 | Marianne Timmer, NED | 1:16.51 | Chris Witty, USA | 1:16.79 | Catriona LeMay Doan, CAN | 1:17.37 |
| 2002 | Chris Witty, USA | 1:13.83 | Sabine Völker, GER | 1:13.96 | Jennifer Rodriguez, USA | 1:14.24 |
| 2006 | Marianne Timmer, NED | 1:16.05 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 1:16.09 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 1:16.11 |
| 2010 | Christine Nesbitt, CAN | 1:16.52 | Annette Gerritsen, NED | 1:16.58 | Laurine van Riessen, NED | 1:16.72 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1960 | Lydia Skoblikova, URS | 2:25.2 | Elwira Seroczynska, POL | 2:25.7 | Helena Pilejczyk, POL | 2:27.1 |
| 1964 | Lydia Skoblikova, URS | 2:22.6 | Kaija Mustonen, FIN | 2:25.5 | Berta Kolokoltseva, URS | 2:27.1 |
| 1968 | Kaija Mustonen, FIN | 2:22.4 | Carry Geijssen, NED | 2:22.7 | Christina Stien Kaiser, NED | 2:24.5 |
| 1972 | Dianne Holum, USA | 2:20.85 | Christina Stien Baas-Kaiser, NED | 2:21.05 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 2:22.05 |
| 1976 | Galina Stepanskaya, URS | 2:16.58 | Sheila Young, USA | 2:17.06 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 2:17.96 |
| 1980 | Annie Borckink, NED | 2:10.95 | Ria Visser, NED | 2:12.35 | Sabine Becker, GDR | 2:12.38 |
| 1984 | Karin Enke, GDR | 2:03.42 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 2:05.29 | Natalya Petruseva, URS | 2:05.78 |
| 1988 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | 2:00.68 | Karin Kania (Enke), GDR | 2:00.82 | Andrea Ehrig (Schöne), GDR | 2:01.49 |
| 1992 | Jacqueline Börner, GER | 2:05.87 | Gunda Niemann-Kleemann, GER | 2:05.92 | Seiko Hashimoto, JPN | 2:06.88 |
| 1994 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 2:02.19 | Svetlana Fedotkina, RUS | 2:02.69 | Gunda Niemann-Kleemann, GER | 2:03.41 |
| 1998 | Marianne Timmer, NED | 1:57.58 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, GER | 1:58.66 | Chris Witty, USA | 1:58.97 |
| 2002 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 1:54.02 | Sabine Völker, GER | 1:54.97 | Jennifer Rodriguez, USA | 1:55.32 |
| 2006 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 1:59.27 | Kristina Groves, CAN | 1:56.74 | Ireen Wust, NED | 1:56.90 |
| 2010 | Ireen Wust, NED | 1:56.89 | Kristina Groves, CAN | 1:57.14 | Martina Sablikova, CZE | 1:57.96 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1960 | Lydia Skoblikova, URS | 5:14.3 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 5:16.9 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 5:21.0 |
| 1964 | Lydia Skoblikova, URS | 5:14.9 | Han Pil-Hwa, PRK & Valentina Stenina, URS | 5:18.5 | | |
| 1968 | Johanna Ans Schut, NED | 4:56.2 | Kaija Mustonen, FIN | 5:01.0 | Christina Stien Kaiser, NED | 5:01.3 |
| 1972 | Christina Stien Baas-Kaiser, NED | 4:52.14 | Dianne Holum, USA | 4:58.67 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 4:59.91 |
| 1976 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 4:45.19 | Andrea Mitscherlich, GDR | 4:45.23 | Lisbeth Korsmo, NOR | 4:45.24 |
| 1980 | Bjørg Eva Jensen, NOR | 4:32.13 | Sabine Becker, GDR | 4:32.79 | Beth Heiden, USA | 4:33.77 |
| 1984 | Andrea Schöne (Mitscherlich), GDR | 4:24.79 | Karin Enke, GDR | 4:26.33 | Gabi Schönbrunn, GDR | 4:33.13 |
| 1988 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | 4:11.94 | Andrea Ehrig (Schöne), GDR | 4:12.09 | Gabi Zange (Schönbrunn), GDR | 4:16.92 |
| 1992 | Gunda Niemann-Kleemann, GER | 4:19.90 | Heike Warnicke, GER | 4:22.88 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 4:24.64 |
| 1994 | Svetlana Bazhanova, RUS | 4:17.43 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 4:18.14 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 4:18.34 |
| 1998 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, GER | 4:07.29 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 4:08.47 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 4:09.44 |
| 2002 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 3:57.70 | Renate Groenewold, NED | 3:58.94 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 3:58.97 |
| 2006 | Ireen Wust, NED | 4:02.43 | Renate Groenewold, NED | 4:03.48 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 4:04.37 |
| 2010 | Martina Sablikova, CZE | 4:02.53 | Stephanie Beckert, GER | 4:04.62 | Kristina Groves, CAN | 4:04.84 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1988 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | 7:14.13 | Andrea Ehrig, GDR | 7:17.12 | Gabi Zange, GDR | 7:21.61 |
| 1992 | Gunda Niemann-Kleemann, GER | 7:31.57 | Heike Warnicke, GER | 7:37.59 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 7:39.80 |
| 1994 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 7:14.37 | Gunda Niemann-Kleemann, GER | 7:14.88 | Hiromi Yamamoto, JPN | 7:19.68 |
| 1998 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 6:59.61 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, GER | 6:59.65 | Lyudmila Prokasheva, KAZ | 7:11.14 |
| 2002 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 6:46.91 | Gretha Smit, NED | 6:49.22 | Clara Hughes, CAN | 6:53.53 |
| 2006 | Clara Hughes, CAN | 6:59.07 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 7:00.08 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 7:00.57 |
| 2010 | Martina Sablikova, CZE | 6:50.91 | Stephanie Beckert, GER | 6:51.39 | Clara Hughes, CAN | 6:55.73 |
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| Year | Gold | | Silver | | Bronze | |
| 2006 | Germany | 3:01.25 | Canada | 3:02.91 | Russia | --- |
| 2010 | Germany | 3:02.82 | Japan | 3:02.84 | Poland | 3:03.73 |
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