Note: "e" indicates indicates that the time was estimated
from accounts or photographs, not actually recorded.

100-Meter Dash

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1928	Betty Robinson, USA	12.2	Fanny Rosenfeld, CAN	12.3	Ethel Smith, CAN	12.3
1932	Stella Walasiewicz, POL	11.9	Hilda Stike, CAN	11.9	Bille Von Bremen, USA	12.0
1936	Helen Stephens, USA	11.5w	Stella Walasiewicz, POL	11.7w	Käthe Krauss, GER	11.9w
1948	Fanny Blankers-Koen, NED	11.9	Dorothy Manley, GBR	12.2	Shirley Strickland, AUS	12.2
1952	Marjorie Jackson, AUS	11.65	Daphne Hasenjager, SAF	12.05	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, AUS	12.12
1956	Betty Cuthbert, AUS	11.82	Christa Stübnick, GER	11.92	Marlene Matthews, AUS	11.94
1960	Wilma Rudolph, USA	11.18w	Dorothy Hyman, GBR	11.43w	Giuseppina Leone, ITA	11.48w
1964	Wyomia Tyus, USA	11.49	Edith McGuire, USA	11.62	Ewa Klobukowska, POL	11.64
1968	Wyomia Tyus, USA	11.08	Barbara Ferrell, USA	11.15	Irena Szewinska, POL	11.19
1972	Renate Stecher, GDR	11.07	Raelene Boyle, AUS	11.23	Silvia Chivás, CUB	11.24
1976	Annegret Richter, FRG	11.08	Renate Stecher, GDR	11.13	Inge Helten, FRG	11.17
1980	Lyudmila Kondratyeva, URS	11.06	Marlies Göhr, GDR	11.07	Ingrid Auerswald, GDR	11.14
1984	Evelyn Ashford, USA	10.97	Alice Brown, USA	11.13	Merlene Ottey, JAM	11.16
1988	Florence Griffith Joyner, USA	10.54w	Evelyn Ashford, USA	10.83w	Heike Drechsler, GDR	10.85w
1992	Gail Devers, USA	10.82	Juliet Cuthbert, JAM	10.83	Irina Privalova, EUN	10.84
1996	Gail Devers, USA	10.94	Merlene Ottey, JAM	10.94	Gwen Torrence, USA	10.96
2000	Marion Jones, USA	10.75	Ekaterini Thanou, GRE	11.12	Tayna Lawrence, JAM	11.18
2004	Yuliya Nesterenko, BLR	10.93	Lauryn Williams, USA	10.96	Veronica Campbell, JAM	10.97

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200-Meter Dash

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1948	Fanny Blankers-Koen, NED	24.4	Audrey Williamson, GBR	25.1	Audrey Patterson, USA	25.2
1952	Marjorie Jackson, AUS	23.89	Bertha Brouwer, NED	24.25	Nadyezhda Khnykina, URS	24.37
1956	Betty Cuthbert, AUS	23.55	Christa Stübnick, GER	23.89	Marlene Matthews, AUS	24.10
1960	Wilma Rudolph, USA	24.13	Jutta Heine, GER	24.58	Dorothy Hyman, GBR	24.82
1964	Edith McGuire, USA	23.05	Irena Kirszenstein, POL	23.13	Marilyn Black, AUS	23.18
1968	Irena Szewinska (Kirszenstein), POL	22.58	Raelene Boyle, AUS	22.74	Jennifer Lamy, AUS	22.88
1972	Renate Stecher, GDR	22.40	Raelene Boyle, AUS	22.45	Irena Szewinska, POL	22.74
1976	Bärbel Eckert, GDR	22.37	Annegret Richter, FRG	22.39	Renate Stecher, GDR	22.47
1980	Bärbel Wöckel (Eckert), GDR	22.03	Natalya Bochina, URS	22.19	Merlene Ottey, JAM	22.20
1984	Valerie Brisco-Hooks, USA	21.81	Florence Griffith, USA	22.04	Merlene Ottey, JAM	22.09
1988	Florence Griffith Joyner, USA	21.34	Grace Jackson, JAM	21.72	Heike Drechsler, GDR	21.95
1992	Gwen Torrence, USA	21.81	Juliet Cuthbert, JAM	22.02	Merlene Ottey, JAM	22.09
1996	Marie-José Pérec, FRA	22.12	Merlene Ottey, JAM	22.24	Mary Onyali, NGR	22.38
2000	Marion Jones, USA	21.84	Pauline Davis-Thompson, BAH	22.27	Susanthika Jayasinghe, SRI	22.28
2004	Veronica Campbell, JAM	22.05	Allyson Felix, USA	22.18	Debbie Ferguson, BAH	22.30

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400-Meter Dash

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1964	Betty Cuthbert, AUS	52.01	Ann Packer, GBR	52.20	Judy Amoore, AUS	53.4a
1968	Colette Besson, FRA	52.03	Lillian Board, GBR	52.12	Natalya Pechonkina, URS	52.25
1972	Monika Zehrt, GDR	51.08	Rita Wilden, FRG	51.21	Kathy Hammond, USA	51.64
1976	Irena Szewinska, POL	49.28	Christina Brehmer, GDR	50.51	Ellen Streidt, GDR	50.55
1980	Marita Koch, GDR	48.88	Jarmila Kratochvílová, TCH	49.46	Christina Lathan (Brehmer), GDR	49.66
1984	Valerie Brisco-Hooks, USA	48.83	Chandra Cheeseborough, USA	49.05	Kathy Cook, GBR	49.43
1988	Olga Bryzgina, URS	48.65	Petra Müller, GDR	49.45	Olga Nazarova, URS	49.90
1992	Marie-José Pérec, FRA	48.83	Olga Bryzgina, EUN	49.05	Ximena Restrepo, COL	49.64
1996	Marie-José Pérec, FRA	48.25	Cathy Freeman, AUS	48.63	Falilat Ogunkoya, NGR	49.10
2000	Cathy Freeman, AUS	49.11	Lorraine Graham, JAM	49.58	Katharine Merry, GBR	49.72
2004	Tonique Williams-Darling, BAH	49.41	Ana Guevara, MEX	49.56	Natalya Antyukh, RUS	49.89

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800-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1928	Lina Radke, GER	2:16.8	Kinuye Hitomi, JPN	2:17.6	Inga Gentzel, SWE	2:17.8
1932-36	Not held
1960	Lyudmila Shevtsova, URS	2:04.50	Brenda Jones, AUS	2:04.58	Ursula Donath, GER	2:05.73
1964	Ann Packer, GBR	2:01.1	Maryvonne Dupureur, FRA	2:01.9	Marise Chamberlain, NZL	2:02.8
1968	Madeline Manning, USA	2:00.92	Ilona Silai, ROM	2:02.58	Maria Gommers, NED	2:02.63
1972	Hildegard Falck, FRG	1:58.55	Niole Sabaité, URS	1:58.65	Gunhild Hoffmeister, GDR	1:59.19
1976	Tatyana Kazankina, URS	1:54.94	Nikolina Shtereva, BUL	1:55.42	Elfi Zinn, GDR	1:55.60
1980	Nadyezhda Olizarenko, URS	1:53.43	Olga Mineyeva, URS	1:54.81	Tatyana Providokhina, URS	1:55.46
1984	Doina Melinte, ROM	1:57.60	Kim Gallagher, USA	1:58.63	Fita Lovin, ROM	1:58.83
1988	Sigrun Wodars, GDR	1:56.10	Christine Wachtel, GDR	1:56.64	Kim Gallagher, USA	1:56.91
1992	Ellen van Langen, NED	1:55.54	Liliya Nurutdinova, EUN	1:55.99	Ana Fidelia Quirot, CUB	1:56.80
1996	Svetlana Masterkova, RUS	1:57.73	Ana Fidelia Quirot, CUB	1:58.11	Maria Mutola, MOZ	1:58.71
2000	Maria Mutola, MOZ	1:56.15	Stephanie Graf, AUT	1:56.64	Kelly Holmes, GBR	1:56.80
2004	Kelly Holmes, GBR	1:56.83	Hasna Benhassi, MAR	1:56.43	Jolanda Ceplak, SLO	1:56.43

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1500-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1972	Lyudmila Bragina, URS	4:01.38	Gunhild Hoffmeister, GDR	4:02.83	Paola Cacchi, ITA	4:02.85
1976	Tatyana Kazankina, URS	4:05.48	Gunhild Hoffmeister, GDR	4:06.02	Ulrike Klapezynski, GDR	4:06.09
1980	Tatyana Kazankina, URS	3:56.56	Christiane Wartenberg, GDR	3:57.71	Nadyezhda Olizarenko, URS	3:59.52
1984	Gabriella Dorio, ITA	4:03.25	Doina Melinte, ROM	4:03.76	Maricica Puica, ROM	4:04.15
1988	Paula Ivan, ROM	3:53.96	Laimuté Baikauskaité, URS	4:00.24	Tatyana Samolenko, URS	4:00.30
1992	Hassiba Boulmerka, ALG	3:55.30	Lyudmila Rogachova, EUN	3:56.91	Qu Yunxia, CHN	3:57.08
1996	Svetlana Masterkova, RUS	4:00.83	Gabriela Szabo, ROM	4:01.54	Theresia Kiesl, AUT	4:03.02
2000	Nouria Mérah-Benida, ALG	4:05.10	Violeta Szekely, ROM	4:05.15	Gabriela Szabo, ROM	4:05.27
2004	Kelly Holmes, GBR	3:57.90	Tatyana Tomashova, RUS	3:58.12	Maria Cioncan, ROM	3:58.39

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5000-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1996	Wang Junxia, CHN	14:59.88	Pauline Konga, KEN	15:03.49	Roberta Brunet, ITA	15:07.52
2000	Gabriela Szabo, ROM	14:40.79	Sonia O'Sullivan, IRL	14:41.02	Gete Wami, ETH	14:42.23
2004	Meseret Defar, ETH	14:45.65	Isabella Ochichi, KEN	14:48.19	Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH	14:51.83

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10,000-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1988	Olga Bondarenko, URS	31:05.21	Liz McColgan, GBR	31:08.44	Yelena Zhupiyova, URS	31:19.82
1992	Derartu Tulu, ETH	31:06.02	Elana Meyer, RSA	31:11.75	Lynn Jennings, USA	31:19.89
1996	Fernanda Ribeiro, POR	31:01.63	Wang Junxia, CHN	31:02.58	Gete Wami, ETH	31:06.65
2000	Derartu Tulu, ETH	30:17.49	Gete Wami, ETH	30:22.48	Fernanda Ribeiro, POR	30:22.88
2004	Huina Xing, CHN	30:24.36	Ejegayehu Dibaba, ETH	30:24.98	Derartu Tulu, ETH	30:26.41

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Marathon

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1984	Joan Benoit, USA	2:24:52	Grete Waitz, NOR	2:26:18	Rosa Mota, POR	2:26:57
1988	Rosa Mota, POR	2:25:40	Lisa Martin, AUS	2:25:53	Katrin Dörre, GDR	2:26:21
1992	Valentina Yegorova, EUN	2:32:41	Yuko Arimori, JPN	2:32:49	Lorraine Moller, NZL	2:33:59
1996	Fatuma Roba, ETH	2:26:05	Valentina Yegorova, RUS	2:28:05	Yuko Arimori, JPN	2:28:39
2000	Naoko Takahashi, JPN	2:23:14	Lidia Simon, ROM	2:23:22	Joyce Chepchumba, KEN	2:24:45
2004	Mizuki Noguchi, JPN	2:26.20	Catherine Ndereba, KEN	2:26.32	Deena Kastor, USA	2:27.20

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100-Meter Hurdles

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1972	Anneliese Ehrhardt, GDR	12.59	Valeria Bufanu, ROM	12.84	Karin Balzer, GDR	12.90
1976	Johanna Schaller, GDR	12.77	Tatyana Anisimova, URS	12.78	Natalya Lebedyeva, URS	12.80
1980	Vera Komisova, URS	12.56	Johanna Klier (Schaller), GDR	12.63	Lucyna Langer, POL	12.65
1984	Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, USA	12.84	Shirley Strong, GBR	12.88	Michèle Chardonnet, FRA & Kim Turner, USA	13.06
1988	Yordanka Donkova, BUL	12.38	Gloria Siebert, GDR	12.61	Claudia Zackiewicz, FRG	12.75
1992	Paraskevi “Voula” Patoulidou, GRE	12.64	LaVonna Martin, USA	12.69	Yordanka Donkova, BUL	12.70
1996	Ludmila Engquist, SWE	12.58	Brigita Bukovec, SLO	12.59	Patricia Girard-Léno, FRA	12.65
2000	Olga Shishigina, KAZ	12.65	Glory Alozie, NGR	12.68	Melissa Morrison, USA	12.76
2004	Joanna Hayes, USA	12.37	Olena Krasovska, UKR	12.45	Melissa Morrison, USA	12.56

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400-Meter Hurdles

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1984	Nawal El Moutawakil, MAR	54.61	Judi Brown, USA	55.20	Cristeana Cojocaru, ROM	55.41
1988	Debbie Flintoff-King, AUS	53.17	Tatyana Ledovskaya, URS	53.18	Ellen Fiedler, GDR	53.63
1992	Sally Gunnell, GBR	53.23	Sandra Farmer-Patrick, USA	53.69	Janeene Vickers, USA	54.31
1996	Deon Hemmings, JAM	52.82	Kim Batten, USA	53.08	Tonja Buford-Bailey, USA	53.22
2000	Irina Privalova, RUS	53.02	Deon Hemmings, JAM	53.45	Nezha Bidouane, MAR	53.57
2004	Fani Halkia, GRE	52.82	Ionela Tirlea-Manolache, ROM	53.38	Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antipova, UKR	53.44

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4x100-Meter Relay

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1928	Canada	48.4	United States	48.8	Germany	49.0
1932	United States	46.86	Canada	47.0	Great Britain	47.6
1936	United States	46.9	Great Britain	47.6	Canada	47.8
1948	Netherlands	47.5	Australia	47.6	Canada	47.8
1952	United States	46.14	Germany	46.18	Great Britain	46.41
1956	Australia	44.65	Great Britain	44.70	United States	45.04
1960	United States	44.72	Germany	45.00	Poland	45.19
1964	Poland	43.69	United States	43.92	Great Britain	44.09
1968	United States	42.88	Cuba	43.36	Soviet Union	43.41
1972	F.R. Germany	42.81	German D.R.	42.95	Cuba	43.36
1976	German D.R.	42.55	F.R. Germany	42.59	Soviet Union	43.09
1980	German D.R.	41.60	Soviet Union	42.10	Great Britain	42.43
1984	United States	41.65	Canada	42.77	Great Britain	43.11
1988	United States	41.98	German D.R.	42.09	Soviet Union	42.75
1992	United States	42.11	Unified Team	42.16	Nigeria	42.81
1996	United States	41.95	Bahamas	42.14	Jamaica	42.24
2000	Bahamas	41.95	Jamaica	42.13	United States	42.20
2004	Jamaica	41.73	Russia	42.27	France	42.54

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4x400-Meter Relay

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1972	German D.R.	3:22.95	United States	3:25.15	F.R. Germany	3:26.51
1976	German D.R.	3:19.23	United States	3:22.81	Soviet Union	3:24.24
1980	Soviet Union	3:20.12	German D.R.	3:20.35	Great Britain	3:27.5a
1984	United States	3:18.29	Canada	3:21.21	F.R. Germany	3:22.98
1988	Soviet Union	3:15.18	United States	3:15.51	German D.R.	3:18.29
1992	Unified Team	3:20.20	United States	3:20.92	Great Britain	3:24.23
1996	United States	3:20.91	Nigeria	3:21.04	Germany	3:21.14
2000	United States	3:22.62	Jamaica	3:23.25	Russia	3:23.46
2004	United States	3:19.01	Russia	3:20.16	Jamaica	3:22.00

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20-Kilometer Walk

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
2000	Wang Liping, CHN	1:29:05	Kjersti Tysse Plätzer, NOR	1:29:33	María Vasco, ESP	1:30:23
2004	Athanasia Tsoumeleka, GRE	1:29.12	Olimpiada Ivanova, RUS	1:29.16	Jane Saville, AUS	1:29.25

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High Jump

Year	Gold	Height	Silver	Height	Bronze	Height
1928	Ethel Catherwood, CAN	1.59 (5-2 1/2)	Carolina Gisolf, NED	1.56 (5-1 1/4)	Mildred Wiley, USA	1.56 (5-1 1/4)
1932	Jean Shiley, USA	1.657 (5-5 1/4)	Mildred “Babe” Didriksen, USA	1.657 (5-5 1/4)	Eva Dawes, CAN	1.60 (5-3)
1936	Ibolya Csák, HUN	1.60 (5-3)	Dorothy Odam, GBR	1.60 (5-3)	Elfriede Kaun, GER	1.60 (5-3)
1948	Alice Coachman, USA	1.68 (5-6)	Dorothy Tyler (Odam), GBR	1.68 (5-6)	Micheline Ostermeyer, FRA	1.61 (5-3 ¼)
1952	Esther Brand, SAF	1.67 (5-5 3/4)	Sheila Lerwill, GBR	1.65 (5-5)	Aleksandra Chudina, URS	1.63 (5-4 ¼)
1956	Mildred McDaniel, USA	1.76 (5-9 ¼)	Thelma Hopkins, GBR & Mariya Pisareva, URS	1.67 (5-5 3/4)
1960	Iolanda Balas, ROM	1.85 (6-0 ¾)	Jaroslawa Józwiakowska, POL	1.71 (5-7 1/4)	Dorothy Shirley	1.71 (5-7 1/4)
1964	Iolanda Balas, ROM	1.90 (6-2 ¾)	Michele Brown, AUS	1.80 (5-10 3/4)	Taisiya Chenchik, URS	1.78 (5-10)
1968	Milena Rezková, TCH	1.82 (5-11 ½)	Antonina Okorokova, URS	1.80 (5-10 3/4)	Valentina Kozyr, URS	1.80 (5-10 3/4)
1972	Ulrike Meyfarth, FRG	1.91 (6-3 1/4)	Yordanka Blagoeva, BUL	1.88 (6-2)	Ilona Gusenbauer, AUT	1.88 (6-2)
1976	Rosemarie Ackermann, GDR	1.93 (6-4)	Sara Simeoni, ITA	1.91 (6-3 1/4)	Yordanka Blagoeva, BUL	1.91 (6-3 1/4)
1980	Sara Simeoni, ITA	1.97 (6-5 1/2)	Urszula Kielan, POL	1.94 (6-4 1/2)	Jutta Kirst, GDR	1.94 (6-4 1/2)
1984	Ulrike Meyfarth, FRG	1.91 (6-3 1/4)	Sara Simeoni, ITA	2.00 (6-6 3/4)	Joni Huntley, USA	1.97 (6-5 1/2)
1988	Louise Ritter, USA	2.03 (6-8)	Stefka Kostadinova, BUL	2.01 (6-7 ¼)	Tamara Bykova, URS	1.99 (6-6 ¼)
1992	Heike Henkel, GER	2.02 (6-7 ½)	Alina Astafei, ROM	2.00 (6-6 3/4)	Ioamnet Quintero, CUB	1.97 (6-5 1/2)
1996	Stefka Kostadinova, BUL	2.05 (6-8 ¾)	Niki Bakogianni, GRE	2.03 (6-8)	Inga Babakova, UKR	2.01 (6-7)
2000	Yelena Yelesina, RUS	2.01 (6-7)	Hestrie Cloete, RSA	2.01 (6-7)	Kajsa Bergqvist, SWE & Oana Pantelimon, ROM	1.99 (6-6 ¼)
2004	Yelena Slesarenko, RSU	OR2.06	Hestrie Cloete, RSA	2.02	Viktoriya Styopina, UKR	2.02

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Pole Vault

Year	Gold	Height	Silver	Height	Bronze	Height
2000	Stacy Dragila, USA	4.60 (15-1)	Tatiana Grigorieva, AUS	4.55 (14-11)	Vala Flosadóttir, ISL	4.50 (14-9)
2004	Yelena Isinbayeva, RUS	WR4.91	Svetlana Feofanova, RUS	4.75	Anna Rogowska, POL	4.70

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Long Jump

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1948	Olga Gyarmati, HUN	5.695 (18-8 ¼)	Noëmi de Portela, ARG	5.60 (18-4 ½)	Ann-Britt Leyman, SWE	5.575 (18-3 ¼)
1952	Yvette Williams, NZL	6.24 (20-5 ¾)	Aleksandra Chudina, URS	6.14 (20-1 ¾)	Shirley Cawley, GBR	5.92 (19-5)
1956	Elzbieta Krzesinska, POL	6.35 (20-10)	Willye White, USA	6.09 (19-11 ¾)	Nadyezhda Dvalishvili, URS	6.07 (19-11)
1960	Vera Krepkina, URS	6.37 (20-10 ¾)	Elzbieta Krzesinska, POL	6.27 (20-7)	Hildrun Claus, GER	6.21 (20-4 ½)
1964	Mary Rand, GBR	6.76 (22-2 ¼)	Irena Kirszenstein, POL	6.60 (21-8)	Tatyana Shchelkanova, URS	6.42 (21-0 ¾)
1968	Viorica Viscopoleanu, ROM	6.82 (22-4 ½)	Sheila Sherwood, GBR	6.68 (21-11)	Tatyana Talysheva, URS	6.66 (21-10 ¼)
1972	Heide Rosendahl, FRG	6.78 (22-3)	Diana Yorgova, BUL	6.77 (22-2 ½)	Eva Šuranová, TCH	6.67 (2-10 ¾)
1976	Angela Voigt, GDR	6.72 (22-0 ¾)	Kathy McMillan, USA	6.66 (21-10 ¼)	Lidiya Alfeyeva, URS	6.60 (21-8)
1980	Tatyana Kolpakova, URS	7.06 (23-2)	Brigitte Wujak, GDR	7.04 (23-1 ¼)	Tatyana Skatchko, URS	7.01 (23-0)
1984	Anisoara Stanciu, ROM	6.96 (22-10)	Valy Ionescu, ROM	6.81 (22-4 ¼)	Sue Hearnshaw, GBR	6.80w (22-3 ¾)
1988	Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA	7.40 (24-3 ¼)	Heike Drechsler, GDR	7.22 (23-8 ¼)	Galina Chistyakova, URS	7.11 (23-4)
1992	Heike Drechsler, GER	7.14 (23-5 ¼)	Inessa Kravets, EUN	7.12 (23-4 ½)	Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA	7.07 (23-2 ½)
1996	Chioma Ajunwa, NGR	7.12 (23-4 ½)	Fiona May, ITA	7.02 (23-0 ½)	Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA	7.00 (22-11 ½)
2000	Heike Drechsler, GER	6.99 (22-11 ¼)	Fiona May, ITA	6.92 (22-8 ½)	Marion Jones, USA	6.92 (22-8 ½)
2004	Tatyana Lebedeva, RUS	7.07	Irina Simagina, RUS	7.05	Tatyana Kotova, RUS	7.05

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Triple Jump

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1996	Inessa Kravets, UKR	15.33 (50-3 ½)	Inna Lasovskaya, RUS	14.98 (49-1 ¾)	Šárka Kašpárková, CZE	14.98 (49-1 ¾)
2000	Tereza Marinova, BUL	15.20 (49-10 ½)	Tatyana Lebedeva, RUS	15.00 (49-2 ½)	Yelena Govorova, UKR	14.96 (49-1)
2004	Francoise Mbango Etone, CMR	15.30	Hrysopiyi Devetzi, GRE	15.25	Tatyana Lebedeva, RUS	15.14

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Shot Put

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1948	Micheline Ostermeyer, FRA	13.75 (45 1 ½)	Amelia Piccinini, ITA	13.09 (42-11 ½)	Ina Schäffer, AUT	13.08 (42-11)
1952	Galina Zybina, URS	15.28 (50-1 ¾)	Marianne Werner, GER	14.57 (47-9 ¾)	Klavdiya Tochonova, URS	14.50 (47-7)
1956	Tamara Tyshkevich, URS	16.59 (54-5)	Galina Zybina, URS	16.53 (54-2 ¾)	Marianne Werner, GER	15.61 (51-2 ¾)
1960	Tamara Press, URS	17.32 (56-10)	Johanna Lüttge, GER	16.61 (54-6)	Earlene Brown, USA	16.42 (53-10 ½)
1964	Tamara Press, URS	18.14 (59-6 ¼)	Renate Culmberger, GER	17.61 (57-9 ½)	Galina Zybina, URS	17.45 (57-3)
1968	Margitta Gummel, GDR	19.61 (64-4)	Marita Lange, GDR	18.78 (61-7 ½)	Nadyezhda Chizhova, URS	18.19 (59-8 ¼)
1972	Nadyezhda Chizhova, URS	21.03 (69-0)	Margitta Gummel, GDR	20.22 (66-4 ¼)	Ivanka Khristova, BUL	19.35 (63-6)
1976	Ivanka Khristova, BUL	21.16 (69-5 ¼)	Nadyezhda Chizhova, URS	20.96 (68-9 ¼)	Helena Fibingerová, TCH	20.67 (67-9 ¾)
1980	Ilona Slupianek, GDR	22.41 (73-6 ¼)	Svetlana Krachevskaya, URS	21.42 (70-3 ½)	Margitta Pufe, GDR	21.20 (69-6 ¾)
1984	Claudia Losch, FRG	20.48 (67-2 ¼)	Mihaela Loghin, ROM	20.47 (67-2)	Gael Martin, AUS	19.19 (62-11 ½)
1988	Natalya Lisovskaya, URS	22.24 (72-11 ¾)	Kathrin Neimke, GDR	21.07 (69-1 ½)	Li Meisu, CHN	21.06 (69-1 ¼)
1992	Svetlana Krivelyova, EUN	21.06 (69-1 ¼)	Huang Zhihong, CHN	20.47 (67-2)	Kathrin Neimke, GER	19.78 (65-2 ¼)
1996	Astrid Kumbernuss, GER	20.56 (67-5 ½)	Sui Xinmei, CHN	19.88 (65-2 ¾)	Irina Khudorozhkina, RUS	19.35 (63-5 ¾)
2000	Yanina Korolchik, BLR	20.56 (67-5 ½)	Larisa Peleshenko, RUS	19.92 (65-4 ¼)	Astrid Kumbernuss, GER	19.62 (64-4 ½)
2004	Yumileidi Cumba, CUB	19.59	Nadine Kleinert, GER	19.55	Svetlana Krivelyova, RUS	19.49

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Discus Throw

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1928	Halina Konopacka, POL	39.62 (129-11 ¾)	Lillian Copeland, USA	37.08 (121-8)	Ruth Svedberg, SWE	35.92 (117-10)
1932	Lillian Copeland, USA	40.58 (133-2)	Ruth Osborn, USA	40.12 (131-7)	Jadwiga Wajs, POL	38.74 (127-1)
1936	Gisela Mauermayer, GER	47.63 (156-3)	Jadwiga Wajs, POL	46.22 (151-8)	Paula Mollenhauer, GER	39.80 (130-7)
1948	Micheline Ostermeyer, FRA	41.92 (137-6)	Edera Gentile, ITA	41.17 (135-0)	Jacqueline Mazéas, FRA	40.47 (132-9)
1952	Nina Romashkova, URS	51.42 (168-8)	Yelizaveta Bagriantseva, URS	47.08 (154-5)	Nina Dumbadze, URS	46.29 (151-10)
1956	Olga Fikotová, TCH	53.69 (176-1)	Irina Beglyakova, URS	52.54 (174-4)	Nina Ponomaryova (Romashkova), URS	52.02 (170-8)
1960	Nina Ponomaryova, URS	55.10 (180-9)	Tamara Press, URS	52.59 (172-4)	Lia Manoliu, ROM	52.36 (171-9)
1964	Tamara Press, URS	57.27 (187-10)	Ingrid Lotz, GER	57.21 (187-8)	Lia Manoliu, ROM	56.97 (186-10)
1968	Lia Manoliu, ROM	58.28 (191-2)	Liesel Westermann, FRG	57.76 (189-6)	Jolán Kleiber, HUN	54.90 (180-1)
1972	Faina Melnik, URS	66.62 (218-7)	Argentina Menis, ROM	65.06 (213-5)	Vasilka Stoeva, BUL	64.34 (211-1)
1976	Evelin Schlaak, GDR	69.00 (226-4)	Maria Vergova, BUL	67.30 (220-9)	Gabriele Hinzmann, GDR	66.84 (219-3)
1980	Evelin Jahl (Schlaak), GDR	69.96 (229-6)	Maria Petkova (Vergova), BUL	67.90 (222-9)	Tatyana Lesovaya, URS	67.40 (221-1)
1984	Ria Stalman, NED	65.36 (214-5)	Leslie Deniz, USA	64.86 (212-9)	Florenta Craciunescu, ROM	63.64 (208-9)
1988	Martina Hellmann, GDR	72.30 (237-2 ½)	Diana Gansky, GDR	71.88 (235-10)	Tsvetanka Khristova, BUL	69.74 (228-10)
1992	Maritza Martén, CUB	70.06 (229-10)	Tsvetanka Khristova, BUL	67.78 (222-4)	Daniela Costian, AUS	66.24 (217-4)
1996	Ilke Wyludda, GER	69.66 (228-7)	Natalya Sadova, RUS	66.48 (218-11)	Ellina Zvereva, BLR	65.64 (215-4)
2000	Ellina Zvereva, BLR	68.40 (224-5)	Anastasia Kelesidou, GRE	65.71 (215-7)	Irina Yatchenko, BLR	65.20 (213-11)
2004	Natalya Sadova, RUS	67.02	Anastasia Kelesidou, GRE	66.68	Irina Yatchenko, BLR	66.17

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Hammer Throw

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
2000	Kamila Skolimowska, POL	71.16 (233-5 ¾)	Olga Kuzenkova, RUS	69.77 (228-11)	Kirsten Münchow, GER	69.28 (227-3 ¾)
2004	Olga Kuzenkova, RUS	75.02	Yipsi Moreno, CUB	73.36	Yunaika Crawford, CUB	73.16

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Javelin Throw

Year	Gold	Distance	Silver	Distance	Bronze	Distance
1932	Mildred “Babe” Didriksen, USA	43.68 (143-4)	Ellen Braumüller, GER	43.49 (142-8)	Tilly Fleischer, GER	43.00 (141-1)
1936	Tilly Fleischer, GER	45.18 (148-3)	Luise Krüger, GER	43.29 (142-8)	Maria Kwasniewska, POL	41.80 (137-2)
1948	Hermine Bauma, AUT	45.57 (149-6)	Kaisa Parviainen, FIN	43.79 (143-8)	Lily Carlstedt, DEN	42.08 (138-1)
1952	Dana Zátopková, TCH	50.47 (165-7)	Aleksandra Chudina, URS	50.01 (164-0)	Yelena Gorchakova, URS	49.76 (163-3)
1956	Inese Jaunzeme, URS	53.86 (176-8)	Marlene Ahrens, CHI	50.38 (165-3)	Nadyezhda Konyayeva, URS	50.28 (164-11 ½)
1960	Elvîra Ozolina, URS	55.98 (183-8)	Dana Zátopková, TCH	53.78 (176-5)	Biruté Kalediené, URS	53.45 (175-4)
1964	Mihaela Penes, ROM	60.54 (198-7)	Márta Rudas, HUN	58.27 (191-2)	Yelena Gorchakova, URS	57.06 (187-2)
1968	Angela Németh, HUN	60.36 (198-0)	Mihaela Penes, ROM	59.92 (196-7)	Eva Janko, AUT	58.04 (190-5)
1972	Ruth Fuchs, GDR	63.88 (209-7)	Jacqueline Todten, GDR	62.54 (205-2)	Kate Schmidt, USA	59.94 (196-8)
1976	Ruth Fuchs, GDR	65.94 (216-4)	Marion Becker, FRG	64.70 (212-3)	Kate Schmidt, USA	63.96 (209-10)
1980	María Caridad Colón, CUB	68.40 (224-5)	Saida Gunba, URS	67.76 (222-2)	Ute Hommola, GDR	66.56 (218-4)
1984	Tessa Sanderson, GBR	69.56 (228-2)	Tiina Lillak, FIN	69.00 (226-4)	Fatima Whitbread, GBR	67.14 (220-3)
1988	Petra Felke, GDR	74.68 (245-0)	Fatima Whitbread, GBR	70.32 (230-8 ½)	Beate Koch, GDR	67.30 (220-10)
1992	Silke Renk, GER	68.34 (224-2)	Natalya Shikolenko, EUN	68.26 (223-11)	Karen Forkel, GER	66.86 (219-4)
1996	Heli Rantanen, FIN	67.94 (222-11)	Louise McPaul, AUS	65.54 (215-0)	Trine Hattestad, NOR	64.98 (213-2)
2000	Trine Hattestad, NOR	68.91 (224-5)	Mirela Tzelili, GRE	67.51 (215-7)	Osleidys Menéndez, CUB	66.18 (213-11)
2004	Osleidys Menendez, CUB	OR71.53	Steffi Nerius, GER	65.82	Mirela Manjani, GRE	64.29

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Heptathlon

Year	Gold	Pts.	Silver	Pts.	Bronze	Pts.
1984	Glynis Nunn, AUS	6390	Jackie Joyner, USA	6385	Sabine Everts, FRG	6363
1988	Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA	7291	Sabine John, GDR	6897	Anke Behmer, GDR	6858
1992	Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA	7044	Irina Belova, EUN	6845	Sabine Braun, GER	6649
1996	Ghada Shouaa, SYR	6780	Natalya Sazanovich, BLR	6563	Denise Lewis, GBR	6489
2000	Denise Lewis, GBR	6584	Yelena Prokhorova, RUS	6531	Natalya Sazanovich, BLR	6527
2004	Carolina Kluft, SWE	6592	Austra Skujyte, LTU	6435	Kelly Sotherton, GBR	64.24

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Discontinued Events

3000-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1984	Maricica Puica, ROM	8:35.96	Wendy Sly, GBR	8:39.47	Lynn Williams, CAN	8:42.14
1988	Tatyana Samolenko, URS	8:26.53	Paula Ivan, ROM	8:27.15	Yvonne Murray, GBR	8:29.02
1992	Yelena Romanova, EUN	8:46.04	Tatyana Dorovskikh, EUN	8:46.85	Angela Chalmers, CAN	8:47.22

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80-Meter Hurdles

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1932	Mildred “Babe” Didriksen, USA	11.7	Evelyne Hall, USA	11.7	Marjorie Clark, SAF	11.8
1936	Trebisonda Valla, ITA	11.75	Anni Steuer, GER	11.81	Elizabeth Taylor, CAN	11.82
1948	Fanny Blankers-Koen, NED	11.2	Maureen Gardner, GBR	11.2	Shirley Strickland, AUS	11.3
1952	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, AUS	11.01	Mariya Golubnichaya, URS	11.24	Maria Sander, GER	11.38
1956	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, AUS	10.96	Gisela Köhler, GER	11.12	Norma Thrower, AUS	11.25
1960	Irina Press, URS	10.93	Carole Quinton, GBR	10.99	Gisela Birkemeyer (Köhler), GER	11.13
1964	Karin Balzer, GER	10.54w	Teresa Ciepla, POL	10.55w	Pam Kilborn, AUS	10.56w
1968	Maureen Caird, AUS	10.39	Pam Kilborn, AUS	10.46	Chi Cheng, TPE	10.51

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Pentathlon

Year	Gold	Pts.	Silver	Pts.	Bronze	Pts.
1964	Irina Press, URS	5246	Mary Rand, GBR	5035	Galina Bystrova, URS	4956
1968	Ingrid Becker, FRG	5098	Liese Prokop, AUT	4966	Annamária Tóth, HUN	4959
1972	Mary Peters, GBR	4801	Heide Rosendahl, FRG	4791	Burglinde Pollak, GDR	4768
1976	Siegrun Siegl, GDR	4745	Christine Laser, GDR	4745	Burglinde Pollak, GDR	4740
1980	Nadyezhda Tkachenko, URS	5083	Olga Rukavishnikova, URS	4937	Olga Kuragina, URS	4875

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10-Kilometer Walk

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1992	Chen Yueling, CHN	44:32	Yelena Nikolayeva, EUN	44:33	Li Chunxiu, CHN	44:41
1996	Yelena Nikolayeva, RUS	41:49	Elisabetta Perrone, ITA	42:12	Wang Yan, CHN	42:19

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