100-Meter Dash

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959	Giuseppina Leone, ITA	Lyudmila Nechayeva, URS	Catherine Capdevielle, FRA
1961	Tatyana Shchelkanova, URS	Galina Popova, URS	Joan Atkinson, GBR
1963	Renate Lace, URS	Vera Popkova, URS	Miguelina Cobián, CUB
1965	Irena Kirszenstein, POL	Miguelina Cobián, CUB	Liz Gill, GBR
1967	Barbara Ferrell, USA	Gabrielle Meyer, FRA	Gerlind Beyrichen, FRG
1970	Renate Meissner, GDR	Wilma van den Berg, NED	Györgyi Balogh, HUN
1973	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, FIN	Elfgard Schittenhelm, FRG	Ellen Stropahl, GDR
1975	Lyudmila Maslakova, URS	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, FIN	Patty Loverock, CAN
1977	Lyudmila Storozhkova, BUL	Andrea Lynch, GBR	Silvia Chivas, CUB
1979	Marlies Göhr, GDR	Kathy Smallwood, GBR	Bev Goddard, GBR
1981	Bev Goddard, GBR	Olga Zolotaryova, URS	Olga Nasonova, URS
1983	Bev Kinch, GBR	Randy Givens, USA	Angela Taylor, CAN
1985	Irina Slyusar, URS	Anelia Nuneva, BUL	Grace Jackson, JAM
1987	Gwen Torrence, USA	Irina Slyusar, URS	Tina Iheagwam, NGR
1989	Liliana Allen, CUB	Anita Howard, USA	Natalya Voronova, URS
1991	Chryste Gaines, USA	Anita Howard, USA	Sølvi Olsen, NOR
1993	Dahlia Duhaney, JAM	Liliana Allen, CUB	Beatrice Utondu, NGR
1995	Melanie Paschke, GER	Ekateríní Thánou, GRE	Mary Tombiri, NGR
1997	Ekateríní Thánou, GRE	Anzhela Kravchenko, UKR	Katia Benth, FRA
1999	Angela Williams, USA	Katia Benth, FRA	Vírgen Benavídes, CUB
2001	Abi Oyepitan, GBR	Zeng Xiujun, CHN	Mireille Donders, SUI
2003	Qin Wangping, CHN	Eniko Szabó, HUN	Yelena Bolsun, RUS
2005	Olga Khalandyreva, RUS	Ailis McSweeney, IRL	Nikolett Listar, HUN

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200-Meter Dash

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959	Giuseppina Leone, ITA	Barbara Janiszewska, POL	Lyudmila Nechayeva, URS
1961	Barbara Janiszewska, POL	Joan Atkinson, GBR	Vera Kabranyuk, URS
1963	Jutta Heine, FRG	Renate Lace, URS	Miguelina Cobián, CUB
1965	Irena Kirszenstein, POL	Miguelina Cobián, CUB	Liz Gill, GBR
1967	Gabriele Meyer, FRA	Barbara Ferrell, USA	Jannette Champion, GBR
1970	Renate Meissner, GDR	Györgyi Balogh, HUN	Wilma van den Berg, NED
1973	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, FIN	Marina Sidorova, URS	Ellen Sropahl, GDR
1975	Pirjo Häggman, FIN	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen, FIN	Jelica Pavlicic, YUG
1977	Silvia Chivas, CUB	Marina Sidorova, URS	Andrea Lynch, GBR
1979	Marita Koch, GDR	Kathy Smallwood, GBR	Bev Goddard, GBR
1981	Kathy Smallwood, GBR	Marisa Masullo, ITA	Irina Nazarova, URS
1983	Randy Givens, USA	Marita Payne, CAN	Grace Jackson, JAM
1985	Grace Jackson, JAM	Elzbieta Tomczak, POL	Irina Slyusar, URS
1987	Gwen Torrence, USA	Mary Onyali, NGR	Dannette Young, USA
1989	Galina Malchugina, URS	Liliana Allen, CUB	Esther Jones, USA
1991	Wang Hueichen, TRE	Sølvi Olsen, NOR	Michelle Collins, USA
1993	Flirtisha Harris, USA	Dahlia Duhaney, JAM	Wang Hueichen, TRE
1995	Du Xiujie, CHN	Oksana Dyachenko, RUS	Zlatka Georgieva, BUL
1997	Yekaterina Leshchova, RUS	Katia Benth, FRA	Monika Gachevska, BUL
1999	Kim Gevaert, BEL	Zuzanna Radecka, POL	Nanceen Perry, USA
2001	Li Xuemei, CHN	Kim Gevaert, BEL	Natalya Safronnikova, BLR
2003	Yelena Bolsun, RUS	Yekaterina Kondratyeva, RUS	Jenice Daley, JAM
2005	Natalya Ivanova, RUS	Yelena Yakovleva, RUS	Elodie Ouedraogo, BEL

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400-Meter Dash

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1967	Elisabeth Östberg, SWE	Gabriele Grossekettler, FRG	Biruta Vilmanis, AUS
1970	Maria Sykora, AUT	Carmen Trustée, CUB	Aurelia Pentón, CUB
1973	Nadezhda Kolesnikova, URS	Judith Canty, AUS	Carmen Trustée, CUB
1975	Pirjo Häggmann, FIN	Inta Klimovicha, URS	Jelica Pavlicic, YUG
1977	Rosalyn Bryant, USA	Natalya Sokolova, URS	Beatriz Castillo, CUB
1979	Mariya Kulchunova, URS	Rosalyn Bryant, USA	Christina Brehmer, GDR
1981	Irina Baskakova, URS	Nadezhda Lyalina, URS	Sophie Malbranque, FRA
1983	Mariya Pinigina, URS	Molly Killingbeck, CAN	Yelena Korban, URS
1985	Tatyana Alekseyeva, URS	Ana Fidelia Quirot, CUB	Sadia Showunmi, NGR
1987	Denean Howard, USA	Lyudmila Dzhigalova, URS	Sandie Richards, JAM
1989	Ana Fidelia Quirot, CUB	Jearl Miles, USA	Lyudmila Dzhigalova, URS
1991	Maicel Malone, USA	Gretha Tromp, NED	Galina Moskvina, URS
1993	Michelle Collins, USA	Youlanda Warren, USA	Nancy McLeón, CUB
1995	Olabisi Afolabi, NGR	Tatyana Chebykina, RUS	Yelena Rurak, UKR
1997	Allison Curbishley, GBR	Olga Kotlyarova, RUS	Idalmis Bonne, CUB
1999	Ionela Tirlea, ROM	Miki Barber, USA	Doris Jacob, NGR
2001	Demetria Washington, USA	Otilia Ruicu, ROM	Miki Barber, USA
2003	Tatyana Firova, RUS	Mariya Lisnichenko, RUS	Estie Wittstock, RSA
2005	Natalya Nazarova, RUS	Fatou Bindtou Fall, SEN	Asami Roslanova, KAZ

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800-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959	Nicole Goullieux, FRA	Edith Schiller, FRG	Klavdiya Babintseva, URS
1961	Antje Gleichfeldt, FRG	Florica Grecescu, ROM	Tsvetana Isaeva, BUL
1963	Olga Kazi, HUN	Antje Gleichfeldt, FRG	Joy Catling, GBR
1965	Laine Erik, URS	Antje Gleichfeldt, FRG	Abby Hoffman, CAN
1967	Madeline Manning, USA	Abby Hoffman, CAN	Elisabeth Östberg, SWE
1970	Gunhild Hoffmeister, GDR	Maria Sykora, AUT	Karin Burneleit, GDR
1973	Liyana Tomova, BUL	Niole Sabaite, URS	Elzbieta Katolik, POL
1975	Nina Morgunova, URS	Jozefína Cerchlánová, CZE	Nikolina Shtereva, BUL
1977	Totka Petrova, BUL	Tatyana Kazankina, URS	Svetla Koleva, BUL
1979	Nadezhda Mushta, URS	Olga Dvirna, URS	Fita Lovin, ROM
1981	Doina Melinte, ROM	Gabriella Dorio, ITA	Tudorita Morutan, ROM
1983	Irina Podyalovskaya, URS	Robin Campbell, USA	Doina Melinte, ROM
1985	Nadezhda Zvyagintseva, URS	Cristeana Cojocaru, ROM	Ana Fidelia Quirot, CUB
1987	Slobodanka Colovic, YUG	Mitica Junghiatu, ROM	Joetta Clark, USA
1989	Ana Fidelia Quirot, CUB	Ellen van Langen, NED	Inna Yevseyeva, URS
1991	Inna Yevseyeva, URS	Gabi Lesch, GER	Jasmin Jones, USA
1993	Amy Wickus, USA	Inez Turner, JAM	Daniele Antipov, ROM
1995	Stella Jongmans, NED	Svetlana Tverdokhleb, UKR	Natalie Tait, GBR
1997	Irina Nedelenko, UKR	Yelena Buzhenko, UKR	Mariya Sinyusova, RUS
1999	Yuliya Taranova, RUS	Brigita Langerholc, SLO	Elena Buhaianu, ROM
2001	Brigita Langerholc, SLO	Nédia Semedo, POR	Tatyana Rodionova, RUS
2003	Liliana Barbulescu, ROM	Anna Zagórska, POL	Irina Vashentseva, RUS
2005	Svetlana Klyuka, RUS	Binnaz Uslu, TUR	Marilyn Okoro, GBR

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1500-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1973	Paola Pigni-Cacchi, ITA	Glenda Reiser, CAN	Tonka Petrova, BUL
1975	Ellen Wellmann, FRG	Natalia Andrei, ROM	Rositsa Pekhlivanova, BUL
1977	Totka Petrova, BUL	Natalia Marasescu-Andrei, ROM	Maricica Puica, ROM
1979	Natalia Marasescu-Andrei, ROM	Olga Dvirna, URS	Valentina Ilyinykh, URS
1981	Gabriella Dorio, ITA	Doina Melinte, ROM	Olga Dvirna, URS
1983	Gabriella Dorio, ITA	Doina Melinte, ROM	Maria Radu, ROM
1985	Svetlana Kitova, URS	Margareta Keszeg, ROM	Darlene Beckford, USA
1987	Paula Ivan, ROM	Svetlana Kitova, URS	Mitica Junghiatu, ROM
1989	Paula Ivan, ROM	Suzy Favor, USA	Lyudmila Rogachova, URS
1991	Sonia O'Sullivan, IRL	Iulia Besliu, ROM	Qu Yunxia, CHN
1993	Lynne Robinson, GBR	Julie Speights, USA	Sarah Howell, CAN
1995	Gabriela Szabo, ROM	Julie Henner, USA	Ursula Friedmann, GER
1997	Gabriela Szabo, ROM	Carla Sacramento, POR	Lidia Chojecka, POL
1999	Elena Buhaianu, ROM	Luminita Gogîrlea, ROM	Ana Amelia Menéndez, ESP
2001	Süreyya Ayhan, TUR	Maria Cristina Grosu, ROM	Sabina Fischer, SUI
2003	Natalya Sydorenko, UKR	Johanna Risku, FIN	Malindi Elmore, CAN
2005	Olesya Syreva, RUS	Tetyana Golovchenko, UKR	Liu Qing, CHN

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5000-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995	Gabriela Szabo, ROM	Silvia Sommagio, ITA	Yumi Sato, JPN
1997	Nnenna Lynch, USA	Lori Durward, CAN	Sarah Howell, CAN
1999	Rie Ueno, JPN	Ana Dias, POR	Cristina Casandra, ROM
2001	Dong Yanmei, CHN	Tatyana Khmeleva, RUS	Yoshiko Fujinaga, JPN
2003	Eloise Poppett, AUS	Zhang Yuhong, CHN	Cristina Casandra, ROM
2005	Kimberley Smith, NZL	Tetyana Golovchenko, UKR	Jolene Byrne, IRL

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10,000-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985	Marina Rodchenkova, URS	Svetlana Guskova, URS	Kirsten O'Hara, USA
1987	Patty Murray, USA	Zhong Huandi, CHN	Yelena Uskova, URS
1989	Viorica Ghican, ROM	Masami Ishizaka, JPN	Lizanne Bussières, CAN
1991	Anne-Marie Letko, USA	Suzana Ciric, YUG	Olga Nazarkina, URS
1993	Iulia Negura, ROM	Suzana Ciric, YUG	Alina Tecuta, ROM
1995	Iulia Negura, ROM	Alina Tecuta, ROM	Yasuko Kimura, JPN
1997	Deena Drossin, USA	Lucilla Andreucci, ITA	Miwako Yamanaka, JPN
1999	Leigh Daniel, USA	Yuri Kano, JPN	Annemette Jensen, DEN
2001	Dong Yanmei, CHN	Yoshiko Fujinaga, JPN	Yukiko Akaba, JPN
2003	Natalia Cerchez, MDA	Yelena Samokhvalova, RUS	Anna Incerti, ITA
2005	Eri Sato, JPN	Zeng Guang, CHN	Mary Davies, NZL

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Half Marathon

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997	Mari Sotani, JPN	Agata Balsamo, ITA	Miyuki Tokura, JPN
1999	Rosaria Console, ITA	Yukiko Akaba, JPN	Marta Fernández, ESP
2001	Ham Bong-Sil, PRK	Miki Oyama, JPN	Kim Chang-Ok, PRK
2003	Machi Tanaka, JPN	Jo Bun-Hui, PRK	Chang Son-Ok, PRK
2005	Lee Eum-Jung, KOR	Ryoko Kizaki, JPN	Jang Son-Ok, PRK

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100-Meter Hurdles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1970	Teresa Sukniewicz, POL	Bärbel Podeswa, GDR	Valeria Bufanu, ROM
1973	Grazyna Rabsztyn, POL	Annerose Krumpholz, GDR	Natalya Lebedeva, URS
1975	Grazyna Rabsztyn, POL	Teresa Nowak, POL	Tatyana Anisimova, URS
1977	Grazyna Rabsztyn, POL	Tatyana Anisimova, URS	Natalya Lebedeva, URS
1979	Lucyna Langer, POL	Danuta Perka, POL	Vera Komisova, URS
1981	Stephanie Hightower, USA	Mariya Kemenchezhiy, URS	Elzbieta Rabsztyn, POL
1983	Natalya Petrova, URS	Yelena Biserova, URS	Benita Fitzgerald, USA
1985	Ginka Zagorcheva, BUL	Nadezhda Korshunova, URS	Anne Piquereau, FRA
1987	Heike Theele, GDR	Aliuska López, CUB	Florence Colle, FRA
1989	Monique Ewanjé-Épée, FRA	Lidiya Okolo-Kulak, URS	Claudia Zaczkiewicz, FRG
1991	Marina Azyabina, URS	Mary Cobb, USA	Keri Maddox, GBR
1993	Dawn Bowles, USA	Marsha Guialdo, USA	Nicole Ramalalanirina, MAD
1995	Nicole Ramalalanirina, MAD	Yelena Ovcharova, UKR	Svetlana Laukhova, RUS
1997	Angela Atede, NGR	Feng Yun, CHN	Svetlana Laukhova, RUS
1999	Andria King, USA	Yolanda McCray, USA	Diane Allahgreen, GBR
2001	Su Yiping, CHN	Maurren Maggi, BRA	Jacquie Munro, AUS
2003	Xu Jia, CHN	Yevgeniya Likhuta, BLR	Natalya Kresova, RUS
2005	Mirjam Liimask, EST	Tatyana Pavliy, RUS	Derval O'Rourke, IRL

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400-Meter Hurdles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981	Anna Kastyetskaya, URS	Birgit Sonntag, GDR	Tatyana Zubova, URS
1983	Yekaterina Fesenko, URS	Yelena Filipishina, URS	Gwen Wall, CAN
1985	Margarita Novitskaite, URS	Cristeana Cojocaru, ROM	Nawal el Moutawakil, MAR
1987	Nawal el Moutawakil, MAR	Nicoleta Carutasu, ROM	Sophia Hunter, USA
1989	Margarita Khromova, URS	Rosey Edeh, CAN	Irmgard Trojer, ITA
1991	Gretha Tromp, NED	Nicoleta Carutasu, ROM	Anna Chuprina, URS
1993	Heike Meissner, GER	Debbie-Ann Parris, JAM	Trevaia Williams, USA
1995	Heike Meissner, GER	Ionela Tirlea, ROM	Tonya Williams, USA
1997	Tatyana Tershchuk, UKR	Yekaterina Bakhalova, RUS	Daimí Pernía, CUB
1999	Daimí Pernía, CUB	Joanna Hayes, USA	Ulrike Urbansky, GER
2001	Natasha Danvers, GBR	Malgorzata Pskit, POL	Sonia Brito, AUS
2003	Maren Schott, GER	Huang Xiaoxiao, CHN	Anastasiya Rabchenyuk, UKR
2005	Marina Shiyan, RUS	Benedetta Ceccarelli, ITA	Marta Chrust, POL

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3000-Meter Steeplechase

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005	Livia Tóth, HUN	Victoria Mitchell, AUS	Turkan Erismis, TUR

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4x100-Meter Relay

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959	Soviet Union	Italy	West Germany
1961	Soviet Union	Poland	Bulgaria
1963	Soviet Union	West Germany	Cuba
1965	Soviet Union	Poland	Hungary
1967	France	Japan	West Germany
1970	Soviet Union	Hungary	West Germany
1973	Soviet Union	Poland	East Germany
1975	Soviet Union	Poland	France
1977	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Poland
1979	Soviet Union	Great Britain	France
1981	United States	Great Britain	Italy
1983	United States	Canada	Soviet Union
1985	United States	Soviet Union	Bulgaria
1987	United States	Soviet Union	Nigeria
1989	United States	Soviet Union	West Germany
1991	United States	Great Britain	Italy
1993	United States	Nigeria	Canada
1995	United States	Russia	Nigeria
1997	United States	Russia	Canada
1999	United States	Poland	Germany
2001	China	Brazil	France
2003	China	France	Brazil
2005	Russia	France	Ireland

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4x400-Meter Relay

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981	Soviet Union	United States	Romania
1983	Soviet Union	Canada	USA
1985	Soviet Union	Canada	USA
1987	United States	Soviet Union	Nigeria
1989	United States	West Germany	Soviet Union
1991	United States	Soviet Union	Poland
1993	United States	Cuba	Nigeria
1995	Russia	United States	Ukraine
1997	Russia	Cuba	Great Britain
1999	United States	Russia	Great Britain
2001	United States	Great Britain	Belarus
2003	Russia	Poland	Germany
2005	Russia	Poland	Ukraine

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20-Kilometer Walk

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2003	Tatyana Sibileva, RUS	Jian Xingli, CHN	Tatyana Korotkova, RUS
2005	Jiang Qiuyan, CHN	Vera Santos, POR	Tatyana Sibileva, RUS

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High Jump

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959	Iolanda Balas, ROM	Valentina Balod, URS	Jaroslawa Jozwiakowska, POL
1961	Iolanda Balas, ROM	Klara Pushkaryeva, URS	Thelma Hopkins, GBR
1963	Taisiya Chenchik, URS	Susan Dennler, GBR	Heidemare Hummel, FRG
1965	Yordanka Blagoeva, BUL	Klara Pushkaryeva, URS	Nevenka Mrinjek, YUG
1967	Mami Takeda, JPN	Linda Knowles, GBR	Liese Prokop, AUT
1970	Snezana Hrepevnik, YUG	Cornelia Popescu, ROM	Ilona Gusenbauer, AUT
1973	Virginia Ioan, ROM	Jutta Kirst, GDR	Galina Filatova, URS Sara Simeoni, ITA
1975	Galina Filatova, URS	Sara Simeoni, ITA	Alla Fedorchuk, URS
1977	Sara Simeoni, ITA	Debbie Brill, CAN	Tatyana Boyko, URS
1979	Andrea Mátay, HUN	Ulrike Meyfarth, FRG	Sara Simeoni, ITA
1981	Sara Simeoni, ITA	Lyudmila Andonoa, BUL	Tamara Bykova, URS
1983	Tamara Bykova, URS	Silvia Costa, CUB	Maryse Ewanjé-Épée, FRA
1985	Silvia Costa, BUL	Larisa Petruss, URS	Danuta Bulkowska, POL
1987	Svetlana Isaeva, BUL	Natalya Golodnova, URS	Megumi Sato, JPN
1989	Alina Astafei, ROM	Silvia Costa, CUB	Jin Ling, CHN
1991	Alison Inverarity, AUS	Svetlana Lavrova, URS	Tisha Waller, USA
1993	Tanya Hughes, USA	Neli Zilinskiene, LTU	Polina Grigorenko, UKR
1995	Viktoriya Fyodorova, RUS	Svetlana Zalevskaya, KAZ	natalja Jonckheere, BEL
1997	Amy Acuff, USA	Monica Iagar, ROM	Marie Collonvillé, FRA
1999	Monica Dinescu-Iagar, ROM	Svetlana Lapina, RUS	Solange Witteveen, ARG
2001	Vita Palamar, UKR	Nicole Forrester, CAN	Nevena Lendjel, CRO
2003	Dóra Gyorffy, HUN	Anna Ksok, POL	Yelena Slesarenko, RUS
2005	Anna Chicherova, RUS	Iryna Kovalenko, UKR	Ariane Friedrich, GER

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Pole Vault

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997	Emma George, AUS	Cai Weiyan, CHN	Doris Auer, AUT
1999	Pavla Hamácková, CZE	Monique de Wilt, NED	Dana Cervantes, ESP
2001	Gao Shuying, CHN	Sabine Schulte, GER	Sárka Mládková, CZE
2003	Tatyana Polnova, RUS	Anastasiya Ivanova, RUS	Nadine Rohr, SUI
2005	Julia Hutter, GER	Nadine Rohr, SUI	Dimitra Emmanouil, GRE

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Long Jump

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959	Elzbieta Krzesinska, POL	Tamara Makarova, URS	Larisa Kulesova, URS
1961	Tatyana Shchelkanova, URS	Diana Yorgova, BUL	Elzbieta Krzesinska, POL
1963	Tatyana Shchelkanova, URS	Vlasta Prikrylová, CZE	Bärbel Palmié, FRG
1965	Tatyana Shchelkanova, URS	Viorica Viscopoleanu, ROM	Dorothe Sander, FRG
1967	Sheila Parkin, GBR	Bärbel Palmié, FRG	Anne-Marie Grosse, FRA
1970	Heid Rosendahl, FRG	Elena Vintila, ROM	Hiroko Yamashita, JPN
1973	Margrit Olfert, GDR	Margarita Treinite, URS	Brenda Eisler, CAN
1975	Jarmila Nygrýnová, CZE	Dorina Catineanu, ROM	Alina Gheorghiu, ROM
1977	Jacqueline Curtet, FRA	Jarmila Nygrýnová, CZE	Jodi Anderson, USA
1979	Anita Stukane, URS	Jodi Anderson, USA	Tatyana Skachko, URS
1981	Tatyana Kolpakova, URS	Anisoara Cusmir, ROM	Valy Ionescu, ROM
1983	Anisoara Cusmir, ROM	Svetlana Zorina, URS	Valy Ionescu, ROM
1985	Irina Valyukevich, URS	Silvia Khristova, BUL	Marieta Ilcu, ROM
1987	Marieta Ilcu, ROM	Lyudmila Ninova, BUL	Heike Grabe, GDR
1989	Yolanda Chen, URS	Marieta Ilcu, ROM	Katja Trostel, GDR
1991	Inessa Kravets, URS	Fiona May, GBR	Yelena Khlopotnova, URS
1993	Mirela Dulgheru, ROM	Vanessa Monar-Enweani, CAN	Daphne Saunders, BAH
1995	Viktoriya Vershinina, UKR	Sharon Jaklofsky, NED	Lyudmila Galkina, RUS
1997	Yelena Shevhovtsova, UKR	Viktoriya Vershinina, UKR	Cristina Nicolau, ROM
1999	Yelena Shevhovtsova, UKR	Adrien Sawyer, USA	Maurren Maggi, BRA
2001	Maurren Maggi, BRA	Guan Yingnan, CHN	Kumiko Ikeda, JPN
2003	Irina Simagina, RUS	Alina Militaru, ROM	Zita Ajkler, HUN
2005	Lyudmila Kolchanova, RUS	Naide Gomes, POR	Natalya Lebusova, RUS

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Triple Jump

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1991	Li Huirong, CHN	Yelena Semiraz, URS	Jing Li, CHN
1993	Niurka Montalvo, CUB	Sárka Kaspárková, CZE	Monica Toth, ROM
1995	Sárka Kaspárková, CZE	Lyudmila Dubkova, RUS	Barbara Lah, ITA
1997	Yelena Govorova, UKR	Olga Cepero, CUB	Zhanna Gureyeva, BLR
1999	Yelena Govorova, UKR	Wu Lingmei, CHN	Adelina Gavrila, ROM
2001	Tatyana Lebedeva, RUS	Natalya Safronova, BLR	Yelena Oleynikova, RUS
2003	Oksana Rogova, RUS	Viktoriya Gurova, RUS	Mariana Solomon, ROM
2005	Wang Ying, CHN	Olga Saladukha, UKR	Nadezhda Bazenova, RUS

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Shot Put

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959	Lidia Sharamovich, BUL	Milena Usenik, YUG	Antonia Vehoff, FRG
1961	Tamara Press, URS	Irina Press, URS	Ana Roth, ROM
1963	Tamara Press, URS	Judit Bognár, HUN	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, HUN
1965	Tamara Press, URS	Nadezhda Chizhova, URS	Judit Bognár, HUN
1967	Liesel Westermann, FRG	Ryoko Sugiyama, JPN	Brigitte Berendonk, FRG
1970	Nadezhda Chizhova, URS	Hannelore Friedel, GDR	Ingeborg Friedrich, GDR
1973	Nadezhda Chizhova, URS	Elena Stoyanova, BUL	Faina Melnik, URS
1975	Elena Stoyanova, BUL	Mihaela Loghin, ROM	Rimma Makauskaite, URS
1977	Elena Stoyanova, BUL	Nina Isayeva, URS	Helma Knorscheidt, GDR
1979	Ilona Slupianek, GDR	Helma Knorscheidt, GDR	Mihaela Loghin, ROM
1981	Helma Knorscheidt, GDR	Ines Müller, GDR	Lyudmila Savina, URS
1983	Natalya Lisovskaya, URS	Claudia Losch, FRG	Natalya Akhrimenko, URS
1985	Natalya Lisovskaya, URS	Yang Yanqin, CHN	Ramona Pagel, USA
1987	Natalya Lisovskaya, URS	Kathrin Neimke, GDR	Larisa Peleshenko, URS
1989	Huang Zhihong, CHN	Belsis Laza, CUB	Zhou Tianhua, CHN
1991	Svetlana Krivelyova, URS	Zhou Tianhua, CHN	Agnes Deselaers, GER
1993	Zhou Tianhua, CHN	Belsis Laza, CUB	Katrin Koch, GER
1995	Wu Xianchun, CHN	Cheng Xiaoyan, CHN	Corrie de Bruin, NED
1997	Irina Korzhanenko, RUS	Corrie de Bruin, NED	Tressa Thompson, USA
1999	Yumileidi Cumbá, CUB	Song Feina, CHN	Elisângela Adriano, BRA
2001	Yumileidi Cumbá, CUB	Lee Myung-Sun, KOR	Katarzyna Zakowicz, POL
2003	Li Fengfeng, CHN	Lee Myung-Sun, KOR	Yelena Ivanenko, BLR
2005	Natalya Khoroneko, BLR	Li Meiju, CHN	Misleidis Gonzáles, CUB

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Discus Throw

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959	Györgyi Hegedus, HUN	Elivia Ricci, ITA	Ida Bucsányi, HUN
1961	Tamara Press, URS	Antonina Zolotukhira, URS	Jolán Kontsek, HUN
1963	Tamara Press, URS	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, HUN	Judit Bognár, HUN
1965	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, HUN	Judit Stugner, HUN	Tamara Press, URS
1967	Liesel Westermann, FRG	Brigitte Berendonk, FRG	Iris Malnig, AUT
1970	Karin Illgen, GDR	Brigitte Berendonk, FRG	Liesel Westermann, FRG
1973	Faina Melnik, URS	Argentina Menis, ROM	Nadezhda Sergeyeva, URS
1975	Maria Vergova, BUL	Argentina Menis, ROM	Radostina Bakhchevanova, BUL
1977	Maria Vergova, BUL	Svetlana Melnikova, URS	Radostina Bakhchevanova, BUL
1979	Svetlana Melnikova, URS	Evelin Jahl, GDR	Florenta Tacu, ROM
1981	Florenta Craciunescu-Tacu, ROM	Petra Sziegaud, GDR	Mariana Ionescu, ROM
1983	Florenta Craciunescu-Tacu, ROM	Natalya Akhrimenko, URS	Lyubov Urakova, URS
1985	Maritza Martén, CUB	Tsvetanka Khristova, BUL	Daniela Costian, ROM
1987	Tsvetanka Khristova, BUL	Gabriele Reinsch, GDR	Hou Xuemei, CHN
1989	Hou Xuenmei, CHN	Gabriele Reinsch, GDR	Maritza Martén, CUB
1991	Xiao Yanling, CHN	Qiu Qiaoping, CHN	Antonina Patoka, URS
1993	Renata Katewicz, POL	Jackie McKernan, GBR	Anja Gündler, GER
1995	Natalya Sadova, RUS	Anja Gündler, GER	Bao Dongying, CHN
1997	Natalya Sadova, RUS	Hu Honglian, CHN	Nicoleta Grasu, ROM
1999	Nicoleta Grasu, ROM	Joanna Wisniewska, POL	Elisângela Adriano, BRA
2001	Li Quimei, CHN	Li Yanfeng, CHN	Mélina Robert-Michon, FRA
2003	Natalya Fokina, UKR	Li Yanfeng, CHN	Xu Shaoyang, CHN
2005	Wioletta Potepa, POL	Song Aimin, CHN	Dragana Tomasevic, YUG

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Hammer Throw

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997	Mihaela Melinte, ROM	Olga Kuzenkova, RUS	Debbie Sosimenko, AUS
1999	Mihaela Melinte, ROM	Lyudmila Gubkina, BLR	Manuela Montebrun, FRA
2001	Manuela Montebrun, FRA	Yipsi Moreno, CUB	Lyudmila Gubkina, BLR
2003	Liu Yinghui, CHN	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva, RUS	Agnieszka Pogroszewska, POL
2005	Kamila Skolimowska, POL	Liu Yinghui, CHN	Ester Balassini, ITA

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Javelin Throw

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959	Elvira Ozolina, URS	Urszula Figwer, POL	Maria Diti, ROM
1961	Yelena Gorchakova, URS	Maria Diaconescu-Diti, ROM	Almut Brömmel, FRG
1963	Almut Brömmel, FRG	Elvira Ozolina, URS	Barbara Decker, FRG
1965	Mihaela Penes, ROM	Michèle Demys, FRA	Valentina Popova, URS
1967	RaNae Bair, USA	Sakiko Hara, JPN	Michèle Demys, FRA
1970	Daniela Jaworska, POL	Magda Vidos, HUN	Valentina Evert, URS
1973	Svetlana Korolyova, URS	Kate Schmidt, USA	Lyutvian Mollova, BUL
1975	Nadezhda Yakubovich, URS	Kate Schmidt, USA	Eva Zorgo, ROM
1977	Nadezhda Yakubovich, URS	Ivanka Vancheva, BUL	Aranka Vágási, HUN
1979	Eva Raduly-Zorgo, ROM	Ivanka Vancheva, BUL	Mayra Vila, CUB
1981	Petra Felke, GDR	Karin Smith, USA	Mayra Vila, CUB
1983	Beate Peters, FRG	Fausta Quintavalla, ITA	Mayra Vila, CUB
1985	Ivonne Leal, CUB	Beate Peters, FRG	María Caridad, CUB
1987	Irina Kostyuchenkova, URS	Susanne Jung, GDR	Brigitte Graune, FRG
1989	Silke Renk, GDR	Brigitte Graune, FRG	Päivi Alafrantti, FIN
1991	Tatyana Shikolenko, URS	Isel López, CUB	Paula Berry, USA
1993	Lee Young-Sun, KOR	Tanja Damaske, GER	Valerie Tulloch, CAN
1995	Felicia Tilea, ROM	Claudia Isaila, ROM	Lee Young-Sun, KOR
1997	Isel López, CUB	Sonia Bicet, CUB	Karen Forkel, GER
1999	Ewa Rybak, POL	Eufemija Storga, SLO	Yanuris la Motaña, CUB
2001	Osleidys Menéndez, CUB	Nikola Tomecková, CZE	Wei Jianhua, CHN
2003	Barbara Madejczyk, POL	Christina Scherwin, DEN	Mercedes Chilla, ESP
2005	Barbora Spotaková, CZE	Ma Ning, CHN	Justine Robbeson, RSA

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Heptathlon

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981	Malgorzata Guzowska, POL	Nadezhda Vinogradova, URS	Corina Tifrea, ROM
1983	Yekaterina Smirnova, URS	Sabine Everts, FRG	Judy Livermore, GBR
1985	Malgorzata Nowak-Guzowska, POL	Liliana Nastase, ROM	Judy Simpson-Livermore, GBR
1987	Liliana Nastase, ROM	Yelena Davydova, URS	Zuzana Lajbnerová, CZE
1989	Larisa Nikitina, URS	Sabine Braun, FRG	Jane Flemming, AUS
1991	Birgit Clarius, GER	Urszula Wlodarczyk, POL	Maria Kamrowska, POL
1993	Urszula Wlodarczyk, POL	Birgit Gautzsch, GER	Kelly Blair, USA
1995	Jane Jamieson, AUS	Mona Steigauf, GER	Irina Tyukhay, RUS
1997	Mona Steigauf, GER	Irina Vostrikova, RUS	Marie Collonvillé, FRA
1999	Tiffany Lott, USA	Katerina Nekolná, CZE	Clare Thompson, AUS
2001	Jane Jamieson, AUS	Svetlana Sokolova, RUS	Sonja Kesselschläger, GER
2003	Kylie Wheeler, AUS	Jane Jamieson, AUS	Michaela Hejnová, CZE
2005	Lyudmila Blonska, UKR	Simone Oberer, SUI	Jessica Ennis, GBR

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Discontinued Events

3000-Meter Run

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1975	Natalia Andrei, ROM	Thelma Wright, CAN	Svetlana Ulmasova, URS
1981	Breda Pergar, YUG	Valentina Ilyinykh, URS	Maria Radu, ROM
1983	Maria Radu, ROM	Yelena Malychina, URS	Lynn Williams, CAN
1985	Cathy Branta, USA	Kathy Hayes, USA	Angela Chalmers, CAN
1987	Paula Ivan, ROM	Anne Schweitzer, USA	Natalya Artyomova, URS
1989	Paula Ivan, ROM	Viorica Ghican, ROM	Regina Chistyakova, URS
1991	Iulia Besliu, ROM	Sonia O'Sullivan, IRL	Zita Ágoston, HUN
1993	Clare Eichner, USA	Iulia Ionescu, ROM	Rosalind Taylor, USA

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Marathon

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983	Sarah Rowell, GBR	Kathy Roberts, CAN	Marjorie Kaput, USA
1985	Mami Fukao, JPN	Patti Gray, USA	Sylvie Bornet, FRA
1987	Natalya Bardina, URS	Takako Kanesashi, JPN	Karlene Erickson, USA
1989	Irina Bogachova, URS	Akemi Takayama, JPN	Kim Yen-Ku, KOR
1991	Miyako Iwai, JPN	Kim Yen-Ku, KOR	Mariya Doskoch, URS
1993	Noriko Kawaguchi, JPN	Franco Fiacconi, ITA	Nao Otani, JPN
1995	Masako Kusakaya, JPN	Nao Otani, JPN	Kristi Klinnert, USA

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80-Meter Hurdles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1959	Nelli Yelisayeva, URS	Snezana Kerkova, BUL	Elzbieta Krzesinska, POL
1961	Irina Press, URS	Rimma Koshelyeva, URS	Snezana Kerkova, BUL
1963	Jutta Heine, FRG	Tatyana Shchelkanova, URS	Alla Chernisheva, URS
1965	Danuta Straszynska, POL	Snezana Kerkova, BUL	Tatyana Ilyina, URS
1967	Françoise Masse, FRA	Sheila Garnett, GBR	Ayako Natsume, JPN

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5-Kilometer Walk

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985	Aleksandra Grigoryeva, URS	Yan Hong, CHN	Natalya Serbinenko, URS
1987	Li Sujie, CHN	Yelena Rodionova, URS	Ann Peel, CAN
1989	Ileana Salvador, ITA	Vera Makolova, URS	Sari Essayah, FIN

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10-Kilometer Walk

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1991	Sari Essayah, FIN	Chen Yueling, CHN	Annarita Sidoti, ITA
1993	Long Yuwen, CHN	Olga Leonenko, UKR	Larisa Ramazanova, RUS
1995	Annarita Sidoti, ITA	Rossella Giordano, ITA	Larisa Ramazanova, RUS
1997	Larisa Ramazanova, BLR	Rossella Giordano, ITA	Annarita Sidoti, ITA
1999	Claudia Iovan, ROM	Rossella Giordano, ITA	Valentina Savchuk, UKR
2001	Gao Hongmiao, CHN	Susana Feitor, POR	Wang Liping, CHN

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Pentathlon

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1965	Tatyana Shchelkanova, URS	Annamária Kovács, HUN	Yelena Kolnich, URS
1967	Liese Prokop, AUT	Michiko Okamoto, JPN	Pirkko Heikkilä, FIN
1970	Tatyana Kondrashova, URS	Nedyalka Angelova, BUL	Mieke Sterk, NED
1973	Nadezhda Tkachenko, URS	Tatyana Vorochobko, URS	Diane Jones, CAN
1975	Jane Frederick, USA	Djurdja Focic, YUG	Olga Rukavishnikova, URS
1977	Valentina Dimitrova, BUL	Jane Frederick, USA	Yekaterina Smirnova, URS
1979	Yekaterina Smirnova, URS	Sylvia Barlag, NED	Ina Losch, FRG

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