| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1970 | Lyudmila Titova, URS | Nina Statkevich, URS | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED |
| 1971 | Ruth Schleiermacher, GDR | Anne Henning, USA | Dianne Holum, USA |
| 1972 | Monika Pflug, NED | Dianne Holum, USA | Lyudmila Titova, URS |
| 1973 | Sheila Young, USA | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | Monika Pflug, NED |
| 1974 | Leah Poulos, USA | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | Monika Pflug, NED |
| 1975 | Sheila Young, USA | Heike Lange, GDR | Cathy Priestner, CAN |
| 1976 | Sheila Young, USA | Leah Poulos, USA | Sylvia Burka, CAN |
| 1977 | Sylvia Burka, CAN | Leah Poulos, USA | Haitske Pijlman, NED |
| 1978 | Lyubov Sadchikova, URS | Beth Heiden, USA | Erwina Rys-Ferens, POL |
| 1979 | Leah Poulos Mueller, USA | Beth Heiden, USA | Christa Rothenburger, GDR |
| 1980 | Karin Enke, GDR | Leah Poulos Mueller, USA | Beth Heiden, USA |
| 1981 | Karin Enke, GDR | Tatyana Tarasova, URS | Natalya Petrushova, URS |
| 1982 | Natalia Petruseva, URS | Karin Busch, GDR | Monika Holzner, NED |
| 1983 | Karin Enke, GDR | Natalya Petrushova, URS | Christa Rothenburger, GDR |
| 1984 | Karin Enke, GDR | Valentina Lalenkova, URS | Natalya Shive, URS |
| 1985 | Christa Rothenburger, GDR | Angela Stahnke, GDR | Erwina Rys-Ferens, POL |
| 1986 | Karin Kania, GDR | Christa Rothenburger, GDR | Bonnie Blair, USA |
| 1987 | Karin Kania, GDR | Bonnie Blair, USA | Christa Rothenburger, GDR |
| 1988 | Christa Rothenburger, GDR | Karin Kania, GDR | Bonnie Blair, USA |
| 1989 | Bonnie Blair, USA | Christa Luding, GDR | Seiko Hashimoto, JPN |
| 1990 | Angela Hauck, GDR | Bonnie Blair, USA | Christine Aaftink, NED |
| 1991 | Monique Garbrechet, NED | Qiaobo Ye, CHN | Christine Aaftink, NED |
| 1992 | Qiaobo Ye, CHN | Bonnie Blair, USA | Christa Luding, GER |
| 1993 | Qiaobo Ye, CHN | Bonnie Blair, USA | Oksana Ravilova, RUS |
| 1994 | Bonnie Blair, USA | Angela Hauck, GDR | Ruehong Xue, CHN |
| 1995 | Bonnie Blair, USA | Oksana Ravilova, RUS | Franziska Schenk, GER |
| 1996 | Chris Witty, USA | Edel Therese Høiseth, NOR | Franziska Schenk, GER |
| 1997 | Franziska Schenk, GER | Ruehong Xue, CHN | Chris Witty, USA |
| 1998 | Catriona LeMay-Doan, CAN | Sabine Völker, GER | Chris Witty, USA |
| 1999 | Monique Garbrecht, GER | Catriona LeMay-Doan, CAN | Sabine Völker, GER |
| 2000 | Monique Garbrecht, GER | Chris Witty, USA | Marianne Timmer, NED |
| 2001 | Monique Garbrechet-Enfeldt, GER,
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Eriko Sanmiya, JPN | | Catriona LeMay-Doan, CAN |
| 2002 | Catriona LeMay-Doan, CAN | Andrea Nuyt, NED | Anzhelika Kotyuga, BEL |
| 2003 | Monique Garbrechet-Enfeldt, GER | Cindy Klassen, CAN | Shihomi Shinya, JAP |
| 2004 | Marianne Timmer, NED | Anni Friesinger, GER | Jennifer Rodriguez, USA |
| 2005 | Jennifer Rodriguez, USA | Anzhelika Kotyuga, BEL | Sabine Völker, GER |
| 2006 | Svetlana Zhurova, RUS | Wang Manli, CHN | Chiara Simionato, ITA |
| 2007 | Anni Friesinger, GER | Ireen Wüst, NED | Cindy Klassen, CAN |
| 2008 | Jenny Wolf, GER | Anni Friesinger, GER | Annette Gerritsen, NED |
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1936 | Kit Klein, USA | Verné Lesche, FIN | Synnøve Lie, NOR |
| 1937 | Laila Schou Nilsen, NOR | Synnøve Lie, NOR | Verné Lesche, FIN |
| 1938 | Laila Schou Nilsen, NOR | Verné Lesche, FIN | Synnøve Lie, NOR |
| 1939 | Verné Lesche, FIN | Liisa Salmi, FIN | Laura Tamminen, FIN |
| 1940-1946 | Not held | |
| 1947 | Verné Lesche, FIN | Else Marie Kristiansen, NOR | Maggi Kvestad, NOR |
| 1948 | Mariya Isakova, URS | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | Zoiya Kholtchevnikova, URS |
| 1949 | Mariya Isakova, URS | Zoiya Kholtchevnikova, URS | Rimma Zhukova, URS |
| 1950 | Mariya Isakova, URS | Zinaida Krotova, URS | Rimma Zhukova, URS |
| 1951 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR | Ragnhild Mikkelsen, NOR |
| 1952 | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | Maria Anikanova, URS | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR |
| 1953 | Khalida Shchegoleyeva, URS | Rimma Zhukova, URS | Lidiya Selikhova, URS |
| 1954 | Lidia Selikhova, URS | Rimma Zhukova, URS | Sofiya Kondakova, URS |
| 1955 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | Tamara Rylova, URS | Sofiya Kondakova, URS |
| 1956 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | Rimma Zhukova, URS | Tamara Rylova, URS |
| 1957 | Inga Artamonova, URS | Tamara Rylova, URS | Lidiya Selikhova, URS |
| 1958 | Inga Artamonova, URS | Tamara Rylova, URS | Sofia Kondakova, URS |
| 1959 | Tamara Rylova, URS | Valentina Stenina, URS | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS |
| 1960 | Valentina Stenina, URS | Tamara Rylova, URS | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS |
| 1961 | Valentina Stenina, URS | Albina Tuzova, URS | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS |
| 1962 | Inga Artamonova, URS | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | Albina Tuzova, URS |
| 1963 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | Inga Artamonova, URS | Valentina Stenina, URS |
| 1964 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | Inga Artamonova, URS | Tamara Rylova, URS |
| 1965 | Inga Artamonova, URS | Valentina Stenina, URS | Stien Kaiser, NED |
| 1966 | Valentina Stenina, URS | Song-Soon Kim PRK | Stien Kaiser, NED |
| 1967 | Stien Kaiser, NED | Lasma Kauniste, URS | Dianne Holum, USA |
| 1968 | Stien Kaiser, NED | Ans Schut, NED | Carry Geijissen, NED |
| 1969 | Lasma Kauniste, URS | Stien Kaiser, NED | Ans Schut, NED |
| 1970 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | Stien Kaiser, NED | Sigrid Sundby, NOR |
| 1971 | Nina Statkevich, URS | Stien Kaiser, NED | Lyudmila Titova, URS |
| 1972 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | Stien Baas-Kaiser, NED | Dianne Holum, USA |
| 1973 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | Tatyana Shelekhova, URS | Trijnie Rep, NED |
| 1974 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | Tatyana Averina, URS | Nina Statkevich, URS |
| 1975 | Karin Kessow, GDR | Tatyana Averina, URS | Sheila Young, USA |
| 1976 | Sylvia Burka, CAN | Tatyana Averina, URS | Sheila Young, USA |
| 1977 | Vera Bryndzey, URS | Galina Stepanskaya, URS | Galina Nikitina, URS |
| 1978 | Tatyana Averina, URS | Galina Stepanskaya, URS | Marion Dittmann, GDR |
| 1979 | Beth Heiden, USA | Natalya Petrusshva, URS | Sylvia Burka, CAN |
| 1980 | Natalya Petrusshva, URS | Beth Heiden, USA | Bjørg Eva Jensen, NOR |
| 1981 | Natalya Petrusshva, URS | Karin Enke, GDR | Sarah Docter, USA |
| 1982 | Karin Busch, GDR | Andrea Schöne, GDR | Natalya Petrusshva, URS |
| 1983 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | Karin Enke, GDR | Valentina Lalenkova, URS |
| 1984 | Karin Enke, GDR | Andrea Schöne, GDR | Gabi Schönbrunn, GDR |
| 1985 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | Gabi Schönbrunn, GDR | Sabine Brehm, GDR |
| 1986 | Karin Kania, GDR | Andrea Ehrig, GDR | Sabine Brehm, GDR |
| 1987 | Karin Kania, GDR | Andrea Ehrig, GDR | Yvonne van Gennip, NED |
| 1988 | Karin Kania, GDR | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | Erwina Rys-Ferens, POL |
| 1989 | Constanze Moser, GDR | Gunda Kleemann, GDR | Yvonne van Gennip, NED |
| 1990 | Jacqueline Börner, GDR | Seiko Hashimoto, JPN | Constanze Moser, GDR |
| 1991 | Gunda Kleemann, NED | Heike Warnicke, NED | Lia van Schie, NED |
| 1992 | Gunda Niemann, GER | Emese Hunyady, AUT | Seiko Hashimoto, JPN |
| 1993 | Gunda Niemann, GER | Emese Hunyady, AUT | Heike Warnicke, NED |
| 1994 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | Ulrike Adeberg, GER | Mihaela Dascalu ROM |
| 1995 | Gunda Niemann, GER | Lyudmila Prokasheva KAZ | Annamarie Thomas, NED |
| 1996 | Gunda Niemann, GER | Claudia Pechstein, GER | Mie Uehara, JPN |
| 1997 | Gunda Niemann, GER | Claudia Pechstein, GER | Tonny de Jong, NED |
| 1998 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, GER | Claudia Pechstein, GER | Anni Friesinger, GER |
| 1999 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, GER | Claudia Pechstein, GER | Tonny de Jong, NED |
| 2000 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, GER | Maki Tabata, JPN |
| 2001 | Anni Friesinger, GER | Claudia Pechstein, GER | Renate Groenewold, NED |
| 2002 | Anni Friesinger, GER | Cindy Klassen, CAN | Claudia Pechstein, GER |
| 2003 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | Claudia Pechstein, GER | Daniela Anschutz, GER |
| 2004 | Renate Groenewold, NED | Claudia Pechstein, GER | Wieteke Cramer, NED |
| 2005 | Anni Friesinger, GER | Cindy Klassen, CAN | Claudia Pechstein, GER |
| 2006 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | Claudia Pechstein, GER | Kristina Groves, CAN |
| 2007 | Ireen Wüst, NED | Anni Friesinger, GER | Cindy Klassen, CAN |
| 2008 | Paulien van Deutekom, NED | Ireen Wüst, NED | Kristina Groves, CAN |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1936 | Kit Klein, USA | 53.3 | Minako Taki, JPN | 54.0 | Jane Bjerke, NOR | 54.8 |
| 1937 | Laila Schou Nilsen, NOR | 46.4 | Synnøve Lie, NOR | 49.9 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 51.2 |
| 1938 | Laila Schou Nilsen, NOR | 50.7 | Maddy Horn, USA | 51.2 | Gonne Donker, NED | 53.3 |
| 1939 | Gonne Donker, NED | 54.3 | Liisa Salmi, FIN | 54.7 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 55.7 |
| 1940-46 | Not held | | | | | |
| 1947 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 52.7 | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR | 53.3 | Betzy Baltzersen, NOR | 54.3 |
| 1948 | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | 49.7 | Mariya Isakova, URS | 50.2 | Zoiya Kholschevnikova, URS | 50.7 |
| 1949 | Marianna Valovova, URS,
&
Mariya Isakova, URS | 48.2 | | | Zoiya Kholschevnikova, URS | 48.7 |
| 1950 | Mariya Isakova, URS | 49.9 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 50.3 | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR | 50.4 |
| 1951 | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR | 49.4 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 50.8 | Maj-Britt Almér, SWE | 53.0 |
| 1952 | Natalja Dontsjenko, URS | 50.4 | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | 50.5 | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR | 50.8 |
| 1953 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 48.3 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 48.6 | Olga Akifyeva, URS | 48.7 |
| 1954 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 47.6 | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | 47.8 | Olga Akifyeva, URS | 48.9 |
| 1955 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 48.9 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 49.1 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 49.5 |
| 1956 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 47.9 | Vera Postnikova, URS | 48.5 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 48.7 |
| 1957 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 48.8 | Tamara Rylova, URS
&
Inga Artamonova, URS | 49.0 | | |
| 1958 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 47.6 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 48.0 | Rimma Belova, URS | 48.9 |
| 1959 | Tamara Rylova, URS,
&
Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 47.5 | Iris Sihvonen, FIN, Lidiya Skoblikova, URS,
&
Elsa Einarsson, SWE | 48.4 | | |
| 1960 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 49.5 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 49.7 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 50.1 |
| 1961 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 48.1 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS
&
Albina Tuzova, URS | 48.6 | | |
| 1962 | Elwira Seroczynska, POL | 47.6 | Elsa Einarsson, SWE | 47.8 | Helga Haase, GDR | 47.9 |
| 1963 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 45.4 | Irina Yegorova, URS | 45.8 | Gunilla Jacobsson, SWE | 46.7 |
| 1964 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS,
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Irina Yegorova, URS | 46.2 | Mary Lawler, USA | 46.4 | | |
| 1965 | Inga Voronina, URS | 46.8 | Irina Yegorova, URS | 47.3 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 47.6 |
| 1966 | Irina Yegorova, URS | 46.9 | Lyudmila Titova, URS | 47.4 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 47.7 |
| 1967 | Mary Meyers, USA | 46.0 | Dianne Holum, USA,
&
Irina Yegorova, URS | 46.1 | | |
| 1968 | Lyudmila Titova, URS | 46.2 | Dianne Holum, USA | 46.5 | Elly van den Brom, NED | 46.6 |
| 1969 | Kirsti Biermann, NOR | 45.1 | Ruth Schleiermacher, GDR | 45.5 | Lasma Kauniste, URS | 45.6 |
| 1970 | Lyudmila Titova, URS | 45.38 | Leah Poulos, USA | 45.73 | Lisbeth Berg, NOR | 46.01 |
| 1971 | Anne Henning, USA | 44.6 | Lyudmila Titova, URS | 45.8 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 46.4 |
| 1972 | Dianne Holum, USA | 43.59 | Leah Poulos, USA | 43.79 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 44.23 |
| 1973 | Sheila Young, USA | 43.56 | Sylvia Burka, CAN | 44.71 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 45.03 |
| 1974 | Sheila Young, USA | 44.44 | Keiko Hasegawa, JPN | 45.02 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 45.11 |
| 1975 | Sheila Young, USA | 42.3 | Cathy Priestner, CAN | 43.7 | Makiko Nagaya, JPN | 44.2 |
| 1976 | Sheila Young, USA | 42.26 | Leah Poulos, USA | 43.08 | Paula Halonen, FIN | 43.69 |
| 1977 | Vera Bryndzey, URS | 41.7 | Paula Halonen, FIN | 42.2 | Beth Heiden, USA | 42.5 |
| 1978 | Valentina Golovenkina, URS | 44.91 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 45.20 | Erwina Rys-Ferens, POL | 45.37 |
| 1979 | Beth Heiden, USA | 44.49 | Sylvia Albrecht, GDR | 44.83 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 44.88 |
| 1980 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 43.6 | Makiko Nagaya, JPN | 44.1 | Sylvia Burka, CAN,
&
Natalya Kurova, URS | 44.2 |
| 1981 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 42.93 | Karin Enke, GDR | 43.32 | Svetlana Kachuk, URS | 43.90 |
| 1982 | Karin Busch, GDR | 40.81 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 40.99 | Alie Boorsma, NED | 41.21 |
| 1983 | Natalya Glebova, URS | 41.66 | Karin Enke, GDR | 42.13 | Marzia Peretti, ITA | 42.44 |
| 1984 | Karin Enke, GDR | 42.04 | Natalya Shive, URS | 42.17 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 42.48 |
| 1985 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 41.0 | Irina Fateyeva, URS | 41.3 | Bonnie Blair, USA,
&
Seiko Hashimoto, JPN | 41.4 |
| 1986 | Karin Kania, GDR | 41.13 | Seiko Hashimoto, JPN | 42.06 | Bonnie Blair, USA | 42.11 |
| 1987 | Karin Kania, GDR | 41.38 | Jacqueline Börner, GDR | 41.81 | Katie Class, USA | 41.97 |
| 1988 | Karin Kania, GDR | 41.33 | Seiko Hashimoto, JPN | 42.17 | Erwina Rys-Ferens, POL | 42.85 |
| 1989 | Seiko Hashimoto, JPN | 42.59 | Ariane Loignon, CAN | 43.31 | Constanze Moser, GDR | 43.33 |
| 1990 | Seiko Hashimoto, JPN | 40.22 | Herma Meijer, NED | 41.09 | Zofia Tokarczyk, POL | 41.12 |
| 1991 | Ye Qiaobo, CHN | 41.85 | Seiko Hashimoto, JPN | 41.95 | Yoo Sun-Hee, KOR | 42.39 |
| 1992 | Ye Qiaobo, CHN | 40.09 | Seiko Hashimoto, JPN | 40.90 | Sandra Voetelink, NED | 41.48 |
| 1993 | Ye Qiaobo, CHN | 40.41 | Yoo Sun-Hee, KOR | 41.26 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 41.31 |
| 1994 | Ulrike Adeberg, GER | 41.36 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 41.80 | Emese Antal, AUT | 41.84 |
| 1995 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 41.00 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 41.27 | Moira D'Andrea, USA | 41.70 |
| 1996 | Becky Sundstrom, USA | 41.31 | Annamarie Thomas, NED | 41.32 | Moira D'Andrea, USA | 41.50 |
| 1997 | Annamarie Thomas, NED | 40.53 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 40.79 | Becky Sundstrom, USA | 40.89 |
| 1998 | Chris Witty, USA | 39.45 | Becky Sundstrom, USA | 39.97 | Annamarie Thomas, NED | 40.08 |
| 1999 | Annamarie Thomas, NED | 39.82 | Jennifer Rodriguez, USA | 39.86 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 39.93 |
| 2000 | Edel Therese Høiseth, NOR | 39.48 | Maki Tabata, JPN | 39.68 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 39.78 |
| 2001 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 39.99 | Jennifer Rodriguez, USA | 40.29 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 40.49 |
| 2002 | Jennifer Rodriguez, USA | 38.59 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 39.16 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 39.45 |
| 2003 | Jennifer Rodriguez, USA | 40.01 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 40.16 | Maki Tabata, JPN | 40.95 |
| 2004 | Jennifer Rodriguez, USA | 38.74 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 38.89 | Wieteke Cramer, NED | 39.40 |
| 2005 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 39.04 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 39.10 | Wieteke Cramer, NED | 40.05 |
| 2006 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 37.51 | Yekaterina Lobysheva, RUS
& Kristina Groves, CAN | 38.75 | | |
| 2007 | Jenny Wolf, GER | 74.42 | Beijing Wang, CHN | 74.53 | Sayuri Osuga, JPN | 75.20 |
| 2008 | Jenny Wolf, GER | 75.62 | Beijing Wang, CHN | 76.28 | Annette Gerritsen, NED | 77.09 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1936 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 1:53.6 | Synnøve Lie, NOR | 1:54.6 | Kit Klein, USA | 1:55.2 |
| 1937 | Laila Schou Nilsen, NOR | 1:38.8 | Synnøve Lie, NOR | 1:42.2 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 1:44.9 |
| 1938 | Laila Schou Nilsen, NOR | 1:40.3 | Maddy Horn, USA | 1:43.4 | Undis Blikken, NOR | 1:44.4 |
| 1939 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 1:55.9 | Liisa Salmi, FIN | 1:57.4 | Gonne Donker, NED | 1:58.8 |
| 1940-46 | Not held | | | | | |
| 1947 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 1:53.9 | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR | 1:58.3 | Else Marie Christiansen, NOR | 1:58.8 |
| 1948 | Mariya Isakova, URS | 1:42.8 | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | 1:45.3 | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR | 1:45.5 |
| 1949 | Mariya Isakova, URS,
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Zoiya Kholschevnikova, URS | 1:41.9 | | | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 1:43.5 |
| 1950 | Tatyana Karelina, URS | 1:49.2 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 1:52.0 | Olga Akifyeva, URS | 1:52.4 |
| 1951 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 1:42.5 | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR | 1:42.6 | Ragnhild Mikkelsen, NOR | 1:54.6 |
| 1952 | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | 1:43.0 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 1:44.1 | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR | 1:44.5 |
| 1953 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 1:38.5 | Khalida Stshegoleyeva, URS | 1:38.6 | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | 1:38.7 |
| 1954 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 1:40.2 | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | 1:41.0 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 1:41.1 |
| 1955 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 1:40.9 | Vera Postnikova, URS | 1:42.1 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 1:42.4 |
| 1956 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 1:40.2 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 1:40.6 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 1:41.8 |
| 1957 | Inga Artamonova, URS | 1:39.9 | Iris Sihvonen, FIN | 1:41.8 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 1:41.9 |
| 1958 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 1:43.3 | Inga Artamonova, URS | 1:44.3 | Rimma Belova, URS | 1:45.1 |
| 1959 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 1:41.0 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 1:41.4 | Inga Artamonova, URS | 1:42.5 |
| 1960 | Klara Guseva, URS | 1:40.2 | Helena Pilejczyk, POL | 1:40.7 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 1:41.2 |
| 1961 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 1:37.8 | Albina Tuzova, URS | 1:38.9 | Klara Guseva, URS | 1:39.4 |
| 1962 | Inga Voronina, URS | 1:41.6 | Jeva Ivanova, URS | 1:42.1 | Helga Haase, GDR,
&
Albina Tuzova, URS | 1:42.6 |
| 1963 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 1:31.8 | Wang Shuyuan, CHN | 1:34.6 | Inga Voronina, URS | 1:35.0 |
| 1964 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 1:34.9 | Inga Voronina, URS | 1:35.5 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 1:36.4 |
| 1965 | Inga Voronina, URS | 1:37.7 | Irina Yegorova, URS,
&
Valentina Stenina, URS | 1:39.4 | | |
| 1966 | Tatjana Rastopsjina, URS | 1:35.9 | Kim Song-Soon, PRK | 1:36.2 | Valentina Stenina, URS,
&
Stien Kaiser, NED | 1:36.3 |
| 1967 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 1:36.2 | Kim Song-Soon, PRK | 1:37.1 | Dianne Holum, USA | 1:37.5 |
| 1968 | Lyudmila Titova, URS | 1:34.5 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 1:35.0 | Carry Geijssen, NED | 1:35.1 |
| 1969 | Lasma Kauniste, URS | 1:31.2 | Elly van den Brom, NED | 1:31.9 | Lyudmila Titova, URS | 1:32.1 |
| 1970 | Lyudmila Titova, URS,
&
Sigrid Sundby, NOR | 1:32.6 | | | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 1:32.6 |
| 1971 | Dianne Holum, USA | 1:33.0 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 1:33.7 | Nina Statkevich, URS | 1:34.0 |
| 1972 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 1:30.49 | Stien Baas-Kaiser, NED | 1:31.20 | Dianne Holum, USA | 1:31.73 |
| 1973 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 1:30.41 | Monika Pflug, FRG | 1:30.69 | Tatyana Shelekhova, URS | 1:31.68 |
| 1974 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 1:28.91 | Erwina Rys, POL | 1:30.01 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 1:30.22 |
| 1975 | Sheila Young, USA | 1:30.87 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 1:30.97 | Cathy Priestner, CAN | 1:31.56 |
| 1976 | Sheila Young, USA | 1:28.69 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 1:29.58 | Sylvia Burka, CAN | 1:29.59 |
| 1977 | Vera Bryndzey, URS | 1:25.27 | Sylvia Burka, CAN | 1:25.67 | Galina Nikitina, URS | 1:25.91 |
| 1978 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 1:29.56 | Kim Kostron, USA | 1:29.99 | Sylvia Burka, CAN | 1:30.25 |
| 1979 | Beth Heiden, USA | 1:26.14 | Tatjana Barabasj, URS | 1:27.44 | Sylvia Burka, CAN | 1:27.53 |
| 1980 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 1:25.54 | Bjørg Eva Jensen, NOR | 1:27.35 | Beth Heiden, USA | 1:27.46 |
| 1981 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 1:25.90 | Karin Enke, GDR | 1:28.03 | Sarah Docter, USA | 1:28.57 |
| 1982 | Karin Busch, GDR | 1:20.98 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 1:22.28 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 1:23.14 |
| 1983-95 | Not Contested |
| 1996 | Annamarie Thomas, NED | 1:21.01 | Chris Witty, USA | 1:21.25 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 1:21.53 |
| 1997 | Marianne Timmer, NED | 1:21.31 | Sandra Zwolle, NED | 1:21.92 | Franziska Schenk, GER | 1:22.10 |
| 1998 | Chris Witty, USA | 1:14.96 | Catriona LeMay Doan, CAN | 1:15.28 | Franziska Schenk, GER | 1:15.46 |
| 1999 | Marianne Timmer, NED | 1:16.21 | Monique Garbrecht, GER | 1:16.75 | Catriona LeMay Doan, CAN | 1:16.97 |
| 2000 | Monique Garbrecht, GER | 1:16.59 | Marianne Timmer, NED | 1:16.71 | Chris Witty, USA | 1:17.28 |
| 2001 | Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt, GER | 1:14.13 | Sabine Völker, GER | 1:14.14 | Catriona LeMay Doan, CAN | 1:14.50 |
| 2003 | Anni Freisinger, GER | 1:16.85 | Jennifer Rodriguez, USA | 1:17.28 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 1:17.36 |
| 2004 | Anni Freisinger, GER | 1:17.82 | Marianne Timmer, NED | 1:18.50 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 1:18.68 |
| 2005 | Barbara de Loor, NED | 1:18.24 | Anni Freisinger, GER | 1:18.46 | Marianne Timmer, NED | 1:18.71 |
| 2007 | Ireen Wüst, NED | 1:13.83 | Anni Freisinger, GER | 1:14.26 | Christine Nesbitt, CAN | 1:14.44 |
| 2008 | Anni Freisinger, GER | 1:15.37 | Kristina Groves | 1:16.01 | Annette Gerritsen, NED | 1:16.35 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1956 | Sofiya Kondakova, URS | 2.38.0 | Nina Jasasjina, URS | 2.39.2 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 2.39.4 |
| 1957 | Inga Artamonova, URS | 2.37.0 | Vera Postnikova, URS | 2.37.4 | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | 2.38.3 |
| 1958 | Inga Artamonova, URS | 2.34.3 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 2.37.3 | Rimma Belova, URS | 2.38.6 |
| 1959 | Inga Artamonova, URS | 2.31.6 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 2.32.5 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 2.32.7 |
| 1960 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 2.37.6 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 2.37.7 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 2.38.4 |
| 1961 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 2.33.3 | Inga Voronina, URS | 2.34.5 | Albina Tuzova, URS | 2.37.2 |
| 1962 | Inga Voronina, URS | 2.32.2 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 2.34.5 | Kaneko Takahashi, JPN | 2.35.8 |
| 1963 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 2.23.3 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 2.23.5 | Inga Voronina, URS | 2.25.1 |
| 1964 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 2.26.7 | Inga Voronina, URS | 2.28.0 | Kaija Mustonen, FIN | 2.28.9 |
| 1965 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 2.27.5 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 2.28.2 | Lyudmila Osintseva, URS | 2.28.4 |
| 1966 | Kim Song-Soon, PRK | 2.29.4 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 2.31.4 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 2.31.5 |
| 1967 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 2.23.0 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 2.23.9 | Kaija Mustonen, FIN | 2.26.2 |
| 1968 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 2.26.4 | Ans Schut, NED | 2.28.4 | Carry Geijssen, NED | 2.29.8 |
| 1969 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 2.21.5 | Elly van den Brom, NED | 2.23.4 | Lasma Kauniste, URS,
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Lyudmila Mokhnacheva, URS | 2.23.7 |
| 1970 | Ans Schut, NED | 2.23.3 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 2.23.9 | Rieneke Demming, NED | 2.24.4 |
| 1971 | Nina Statkevich, URS | 2.23.2 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 2.24.9 | Dianne Holum, USA | 2.25.6 |
| 1972 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 2.17.98 | Stien Baas-Kaiser, NED | 2.18.09 | Dianne Holum, USA | 2.18.51 |
| 1973 | Galina Stepanskaya, URS | 2.20.88 | Sippie Tigchelaar, NED | 2.21.23 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 2.21.37 |
| 1974 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 2.19.07 | Sippie Tigchelaar, NED | 2.20.58 | Sheila Young, USA | 2.21.52 |
| 1975 | Karin Kessow, GDR | 2.19.31 | Erwina Rys, POL | 2.20.39 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 2.20.98 |
| 1976 | Sylvia Burka, CAN | 2.18.60 | Sijtje van der Lende, NED | 2.19.38 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 2.19.44 |
| 1977 | Galina Stepanskaya, URS | 2.11.85 | Sylvia Burka, CAN | 2.12.01 | Vera Bryndzey, URS | 2.12.43 |
| 1978 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 2.21.44 | Galina Stepanskaya, URS | 2.22.42 | Sylvia Filipsson, SWE | 2.22.81 |
| 1979 | Beth Heiden, USA | 2.13.79 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 2.14.73 | Sylvia Burka, CAN | 2.15.62 |
| 1980 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 2.15.98 | Sylvia Filipsson, SWE | 2.17.10 | Bjørg Eva Jensen, NOR | 2.17.12 |
| 1981 | Karin Enke, GDR | 2.13.58 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 2.13.70 | Bjørg Eva Jensen, NOR | 2.14.94 |
| 1982 | Karin Busch, GDR | 2.05.79 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 2.07.03 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 2.08.09 |
| 1983 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 2.10.19 | Karin Enke, GDR | 2.11.03 | Valentina Lalenkova, URS | 2.12.54 |
| 1984 | Karin Enke, GDR | 2.05.59 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 2.07.37 | Natalya Petrushova, URS | 2.09.58 |
| 1985 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 2.05.47 | Sabine Brehm, GDR | 2.06.15 | Gabi Schönbrunn, GDR | 2.08.10 |
| 1986 | Karin Kania, GDR | 2.08.34 | Andrea Ehrig, GDR | 2.09.45 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | 2.11.42 |
| 1987 | Karin Kania, GDR | 2.08.90 | Andrea Ehrig, GDR | 2.10.61 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | 2.11.81 |
| 1988 | Karin Kania, GDR | 2.09.75 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | 2.09.96 | Erwina Rys-Ferens, POL | 2.12.76 |
| 1989 | Yelena Lapuga, URS | 2.10.23 | Constanze Moser, GDR | 2.10.91 | Gunda Kleemann, GDR | 2.11.16 |
| 1990 | Wang Xiuli, CHN | 2.03.34 | Seiko Hashimoto, JPN | 2.03.80 | Constanze Moser, GDR | 2.03.91 |
| 1991 | Gunda Kleemann, GER | 2.09.45 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 2.11.52 | Heike Warnicke, GER | 2.12.42 |
| 1992 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 2.04.48 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 2.05.02 | Seiko Hashimoto, JPN | 2.06.34 |
| 1993 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 2.06.60 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 2.06.67 | Heike Warnicke, GER | 2.08.41 |
| 1994 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 2.07.13 | Mihaela Dascalu, ROM | 2.07.22 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 2.07.93 |
| 1995 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 2.03.86 | Lyudmila Prokasheva, KAZ | 2.06.15 | Annamarie Thomas, NED | 2.06.62 |
| 1996 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 2.06.13 | Svetlana Bazhanova, RUS | 2.07.02 | Mie Uehara, JPN | 2.07.62 |
| 1997 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 2.00.51 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 2.02.00 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 2.02.52 |
| 1998 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann GER | 1.58.69 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 1.59.26 | Chris Witty, USA | 1.59.46 |
| 1999 | Annamarie Thomas, NED | 1.56.96 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann GER | 1.57.24 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 1.57.51 |
| 2000 | Maki Tabata, JPN | 1.59.52 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 1.59.97 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann GER | 2.00.62 |
| 2001 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 2.03.38 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 2.04.35 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 2.05.00 |
| 2002 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 1.56.43 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 1.56.88 | Jennifer Rodriguez, USA | 1.57.71 |
| 2003 | Maki Tabata, JPN | 2:04.71 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 2:04.99 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 2:05.10 |
| 2004 | Jennifer Rodriguez, USA | 1:57.33 | Renate Groenewold, NED | 1:57.48 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 1:57.78 |
| 2005 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 1:57.35 | Ireen Wüst, NED | 1:58.17 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 1:58.23 |
| 2006 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 1:51.85 | Ireen Wüst, NED | 1:54.03 | Kristina Groves, CAN | 1:54.54 |
| 2007 | Ireen Wüst, NED | 1:52.71 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 1:53.40 | Kristina Groves, CAN | 1:54.39 |
| 2008 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 1:56.06 | Paulien van Deutekom, NED | 1:57.36 | Kristina Groves, CAN | 1:57.63 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1936 | Kit Klein, USA | 6.12.0 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 6.12.5 | Taeko Kitani, JPN | 6.17.8 |
| 1937 | Laila Schou Nilsen, NOR | 5.29.6 | Synnøve Lie, NOR | 5.31.8 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 5.35.5 |
| 1938 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 5.53.7 | Synnøve Lie, NOR | 6.01.4 | Undis Blikken, NOR | 6.05.8 |
| 1939 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 6.20.3 | Gonne Donker, NED,
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Laura Tamminen, FIN | 6.43.6 | | |
| 1940-46 | Not held | | | | | |
| 1947 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 5.43.8 | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR | 6.07.8 | Maggi Kvestad, NOR | 6.23.3 |
| 1948 | Mariya Isakova, URS | 5.34.9 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 5.38.5 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 5.45.8 |
| 1949 | Mariya Isakova, URS | 5.29.7 | Zoiya Kholschevnikova, URS | 5.30.3 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 5.30.8 |
| 1950 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 5.36.8 | Tatyana Karelina, URS | 5.38.8 | Mariya Isakova, URS | 5.39.6 |
| 1951 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 5.39.1 | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR | 5.56.0 | Maj-Britt Almér, SWE | 6.13.3 |
| 1952 | Marija Anikanova, URS | 5.41.5 | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | 5.45.2 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 5.46.7 |
| 1953 | Khalida Stshegoleyeva, URS | 5.25.8 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 5.28.4 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 5.29.9 |
| 1954 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 5.26.3 | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | 5.29.3 | Khalida Stshegoleyeva, URS | 5.29.9 |
| 1955 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 5.33.1 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 5.37.3 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 5.40.9 |
| 1956 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 5.32.7 | Vera Postnikova, URS | 5.34.5 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 5.36.0 |
| 1957 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 5.33.8 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 5.34.4 | Inga Artamonova, URS | 5.37.3 |
| 1958 | Inga Artamonova, URS | 5.33.0 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 5.42.8 | | |
| 1959 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 5.30.3 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 5.30.6 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 5.33.2 |
| 1960 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 5.23.9 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 5.31.8 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 5.34.8 |
| 1961 | Inga Voronina, URS | 5.23.4 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 5.26.6 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 5.29.5 |
| 1962 | Inga Voronina, URS | 5.27.3 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 5.30.2 | Albina Tuzova, URS | 5.35.2 |
| 1963 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 5.10.5 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 5.12.6 | Inga Voronina, URS | 5.13.6 |
| 1964 | Lidiya Skoblikova, URS | 5.11.4 | Inga Voronina, URS | 5.12.3 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 5.14.4 |
| 1965 | Inga Voronina, URS | 5.18.2 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 5.20.4 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 5.21.0 |
| 1966 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 5.06.6 | Valentina Stenina, URS | 5.08.3 | Han Pil-Hwa, PRK | 5.10.9 |
| 1967 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 5.18.7 | Ans Schut, NED | 5.20.8 | Kaija Mustonen, FIN | 5.27.3 |
| 1968 | Ans Schut, NED | 5.04.8 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 5.08.7 | Kaija Mustonen, FIN | 5.14.8 |
| 1969 | Ans Schut, NED | 4.52.0 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 4.53.2 | Wil Burgmeijer, NED | 4.59.1 |
| 1970 | Ans Schut, NED | 4.56.2 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 5.01.4 | Rieneke Demming, NED | 5.04.7 |
| 1971 | Stien Kaiser, NED | 4.57.5 | Ans Schut, NED | 4.57.6 | Nina Statkevich, URS | 4.59.2 |
| 1972 | Stien Baas-Kaiser, NED | 4.54.62 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 4.59.24 | Kapitolina Seregina, URS | 5.03.66 |
| 1973 | Sippie Tigchelaar, NED | 4.50.26 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 4.51.55 | Nina Statkevich, URS | 4.55.49 |
| 1974 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra, NED | 4.49.07 | Sippie Tigchelaar, NED | 4.50.23 | Nina Statkevich, URS | 4.51.03 |
| 1975 | Sippie Tigchelaar, NED | 4.51.05 | Karin Kessow, GDR | 4.55.24 | Tatyana Averina, URS | 4.58.05 |
| 1976 | Karin Kessow, GDR | 4.51.01 | Sylvia Filipsson, SWE | 4.55.61 | Monika Zernicek, GDR | 4.55.66 |
| 1977 | Galina Stepanskaya, URS | 4.46.45 | Beth Heiden, USA | 4.48.43 | Galina Nikitina, URS | 4.48.49 |
| 1978 | Marion Dittmann, GDR | 4.54.24 | Galina Stepanskaya, URS | 4.54.27 | Bjørg Eva Jensen, NOR | 4.54.99 |
| 1979 | Beth Heiden, USA | 4.41.24f | Bjørg Eva Jensen, NOR | 4.42.06 | Ria Visser, NED | 4.43.01 |
| 1980 | Bjørg Eva Jensen, NOR | 4.37.45 | Beth Heiden, USA | 4.38.34 | Sarah Docter, USA | 4.40.92 |
| 1981 | Olga Pleshkova, URS | 4.44.51 | Bjørg Eva Jensen, NOR | 4.46.20 | Sarah Docter, USA | 4.46.60 |
| 1982 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 4.24.26 | Gabi Schönbrunn, GDR | 4.27.86 | Sarah Docter, USA | 4.28.05 |
| 1983 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 4.30.33 | Gabi Schönbrunn, GDR | 4.35.79 | Bjørg Eva Jensen, NOR | 4.36.41 |
| 1984 | Karin Enke, GDR | 4.28.20 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 4.28.92 | Mary Docter, USA | 4.32.44 |
| 1985 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 4.34.49 | Gabi Schönbrunn, GDR | 4.37.27 | Heike Schalling, GDR | 4.37.86 |
| 1986 | Karin Kania, GDR | 4.27.77 | Andrea Ehrig, GDR | 4.29.41 | Sabine Brehm, GDR | 4.34.86 |
| 1987 | Andrea Ehrig, GDR | 4.30.10 | Karin Kania, GDR | 4.32.16 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | 4.37.33 |
| 1988 | Karin Kania, GDR | 4.34.78 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | 4.37.58 | Gabi Zange, GDR | 4.39.74 |
| 1989 | Constanze Moser, GDR | 4.39.56 | Heike Schalling, GDR | 4.40.36 | Jacqueline Börner, GDR | 4.41.00 |
| 1990 | Jacqueline Börner, GDR | 4.19.86 | Gunda Kleemann, GDR | 4.20.15 | Heike Schalling, GDR | 4.21.61 |
| 1991 | Gunda Kleemann, GER | 4.32.00 | Heike Warnicke, GER | 4.38.70 | Lia van Schie, NED | 4.40.62 |
| 1992 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 4.22.30 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 4.22.64 | Svetlana Boyko, URS | 4.23.59 |
| 1993 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 4.23.15 | Heike Warnicke, GER | 4.23.64 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 4.26.59 |
| 1994 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 4.30.59 | Ulrike Adeberg, GER | 4.30.71 | Mihaela Dascalu, ROM | 4.32.41 |
| 1995 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 4.24.72 | Carla Zijlstra, NED | 4.25.06 | Lyudmila Prokasheva, KAZ | 4.26.13 |
| 1996 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 4.22.59 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 4.27.96 | Mie Uehara, JPN | 4.28.21 |
| 1997 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 4.10.40 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 4.13.95 | Tonny de Jong, NED | 4.15.91 |
| 1998 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann GER | 4.05.08 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 4.07.36 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 4.11.57 |
| 1999 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann GER | 4.02.01 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 4.04.46 | Barbara de Loor, NED | 4.08.69 |
| 2000 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 4.06.44 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann GER | 4.06.83 | Maki Tabata, JPN | 4.13.79 |
| 2001 | Renate Groenewold, NED | 4.16.57 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 4.18.32 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 4.19.78 |
| 2002 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 4.08.02 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 4.09.32 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 4.11.20 |
| 2003 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 4:19.99 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 4:21.28 | Clara Hughes, CAN | 4:21.38 |
| 2004 | Renate Groenewold, NED | 4:04.58 | Gretha Smit, NED | 4:05.25 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 4:05.62 |
| 2005 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 4:05.64 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 4:06.30 | Daniela Anschutz, GER | 4:07.97 |
| 2007 | Martina Sablikova, CZE | 3:58.09 | Renate Groenewold, NED | 3:58.41 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 3:58.50 |
| 2008 | Kristina Groves, CAN | 4:05.03 | Paulien van Deutekom, NED | 4:05.49 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, GER | 4:05.76 |
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| Year | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 1936 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 10.15.3 | Kit Klein, USA | 10.18.0 | Taeko Kitani, JPN | 10.20.3 |
| 1937 | Laila Schou Nilsen, NOR | 9.28.3 | Synnøve Lie, NOR | 9.29.6 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 9.37.8 |
| 1938 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 9.43.6 | Synnøve Lie, NOR | 9.44.7 | Laila Schou Nilsen, NOR | 9.46.2 |
| 1939 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 10.27.6 | Laura Tamminen, FIN | 10.59.2 | Zofia Nehringowa, POL | 11.07.0 |
| 1940-46 | Not held | | | | | |
| 1947 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 9.51.7 | Maggi Kvestad, NOR | 11.13.5 | Else Marie Christiansen, NOR | 11.28.6 |
| 1948 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 9.39.5 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 9.49.6 | Mariya Isakova, URS | 9.49.8 |
| 1949 | Verne Lesche, FIN | 9.26.8 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 9.27.1 | Zoiya Kholschevnikova, URS | 9.41.9 |
| 1950 | Zinaida Krotova, URS | 11.12.9 | Mariya Isakova, URS | 11.15.9 | Margarita Antonova, URS | 11.26.0 |
| 1951 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 9.45.8 | Randi Thorvaldsen, NOR | 9.54.8 | Maj-Britt Almér, SWE | 10.29.4 |
| 1952 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 9.32.4 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 9.33.1 | Marija Anikanova, URS | 9.42.0 |
| 1953 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 9.06.1 | Khalida Stshegoleyeva, URS | 9.08.4 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 9.14.3 |
| 1954 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 9.20.2 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 9.22.6 | Lidiya Selikhova, URS | 9.27.0 |
| 1955 | Rimma Zhukova, URS | 9.26.4 | Eevi Huttunen, FIN | 9.30.6 | Tamara Rylova, URS | 9.39.9 |
| 1956-1982 | Not held | | | | | |
| 1983 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 7.54.42 | Sabine Brehm, GDR | 7.58.46 | Gabi Schönbrunn, GDR | 8.03.83 |
| 1984 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 7.46.04 | Karin Enke, GDR | 7.49.07 | Gabi Schönbrunn, GDR | 7.51.73 |
| 1985 | Andrea Schöne, GDR | 7.32.82 | Gabi Schönbrunn, GDR | 7.36.87 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | 7.38.87 |
| 1986 | Andrea Ehrig, GDR | 7.42.89 | Sabine Brehm, GDR | 7.48.62 | Gabi Schönbrunn, GDR | 7.50.73 |
| 1987 | Andrea Ehrig, GDR | 7.46.96 | Karin Kania, GDR | 7.50.15 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | 7.53.27 |
| 1988 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | 7.53.31 | Gabi Zange, GDR | 7.59.06 | Karin Kania, GDR | 7.59.37 |
| 1989 | Gunda Kleemann, GDR | 7.58.23 | Constanze Moser, GDR | 7.58.30 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | 7.59.92 |
| 1990 | Heike Schalling, GDR | 7.28.37 | Elena Belci-Dal Farra, ITA | 7.28.75 | Constanze Moser, GDR | 7.29.88 |
| 1991 | Gunda Kleemann, GER | 7.43.10 | Heike Warnicke, GER | 7.53.64 | Svetlana Boyko, URS | 7.54.39 |
| 1992 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 7.23.62 | Svetlana Boyko, URS | 7.28.03 | Carla Zijlstra, NED | 7.30.36 |
| 1993 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 7.25.83 | Carla Zijlstra, NED | 7.32.38 | Heike Warnicke, GER | 7.33.48 |
| 1994 | Emese Hunyady, AUT | 8.02.06 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 8.04.77 | Lyudmila Prokasheva, KAZ | 8.04.97 |
| 1995 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 7.28.70 | Carla Zijlstra, NED | 7.37.53 | Heike Warnicke, GER | 7.39.42 |
| 1996 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 7.38.02 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 7.38.34 | Mie Uehara, JPN | 7.48.46 |
| 1997 | Gunda Niemann, GER | 7.10.15 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 7.17.04 | Tonny de Jong, NED | 7.14.39 |
| 1998 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann GER | 7.00.41 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 7.05.70 | Tonny de Jong, NED | 7.06.34 |
| 1999 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann GER | 6.57.24 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 7.03.86 | Barbara de Loor, NED | 7.08.22 |
| 2000 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann GER | 7.02.11 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 7.05.87 | Maki Tabata, JPN | 7.14.78 |
| 2001 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 7.21.68 | Renate Groenewold, NED | 7.25.02 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 7.25.78 |
| 2002 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 7.01.31 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 7.04.86 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 7.06.64 |
| 2003 | Clara Hughes, CAN | 7:25.88 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 7:29.50 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 7:31.39 |
| 2004 | Gretha Smit, NED | 7:02.89 | Renate Groenewold, NED | 7:03.90 | Clara Hughes, CAN | 7:06.30 |
| 2005 | Anni Friesinger, GER | 7:04.61 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 7:05.08 | Clara Hughes, CAN | 7:05.69 |
| 2006 | Cindy Klassen, CAN | 6:48.97 | Martina Sablikova, CZE | 6:50.45 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 6:51.11 |
| 2007 | Martina Sablikova, CZE | 6:45.61 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | 6:50.79 | Kristina Groves, CAN | 6:58.41 |
| 2008 | Martina Sablikova, CZE | 6:58.22 | Clara Hughes, CAN | 7:04.79 | Kristina Groves, CAN | 7:04.94 |
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