| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 |
Irina Press URS(UKR) Ingrid Becker FRG Mary Peters GBR Siegrun Siegl GDR Nadezhda Tkachenko URS(UKR) |
5246 5098A 4801 4745 5083 |
Mary Rand GBR Liese Prokop AUT Heide Rosendahl FRG Christine Laser GDR Olga Rukavishnikova URS(RUS) |
5035 4966A 4791 4745 4937 |
Galina Bystrova URS(RUS) Annamária Tóth HUN Burglinde Pollak GDR Burglinde Pollak GDR Olga Kuragina URS(RUS) |
4956 4959A 4768 4740 4875 |
Above scores given using tables in use at time of competition. Major changes to tables were made in 1971. 100 metres hurdles replaced 80 metres hurdles in 1972 & 800 metres replaced 200 metres in 1980.
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 |
Glynis Nunn AUS Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Ghada Shouaa SYR Denise Lewis GBR Carolina Klüft SWE Natalia Dobrynska UKR Jessica Ennis |
6390 7291 7044 6780 6584 6952 6733 6955 |
Jackie Joyner USA Sabine John GDR Irina Belova EUN(RUS) Natalya Sazanovich BLR Yelena Prokhorova RUS Austra Skujyté LTU Hyleas Fountain USA Lilli Schwarzkopf GER |
6385 6897 6845 6563 6531 6435 6619 6649 |
Sabine Everts FRG Anke Behmer GDR Sabine Braun GER Denise Lewis GBR Natalya Sazanovich BLR Kelly Sotherton GBR Tatyana Chernova RUS Tatyana Chernova RUS |
6363 6858 6649 6489 6527 6424 6591 6628 |
Above scores given using tables in use at time of competition. Major changes to tables were made in 1985.
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1992 1996 |
Chen Yueling CHN Yelena Nikolayeva RUS |
44:32 41:49 |
Yelena Nikolayeva EUN(RUS) Elisabetta Perrone ITA |
44:33 42:12 |
Li Chunxiu CHN Wang Yan CHN |
44:41 42:19 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 2000 2004 2008 2012 |
Wang Liping CHN Athanasia Tsoumeleka GRE Olga Kaniskina RUS Yelena Lashmanova RUS |
1:29:05 1:29:12 1:26:31 1:25:02 |
Kjersti Tysse Plätzer NOR Olimpiada Ivanova RUS Kjersti Tysse Plätzer NOR Olga Kaniskina RUS |
1:29:33 1:29:16 1:27:07 1:25:09 |
María Vasco ESP Jane Saville AUS Elisa Rigaudo ITA Qieyang Shenjie CHN |
1:30:23 1:29:25 1:27:12 1:25:16 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 |
Canada United States United States Netherlands United States Australia United States Poland United States F.R. Germany German D.R. German D.R. United States United States United States United States Bahamas Jamaica Russia United States |
48.4 46.86 46.9 47.5 46.14 44.65 44.72 43.69 42.88A 42.81 42.55 41.60 41.65 41.98 42.11 41.95 41.95 41.73 42.31 40.82 |
United States Canada Great Britain & N.I. Australia Germany Great Britain & N.I. Germany United States Cuba German D.R. F.R. Germany Soviet Union Canada German D.R. Unified Team Bahamas Jamaica Russia Belgium Jamaica |
48.8e 47.0 47.6 47.6 46.18 44.70 45.00 43.92 43.36A 42.95 42.59 42.10 42.77 42.09 42.16 42.14 42.13 42.27 42.54 41.41 |
Germany Great Britain & N.I. Canada Canada Great Britain & N.I. United States Poland Great Britain & N.I. Soviet Union Cuba Soviet Union Great Britain & N.I. Great Britain & N.I. Soviet Union Nigeria Jamaica United States France Nigeria Ukraine |
49.0e 47.6 47.8 47.8 46.41 45.04 45.19 44.09 43.41A 43.36 43.09 42.43 43.11 42.75 42.81 42.24 42.20 42.54 43.04 42.04 |
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 |
German D.R. German D.R. Soviet Union United States Soviet Union Unified Team United States United States United States United States United States |
3:22.95 3:19.23 3:20.12 3:18.29 3:15.17 3:20.20 3:20.91 3:22.62 3:19.01 3:18.54 3:16.87 |
United States United States German D.R. Canada United States United States Nigeria Jamaica Russia Russia Russia |
3:25.15 3:22.81 3:20.35 3:21.21 3:15.51 3:20.92 3:21.04 3:23.25 3:20.16 3:18.82 3:20.23 |
F.R. Germany Soviet Union Great Britain & N.I. F.R. Germany German D.R. Great Britain & N.I. Germany Russia Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica |
3:26.51 3:24.24 3:27.5a 3:22.98 3:18.29 3:24.23 3:21.14 3:23.46 3:22.00 3:20.40 3:20.95 |