World Championships medallists, women’s field

High Jump

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1983
1987
1991
1993
1995
1997
-
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
-
2009
2011
Tamara Bykova URS(RUS)
Stefka Kostadinova BUL
Heike Henkel GER
Ioamnet Quintero CUB
Stefka Kostadinova BUL
Hanne Haugland NOR
-
Inga Babakova UKR
Hestrie Cloete RSA
Hestrie Cloete RSA
Kajsa Bergqvist SWE
Blanka Vlašic CRO
-
Blanka Vlašic CRO
Anna Chicherova RUS
2.01
2.09
2.05
1.99
2.01
1.99
-
1.99
2.00
2.06
2.02
2.05
-
2.04
2.03
Ulrike Meyfarth FRG
Tamara Bykova URS(RUS)
Yelena Yelesina URS(RUS)
Silvia Costa CUB
Alina Astafei GER
Inga Babakova UKR &
Olga Kaliturina RUS
Yelena Yelesina RUS
Inga Babakova UKR
Marina Kuptsova RUS
Chaunté Howard USA
Antonietta Di Martino ITA
Anna Chicherova RUS
Anna Chicherova RUS
Blanka Vlašic CRO
1.99
2.04
1.98
1.97
1.99
1.96
-
1.99
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.03
2.03
2.02
2.03
Louise Ritter USA
Susanne Beyer GDR
Inga Babakova URS(UKR)
Sigrid Kirchmann AUT
Inga Babakova UKR
-
-
Svetlana Lapina RUS
Kajsa Bergqvist SWE
Kajsa Bergqvist SWE
Emma Green SWE
-
-
Ariane Friedrich GER
Antonietta Di Martino ITA
1.95
1.99
1.96
1.97
1.99
-
-
1.99
1.97
2.00
1.96
-
-
2.02
2.00

Pole Vault

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
-
2011
Stacy Dragila USA
Stacy Dragila USA
Svetlana Feofanova RUS
Yelena Isinbayeva RUS
Yelena Isinbayeva RUS
Anna Rogowska POL
-
Fabiana Murer BRA
4.60
4.75
4.75
5.01
4.80
4.75
-
4.85
Anzhela Balakhonova UKR
Svetlana Feofanova RUS
Annika Becker GER
Monika Pyrek POL
Katerina Badurová CZE
Monika Pyrek POL
Chelsea Johnson USA
Martina Strutz GER
4.55
4.75
4.70
4.60
4.75
4.65
4.65
4.80
Tatiana Grigorieva AUS
Monika Pyrek POL
Yelena Isinbayeva RUS
Pavla Hamácková CZE
Svetlana Feofanova RUS
-
-
Svetlana Feofanova RUS
4.45
4.55
4.65
4.50
4.75
-
-
4.75

Long Jump

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1983
1987
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
Heike Daute GDR
Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA
Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA
Heike Drechsler GER
Fiona May ITA
Lyudmila Galkina RUS
Niurka Montalvo ESP
Fiona May ITA
Eunice Barber FRA
Tianna Madison USA
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS
Brittney Reese USA
Brittney Reese USA
7.27w
7.36
7.32
7.11
6.98w
7.05
7.06
7.02w
6.99
6.89
7.03
7.10
6.82
Anisoara Cusmir ROU
Yelena Belevskaya URS(BLR)
Heike Drechsler GER
Larisa Berezhnaya UKR
Niurka Montalvo CUB
Niki Xanthou GRE
Fiona May ITA
Tatyana Kotova RUS
Tatyana Kotova RUS
Tatyana Kotova RUS
Lyudmila Kolchanova RUS
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS
Olga Kucherenko RUS
7.15w
7.14
7.29
6.98
6.86
6.94
6.94
7.01w
6.74
6.79
6.92
6.97
6.77
Carol Lewis USA
Heike Drechsler (Daute) GDR
Larisa Berezhnaya URS(UKR)
Renata Nielsen DEN
Irina Mushayilova RUS
Fiona May ITA
Marion Jones USA
Niurka Montalvo ESP
Anju Bobby George IND
Eunice Barber FRA
Tatyana Kotova RUS
Karin Mey Melis TUR
Ineta Radēviča LAT
7.04w
7.13
7.11
6.76
6.83w
6.91
6.83
6.88w
6.70
6.76w
6.90
6.80
6.76

Triple Jump

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
Anna Biryukova RUS
Inessa Kravets UKR
Šárka Kašpárková CZE
Paraskevi Tsiamita GRE
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS
Trecia Smith JAM
Yargelis Savigne CUB
Yargelis Savigne CUB
Olga Saladukha UKR
15.09
15.50
15.20
14.88
15.25
15.18
15.11
15.28
14.95
14.94
Yolanda Chen RUS
Iva Prandzheva BUL
Rodica Mateescu ROU
Yamilé Aldama CUB
Françoise Mbango Etone CMR
Françoise Mbango Etone CMR
Yargelis Savigne CUB
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS
Mabel Gay CUB
Olga Rypakova KAZ
14.70
15.18
15.16
14.61
14.60
15.05
14.82
15.07
14.61
14.89
Iva Prandzheva BUL
Anna Biryukova RUS
Yelena Govorova UKR
Olga Vasdeki GRE
Tereza Marinova BUL
Magdelín Martínez ITA
Anna Pyatykh RUS
Chrysopigi Devetzi GRE
Anna Pyatykh RUS
Caterine Ibargüen COL
14.23
15.08
14.67
14.61
14.58
14.90
14.78
15.04
14.58
14.84

Shot

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1983
1987
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
Helena Fibingerová TCH(CZE)
Natalya Lisovskaya URS(RUS)
Huang Zhihong CHN
Huang Zhihong CHN
Astrid Kumbernuss GER
Astrid Kumbernuss GER
Astrid Kumbernuss GER
Yanina Korolchik BLR
Svetlana Krivelyova RUS
Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR
Valerie Adams NZL
Valerie Adams NZL
Valerie Adams NZL
21.05
21.24
20.83
20.57
21.22
20.71
19.85
20.61
20.63
20.51
20.54
20.44
21.24
Helma Knorscheidt GDR
Kathrin Neimke GDR
Natalya Lisovskaya URS(RUS)
Svetlana Krivelyova RUS
Huang Zhihong CHN
Vita Pavlysh UKR
Nadine Kleinert GER
Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt GER
Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR
Olga Ryabinkina RUS
Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR
Nadine Kleinert GER
Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR
20.70
21.21
20.29
19.97
20.04
20.66
19.61
19.86
20.12
19.64
20.48
20.20
20.05
Ilona Slupianek GDR
Ines Müller GDR
Svetlana Krivelyova URS(RUS)
Kathrin Neimke GER
Svetla Mitkova BUL
Stephanie Storp GER
Svetlana Krivelyova RUS
Vita Pavlysh UKR
Vita Pavlysh UKR
Valerie Vili NZL
Nadine Kleinert GER
Gong Lijiao CHN
Jillian Camarena-Williams USA
20.56
20.76
20.16
19.71
19.56
19.22
19.43
19.41
20.08
19.62
19.77
19.89
20.02

Discus

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1983
1987
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
Martina Opitz GDR
Martina Hellmann (Opitz) GDR
Tsvetanka Khristova BUL
Olga Burova RUS
Ellina Zvereva BLR
Beatrice Faumuina NZL
Franka Dietzsch GER
Ellina Zvereva BLR
Irina Yatchenko BLR
Franka Dietzsch GER
Franka Dietzsch GER
Dani Samuels AUS
Li Yanfeng CHN
68.94
71.62
71.02
67.40
68.64
66.82
68.14
67.10
67.32
66.56
66.61
65.44
66.52
Galina Murašova URS(LTU)
Diana Gansky GDR
Ilke Wyludda GER
Daniela Costian AUS
Ilke Wyludda GER
Ellina Zvereva BLR
Anastasia Kelesidou GRE
Nicoleta Grasu ROU
Anastasia Kelesidou GRE
Natalya Sadova RUS
Yarelis Barrios CUB
Yarelis Barrios CUB
Nadine Müller GER
67.44
70.12
69.12
65.36
67.20
65.90
66.05
66.24
67.14
64.33
63.90
65.31
65.97
Maria Petkova BUL
Tsvetanka Khristova BUL
Larisa Mikhalchenko URS(UKR)
Min Chunfeng CHN
Olga Chernyavskaya RUS
Natalya Sadova RUS
Nicoleta Grasu ROU
Anastasia Kelesidou GRE
Ekaterini Vogoli GRE
Vera Cechlová CZE
Nicoleta Grasu ROU
Nicoleta Grasu ROU
Yarelis Barrios CUB
66.44
68.82
68.26
65.26
66.86
65.14
65.35
65.50
66.73
63.19
63.40
65.20
65.73

Hammer

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
Mihaela Melinte ROU
Yipsi Moreno CUB
Yipsi Moreno CUB
Olga Kuzenkova RUS
Betty Heidler GER
Anita Wlodarczyk POL
Tatyana Lysenko RUS
75.20
70.65
73.33
75.10
74.76
77.96
77.13
Olga Kuzenkova RUS
Olga Kuzenkova RUS
Olga Kuzenkova RUS
Yipsi Moreno CUB
Yipsi Moreno CUB
Betty Heidler GER
Betty Heidler GER
72.56
70.61
71.71
73.08
74.74
77.12
76.06
Lisa Misipeka ASA
Bronwyn Eagles AUS
Manuela Montebrun FRA
Tatyana Lysenko RUS
Zhang Wenxiu CHN
Martina Hrasnova SVK
Zhang Wenxiu CHN
66.06
68.87
70.92
72.46
74.39
74.49
75.03

Javelin

(new model from 1999)

  GOLD   SILVER   BRONZE  
1983
1987
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
Tiina Lillak FIN
Fatima Whitbread GBR
Xu Demei CHN
Trine Hattestad NOR
Natalya Shikolenko BLR
Trine Hattestad NOR
Mirela Tzelili GRE
Osleidys Menéndez CUB
Mirela Manjani (Tzelili) GRE
Osleidys Menéndez CUB
Barbora Špotáková CZE
Steffi Nerius GER
Mariya Abakumova RUS
70.82
76.64
68.78
69.18
67.56
68.78
67.09
69.53
66.52
71.70
67.07
67.30
71.99
Fatima Whitbread GBR
Petra Felke GDR
Petra Meier (Felke) GER
Karen Forkel GER
Felicia Tilea ROU
Joanna Stone AUS
Tatyana Shikolenko RUS
Mirela Tzelili GRE
Tatyana Shikolenko RUS
Christina Obergföll GER
Christina Obergföll GER
Barbora Špotáková CZE
Barbora Špotáková CZE
69.14
71.76
68.68
65.80
65.22
68.64
66.37
65.78
63.28
70.03
66.46
66.42
71.58
Anna Verouli GRE
Beate Peters FRG
Silke Renk GER
Natalya Shikolenko BLR
Mikaela Ingberg FIN
Tanja Damaske GER
Trine Hattestad NOR
Sonia Bicet CUB
Steffi Nerius GER
Steffi Nerius GER
Steffi Nerius GER
Mariya Abakumova RUS
Sunette Viljoen RSA
65.72
68.82
66.80
65.64
65.16
67.12
66.06
64.69
62.70
65.96
64.42
66.06
68.38