World Championships medallists, women’s multis, walks and relays
Heptathlon
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Ramona Neubert GDR Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Sabine Braun GER Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA Ghada Shouaa SYR Sabine Braun GER Eunice Barber FRA Yelena Prokhorova RUS Carolina Klüft SWE Carolina Klüft SWE Carolina Klüft SWE Jessica Ennis GBR Tatyana Chernova USA |
6714 7128 6672 6837 6651 6739 6861 6694 7001 6887 7032 6731 6880 |
Sabine Paetz GDR Larisa Nikitina URS(RUS) Liliana Nastase ROU Sabine Braun GER Svetlana Moskalets RUS Denise Lewis GBR Denise Lewis GBR Natalya Sazanovich BLR Eunice Barber FRA Eunice Barber FRA Lyudmila Blonska UKR Jennifer Oeser GER Jessica Ennis GBR |
6662 6564 6493 6797 6575 6654 6724 6539 6755 6824 6832 6493 6751 |
Anke Vater GDR Jane Frederick USA Irina Belova URS(RUS) Svetlana Buraga BLR Rita Ináncsi HUN Remigija Nazaroviené LTU Ghada Shouaa SYR Shelia Burrell USA Natalya Sazanovich BLR Margaret Simpson GHA Kelly Sotherton GBR Kamila Chudzik POL Jennifer Oeser GER |
6532 6502 6448 6635 6522 6566 6500 6472 6524 6375 6510 6471 6572 |
Above scores given using tables in use at time of competition. Major changes to tables were made in 1985.
10 Kilometres Road Walk
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 |
Irina Strakhova URS(RUS) Alina Ivanova URS(UKR) Sari Essayah FIN Irina Stankina RUS Annarita Sidoti ITA |
44:12 42:57 42:59 42:13 42:55.49t |
Kerry Saxby AUS Madelein Svensson SWE Ileana Salvador ITA Elisabetta Perrone ITA Olga Kardopoltseva BLR |
44:23 43:13 43:08 42:16 43:30.20t |
Yan Hong CHN Sari Essayah FIN Encarna Granados ESP Yelena Nikolayeva RUS Valentina Tsybulskaya BLR |
44:42 43:13 43:21 42:20 43:49.24t |
t – track
20 Kilometres Road Walk
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Liu Hongyu CHN Olimpiada Ivanova RUS Yelena Nikolayeva RUS Olimpiada Ivanova RUS Olga Kaniskina RUS Olga Kaniskina RUS Olga Kaniskina RUS |
1:30:50 1:27:48 1:26:52 1:25:41 1:30:09 1:28:09 1:29:42 |
Wang Yan CHN Valentina Tsybulskaya BLR Gillian O’Sullivan IRL Ryta Turava BLR Tatyana Shemyakina RUS Olive Loughnane IRL Hong Liu CHN |
1:30:52 1:28:49 1:27:34 1:27:05 1:30:42 1:28:58 1:30:00 |
Kerry Saxby-Junna AUS Elisabetta Perrone ITA Valentina Tsybulskaya BLR Susana Feitor POR Maria Vasco ESP Hong Liu CHN Anisya Kirdyapkina RUS |
1:31:18 1:28:56 1:28:10 1:28:44 1:30:47 1:29:10 1:30:13 |
4 x 100 Metres Relay
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
German D.R. United States Jamaica Russia United States United States Bahamas Germany France United States United States Jamaica United States |
41.76 41.58 41.94 41.49 42.12 41.47 41.92 42.32 41.78 41.78 41.98 42.06 41.56 |
Great Britain & N.I. German D.R. Soviet Union United States Jamaica Jamaica France France United States Jamaica Jamaica Bahamas Jamaica |
42.71 41.95 42.20 41.49 42.25 42.10 42.06 42.39 41.83 41.99 42.01 42.29 41.70 |
Jamaica Soviet Union Germany Jamaica Germany France Jamaica Jamaica Russia Belarus Belgium Germany Ukraine |
42.73 42.33 42.33 41.94 43.01 42.21 42.15 42.40 42.66 42.56 42.75 42.87 42.51 |
4 x 400 Metres Relay
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
German D.R. German D.R. Soviet Union United States United States Germany Russia Jamaica United States Russia United States United States United States |
3:19.73 3:18.63 3:18.43 3:16.71 3:22.39 3:20.92 3:21.98 3:20.65 3:22.63 3:20.95 3:18.55 3:17.83 3:18.09 |
Czechoslovakia Soviet Union United States Russia Russia United States United States Germany Russia Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica |
3:20.32 3:19.50 3:20.15 3:18.38 3:23.98 3:21.03 3:22.09 3:21.97 3:22.91 3:23.29 3:19.73 3:21.15 3:18.71 |
Soviet Union United States Germany Great Britain & N.I. Australia Jamaica Germany Russia Jamaica Great Britain & N.I. Great Britain & N.I. Russia Russia |
3:21.16 3:21.04 3:21.25 3:23.41 3:25.88 3:21.30 3:22.43 3:24.92 3:22.92 3:24.44 3:20.04 3:21.64 3:19.36 |
