World Championships medallists, women’s track
100 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Marlies Göhr GDR Silke Gladisch GDR Katrin Krabbe GER Gail Devers USA Gwen Torrence USA Marion Jones USA Marion Jones USA Zhanna Pintusevich-Block UKR Torri Edwards USA Lauryn Williams USA Veronica Campbell JAM Shelly-Ann Fraser JAM Carmelita Jeter USA |
10.97 10.90 10.99 10.82 10.85 10.83 10.70 10.82 10.93 10.93 11.01 10.73 10.90 |
Marita Koch GDR Heike Drechsler GDR Gwen Torrence USA Merlene Ottey JAM Merlene Ottey JAM Zhanna Pintusevich UKR Inger Miller USA Marion Jones USA Zhanna Block UKR Veronica Campbell JAM Lauryn Williams USA Kerron Stewart JAM Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM |
11.02 11.00 11.03 10.82 10.94 10.85 10.79 10.85 10.99 10.95 11.01 10.75 10.97 |
Diane Williams USA Merlene Ottey JAM Merlene Ottey JAM Gwen Torrence USA Irina Privalova RUS Savatheda Fynes BAH Ekaterini Thanou GRE Ekaterini Thanou GRE Chandra Sturrup BAH Christine Arron FRA Carmelita Jeter USA Carmelita Jeter USA Kelly-Ann Baptiste TRI |
11.06 11.04 11.06 10.89 10.96 11.03 10.84 10.91 11.02 10.98 11.02 10.90 10.98 |
-0.5 -0.5 -3.0 0.3 0.9 0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0.9 1.3 -0.2 0.1 -1.4 |
200 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 - 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Marita Koch GDR Silke Gladisch GDR Katrin Krabbe GER Merlene Ottey JAM Merlene Ottey JAM Zhanna Pintusevich UKR Inger Miller USA - Marion Jones USA Anastasiya Kapachinskaya RUS Allyson Felix USA Allyson Felix USA Allyson Felix USA Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM |
22.13 21.74 22.09 21.98 22.12 22.32 21.77 - 22.39 22.38 22.16 21.81 22.02 22.22 |
Merlene Ottey JAM Florence Griffith USA Gwen Torrence USA Gwen Torrence USA Irina Privalova RUS Susanthika Jayasinghe SRI Beverly McDonald JAM - Debbie Ferguson BAH Torri Edwards USA Rachelle Boone-Smith USA Veronica Campbell JAM Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM Carmelita Jeter USA |
22.19 21.96 22.16 22.00 22.12 22.39 22.22 - 22.52 22.47 22.31 22.34 22.35 22.37 |
Kathy Cook GBR Merlene Ottey JAM Merlene Ottey JAM Irina Privalova RUS Galina Malchugina RUS Merlene Ottey JAM Merlene Frazer JAM & Andrea Philipp GER LaTasha Jenkins USA Muriel Hurtis FRA Christine Arron FRA Susanthika Jayasinghe SRI Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH Allyson Felix USA |
22.37 22.06 22.21 22.13 22.37 22.40 22.26 - 22.85 22.59 22.31 22.63 22.41 22.42 |
1.5 1.2 -2.4 0.0 -2.2 -0.7 0.6 - -0.8 -0.3 0.2 1.7 -0.1 -1.0 |
400 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH(CZE) Olga Bryzgina URS(UKR) Marie-José Pérec FRA Jearl Miles USA Marie-José Pérec FRA Cathy Freeman AUS Cathy Freeman AUS Amy Mbacké Thiam SEN Ana Guevara MEX Tonique Williams-Darling BAH Christine Ohuruogu GBR Sanya Richards USA Amantle Montsho BOT |
47.99 49.38 49.13 49.82 49.28 49.77 49.67 49.86 48.89 49.55 49.61 49.00 49.56 |
Tatána Kocembová TCH(CZE) Petra Müller GDR Grit Breuer GER Natasha Kaiser-Brown USA Pauline Davis BAH Sandie Richards JAM Anja Rücker GER Lorraine Fenton (Graham) JAM Lorraine Fenton JAM Sanya Richards USA Nicola Sanders GBR Shericka Williams JAM Allyson Felix USA |
48.59 49.94 49.42 50.17 49.96 49.79 49.74 49.88 49.43 49.74 49.65 49.32 49.59 |
Mariya Pinigina URS(UKR) Kirsten Emmelmann GDR Sandra Myers ESP Sandie Richards JAM Jearl Miles USA Jearl Miles Clark USA Lorraine Graham JAM Ana Guevara MEX Amy Mbacké Thiam SEN Ana Guevara MEX Novlene Williams JAM Antonina Krivoshapka RUS Anastasiya Kapachinskaya RUS |
49.19 50.20 49.78 50.44 50.00 49.90 49.92 49.97 49.95 49.81 49.66 49.71 50.24 |
800 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH(CZE) Sigrun Wodars GDR Liliya Nurutdinova URS(RUS) Maria Mutola MOZ Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB Ludmila Formanová CZE Maria Mutola MOZ Maria Mutola MOZ Zulia Calatayud CUB Janeth Jepkosgei KEN Caster Semenya RSA Mariya Savinova RUS |
1:54.68 1:55.26 1:57.50 1:55.43 1:56.11 1:57.14 1:56.68 1:57.17 1:59.89 1:58.82 1:56.04 1:55:45 1:55.87 |
Lyubov Gurina URS(RUS) Christine Wachtel GDR Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB Lyubov Gurina RUS Letitia Vriesde SUR Yelena Afanasyeva RUS Maria Mutola MOZ Stephanie Graf AUT Kelly Holmes GBR Hasna Benhassi MAR Hasna Benhassi MAR Janeth Jepkosgei KEN Caster Semenya RSA |
1:56.11 1:55.32 1:57.55 1:57.10 1:56.68 1:57.56 1:56.72 1:57.20 2:00.18 1:59.42 1:56.99 1:57.90 1:56.35 |
Yekaterina Podkopayeva URS(RUS) Lyubov Gurina URS(RUS) Ella Kovacs ROU Ella Kovacs ROU Kelly Holmes GBR Maria Mutola MOZ Svetlana Masterkova RUS Letitia Vriesde SUR Natalya Khrushchelyova RUS Tatyana Andrianova RUS Mayte Martinez ESP Jenny Meadows GBR Janeth Jepkosgei KEN |
1:57.58 1:55.56 1:57.58 1:57.92 1:56.95 1:57.59 1:56.93 1:57.35 2:00.29 1:59.60 1:57.62 1:57.93 1:57.42 |
1500 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 - 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Mary Decker USA Tatyana Samolenko URS(UKR) Hassiba Boulmerka ALG - Liu Dong CHN Hassiba Boulmerka ALG Carla Sacramento POR Svetlana Masterkova RUS Gabriela Szabo ROU Tatyana Tomashova RUS Tatyana Tomashova RUS Maryam Jamal BRN Maryam Jamal BRN Jenny Simpson USA |
4:00.90 3:58.56 4:02.21 - 4:00.50 4:02.42 4:04.24 3:59.53 4:00.57 3:58.52 4:00.35 3:58.75 4:03.74 4:05.40 |
Zamira Zaytseva URS(UZB) Hildegard Körner GDR Tatyana Dorovskikh (Samolenko) URS(UKR) Sonia O’Sullivan IRL Kelly Holmes GBR Regina Jacobs USA Regina Jacobs USA Violeta Szekely ROU Süreyya Ayhan TUR Olga Yegorova RUS Iryna Lishchynska UKR Lisa Dobriskey GBR Hannah England GBR |
4:01.19 3:58.67 4:02.58 - 4:03.48 4:03.04 4:04.63 4:00.35 4:01.70 3:59.04 4:01.46 4:00.69 4:03.75 4:05.68 |
Yekaterina Podkopayeva URS(RUS) Doina Melinte ROU Lyudmila Rogachova URS(RUS) - Hassiba Boulmerka ALG Carla Sacramento POR Anita Weyermann SUI Kutre Dulecha ETH Natalya Gorelova RUS Hayley Tullett GBR Bouchra Ghezielle FRA Daniela Yordanova BUL Shannon Rowbury USA Natalia Rodríguez ESP |
4:02.25 3:59.27 4:02.72 - 4:04.29 4:03.79 4:04.70 4:00.96 4:02.40 3:59.95 4:02.45 4:00.82 4:04.18 4:05.87 |
3000 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1980 1983 1987 1991 - 1993 |
Birgit Friedmann FRG Mary Decker USA Tatyana Samolenko URS(UKR) Tatyana Dorovskikh (Samolenko) URS(UKR) Qu Yunxia CHN |
8:48.05 8:34.62 8:38.73 8:35.82 - 8:28.71 |
Karoline Nemetz SWE Brigitte Kraus FRG Maricica Puica ROU Yelena Romanova URS(RUS) - Zhang Linli CHN |
8:50.22 8:35.11 8:39.45 8:36.06 - 8:29.25 |
Ingrid Christensen NOR Tatyana Kazankina URS(RUS) Ulrike Bruns GDR Susan Sirma KEN - Zhang Lirong CHN |
8:58.8a 8:35.13 8:40.30 8:39.41 - 8:31.95 |
5000 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Sonia O’Sullivan IRL Gabriela Szabo ROU Gabriela Szabo ROU Olga Yegorova RUS Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Meseret Defar ETH Vivian Cheruiyot KEN Vivian Cheruiyot KEN |
14:46.47 14:57.68 14:41.82 15:03.39 14:51.72 14:38.59 14:57.91 14:57.97 14:55.36 |
Fernanda Ribeiro POR Roberta Brunet ITA Zahra Ouaziz MAR Marta Domínguez ESP Marta Domínguez ESP Meseret Defar ETH Vivian Cheruiyot KEN Sylvia Kibet KEN Sylvia Kibet KEN |
14:48.54 14:58.29 14:43.15 15:06.59 14:52.26 14:39.54 14:58.50 14:58.33 14:56.21 |
Zahra Ouaziz MAR Fernanda Ribeiro POR Ayelech Worku ETH Ayelech Worku ETH Edith Masai KEN Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH Priscah Cherono KEN Meseret Defar ETH Meseret Defar ETH |
14:53.77 14:58.85 14:44.22 15:10.17 14:52.30 14:42.47 14:59.21 14:58.41 14:56.94 |
10000 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1980† 1983 1987 - 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Kath Binns GBR not held Ingrid Kristiansen (Christensen) NOR Liz McColgan GBR Wang Junxia CHN Fernanda Ribeiro POR Sally Barsosio KEN Gete Wami ETH Derartu Tulu ETH Berhane Adere ETH Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Linet Masai KEN Vivian Cheruiyot KEN |
32:57.17 - 31:05.85 - 31:14.31 30:49.30 31:04.99 31:32.92 30:24.56 31:48.81 30:04.18 30:24.02 31:55.41 30:51.24 30:48.98 |
Fionnuala Morrish IRL - Yelena Zhupiyova URS(UKR) - Zhong Huandi CHN Zhong Huandi CHN Derartu Tulu ETH Fernanda Ribeiro POR Paula Radcliffe GBR Berhane Adere ETH Werknesh Kidane ETH Berhane Adere ETH Elvan Abeylegesse TUR Meselech Melkamu ETH Sally Kipyego KEN |
33:51.7a - 31:09.40 - 31:35.08 31:12.55 31:08.10 31:39.15 30:27.13 31:48.85 30:07.15 30:25.41 31:59.40 30:51.34 30:50.04 |
Magda Ilands BEL - Kathrin Ullrich GDR - Wang Xiuting CHN Sally Barsosio KEN Tegla Loroupe KEN Masako Chiba JPN Tegla Loroupe KEN Gete Wami ETH Sun Yingjie CHN Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH Kara Goucher USA Wude Ayalew ETH Linet Masai KEN |
34:25.3a - 31:11.34 - 31:35.99 31:15.38 31:17.66 31:41.93 30:32.03 31:49.98 30:07.20 30:26.00 32:02.05 30:51.95 30:53.59 |
† – non-championship event
Marathon
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995* 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Grete Waitz NOR Rosa Mota POR Wanda Panfil POL Junko Asari JPN Manuela Machado POR Hiromi Suzuki JPN Jong Song-Ok PRK Lidia Simon ROU Catherine Ndereba KEN Paula Radcliffe GBR Catherine Ndereba KEN Bai Xue CHN Edna Kiplagat KEN |
2:28:09 2:25:17 2:29:53 2:30:03 2:25:39 2:29:48 2:26:59 2:26:01 2:23:55 2:20:57 2:30:37 2:25:15 2:28:43 |
Marianne Dickerson USA Zoya Ivanova URS(KAZ) Sachiko Yamashita JPN Manuela Machado POR Anuta Catuna ROU Manuela Machado POR Ari Ichihashi JPN Reiko Tosa JPN Mizuki Noguchi JPN Catherine Ndereba KEN Zhou Chunxiu Yoshimi Ozaki JPN Priscah Jeptoo KEN |
2:31:09 2:32:38 2:29:57 2:30:54 2:26:25 2:31:12 2:27:02 2:26:06 2:24:14 2:22:01 2:30:45 2:25:25 2:29:00 |
Raisa Smekhnova URS(BLR) Jocelyne Villeton FRA Katrin Dörre GDR Tomoe Abe JPN Ornella Ferrara ITA Lidia Simon ROU Lidia Simon ROU Svetlana Zakharova RUS Masako Chiba JPN Constantina Dita-Tomescu ROU Reiko Tosa JPN Aselefech Mergia ETH Sharon Cherop KEN |
2:31:13 2:32:53 2:30:10 2:31:01 2:30:11 2:31:55 2:27:41 2:26:18 2:25:09 2:23:19 2:30:55 2:25:32 2:29:14 |
* – short course (400m under)
3000 Metres Steeplechase
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Dorcus Inzikuru UGA Yekaterina Volkova RUS Marta Domínguez ESP Yuliya Zaripova RUS |
9:18.24 9:06.57 9:07.32 9:07.03 |
Yekaterina Volkova RUS Tatyana Petrova RUS Yuliya Zarudneva RUS Habiba Ghribi TUN |
9:20.49 9:09:19 9:08.39 9:11.97 |
Jeruto Kiptum KEN Eunice Jepkorir KEN Milcah Chemos KEN Milcah Chemos KEN |
9:26.95 9:20.09 9:08.57 9:17.16 |
100 Metres Hurdles
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
| 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 - 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Bettine Jahn GDR Ginka Zagorcheva BUL Lyudmila Narozhilenko URS(RUS) Gail Devers USA Gail Devers USA Ludmila Engquist (Narozhilenko) SWE Gail Devers USA Anjanette Kirkland USA Perdita Felicien CAN Michelle Perry USA Michelle Perry USA Brigitte Foster-Hylton JAM Sally Pearson AUS |
12.35w 12.34 12.59 12.46 12.68 12.50 12.50 12.37 12.42 12.53 12.66 12.46 12.51 12.28 |
Kerstin Knabe GDR Gloria Uibel GDR Gail Devers USA Marina Azyabina RUS Olga Shishigina KAZ Svetla Dimitrova BUL - Glory Alozie NGR Gail Devers USA Brigitte Foster JAM Delloreen Ennis-London JAM Perdita Felicien CAN Priscilla Lopes-Schliep CAN Danielle Carruthers USA |
12.42w 12.44 12.63 12.60 12.80 12.58 - 12.44 12.54 12.57 12.76 12.49 12.54 12.47 |
Ginka Zagorcheva BUL Cornelia Oschkenat GDR Natalya Grigoryeva URS(UKR) Lynda Tolbert USA Yuliya Graudyn RUS Michelle Freeman JAM - Ludmila Engquist SWE Olga Shishigina KAZ Miesha McKelvy USA Brigitte Foster-Hylton JAM Delloreen Ennis-London JAM Delloreen Ennis-London JAM Dawn Harper USA |
12.62w 12.46 12.69 12.67 12.85 12.61 - 12.47 12.58 12.67 12.76 12.50 12.55 12.47 |
2.4 -0.5 -1.7 0.2 0.2 -0.3 - 0.7 2.0 -0.2 -2.0 -0.1 0.2 1.1 |
400 Metres Hurdles
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1980 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 |
Bärbel Broschat GDR Yekaterina Fesenko URS(RUS) Sabine Busch GDR Tatyana Ledovskaya URS(BLR) Sally Gunnell GBR Kim Batten USA Nezha Bidouane MAR Daimí Pernía CUB Nezha Bidouane MAR Jana Pittman AUS Yuliya Pechonkina RUS Jana Rawlinson AUS Melaine Walker JAM Lashinda Demus USA |
54.55 54.14 53.62 53.11 52.74 52.61 52.97 52.89 53.34 53.22 52.90 53.31 52.42 52.47 |
Ellen Neumann GDR Ana Ambraziené URS(LTU) Debbie Flintoff-King AUS Sally Gunnell GBR Sandra Farmer-Patrick USA Tonja Buford USA Deon Hemmings JAM Nezha Bidouane MAR Yuliya Nosova RUS Sandra Glover USA Lashinda Demus USA Yuliya Pechonkina RUS Lashinda Demus USA Melaine Walker JAM |
54.56 54.15 54.19 53.16 52.79 52.62 53.09 52.90 54.27 53.65 53.27 53.50 52.96 52.73 |
Petra Pfaff GDR Ellen Fiedler (Neumann) GDR Cornelia Ullrich GDR Janeene Vickers USA Margarita Ponomaryova RUS Deon Hemmings JAM Kim Batten USA Deon Hemmings JAM Daimí Pernía CUB Yuliya Pechonkina (Nosova) RUS Sandra Glover USA Anna Jesien POL Josanne Lucas TRI Natalya Antyukh RUS |
55.84 54.55 54.31 53.47 53.48 53.48 53.52 53.16 54.51 53.71 53.32 53.92 53.20 53.85 |
