World Indoor Championships medallists, women’s track
60 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 |
Silke Gladisch GDR Nelli Fiere-Cooman NED Nelli Fiere-Cooman NED Irina Sergeyeva URS(RUS) Gail Devers USA Merlene Ottey JAM Gail Devers USA Ekaterini Thanou GRE Chandra Sturrup BAH Zhanna Block (Tarnopolskaya) UKR Gail Devers USA Me’Lisa Barber USA Angela Williams USA Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM |
7.20 7.08 7.05 7.02 6.95 6.97 7.06 6.96 7.05 7.04 7.08 7.01 7.06 7.00 7.01 |
Heather Oakes GBR Anelia Nuneva BUL Gwen Torrence USA Merlene Ottey JAM Irina Privalova (Sergeyeva) RUS Melanie Paschke GER Chandra Sturrup BAH Gail Devers USA Angela Williams USA Angela Williams USA Kim Gevaert BEL Lauryn Williams USA Jeanette Kwakye GBR Carmelita Jeter USA Murielle Ahouré |
7.21 7.10 7.07 7.08 6.97 7.10 7.15 7.02 7.09 7.16 7.12 7.01 7.08 7.05 7.04 |
Christelle Bulteau FRA Angela Bailey CAN Merlene Ottey JAM Liliana Allen CUB Zhanna Tarnopolskaya UKR Carlette Guidry USA Frédérique Bangué FRA Philomena Mensah CAN Chryste Gaines USA Torri Edwards USA Yuliya Nesterenko BLR Kim Gevaert BEL Tahesia Harrigan IVB Ruddy Zang-Milama GAB Tianna Madison USA |
7.34 7.12 7.10 7.12 7.21 7.11 7.17 7.07 7.12 7.17 7.12 7.11 7.09 7.14 7.09 |
200 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 |
Marita Koch GDR Heike Drechsler GDR Merlene Ottey JAM Merlene Ottey JAM Irina Privalova (Sergeyeva) RUS Melinda Gainsford AUS Ekaterini Koffa GRE Ionela Tîrlea ROU Juliet Campbell JAM Muriel Hurtis FRA Natalya Safronnikova BLR |
23.09 22.27 22.34 22.24 22.15 22.64 22.76 22.39 22.64 22.54 23.13 |
Marie-Christine Cazier FRA Merlene Ottey JAM Grace Jackson JAM Irina Sergeyeva URS(RUS) Melinda Gainsford AUS Pauline Davis BAH Juliet Cuthbert JAM Svetlana Goncharenko RUS LaTasha Jenkins USA Anastasiya Kapachinskaya RUS Svetlana Goncharenko RUS |
23.33 22.66 22.95 22.41 22.73 22.68 22.77 22.69 22.96 22.80 23.15 |
Kim Robertson NZL Grace Jackson JAM Natalya Kovtun URS(RUS) Grit Breuer GER Natalya Voronova RUS Natalya Voronova RUS Svetlana Goncharenko RUS Pauline Davis BAH Natalya Safronnikova BLR Juliet Campbell JAM Karin Mayr-Krifka AUT |
23.69 23.21 23.28 22.58 22.90 23.01 22.85 22.70 23.17 22.81 23.18 |
400 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 |
Diane Dixon USA Sabine Busch GDR Helga Arendt FRG Diane Dixon USA Sandie Richards JAM Irina Privalova RUS Jearl Miles Clark USA Grit Breuer GER Sandie Richards JAM Natalya Nazarova RUS Natalya Nazarova RUS Olesya Krasnomovets RUS Olesya Zykina RUS Debbie Dunn USA Sanya Richards-Ross USA |
53.35 51.66 51.52 50.64 50.93 50.23 50.96 50.80 51.04 50.83 50.19 50.04 51.09 51.04 50.79 |
Regine Berg BEL Lillie Leatherwood USA Diane Dixon USA Sandra Myers ESP Tatyana Alekseyeva RUS Sandie Richards JAM Sandie Richards JAM Falilat Ogunkoya NGR Olga Kotlyarova RUS Christine Amertil BAH Olesya Krasnomovets RUS Vania Stambolova BUL Natalya Nazarova RUS Tatyana Firova RUS Aleksandra Fedoriva RUS |
53.81 52.54 51.77 50.99 51.03 51.38 51.17 51.25 51.56 51.11 50.65 50.21 51.10 51.13 51.76 |
Charmaine Crooks CAN Judit Forgács HUN Jillian Richardson CAN Anita Protti SUI Jearl Miles USA Daniela Georgieva BUL Helena Fuchsová CZE Jearl Miles Clark USA Olesya Zykina RUS Grit Breuer GER Tonique Williams BAH Christine Amertil BAH Shareese Woods USA Vania Stambolova BUL Natasha Hastings USA |
54.08 52.68 52.02 51.41 51.37 51.78 52.04 51.45 51.71 51.13 50.87 50.34 51.41 51.50 51.82 |
800 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 |
Cristeana Cojocaru ROU Christine Wachtel GDR Christine Wachtel GDR Christine Wachtel GER Maria Mutola MOZ Maria Mutola MOZ Maria Mutola MOZ Ludmila Formanová CZE Maria Mutola MOZ Maria Mutola MOZ Maria Mutola MOZ Maria Mutola MOZ Tamsyn Lewis AUS Mariya Savinova RUS Pamela Jelimo KEN |
2:04.22 2:01.32 1:59.24 2:01.51 1:57.55 1:57.62 1:58.96 1:56.90 1:59.74 1:58.94 1:58.50 1:58.90 2:02.57 1:58.26 1:58.83 |
Jane Finch GBR Gabriela Sedláková TCH(SVK) Tatyana Grebenchuk URS(BLR) Violeta Beclea ROU Svetlana Masterkova RUS Yelena Afanasyeva RUS Natalya Dukhnova BLR Maria Mutola MOZ Stephanie Graf AUT Stephanie Graf AUT Jolanda Ceplak SLO Kenia Sinclair JAM Tetyana Petlyuk UKR Jenny Meadows GBR Nataliia Lupu UKR |
2:04.71 2:01.85 1:59.53 2:01.75 1:59.18 1:59.79 1:59.31 1:57.17 1:59.78 1:59.39 1:58.72 1:59.54 2:02.66 1:58.43 1:59.67 |
Maria Simeanu ROU Lyubov Kiryukhina URS(UZB) Ellen Kiessling GDR Ella Kovacs ROU Joetta Clark USA Letitia Vriesde SUR Joetta Clark USA Natalya Tsyganova RUS Helena Fuchsová CZE Mayte Martínez ESP Jo Fenn GBR Hasna Benhassi MAR Maria Mutola MOZ Alysia Johnson USA Erica Moore USA |
2:05.51 2:01.98 1:59.68 2:01.79 1:59.86 2:00.36 1:59.82 1:57.47 2:01.18 1:59.53 1:59.50 2:00.34 2:02.97 1:59.60 1:59.97 |
1500 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 |
Elly van Hulst NED Doina Melinte ROU Doina Melinte ROU Lyudmila Rogachova URS(RUS) Yekaterina Podkopayeva RUS Regina Jacobs USA Yekaterina Podkopayeva RUS Gabriela Szabo ROU Hasna Benhassi MAR Regina Jacobs USA Kutre Dulecha ETH Yuliya Chizhenko RUS Gelete Burka ETH Kalkidan Gezahegne ETH Genzebe Dibaba ETH |
4:11.41 4:05.68 4:04.79 4:05.09 4:09.29 4:12.61 4:05.19 4:03.23 4:10.83 4:01.67 4:06.40 4:04.70 3:59.75 4:08.14 4:05.78 |
Fita Lovin ROU Tatyana Samolenko URS(UKR) Svetlana Kitova URS(TJK) Ivana Kubešová TCH(CZE) Violeta Beclea ROU Carla Sacramento POR Patricia Djaté FRA Violeta Szekely (Beclea) ROU Violeta Szekely ROU Kelly Holmes GBR Carmen Douma-Hussar CAN Yelena Soboleva RUS Maryam Jamal BRN Natalia Rodriguez ESP Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR |
4:11.42 4:07.08 4:05.71 4:06.22 4:09.41 4:13.02 4:06.16 4:03.53 4:11.17 4:02.66 4:08.18 4:05.21 3:59.79 4:08.30 4:07.78 |
Brit McRoberts CAN Svetlana Kitova URS(TJK) Yvonne Mai GDR Tudorita Chidu ROU Sandra Gasser SUI Mayte Zúñiga ESP Lidia Chojecka POL Lidia Chojecka POL Natalya Gorelova RUS Yekaterina Rozenberg RUS Gulnara Samitova RUS Maryam Jamal BRN Daniela Yordanova BUL Gelete Burka ETH Aslı Çakır Alptekin TUR |
4:11.83 4:07.59 4:06.09 4:06.27 4:10.99 4:16.63 4:06.25 4:05.86 4:11.74 4:02.80 4:08.26 4:05.53 4:04.19 4:08.39 4:08.74 |
3000 Metres
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 |
Debbie Scott CAN Tatyana Samolenko URS(UKR) Elly van Hulst NED Marie-Pierre Duros FRA Yvonne Murray GBR Gabriela Szabo ROU Gabriela Szabo ROU Gabriela Szabo ROU Olga Yegorova RUS Berhane Adere ETH Meseret Defar ETH Meseret Defar ETH Meseret Defar ETH Meseret Defar ETH Hellen Obiri KEN |
9:04.99 8:46.52 8:33.82 8:50.69 8:50.55 8:54.50 8:45.75 8:36.42 8:37.48 8:40.25 9:11.22 8:38.80 8:38.79 8:51.17 8:37.16 |
Agnese Possamai ITA Olga Bondarenko URS(RUS) Liz McColgan GBR Margareta Keszeg ROU Margareta Keszeg ROU Lynn Jennings USA Sonia O’Sullivan IRL Zahra Ouaziz MAR Gabriela Szabo ROU Marta Domínguez ESP Berhane Adere ETH Liliya Shobukhova RUS Meselech Melkamu ETH Vivian Cheruiyot KEN Meseret Defar ETH |
9:09.66 8:47.08 8:34.80 8:51.51 9:02.89 8:55.23 8:46.19 8:38.43 8:39.65 8:42.17 9:11.43 8:42.18 8:41.50 8:51.85 8:38.26 |
PattiSue Plumer USA Maricica Puica ROU Margareta Keszeg ROU Lyubov Kremlyova URS(RUS) Lynn Jennings USA Joan Nesbit USA Fernanda Ribeiro POR Regina Jacobs USA Yelena Zadorozhnaya RUS Meseret Defar ETH Shayne Culpepper USA Lidia Chojecka POL Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR Sentayehu Ejigu ETH Gelete Burka ETH |
9:12.12 8:47.92 8:48.70 8:51.90 9:03.78 8:56.08 8:49.79 8:39.14 8:40.15 8:42.58 9:12.15 8:42.59 8:41.66 8:52.08 8:40.18 |
60 Metres Hurdles
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 - 1999 2001 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 |
Xénia Siska HUN Cornelia Oschkenat GDR Yelizaveta Chernyshova URS(RUS) Lyudmila Narozhilenko URS(RUS) Julie Baumann SUI Aliuska López CUB Michelle Freeman JAM - Olga Shishigina KAZ Anjanette Kirkland USA Gail Devers USA Perdita Felicien CAN Derval O’Rourke IRL Lolo Jones USA Lolo Jones USA Sally Pearson AUS |
8.03 7.82 7.82 7.88 7.96 7.92 7.82 - 7.86 7.85 7.81 7.75 7.84 7.80 7.72 7.73 |
Laurence Elloy FRA Yordanka Donkova BUL Lyudmila Narozhilenko URS(RUS) Monique Ewanjé-Épée FRA LaVonna Martin-Floreal USA Olga Shishigina KAZ Gillian Russell JAM - Glory Alozie NGR Michelle Freeman JAM Glory Alozie ESP Gail Devers USA Glory Alozie ESP Candice Davis USA Perdita Felicien CAN Tiffany Porter GBR |
8.08 7.85 7.83 7.90 7.99 7.92 7.84 - 7.87 7.92 7.90 7.78 7.86 7.93 7.86 7.94 |
Anne Piquereau FRA Ginka Zagorcheva BUL Cornelia Oschkenat GDR Aliuska López CUB Patricia Girard FRA Brigita Bukovec SLO Cheryl Dickey USA & Patricia Girard-Léno FRA Katie Anderson CAN Nicole Ramalalanirina FRA Melissa Morrison USA Linda Khodadin FRA Susanna Kallur SWE Anay Tejeda CUB Priscilla Lopes-Schliep CAN Alina Talay BLR |
8.10 7.99 7.86 8.03 8.01 7.93 7.84 - 7.90 7.96 7.92 7.82 7.87 7.98 7.87 7.97 |
3000 Metres Walk
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 |
Giuliana Salce ITA Olga Krishtop URS(RUS) Kerry Saxby AUS Beate Anders GER Yelena Nikolayeva RUS |
12:53.42 12:05.49 12:01.65 11:50.90 11:49.73 |
Yan Hong CHN Giuliana Salce ITA Beate Anders GDR Kerry Saxby AUS Kerry Saxby-Junna AUS |
13:05.56 12:36.76 12:07.73 12:03.21 11:53.82 |
Ann Peel CAN Ann Peel CAN Ileana Salvador ITA Ileana Salvador ITA Ileana Salvador ITA |
13:06.97 12:38.97 12:11.33 12:07.67 11:55.35 |
4 x 400 Metres Relay
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 |
Germany Jamaica Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia United States Great Britain & N.I. |
3:27.22 3:32.32 3:29.29 3:26.84 3:24.25 3:30.00 3:28.45 3:23.88 3:24.91 3:28.17 3:27.34 3:28.76 |
Soviet Union United States Czech Republic United States Australia Jamaica Jamaica Belarus United States Belarus Russia United States |
3:27.95 3:32.50 3:30.27 3:27.66 3:26.87 3:30.79 3:31.23 3:29.96 3:28.63 3:28.90 3:27.44 3:28.79 |
United States only 2 teams finished United States Germany United States Germany United States Romania Belarus United States Czech Republic Russia |
3:29.00 - 3:31.43 3:28.39 3:27.59 3:31.00 3:31.69 3:30.06 3:28.65 3:29.30 3:30.05 3:29.55 |
1600 Metres Medley Relay
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
| 1993† | United States | 3:45.90 | Canada | 3:56.34 | only 2 teams finished |
