| 1985 |
Parigi |
Elly VAN HULST (OLA) |
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Fita LOVIN (ROM) |
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Brit McROBERTS (CAN) |
| 1987 |
Indianapolis |
Doina MELINTE (ROM) |
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Tetjana DOROVS'KYCH (URS) |
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Svetlana KITOVA (URS) |
| 1989 |
Budapest |
Doina MELINTE (ROM) |
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Svetlana KITOVA (URS) |
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Yvonne MAI (DDR) |
| 1991 |
Siviglia |
Lyudmila ROGACHOVA (URSS) |
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Ivana KUBEŠOVÁ (CZE) |
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Tudorita CHIDU (ROM) |
| 1993 |
Toronto |
Yekaterina PODKOPAYEVA (RUS) |
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Violeta BECLEA (ROM) |
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Sandra GASSER (SVI) |
| 1995 |
Barcellona |
Regina JACOBS (USA) |
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Carla SACRAMENTO (POR) |
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Maite ZUÑIGA (SPA) |
| 1997 |
Parigi |
Yekaterina PODKOPAYEVA (RUS) |
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Patricia DJATÉ-TAILLARD (FRA) |
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Lidia CHOJECKA (POL) |
| 1999 |
Maebashi |
Gabriela SZABÓ (ROM) |
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Violeta BECLEA (ROM) |
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Lidia CHOJECKA (POL) |
| 2001 |
Lisbona |
Hasna BENHASSI (MAR) |
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Violeta BECLEA (ROM) |
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Natalya GORELOVA (RUS) |
| 2003 |
Birmingham |
Regina JACOBS (USA) |
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Kelly HOLMES (GBR) |
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Yekaterina ROZENBERG (RUS) |
| 2004 |
Budapest |
Kutre DULECHA (ETH) |
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Carmen DOUMA-HUSSAR (CAN) |
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Gul'nara SAMITOVA (RUS) |
| 2006 |
Mosca |
Yuliya CHIZHENKO (RUS) |
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Elena SOBOLEVA (RUS) |
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Maryam Yusuf JAMAL (BRN) |
| 2008 |
Valencia |
Gelete BURKA (ETH) |
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Maryam Yusuf JAMAL (BRN) |
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Daniela YORDANOVA (BUL) |
| 2010 |
Doha |
Kalkidan GEZAHEGNE (ETH) |
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Natalia RODRIGUEZ (SPA) |
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Gelete BURKA (ETH) |
| 2012 |
Istanbul |
Genzebe DIBABA (ETH) |
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Mariem Alaoui SELSOULI (MAR) |
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Hind DÉHIBA (FRA) |
| 2014 |
Sopot |
Abeba AREGAWI (SVE) |
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Axumawit EMBAYE (ETH) |
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Nicole SIFUENTES (CAN) |
| 2016 |
Portland |
Sifan HASSAN (OLA) |
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Dawit SEYAUM (ETH) |
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Gudaf TSEGAY (ETH) |
| 2018 |
Birmingham |
Genzebe DIBABA (ETH) |
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Laura MUIR (GBR) |
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Sifan HASSAN (OLA) |
| 2020 |
Nanchino |
posticipati al 2021 per l'emergenza Covid-19, poi rinviati al 2023 e recuperati nel 2025 |
| 2022 |
Belgrado |
Gudaf TSEGAY (ETH) |
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Axumawit EMBAYE (ETH) |
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Hirut MESHESHA (ETH) |
| 2024 |
Glasgow |
Freweyni HAILU (ETH) |
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Nikki HILTZ (USA) |
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Emily MACKAY (USA) |
| 2025 |
Nanchino |
Gudaf TSEGAY (ETI) |
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Diribe WELTEJI (ETI) |
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Georgia BELL (GBR) |
| 2026 |
Toruń |
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