Table of contents

1 100 m 2 200 m 3 400 m 4 800 m 5 1500 m 6 3000 m 7 5000 m 8 10000 m 9 Marathon 10 80 m hurdles 11 100 m hurdles 12 400 m hurdles 13 4 x 100 m relay 14 4 x 400 m relay 15 10 km walk 16 20 km walk 17 High jump 18 Pole vault 19 Long jump 20 Triple jump 21 Shot put 22 Discus throw 23 Hammer throw 24 Javelin throw 25 Pentathlon 26 Heptathlon

100 m

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1928	Betty Robinson (USA)	Bobbie Rosenfeld (CAN)	Ethel Smith (CAN)
1932	Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL)	Hilda Strike (CAN)	Wilhelmina Von Bremen] (USA)
1936	Helen Stephens (USA)	Stanislawa Walasiewicz (POL)	Käthe Krauss (GER)
1948	Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)	Dorothy Manley (GBR)	Shirley Strickland (AUS)
1952	Marjorie Jackson (AUS)	Daphne Hasenjager (RSA)	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS)
1956	Betty Cuthbert (AUS)	Christ Stubnick (GER)	Marlene Matthews (AUS)
1960	Wilma Rudolph (USA)	Dorothy Hyman (GBR)	Giuseppina Leone (ITA)
1964	Wyomia Tyus (USA)	Eidth McGuire (USA)	Ewa Klobukowska (POL)
1968	Wyomia Tyus (USA)	Barbara Ferrell (USA)	Irena Szewinska (POL)
1972	Renate Stecher (GDR)	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	Silvia Chivás (CUB)
1976	Annegret Richter (FRG)	Renate Stecher (GDR)	Inge Helten (FRG)
1980	Lyudmila Kondratyeva (URS)	Marlies Göhr (GDR)	Ingrid Auerswald (GDR)
1984	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	Alice Brown (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1988	Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	Heike Drechsler (GER)
1992	Gail Devers (USA)	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	Irina Privalova (EUN)
1996	Gail Devers (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Gwen Torrence (USA)
2000	Marion Jones (USA)	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)	Tanya Lawrence (JAM)

200 m

1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen (HOL)
1952 Marjorie Jackson (AUS)
1956 Betty Cuthbert (AUS)
1960 Wilma Rudolph (USA)
1964 Edith McGuire (USA)
1968 Irena Kirszenstein (POL)
1972 Renate Stecher (GDR)
1976 Bärbel Eckert (GDR)
1980 Bärbel Wöckel [née Eckert] (GDR)
1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA)
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)
1992 Gwen Torrence (USA)
1996 Marie-José Perec (FRA)
2000 Marion Jones (USA)

400 m

1964 Betty Cuthbert (AUS)
1968 Colette Besson (FRA)
1972 Monika Zehrt (GDR)
1976 Irena Kirszenstein (POL)
1980 Marita Koch (GDR)
1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA)
1988 Olga Bryzhina (SOV)
1992 Marie-José Perec (FRA)
1996 Marie-José Perec (FRA)
2000 Cathy Freeman (AUS)

800 m

1928 Lina Radke (GER)
1960 Lyudmyla Shevtsova (SOV)
1964 Ann Packer (GBR)
1968 Madeline Manning (USA)
1972 Hildegard Falck (GER)
1976 Tatyana Kazankina (SOV)
1980 Nadiya Olizarenko (SOV)
1984 Doina Melinte (ROM)
1988 Sigrun Wodars (GDR)
1992 Ellen van Langen (HOL)
1996 Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)
2000 Maria Mutola (MOZ)

1500 m

3000 m

1984 Maricica Puica (ROM)
1988 Tetyana Samolenko (SOV)
1992 Yelena Romanova (RUS)

5000 m

1996 Wang Junxia (CHN)
2000 Gabriela Szabo (ROM)

10000 m

1988 Olga Bondarenko (SOV)
1992 Derartu Tulu (ETH)
1996 Fernanda Riberiro (POR)
2000 Derartu Tulu (ETH)

Marathon

1984 Joan Benoit (USA)
1988 Rosa Mota (POR)
1992 Valentina Yegorova (RUS)
1996 Fatuma Roba (ETH)
2000 Naoko Takahashi (JPN)

80 m hurdles

1932 Babe Didrikson (USA)
1936 Tebisonda Valla (ITA)
1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen (HOL)
1952 Shirley Strickland (AUS)
1956 Shirley Strickland (AUS)
1960 Iryna Press (SOV)
1964 Karin Balzer (GDR)
1968 Maureen Caird (AUS)

100 m hurdles

1972 Annelise Ehrhardt (GDR)
1976 Johanna Schaller (GDR)
1980 Vera Komisova (SOV)
1984 Benita Fitzgerald (USA)
1988 Yordanka Donkova (BUL)
1992 Voula Patoulidou (GRE)
1996 Ludmila Engquist (SWE)
2000 Olga Shishigina (KAZ)

400 m hurdles

1984 Nawal El Moutawakel (MOR)
1988 Debra Flintoff-King (AUS)
1992 Sally Gunnell (GBR)
1996 Deon Hemmings (JAM)
2000 Irina Privalova (RUS)

4 x 100 m relay

4 x 400 m relay

1972 GDR
1976 GDR
1980 SOV
1984 USA
1988 SOV
1992 SOV
1996 USA
2000 USA

10 km walk

1992 Chen Yueling (CHN)
1996 Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)

20 km walk

2000 Liping Wang (CHN)

High jump

1928 Ethel Catherwood (CAN)
1932 Jean Shiley (USA)
1936 Ibolya Csák (HUN)
1948 Alice Coachman (USA)
1952 Esther Brand (SAF)
1956 Mildred McDaniel (USA)
1960 Iolanda Balas (ROM)
1964 Iolanda Balas (ROM)
1968 Miloslava Rezková (CZE)
1972 Ulrike Meyfarth (GER)
1976 Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)
1980 Sara Simeoni (ITA)
1984 Ulrike Meyfarth (GER)
1988 Louise Ritter (USA)
1992 Heiki Henkel (GER)
1996 Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
2000 Yelena Yelesina (RUS)

Pole vault

2000 Stacy Dragila(USA)

Long jump

1948 Olga Gyarmati (HUN)
1952 Yvette Williams (NZL)
1956 Elzbieta Krzesinska (POL)
1960 Vira Krepkina (SOV)
1964 Mary Rand (GBR)
1968 Viorica Viscopoleanu (ROM)
1972 Heidemarie Rosendahl (GER)
1976 Angela Voigt (GDR)
1980 Tatyana Kolpakova (SOV)
1984 Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu (ROM)
1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
1992 Heike Drechsler (GER)
1996 Chimo Ajunwa (NGR)
2000 Heike Drechsler (GER)

Triple jump

1996 Inessa Kravets (UKR)
2000 Tereza Marinova (BUL)

Shot put

1948 Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA)
1952 Falina Zybina (SOV)
1956 Tamara Tyshkevich (SOV)
1960 Tamara Press (SOV)
1964 Tamara Press (SOV)
1968 Margitta Gummel (GDR)
1972 Nadezha Chizhova (SOV)
1976 Ivanka Hristova (BUL)
1980 Ilona Slupianek (GDR)
1984 Claudia Losch (GER)
1988 Natalya Lisovskaya (SOV)
1992 Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)
1996 Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
2000 Yanina Korolchik (BLR)

Discus throw

1928 Halina Konpacka (POL)
1932 Lillian Copeland (USA)
1936 Gisela Mauermayer (GER)
1948 Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA)
1952 Nina Romaschkova (SOV)
1956 Olga Fikotová (CZE)
1960 Nina Ponomaryeva (SOV)
1964 Tamara Press (SOV)
1968 Lia Manoliu (ROM)
1972 Faina Melnik (SOV)
1976 Evelin Schlaak (GDR)
1980 Evelin Jahl [née Schlaak] (GDR)
1984 Ria Stalman (HOL)
1988 Marina Hellmann (GDR)
1992 Maritza Marten (CUB)
1996 Ilke Wyludda (GER)
2000 Ellina Zvereva (BLR)

Hammer throw

2000 Kamila Skolimowska (POL)

Javelin throw

1932 Babe Didrikson (USA)
1936 Tilly Fleischer (GER)
1948 Herma Bauma (AUT)
1952 Dana Zátopková (CZE)
1956 Inese Jaunzeme (SOV)
1960 Elvira Ozolina (SOV)
1964 Mihaela Penes (ROM)
1968 Angéla Németh (HUN)
1972 Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
1976 Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
1980 Maria Colón (CUB)
1984 Tessa Sanderson (GBR)
1988 Petra Felke (GDR)
1992 Silke Renk (GER)
1996 Heli Rantanen (FIN)
2000 Trine Hattestad (NOR)

Pentathlon

1964 Iryna Press (SOV)
1968 Ingrid Becker (GER)
1972 Mary Peters (GBR)
1976 Siegrun Siegl (GDR)
1980 Madiya Tkachenko (SOV)

Heptathlon