| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Sittard |
 Birgit Friedmann (FRG)
|
 Karoline Nemetz (SWE)
|
 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
|
| 1983 Helsinki |
 Mary Decker (USA)
|
Brigitte Kraus (FRG)
|
 Tatyana Kovalenko-Kazankina (URS)
|
| 1987 Rome |
Tetyana Samolenko (URS)
|
 Maricica Puică (ROU)
|
 Ulrike Bruns (GDR)
|
| 1991 Tokyo |
Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS)
|
Yelena Romanova (URS)
|
 Susan Sirma (KEN)
|
| 1993 Stuttgart |
 Qu Yunxia (CHN)
|
Zhang Linli (CHN)
|
Zhang Lirong (CHN)
|
