| 1985 |
Parigi |
Debbie SCOTT (CAN) |
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Agnese POSSAMAI (ITA) |
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PattiSue PLUMER (USA) |
| 1987 |
Indianapolis |
Tetjana DOROVS'KYCH (URS) |
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Olga BONDARENKO (URS) |
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Maricica PUICĂ (ROM) |
| 1989 |
Budapest |
Elly VAN HULST (OLA) |
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Liz McCOLGAN (GBR) |
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Margareta KESZEG (ROM) |
| 1991 |
Siviglia |
Marie-Pierre DUROS (FRA) |
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Margareta KESZEG (ROM) |
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Ljubov' KREMLËVA (URS) |
| 1993 |
Toronto |
Yvonne MURRAY (GBR) |
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Margareta KESZEG (ROM) |
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Lynn JENNINGS (USA) |
| 1995 |
Barcellona |
Gabriela SZABÓ (ROM) |
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Lynn JENNINGS (USA) |
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Joan NESBIT (USA) |
| 1997 |
Parigi |
Gabriela SZABÓ (ROM) |
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Sonia O'SULLIVAN (IRL) |
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Fernanda RIBEIRO (POR) |
| 1999 |
Maebashi |
Gabriela SZABÓ (ROM) |
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Zahra OUAZIZ (MAR) |
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Regina JACOBS (USA) |
| 2001 |
Lisbona |
Ol'ga EGOROVA (RUS) |
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Gabriela SZABÓ (ROM) |
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Yelena ZADOROZHNAYA (RUS) |
| 2003 |
Birmingham |
Berhane ADERE (ETH) |
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Marta DOMINGUEZ (SPA) |
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Meseret DEFAR (ETH) |
| 2004 |
Budapest |
Meseret DEFAR (ETH) |
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Berhane ADERE (ETH) |
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Shayne CULPEPPER (USA) |
| 2006 |
Mosca |
Meseret DEFAR (ETH) |
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Lilija ŠOBUCHOVA (RUS) |
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Lidia CHOJECKA (POL) |
| 2008 |
Valencia |
Meseret DEFAR (ETH) |
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Meselech MELKAMU (ETH) |
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Mariem Alaoui SELSOULI (MAR) |
| 2010 |
Doha |
Meseret DEFAR (ETH) |
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Vivian CHERUIYOT (KEN) |
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Sentayehu EJIGU (ETH) |
| 2012 |
Istanbul |
Hellen ONSANDO OBIRI (KEN) |
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Meseret DEFAR (ETH) |
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Gelete BURKA (ETH) |
| 2014 |
Sopot |
Genzebe DIBABA (ETH) |
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Hellen OBIRI (KEN) |
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Maryam Yusuf JAMAL (BRN) |
| 2016 |
Portland |
Genzebe DIBABA (ETH) |
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Meseret DEFAR (ETH) |
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Shannon ROWBURY (USA) |
| 2018 |
Birmingham |
Genzebe DIBABA (ETH) |
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Sifan HASSAN (OLA) |
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Laura MUIR (GBR) |
| 2020 |
Nanchino |
posticipati al 2021 per l'emergenza Covid-19, poi rinviati al 2023 e recuperati nel 2025 |
| 2022 |
Belgrado |
Lemlem HAILU (ETH) |
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Elinor PURRIER ST. PIERRE (USA) |
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Ejgayehu TAYE (ETH) |
| 2024 |
Glasgow |
Elle ST. PIERRE (USA) |
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Gudaf TSEGAY (ETH) |
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Beatrice CHEPKOECH (KEN) |
| 2025 |
Nanchino |
Freweyni HAILU (ETI) |
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Shelby HOULIHAN (USA) |
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Jessica HULL (AUS) |
| 2026 |
Toruń |
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