| Year
| Location
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| 2012
| London (gbr)
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| 2008
| Beijing (chn)
| Pamela Jelimo (ken)
| Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei (ken)
| Hasna Benhassi (mor)
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| 2004
| Athínai (gre)
| Kelly Holmes (gbr)
| Hasna Benhassi (mor)
| Jolanda Ceplak (svn)
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| 2000
| Sydney (aus)
| Maria Mutola (moz)
| Stephanie Graf (aut)
| Kelly Holmes (gbr)
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| 1996
| Atlanta (usa)
| Svetlana Masterkova (rus)
| Ana Fidelia Quirot (cub)
| Maria Mutola (moz)
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| 1992
| Barcelona (spa)
| Ellen van Langen (net)
| Liliya Nurutdinova (cis)
| Ana Fidelia Quirot (cub)
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| 1988
| Seoul (sko)
| Sigrun Wodars (ege)
| Christine Wachtel (ege)
| Kim Gallagher (usa)
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| 1984
| Los Angeles (usa)
| Doina Melinte (rom)
| Kim Gallagher (usa)
| Rafira-Fita Lovin (rom)
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| 1980
| Moskva (sov)
| Nadezhda Olizarenko (sov)
| Olga Mineyeva (sov)
| Tatyana Providokhina (sov)
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| 1976
| Montréal (can)
| Tatyana Kazankina (sov)
| Nikolina Shtereva (bul)
| Elfi Zinn (ege)
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| 1972
| München (wge)
| Hildegard Falck (wge)
| Nijole Sabaite (sov)
| Gunhild Hoffmeister (ege)
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| 1968
| Mexico City (mex)
| Madeline Manning (usa)
| Ileana Silai (rom)
| Maria Gommers (net)
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| 1964
| Tokyo (jpn)
| Ann Packer (gbr)
| Maryvonne Dupureur (fra)
| Marise Chamberlain (nzl)
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| 1960
| Roma (ita)
| Lyudmila Shevtsova (sov)
| Brenda Jones (aus)
| Ursula Donath (ger)
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| 1928
| Amsterdam (net)
| Lina Radke (ger)
| Kinue Hitomi (jpn)
| Inga Gentzel (swe)
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