| Year
| Location
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| 2008
| Beijing (chn)
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| 2004
| Athínai (gre)
| Tatyana Lebedeva (rus)
| Irina Simagina (rus)
| Tatyana Kotova (rus)
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| 2000
| Sydney (aus)
| Heike Drechsler (ger)
| Fiona May (ita)
| --
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| 1996
| Atlanta (usa)
| Chioma Ajunwa (ngr)
| Fiona May (ita)
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee (usa)
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| 1992
| Barcelona (spa)
| Heike Drechsler (ger)
| Inessa Kravets (cis)
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee (usa)
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| 1988
| Seoul (sko)
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee (usa)
| Heike Drechsler (ege)
| Galina Chistyakova (sov)
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| 1984
| Los Angeles (usa)
| Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu (rom)
| Valeria Ionescu (rom)
| Susan Hearnshaw (gbr)
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| 1980
| Moskva (sov)
| Tatyana Kolpakova (sov)
| Brigitte Wujak (ege)
| Tatyana Skachko (sov)
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| 1976
| Montréal (can)
| Angela Voigt (ege)
| Kathy McMillan (usa)
| Lidiya Alfeyeva (sov)
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| 1972
| München (wge)
| Heidemarie Rosendahl (wge)
| Diana Jorgova (bul)
| Eva Suranová (czs)
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| 1968
| Mexico City (mex)
| Viorica Viscopoleanu (rom)
| Sheila Sherwood (gbr)
| Tatyana Talysheva (sov)
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| 1964
| Tokyo (jpn)
| Mary Rand-Bignal (gbr)
| Irena Kirszenstein (pol)
| Tatyana Shelkanova (sov)
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| 1960
| Roma (ita)
| Vera Krepkina (sov)
| Elzbieta Krzesinska (pol)
| Hildrun Claus (ger)
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| 1956
| Melbourne (aus)
| Elzbieta Krzesinska (pol)
| Willye White (usa)
| Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili (sov)
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| 1952
| Helsinki (fin)
| Yvette Williams (nzl)
| Aleksandra Chudina (sov)
| Shirley Cawley (gbr)
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| 1948
| London (gbr)
| Olga Gyarmati (hun)
| Noemi Simonetto de Portela (arg)
| Ann-Britt Leyman (swe)
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