| Year
| Location
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| 2009
| Beograd (ser)
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| 2007
| Bangkok (tha)
| Olga Rypakova (kaz)
| Yelena Sokolova (rus)
| Stylianh Pilatou (gre)
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| 2005
| Izmir (tur)
| Lyudmila Kolchanova (rus)
| Naide Gomes (por)
| Natalya Lebusova (rus)
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| 2003
| Daegu (sko)
| Irina Simagina (rus)
| Alina Militaru (rom)
| Zita Ajkler (hun)
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| 2001
| Beijing (chn)
| Maurren Maggi (bra)
| Guan Yingnan (chn)
| Kumiko Ikeda (jpn)
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| 1999
| Palma de Mallorca (spa)
| Yelena Shevhovtsova (ukr)
| Adrien Sawyer (usa)
| Maurren Maggi (bra)
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| 1997
| Catania (ita)
| Yelena Shevhovtsova (ukr)
| Viktoriya Vershinina (ukr)
| Cristina Nicolau (rom)
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| 1995
| Fukuoka (jpn)
| Viktoriya Vershinina (ukr)
| Sharon Jaklofsky (net)
| Lyudmila Galkina (rus)
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| 1993
| Buffalo (usa)
| Mirela Dulgheru (rom)
| Vanessa Monar-Enweani (can)
| Daphne Saunders (bah)
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| 1991
| Sheffield (gbr)
| Inessa Kravets (sov)
| Fiona May (gbr)
| Yelena Khlopotnova (sov)
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| 1989
| Duisburg (wge)
| Yolanda Chen (sov)
| Marieta Ilcu (rom)
| Katja Trostel (ege)
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| 1987
| Zagreb (yug)
| Marieta Ilcu (rom)
| Lyudmila Ninova (bul)
| Heike Grabe (ege)
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| 1985
| Kobe (jpn)
| Irina Valyukevich (sov)
| Silvia Khristova (bul)
| Marieta Ilcu (rom)
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| 1983
| Edmonton (can)
| Anisoara Cusmir (rom)
| Svetlana Zorina (sov)
| Valy Ionescu (rom)
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| 1981
| Bucuresti (rom)
| Tatyana Kolpakova (sov)
| Anisoara Cusmir (rom)
| Valy Ionescu (rom)
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| 1979
| Mexico City (mex)
| Anita Stukane (sov)
| Jodi Anderson (usa)
| Tatyana Skachko (sov)
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| 1977
| Sofia (bul)
| Jacqueline Curtet (fra)
| Jarmila Nygrınová (czs)
| Jodi Anderson (usa)
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| 1975
| Roma (ita)
| Jarmila Nygrınová (czs)
| Dorina Catineanu (rom)
| Alina Gheorghiu (rom)
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| 1973
| Moskva (sov)
| Margrit Olfert (ege)
| Margarita Treinite (sov)
| Brenda Eisler (can)
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| 1970
| Torino (ita)
| Heid Rosendahl (wge)
| Elena Vintila (rom)
| Hiroko Yamashita (jpn)
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| 1967
| Tokyo (jpn)
| Sheila Parkin (gbr)
| Bärbel Palmié (wge)
| Anne-Marie Grosse (fra)
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| 1965
| Budapest (hun)
| Tatyana Shchelkanova (sov)
| Viorica Viscopoleanu (rom)
| Dorothe Sander (wge)
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| 1963
| Porto Alegre (bra)
| Tatyana Shchelkanova (sov)
| Vlasta Prikrylová (czs)
| Bärbel Palmié (wge)
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| 1961
| Sofia (bul)
| Tatyana Shchelkanova (sov)
| Diana Yorgova (bul)
| Elzbieta Krzesinska (pol)
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| 1959
| Torino (ita)
| Elzbieta Krzesinska (pol)
| Tamara Makarova (sov)
| Larisa Kulesova (sov)
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