20 Km and 30 Km
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | |||
| 1978 Lahti | Zinaida Amosova (URS) | Raisa Smetanina (URS) | Helena Takalo (FIN) |
| 1980 Falun | Veronika Hesse (GDR) | Galina Kulakova (URS) | Raisa Smetanina (URS) |
| 1982 Oslo | Raisa Smetanina (URS) | Berit Aunli (NOR) | Hilkka Riihivuori (FIN) |
| 1985 Seefeld | Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (NOR) | Britt Pettersen (NOR) | Anette Bøe (NOR) |
| 30 km | |||
| 1987 Oberstdorf | Marie-Helene Westin (SWE) | Anfisa Reztsova (URS) | Larisa Ptitsyna (URS) |
| 1989 Lahti | Yelena Välbe (URS) | Larisa Lazutina (URS) | Marjo Matikainen (FIN) |
| 1991 Val di Fiemme | Lyubov Yegorova (URS) | Yelena Välbe (URS) | Manuela Di Centa (ITA) |
| 1993 Falun | Stefania Belmondo (ITA) | Manuela Di Centa (ITA) | Lyubov Yegorova (RUS) |
| 1995 Thunder Bay | Yelena Välbe (RUS) | Manuela Di Centa (ITA) | Antonina Ordina (SWE) |
| 1997 Trondheim | Yelena Välbe (RUS) | Stefania Belmondo (ITA) | Marit Mikkelsplass (NOR) |
| 1999 Ramsau | Larisa Lazutina (RUS) | Olga Danilova (RUS) | Kristina Šmigun (EST) |
| 2001 | Cancelled | ||
| 2003 Val di Fiemme | Olga Zavyalova (RUS) | Yelena Burukhina (RUS) | Kristina Šmigun (EST) |
| 2005 Oberstdorf | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Natalia Baranova-Masolkina (RUS) |
| 2007 Sapporo | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | Kristin Størmer Steira (NOR) | Therese Johaug (NOR) |
| 2009 Liberec | Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) | Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova (RUS) | Valentina Shevchenko (UKR) |
| 2011 Oslo | Therese Johaug (NOR) | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) |
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