World Championships
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helsinki 1983 | Bettine Jahn (GDR) | Kerstin Knabe (GDR) | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) |
| Rome 1987 | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | Gloria Uibel (GDR) | Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) |
| Tokyo 1991 | Ludmila Narozhilenko (USSR) | Gail Devers (USA) | Natalya Grigoryeva (USSR) |
| Stuttgart 1993 | Gail Devers (USA) | Marina Azyabina (RUS) | Lynda Tolbert-Goode (USA) |
| Gothenburg 1995 | Gail Devers (USA) | Olga Shishigina (KAZ) | Yuliya Graudyn (RUS) |
| Athens 1997 | Ludmilla Engquist (SWE) | Svetla Dimitrova (BUL) | Michelle Freeman (JAM) |
| Seville 1999 | Gail Devers (USA) | Glory Alozie (NGA) | Ludmilla Engquist (SWE) |
| Edmonton 2001 | Anjanette Kirkland (USA) | Gail Devers (USA) | Olga Shishigina (KAZ) |
| Paris 2003 | Perdita Felicien (CAN) | Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) | Miesha McKelvy (USA) |
| Helsinki 2005 | Michelle Perry (USA) | Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM) | Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) |
| Osaka 2007 | Michelle Perry (USA) | Perdita Felicien (CAN) | Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM) |
| Berlin 2009 | Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) | Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) | Delloreen Ennis-London (JAM) |
| Daegu 2011 | Sally Pearson (AUS) | Danielle Carruthers (USA) | Dawn Harper (USA) |
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