World Championships, Women
This event was held in 1966–2006.
| Year | Place | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Wiesbaden | Eulalia Zakrzewska (POL) | Margaret Thompson (USA) | Ferencne Kun (HUN) |
| 1970 | Phoenix | Desanka Perovic (YUG) | Ann de Vos (RSA) | Margareta Gustafsson (SWE) |
| 1974 | Thun | Margaret Murdock (USA) | Christina Gustafsson (SWE) | Nonka Shatarova (BUL) |
| 1978 | Seoul | Sue Ann Sandusky (USA) | Dominique Esnault (FRA) | Karen Monez (USA) |
| 1982 | Caracas | Sirpa Yloenen (FIN) | Yvonne Hill (AUS) | Svetlana Komaristova (URS) |
| 1986 | Suhl | Eva Forian (HUN) | Nonka Matova (BUL) | Roxana Lamasanu (ROM) |
| 1990 | Moscow | Iryna Shylava (URS) | Valentina Cherkasova (URS) | Lessia Leskiv (URS) |
| 1994 | Milan | Petra Horneber (GER) | Beth Herzman (USA) | Nieves Fernandez (ESP) |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Marina Bobkova (RUS) | Xian Wang (CHN) | Elizabeth Bourland (USA) |
| 2002 | Lahti | Olga Dovgun (KAZ) | Xian Wang (CHN) | Natallia Kalnysh (UKR) |
| 2006 | Zagreb | Olga Dovgun (KAZ) | Hanne Skarpodde (NOR) | Varvara Kovalenko (KAZ) |
| 2010 | Munich | Tejaswini Sawant (IND) | Joanna Nowakowska (POL) | Olga Dovgun (KAZ) |
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