Women have contested events at the World Athletics Championships since its inauguration in 1983. The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off edition of the championships was also held the same year at the 1980 Summer Olympics to include the IAAF-approved international women's events in 400 metres hurdles and 3000 metres which were not added to the Olympic athletics programme that year due to a dispute with the International Olympic Committee.
Track
edit100 m
editMedalists by country
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
9 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 |  East Germany (GDR) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Germany (GER) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Ivory Coast (CIV) |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Bahamas (BAH) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Greece (GRE) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 9 |  Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  France (FRA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Russia (RUS) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
200 m
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Medalists by country
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaica (JAM) |
6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | United States (USA) |
4 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Netherlands (NED)
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Germany (GER) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Bahamas (BAH) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Great Britain (GBR)
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ivory Coast (CIV) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Sri Lanka (SRI) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | France (FRA) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 |  Cayman Islands (CAY) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Switzerland (SUI)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Nigeria (NGR)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
400 m
edit§ : awarded following doping disqualification.
Medalists by country
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Australia (AUS) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| France (FRA)
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Bahamas (BAH) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Dominican Republic (DOM)
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Botswana (BOT)
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 Bahrain (BHR)
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 |  Mexico (MEX) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 |  Senegal (SEN) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Soviet Union (URS)
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Jamaica (JAM) |
0 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 14 | Germany (GER) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | East Germany (GDR) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Poland (POL)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Barbados (BAR) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Russia (RUS)
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Spain (ESP) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
800 m
editMedalists by country
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kenya (KEN) |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  Mozambique (MOZ) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Cuba (CUB) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  South Africa (RSA) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | United States (USA) |
1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Soviet Union (URS) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | East Germany (GDR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Belarus (BLR)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic (CZE) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Uganda (UGA)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Russia (RUS) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 |  Morocco (MAR) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 |  Suriname (SUR) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Austria (AUT) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Romania (ROM) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Spain (ESP) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 |  Burundi (BDI)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Canada (CAN)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1500 m
editMedalists by country
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenya (KEN) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS)
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | United States (USA) |
2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 |  Algeria (ALG) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Bahrain (BHR) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Ethiopia (ETH) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Soviet Union (URS)
|
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED)
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 |  Portugal (POR) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  China (CHN)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | East Germany (GDR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ireland (IRL)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine (UKR)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Turkey (TUR)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France (FRA)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland (SUI)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3000 m
edit| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Sittard |
Birgit Friedmann (FRG)
|
Karoline Nemetz (SWE)
|
 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
|
| 1983 Helsinki |
Mary Decker (USA)
|
Brigitte Kraus (FRG)
|
Tatyana Kovalenko-Kazankina (URS)
|
| 1987 Rome |
Tetyana Samolenko (URS)
|
 Maricica Puică (ROU)
|
Ulrike Bruns (GDR)
|
| 1991 Tokyo |
Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS)
|
Yelena Romanova (URS)
|
Susan Sirma (KEN)
|
| 1993 Stuttgart |
Qu Yunxia (CHN)
|
Zhang Linli (CHN)
|
Zhang Lirong (CHN)
|
5000 m
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10,000 m
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100 m hurdles
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400 m hurdles
editMedals by country
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) |
5 | 10 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) |
2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Morocco (MAR)
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Soviet Union (URS)
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | Czech Republic (CZE) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Jamaica (JAM) |
1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Russia (RUS) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Netherlands (NED)
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | Cuba (CUB) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Denmark (DEN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Spain (ESP) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkey (TUR)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Poland (POL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3000 m steeplechase
edit| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Helsinki |
Dorcus Inzikuru (UGA)
|
Yekaterina Volkova (RUS)
|
Jeruto Kiptum (KEN)
|
| 2007 Osaka |
Yekaterina Volkova (RUS)
|
Tatyana Petrova (RUS)
|
Eunice Jepkorir (KEN)
|
| 2009 Berlin |
Vacant [1][2] | Yuliya Zarudneva (RUS)
|
Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN)
|
| 2011 Daegu |
 Habiba Ghribi (TUN)
|
Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN)
|
Mercy Wanjiku (KEN)
|
| 2013 Moscow |
Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN)
|
Lydiah Chepkurui (KEN)
|
Sofia Assefa (ETH)
|
| 2015 Beijing |
Hyvin Jepkemoi (KEN)
|
Habiba Ghribi (TUN)
|
Gesa Felicitas Krause (GER)
|
| 2017 London |
Emma Coburn (USA)
|
Courtney Frerichs (USA)
|
Hyvin Jepkemoi (KEN)
|
| 2019 Doha |
Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN)
|
Emma Coburn (USA)
|
Gesa Felicitas Krause (GER)
|
| 2022 Eugene |
 Norah Jeruto (KAZ)
|
Werkuha Getachew (ETH)
|
Mekides Abebe (ETH)
|
| 2023 Budapest |
Winfred Yavi (BHR)
|
Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN)
|
Faith Cherotich (KEN)
|
4 × 100 metres relay
editNote * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
- dq1 The United States team of Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, and Marion Jones originally won the 2001 World Championship in a time of 41.71 seconds, but were disqualified after Jones and White were found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
4 × 400 metres relay
editNote: * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
- dq1 The Russian team (Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Tatyana Firova, Lyudmila Litvinova and Antonina Krivoshapka) originally finished third in the 2009 World Championships, but was disqualified after Kapachinskaya was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
- dq2 The Russian team (Antonina Krivoshapka, Natalya Antyukh, Lyudmila Litvinova and Anastasiya Kapachinskaya) originally finished third in the 2011 World Championships, but was disqualified after Kapachinskaya was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
- dq3 The Russian team (Yuliya Gushchina, Tatyana Firova, Kseniya Ryzhova and Antonina Krivoshapka) originally won in the 2013 World Championships, but was disqualified after Krivoshapka was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
Medalists by country
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
10 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 |  Russia (RUS) |
3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 |  East Germany (GDR) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Germany (GER) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Soviet Union (URS) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Netherlands (NED) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 9 |  Poland (POL) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Australia (AUS) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France (FRA)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 × 400 metres mixed relay
editNote: * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
Road
editMarathon
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10 km walk
edit| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 Rome |
Irina Strakhova (URS)
|
Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)
|
Yan Hong (CHN)
|
| 1991 Tokyo |
Alina Ivanova (URS)
|
Madelein Svensson (SWE)
|
 Sari Essayah (FIN)
|
| 1993 Stuttgart |
Sari Essayah (FIN)
|
 Ileana Salvador (ITA)
|
Encarna Granados (ESP)
|
| 1995 Gothenburg |
Irina Stankina (RUS)
|
Annarita Sidoti (ITA)
|
Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
|
| 1997 Athens |
Annarita Sidoti (ITA)
|
Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR)
|
Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)
|
20 km walk
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35 km walk
edit| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Eugene |
 Kimberly García (PER)
|
Katarzyna Zdziebło (POL)
|
Qieyang Shijie (CHN)
|
| 2023 Budapest |
María Pérez (ESP)
|
Kimberly García (PER)
|
Antigoni Ntrismpioti (GRE)
|
50 km walk
edit| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 London |
Inês Henriques (POR)
|
Yin Hang (CHN)
|
Yang Shuqing (CHN)
|
| 2019 Doha |
Liang Rui (CHN)
|
Li Maocuo (CHN)
|
Eleonora Giorgi (ITA)
|
Field
editHigh jump
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Pole vault
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Long jump
editMedal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| – |  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
Triple jump
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Note
edit- B The original bronze medalist (Hrysopiyi Devetzi of Greece) was disqualified for doping in 2016.[3] The medal was given to Anna Pyatykh but later in 2017 she was disqualified for the use of steroids.[4]
Shot put
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Discus throw
editJavelin throw
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Hammer throw
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Heptathlon
editMedal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 |  Belgium (BEL) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 |  Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 20 | 19 | 19 | 58 | |
See also
edit- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
- List of World Championships in Athletics medalists (men)
References
edit- ^ World champion steeplechaser Marta Dominguez banned for doping
- ^ Spanish runner Marta Dominguez banned 3 years by CAS
- ^ "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) imposes four-year ban on Russian triple-jumper Anna Pyatykh" (PDF). CAS. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ Revision of results following sanctions of Tsikhan and Ostapchuk
- ^ Original bronze medalist Russian Mariya Abakumova was later disqualified for failing retests of samples
- ^ Original gold medalist Russian Mariya Abakumova was later disqualified for failing retests of samples
- IAAF World Championships in Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-04.