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
100 m
Medalists by country
| 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
Medalists by country
| 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
§ : awarded following doping disqualification.
Medalists by country
| 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
Medalists by country
| 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
Medalists by country
| 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
| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Sittard details |
Birgit Friedmann (FRG)
|
Karoline Nemetz (SWE)
|
 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
|
| 1983 Helsinki details |
Mary Decker (USA)
|
Brigitte Kraus (FRG)
|
Tatyana Kovalenko-Kazankina (URS)
|
| 1987 Rome details |
Tetyana Samolenko (URS)
|
 Maricica Puică (ROU)
|
Ulrike Bruns (GDR)
|
| 1991 Tokyo details |
Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS)
|
Yelena Romanova (URS)
|
Susan Sirma (KEN)
|
| 1993 Stuttgart details |
Qu Yunxia (CHN)
|
Zhang Linli (CHN)
|
Zhang Lirong (CHN)
|
5000 m
10,000 m
100 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
Medals by country
| 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
| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Helsinki details |
Dorcus Inzikuru (UGA)
|
Yekaterina Volkova (RUS)
|
Jeruto Kiptum (KEN)
|
| 2007 Osaka details |
Yekaterina Volkova (RUS)
|
Tatyana Petrova (RUS)
|
Eunice Jepkorir (KEN)
|
| 2009 Berlin details |
Vacant | Yuliya Zarudneva (RUS)
|
Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN)
|
| 2011 Daegu details |
 Habiba Ghribi (TUN)
|
Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN)
|
Mercy Wanjiku (KEN)
|
| 2013 Moscow details |
Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN)
|
Lydiah Chepkurui (KEN)
|
Sofia Assefa (ETH)
|
| 2015 Beijing details |
Hyvin Jepkemoi (KEN)
|
Habiba Ghribi (TUN)
|
Gesa Felicitas Krause (GER)
|
| 2017 London details |
Emma Coburn (USA)
|
Courtney Frerichs (USA)
|
Hyvin Jepkemoi (KEN)
|
| 2019 Doha details |
Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN)
|
Emma Coburn (USA)
|
Gesa Felicitas Krause (GER)
|
| 2022 Eugene details |
 Norah Jeruto (KAZ)
|
Werkuha Getachew (ETH)
|
Mekides Abebe (ETH)
|
| 2023 Budapest details |
Winfred Yavi (BHR)
|
Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN)
|
Faith Cherotich (KEN)
|
4 × 100 metres relay
Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
- 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
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
| 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
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
Road
Marathon
10 km walk
| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 Rome details |
Irina Strakhova (URS)
|
Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)
|
Yan Hong (CHN)
|
| 1991 Tokyo details |
Alina Ivanova (URS)
|
Madelein Svensson (SWE)
|
 Sari Essayah (FIN)
|
| 1993 Stuttgart details |
Sari Essayah (FIN)
|
 Ileana Salvador (ITA)
|
Encarna Granados (ESP)
|
| 1995 Gothenburg details |
Irina Stankina (RUS)
|
Annarita Sidoti (ITA)
|
Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
|
| 1997 Athens details |
Annarita Sidoti (ITA)
|
Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR)
|
Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)
|
20 km walk
35 km walk
| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Eugene details |
 Kimberly García (PER)
|
Katarzyna Zdziebło (POL)
|
Qieyang Shijie (CHN)
|
| 2023 Budapest details |
María Pérez (ESP)
|
Kimberly García (PER)
|
Antigoni Ntrismpioti (GRE)
|
50 km walk
| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 London details |
Inês Henriques (POR)
|
Yin Hang (CHN)
|
Yang Shuqing (CHN)
|
| 2019 Doha details |
Liang Rui (CHN)
|
Li Maocuo (CHN)
|
Eleonora Giorgi (ITA)
|
Field
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Medal table
| 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
These medalists:
Note
- The original bronze medalist (Hrysopiyi Devetzi of Greece) was disqualified for doping in 2016. The medal was given to Anna Pyatykh but later in 2017 she was disqualified for the use of steroids.
Shot put
Discus throw
Javelin throw
Hammer throw
Heptathlon
Medal table
| 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
- List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
- List of World Championships in Athletics medalists (men)
References
- 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.
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