| 2012 |
| (London, August 5) |
| 1 | Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia) | 2:23:07 | | |
| 2 | Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) | 2:23:12 | | |
| 3 | Tatyana Arkhipova (Russia) | 2:23:29 | | |
| 4 | Mary Keitany (Kenya) | 2:23:56 | | |
| 5 | Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko (Ukraine) | 2:24:32 | | |
| 6 | Xiaolin Zhu (China) | 2:24:48 | | |
| 7 | Jessica Augusto (Portugal) | 2:25:11 | | |
| 8 | Valeria Straneo (Italy) | 2:25:27 | | |
| [10. Shalane Flanagan (USA) 2:25:51] |
| [11. Kara Goucher (USA) 2:26:07)] |
| [DNF—Desiree Davila (USA)-injured] |
| 2008 |
| 1 | Constantina Dita (Romania) | 2:26:44 | | |
| 2 | Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) | 2:27:06 | | |
| 3 | Chunxiu Zhou (China) | 2:27:07 | | |
| 4 | Xiaolin Zhu (China) | 2:27:16 | | |
| 5 | Martha Kamu (Kenya) | 2:27:33 | | |
| 6 | Mara Yamauchi (Great Britain) | 2:27:29 | | |
| 7 | Irina Timofeyeva (Russia) | 2:27:31 | | |
| 8 | Lidia Simon (Romania) | 2:27:51 | | |
| [27 | Blake Russell (USA) 2:33:13] | | | |
| [DNF—Deena Kastor (USA)] |
| [DNF—Magdalena Lewy-Boulet (USA)] |
| 2004 |
| 1 | Mizuki Noguchi (Japan) | 2:26:20 | | |
| 2 | Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) | 2:26:32 | | |
| 3 | Deena Kastor (USA) | 2:27:20 | | |
| 4 | Elfenesh Alemu (Ethiopia) | 2:28:15 | | |
| 5 | Reiko Tosa (Japan) | 2:28:44 | | |
| 6 | Olivera Jevtić (Serbia) | 2:31:15 | | |
| 7 | Naoko Sakamoto (Japan) | 2:31:43 | | |
| 8 | Lyudmila Petrova (Russia) | 2:31:56 | | |
| [34 | Jen Rhines (USA) 2:43:52] | | | |
| [39 | Colleen du Reuck (USA) 2:46:30] | | | |
| 2000 |
| 1 | Naoko Takahashi (Japan) | 2:23:14 | | |
| 2 | Lidia Simon (Romania) | 2:23:22 | | |
| 3 | Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya) | 2:24:45 | | |
| 4 | Esther Wanjiru (Kenya) | 2:26:17 | | |
| 5 | Madina Biktagirova (Russia) | 2:26:33 | | |
| 6 | Elfenesh Alemu (Ethiopia) | 2:26:54 | | |
| 7 | Eri Yamaguchi (Japan) | 2:27:03 | | |
| 8 | Bong Sil Ham (North Korea) | 2:27:07 | | |
| [19 | Chris Clark (USA) 2:31:35—only U.S. entrant] | | | |
| [Takahashi 2:23:14 OR] |
| 1996 |
| 1 | Fatuma Roba (Ethiopia) | 2:26:05 | | |
| 2 | Valentina Yegorova (Russia) | 2:28:05 | | |
| 3 | Yuko Arimori (Japan) | 2:28:39 | | |
| 4 | Katrin Dörre-Heinig (Germany) | 2:28:45 | | |
| 5 | Rocio Rios (Spain) | 2:30:50 | | |
| 6 | Lidia Simon (Romania) | 2:31:04 | | |
| 7 | Manuela Machado (Portugal) | 2:31:11 | | |
| 8 | Sonja Krolik (Germany) | 2:31:16 | | |
| [10 | Anne Marie Lauck (USA) 2:31:30] | | | |
| [31 | Linda Somers (USA) 2:36:58] | | | |
| [DNF—Jenny Spangler (USA)] |
| 1992 |
| 1 | Valentina Yegorova (Soviet Union) | 2:32:41 | | |
| 2 | Yuko Arimori (Japan) | 2:32:49 | | |
| 3 | Lorraine Moller (New Zealand) | 2:33:59 | | |
| 4 | Sachiko Yamashita (Japan) | 2:36:26 | | |
| 5 | Katrin Dörre-Heinig (Germany) | 2:36:48 | | |
| 6 | Mun Gyong-ae (South Korea) | 2:37:03 | | |
| 7 | Manuela Machado (Portugal) | 2:38:22 | | |
| 8 | Ramilya Burangulova (Russia) | 2:38:46 | | |
| [10 | Cathy O’Brien (USA) 2:39:42] | | | |
| [12 | Francie Larrieu Smith (USA) 2:41:09] | | | |
| [21 | Janis Klecker (USA) 2:42:17] | | | |
| 1988 |
| 1 | Rosa Mota (Portugal) | 2:25:40 | | |
| 2 | Lisa Ondieki (Australia) | 2:25:53 | | |
| 3 | Katrin Dörre-Heinig (East Germany) | 2:26:21 | | |
| 4 | Tatyana Polovinskaya (Soviet Union) | 2:27:05 | | |
| 5 | Youfeng Zhao (China) | 2:27:06 | | |
| 6 | Laura Fogli (Italy) | 2:27:49 | | |
| 7 | Danièle Kaber (Luxembourg) | 2:29:43 | | |
| 8 | Maria Curatolo (Italy) | 2:30:14 | | |
| [17 | Nancy Ditz (USA) 2:33:42] | | | |
| [39 | Margaret Groos (USA) 2:40:59] | | | |
| [40. Cathy O’Brien (USA) 2:41:04] |
| 1984 |
| 1 | Joan Samuelson (USA) | 2:24.52 | | |
| 2 | Grete Waitz (Norway) | 2:26:18 | | |
| 3 | Rosa Mota (Portugal) | 2:26:57 | | |
| 4 | Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) | 2:27:34 | | |
| 5 | Lorraine Moller (New Zealand) | 2:28:34 | | |
| 6 | Priscilla Welch (Great Britain) | 2:28:54 | | |
| 7 | Lisa Ondieki (Australia) | 2:29:03 | | |
| 8 | Sylvie Ruegger (Canada) | 2:29:09 | | |
| [36 | Julie Brown (USA) 2:47:33] | | | |
| [DNF—Julie Isphording (USA)] |
| [Samuelson 2:24:52 OR] |
| 1980 |
| (1928-1980 not contested) |
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