| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, August 2) | ||||
| 1. | Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) | 14:36.79 | ||
| 2. | Hellen Obiri (Kenya) | 14:38.36 | ||
| 3. | Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia) | 14:38.87 | ||
| 4. | Agnes Tirop (Kenya) | 14:39.62 | ||
| 5. | Ejgayehu Taye (Ethiopia) | 14:41.24 | ||
| 6. | Senbere Teferi (Ethiopia) | 14:45.11 | ||
| 7. | Nadia Battocletti (Italy) | 14:46.29 | ||
| 8. | Yasemin Can (Turkey) | 14:46.49 | ||
| 11. | Karissa Schweizer (USA) | 14:55.80 | ||
| 13. | Elise Cranny (USA) | 14:55.98 | ||
| [Rachel Schneider (USA) 7th in semi] | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 19) | ||||
| 1 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 14:26.17 | ||
| 2 | Hellen Obiri (Kenya) | 14:29.77 | ||
| 3 | Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) | 14:33.59 | ||
| 4 | Mercy Cherono (Kenya) | 14:42.89 | ||
| 5 | Senbere Teferi (Ethiopia) | 14:43.75 | ||
| 6 | Yasemin Can (Turkey) | 14:56.96 | ||
| 7 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (Norway) | 14:57.53 | ||
| 8 | Susan Kuijken (Holland) | 15:00.69 | ||
| 11 | Shelby Houlihan (USA) | 15:08.89 | ||
| dnc | Abbey D’Agostino (USA) (injured in heat) | |||
| [ Kim Conley (USA) 12th in heat (15:36.00)] | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 10) | ||||
| 1 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 15:04.25 | ||
| 2 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 15:04.73 | ||
| 3 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 15:05.15 | ||
| 4 | Sally Kipyego (Kenya) | 15:05.79 | ||
| 5 | Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) | 15:10.66 | ||
| 6 | Viola Kibiwott (Kenya) | 15:11.59 | ||
| 7 | Jo Pavey (Great Britain) | 15:12.72 | ||
| 8 | Julia Bleasdale (Great Britain) | 15:14.55 | ||
| [Molly Huddle (USA) 11th 15:20.29] | ||||
| [Julie Culley (USA) 14th 15:28.22] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 15:41.40 | ||
| 2 | Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) | 15:42.74 | ||
| 3 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 15:44.12 | ||
| 4 | Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) | 15:44.96 | ||
| 5 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 15:46.32 | ||
| 6 | Liliya Shobukhova (Russia) | 15:46.6.2 | ||
| 7 | Alemitu Bekele (Turkey) | 15:48.48 | ||
| 8 | Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) | 15:49.03 | ||
| [9 | Kara Goucher (USA) 15:49.39] | |||
| [10 | Shalane Flanagan (USA) 15:50.80] | |||
| [14 | Jen Rhines (USA) 16:34.63] | |||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 14:45.65 | ||
| 2 | Isabella Ochichi (Kenya) | 14:48.19 | ||
| 3 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 14:51.83 | ||
| 4 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) | 14:55.52 | ||
| 5 | Jo Pavey (Great Britain) | 14:57.87 | ||
| 6 | Gulnara Galkina (Russia) | 15:02.30 | ||
| 7 | Irina Mikitenko (Germany) | 15:03.36 | ||
| 8 | Yingjie Sun (China) | 15:07.23 | ||
| [Marla Runyan (USA) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Shalane Flanagan (USA) 11th in heat] | ||||
| [Shayne Culpepper (USA) 13th in heat] | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Gabriela Szabo (Romania) | 14:40.79 | ||
| 2 | Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) | 14:41.02 | ||
| 3 | Gete Wami (Ethiopia) | 14:42.23 | ||
| 4 | Ayelech Worku (Ethiopia) | 14:42.67 | ||
| 5 | Irina Mikitenko (Germany) | 14:43.59 | ||
| 6 | Lydia Cheromei (Kenya) | 14:47.35 | ||
| 7 | Worknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) | 14:47.40 | ||
| 8 | Olga Yegorova (Russia) | 14:50.31 | ||
| [Elva Dryer (USA) 7th in heat] | ||||
| [Amy Rudolph (USA) 7th in heat] | ||||
| [Anne Marie Lauck (USA) 11th in heat] | ||||
| [Szabo 14:40.79 OR] | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | Junxia Wang (China) | 14:59.88 | ||
| 2 | Pauline Konga (Kenya) | 15:03.49 | ||
| 3 | Roberta Brunet (Italy) | 15:07.52 | ||
| 4 | Michiko Shimizu (Japan) | 15:09.05 | ||
| 5 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | 15:13.11 | ||
| 6 | Yelena Romanova (Russia) | 15:14.09 | ||
| 7 | Elena Fidatov (Romania) | 15:16.71 | ||
| 8 | Rose Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 15:17.33 | ||
| [9 | Lynn Jennings (USA) 15:17.50] | |||
| [10 | Amy Rudolph (USA) 15:19.77] | |||
| [Mary Slaney (USA) 7th in heat, subsequent dope DQ] | ||||
| [Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 15:15.80 OR {heat}; Konga | ||||
| 15:07.01 OR {heat}; Wang 14:59.88 OR] | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| (3000) | ||||
| 1 | Yelena Romanova (Russia) | 8:46.04 | ||
| 2 | Tatyana Dorovskikh (Ukraine) | 8:46.85 | ||
| 3 | Angela Chalmers (Canada) | 8:47.22 | ||
| 4 | Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) | 8:47.41 | ||
| 5 | PattiSue Plumer (USA) | 8:48.29 | ||
| 6 | Yelena Kopytova (Russia) | 8:49.55 | ||
| 7 | Shelly Steely (USA) | 8:52.67 | ||
| 8 | Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) | 8:55.85 | ||
| [Annette Peters (USA) 4th in heat] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| (3000) | ||||
| 1 | Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) | 8:26.53 | ||
| 2 | Paula Ivan (Romania) | 8:27.15 | ||
| 3 | Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) | 8:29.02 | ||
| 4 | Yelena Romanova (Soviet Union) | 8:30.45 | ||
| 5 | Natalya Artyomova (Soviet Union) | 8:31.67 | ||
| 6 | Vicki Huber (USA) | 8:37.25 | ||
| 7 | Wendy Sly (Great Britain) | 8:37.70 | ||
| 8 | Lynn Williams (Canada) | 8:38.43 | ||
| [10 | Mary Slaney (USA) 8:47.13] | |||
| [13 | PattiSue Plumer (USA) 8:59.17] | |||
| [Dorovskikh 8:26.53 OR] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| (3000) | ||||
| 1 | Maricica Puica (Romania) | 8:35.96 | ||
| 2 | Wendy Sly (Great Britain) | 8:39.47 | ||
| 3 | Lynn Williams (Canada) | 8:42.14 | ||
| 4 | Cindy Bremser (USA) | 8:42.78 | ||
| 5 | Cornelia Bürki (Switzerland) | 8:45.20 | ||
| 6 | Aurora Cunha (Portugal) | 8:46.37 | ||
| 7 | Zola Pieterse (Great Britain) | 8:48.80 | ||
| 8 | Joan Hansen (USA) | 8:51.53 | ||
| DNF—Mary Slaney (USA) | ||||
| [Slaney 8:44.38 OR {heat}; Puica 8:43.32 OR {heat}, 8:35.96 OR] | ||||
| 1980 | ||||
| (not contested 1928-1980) |
