| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, August 5) | ||||
| 1. | Nafi Thiam (Belgium) | 6791 | ||
| 2. | Anouk Vetter (Netherlands) | 6689 | ||
| 3. | Emma Oosterwegel (Netherlands) | 6590 | ||
| 4. | Noor Vidts (Belgium) | 6571 | ||
| 5. | Kendell Williams (USA) | 6508 | ||
| 6. | Annie Kunz (USA) | 6420 | ||
| 7. | Carolin Schäfer (Germany) | 6419 | ||
| 8. | Ivona Dadic (Austria) | 6403 | ||
| 9. | Erica Bougard (USA) | 6379 | ||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 13) | ||||
| 1 | Nafi Thiam (Belgium) | 6810 | ||
| 2 | Jessica Ennis-Hill (Great Britain) | 6775 | ||
| 3 | Brianne Theisen-Eaton (Canada) | 6653 | ||
| 4 | Laura Ikauniece (Latvia) | 6617 | ||
| 5 | Carolin Schäfer (Germany) | 6540 | ||
| 6 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Great Britain) | 6523 | ||
| 7 | Yorgelis Rodríguez (Cuba) | 6481 | ||
| 8 | Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (Hungary) | 6442 | ||
| 12 | Barbara Nwaba (USA) | 6309 | ||
| 17 | Kendell Williams (USA) | 6221 | ||
| 18 | Heather Miller-Koch (USA) | 6213 | ||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 4) | ||||
| 1 | Jessica Ennis (Great Britain) | 6955 | ||
| 2 | Lilli Schwarzkopf (Germany) | 6649 | ||
| 3 | Tatyana Chernova (Russia) | 6628 | ||
| 4 | Lyudmyla Yosypenko (Ukraine) | 6618 | ||
| 5 | Austra Skujyte (Lithuania) | 6599 | ||
| 6 | Antoinette Nana Djimou (France) | 6576 | ||
| 7 | Jessica Zelinka (Canada) | 6480 | ||
| 8 | Kristina Savitskaya (Russia) | 6452 | ||
| [16. Sharon Day (USA) 6232] | ||||
| [29. Chantae McMillan (USA) 5688] | ||||
| [DNF—Hyleas Fountain (USA) (6) (5084)] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine) | 6733 | ||
| 2 | Hyleas Fountain (USA) | 6619 | ||
| 3 | Tatyana Chernova (Russia) | 6591 | ||
| 4 | Kelly Sotherton (Great Britain) | 6517 | ||
| 5 | Jessica Zelinka (Canada) | 6490 | ||
| 6 | Anna Bogdanova (Russia) | 6465 | ||
| 7 | Karolina Tymińska (Poland) | 6428 | ||
| 8 | Lilli Schwarzkopf (Germany) | 6379 | ||
| [DNF—Jackie Johnson (USA)] | ||||
| [DNF—Diana Pickler (USA)] | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Carolina Klüft (Sweden) | 6952 | ||
| 2 | Austra Skujytė (Lithuania) | 6435 | ||
| 3 | Kelly Sotherton (Great Britain) | 6424 | ||
| 4 | Shelia Burrell (USA) | 6296 | ||
| 5 | Yelena Prokhorova (Russia) | 6289 | ||
| 6 | Sonja Kesselschläger (Germany) | 6287 | ||
| 7 | Marie Collonvillé (France) | 6279 | ||
| 8 | Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine) | 6255 | ||
| [14 | Michelle Perry (USA) 6124] | |||
| [20. Tiffany Lott-Hogan (USA) 6066] | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Denise Lewis (Great Britain) | 6584 | ||
| 2 | Yelena Prokhorova (Russia) | 6531 | ||
| 3 | Natalya Sazanovich (Belarus) | 6527 | ||
| 4 | Urszula Włodarczyk (Poland) | 6470 | ||
| 5 | Sabine Braun (Germany) | 6355 | ||
| 6 | Natalya Roshchupkina (Russia) | 6237 | ||
| 7 | Karin Ertl (Germany) | 6209 | ||
| 8 | Tiia Hautala (Finland) | 6173 | ||
| [9 | DeDee Nathan (USA) 6150] | |||
| [26 | Shelia Burrell (USA) 5345] | |||
| [No third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | Ghada Shouaa (Syr) | 6780 | ||
| 2 | Natalya Sazanovich (Belarus) | 6563 | ||
| 3 | Denise Lewis (Great Britain) | 6489 | ||
| 4 | Urszula Włodarczyk (Poland) | 6484 | ||
| 5 | Eunice Barber (Sierra Leone) | 6342 | ||
| 6 | Rita Ináncsi (Hungary) | 6336 | ||
| 7 | Sabine Braun (Germany) | 6317 | ||
| 8 | Kelly Blair-LaBounty (USA) | 6307 | ||
| [9 | Sharon Hanson (USA) 6292] | |||
| [DNF—Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)] | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7044 | ||
| 2 | Irina Belova (Russia) | 6845 | ||
| 3 | Sabine Braun (Germany) | 6649 | ||
| 4 | Liliana Năstase (Romania) | 6619 | ||
| 5 | Svetla Dimitrova (Bulgaria) | 6468 | ||
| 6 | Peggy Beer (Germany) | 6434 | ||
| 7 | Birgit Clarius (Germany) | 6388 | ||
| 8 | Urszula Włodarczyk (Poland) | 6333 | ||
| [9 | Cindy Greiner (USA) 6300] | |||
| [11 | Kym Carter (USA) 6256] | |||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7291 | ||
| 2 | Sabine John (East Germany) | 6897 | ||
| 3 | Anke Behmer (East Germany) | 6858 | ||
| 4 | Natalya Shubenkova (Soviet Union) | 6540 | ||
| 5 | Remigia Nazarova (Soviet Union) | 6456 | ||
| 6 | Ines Schulz (East Germany) | 6411 | ||
| 7 | Jane Flemming (Australia) | 6351 | ||
| 8 | Cindy Greiner (USA) | 6297 | ||
| [18 | Wendy Brown (USA) 5972] | |||
| [Behmer 6858 OR; John 6897 OR; Joyner-Kersee 7291 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| (heptathlon—100H, HJ, SP, 200, LJ, JT, 800) | ||||
| (left column ’77 tables, right column ’85 tables) | ||||
| 1 | Glynis Nunn (Australia) | 6390 | 6387# | |
| 2 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 6385 | 6363# | |
| 3 | Sabine Everts (West Germany) | 6363 | 6388# | |
| 4 | Cindy Greiner (USA) | 6281 | 6236# | |
| 5 | Judy Simpson (Great Britain) | 6280 | 6264# | |
| 6 | Sabine Braun (West Germany) | 6236 | 6195 | |
| 7 | Tineke Hidding (Holland) | 6147 | 6085# | |
| 8 | Kim Hagger (Great Britain) | 6127 | 6103# | |
| [DNF—Jodi Anderson (USA)] | ||||
| [Jill Giffen (Canada) 5904 OR; Hidding 6147 OR; Everts 6363 OR; | ||||
| Nunn 6390 OR] | ||||
| [’85 Tables: Giffin 5798 OR; Hidding 6085 OR; Everts 6388 | ||||
| OR] | ||||
| 1980 | ||||
| (pentathlon—100H, SP, HJ, LJ, 800) | ||||
| (left column ’77 tables, right column ’85 tables) | ||||
| 1 | Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) | 5083 | 5213 | |
| 2 | Olga Rukavishnikova (Soviet Union) | 4937 | 5051 | |
| 3 | Olga Kuragina (Soviet Union) | 4875 | 4964 | |
| 4 | Ramona Neubert (East Germany) | 4698 | 4747 | |
| 5 | Margit Papp (Hungary) | 4562 | 4583 | |
| 6 | Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) | 4553 | 4545 | |
| 7 | Valentina Dimitrova (Bulgaria) | 4458 | 4437 | |
| 8 | Emilya Kounova (Bulgaria) | 4431 | 4407 | |
| [Kuragina 4875 WR, OR; Rukavishnikova 4937 WR, OR; Tkachenko | ||||
| 5083 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| (pentathlon—100H, SP, HJ, LJ, 200) | ||||
| (left column ’62 tables, right column ’85 tables) | ||||
| 1 | Sigrun Siegl (East Germany) | 4745 | 4777 | |
| 2 | Christine Laser (East Germany) | 4745 | 4774 | |
| 3 | Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) | 4740 | 4767 | |
| 4 | Lyudmila Popovskaya (Soviet Union) | 4700 | 4719 | |
| 5 | Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) | 4669 | 4692 | |
| 6 | Diane Jones (Canada) | 4582 | 4616 | |
| 7 | Jane Frederick (USA) | 4566 | 4564# | |
| 8 | Margit Papp (Hungary) | 4535 | 4567# | |
| [13 | Gale Fitzgerald (USA) 426¾211] | |||
| [17 | Marilyn King (USA) 4165/4129] | |||
| 1972 | ||||
| (pentathlon—100H, SP, HJ, LJ, 200) | ||||
| (left column ’62 tables, right column ’85 tables) | ||||
| 1 | Mary Peters (Great Britain) | 4801 | 4841# | |
| 2 | Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) | 4791 | 4852# | |
| 3 | Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) | 4768 | 4807 | |
| 4 | Christine Laser (East Germany) | 4671 | 4699 | |
| 5 | Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) | 4597 | 4604 | |
| 6 | Nadyalka Angelova (Bulgaria) | 4496 | 4497 | |
| 7 | Karen Mack (West Germany) | 4449 | 4441 | |
| 8 | Ilona Bruzsenyák (Hungary) | 4419 | 4403 | |
| [19 | Gale Fitzgerald (USA) 4206/4144] | |||
| [21 | Jane Frederick (USA) 4167/4095] | |||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Rosendahl 4791 WR, OR; Peters 4801 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| (pentathlon—80H, SP, HJ, LJ, 200) | ||||
| 1 | Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) | 5098(A) | ||
| 2 | Liese Prokop (Austria) | 4966 | ||
| 3 | Annamária Tóth (Hungary) | 4959 | ||
| 4 | Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) | 4927 | ||
| 5 | Manon Bornholdt (West Germany) | 4890 | ||
| 6 | Pat Connolly (USA) | 4877 | ||
| 7 | Ingeborg Bauer (East Germany) | 4849 | ||
| 8 | Meta Antenen (Switzerland) | 4848 | ||
| [24 | Cathy Hamblin (USA) 4330; no third U.S. entrant] | |||
| 1964 | ||||
| (pentathlon—80H, SP, HJ, LJ, 200) | ||||
| 1 | Irina Press (Soviet Union) | 5245 | ||
| 2 | Mary Rand (Great Britain) | 5035 | ||
| 3 | Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) | 4956 | ||
| 4 | Mary Peters (Great Britain) | 4797 | ||
| 5 | Draga Stamejčič (Yugoslavia) | 4790 | ||
| 6 | Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) | 4737 | ||
| 7 | Pat Connolly (USA) | 4724 | ||
| 8 | Ingrid Mickler (Germany) | 4717 | ||
| [only one U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Rand 5035 OR; Press 5245 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| (1928-1960 not contested) |