| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, August 7) | ||||
| 1. | Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) | 6-8¼ | 2.04 | ||
| 2. | Nicola McDermott (Australia) | 6-7½ | 2.02 | ||
| 3. | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) | 6-6¾ | 2.00 | ||
| 4. | Iryna Herashchenko (Ukraine) | 6-6 | 1.98 | ||
| 5. | Eleanor Patterson (Australia) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| =6. | Vashti Cunningham (USA) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| =6. | Safina Sadullayeva (Uzbekhistan) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| 8. | Yuliya Levchenko (Ukraine) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| [Ty Butts-Townsend (USA) nq] | ||||
| [Rachel McCoy (USA) nq] | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 20) | ||||
| 1 | Ruth Beitia (Spain) | 6-5½ | 1.97 | ||
| 2 | Mirela Demireva (Bulgaria) | 6-5½ | 1.97 | ||
| 3 | Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) | 6-5½ | 1.97 | ||
| 4 | Chaunté Lowe (USA) | 6-5½ | 1.97 | ||
| 5 | Alessia Trost (Italy) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| 6 | Levern Spencer (St. Lucia) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| 7t | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (Germany) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| 7t | Sofie Skoog (Sweden) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| 10t | Inika McPherson (USA) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| 13t | Vashti Cunningham (USA) | 6-2 | 1.88 | ||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 11) | ||||
| 1 | Anna Chicherova (Russia) | 6-8¾ | 2.05 | ||
| 2 | Brigetta Barrett (USA) | 6-8 | 2.03 | ||
| 3 | Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) | 6-8 | 2.03 | ||
| 4 | Ruth Beitia (Spain) | 6-6¾ | 2.00 | ||
| 5 | Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) | 6-5½ | 1.97 | ||
| 6 | Chaunté Lowe (USA) | 6-5½ | 1.97 | ||
| 7 | Svetlana Radzivil (Uzbekhistan) | 6-5½ | 1.97 | ||
| 8 | Emma Green (Sweden) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| [DNQ—Amy Acuff (USA) 6-¾(1.85)] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) | 6-8¾ | 2.05 | ||
| 2 | Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) | 6-8¾ | 2.05 | ||
| 3 | Anna Chicherova (Russia) | 6-8 | 2.03 | ||
| 4 | Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) | 6-7 | 2.01 | ||
| 5 | Vita Palamar (Ukraine) | 6-6¼ | 1.99 | ||
| 6 | Chaunté Lowe (USA) | 6-6¼ | 1.99 | ||
| =7 | Ariane Friedrich (Germany) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| =7 | Ruth Beitia (Spain) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| [DNQ—Amy Acuff (USA), Sharon Day (USA)] | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) | 6-9 | 2.06 | ||
| 2 | Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) | 6-7½ | 2.02 | ||
| 3 | Viktoriya Styopina (Russia) | 6-7½ | 2.02 | ||
| 4 | Amy Acuff (USA) | 6-6¼ | 1.99 | ||
| 5 | Irina Mikhalchenko (Ukraine) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| 6 | Anna Chicherova (Russia) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| 7 | Oana Pantelimon (Romania) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| 8 | Monica Iagar (Romania) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| [DNQ—Tisha Waller (USA), Chaunté Lowe (USA)] | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Yelena Yelesina (Russia) | 6-7 | 2.01 | ||
| 2 | Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) | 6-7 | 2.01 | ||
| =3 | Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) | 6-6¼ | 1.99 | ||
| =3 | Oana Pantelimon (Romania) | 6-6¼ | 1.99 | ||
| 5 | Inga Babakova (Ukraine) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| 6 | Svetlana Zalevskaya (Kaz) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| 7 | Vita Palamar (Ukraine) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| 8 | Amewu Mensah (Germany) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| [DNQ—Amy Acuff (USA), Erin Aldrich (USA), Karol Damon (USA)] | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) | 6-8¾ | 2.05 | ||
| 2 | Níki Bakoyiánni (Greece) | 6-8 | 2.03 | ||
| 3 | Inga Babakova (Ukraine) | 6-7 | 2.01 | ||
| 4 | Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) | 6-6¼ | 1.99 | ||
| =5 | Alina Astafei (Germany) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| =5 | Tatyana Motkova (Russia) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| =5 | Nelė…#381;ilinskienė (Lithuania) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| 8 | Hanna Haugland (Norway) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| [=9 | Tisha Waller (USA) 6-4/1.93] | |||
| [DNQ—Amy Acuff (USA), Connie Teaberry (USA)] | ||||
| [Kostadinova 2.03 =OR, Bakoyiánni 2.03 =OR; Kostadinova | ||||
| 2.05 OR] | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | Heike Henkel (Germany) | 6-7½ | 2.02 | ||
| 2 | Galina Astafei (Romania) | 6-6¾ | 2.00 | ||
| 3 | Ioamnet Quintero (Cuba) | 6-5½ | 1.97 | ||
| 4 | Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) | 6-4¼ | 1.94 | ||
| 5 | Sigrid Kirchmann (Austria) | 6-4¼ | 1.94 | ||
| 6 | Silvia Costa (Cuba) | 6-4¼ | 1.94 | ||
| 7 | Megumi Sato (Japan) | 6-3¼ | 1.91 | ||
| 8 | Alison Inverarity (Australia) | 6-3¼ | 1.91 | ||
| [=11 | Tanya Hughes-Jones (USA) 6-2/1.88] | |||
| [DNQ—Sue Rembao (USA), Amber Welty (USA)] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | Louise Ritter (USA) | 6-8 | 2.03 | ||
| 2 | Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) | 6-7 | 2.01 | ||
| 3 | Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) | 6-6¼ | 1.99 | ||
| 4 | Olga Turchak (Soviet Union) | 6-5 | 1.96 | ||
| =5 | Lyudmila Andonova (Bulgaria) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| =5 | Galina Astafei (Romania) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| 7 | Christine Stanton (Australia) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| =8 | Diana Davies (Great Britain) | 6-2¾ | 1.90 | ||
| =8 | Hee-Sun Kim (South Korea) | 6-2¾ | 1.90 | ||
| [DNQ—Trish King (USA), Coleen Sommer (USA)] | ||||
| [Ritter 2.03 OR {jumpoff}] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1 | Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) | 6-7½ | 2.02 | ||
| 2 | Sara Simeoni (Italy) | 6-6¾ | 2.00 | ||
| 3 | Joni Huntley (USA) | 6-5½ | 1.97 | ||
| 4 | Maryse Éwanjé-Épée (France) | 6-4¼ | 1.94 | ||
| 5 | Debbie Brill (Canada) | 6-4¼ | 1.94 | ||
| 6 | Vanessa Browne (Australia) | 6-4¼ | 1.94 | ||
| 7 | Dazhen Zheng (China) | 6-3¼ | 1.91 | ||
| 8 | Louise Ritter (USA) | 6-3¼ | 1.91 | ||
| [=11 | Pam Spencer (USA) 6-¾/1.85] | |||
| [Simeoni 1.97 =OR; Meyfarth 1.97 =OR; Huntley 1.97 =OR; Simeoni | ||||
| 2.00 OR; Meyfarth 2.00 =OR, 2.02 OR] | ||||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1 | Sara Simeoni (Italy) | 6-5½ | 1.97 | ||
| 2 | Urszula Kielan (Poland) | 6-4¼ | 1.94 | ||
| 3 | Jutta Kirst (East Germany) | 6-4¼ | 1.94 | ||
| 4 | Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) | 6-3¼ | 1.91 | ||
| 5 | Marina Sysoyeva (Soviet Union) | 6-3¼ | 1.91 | ||
| =6 | Andrea Bienias (East Germany) | 6-3¼ | 1.91 | ||
| =6 | Christine Stanton (Australia) | 6-3¼ | 1.91 | ||
| 8 | Cornelia Popa (Romania) | 6-2 | 1.88 | ||
| [Simeoni 1.94 OR; Kielan 1.94 =OR; Kirst 1.94 =OR; Simeoni 1.97 | ||||
| OR] | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1 | Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) | 6-4 | 1.93 | ||
| 2 | Sara Simeoni (Italy) | 6-3¼ | 1.91 | ||
| 3 | Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bulgaria) | 6-3¼ | 1.91 | ||
| 4 | Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) | 6-2¼ | 1.89 | ||
| 5 | Joni Huntley (USA) | 6-2¼ | 1.89 | ||
| 6 | Tatyana Shlyakto (Soviet Union) | 6-1½ | 1.87 | ||
| 7 | Annette Tånnander (Sweden) | 6-1½ | 1.87 | ||
| 8 | Cornelia Popa (Romania) | 6-1½ | 1.87 | ||
| [18 | Paula Girven (USA) 6-½/1.84] | |||
| [DNQ—Pam Spencer (USA)] | ||||
| [Ackermann 1.93 OR] | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1 | Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) | 6-3½ | 1.92 | ||
| 2 | Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bulgaria) | 6-2 | 1.88 | ||
| 3 | Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) | 6-2 | 1.88 | ||
| 4 | Barbara Inkpen (Great Britain) | 6-¾ | 1.85 | ||
| 5 | Rita Schmidt (East Germany) | 6-¾ | 1.85 | ||
| 6 | Sara Simeoni (Italy) | 6-¾ | 1.85 | ||
| 7 | Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) | 6-¾ | 1.85 | ||
| 8 | Debbie Brill (Canada) | 5-11½ | 1.82 | ||
| [DNQ—Cindy Gilbert (USA), Sandi Goldsberry (USA), Deanne | ||||
| Wilson (USA)] | ||||
| [Meyfarth 6-2¾/1.90 =OR, 1.92 =WR, OR] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| 1 | Miloslava Hubnerová (Czechoslovakia) | 5-11½ | 1.82(A) | ||
| 2 | Antonina Okorokova (Soviet Union) | 5-10¾ | 1.80 | ||
| 3 | Valentina Kozyr (Soviet Union) | 5-10¾ | 1.80 | ||
| 4 | Jaroslava Valentová (Czechoslovakia) | 5-10 | 1.78 | ||
| 5 | Rita Schmidt (East Germany) | 5-10 | 1.78 | ||
| 6 | Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) | 5-10 | 1.78 | ||
| 7 | Karin Schulze (East Germany) | 5-9¼ | 1.76 | ||
| 8 | Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) | 5-9¼ | 1.76 | ||
| [DNQ—Estelle Baskerville (USA), Sharon Callahan (USA), | ||||
| Eleanor Montgomery (USA)] | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1 | Iolanda Balaş (Romania) | 6-2¾ | 1.90 | ||
| 2 | Michele Brown (Australia) | 5-10¾ | 1.80 | ||
| 3 | Taisiya Chenchik (Soviet Union) | 5-10 | 1.78 | ||
| 4 | Aida dos Santos (Brazil) | 5-8½ | 1.74 | ||
| 5 | Dianne Gerace (Canada) | 5-7¼ | 1.71 | ||
| 6 | Frances Slaap (Great Britain) | 5-7¼ | 1.71 | ||
| 7 | Olga Pulić (Yugoslavia) | 5-7¼ | 1.71 | ||
| 8 | Eleanor Montgomery (USA) | 5-7¼ | 1.71 | ||
| [NH—Terrezene Brown (USA)] | ||||
| [DNQ—Estelle Baskerville (USA)] | ||||
| [Balas 6-1¼/1.86 OR, 1.90 OR] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1 | Iolanda Balaş (Romania) | 6-¾ | 1.85 | ||
| =2 | Jaroslawa Józwiakowska (Poland) | 5-7¼ | 1.71 | ||
| =2 | Dorothy Shirley (Great Britain) | 5-7¼ | 1.71 | ||
| 4 | Galina Dolya (Soviet Union) | 5-7¼ | 1.71 | ||
| 5 | Taisiya Chenchik (Soviet Union) | 5-6 | 1.68 | ||
| =6 | Helen Frith (Australia) | 5-5 | 1.65 | ||
| =6 | Inga-Britt Lorentzen (Sweden) | 5-5 | 1.65 | ||
| =6 | Frances Slaap (Great Britain) | 5-5 | 1.65 | ||
| [=14 | Naomi Rogers (USA) 1.65] | |||
| [DNQ—Barbara Brown (USA), Jean Gaertner (USA)] | ||||
| [Balas 5-9¾/1.77 OR, 5-11¼/1.81 OR, 1.85 OR] | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1 | Mildred McDaniel (USA) | 5-9¼ | 1.76 | ||
| =2 | Thelma Hopkins (Great Britain) | 5-5¾ | 1.67 | ||
| =2 | Maria Pisaryeva (Soviet Union) | 5-5¾ | 1.67 | ||
| 4 | Gunhild Larking (Sweden) | 5-5¾ | 1.67 | ||
| 5 | Iolanda Balaş (Romania) | 5-5¾ | 1.67 | ||
| 6 | Michele Brown (Australia) | 5-5¾ | 1.67 | ||
| 7 | Mary Donaghy (New Zealand) | 5-5¾ | 1.67 | ||
| =8 | Hermina Geyser (South Africa) | 5-4½ | 1.64 | ||
| =8 | Jiřina Nemcová (Czechoslovakia) | 5-4½ | 1.64 | ||
| [DNQ—Ann Flynn (USA); no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [McDaniel 5-7/1.70 OR, 1.76 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| 1 | Esther Brand (South Africa) | 5-5¾ | 1.67 | ||
| 2 | Sheila Lerwill (Great Britain) | 5-5 | 1.65 | ||
| 3 | Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) | 5-4¼ | 1.63 | ||
| 4 | Thelma Hopkins (Great Britain) | 5-2¼ | 1.58 | ||
| 5 | Olga Modrachová (Czechoslovakia) | 5-2¼ | 1.58 | ||
| 6 | Theodora Schenk (Austria) | 5-2¼ | 1.58 | ||
| =7 | Nina Kossova (Soviet Union) | 5-1 | 1.55 | ||
| =7 | Dorothy Tyler (Great Britain) | 5-1 | 1.55 | ||
| [no U.S. entrants] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| 1 | Alice Coachman (USA) | 5-6 | 1.68 | ||
| 2 | Dorothy Tyler (Great Britain) | 5-6 | 1.68 | ||
| 3 | Micheline Ostermeyer (France) | 5-3¼ | 1.61 | ||
| =4 | Vinton Beckett (Canada) | 5-2¼ | 1.58 | ||
| =4 | Doreen Dredge (Canada) | 5-2¼ | 1.58 | ||
| 6 | Bertha Crowther (Great Britain) | 5-2¼ | 1.58 | ||
| 7 | Ilse Steinegger (Austria) | 5-1 | 1.55 | ||
| 8 | Dorothy Gardner (Great Britain) | 5-1 | 1.55 | ||
| [=11 | Bernice Robinson (USA) 4-11/1.50] | |||
| [=14 | Emma Reed (USA) 4-7/1.40] | |||
| [Coachman 1.68 OR; Tyler 1.68 =OR] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
| 1 | Ibolya Csák (Hungary) | 5-3 | 1.60 | ||
| 2 | Dorothy Tyler (Great Britain) | 5-3 | 1.60 | ||
| 3 | Elfriede Kaun (Germany) | 5-3 | 1.60 | ||
| 4 | Marguerite Nicolas (France) | 5-2¼ | 1.58 | ||
| =5 | Fanny Blankers-Koen (Holland) | 5-1 | 1.55 | ||
| =5 | Doris Carter (Australia) | 5-1 | 1.55 | ||
| =5 | Annette Rogers (USA) | 5-1 | 1.55 | ||
| =8 | Alice Arden (USA) | 4-11 | 1.50 | ||
| =8 | Margaret Bell (Canada) | 4-11 | 1.50 | ||
| =8 | Nellie Carrington (Great Britain) | 4-11 | 1.50 | ||
| =8 | Kathlyn Kelly (USA) | 4-11 | 1.50 | ||
| =8 | Wanda Nowak (Austria) | 4-11 | 1.50 | ||
| [Dora Ratjen (Germany) originally 4th at | ||||
| 5-2¼/1.58—later found to be a man, DQed] | ||||
| 1932 | ||||
| 1 | Jean Shiley (USA) | 5-5¾ | 1.67 | ||
| 2 | Babe Didrikson (USA) | 5-5 | 1.65 | ||
| 3 | Eva Dawes (Canada) | 5-3 | 1.60 | ||
| 4 | Carolina Gisolf (Holland) | 5-2¼ | 1.58 | ||
| 5 | Marjorie Clark (South Africa) | 5-2¼ | 1.58 | ||
| 6 | Annette Rogers (USA) | 5-2¼ | 1.58 | ||
| 7 | Helma Notte (Germany) | 5-1 | 1.55 | ||
| 8 | Yuriko Hirohashi (Japan) | 4-10¼ | 1.48 | ||
| [Shiley 1.60 OR, Didrikson 1.60 =OR, Dawes 1.60 =OR, Shiley | ||||
| 5-3¾/1.62 OR, Didrikson 1.62 =OR; Shiley 1.65 WR, OR; | ||||
| Didrikson 1.65 =WR, =OR; Shiley 1.67 WR, OR [jumpoff]; | ||||
| Didrickson 1.67 disallowed] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
| 1 | Ethel Catherwood (Canada) | 5-2½ | 1.59 | ||
| 2 | Carolina Gisolf (Holland) | 5-1¼ | 1.56 | ||
| 3 | Mildred Wiley (USA) | 5-1¼ | 1.56 | ||
| 4 | Jean Shiley (USA) | 4-11½ | 1.51 | ||
| 5 | Marjorie Clark (South Africa) | 4-10¼ | 1.48 | ||
| 6 | Helma Notte (Germany) | 4-10¼ | 1.48 | ||
| 7 | Inge Braumüller (Germany) | 4-10¼ | 1.48 | ||
| 8 | Catherine Maguire (USA) | 4-10¼ | 1.48 | ||
| [9 | Marion Holley (USA) 1.48] | |||
| [Catherwood 5-½/1.54 OR; Gisolf 1.54 =OR; Wiley 1.54 | ||||
| =OR; Catherwood 1.56 OR; Gisolf 1.56 =OR; Wiley 1.56 =OR; | ||||
| Catherwood 1.59 OR] | ||||