| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, August 6) | ||||
| 1. | Shiying Liu (China) | 217-8 | 66.34 | ||
| 2. | Maria Andrejczyk (Poland) | 211-11 | 64.61 | ||
| 3. | Kelsey-Lee Barber (Australia) | 211-10 | 64.56 | ||
| 4. | Eda Tugsuz (Turkey) | 210-0 | 64.00 | ||
| 5. | Huihui Lu (China) | 208-0 | 63.41 | ||
| 6. | Kathryn Mitchell (Australia) | 202-10 | 61.82 | ||
| 7. | Liveta Jasiunaite (Lithuania) | 197-0 | 60.06 | ||
| 8. | Mackenzie Little (Australia) | 196-9 | 59.96 | ||
| 10. | Maggie Malone (USA) | 196-3 | 59.82 | ||
| [Ariana Ince (USA) nq] | ||||
| [Kara Winger (USA) nq] | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 18) | ||||
| 1 | Sara Kolak (Croatia) | 217-1 | 66.18 | ||
| 2 | Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) | 213-0 | 64.92 | ||
| 3 | Barbora Spotáková (Czech Republic) | 212-7 | 64.80 | ||
| 4 | Maria Andrejczyk (Poland) | 212-6 | 64.78 | ||
| 5 | Tatsiana Khaladovich (Belarus) | 211-11 | 64.60 | ||
| 6 | Kathryn Mitchell (Australia) | 211-2 | 64.36 | ||
| 7 | Huihui Lu (China) | 210-1 | 64.04 | ||
| 8 | Christina Obergföll (Germany) | 206-5 | 62.92 | ||
| [Kara Winger (USA) dnq (200-2/61.02)] | ||||
| [Maggie Malone (USA) dnq (185-3/56.47)] | ||||
| [Brittany Borman (USA) dnq (183-10/56.04)] | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 9) | ||||
| 1 | Barbora Spotáková (Czech Republic) | 228-2 | 69.55 | ||
| 2 | Christina Obergföll (Germany) | 213-9 | 65.16 | ||
| 3 | Linda Stahl (Germany) | 212-11 | 64.91 | ||
| 4 | Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) | 211-8 | 64.53 | ||
| 5 | Huihui Lu (China) | 209-0 | 63.70 | ||
| 6 | Katharina Molitor (Germany) | 206-4 | 62.89 | ||
| 7 | Martina Ratej (Slovenia) | 202-2 | 61.62 | ||
| 8 | Madara Palameika (Latvia) | 199-3 | 60.73 | ||
| [DNQ—Brittany Borman (USA) 194-5/59.27] | ||||
| [DNQ—Rachel Yurkovich (USA) 190‑0/57.92] | ||||
| [DNQ—Kara Patterson (USA) 184-5/56.23] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) | 234-4 | ||
| 2008 | ||||
| 2 | Mariya Abakumova (Russia) | 232-3 | 70.78 | ||
| 3 | Christina Obergföll (Germany) | 216-11 | 66.13 | ||
| 4 | Goldie Sayers (Great Britain) | 215-8 | 65.75 | ||
| 5 | Steffi Nerius (Germany) | 214-2 | 65.29 | ||
| 6 | Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) | 207-10 | 63.35 | ||
| 7 | Barbara Madejczyk (Poland) | 203-6 | 62.02 | ||
| 8 | Katharina Molitor (Germany) | 195-8 | 59.64 | ||
| [DNQ—Kim Kreiner (USA), Kara Patterson (USA)—no | ||||
| third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) | 234-8 | 71.53 | ||
| 2 | Steffi Nerius (Germany) | 215-11 | 65.82 | ||
| 3 | Miréla Manjáni (Greece) | 210-11 | 64.29 | ||
| 4 | Nikola Brejchová (Czech Republic) | 210-8 | ||
| 2004 | ||||
| 5 | Sonia Bisset (Cuba) | 208-5 | 63.54 | ||
| 6 | Laverne Eve (Bahamas) | 205-11 | 62.77 | ||
| 7 | Noraida Bicet (Cuba) | 205-1 | 62.51 | ||
| 8 | Tatyana Lyakovich (Ukraine) | 202-7 | 61.75 | ||
| [DNQ—Kim Kreiner (USA)—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Trine Hattestad (Norway) | 226-1 | 68.91 | ||
| 2 | Miréla Manjáni (Greece) | 221-6 | 67.51 | ||
| 3 | Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) | 217-1 | 66.18 | ||
| 4 | Steffi Nerius (Germany) | 212-9 | 64.84 | ||
| 5 | Sonia Bisset (Cuba) | 207-6 | 63.26 | ||
| 6 | Xiomara Rivero (Cuba) | 206 5 | 62.92 | ||
| 7 | Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) | 206-4 | 62.91 | ||
| 8 | Nikola Tomečková (Czech Republic) | 203-9 | 62.10 | ||
| [DNQ—Lynda Blutreich (USA)—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | Heli Rantanen (Finland) | 222-11 | 67.94 | ||
| 2 | Louise McPaul (Australia) | 215-0 | 65.54 | ||
| 3 | Trine Hattestad (Norway) | 213-2 | 64.98 | ||
| 4 | Isel López (Cuba) | 212-2 | 64.68 | ||
| 5 | Xiomara Rivero (Cuba) | 211-6 | 64.48 | ||
| 6 | Karen Forkel (Germany) | 210-7 | 64.18 | ||
| 7 | Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) | 201-10 | 61.52 | ||
| 8 | Lei Li (China) | 199-3 | 60.74 | ||
| [DNQ—Nicole Carroll (USA), Erica Wheeler (USA)—no | ||||
| third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | Silke Renk (Germany) | 224-2 | 68.34 | ||
| 2 | Natalya Shikolenko (Belarus) | 223-11 | 68.26 | ||
| 3 | Karen Forkel (Germany) | 219-4 | 66.86 | ||
| 4 | Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) | 208-7 | 63.58 | ||
| 5 | Trine Hattestad (Norway) | 208-5 | 63.54 | ||
| 6 | Heli Rantanen (Finland) | 204-6 | 62.34 | ||
| 7 | Petra Meier-Felke (Germany) | 193-8 | 59.02 | ||
| 8 | Dulce García (Cuba) | 191-2 | 58.26 | ||
| [12 | Donna Mayhew (USA) 182-8/55.68] | |||
| [DNQ—Paula Berry (USA)—no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) | 245-0 | 74.68 | ||
| 2 | Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) | 230-8 | 70.32 | ||
| 3 | Beate Koch (East Germany) | 220-9 | 67.30 | ||
| 4 | Irina Kostyuchenkova (Soviet Union) | 219-10 | 67.00 | ||
| 5 | Silke Renk (East Germany) | 217-9 | 66.38 | ||
| 6 | Natalya Yermolovich (Soviet Union) | 212-9 | 64.84 | ||
| 7 | Donna Mayhew (USA) | 202-8 | 61.78 | ||
| 8 | Ingrid Thyssen (West Germany) | 199-4 | 60.76 | ||
| [DNQ—Karin Smith (USA), Lynda Sutfin (USA)] | ||||
| [Meier-Felke 238-3/72.62 OR, 74.68 OR] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1 | Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) | 228-2 | 69.56 | ||
| 2 | Tiina Lillak (Finland) | 226-4 | 69.00 | ||
| 3 | Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) | 220-3 | 67.14 | ||
| 4 | Tuula Laaksalo (Finland) | 217-10 | 66.40 | ||
| 5 | Trine Hattestad (Norway) | 211-8 | 64.52 | ||
| 6 | Ingrid Thyssen (West Germany) | 207-6 | 63.26 | ||
| 7 | Beate Peters (West Germany) | 204-6 | 62.34 | ||
| 8 | Karin Smith (USA) | 203-7 | 62.06 | ||
| [10 | Cathy Sulinski (USA) 191-6/58.38] | |||
| [DNQ—Lynda Sutfin (USA)] | ||||
| [Sanderson 69.56 OR] | ||||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1 | Maria Colón (Cuba) | 224-5 | 68.40 | ||
| 2 | Saida Gunba (Soviet Union) | 222-4 | 67.76 | ||
| 3 | Ute Hommola (East Germany) | 218-4 | 66.56 | ||
| 4 | Ute Richter (East Germany) | 218-4 | 66.54 | ||
| 5 | Ivanka Vancheva (Bulgaria) | 214-6 | 65.38 | ||
| 6 | Tatyana Biryulina (Soviet Union) | 213-6 | 65.08 | ||
| 7 | Éva Ráduly (Romania) | 210-3 | 64.08 | ||
| 8 | Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) | 209-9 | 63.94 | ||
| [Richter 218-8/66.66 OR {qual}; Colón 68.40 OR] | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1 | Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) | 216-4 | 65.94 | ||
| 2 | Marion Becker (West Germany) | 212-3 | 64.70 | ||
| 3 | Kate Schmidt (USA) | 209-10 | 63.96 | ||
| 4 | Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) | 209-5 | 63.84 | ||
| 5 | Sabine Sebrowski (East Germany) | 206-11 | 63.08 | ||
| 6 | Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) | 194-11 | 59.42 | ||
| 7 | Nadezhda Yakubovich (Soviet Union) | 194-1 | 59.16 | ||
| 8 | Karin Smith (USA) | 188-8 | 57.50 | ||
| [DNQ—Sherry Calvert (USA)] | ||||
| [Becker 213-8/65.14 OR {qual}; Fuchs 65.94 OR] | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1 | Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) | 209-7 | 63.88 | ||
| 2 | Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) | 205-2 | 62.54 | ||
| 3 | Kate Schmidt (USA) | 196-8 | 59.94 | ||
| 4 | Lutvian Mollova (Bulgaria) | 194-9 | 59.36 | ||
| 5 | Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) | 193-9 | 59.06 | ||
| 6 | Eva Janko (Austria) | 192-1 | 58.56 | ||
| 7 | Ewa Gryziecka (Poland) | 187-0 | 57.00 | ||
| 8 | Svetlana Korolyova (Soviet Union) | 184-11 | 56.36 | ||
| [DNQ—Roberta Brown (USA), Sherry Calvert (USA)] | ||||
| [Fuchs 63.88 OR] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| 1 | Angéla Németh (Hungary) | 198-0 | 60.36 | ||
| 2 | Mihaela Penes (Romania) | 196-7 | 59.92 | ||
| 3 | Eva Janko (Austria) | 190-5 | 58.04 | ||
| 4 | Márta Rudas (Hungary) | 185-0 | 56.38 | ||
| 5 | Daniela Jaworska (Poland) | 183-11 | 56.06 | ||
| 6 | Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) | 181-10 | 55.42 | ||
| 7 | Ameli Koloska (West Germany) | 181-1 | 55.20 | ||
| 8 | Kaisa Launela (Finland) | 177-0 | 53.96 | ||
| [9 | Barbara Friedrich (USA) 175-4/53.44] | |||
| [11 | RaNae Bair (USA) 174-4/53.14] | |||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1 | Mihaela Penes (Romania) | 198-7 | 60.54 | ||
| 2 | Márta Rudas (Hungary) | 191-2 | 58.26 | ||
| 3 | Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) | 187-2 | 57.06 | ||
| 4 | Birutė Kalėdienė (Soviet Union) | 184-8 | 56.30 | ||
| 5 | Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) | 179-9 | 54.80 | ||
| 6 | Maria Diaconescu (Romania) | 176-2 | 53.70 | ||
| 7 | Hiroko Sato (Japan) | 172-2 | 52.48 | ||
| 8 | Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) | 171-9 | 52.36 | ||
| [DNQ—RaNae Bair (USA)—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Gorchakova 204-9/62.40 WR, OR {qual}] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1 | Elvira Ozolina (Soviet Union) | 183-8 | 55.98 | ||
| 2 | Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) | 176-5 | 53.78 | ||
| 3 | Biruté Kalédiené (Soviet Union) | 175-4 | 53.44 | ||
| 4 | Vlasta Pesková (Czechoslovakia) | 172-5 | 52.56 | ||
| 5 | Urszula Figwer (Poland) | 171-8 | 52.32 | ||
| 6 | Anna Pazera (Australia) | 167-9 | 51.14 | ||
| 7 | Susan Platt (Great Britain) | 167-4 | 51.00 | ||
| 8 | Alevtina Shastiko (Soviet Union) | 167-1 | 50.92 | ||
| [13 | Karen Oldham (USA) 152-7/46.52; only U.S. entrant] | |||
| [Ozolina 55.98 OR] | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1 | Inese Jaunzeme (Soviet Union) | 176-8 | 53.86 | ||
| 2 | Marlene Ahrens (Chile) | 165-3 | 50.38 | ||
| 3 | Nadezhda Konyayeva (Soviet Union) | 164-11 | 50.28 | ||
| 4 | Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) | 163-5 | 49.82 | ||
| 5 | Ingrid Almqvist (Sweden) | 163-2 | 49.74 | ||
| 6 | Urszula Figwer (Poland) | 158-0 | 48.16 | ||
| 7 | Erszébet Vig (Hungary) | 157-8 | 48.06 | ||
| 8 | Karen Oldham (USA) | 157-6 | 48.00 | ||
| [11 | Marjorie Larney (USA) 148-6/45.26] | |||
| [14 | Amelia Wershoven (USA) 145-¾4.28] | |||
| [Jaunzeme 169-4/51.62 OR, 175-2/53.40 OR, 53.86 OR] | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| 1 | Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) | 165-7 | 50.46 | ||
| 2 | Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) | 164-0 | 50.00 | ||
| 3 | Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) | 163-3 | 49.76 | ||
| 4 | Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) | 158-7 | 48.34 | ||
| 5 | Lily Kelsby (Denmark) | 151-8 | 46.22 | ||
| 6 | Marlies Müller (West Germany) | 145-6 | 44.36 | ||
| 7 | Marysza Ciach (Poland) | 145-4 | 44.30 | ||
| 8 | Jutta Krüger (West Germany) | 145-4 | 44.30 | ||
| [13 | Marjorie Larney (USA) 133-2/40.58—only U.S. entrant] | |||
| [Chudina 151-5/46.16 OR {qual}; Kelsby 46.22 OR; Chudina | ||||
| 153-2/46.70 OR; Zátopková 50.46 OR] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| 1 | Herma Bauma (Austria) | 149-6 | 45.56 | ||
| 2 | Kaisa Parviainen (Finland) | 143-8 | 43.78 | ||
| 3 | Lily Kelsby (Denmark) | 138-1 | 42.08 | ||
| 4 | Dorothy Dodson (USA) | 137-8 | 41.96 | ||
| 5 | Johanna Teunissen (Holland) | 134-3 | 40.92 | ||
| 6 | Johanna Koning (Holland) | 132-3 | 40.32 | ||
| 7 | Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) | 130-1 | 39.64 | ||
| 8 | Elly Dammers (Holland) | 125-5 | 38.22 | ||
| [12 | Theresa Manuel (USA) 110-11/33.82] | |||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Bauma 45.56 OR] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
| 1 | Tilly Fleischer (Germany) | 148-3 | 45.18 | ||
| 2 | Luise Krüger (Germany) | 142-0 | 43.28 | ||
| 3 | Maria Kwaśniewska (Poland) | 137-2 | 41.80 | ||
| 4 | Herma Bauma (Austria) | 128-2 | 39.06 | ||
| 5 | Sadako Yamamoto (Japan) | 135-11 | 41.11 | ||
| 6 | Lydia Eberhardt (Germany) | 135-8 | 41.36 | ||
| 7 | Gertrude Wilhelmsen (USA) | 122-6 | 37.34 | ||
| 8 | Gerda de Kock (Holland) | 121-1 | 36.92 | ||
| [9 | Martha Worst (USA) 120-4/36.68] | |||
| [13 Betty Burch (USA) 94-7/28.84] | ||||
| [Fleischer 146-7/44.68 OR, 45.18 OR] | ||||
| 1932 | ||||
| 1 | Babe Didrikson (USA) | 143-4 | 43.68 | ||
| 2 | Ellen Braumüller (Germany) | 142-8 | 43.48 | ||
| 3 | Tilly Fleischer (Germany) | 141-1 | 43.00 | ||
| 4 | Masako Shimpo (Japan) | 128-2 | 39.06 | ||
| 5 | Nan Gindele (USA) | 124-6 | 37.94 | ||
| 6 | Gloria Russell (USA) | 120-6 | 36.72 | ||
| 7 | Maria Uribe Jasso (Mexico) | 110-5 | 33.66 | ||
| 8 | Mitsue Ishizu (Japan) | 101-0 | 30.80 | ||
| [Didrikson 43.68 OR] | ||||
| 1928 | ||||
| (not contested) |