| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, August 3) | ||||
| 1. | Malaika Mihambo (Germany) | 22-11¾ | 7.00 | ||
| 2. | Brittney Reese (USA) | 22-10½ | 6.97 | ||
| 3. | Ese Brume (Nigeria) | 22-10½ | 6.97 | ||
| 4. | Ivana Spanovic (Serbia) | 22-8 | 6.91 | ||
| 5. | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (Ukraine) | 22-7 | 6.88 | ||
| 6. | Tara Davis (USA) | 22-5¼ | 6.84 | ||
| 7. | Brooke Stratton (Australia) | 22-5 | 6.83 | ||
| 8. | Jazmin Sawyers (Great Britain) | 22-3¾ | 6.80 | ||
| [Quanesha Burks (USA) nq] | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 17) | ||||
| 1 | Tianna Bartoletta (USA) | 23-6¼ | 7.17 | ||
| 2 | Brittney Reese (USA) | 23-5½ | 7.15 | ||
| 3 | Ivana Spanovic (Serbia) | 23-2¾ | 7.08 | ||
| 4 | Malaika Mihambo (Germany) | 22-9¾ | 6.95 | ||
| 5 | Ese Brume (Nigeria) | 22-4¼ | 6.81 | ||
| 6 | Ksenija Balta (Estonia) | 22-3½ | 6.79 | ||
| 7 | Brooke Stratton (Australia) | 22-1½ | 6.74 | ||
| 8 | Jazmin Sawyers (Great Britain) | 21-11½ | 6.69 | ||
| [Janay DeLoach (USA) dnq (21-4/6.50)] | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 8) | ||||
| 1 | Brittney Reese (USA) | 23-4½ | 7.12 | ||
| 2 | Yelena Sokolova (Russia) | 23-2½ | 7.07 | ||
| 3 | Janay DeLoach (USA) | 22-7¼ | 6.89 | ||
| 4 | Ineta Radevica (Latvia) | 22-7 | 6.88 | ||
| 5 | Anna Nazarova (Russia) | 22-2½ | 6.77 | ||
| 6 | Lyudmila Kolchanova (Russia) | 22-2¼ | 6.76 | ||
| 7 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova (Belarus) | 22-¾ | 6.72 | ||
| 8 | Éloyse Lesueur (France) | 21-10¾ | 6.67 | ||
| [DNQ—Chelsea Hayes (USA) 20-10¾/6.37] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Maurren Maggi (Brazil) | 23-1¼ | 7.04 | ||
| 2 | Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) | 23-¾ | 7.03 | ||
| 3 | Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) | 22-8 | 6.91 | ||
| 4 | Chelsea Hammond (Jamaica) | 22-3½ | 6.79 | ||
| 5 | Brittney Reese (USA) | 22-2¼ | 6.76 | ||
| 6 | Oksana Udmurtova (Russia) | 21-11¾ | 6.70 | ||
| 7 | Jade Johnson (Great Britain) | 21-9½ | 6.64 | ||
| 8 | Grace Upshaw (USA) | 21-7¼ | 6.58 | ||
| [12 | Funmi Jimoh (USA) 20-7¾/6.29] | |||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) | 23-2½ | 7.07 | ||
| 2 | Irina Meleshina (Russia) | 23-1¾ | 7.05 | ||
| 3 | Tatyana Kotova (Russsia) | 23-1¾ | 7.05 | ||
| 4 | Bronwyn Thompson (Australia) | 22-10 | 6.96 | ||
| 5 | Marion Jones (USA) | 22-5¾w | 6.85 | ||
| 6 | Anju Bobby George (India) | 22-5 | 6.83 | ||
| 7 | Jade Johnson (Great Britain) | 22-3¾ | 6.80 | ||
| 8 | Tünde Vaszi (Hungary) | 22-1w | 6.73 | ||
| [10 | Grace Upshaw (USA) 21-9 ½ /6.64] | |||
| [DNQ—Rose Richmond (USA)] | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Heike Drechsler (Germany) | 22-11¼ | 6.99 | ||
| 2 | Fiona May (Italy) | 22-8½ | 6.92 | ||
| 3 | Tatyana Kotova (Russia) | 22-5 | 6.83 | ||
| 4 | Olga Rublyova (Russia) | 22-3½ | 6.79 | ||
| 5 | Susen Tiedtke (Germany) | 22-1½ | 6.74 | ||
| 6 | Jackie Edwards (Bahamas) | 21-7½ | 6.59 | ||
| 7 | Tünde Vaszi (Hungary) | 21-7½ | 6.59 | ||
| 8 | Lyudmila Galkina (Russia) | 21-6¼w | 6.56 | ||
| [11 | Dawn Burrell (USA) 20-11¼/6.38] | |||
| [DNQ—Shana Williams (USA)] | ||||
| [Marion Jones (USA) 3rd at 22-8½/6.92, retroactive dope | ||||
| DQ] | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | Chioma Ajunwa (Nigeria) | 23-4½ | 7.12 | ||
| 2 | Fiona May (Italy) | 23-½ | 7.02 | ||
| 3 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 22-11¾ | 7.00 | ||
| 4 | Niki Xánthou (Greece) | 22-10½ | 6.97 | ||
| 5 | Irina Chekhovtsova (Ukraine) | 22-10½ | 6.97 | ||
| 6 | Agata Karczmarek (Poland) | 22-7¾ | 6.90 | ||
| 7 | Nicole Boegman (Australia) | 22-1 | 6.73 | ||
| 8 | Tünde Vaszi (Hungary) | 21-8 | 6.60 | ||
| [DNQ—Marieke Veltman (USA), Shana Williams (USA)] | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | Heike Drechsler (Germany) | 23-5¼ | 7.14 | ||
| 2 | Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) | 23-4½ | 7.12 | ||
| 3 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 23-2½ | 7.07 | ||
| 4 | Mirela Dulgheru (Romania) | 22-¼ | 6.71 | ||
| 5 | Irina Mushailova (Russia) | 21-11 | 6.68 | ||
| 6 | Sharon Couch (USA) | 21-10¼ | 6.66 | ||
| 7 | Sheila Echols (USA) | 21-8¾ | 6.62 | ||
| 8 | Susen Tiedtke (Germany) | 21-8 | 6.60 | ||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 24-3½ | 7.40 | ||
| 2 | Heike Drechsler (East Germany) | 23-8¼ | 7.22 | ||
| 3 | Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) | 23-4 | 7.11 | ||
| 4 | Yelena Belevskaya (Soviet Union) | 23-1¼ | 7.04 | ||
| 5 | Nicole Boegman (Australia) | 22-1w | 6.73 | ||
| 6 | Fiona May (Great Britain) | 21-8¾ | 6.62 | ||
| 7 | Agata Karczmarek (Poland) | 21-8 | 6.60 | ||
| 8 | Sabine John (East Germany) | 21-6 | 6.55 | ||
| [DNQ—Sheila Echols (USA), Carol Lewis (USA)] | ||||
| [Joyner-Kersee 23-10¼/7.27 OR {hept}, 7.40 OR] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1 | Anisoara Stanciu (Romania) | 22-10 | 6.96 | ||
| 2 | Valy Ionescu (Romania) | 22-4¼ | 6.81 | ||
| 3 | Sue Hearnshaw (Great Britain) | 22-3¾w | 6.80 | ||
| 4 | Angie Thacker (USA) | 22-3 | 6.80 | ||
| 5 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 22-2½ | 6.77 | ||
| 6 | Robyn Lorraway (Australia) | 21-10 | 6.67 | ||
| 7 | Glynis Nunn (Australia) | 21-5¼w | 6.53 | ||
| 8 | Shonel Ferguson (Bahamas) | 21-1½ | 6.44 | ||
| [9 | Carol Lewis (USA) 21-1¼/6.43] | |||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1 | Tatyana Kolpakova (Soviet Union) | 23-2 | 7.06 | ||
| 2 | Brigitte Wujak (East Germany) | 23-1¼ | 7.04 | ||
| 3 | Tatyana Skachko (Soviet Union) | 23-0 | 7.01 | ||
| 4 | Anna Wlodarczyk (Poland) | 22-9¾ | 6.95 | ||
| 5 | Sigrun Siegl (East Germany) | 22-6½ | 6.87 | ||
| 6 | Jarmila Nygrýnová (Czechoslovakia) | 22-5 | 6.83 | ||
| 7 | Siegrid Heimann (East Germany) | 22-¼ | 6.71 | ||
| 8 | Lidia Alfeyeva (Soviet Union) | 22-¼ | 6.71 | ||
| [Skachko 22-10/6.96 OR, 23-0/7.01 OR; Wujak 7.04 OR; Kolpakova | ||||
| 7.06 OR] | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1 | Angela Voigt (East Germany) | 22-¾ | 6.72 | ||
| 2 | Kathy McMillan (USA) | 21-10¼ | 6.66 | ||
| 3 | Lidia Alfeyeva (Soviet Union) | 21-8 | 6.60 | ||
| 4 | Sigrun Siegl (East Germany) | 21-7½ | 6.59 | ||
| 5 | Ildikó Erdélyi (Hungary) | 21-6¾ | 6.57 | ||
| 6 | Jarmila Nygrynová (Czechoslovakia) | 21-5½ | 6.54 | ||
| 7 | Heide Wycisk (East Germany) | 20-11¾ | 6.39 | ||
| 8 | Elena Vintila (Romania) | 20-11¼ | 6.38 | ||
| [DNQ—Sherron Walker (USA), Martha Watson (USA)] | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1 | Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) | 22-3 | 6.78 | ||
| 2 | Diana Yorgova (Bulgaria) | 22-2½ | 6.77 | ||
| 3 | Eva Šuranová (Czechoslovakia) | 21-10¾ | 6.67 | ||
| 4 | Marcia Garbey (Cuba) | 21-4¾ | 6.52 | ||
| 5 | Heidi Schüller (West Germany) | 21-4¼ | 6.51 | ||
| 6 | Meta Antenen (Switzerland) | 21-3½ | 6.49 | ||
| 7 | Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) | 21-3¼ | 6.48 | ||
| 8 | Margrit Olfert (Germany) | 21-2½ | 6.46 | ||
| [11 | Willye White (USA) 20-7/6.27] | |||
| [DNQ—Kim Attlesey (USA), Martha Watson (USA)] | ||||
| [Rosendahl 22-5/6.83w {hept}] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| 1 | Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) | 22-4½ | 6.82(A) | ||
| 2 | Sheila Sherwood (Great Britain) | 21-11 | 6.68 | ||
| 3 | Tatyana Talisheva (Soviet Union) | 21-10¾ | 6.66 | ||
| 4 | Burghild Wieczorek (East Germany) | 21-3¼ | 6.48 | ||
| 5 | Mirosława Sarna (Poland) | 21-2¾ | 6.47 | ||
| 6 | Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) | 21-1¼ | 6.43 | ||
| 7 | Berit Berthelsen (Norway) | 21-0 | 6.40 | ||
| 8 | Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) | 21-0 | 6.40 | ||
| [10 | Martha Watson (USA) 20-4¼/6.20] | |||
| [11 | Willye White (USA) 19-11½/6.08] | |||
| [Viscopoleanu 6.82 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1 | Mary Rand (Great Britain) | 22-2¼ | 6.76 | ||
| 2 | Irena Szewinska (Poland) | 21-8 | 6.60 | ||
| 3 | Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) | 21-¾ | 6.42 | ||
| 4 | Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) | 21-0 | 6.40 | ||
| 5 | Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) | 20-10 | 6.35 | ||
| 6 | Diana Yorgova (Bulgaria) | 20-5¾ | 6.24 | ||
| 7 | Hildrun Laufer (East Germany) | 20-5¾ | 6.24 | ||
| 8 | Helga Hoffmann (East Germany) | 20-5¼ | 6.23 | ||
| [12 | Willye White (USA) 19-11/6.07] | |||
| [DNQ—Jo Ann Grissom (USA), Martha Watson (USA)] | ||||
| [Hoffman 21-1½/6.44w {qual}; Mickler 20-10¾/6.37 | ||||
| OR {qual}; Rand 21-4¾/6.52 OR {qual}; 21-7½/6.59 | ||||
| OR, 21-9/6.63 OR, 6.76 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1 | Vyera Krepkina (Soviet Union) | 20-10¾ | 6.37 | ||
| 2 | Elżbieta Krzesińska (Poland) | 20-7 | 6.27 | ||
| 3 | Hildrun Laufer (East Germany) | 20-4½ | 6.21 | ||
| 4 | Renate Junker (West Germany) | 20-3¾ | 6.19 | ||
| 5 | Lyudmila Radchenko (Soviet Union) | 20-2½ | 6.16 | ||
| 6 | Helga Hoffmann (East Germany) | 20-½ | 6.11 | ||
| 7 | Johanna Bijleveld (Holland) | 20-½ | 6.11 | ||
| 8 | Valentina Shaprunova (Soviet Union) | 19-8¾ | 6.01 | ||
| [16 | Willye White (USA) 18-11¼/5.77] | |||
| [DNQ—Anna Smith (USA)] | ||||
| [Krepkina 6.37 OR] | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1 | Elżbieta Krzesińska (Poland) | 20-10 | 6.35 | ||
| 2 | Willye White (USA) | 19-11¾ | 6.09 | ||
| 3 | Nadezhda Dvalishvili (Soviet Union) | 19-11 | 6.07 | ||
| 4 | Erika Fisch (West Germany) | 19-4 | 5.89 | ||
| 5 | Marthe Lambert (France) | 19-3½ | 5.88 | ||
| 6 | Valentina Shaprunova (Soviet Union) | 19-2¼ | 5.85 | ||
| 7 | Beverly Weigel (New Zealand) | 19-2½ | 5.85 | ||
| 8 | Nancy Borwick (Australia) | 19-1¼ | 5.82 | ||
| [DNQ—Margaret Matthews (USA); no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Krzesinska 6.35 =WR, OR] | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| 1 | Yvette Williams (New Zealand) | 20-5¼ | 6.24 | ||
| 2 | Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) | 20-1¾ | 6.14 | ||
| 3 | Shirley Cawley (Great Britain) | 19-5 | 5.92 | ||
| 4 | Irmgard Schmelzer (West Germany) | 19-4¼ | 5.90 | ||
| 5 | Wilhelmina Lust (Holland) | 19-¾ | 5.81 | ||
| 6 | Nina Tyurkina (Soviet Union) | 19-¾ | 5.81 | ||
| 7 | Mabel Landry (USA) | 18-10½ | 5.75 | ||
| 8 | Verna Johnson (Australia) | 18-10 | 5.74 | ||
| [no other U.S. entrants] | ||||
| [Cawley 18-9¾/5.73 OR {qual}, Chudina 18-11¼/5.77 | ||||
| OR {qual}; Tyurkina 5.77 =OR {qual}; Landry 19-3½/5.88 | ||||
| OR {qual}; Williams 20-2½/6.16 OR {qual}, 6.24 OR] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| 1 | Olga Gyarmati (Hungary) | 18-8 | 5.69 | ||
| 2 | Noëmi Simonetto (Argentina) | 18-4½ | 5.60 | ||
| 3 | Ann-Britt Leyman (Sweden) | 18-3¼ | 5.57 | ||
| 4 | Gerde Koudijs (Holland) | 18-3¼ | 5.57 | ||
| 5 | Nelly Karelse (Holland) | 18-2 | 5.54 | ||
| 6 | Kathleen Russell (Jamaica) | 18-0 | 5.49 | ||
| 7 | Judy Canty (Australia) | 17-8 | 5.38 | ||
| 8 | Yvonne Curtet-Chabot (France) | 17-6¼ | 5.34 | ||
| [12 | Emma Reed (USA) 15-10¼/4.83] | |||
| [DNQ—Jean Walraven (USA), Lillian Young (USA)] | ||||
| [Curtet-Chabot 18-6/5.64 OR {qual}; Gyarmati 5.69 OR] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
| (1928-1936 not contested) |