| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, August 1) | ||||
| 1. | Lijiao Gong (China) | 67-6¼ | 20.58 | ||
| 2. | Raven Saunders (USA) | 64-11¼ | 19.79 | ||
| 3. | Valerie Adams (New Zealand) | 64-4½ | 19.62 | ||
| 4. | Auriol Dongmo (Portugal) | 64-2½ | 19.57 | ||
| 5. | Jiayuan Song (China) | 62-9½ | 19.14 | ||
| 6. | Maddison-Lee Wesche (New Zealand) | 62-3¼ | 18.98 | ||
| 7. | Fanny Roos (Sweden) | 62-½ | 18.91 | ||
| 8. | Sara Gambetta (Germany) | 61-11½ | 18.88 | ||
| nm. | Jessica Ramsey (USA) | |||
| [Adelaide Aquilla (USA) nq] | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 12) | ||||
| 1 | Michelle Carter (USA) | 67-8¼ | 20.63 | AR | |
| 2 | Valerie Adams (New Zealand) | 67-0 | 20.42 | ||
| 3 | Anita Márton (Hungary) | 65-2¼ | 19.87 | ||
| 4 | Lijiao Gong (China) | 63-7½ | 19.39 | ||
| 5 | Raven Saunders (USA) | 63-6 | 19.35 | ||
| 6 | Christina Schwanitz (Germany) | 62-5¼ | 19.03 | ||
| 7 | Cleopatra Borel (Trinidad) | 60-3¼ | 18.37 | ||
| 8 | Aliona Dubitskaya (Belarus) | 59-9¾ | 18.23 | ||
| [Felisha Johnson (USA) dnq (58-½/17.69)] | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| (London, August 6) | ||||
| 1 | Valerie Adams (New Zealand) | 67-11 | 20.70 | ||
| 2 | Yevgeniya Kolodko (Russia) | 67-2¼ | 20.48 | ||
| 3 | Lijiao Gong (China) | 66-4¼ | 20.22 | ||
| 4 | Ling Li (China) | 64-5 | 19.63 | ||
| 5 | Michelle Carter (USA) | 63-8¾ | 19.42 | ||
| 6 | Xiangrong Liu (China) | 62-11¼ | 19.18 | ||
| 7 | Geisa Arcanjo (Brazil) | 62-5 | 19.02 | ||
| 8 | Irina Tarasova (Russia) | 62-4 | 19.00 | ||
| [DQ—Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) doping (70-1/21.36)] | ||||
| [DNQ—Jill Camarena-Williams (USA) 59-9½/18.22] | ||||
| [DNQ—Tia Brooks (USA) 58-1¾/17.72] | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | Valerie Adams (New Zealand) | 67-5½ | 20.56 | ||
| 2 | Natalya Mikhnevich (Belarus) | 66-6½ | 20.28 | ||
| 3 | Nadezhda Ostapchuk (Belarus) | 65-2 | 19.86 | ||
| 4 | Misleydis González (Cuba) | 63-11¾ | 19.50 | ||
| 5 | Lijiao Gong (China) | 63-0 | 19.20 | ||
| 6 | Anna Omarova (Russia) | 62-7¼ | 19.08 | ||
| 7 | Nadine Kleinert (Germany) | 62-4½ | 19.01 | ||
| 8 | Meiju Li (China) | 62-4 | 19.00 | ||
| [12 | Jill Camarena-Williams (USA) 59-10¼/18.24] | |||
| [15 | Michelle Carter (USA) 58-2½/17.74] | |||
| [DNQ—Kristin Heaston (USA)] | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) | 64-3¼ | 19.59 | ||
| 2 | Nadine Kleinert (Germany) | 64-1¼ | 19.55 | ||
| 3 | Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) | 63-11½ | 19.49 | ||
| 4 | Nadezhda Ostapchuk (Belarus) | 62-4½ | 19.01 | ||
| 5 | Natalia Mikhnevich (Belarus) | 62-2½ | 18.96 | ||
| 6 | Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) | 61-2 | 18.64 | ||
| 7 | Misleydis González (Cuba) | 61-0 | 18.59 | ||
| 8 | Valerie Adams (New Zealand) | 60-10¾ | 18.56 | ||
| [DNQ—Kristin Heaston (USA), Laura Gerraughty (USA); no | ||||
| third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | Yanina Provalinskaya (Belarus) | 67-5½ | 20.56 | ||
| 2 | Larisa Peleshenko (Russia) | 65-4¼ | 19.92 | ||
| 3 | Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) | 64-4½ | 19.62 | ||
| 4 | Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) | 63-6¾ | 19.37 | ||
| 5 | Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) | 62-11¼ | 19.18 | ||
| 6 | Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) | 61-4¼ | 18.70 | ||
| 7 | Kalliópi Ouzoúni (Greece) | 61-1½ | 18.63 | ||
| 8 | Nadine Kleinert (Germany) | 60-8 | 18.49 | ||
| [DNQ—Jesseca Cross (USA), Connie Price-Smith (USA), Teri | ||||
| Steer (USA)] | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) | 67-5½ | 20.56 | ||
| 2 | Xinmei Sui (China) | 65-2¾ | 19.88 | ||
| 3 | Irina Khudorozhkina (Russia) | 63-6 | 19.35 | ||
| 4 | Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) | 63-4 | 19.30 | ||
| 5 | Connie Price-Smith (USA) | 63-¾ | 19.22 | ||
| 6 | Stephanie Storp (Germany) | 62-6½ | 19.06 | ||
| 7 | Kathrin Neimke (Germany) | 62-1 | 18.92 | ||
| 8 | Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) | 61-3½ | 18.68 | ||
| [9 | Ramona Pagel (USA) 60-7¾/18.48] | |||
| [DNQ—Valeyta Althouse (USA)] | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) | 69-1¼ | 21.06 | ||
| 2 | Zhihong Huang (China) | 67-2 | 20.47 | ||
| 3 | Kathrin Neimke (Germany) | 64-10¾ | 19.78 | ||
| 4 | Belsy Laza (Cuba) | 64-7¾ | 19.70 | ||
| 5 | Tianhua Zhou (China) | 63-2¼ | 19.26 | ||
| 6 | Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) | 63-1¼ | 19.23 | ||
| 7 | Stephanie Storp (Germany) | 62-8 | 19.10 | ||
| 8 | Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) | 61-4 | 18.69 | ||
| [11 | Ramona Pagel (USA) 59-10¼/18.24] | |||
| [DNQ—Bonnie Dasse (USA), Pam Dukes (USA)] | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) | 72-11¾ | 22.24 | ||
| 2 | Kathrin Neimke (East Germany) | 69-1½ | 21.07 | ||
| 3 | Meisu Li (China) | 69-1¼ | 21.06 | ||
| 4 | Ines Müller (East Germany) | 66-10 | 20.37 | ||
| 5 | Claudia Losch (West Germany) | 66-6 | 20.27 | ||
| 6 | Heike Hartwig (East Germany) | 66-3¼ | 20.20 | ||
| 7 | Natalya Akhrimenko (Soviet Union) | 66-½ | 20.13 | ||
| 8 | Zhihong Huang (China) | 65-½ | 19.82 | ||
| [12 | Bonnie Dasse (USA) 57-9/17.60] | |||
| [DNQ—Ramona Pagel (USA), Connie Price-Smith (USA)] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1 | Claudia Losch (West Germany) | 67-2¼ | 20.49 | ||
| 2 | Mihaela Loghin (Romania) | 67-2 | 20.47 | ||
| 3 | Gael Martin (Australia) | 62-11½ | 19.19 | ||
| 4 | Judith Oakes (Great Britain) | 59-6¼ | 18.14 | ||
| 5 | Meisu Li (China) | 58-11¼ | 17.96 | ||
| 6 | Venissa Head (Great Britain) | 58-8 | 17.90 | ||
| 7 | Carol Cady (USA) | 56-6½ | 17.23 | ||
| 8 | Florența Crăciunescu (Romania) | 56-6½ | 17.23 | ||
| [9 | Lorna Griffin (USA) 55-9¼/17.00] | |||
| [11 | Ramona Pagel (USA) 52-8¼/16.06] | |||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1 | Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) | 73-6¼ | 22.41 | ||
| 2 | Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) | 70-3½ | 21.42 | ||
| 3 | Margitta Pufe (East Germany) | 69-6¾ | 21.20 | ||
| 4 | Nuna Abashidze (Soviet Union) | 69-4¾ | 21.15 | ||
| 5 | Verzhinia Veselinova (Bulgaria) | 67-11¾ | 20.72 | ||
| 6 | Yelena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) | 66-4¼ | 20.22 | ||
| 7 | Natalya Akhrimenko (Soviet Union) | 64-9¼ | 19.74 | ||
| 8 | Ines Reichenbach (East Germany) | 64-6 | 19.66 | ||
| [Pufe 21.20 OR; Briesenick 22.41 OR] | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1 | Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) | 69-5¼ | 21.16 | ||
| 2 | Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) | 68-9¼ | 20.96 | ||
| 3 | Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) | 67-9¾ | 20.67 | ||
| 4 | Marianne Adam (East Germany) | 67-5¼ | 20.55 | ||
| 5 | Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) | 67-4¾ | 20.54 | ||
| 6 | Margitta Pufe (East Germany) | 64-11¼ | 19.79 | ||
| 7 | Eva Wilms (West Germany) | 63-3½ | 19.29 | ||
| 8 | Yelena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) | 61-11¾ | 18.89 | ||
| [12 | Maren Seidler (USA) 51-2¼/15.60—only U.S. entrant] | |||
| [Khristova 21.16 OR] | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1 | Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) | 69-0 | 21.03 | ||
| 2 | Margitta Gummel (East Germany) | 66-4¼ | 20.22 | ||
| 3 | Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) | 63-5 | 19.35 | ||
| 4 | Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) | 63-1½ | 19.24 | ||
| 5 | Marianne Adam (East Germany) | 62-1¾ | 18.94 | ||
| 6 | Maritta Lange (East Germany) | 61-10¼ | 18.85 | ||
| 7 | Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) | 61-8½ | 18.81 | ||
| 8 | Yelena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) | 60-2 | 18.34 | ||
| [DNQ—Maren Seidler (USA), Jan Svendsen (USA); no third | ||||
| U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Chizova 21.03 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| 1 | Margitta Gummel (East Germany) | 64-4 | 19.61 | ||
| 2 | Maritta Lange (East Germany) | 61-7½ | 18.78 | ||
| 3 | Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) | 59-8¼ | 18.19 | ||
| 4 | Judit Bognár (Hungary) | 58-4 | 17.78 | ||
| 5 | Renate Boy (East Germany) | 58-1¼ | 17.72 | ||
| 6 | Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) | 56-7¼ | 17.25 | ||
| 7 | Marlene Fuchs (West Germany) | 56-1¾ | 17.11 | ||
| 8 | Els van Noorduyn (Holland) | 53-3 | 16.23 | ||
| [11 | Maren Seidler (USA) 48-9/14.86—only U.S. entrant] | |||
| [Gummel 59-6¼/18.14 OR; Lange 18.78 OR; Gummel | ||||
| 62-6¾/19.07 OR, 19.61 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1 | Tamara Press (Soviet Union) | 59-6¼ | 18.14 | ||
| 2 | Renate Boy (East Germany) | 57-9½ | 17.61 | ||
| 3 | Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) | 57-3 | 17.45 | ||
| 4 | Val Young (New Zealand) | 56-7½ | 17.26 | ||
| 5 | Margitta Gummel (East Germany) | 55-5¾ | 16.91 | ||
| 6 | Irina Press (Soviet Union) | 54-10 | 16.71 | ||
| 7 | Nancy McCredie (Canada) | 52-1¾ | 15.89 | ||
| 8 | Ana Salagean (Romania) | 51-11¼ | 15.83 | ||
| [12 | Earlene Brown (USA) 48-6¾/14.80—only U.S. entrant] | |||
| [Press 57-5½/17.51 OR, 58-1¾/17.72 OR, 18.14 OR] | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| 1 | Tamara Press (Soviet Union) | 56-10 | 17.32 | ||
| 2 | Johanna Hübner (East Germany) | 54-6 | 16.61 | ||
| 3 | Earlene Brown (USA) | 53-10¾ | 16.42 | ||
| 4 | Val Young (New Zealand) | 53-9¾ | 16.39 | ||
| 5 | Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) | 52-11 | 16.13 | ||
| 6 | Renate Boy (East Germany) | 52-3¾ | 15.94 | ||
| 7 | Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) | 51-¾ | 15.56 | ||
| 8 | Wilfriede Hoffman (East Germany) | 49-8¼ | 15.14 | ||
| [only one U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Hübner 54-5¼/16.59 OR; Press 17.32 OR] | ||||
| 1956 | ||||
| 1 | Tamara Tishkyevich (Soviet Union) | 54-5¼ | 16.59 | ||
| 2 | Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) | 54-2¾ | 16.53 | ||
| 3 | Marianne Werner (West Germany) | 51-2¾ | 15.61 | ||
| 4 | Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) | 51-0 | 15.54 | ||
| 5 | Val Young (New Zealand) | 50-4 | 15.34 | ||
| 6 | Earlene Brown (USA) | 49-7¼ | 15.12 | ||
| 7 | Regina Branner (Austria) | 47-10¾ | 14.60 | ||
| 8 | Nadya Kotlušek (Yugoslavia) | 47-9¼ | 14.56 | ||
| [14 | Lois Testa (USA) 42-10¼/13.06] | |||
| [DNQ—Paula Deubel (USA)] | ||||
| [Werner 15.61 OR; Zybina 53-7¾/16.35 OR, 54-1/16.48 OR, | ||||
| 54-2¾/16.53 OR; Tishkyevich 16.59 OR] | ||||
| 1952 | ||||
| 1 | Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) | 50-1½ | 15.28 | ||
| 2 | Marianne Werner (West Germany) | 47-9¾ | 14.57 | ||
| 3 | Klavdiya Tochenova (Soviet Union) | 47-7 | 14.50 | ||
| 4 | Tamara Tishkyevich (Soviet Union) | 47-3¾ | 14.42 | ||
| 5 | Gertrud Kille (West Germany) | 45-5 | 13.84 | ||
| 6 | Yvette Williams (New Zealand) | 43-9½ | 13.35 | ||
| 7 | Maria Radosaljević (Yugoslavia) | 43-7¾ | 13.30 | ||
| 8 | Meeri Saari (Finland) | 42-8¾ | 13.02 | ||
| [18 | Janet Dicks (USA) 37-6½/11.44—only U.S. entrant] | |||
| [Tochenova 45-6½/13.88 OR {qual}; Werner 45-7/13.89 OR; | ||||
| Tochenova 14.42 OR; Tishkyevich 14.42 =OR; Zybina | ||||
| 49-2½/15.00 OR, 15.28 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1948 | ||||
| 1 | Micheline Ostermeyer (France) | 45-1½ | 13.75 | ||
| 2 | Amelia Piccinini (Italy) | 42-11½ | 13.09 | ||
| 3 | Ine Schäffer (Austria) | 42-11 | 13.08 | ||
| 4 | Paulette Veste (France) | 42-7 | 12.98 | ||
| 5 | Jaroslava Kómárková (Czechoslovakia) | 42-4¾ | 12.92 | ||
| 6 | Anni Bruk (Austria) | 41-¼ | 12.50 | ||
| 7 | Maria Radosaljević (Yugoslavia) | 40-5½ | 12.33 | ||
| 8 | Bevis Reid (Great Britain) | 39-10¾ | 12.16 | ||
| [DNQ—Dorothy Dodson (USA), Frances Kaszubski (USA); no | ||||
| third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Ostermeyer 43-1½/13.14 OR {qual}, 13.75 OR] | ||||
| 1936 | ||||
| (1928-1936 not contested) |