| 2022 | ||||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 16) | ||||
| 1. | Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) | 30:09.94 | ||
| 2. | Hellen Obiri (Kenya) | 30:10.02 | ||
| 3. | Margaret Kipkemboi (Kenya) | 30:10.07 | ||
| 4. | Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) | 30:10.56 | ||
| 5. | Rahel Daniel (Eritrea) | 30:12.15 | ||
| 6. | Ejgayehu Taye (Ethiopia) | 30:12.45 | ||
| 7. | Caroline Kipkirui (Kazakhstan) | 30:17.64 | ||
| 8. | Bosena Mulate (Ethiopia) | 30:17.77 | ||
| 9. | Karissa Schweizer (USA) | 30:18.05 | ||
| 13. | Alicia Monson (USA) | 30:59.85 | ||
| 15. | Natosha Rogers (USA) | 31:10.57 | ||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, September 28) | ||||
| 1. | Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) | 30:17.62 | ||
| 2. | Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) | 30:21.23 | ||
| 3. | Agnes Tirop (Kenya) | 30:25.20 | ||
| 4. | Rosemary Wanjiru (Kenya) | 30:35.75 | ||
| 5. | Hellen Obiri (Kenya) | 30:35.82 | ||
| 6. | Senbere Teferi (Ethiopia) | 30:44.23 | ||
| 7. | Susan Krumins (Netherlands) | 31:05.40 | ||
| 8. | Marielle Hall (USA) | 31:05.71 | ||
| [9. | Molly Huddle (USA) | 31:07.24] | ||
| [10. | Emily Sisson (USA) | 31:12.56] | ||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 5) | ||||
| 1 | Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) | 30:16.32 | ||
| 2 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 31:02.69 | ||
| 3 | Agnes Tirop (Kenya) | 31:03.50 | ||
| 4 | Alice Nawowuna (Kenya) | 31:11.86 | ||
| 5 | Susan Krumins (Holland) | 31:20.24 | ||
| 6 | Emily Infeld (US) | 31:20.45 | ||
| 7 | Irene Cheptai (Kenya) | 31:21.11 | ||
| 8 | Molly Huddle (US) | 31:24.78 | ||
| [9 | Emily Sisson (US) | 31:26.36] | ||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 24) | ||||
| 1 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 31:41.31 | ||
| 2 | Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) | 31:41.77 | ||
| 3 | Emily Infeld (US) | 31:43.49 | ||
| 4 | Molly Huddle (US) | 31:43.58 | ||
| 5 | Sally Kipyego (Kenya) | 31:44.42 | ||
| 6 | Shalane Flanagan (US) | 31:46.23 | ||
| 7 | Alemitu Haroye (Ethiopia) | 31:49.73 | ||
| 8 | Betsy Saina (Kenya) | 31:51.35 | ||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 11) | ||||
| 1 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 30:43.35 | ||
| 2 | Gladys Cherono (Kenya) | 30:45.17 | ||
| 3 | Belaynesh Oljira (Ethiopia) | 30:46.98 | ||
| 4 | Emily Chebet (Kenya) | 30:47.02 | ||
| 5 | Hitomi Niiya (Japan) | 30:56.70 | ||
| 6 | Shitaye Eshete (Bahrain) | 31:13.79 | ||
| 7 | Sally Chepyego (Kenya) | 31:22.11 | ||
| 8 | Shalane Flanagan (US) | 31:34.83 | ||
| [12 | Jordan Hasay (US) | 32:17.93] | ||
| [14 | Amy Cragg (US) | 32:51.19] | ||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 30:48.98 | ||
| 2 | Sally Kipyego (Kenya) | 30:50.04 | ||
| 3 | Linet Masai (Kenya) | 30:53.59 | ||
| 4 | Priscah Cherono (Kenya) | 30:56.43 | ||
| 5 | Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) | 30:56.55 | ||
| 6 | Shitaye Eshete (Bahrain) | 31:21.57 | ||
| 7 | Shalane Flanagan (US) | 31:25.57 | ||
| 8 | Ana Dulce Felix (Portugal) | 31:37.03 | ||
| [9 | Jen Rhines (US) | 31:47.59] | ||
| [13 | Kara Goucher (US) | 32:29.58] | ||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Linet Masai* (Kenya) | 30:51.24 | ||
| 2 | Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) | 30:51.34 | ||
| 3 | Wude Ayalew* (Ethiopia) | 30:51.95 | ||
| 4 | Grace Momanyi* (Kenya) | 30:52.25 | ||
| 5 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 30:52.37 | ||
| 6 | Amy Begley (US) | 31:13.78 | ||
| 7 | Yurika Nakamura* (Japan) | 31:14.39 | ||
| 8 | Kim Smith (New Zealand) | 31:21.42 | ||
| [14 | Shalane Flanagan (US) | 31:32.19] | ||
| [17 | Katie McGregor (US) | 32:18.49] | ||
| [* = stagger confusion at start meant runner ran about 6m short] | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 30:24.02 | ||
| 2 | Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) | 30:25.41 | ||
| 3 | Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 30:26.00 | ||
| 4 | Huina Xing (China) | 30:27.18 | ||
| 5 | Edith Masai (Kenya) | 30:30.26 | ||
| 6 | Worknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) | 30:32.47 | ||
| 7 | Yingjie Sun (China) | 30:33.53 | ||
| 8 | Galina Bogomolova (Russia) | 30:33.75 | ||
| [14 | Katie McGregor (US) | 31:21.20] | ||
| [16 | Jen Rhines (US) | 31:26.66] | ||
| [22 | Blake Russell (US) | 32:07.00] | ||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) | 30:04.18 | WCR | |
| 2 | Worknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) | 30:07.15 | ||
| 3 | Yingjie Sun (China) | 30:07.20 | ||
| 4 | Lomah Kiplagat (Holland) | 30:12.53 | ||
| 5 | Alla Zhilyayeva (Russia) | 30:23.07 | ||
| 6 | Galina Bogomolova (Russia) | 30:26.20 | ||
| 7 | Huina Xing (China) | 30:51.55 | ||
| 8 | Benita Johnson (Australia) | 30:37.68 | ||
| [12 | Deena Kastor (US) | 31:17.86] | ||
| [17 | Elva Dryer (US) | 31:59.81] | ||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) | 30:04.18 | WCR | |
| 2 | Worknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) | 30:07.15 | ||
| 3 | Yingjie Sun (China) | 30:07.20 | ||
| 4 | Lomah Kiplagat (Holland) | 30:12.53 | ||
| 5 | Alla Zhilyayeva (Russia) | 30:23.07 | ||
| 6 | Galina Bogomolova (Russia) | 30:26.20 | ||
| 7 | Huina Xing (China) | 30:51.55 | WJR | |
| 8 | Benita Johnson (Australia) | 30:37.68 | ||
| [12 | Deena Kastor (US) | 31:17.86] | ||
| [17 | Elva Dryer (US) | 31:59.81] | ||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) | 31:48.81 | ||
| 2 | Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) | 31:48.85 | ||
| 3 | Gete Wami (Ethiopia) | 31:49.98 | ||
| 4 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | 31:50.06 | ||
| 5 | Mihaela Botezan (Romania) | 32:03.46 | ||
| 6 | Lyudmila Petrova (Russia) | 32:04.94 | ||
| 7 | Asmae Leghzaoui (Morocco) | 32:06.35 | ||
| 8 | Yamna Belkacem (France) | 32:09.21 | ||
| [11 | Deena Kastor (US) | 32:18.65] | ||
| [22 | Jen Rhines (US) | 33:11.22] | ||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Gete Wami (Ethiopia) | 30:24.56 | WCR | |
| 2 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | 30:27.13 | ||
| 3 | Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) | 30:32.03 | ||
| 4 | Harumi Hiroyama (Japan) | 31:26.84 | ||
| 5 | Chiemi Takahashi (Japan) | 31:27.62 | ||
| 6 | Merima Hashim (Ethiopia) | 31:32.06 | ||
| 7 | Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) | 31:32.51 | ||
| 8 | Teresa Recio (Spain) | 31:43.80 | ||
| [11 | Deena Kastor (US) | 32:11.14] | ||
| [16 | Anne-Marie Lauck (US) | 32:57.07] | ||
| [dnf Libbie Hickman (US)] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Sally Barsosio (Kenya) | 31:32.92 | ||
| 2 | Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) | 31:39.15 | ||
| 3 | Masako Chiba (Japan) | 31:41.93 | ||
| 4 | Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) | 31:48.95 | ||
| 5 | Xiujuan Ren (China) | 31:50.63 | ||
| 6 | Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) | 32:00.93 | ||
| 7 | Siju Yang (China) | 32:01.61 | ||
| 8 | Colleen de Reuck (South Africa) | 32:03.81 | ||
| [13 | Annette Peters (US) | 32:43.38] | ||
| [Gwyn Coogan (US) 12th in heat] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) | 31:04.99 | ||
| 2 | Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) | 31:08.10 | ||
| 3 | Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) | 31:17.66 | ||
| 4 | Maria Guida (Italy) | 31:27.82 | ||
| 5 | Elana Meyer (South Africa) | 31:31.96 | ||
| 6 | Liz McColgan (Great Britain) | 31:40.14 | ||
| 7 | Alla Zhilyayeva (Russia) | 31:52.15 | ||
| 8 | Hiromi Suzuki (Japan) | 31:54.01 | ||
| [12 | Lynn Jennings (US) | 32:12.82] | ||
| [14 | Anne Marie Lauck (US) | 32:22.54] | ||
| [Laurie Henes (US) 13th in heat] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | Junxia Wang (China) | 30:49.30 | WCR | |
| 2 | Huandi Zong (China) | 31:12.55 | ||
| 3 | Sally Barsosio (Kenya) | 31:19.38 | ||
| 4 | Tegla Lorupe (Kenya) | 31:29.91 | ||
| 5 | Lynn Jennings (US) | 31:30.53 | ||
| 6 | Maria Ferreira (Portugal) | 31:30.60 | ||
| 7 | Albertina Dias (Portugal) | 31:33.03 | ||
| 8 | Anne Marie Lauck (US) | 31:37.26 | ||
| [21 | Elaine Van Blunk (US) | 33:42.85] | ||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1 | Liz McColgan (Great Britain) | 31:14.31 | ||
| 2 | Huandi Zhong (China) | 31:35.08 | ||
| 3 | Xiuting Wang (China) | 31:35.99 | ||
| 4 | Kathrin Wessel (Germany) | 31:38.96 | ||
| 5 | Lynn Jennings (US) | 31:54.44 | ||
| 6 | Uta Pippig (Germany) | 31:55.68 | ||
| 7 | Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) | 32:10.75 | ||
| 8 | Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) | 32:16.55 | ||
| [dnf Anne Marie Lauck (US)] | ||||
| [Francie Larrieu Smith (US) dnf heat] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1 | Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) | 31:05.85 | WCR | |
| 2 | Yelena Zhupiyova (Soviet Union) | 31:09.40 | ||
| 3 | Kathrin Wessel (East Germany) | 31:11.34 | ||
| 4 | Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union) | 31:18.38 | ||
| 5 | Liz McColgan (Great Britain) | 31:19.82 | ||
| 6 | Lynn Jennings (US) | 31:45.43 | ||
| 7 | Albertina Machado (Portugal) | 31:46.61 | ||
| 8 | Xiuting Wang (China) | 31:48.88 | ||
| [13 | Lynn Nelson (US) | 32:22.88] | ||
| [15 | Francie Larrieu Smith (US) | 32:30.00] | ||
| [Ullrich 33:07.92 WCR {heat}] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| (event not contested) |