| 2023 | ||||
| (Budapest, Hungary, August 25; wind 0.1) | ||||
| 1. | Shericka Jackson (Jamaica) | 21.41 | ||
| 2. | Gabby Thomas (USA) | 21.81 | ||
| 3. | Sha’Carri Richardson (USA) | 21.92 | ||
| 4. | Julien Alfred (St. Lucia) | 22.05 | ||
| 5. | Daryll Neita (Great Britain) | 22.16 | ||
| 6. | Anthonique Strachan (Bahamas) | 22.29 | ||
| 7. | Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) | 22.34 | ||
| 8. | Marie Josée Ta Lou (Côte d’Ivoire) | 22.64 | ||
| [Kayla Whyte (USA) 3rd in semi] | ||||
| 2022 | ||||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 21; wind 0.6) | ||||
| 1. | Shericka Jackson (Jamaica) | 21.45 | MR | |
| 2. | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) | 21.81 | ||
| 3. | Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) | 22.02 | ||
| 4. | Aminatou Seyni (Niger) | 22.12 | ||
| 5. | Abby Steiner (USA) | 22.26 | ||
| 6. | Tamara Clark (USA) | 22.32 | ||
| 7. | Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) | 22.39 | ||
| 8. | Mujinga Kambundji (Switzerland) | 22.55 | ||
| [Jenna Prandini (USA) 4th in semi] | ||||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 2; wind 0.9) | ||||
| 1. | Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) | 21.88 | ||
| 2. | Brittany Brown (USA) | 22.22 | ||
| 3. | Mujinga Kambundji (Switzerland) | 22.51 | ||
| 4. | Angie Annelus (USA) | 22.59 | ||
| 5. | Dezerea Bryant (USA) | 22.63 | ||
| 6. | Gina Bass (Gambia) | 22.71 | ||
| 7. | Ivet Lalova-Collio (Bulgaria) | 22.77 | ||
| 8. | Tynia Gaither (Bahamas) | 22.90 | ||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 11; wind +0.8) | ||||
| 1 | Dafne Schippers (Netherlands) | 22.05 | ||
| 2 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou (Côte d’Ivoire) | 22.08 | ||
| 3 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) | 22.15 | ||
| 4 | Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) | 22.22 | ||
| 5 | Deajah Stevens (US) | 22.44 | ||
| 6 | Kimberlyn Duncan (US) | 22.59 | ||
| 7 | Crystal Emmanuel (Canada) | 22.60 | ||
| 8 | Tynia Gaither (Bahamas) | 23.07 | ||
| [Tori Bowie (US) dnc in heat] | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 28; wind +0.2) | ||||
| 1 | Dafne Schippers (Netherlands) | 21.63 | WCR | |
| 2 | Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) | 21.66 | ||
| 3 | Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) | 21.97 | ||
| 4 | Candyce McGrone (US) | 22.01 | ||
| 5 | Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) | 22.07 | ||
| 6 | Jeneba Tarmoh (US) | 22.31 | ||
| 7 | Ivet Lalova-Collio (Bulgaria) | 22.41 | ||
| 8 | Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) | 22.50 | ||
| [Jenna Prandini (US) 5th in semi] | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 16; wind -0.3) | ||||
| 1 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) | 22.17 | ||
| 2 | Murielle Ahouré (Côte d’Ivoire) | 22.32 | ||
| 3 | Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) | 22.32 | ||
| 4 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) | 22.74 | ||
| 5 | Jeneba Tarmoh (US) | 22.78 | ||
| 6 | Charonda Williams (US) | 22.81 | ||
| 7 | Mariya Ryemyen (Ukraine) | 22.84 | ||
| dnf | Allyson Felix (US) | |||
| [Kimberlyn Duncan (US) 3rd in semi] | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| (Wind –1.0) | ||||
| 1 | Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) | 22.22 | ||
| 2 | Carmelita Jeter (US) | 22.37 | ||
| 3 | Allyson Felix (US) | 22.42 | ||
| 4 | Shalonda Solomon (US) | 22.61 | ||
| 5 | Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) | 22.70 | ||
| 6 | Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) | 22.96 | ||
| 7 | Hrystyna Stuy (Ukraine) | 23.02 | ||
| 8 | Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) | 23.17 | ||
| [Jeneba Tarmoh (US) 6th in heat] | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| (Wind –0.1) | ||||
| 1 | Allyson Felix (US) | 22.02 | ||
| 2 | Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) | 22.35 | ||
| 3 | Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) | 22.41 | ||
| 4 | Muna Lee (US) | 22.48 | ||
| 5 | Anneisha McLaughlin (Jamaica) | 22.62 | ||
| 6 | Simone Facey (Jamaica) | 22.80 | ||
| 7 | Emily Freeman (Great Britain) | 22.98 | ||
| 8 | Eleni Artymata (Cyprus) | 23.05 | ||
| [Charonda Williams (US) 5th in semi] | ||||
| [Marshevet Myers (US) dnf in semi] | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| (Wind +1.7) | ||||
| 1 | Allyson Felix (US) | 21.81 | ||
| 2 | Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) | 22.34 | ||
| 3 | Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) | 22.63 | ||
| 4 | Torri Edwards (US) | 22.65 | ||
| 5 | Sanya Richards-Ross (US) | 22.70 | ||
| 6 | Aleen Bailey (Jamaica) | 22.72 | ||
| 7 | LaShaunte’a Moore (US) | 22.97 | ||
| 8 | Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) | 23.08 | ||
| 2005 | ||||
| (Wind +0.2) | ||||
| 1 | Allyson Felix (US) | 22.16 | ||
| 2 | Rachelle Smith (US) | 22.31 | ||
| 3 | Christine Arron (France) | 22.31 | ||
| 4 | Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) | 22.38 | ||
| 5 | LaTasha Colander (US) | 22.66 | ||
| 6 | Yuliya Gushchina (Russia) | 22.75 | ||
| 7 | Kim Gevaert (Belgium) | 22.86 | ||
| 8 | Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) | 23.00 | ||
| 2003 | ||||
| (Wind –0.3) | ||||
| 1 | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (Russia) | 22.38 | ||
| 2 | Torri Edwards (US) | 22.47 | ||
| 3 | Muriel Hurtis (France) | 22.59 | ||
| 4 | Zhanna Block (Ukraine) | 22.92 | ||
| 5 | Beverly McDonald (Jamaica) | 22.95 | ||
| 6 | Natalya Safronnikova (Belarus) | 22.98 | ||
| 7 | Anzhela Kravchenko (Ukraine) | 23.00 | ||
| retroactive doping dq—[1] Kelli White (US) [22.05] | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| (Wind –0.8) | ||||
| 1 | Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) | 22.52 | ||
| 2 | LaTasha Jenkins (US) | 22.85 | ||
| 3 | Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) | 22.88 | ||
| 4 | Juliet Campbell (Jamaica) | 22.99 | ||
| 5 | Alenka Bikar (Slovenia) | 23.00 | ||
| 6 | Myriam Mani (Cameroon) | 23.15 | ||
| retroactive doping dq—[1] Marion Jones (US) [22.39] | ||||
| retroactive doping dq—[3] Kelli White (US) [22.56] | ||||
| [Inger Miller (US) 4th in semi] | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| (Wind +0.6) | ||||
| 1 | Inger Miller (US) | 21.77 | ||
| 2 | Beverly McDonald (Jamaica) | 22.22 | ||
| =3 | Merlene Frazer (Jamaica) | 22.26 | ||
| =3 | Andrea Philipp (Germany) | 22.26 | ||
| 5 | Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) | 22.28 | ||
| 6 | Fatima Yusuf (Nigeria) | 22.42 | ||
| 7 | Lauren Hewitt (Australia) | 22.53 | ||
| 8 | Juliet Campbell (Jamaica) | 22.64 | ||
| [Marion Jones (US) dnf in semi] | ||||
| [Nanceen Perry (US) 5th in quarter] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| (Wind –0.7) | ||||
| 1 | Zhanna Block (Ukraine) | 22.32 | ||
| 2 | Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) | 22.39 | ||
| 3 | Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) | 22.40 | ||
| 4 | Yekaterina Leshchova (Russia) | 22.50 | ||
| 5 | Inger Miller (US) | 22.52 | ||
| 6 | Marina Trandenkova (Russia) | 22.65 | ||
| 7 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (Australia) | 22.73 | ||
| 8 | Sylvianne Félix (France) | 22.81 | ||
| [Zundra Feagin-Alexander (US) 5th in quarter] | ||||
| [Cheryl Taplin (US) 5th in quarter] | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| (Wind –2.2) | ||||
| 1 | Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) | 22.12 | ||
| 2 | Irina Privalova (Russia) | 22.12 | ||
| 3 | Galina Malchugina (Russia) | 22.37 | ||
| 4 | Melanie Paschke (Germany) | 22.60 | ||
| 5 | Silke Knoll (Germany) | 22.66 | ||
| 6 | Mary Onyali (Nigeria) | 22.71 | ||
| 7 | Marina Trandenkova (Russia) | 22.84 | ||
| dq[lane]—[1] Gwen Torrence (US) [21.77] | ||||
| [Carlette Guidry (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| [Celena Mondie-Milner (US) 8th in semi] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| (Wind 0.0) | ||||
| 1 | Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) | 21.98 | ||
| 2 | Gwen Torrence (US) | 22.00 | ||
| 3 | Irina Privalova (Russia) | 22.13 | ||
| 4 | Marie-José Pérec (France) | 22.20 | ||
| 5 | Mary Onyali (Nigeria) | 22.32 | ||
| 6 | Natalya Voronova (Russia) | 22.50 | ||
| 7 | Galina Malchugina (Russia) | 22.50 | ||
| 8 | Dannette Young-Stone (US) | 23.04 | ||
| [Michelle Finn (US) 8th in semi] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| (Wind –2.4) | ||||
| 1 | Katrin Krabbe (Germany) | 22.09 | ||
| 2 | Gwen Torrence (US) | 22.16 | ||
| 3 | Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) | 22.21 | ||
| 4 | Irina Privalova (Soviet Union) | 22.28 | ||
| 5 | Galina Malchugina (Soviet Union) | 22.66 | ||
| 6 | Dannette Young (US) | 22.87 | ||
| 7 | Pauline Davis (Bahamas) | 22.90 | ||
| 8 | Yelena Vinogradova (Soviet Union) | 23.10 | ||
| [Esther Jones (UA) 5th in semi] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| (Wind +1.2) | ||||
| 1 | Silke Möller (East Germany) | 21.74 | WCR | |
| 2 | Florence Griffith Joyner (US) | 21.96 | ||
| 3 | Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) | 22.06 | ||
| 4 | Pam Marshall (US) | 22.18 | ||
| 5 | Gwen Torrence (US) | 22.40 | ||
| 6 | Mary Onyali (Nigeria) | 22.52 | ||
| 7 | Ewa Kasprzyk (Poland) | 22.52 | ||
| 8 | Nadezhda Georgieva (Bulgaria) | 22.55 | ||
| 1983 | ||||
| (Wind +1.5) | ||||
| 1 | Marita Koch (East Germany) | 22.13 | WCR | |
| 2 | Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) | 22.19 | ||
| 3 | Kathy Cook (Great Britain) | 22.37 | ||
| 4 | Florence Griffith Joyner (US) | 22.46 | ||
| 5 | Grace Jackson (Jamaica) | 22.63 | ||
| 6 | Anelia Nuneva (Bulgaria) | 22.68 | ||
| 7 | Angela Bailey (Canada) | 22.93 | ||
| 8 | Ewa Kasprzyk (Poland) | 23.03 | ||
| [Randy Givens (US) 7th in semi] | ||||
| [Evelyn Ashford (US) injured in 100, dnc in heat] | ||||
| [Joan Baptiste (Great Britain) 23.34 WCR {heat}; Griffith-Joyner 23.05 WCR {heat}; Cook 22.78 WCR {quarter}; Ottey 22.38 WCR {quarter}] | ||||
