| 2022 | ||||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 22) | ||||
| 1. | Sydney McLaughlin (USA) | 50.68 | WR | |
| 2. | Femke Bol (Netherlands) | 52.27 | ||
| 3. | Dalilah Muhammad (USA) | 53.13 | ||
| 4. | Shamier Little (USA) | 53.76 | ||
| 5. | Britton Wilson (USA) | 54.02 | ||
| 6. | Rushell Clayton (Jamaica) | 54.36 | ||
| 7. | Gianna Woodruff (Panama) | 54.75 | ||
| 8. | Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine) | 54.93 | ||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 4) | ||||
| 1. | Dalilah Muhammad (USA) | 52.16 | WR, AR | |
| 2. | Sydney McLaughlin (USA) | 52.23 | ||
| 3. | Rushell Clayton (Jamaica) | 53.74 | ||
| 4. | Léa Sprunger (Switzerland) | 54.06 | ||
| 5. | Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) | 54.23 | ||
| 6. | Ashley Spencer (USA) | 54.45 | ||
| 7. | Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine) | 54.45 | ||
| 8. | Sage Watson (Canada) | 54.82 | ||
| [Kori Carter (USA) dnf heat] | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 10) | ||||
| 1 | Kori Carter (US) | 53.07 | ||
| 2 | Dalilah Muhammad (US) | 53.50 | ||
| 3 | Ristananna Tracey (Jamaica) | 53.74 | ||
| 4 | Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) | 54.20 | ||
| 5 | Léa Sprunger (Switzerland) | 54.59 | ||
| 6 | Sage Watson (Canada) | 54.92 | ||
| 7 | Cassandra Tate (US) | 55.43 | ||
| 8 | Eilidh Doyle (Great Britain) | 55.71 | ||
| [Shamier Little (US) 4th in semi] | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 26) | ||||
| 1 | Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) | 53.50 | ||
| 2 | Shamier Little (US) | 53.94 | ||
| 3 | Cassandra Tate (US) | 54.02 | ||
| 4 | Sara Petersen (Denmark) | 54.20 | ||
| 5 | Janeive Russell (Jamaica) | 54.64 | ||
| 6 | Eilidh Child (Great Britain) | 54.78 | ||
| 7 | Wenda Nel (South Africa) | 54.94 | ||
| 8 | Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) | 55.47 | ||
| [Kori Carter (US) false start in semi] | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 15) | ||||
| 1 | Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) | 52.83 | ||
| 2 | Dalilah Muhammad (US) | 54.09 | ||
| 3 | Lashinda Demus (US) | 54.27 | ||
| 4 | Hanna Titimets (Ukraine) | 54.72 | ||
| 5 | Eilidh Child (Great Britain) | 54.86 | ||
| 6 | Hanna Yaroshchuk (Ukraine) | 55.01 | ||
| 7 | Perri Shakes-Drayton (Great Britain) | 56.25 | ||
| 8 | Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica) | 57.34 | ||
| [Georganne Moline (US) dq in heat] | ||||
| [Christine Spence (US) 8th in semi] | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Lashinda Demus (US) | 52.47 | ||
| 2 | Melaine Walker (Jamaica) | 52.73 | ||
| 3 | Natalya Antyukh (Russia) | 53.85 | ||
| 4 | Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) | 54.01 | ||
| 5 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (Ukraine) | 54.18 | ||
| 6 | Vania Stambolova (Bulgaria) | 54.23 | ||
| 7 | Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) | 54.23 | ||
| 8 | Elena Churakova (Russia) | 55.17 | ||
| [Queen Harrison (US) 4th in semi] | ||||
| [Jasmine Chaney (US) 7th in semi] | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Melaine Walker (Jamaica) | 52.42 | WCR | |
| 2 | Lashinda Demus (US) | 52.96 | ||
| 3 | Josanne Lucas (Trinidad) | 53.20 | ||
| 4 | Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) | 53.56 | ||
| 5 | Tiffany Williams (US) | 53.83 | ||
| 6 | Natalya Antyukh (Russia) | 54.11 | ||
| 7 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (Ukraine) | 54.78 | ||
| 8 | Angela Moroşanu (Romania) | 55.04 | ||
| [Sheena Tosta (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | Jana Rawlinson (Australia) | 53.22 | ||
| 2 | Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) | 53.50 | ||
| 3 | Anna Jesień (Poland) | 53.92 | ||
| 4 | Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica) | 54.10 | ||
| 5 | Xiaoxiao Huang (China) | 54.15 | ||
| 6 | Yevgeniya Isakova (Russia) | 54.50 | ||
| 7 | Tiffany Williams (US) | 54.63 | ||
| 8 | Tasha Danvers (Great Britain) | 54.94 | ||
| [Sheena Tosta (US) 5th in semi] | ||||
| [Nicole Leach (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) | 52.90 | ||
| 2 | Lashinda Demus (US) | 53.27 | ||
| 3 | Sandra Glover (US) | 53.32 | ||
| 4 | Anna Jesień (Poland) | 54.17 | ||
| 5 | Xiaoxiao Huang (China) | 54.57 | ||
| 6 | Andrea Blackett (Barbados) | 55.06 | ||
| 7 | Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) | 55.09 | ||
| 8 | Malgorzata Pskit (Poland) | 55.58 | ||
| [Shauna Smith (US) 7th in semi] | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Jana Rawlinson (Australia) | 53.22 | ||
| 2 | Sandra Glover (US) | 53.65 | ||
| 3 | Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) | 53.71 | ||
| 4 | Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) | 54.41 | ||
| 5 | Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) | 54.61 | ||
| 6 | Andrea Blackett (Barbados) | 54.79 | ||
| 7 | Heike Meissner (Germany) | 55.60 | ||
| 8 | Surita Febbraio (South Africa) | 55.90 | ||
| [Joanna Hayes (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| [Raasin McIntosh (US) dnf semi] | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) | 53.34 | ||
| 2 | Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) | 54.27 | ||
| 3 | Daimí Pernía (Cuba) | 54.51 | ||
| 4 | Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) | 54.55 | ||
| 5 | Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) | 54.68 | ||
| 6 | Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) | 55.36 | ||
| 7 | Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) | 55.83 | ||
| 8 | Sandra Glover (US) | 57.42 | ||
| [Brenda Taylor (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Daimí Pernía (Cuba) | 52.89 | ||
| 2 | Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) | 52.90 | ||
| 3 | Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) | 53.16 | ||
| 4 | Andrea Blackett (Barbados) | 53.36 | ||
| 5 | Sandra Glover (US) | 53.65 | ||
| 6 | Michelle Johnson (US) | 54.23 | ||
| 7 | Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) | 54.33 | ||
| 8 | Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) | 56.24 | ||
| [Joanna Hayes (US) 4th in heat] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) | 52.97 | ||
| 2 | Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) | 53.09 | ||
| 3 | Kim Batten (UA) | 53.52 | ||
| 4 | Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) | 53.81 | ||
| 5 | Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) | 54.19 | ||
| 6 | Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) | 54.77 | ||
| 7 | Susan Smith (Ireland) | 55.25 | ||
| 8 | Andrea Blackett (Barbados) | 55.63 | ||
| [Rebecca Buchanan (US) 6th in heat] | ||||
| [Ryan Tolbert (US) 6th in heat] | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | Kim Batten (US) | 52.61 | WR, WCR | |
| 2 | Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) | 52.62 | ||
| 3 | Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) | 53.48 | ||
| 4 | Heike Meissner (Germany) | 54.86 | ||
| 5 | Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) | 54.94 | ||
| 6 | Silvia Rieger (Germany) | 55.01 | ||
| 7 | Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) | 55.46 | ||
| 8 | Natalya Torshina (Kazakhstan) | 56.75 | ||
| [Trevia Williams (US) 7th in semi] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) | 52.74 | WR, WCR | |
| 2 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) | 52.79 | ||
| 3 | Margarita Ponomaryova (Russia) | 53.48 | ||
| 4 | Kim Batten (US) | 53.84 | ||
| 5 | Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) | 54.55 | ||
| 6 | Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) | 54.99 | ||
| 7 | Rosey Edeh (Canada) | 55.19 | ||
| 8 | Natalya Torshina (Kazakhstan) | 55.78 | ||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1 | Tatyana Ledovskaya (Soviet Union) | 53.11 WCR | ||
| 2 | Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) | 53.16 | ||
| 3 | Janeen Vickers (US) | 53.47 | ||
| 4 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) | 53.95 | ||
| 5 | Kim Batten (US) | 53.98 | ||
| 6 | Anita Protti (Switzerland) | 54.25 | ||
| 7 | Heike Meissner (Germany) | 55.26 | ||
| 8 | Margarita Ponomaryova (Soviet Union) | |||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1 | Sabine Busch (East Germany) | 53.62 | WCR | |
| 2 | Debbie Flintoff-King (Australia) | 54.19 | ||
| 3 | Cornelia Ulrich (East Germany) | 54.31 | ||
| 4 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick (Jamaica) | 54.38 | ||
| 5 | Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (Finland) | 54.62 | ||
| 6 | Anna Ambraziene (Soviet Union) | 55.68 | ||
| 7 | Schowonda Williams (US) | 55.86 | ||
| 8 | Judi Brown-King (US) | 56.10 | ||
| [LaTanya Sheffield (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1 | Yekterina Fesenko (Soviet Union) | 54.14 | WCR | |
| 2 | Anna Ambraziene (Soviet Union) | 54.15 | ||
| 3 | Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) | 54.55 | ||
| 4 | Petra Pfaff (East Germany) | 54.64 | ||
| 5 | Petra Krug (East Germany) | 54.76 | ||
| 6 | Ann-Louise Skoglund (Sweden) | 54.80 | ||
| 7 | Susan Morley (Great Britain) | 56.04 | ||
| 8 | Cristieana Matei (Romania) | 56.26 | ||
| [Sharrieffa Barksdale (US) 5th in semi] | ||||
| [Judi Brown-King (US) 7th in semi] | ||||
| [Tonja Brown (US) 7th in heat] | ||||
| [Fesenko 56.43 WCR {heat}; Ambraziené 56.30 WCR {heat}; Pfaff 55.77 WCR {semi}] | ||||