| 2022 | ||||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 23) | ||||
| 1. | Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia) | 14:46.29 | ||
| 2. | Beatrice Chebet (Kenya) | 14:46.75 | ||
| 3. | Dawit Seyaum (Ethiopia) | 14:47.36 | ||
| 4. | Margaret Kipkemboi (Kenya) | 14:47.71 | ||
| 5. | Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) | 14:47.98 | ||
| 6. | Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) | 14:48.12 | ||
| 7. | Caroline Kipkirui (Kazakhstan) | 14:54.80 | ||
| 8. | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (Norway) | 14:57.62 | ||
| 9. | Elise Cranny (USA) | 14:59.99 | ||
| 14. | Emily Infeld (USA) | 15:29.03 | ||
| dnf. | Karissa Schweizer (USA) | |||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 5) | ||||
| 1. | Hellen Obiri (Kenya) | 14:26.72 | ||
| 2. | Margaret Kipkemboi (Kenya) | 14:27.49 | ||
| 3. | Konstanze Klosterhalfen (Germany) | 14:28.43 | ||
| 4. | Tsehay Gemechu (Ethiopia) | 14:29.60 | ||
| 5. | Lilian Rengeruk (Kenya) | 14:36.05 | ||
| 6. | Taye Fantu (Ethiopia) | 14:40.47 | ||
| 7. | Laura Weightman (Great Britain) | 14:44.57 | ||
| 8. | Hawi Feysa (Ethiopia) | 14:44.92 | ||
| [9. | Karissa Schweizer (USA) | 14:45.18] | ||
| [11. | Elinor Purrier (USA) | 14:58.17] | ||
| [Rachel Schneider (USA) 8th heat] | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 13) | ||||
| 1 | Hellen Obiri (Kenya) | 14:34.86 | ||
| 2 | Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) | 14:40.35 | ||
| 3 | Sifan Hassan (Holland) | 14:42.73 | ||
| 4 | Senbere Teferi (Ethiopia) | 14:47.45 | ||
| 5 | Margaret Kipkemboi (Kenya) | 14:48.74 | ||
| 6 | Laura Muir (Great Britain) | 14:52.07 | ||
| 7 | Sheila Kiprotich (Kenya) | 14:54.05 | ||
| 8 | Susan Krumins (Holland) | 14:58.33 | ||
| [9 | Shannon Rowbury (US) | 14:59.9]2 | ||
| [12 | Molly Huddle (US) | 15:05.28] | ||
| [13 | Shelby Houlihan (US) | 15:06.40] | ||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 30) | ||||
| 1 | Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) | 14:26.83 | WCR | |
| 2 | Senbera Teferi (Ethiopia) | 14:44.07 | ||
| 3 | Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 14:44.14 | ||
| 4 | Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) | 14:46.16 | ||
| 5 | Mercy Cherono (Kenya) | 15:01.36 | ||
| 6 | Janet Kisa (Kenya) | 15:02.68 | ||
| 7 | Irene Cheptai (Kenya) | 15:03.41 | ||
| [8 | Susan Kuijken (Holland) | 15:08.00 | ||
| [13 | Nicole Tully (US) | 15:27.42] | ||
| [Abbey D’Agostino (US) 12th in heat] | ||||
| [Marielle Hall (US) 10th in semi] | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, Russia, August 17) | ||||
| 1 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 14:50.19 | ||
| 2 | Mercy Cherono (Kenya) | 14:51.22 | ||
| 3 | Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) | 14:51.33 | ||
| 4 | Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) | 15:01.67 | ||
| 5 | Buze Diriba (Ethiopia) | 15:05.38 | ||
| 6 | Molly Huddle (US) | 15:05.73 | ||
| 7 | Shannon Rowbury (US) | 15:06.10 | ||
| 8 | Susan Kuijken (Holland) | 15:14.70 | ||
| [12 | Kim Conley (US) | 15:36.58] | ||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 14:55.36 | ||
| 2 | Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) | 14:56.21 | ||
| 3 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 14:56.94 | ||
| 4 | Sentayehu Ejigu (Ethiopia) | 14:59.99 | ||
| 5 | Mercy Cherono (Kenya) | 15:00.23 | ||
| 6 | Linet Masai (Kenya) | 15:01.01 | ||
| 7 | Lauren Fleshman (US) | 15:09.25 | ||
| 8 | Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 15:09.35 | ||
| [15 | Amy Hastings (US) | 15:56.06] | ||
| [Molly Huddle (US) 10th in heat] | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 14:57.97 | ||
| 2 | Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) | 14:58.33 | ||
| 3 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 14:58.41 | ||
| 4 | Sentayehu Ejigu (Ethiopia) | 15:03.38 | ||
| 5 | Meselech Malkamu (Ethiopia) | 15:03.72 | ||
| 6 | Ines Chenonge (Kenya) | 15:06.06 | ||
| 7 | Silvia Weissteiner (Italy) | 15:09.74 | ||
| 8 | Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 15:11.12 | ||
| [9 | Jen Rhines (US) | 15:11.63] | ||
| [Julie Culley (US) 7th in heat] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 14:57.91 | ||
| 2 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 14:58.50 | ||
| 3 | Priscah Cherono (Kenya) | 14:59.21 | ||
| 4 | Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) | 14:59.26 | ||
| 5 | Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) | 15:00.88 | ||
| 6 | Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) | 15:01.42 | ||
| 7 | Jen Rhines (US) | 15:03.09 | ||
| 8 | Shalane Flanagan (US) | 15:03.86 | ||
| [Michelle Sikes (US) 9th in heat] | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 14:38.59 | WCR | |
| 2 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 14:39.54 | ||
| 3 | Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 14:42.47 | ||
| 4 | Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) | 14:43.47 | ||
| 5 | Huina Xing (China) | 14:43.64 | ||
| 6 | Zakia Mrisho (Tanzania) | 14:43.87 | ||
| 7 | Priscah Cherono (Kenya) | 14:44.00 | ||
| 8 | Isabella Ochichi (Kenya) | 14:45.14 | ||
| [Shalane Flanagan (US) 7th in heat] | ||||
| [Amy Rudolph (US) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Lauren Fleshman (US) 11th in heat] | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 14:51.72 | ||
| 2 | Marta Domínguez (Spain) | 14:52.26 | ||
| 3 | Edith Masai (Kenya) | 14:52.30 | ||
| 4 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) | 14:52.36 | ||
| 5 | Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) | 14:53.56 | ||
| 6 | Isabella Ochichi (Kenya) | 14:54.08 | ||
| 7 | Gulnara Samitova (Russia) | 14:54.38 | ||
| 8 | Courtney Babcock (Canada) | 14:54.98 | ||
| [Lauren Fleshman (US) 11th in heat—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Olga Yegorova (Russia) | 15:03.39 | ||
| 2 | Marta Domínguez (Spain) | 15:06.59 | ||
| 3 | Ayelech Worku (Ethiopia) | 15:10.17 | ||
| 4 | Yanmei Dong (China) | 15:10.73 | ||
| 5 | Irina Mikitenko (Germany) | 15:13.93 | ||
| 6 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) | 15:16.15 | ||
| 7 | Edith Masai (Kenya) | 15:17.67 | ||
| 8 | Gabriela Szabo (Romania) | 15:19.55 | ||
| [Marla Runyan (US) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Amy Rudolph (US) 15th in heat] | ||||
| [Elva Dryer (US) 11th in heat] | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Gabriela Szabo (Romania) | 14:41.82 | WCR | |
| 2 | Zahra Ouaziz (Morocco) | 14:43.15 | ||
| 3 | Ayelech Worku (Ethiopia) | 14:44.22 | ||
| 4 | Irina Mikitenko (Germany) | 14:50.17 | ||
| 5 | Yelena Kopytova (Turkey) | 14:51.69 | ||
| 6 | Julia Vaquero (Spain) | 14:56.00 | ||
| 7 | Mariya Pantyukhova (Russia) | 14:58.60 | ||
| 8 | Yamna Belkacem (France) | 15:03.47 | ||
| [11 | Cheri Kenah (US) | 15:20.12] | ||
| [Elva Dryer (US) 17th in heat] | ||||
| [Amy Rudolph (US) 18th in heat] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Gabriela Szabo (Romania) | 14:57.68 | ||
| 2 | Roberta Brunet (Italy) | 14:58.29 | ||
| 3 | Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) | 14:58.85 | ||
| 4 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | 15:01.74 | ||
| 5 | Lydia Cheromei (Kenya) | 15:07.88 | ||
| 6 | Jianying Liu (China) | 15:10.64 | ||
| 7 | Libbie Hickman (US) | 15:11.15 | ||
| 8 | Harumi Hiroyama (Japan) | 15:21.19 | ||
| [Melody Fairchild (US) 12th in heat] | ||||
| [Amy Rudolph (US) 12th in heat] | ||||
| 1995 | |||||||||
| 1 | Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) | 14:46.47 | |||||||
| 2 | Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) | 14:48.54 | |||||||
| 3 | Zahra Ouaziz (Morocco) | 14:53.77 | |||||||
| 4 | Gabriela Szabo (Romania) | 14:56.57 | |||||||
| 5 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | 14:57.02 | |||||||
| 6 | Mariya Pantyukova (Russia) | 15:01.23 | |||||||
| 7 | Rose Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 15:02.45 | |||||||
| 8 | Gwen Griffiths (South Africa) | 15:08.05 | |||||||
| [dnf—Gina Procaccio (US)] | |||||||||
| [Laura Mykytok (US) 10th in heat] | |||||||||
| [Libbie Hickman (US) 11th in heat] | |||||||||
| [Elena Fidatof (Romania) 15:36.39 WCR {heat}; O’Sullivan 15:13.88 WCR {heat}]
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| 1993 | ||||
| (3000) | ||||
| 1 | Yunxia Qu (China) | 8:28.71 | WCR | |
| 2 | Linli Zhang (China) | 8:29.25 | ||
| 3 | Lirong Zhang (China) | 8:31.95 | ||
| 4 | Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) | 8:33.38 | ||
| 5 | Alison Wyeth (Great Britain) | 8:38.42 | ||
| 6 | Yelena Romanova (Russia) | 8:39.69 | ||
| 7 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | 8:40.40 | ||
| 8 | Lyudmila Borisova (Russia) | 8:40.78 | ||
| [10 | Annette Peters (US) | 8:45.56] | ||
| [Sheila Carrozza (US) 8th in heat] | ||||
| [Katy McCandless (US) 12th in heat] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| (3000) | ||||
| 1 | Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) | 8:35.82 | ||
| 2 | Yelena Romanova (Soviet Union) | 8:36.06 | ||
| 3 | Susan Sirma (Kenya) | 8:39.41 | ||
| 4 | Päivi Tikkanen (Finland) | 8:41.30 | ||
| 5 | Margareta Keszeg (Romania) | 8:42.02 | ||
| 6 | Roberta Brunet (Italy) | 8:42.64 | ||
| 7 | Judi St. Hilaire (US) | 8:44.02 | ||
| 8 | Annette Peters (US) | 8:44.02 | ||
| [14 | Shelly Steely (US) | 8:53.70] | ||
| 1987 | ||||
| (3000) | ||||
| 1 | Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) | 8:38.73 | ||
| 2 | Maricica Puica (Romania) | 8:39.45 | ||
| 3 | Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) | 8:40.30 | ||
| 4 | Cornelia Bürki (Switzerland) | 8:40.31 | ||
| 5 | Yelena Romanova (Soviet Union) | 8:41.33 | ||
| 6 | Elly van Hulst (Holland) | 8:42.56 | ||
| 7 | Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) | 8:43.94 | ||
| 8 | Wendy Sly (Great Britain) | 8:45.85 | ||
| [10 | Mary Knisely (US) | 8:50.99] | ||
| [Cindy Bremser (US) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Leslie Seymour (US) 11th in heat] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| (3000) | ||||
| 1 | Mary Slaney (USA) | 8:34.62 | WCR | |
| 2 | Brigitte Kraus (West Germany) | 8:35.11 | ||
| 3 | Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) | 8:35.13 | ||
| 4 | Svetlana Ulmasova (Soviet Union) | 8:35.55 | ||
| 5 | Wendy Sly (Great Britain) | 8:37.06 | ||
| 6 | Agnese Possamai (Italy) | 8:37.96 | ||
| 7 | Jane Furniss (Great Britain) | 8:45.69 | ||
| 8 | Natalya Artyomova (Soviet Union) | 8:47.98 | ||
| [Maggie Keyes (USA) 9th in heat] | ||||
| [Brenda Webb (USA) 12th in heat] | ||||
| [Ulmasova 8:46.65 WCR {heat}; Kazankina 8:44.72 WCR {heat}] | ||||