| 2022 | ||||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 22) | ||||
| 1. | Kelsey-Lee Barber (Australia) | 219-6 | 66.91 | ||
| 2. | Kara Winger (USA) | 210-1 | 64.05 | ||
| 3. | Haruka Kitaguchi (Japan) | 207-7 | 63.27 | ||
| 4. | Shiying Liu (China) | 207-6 | 63.25 | ||
| 5. | Mackenzie Little (Australia) | 207-5 | 63.22 | ||
| 6. | Lina Muze (Latvia) | 201-0 | 61.26 | ||
| 7. | Annu Rani (India) | 200-6 | 61.12 | ||
| 8. | Nikola Ogrodníková (Czech Republic) | 197-5 | 60.18 | ||
| [Ariana Ince (USA) nq] | ||||
| [Maggie Malone (USA) nq] | ||||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 1) | ||||
| 1. | Kelsey Barber (Australia) | 218-4 | 66.56 | ||
| 2. | Shiying Liu (China) | 216-2 | 65.88 | ||
| 3. | Huihui Lu (China) | 214-10 | 65.49 | ||
| 4. | Christin Hussong (Germany) | 213-11 | 65.21 | ||
| 5. | Kara Winger (USA) | 207-5 | 63.23 | ||
| 6. | Tatsiana Khaladovich (Belarus) | 205-2 | 62.54 | ||
| 7. | Sara Kolak (Croatia) | 204-4 | 62.28 | ||
| 8. | Annu Rani (India) | 200-6 | 61.12 | ||
| [Ariana Ince (USA) dnq] | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 8) | ||||
| 1. | Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) | 219-0 | 66.76 | ||
| 2. | Lingwei Li (China) | 217-4 | 66.25 | ||
| 3. | Huihui Lu (China) | 214-1 | 65.26 | ||
| 4. | Sara Kolak (Croatia) | 213-1 | 64.95 | ||
| 5. | Eda Tuǧsuz (Turkey) | 211-8 | 64.52 | ||
| 6. | Tatsiana Khaladovich (Belarus) | 210-1 | 64.05 | ||
| 7. | Katharina Molitor (Germany) | 209-2 | 63.75 | ||
| 8. | Shiying Liu (China) | 206-2 | 62.84 | ||
| [Ariana Ince (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Kara Winger (US) dnq] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 30) | ||||
| 1 | Katharina Molitor (Germany) | 222-1 | 67.69 | ||
| 2 | Huihui Lu (China) | 216-11 | 66.13 | ||
| 3 | Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) | 215-10 | 65.79 | ||
| 4 | Christina Obergföll (Germany) | 211-11 | 64.61 | ||
| 5 | Lingwei Li (China) | 210-4 | 64.10 | ||
| 6 | Christin Hussong (Germany) | 206-7 | 62.98 | ||
| 7 | Sinta Sprudzāne (Latvia) | 204-1 | 62.20 | ||
| 8 | Kara Winger (US) | 199-9 | 60.88 | ||
| [12 | Brittany Borman (US) | 191-2 | 58.26] | ||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 18) | ||||
| 1 | Christina Obergföll (Germany) | 226-6 | 69.05 | ||
| 2 | Kim Mickle (Australia) | 218-6 | 66.60 | ||
| 3 | Mariya Abakumova (Russia) | 213-6 | 65.09 | ||
| 4 | Linda Stahl (Germany) | 212-6 | 64.78 | ||
| 5 | Kathryn Mitchell (Australia) | 209-2 | 63.77 | ||
| 6 | Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) | 208-7 | 63.58 | ||
| 7 | Viktoriya Sudarushkina (Russia) | 204-1 | 62.21 | ||
| 8 | Lingwei Li (China) | 201-1 | 61.30 | ||
| [Brittany Borman (US) dnq] | ||||
| [no other U.S. entrants] | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | Mariya Abakumova (Russia) | 236-2 | 71.99 | WCR | |
| 2 | Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) | 234-10 | 71.58 | ||
| 3 | Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) | 224-4 | 68.38 | ||
| 4 | Christina Obergföll (Germany) | 214-0 | 65.24 | ||
| 5 | Kathrina Molitor (Germany) | 211-0 | 64.32 | ||
| 6 | Kim Mickle (Australia) | 203-3 | 61.96 | ||
| 7 | Martina Ratej (Slovenia) | 202-3 | 61.65 | ||
| 8 | Jarmila Klimesová (Czech Republic) | 194-5 | 59.27 | ||
| [Kara Winger (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Rachel Yurkovich dnq] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Špotáková 71.58 WCR] | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Steffi Nerius (Germany) | 220-9 | 67.30 | ||
| 2 | Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) | 217-11 | 66.42 | ||
| 3 | Mariya Abakumova (Russia) | 216-9 | 66.06 | ||
| 4 | Monica Stoian (Romania) | 211-7 | 64.51 | ||
| 5 | Christina Obergföll (Germany) | 211-1 | 64.34 | ||
| 6 | Linda Stahl (Germany) | 207-5 | 63.23 | ||
| 7 | Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) | 207-0 | 63.11 | ||
| 8 | Sávva Lika (Greece) | 197-9 | 60.29 | ||
| [12 | Rachel Yurkovich (US) | 167-9 | 51.15] | ||
| [Kara Winger (US) dnq] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) | 220-0 | 67.07 | ||
| 2 | Christina Obergföll (Germany) | 218-0 | 66.46 | ||
| 3 | Steffi Nerius (Germany) | 211-4 | 64.42 | ||
| 4 | Nikola Brejchová (Czech Republic) | 209-1 | 63.73 | ||
| 5 | Sávva Lika (Greece) | 207-1 | 63.13 | ||
| 6 | Sonia Bisset (Cuba) | 202-7 | 61.74 | ||
| 7 | Mariya Abakumova (Russia) | 201-6 | 61.43 | ||
| 8 | Linda Stahl (Germany) | 200-2 | 61.03 | ||
| [Dana Pounds (US) dnq—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) | 235-3 | 71.70 | WR, WCR | |
| 2 | Christina Obergföll (Germany) | 229-9 | 70.03 | ||
| 3 | Steffi Nerius (Germany) | 216-5 | 65.96 | ||
| 4 | Christina Scherwin (Denmark) | 208-1 | 63.43 | ||
| 5 | Zahra Bani (Italy) | 205-10 | 62.75 | ||
| 6 | Paula Tarvainen (Finland) | 205-6 | 62.64 | ||
| 7 | Sonia Bisset (Cuba) | 202-7 | 61.75 | ||
| 8 | Aggelikí Tsiolakoúdi (Greece) | 190-3 | 57.99 | ||
| [Kim Kreiner (US) dnq—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | Miréla Manjani (Greece) | 218-3 | 66.52 | ||
| 2 | Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) | 207-7 | 63.28 | ||
| 3 | Steffi Nerius (Germany) | 205-8 | 62.70 | ||
| 4 | Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) | 204-1 | 62.20 | ||
| 5 | Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) | 204-0 | 62.19 | ||
| 6 | Sonia Bisset (Cuba) | 197-5 | 60.17 | ||
| 7 | Claudia Coslovich (Italy) | 195-8 | 59.64 | ||
| 8 | Laverne Eve (Bahamas) | 195-6 | 59.60 | ||
| [Kim Kreiner (US) dnq—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) | 228-1 | 69.53 | WCR | |
| 2 | Miréla Manjani (Greece) | 215-10 | 65.78 | ||
| 3 | Sonia Bisset (Cuba) | 212-3 | 64.69 | ||
| 4 | Nikola Tomecková (Czech Republic) | 207-0 | 63.11 | ||
| 5 | Steffi Nerius (Germany) | 203-8 | 62.08 | ||
| 6 | Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) | 203-2 | 61.94 | ||
| 7 | Xiomara Rivero (Cuba) | 202-1 | 61.60 | ||
| 8 | Aggelikí Tsiolakoúdi (Greece) | 200-2 | 61.01 | ||
| [no U.S. entrants] | ||||
| [Menéndez 227-9/69.42 WCR] | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Miréla Manjani (Greece) | 220-1 | 67.09 | ||
| 2 | Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) | 217-9 | 66.37 | ||
| 3 | Trine Hattestad (Norway) | 216-9 | 66.06 | ||
| 4 | Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) | 211-11 | 64.61 | ||
| 5 | Louise Currey (Australia) | 211-3 | 64.38 | ||
| 6 | Sonia Bicet (Cuba) | 208-5 | 63.52 | ||
| 7 | Jianhua Wei (China) | 206-7 | 62.97 | ||
| 8 | Oksana Makarova (Russia) | 205-7 | 62.67 | ||
| [Linda Blutreich (US) dnq—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Progression of WCR with new javelin: {during heptathlon} Eunice Barber (France) 163-8/49.88; Ghada Shouaa (Syr) 179-10/54.82; {during qualifying} Shikolenko 202-8/61.78; Menéndez 203-7/62.07; Hattestad 205-7/62.67; Makarova 209-5/63.83; {during final} Menéndez 211-11/64.61; Hattestad 216-9/66.06; Manjani 217-7/66.33] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| (old javelin) | ||||
| 1 | Trine Hattestad (Norway) | 225-8 | 68.78 | ||
| 2 | Joanna Stone (Australia) | 225-2 | 68.64 | ||
| 3 | Tanja Damaske (Germany) | 220-2 | 67.12 | ||
| 4 | Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) | 216-6 | 66.00 | ||
| 5 | Felicia Moldovan (Romania) | 212-11 | 64.90 | ||
| 6 | Sonia Bisset (Cuba) | 209-4 | 63.80 | ||
| 7 | Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) | 209-2 | 63.76 | ||
| 8 | Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) | 209-2 | 63.76 | ||
| [Lynda Blutreich (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Nicole Carroll (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Erica Wheeler (US) dnq] | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| (old javelin) | ||||
| 1 | Natalya Shikolenko (Belarus) | 221-8 | 67.56 | ||
| 2 | Felicia Moldovan (Romania) | 214-0 | 65.22 | ||
| 3 | Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) | 213-9 | 65.16 | ||
| 4 | Heli Rantanen (Finland) | 213-5 | 65.04 | ||
| 5 | Joanna Stone (Australia) | 209-1 | 63.74 | ||
| 6 | Tanja Damaske (Germany) | 204-5 | 62.32 | ||
| 7 | Isel López (Cuba) | 199-6 | 60.80 | ||
| 8 | Yekaterina Krasnikova (Russia) | 196-3 | 59.82 | ||
| [Nicole Carroll (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Donna Mayhew (US) dnq] | ||||
| [no third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| (old javelin) | ||||
| 1 | Trine Hattestad (Norway) | 227-0 | 69.18 | ||
| 2 | Karen Forkel (Germany) | 215-10 | 65.80 | ||
| 3 | Natalya Shikolenko (Belarus) | 215-4 | 65.64 | ||
| 4 | Tatyana Shikolenko (Belarus) | 213-10 | 65.18 | ||
| 5 | Yekaterina Krasnikova (Russia) | 213-8 | 65.12 | ||
| 6 | Silke Renk (Germany) | 210-0 | 64.00 | ||
| 7 | Claudia Isaila (Romania) | 201-11 | 61.54 | ||
| 8 | Felicia Moldovan (Romania) | 200-1 | 61.24 | ||
| [Donna Mayhew (US) injured; dnc in qualifying—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| (old javelin) | ||||
| 1 | Demei Xu (China) | 225-8 | 68.78 | ||
| 2 | Petra Meier-Felke (Germany) | 225-4 | 68.68 | ||
| 3 | Silke Renk (Germany) | 219-2 | 66.80 | ||
| 4 | Natalya Cherniyenko (Soviet Union) | 214-0 | 65.22 | ||
| 5 | Trine Hattestad (Norway) | 207-10 | 63.36 | ||
| 6 | Louise McPaul (Australia) | 207-10 | 63.36 | ||
| 7 | Dulce García (Cuba) | 205-8 | 62.68 | ||
| 8 | Päivi Alafrantti (Finland) | 204-3 | 62.26 | ||
| [Paula Berry (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Donna Mayhew (US) dnq] | ||||
| [Karin Smith (US) dnq] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| (old javelin) | ||||
| 1 | Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) | 251-5 | 76.64 | WCR | |
| 2 | Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) | 235-5 | 71.76 | ||
| 3 | Beate Peters (West Germany) | 225-9 | 68.82 | ||
| 4 | Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) | 221-7 | 67.54 | ||
| 5 | Susanne Jung (East Germany) | 221-4 | 67.46 | ||
| 6 | Tiina Lillak (Finland) | 219-3 | 66.82 | ||
| 7 | Natalya Yermolovich (Soviet Union) | 214-11 | 65.52 | ||
| 8 | Ivonne Léal (Cuba) | 212-11 | 64.90 | ||
| [Cathie Wilson (US) dnq—only U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [Whitbread 240-0/73.16 WCR] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| (old javelin) | ||||
| 1 | Tiina Lillak (Finland) | 232-4 | 70.82 | WCR | |
| 2 | Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) | 226-10 | 69.14 | ||
| 3 | Anna Veroúli (Greece) | 215-7 | 65.72 | ||
| 4 | Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) | 212-5 | 64.76 | ||
| 5 | Eva Raduly (Romania) | 209-0 | 63.86 | ||
| 6 | Tuula Laaksalo (Finland) | 204-10 | 62.44 | ||
| 7 | Beate Peters (West Germany) | 204-9 | 62.42 | ||
| 8 | María Colón (Cuba) | 203-6 | 62.04 | ||
| [10 | Karin Smith (US) | 196-1/59.76] | ||
| [no second or third U.S. entrant] | ||||
| [{qualifying}—Xiaoli Xin (China) 163-1/49.70 WCR; Laaksalo 203-7/62.06 WCR; Sanderson 212-7/64.80 WCR; Verouli 224-9/68.50 WCR; Lillak 226-11/69.16 WCR] | ||||