Women have contested events at the World Athletics Championships since its inauguration in 1983. The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off edition of the championships was also held the same year at the 1980 Summer Olympics to include the IAAF-approved international women's events in 400 metres hurdles and 3000 metres which were not added to the Olympic athletics programme that year due to a dispute with the International Olympic Committee.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 9 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
2 | Jamaica (JAM) | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
3 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
9 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Jamaica (JAM) | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
2 | United States (USA) | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
3 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | Cayman Islands (CAY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
§ : awarded following doping disqualification.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
6 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Botswana (BOT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Bahrain (BHR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
11 | Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
13 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
14 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
13 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Cuba (CUB) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
4 | South Africa (RSA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
6 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
7 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
13 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
15 | Suriname (SUR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
18 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
19 | Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
3 | United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
4 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Bahrain (BHR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
9 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
11 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
12 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
15 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1980 Sittard |
Birgit Friedmann ( FRG) | Karoline Nemetz ( SWE) | Ingrid Kristiansen ( NOR) |
1983 Helsinki |
Mary Decker ( USA) | Brigitte Kraus ( FRG) | Tatyana Kovalenko-Kazankina ( URS) |
1987 Rome |
Tetyana Samolenko ( URS) | Maricica Puică ( ROU) | Ulrike Bruns ( GDR) |
1991 Tokyo |
Tetyana Dorovskikh ( URS) | Yelena Romanova ( URS) | Susan Sirma ( KEN) |
1993 Stuttgart |
Qu Yunxia ( CHN) | Zhang Linli ( CHN) | Zhang Lirong ( CHN) |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 5 | 10 | 6 | 21 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
3 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
4 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Morocco (MAR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
7 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
9 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
14 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2005 Helsinki |
Dorcus Inzikuru ( UGA) | Yekaterina Volkova ( RUS) | Jeruto Kiptum ( KEN) |
2007 Osaka |
Yekaterina Volkova ( RUS) | Tatyana Petrova ( RUS) | Eunice Jepkorir ( KEN) |
2009 Berlin |
Vacant [1] [2] | Yuliya Zarudneva ( RUS) | Milcah Chemos Cheywa ( KEN) |
2011 Daegu |
Habiba Ghribi ( TUN) | Milcah Chemos Cheywa ( KEN) | Mercy Wanjiku ( KEN) |
2013 Moscow |
Milcah Chemos Cheywa ( KEN) | Lydiah Chepkurui ( KEN) | Sofia Assefa ( ETH) |
2015 Beijing |
Hyvin Jepkemoi ( KEN) | Habiba Ghribi ( TUN) | Gesa Felicitas Krause ( GER) |
2017 London |
Emma Coburn ( USA) | Courtney Frerichs ( USA) | Hyvin Jepkemoi ( KEN) |
2019 Doha |
Beatrice Chepkoech ( KEN) | Emma Coburn ( USA) | Gesa Felicitas Krause ( GER) |
2022 Eugene |
Norah Jeruto ( KAZ) | Werkuha Getachew ( ETH) | Mekides Abebe ( ETH) |
2023 Budapest |
Winfred Yavi ( BHR) | Beatrice Chepkoech ( KEN) | Faith Cherotich ( KEN) |
Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in the preliminary round and also received medals.
Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1987 Rome |
Irina Strakhova ( URS) | Kerry Saxby-Junna ( AUS) | Yan Hong ( CHN) |
1991 Tokyo |
Alina Ivanova ( URS) | Madelein Svensson ( SWE) | Sari Essayah ( FIN) |
1993 Stuttgart |
Sari Essayah ( FIN) | Ileana Salvador ( ITA) | Encarna Granados ( ESP) |
1995 Gothenburg |
Irina Stankina ( RUS) | Annarita Sidoti ( ITA) | Yelena Nikolayeva ( RUS) |
1997 Athens |
Annarita Sidoti ( ITA) | Olga Kardopoltseva ( BLR) | Valentina Tsybulskaya ( BLR) |
Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2022 Eugene |
Kimberly García ( PER) | Katarzyna Zdziebło ( POL) | Qieyang Shijie ( CHN) |
2023 Budapest |
María Pérez ( ESP) | Kimberly García ( PER) | Antigoni Ntrismpioti ( GRE) |
Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2017 London |
Inês Henriques ( POR) | Yin Hang ( CHN) | Yang Shuqing ( CHN) |
2019 Doha |
Liang Rui ( CHN) | Li Maocuo ( CHN) | Eleonora Giorgi ( ITA) |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
4 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
– | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (22 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
2 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
4 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
7 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
11 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
13 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
14 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
15 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
17 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (21 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |