The first official Summer Universiade was held in 1959, although prior to this date a number of World Student Games had been organised by various bodies. The 1975 event was cancelled and replaced by a one-off "World University Championships in Athletics". The 2003 event was staged at the same time as the IAAF World Championships and was not contested by the United States. Medallists in the men's events and World Student Cross Country Championships are listed on separate pages.
Venues: 1959 Turin (ITA), 1961 Sofia (BUL), 1963 Pôrto Alegre (BRA), 1965 Budapest (HUN), 1967 Tokyo (JPN), 1970 Turin (ITA), 1973 Moscow (URS), 1975C Rome (ITA), 1977 Sofia (BUL), 1979 Mexico City (MEX), 1981 Bucharest (ROM), 1983 Edmonton (CAN), 1985 Kobe (JPN), 1987 Zagreb (YUG), 1989 Duisburg (FRG), 1991 Sheffield (GBR), 1993 Buffalo (USA), 1995 Fukuoka (JPN), 1997 Catania (ITA), 1999 Palma de Mallorca (ESP), 2001 Beijing (CHN), 2003 Daegu (KOR), 2005 Izmir (TUR)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975C 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Giuseppina Leone ITA Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Renate Lace URS Irena Kirszenstein POL Barbara Ferrell USA Renate Meissner GDR Mona-Lisa Pursiainen FIN Lyudmila Maslakova URS Lyudmila Storozhkova BUL Marlies Göhr GDR Bev Goddard GBR Bev Kinch GBR Irina Slyusar URS Gwen Torrence USA Liliana Allen CUB Chryste Gaines USA Dahlia Duhaney JAM Melanie Paschke GER Ekaterini Thanou GRE Angela Williams USA Abi Oyepitan GBR Qin Wangping CHN Olga Khalandyreva RUS |
11.7 11.78 11.91 11.3w 11.6 11.5 11.41 11.31 11.21 11.00A 11.35 11.13w 11.22 11.09 11.37 11.27 11.56 11.16 11.20 11.19 11.42 11.53 11.64 |
Lyudmila Nechayeva URS Galina Popova URS Vera Popkova URS Miguelina Cobián CUB Gabrielle Meyer FRA Wilma van den Berg NED Elfgard Schittenhelm FRG Mona-Lisa Pursiainen FIN Andrea Lynch GBR Kathy Smallwood GBR Olga Zolotaryova URS Randy Givens USA Anelia Nuneva BUL Irina Slyusar URS Anita Howard USA Anita Howard USA Liliana Allen CUB Ekaterini Thanou GRE Anzhela Kravchenko UKR Katia Benth FRA Zeng Xiujun CHN Enikő Szabó HUN Ailis McSweeney IRL |
12.0 11.90 12.02 11.5w 11.7 11.6 11.62 11.47 11.22 11.27A 11.51 11.16w 11.29 11.34 11.47 11.45 11.57 11.30 11.34 11.23 11.58 11.61 11.68 |
Catherine Capdevielle FRA Joan Atkinson GBR Miguelina Cobián CUB Liz Gill GBR Gerlind Beyrichen FRG Györgyi Balogh HUN Ellen Stropahl GDR Patty Loverock CAN Silvia Chivás CUB Bev Goddard GBR Olga Nasonova URS Angella Taylor CAN Grace Jackson JAM Tina Iheagwam NGR Natalya Voronova URS Sřlvi Olsen NOR Beatrice Utondu NGR Mary Tombiri NGR Katia Benth FRA Vírgen Benavides CUB Mireille Donders SUI Yelena Bolsun RUS Nikolett Listár HUN |
12.1 11.93 12.11 11.6w 12.1 11.7 11.63 11.57 11.23 11.32A 11.54 11.17w 11.35 11.40 11.48 11.61 11.59 11.43 11.35 11.25 11.59 11.65 11.71 |
-4.0 2.6 0.8 0.0 -0.7 2.2 0.0 0.9 -1.4 1.6 -2.1 -0.7 1.5 1.2 -1.1 -0.7 1.1 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975C 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Giuseppina Leone ITA Barbara Janiszewska POL Jutta Heine FRG Irena Kirszenstein POL Gabrielle Meyer FRA Renate Meissner GDR Mona-Lisa Pursiainen FIN Pirjo Häggman FIN Silvia Chivás CUB Marita Koch GDR Kathy Smallwood GBR Randy Givens USA Grace Jackson JAM Gwen Torrence USA Galina Malchugina URS Wang Huei-Chen TPE Flirtisha Harris USA Du Xiujie CHN Yekaterina Leshchova RUS Kim Gevaert BEL Li Xuemei CHN Yelena Bolsun RUS Natalya Ivanova RUS |
23.8 24.44 24.60 23.5 23.8 22.7 22.39 23.38 23.08w 21.91A 22.78 22.47 22.59 22.44 22.70 23.22 22.56w 22.53 23.18 23.10 22.86 23.39 23.28 |
Barbara Janiszewska POL Joan Atkinson GBR Renate Lace URS Miguelina Cobián CUB Barbara Ferrell USA Györgyi Balogh HUN Marina Sidorova URS Mona-Lisa Pursiainen FIN Marina Sidorova URS Kathy Smallwood GBR Marisa Masullo ITA Marita Payne CAN Elzbieta Tomczak POL Mary Onyali NGR Liliana Allen CUB Sřlvi Olsen NOR Dahlia Duhaney JAM Oksana Dyachenko RUS Katia Benth FRA Zuzanna Radecka POL Kim Gevaert BEL Yekaterina Kondratyeva RUS Yelena Yakovleva RUS |
24.2 24.49 24.64 23.9 23.9 23.2 22.72 23.61 23.09w 22.70A 23.36 22.62 22.76 22.64 23.00 23.41 22.79w 22.89 23.31 23.14 22.94 23.43 23.45 |
Lyudmila Nechayeva URS Vera Kabranyuk URS Miguelina Cobián CUB Liz Gill GBR Jannette Champion GBR Wilma van den Berg NED Ellen Stropahl GDR Jelica Pavlicic YUG Andrea Lynch GBR Bev Goddard GBR Irina Nazarova URS Grace Jackson JAM Irina Slyusar URS Dannette Young USA Esther Jones USA Michelle Collins USA Wang Huei-Chen TPE Zlatka Georgieva BUL Monika Gachevska BUL Nanceen Perry USA Natalya Safronnikova BLR Jenice Daley JAM Élodie Ouédraogo BEL |
24.7 24.70 24.74 24.0 24.7 23.5 22.73 23.78 23.23w 22.76A 23.45 22.69 22.86 22.72 23.02 23.47 22.80w 23.04 23.60 23.27 23.16 23.55 23.62 |
0.6 2.2 1.9 1.0 0.1 -2.3 1.5 0.3 1.2 3.2 1.7 -0.6 -1.1 0.5 1.4 -1.0 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1967 1970 1973 1975C 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Elisabeth Östberg SWE Maria Sykora AUT Nadezhda Kolesnikova URS Pirjo Häggman FIN Rosalyn Bryant USA Mariya Kulchunova URS Irina Baskakova URS Mariya Pinigina URS Tatyana Alekseyeva URS Denean Howard USA Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB Maicel Malone USA Michelle Collins USA Olabisi Afolabi NGR Allison Curbishley GBR Ionela Tîrlea ROM Demetria Washington USA Tatyana Firova RUS Natalya Nazarova RUS |
55.4 52.8 52.04 51.80 52.10 50.35A 51.45 50.47 51.49 51.07 50.73 50.65 52.01 50.50 50.84 49.88 51.22 51.81 51.31 |
Gabriele Grossekettler FRG Carmen Trustée CUB Judy Canty AUS Inta Klimovicha URS Natalya Sokolova URS Rosalyn Bryant USA Nadezhda Lyalina URS Molly Killingbeck CAN Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB Lyudmila Dzhigalova URS Jearl Miles USA Gretha Tromp NED Youlanda Warren USA Tatyana Chebykina RUS Olga Kotlyarova RUS Miki Barber USA Otilia Ruicu ROM Mariya Lisnichenko RUS Fatou Bintou Fall SEN |
56.0 53.5 52.82 52.25 52.15 51.35A 51.56 51.94 52.10 51.32 52.41 52.06 52.18 51.01 51.35 51.03 51.82 52.54 51.33 |
Biruta Vilmanis AUS Aurelia Pentón CUB Carmen Trustée CUB Jelica Pavlicic YUG Beatriz Castillo CUB Christina Brehmer GDR Sophie Malbranque FRA Yelena Korban URS Sadia Showunmi NGR Sandie Richards JAM Lyudmila Dzhigalova URS Galina Moskvina URS Nancy McLeón CUB Yelena Rurak UKR Idalmis Bonne CUB Doris Jacob NGR Miki Barber USA Estie Wittstock RSA Tatyana Roslanova KAZ |
56.5 53.8 53.44 52.50 52.95 51.59A 52.52 52.07 52.78 51.42 52.69 52.34 52.84 51.76 51.72 51.04 51.92 52.86 52.46 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975C 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Nicole Goullieux FRA Antje Gleichfeld FRG Olga Kazi HUN Laine Erik URS Madeline Manning USA Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR Lilyana Tomova BUL Nina Morgunova URS Totka Petrova BUL Nadezhda Mushta URS Doina Melinte ROM Irina Podyalovskaya URS Nadezhda Zvyagintseva URS Slobodanka Colovic YUG Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB Inna Yevseyeva URS Amy Wickus USA Stella Jongmans NED Irina Nedelenko UKR Yuliya Taranova RUS Brigita Langerholc SLO Liliana Barbulescu ROM Svetlana Klyuka RUS |
2:11.1 2:07.76 2:05.9 2:06.2 2:06.8 2:01.8 1:59.52 2:01.94 1:57.6a 2:00.50A 1:57.81 1:59.29 1:58.59 1:56.88 1:58.88 1:59.80 2:03.72 2:02.13 2:00.21 1:59.63 2:00.96 2:00.06 2:00.80 |
Edith Schiller FRG Florica Grecescu ROM Antje Gleichfeld FRG Antje Gleichfeld FRG Abby Hoffman CAN Maria Sykora AUT Nijolé Sabaité URS Jozefína Cerchlanová TCH Tatyana Kazankina URS Olga Dvirna URS Gabriella Dorio ITA Robin Campbell USA Cristeana Cojocaru ROM Mitica Junghiatu ROM Ellen van Langen NED Gabi Lesch GER Inez Turner JAM Svetlana Tverdokhleb UKR Yelena Buzhenko UKR Brigita Langerholc SLO Nédia Semedo POR Anna Zagórska POL Binnaz Uslu TUR |
2:11.3 2:08.67 2:08.2 2:06.6 2:08.5 2:01.9 2:00.19 2:02.45 1:58.6a 2:00.77A 1:58.99 1:59.81 1:59.09 1:59.28 1:59.82 2:00.97 2:04.14 2:02.92 2:00.84 1:59.87 2:01.64 2:00.11 2:01.42 |
Klavdiya Babintseva URS Tsvetana Isaeva BUL Joy Catling GBR Abby Hoffman CAN Elisabeth Östberg SWE Karin Burneleit GDR Elzbieta Katolik POL Nikolina Shtereva BUL Svetla Koleva BUL Fita Lovin ROM Tudorita Morutan ROM Doina Melinte ROM Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB Joetta Clark USA Inna Yevseyeva URS Jasmin Jones USA Daniele Antipov ROM Natalie Tait GBR Mariya Sinusova RUS Elena Buhaianu ROM Tatyana Rodionova RUS Irina Vashentseva RUS Marilyn Okoro GBR |
2:12.3 2:12.59 2:10.3 2:07.8 2:08.9 2:02.2 2:00.85 2:02.74 1:58.9a 2:00.81A 1:59.30 1:59.93 1:59.77 1:59.92 2:01.03 2:02.00 2:04.75 2:03.32 2:01.38 2:00.26 2:01.68 2:00.77 2:01.90 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1973 1975C 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Paola Pigni-Cacchi ITA Ellen Wellmann FRG Totka Petrova BUL Natalia Marasescu ROM Gabriella Dorio ITA Gabriella Dorio ITA Svetlana Kitova URS Paula Ivan ROM Paula Ivan ROM Sonia O'Sullivan IRL Lynne Robinson GBR Gabriela Szabo ROM Gabriela Szabo ROM Elena Buhaianu ROM Süreyya Ayhan TUR Natalya Sidorenko UKR Olesya Syreva RUS |
4:10.69 4:08.72 4:05.7a 4:13.9aA 4:05.35 4:07.26 4:07.12 4:01.32 4:13.58 4:12.14 4:12.03 4:11.73 4:10.31 4:13.04 4:06.91 4:11.69 4:12.69 |
Glenda Reiser CAN Natalia Andrei ROM Natalia Marasescu (Andrei) ROM Olga Dvirna URS Doina Melinte ROM Doina Melinte ROM Margareta Keszeg ROM Svetlana Kitova URS Suzy Favor USA Iulia Besliu ROM Julie Speights USA Julie Henner USA Carla Sacramento POR Luminita Gogîrlea ROM Maria Cristina Grosu ROM Johanna Risku FIN Tatyana Holovchenko UKR |
4:12.50 4:08.84 4:05.8a 4:14.5aA 4:05.74 4:07.34 4:07.55 4:03.03 4:14.92 4:12.24 4:12.43 4:12.70 4:10.40 4:14.61 4:08.84 4:11.88 4:12.73 |
Tonka Petrova BUL Rositsa Pekhlivanova BUL Maricica Puica ROM Valentina Ilyinykh URS Olga Dvirna URS Maria Radu ROM Darlene Beckford USA Mitica Junghiatu ROM Lyudmila Rogachova URS Qu Yunxia CHN Sarah Howell CAN Ursula Friedmann GER Lidia Chojecka POL Ana Amelia Menéndez ESP Sabine Fischer SUI Malindi Elmore CAN Liu Qing CHN |
4:13.5 4:10.17 4:06.4a 4:14.6aA 4:06.39 4:08.41 4:08.84 4:03.04 4:15.11 4:12.43 4:13.30 4:13.32 4:12.38 4:14.95 4:08.93 4:12.00 4:12.76 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1975C 1977-79 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 |
Natalia Andrei ROM not held Breda Pergar YUG Maria Radu ROM Cathy Branta USA Paula Ivan ROM Paula Ivan ROM Iulia Besliu ROM Clare Eichner USA |
8:54.09 8:53.78 9:04.32 9:02.75 8:53.61 8:44.09 8:55.42 9:04.32 |
Thelma Wright CAN Valentina Ilyinykh URS Yelena Malykhina URS Kathy Hayes USA Anne Schweitzer USA Viorica Ghican ROM Sonia O'Sullivan IRL Iulia Ionescu ROM |
8:54.94 8:54.23 9:06.17 9:02.92 8:59.56 8:46.27 8:56.35 9:05.10 |
Svetlana Ulmasova URS Maria Radu ROM Lynn Williams CAN Angela Chalmers CAN Natalya Artyomova URS Regina Cistiakova URS Zita Ágoston HUN Rosalind Taylor USA |
8:55.88 8:58.58 9:07.74 9:03.19 9:02.98 8:55.73 9:01.09 9:06.25 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Gabriela Szabo ROM Nnenna Lynch USA Rie Ueno JPN Dong Yanmei CHN Eloise Poppett AUS Kim Smith NZL |
15:29.86 15:47.61 15:51.24 15:30.28 15:47.19 15:29.18 |
Silvia Sommaggio ITA Lori Durward CAN Ana Dias POR Tatyana Khmeleva RUS Zhang Yuhong CHN Tatyana Holovchenko UKR |
15:34.32 15:48.68 15:53.23 15:43.18 15:47.62 15:44.92 |
Yumi Sato JPN Sarah Howell CAN Cristina Casandra ROM Yoshiko Fujinaga JPN Cristina Casandra ROM Jolene Byrne IRL |
15:35.28 15:49.96 16:03.18 15:43.94 15:50.44 15:56.01 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Marina Rodchenkova URS Patty Murray USA Viorica Ghican ROM Anne Marie Letko USA Iulia Negura ROM Iulia Negura ROM Deena Drossin USA Leigh Daniel USA Dong Yanmei CHN Natalia Cerchez MDA Eri Sato JPN |
32:58.45 33:11.26 31:46.43 32:36.87 32:22.99 32:28.25 33:45.31 32:58.80 32:45.14 33:37.05 34:12.06 |
Svetlana Guskova URS Zhong Huandi CHN Masami Ishizaka JPN Suzana Ciric YUG Suzana Ciric YUG Alina Tecuta ROM Lucilla Andreucci ITA Yuri Kano JPN Yoshiko Fujinaga JPN Yelena Samokhvalova RUS Zeng Guang CHN |
32:59.24 33:11.59 32:16.24 32:37.94 32:26.68 32:43.38 33:54.22 33:16.41 32:53.55 33:40.57 34:57.57 |
Kirsten O'Hara USA Yelena Uskova URS Lizanne Bussičres CAN Olga Nazarkina URS Alina Tecuta ROM Yasuko Kimura JPN Miwako Yamanaka JPN Annemette Jensen DEN Yukiko Akaba JPN Anna Incerti ITA Mary Davies NZL |
33:05.84 33:14.71 32:28.38 32:40.83 32:29.18 33:03.01 34:10.28 33:36.11 32:57.35 33:49.71 35:58.20 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Mari Sotani JPN Rosaria Console ITA Ham Bong-Sil PRK Machi Tanaka JPN Lee Eun-Jung KOR |
1:11:49 1:14:14 1:15:24 1:13:06 1:14:31 |
Agata Balsamo ITA Yukiko Akaba JPN Miki Oyama JPN Jo Bun-Hui PRK Ryoko Kizaki JPN |
1:13:06 1:14:35 1:15:31 1:13:47 1:14:34 |
Miyuki Tokura JPN Marta Fernández ESP Kim Chang-Ok PRK Chang Son-Ok PRK Jang Son-Ok PRK |
1:13:20 1:14:52 1:15:36 1:13:55 1:14:50 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 |
Sarah Rowell GBR Mami Fukao JPN Natalya Bardina URS Irina Bogacheva URS Miyako Iwai JPN Noriko Kawaguchi JPN Masako Kusakaya JPN |
2:47:37 2:44:55 2:46:30 2:35:09 2:36:27 2:37:47 2:53:03 |
Kathy Roberts CAN Patti Gray USA Takako Kanesashi JPN Akemi Takayama JPN Kim Yen-Ku KOR Franca Fiacconi ITA Nao Otani JPN |
2:52:47 2:46:20 2:46:33 2:39:58 2:37:58 2:38:44 2:57:09 |
Marjorie Kaput USA Sylvie Bornet FRA Karlene Erickson USA Kim Yen-Ku KOR Mariya Doskoch URS Nao Otani JPN Kristi Klinnert USA |
2:54:03 2:48:11 3:03:00 2:40:52 2:38:48 2:40:17 2:57:29 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
2005 | Lívia Tóth HUN | 9:40.37 | Victoria Mitchell AUS | 9:47.54 | Türkan Erismis TUR | 9:50.32 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 |
Nelli Yeliseyeva URS Irina Press URS Jutta Heine FRG Danuta Straszynska POL Françoise Masse FRA |
11.1 10.90 10.95 10.6 11.3 |
Snezhana Kerkova BUL Rimma Koshelyeva URS Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Snezhana Kerkova BUL Sheila Garnett GBR |
11.4 11.01 11.01 10.8 11.3 |
Elzbieta Krzesinska POL Snezhana Kerkova BUL Alla Chernisheva URS Tatyana Ilyina URS Ayako Natsume JPN |
11.5 11.09 11.1 10.9 11.3 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | wind | ||||
1970 1973 1975C 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Teresa Sukniewicz POL Grazyna Rabsztyn POL Grazyna Rabsztyn POL Grazyna Rabsztyn POL Lucyna Langer POL Stephanie Hightower USA Natalya Petrova URS Ginka Zagorcheva BUL Heike Theele GDR Monique Ewanjé-Épée FRA Marina Azyabina URS Dawn Bowles USA Nicole Ramalalanirina MAD Angela Atede NGR Andria King USA Su Yiping CHN Xu Jia CHN Mirjam Liimask EST |
13.0 13.23 13.14 12.86 12.62A 13.03 13.04 12.71 12.84 12.65 12.95 13.16 13.02 13.16 13.04 12.95 13.29 12.96 |
Bärbel Podeswa GDR Annerose Krumpholz GDR Teresa Nowak POL Tatyana Anisimova URS Danuta Perka POL Maria Kemenchezhi URS Yelena Biserova URS Nadezhda Korshunova URS Aliuska López CUB Lidiya Okolo-Kulak URS Mary Cobb USA Marsha Guialdo USA Yelena Ovcharova UKR Feng Yun CHN Yolanda McCray USA Maurren Maggi BRA Yevgeniya Likhuta BLR Tatyana Pavliy RUS |
13.4 13.38 13.34 13.03 12.66A 13.13 13.07 12.87 12.84 12.73 13.19 13.24 13.07 13.19 13.08 13.13 13.33 13.01 |
Valeria Bufanu ROM Natalya Lebedeva URS Tatyana Anisimova URS Natalya Lebedeva URS Vera Komisova URS Elzbieta Rabsztyn POL Benita Fitzgerald USA Anne Piquereau FRA Florence Colle FRA Claudia Zaczkiewicz FRG Keri Maddox GBR Nicole Ramalalanirina MAD Svetlana Laukhova RUS Svetlana Laukhova RUS Diane Allahgreen GBR Jacquie Munro AUS Natalya Kresova RUS Derval O'Rourke IRL |
13.5 13.50 13.64 13.05 12.90A 13.31 13.24 12.96 12.84 12.78 13.32 13.28 13.08 13.22 13.17 13.17 13.35 13.02 |
0.6 0.0 -0.6 0.2 0.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 -1.2 0.6 -1.1 -2.8 -0.1 -0.9 0.5 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Ana Kasteckaja URS Yekaterina Fesenko URS Margarita Navickaité URS Nawal El Moutawakil MAR Margarita Khromova URS Gretha Tromp NED Heike Meissner GER Heike Meissner GER Tatyana Tereshchuk UKR Daimí Pernía CUB Natasha Danvers GBR Maren Schott GER Marina Shiyan RUS |
55.52 54.97 55.33 55.21 57.03 55.30 56.10 55.57 54.91 53.95 54.94 55.28 55.14 |
Birgit Sonntag GDR Yelena Filipishina URS Cristeana Cojocaru ROM Nicoleta Carutasu ROM Rosey Edeh CAN Nicoleta Carutasu ROM Debbie-Ann Parris JAM Ionela Tîrlea ROM Yekaterina Bakhvalova RUS Joanna Hayes USA Malgorzata Pskit POL Huang Xiaoxiao CHN Benedetta Ceccarelli ITA |
55.90 56.10 55.44 55.35 57.06 56.07 56.11 55.99 55.91 54.57 55.27 56.10 55.22 |
Tatyana Zubova URS Gwen Wall CAN Nawal El Moutawakil MAR Sophia Hunter USA Irmgard Trojer ITA Anna Chuprina URS Trevaia Williams USA Tonya Williams USA Daimí Pernía CUB Ulrike Urbansky GER Sonia Brito AUS Anastasiya Rabchenyuk UKR Marta Chrust POL |
57.07 56.10 55.59 55.45 57.94 56.74 56.57 56.04 56.13 54.93 55.72 56.30 55.49 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975C 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Iolanda Balas ROM Iolanda Balas ROM Taisiya Chenchik URS Yordanka Blagoeva BUL Mami Takeda JPN Snežana Hrepevnik YUG Virginia Ioan ROM Galina Filatova URS Sara Simeoni ITA Andrea Mátay HUN Sara Simeoni ITA Tamara Bykova URS Silvia Costa CUB Svetlana Isaeva BUL Alina Astafei ROM Alison Inverarity AUS Tanya Hughes USA Viktoriya Fyodorova RUS Amy Acuff USA Monica Dinescu (Iagar) ROM Vita Palamar UKR Dóra Győrffy HUN Anna Chicherova RUS |
1.80 1.85 1.72 1.65 1.68 1.86 1.84 1.88 1.92 1.94A 1.96 1.98 2.01 1.95 1.91 1.92 1.95 1.92 1.98 1.95 1.96 1.94 1.90 |
Valentina Ballod URS Klara Pushkareva URS Susan Dennler GBR Klara Pushkareva URS Linda Knowles GBR Cornelia Popescu ROM Jutta Kirst GDR Sara Simeoni ITA Debbie Brill CAN Ulrike Meyfarth FRG Lyudmila Andonova BUL Silvia Costa CUB Lyudmila Petrus URS Natalya Golodnova URS Silvia Costa CUB Svetlana Lavrova URS Nelé Žilinskiené LTU Svetlana Zalevskaya KAZ Monica Iagar ROM Svetlana Lapina RUS Nicole Forrester CAN Anna Ksok POL Irina Kovalenko UKR |
1.73 1.67 1.67 1.65 1.68 1.83 1.84 1.88 1.90 1.92A 1.94 1.98 1.93 1.91 1.91 1.92 1.95 1.92 1.96 1.93 1.94 1.94 1.88 |
Jaroslawa Józwiakowska POL Thelma Hopkins GBR Heidemarie Hummel FRG Nevenka Mrinjek YUG Liese Prokop AUT Ilona Gusenbauer AUT Galina Filatova URS & Sara Simeoni ITA Alla Fedorchuk URS Tatyana Boyko URS Sara Simeoni ITA Tamara Bykova URS Maryse Ewanjé-Épée FRA Danuta Bulkowska POL Megumi Sato JPN Jin Ling CHN Tisha Waller USA Polina Grigorenko UKR Natalja Jonckheere BEL Marie Collonvillé FRA Solange Witteveen ARG Nevena Lendjel CRO Yelena Slesarenko RUS Ariane Friedrich GER |
1.61 1.65 1.65 1.63 1.68 1.83 1.81 1.86 1.86 1.92A 1.94 1.92 1.91 1.88 1.88 1.90 1.95 1.88 1.94 1.93 1.91 1.94 1.88 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Emma George AUS Pavla Hamácková CZE Gao Shuying CHN Tatyana Polnova RUS Julia Hütter GER |
4.40 4.25 4.52 4.70 4.25 |
Cai Weiyan CHN Monique de Wilt NED Sabine Schulte GER Anastasiya Ivanova RUS Nadine Rohr SUI |
4.30 4.20 4.35 4.40 4.20 |
Doris Auer AUT Dana Cervantes ESP Šárka Mládková CZE Nadine Rohr SUI Dimitra Emmanouil GRE |
4.10 4.10 4.20 4.25 4.20 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975C 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Elzbieta Krzesinska POL Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Sheila Parkin GBR Heide Rosendahl FRG Margrit Olfert GDR Jarmila Nygrýnová TCH Jacqueline Curtet FRA Anita Stukane URS Tatyana Kolpakova URS Anisoara Cusmir ROM Irina Valyukevich URS Marieta Ilcu ROM Yolanda Chen URS Inessa Kravets URS Mirela Dulgheru ROM Viktoriya Vershinina UKR Yelena Shevhovtsova UKR Yelena Shevhovtsova UKR Maurren Maggi BRA Irina Simagina RUS Lyudmila Kolchanova RUS |
5.94 6.49w 6.48 6.42 6.32 6.84 6.63 6.48 6.38 6.80A 6.83 7.06w 7.04 6.81 6.72 6.87 6.69w 6.76 6.78 6.92 6.83 6.49 6.79 |
Tamara Makarova URS Diana Yorgova BUL Vlasta Prikrylová TCH Viorica Viscopoleanu ROM Bärbel Palmié FRG Elena Vintila ROM Margarita Treinyté URS Dorina Catineanu ROM Jarmila Nygrýnová TCH Jodi Anderson USA Anisoara Cusmir ROM Svetlana Zorina URS Silvia Khristova BUL Lyudmila Ninova BUL Marieta Ilcu ROM Fiona May GBR Vanessa Monar-Enweani CAN Sharon Jaklofsky NED Viktoriya Vershinina UKR Adrien Sawyer USA Guan Yingnan CHN Alina Militaru ROM Naide Gomes POR |
5.76 6.12 5.71 6.18 6.17 6.35 6.51 6.34 6.35 6.67A 6.77 6.81 6.62 6.78 6.71 6.67 6.57w 6.74 6.44 6.61 6.56 6.45 6.56 |
Larisa Kuleshova URS Elzbieta Krzesinska POL Bärbel Palmié FRG Dorothee Sander FRG Anne-Marie Grosse FRA Hiroko Yamashita JPN Brenda Eisler CAN Alina Gheorghiu ROM Jodi Anderson USA Tatyana Skachko URS Valy Ionescu ROM Valy Ionescu ROM Marieta Ilcu ROM Heike Grabe GDR Katja Trostel GDR Yelena Khlopotnova URS Daphne Saunders BAH Lyudmila Galkina RUS Cristina Nicolau ROM Maurren Maggi BRA Kumiko Ikeda JPN Zita Ajkler HUN Natalya Lebusova RUS |
5.71 6.11 5.63 5.98 5.96 6.17 6.48 6.32 6.35 6.57A 6.61 6.56w 6.61 6.74 6.49 6.66w 6.53 6.55 6.40 6.58 6.52 6.38 6.51 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Li Huirong CHN Niurka Montalvo CUB Šárka Kašpárková CZE Yelena Govorova UKR Yelena Govorova UKR Tatyana Lebedeva RUS Oksana Rogova RUS Wang Ying CHN |
14.20 14.16w 14.20 14.23 14.99w 14.81 14.16 14.12 |
Yelena Semiraz URS Šárka Kašpárková CZE Lyudmila Dubkova RUS Olga Cepero CUB Wu Lingmei CHN Natalya Safronova BLR Viktoriya Gurova RUS Olga Saladukha UKR |
13.75 14.00w 13.87 14.12 14.55w 14.57 14.14 13.96 |
Jing Li CHN Monica Toth ROM Barbara Lah ITA Zhanna Gureyeva BLR Adelina Gavrila ROM Yelena Oleynikova RUS Mariana Solomon ROM Nadezhda Bazenova RUS |
13.63w 13.96w 13.85 13.93 14.33 14.39w 14.09 13.90 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975C 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Lidia Sharamovich BUL Tamara Press URS Tamara Press URS Tamara Press URS Liesel Westermann FRG Nadezhda Chizhova URS Nadezhda Chizhova URS Elena Stoyanova BUL Elena Stoyanova BUL Ilona Slupianek GDR Helma Knorscheidt GDR Natalya Lisovskaya URS Natalya Lisovskaya URS Natalya Lisovskaya URS Huang Zhihong CHN Svetlana Krivelyova URS Zhou Tianhua CHN Wu Xianchun CHN Irina Korzhanenko RUS Yumileidi Cumbá CUB Yumileidi Cumbá CUB Li Fengfeng CHN Natalya Khoroneko BLR |
13.97 17.12 17.29 18.31 15.30 19.51 20.82 18.99 19.98 20.48A 20.24 20.46 20.47 20.48 20.56 19.62 19.17 18.31 19.39 18.70 18.90 18.55 18.86 |
Milena Usenik YUG Irina Press URS Judit Bognár HUN Nadezhda Chizhova URS Ryoko Sugiyama JPN Hannelore Friedel GDR Elena Stoyanova BUL Mihaela Loghin ROM Nina Isayeva URS Helma Knorscheidt GDR Ines Müller GDR Claudia Losch FRG Yang Yanqin CHN Kathrin Neimke GDR Belsis Laza CUB Zhou Tianhua CHN Belsis Laza CUB Cheng Xiaoyan CHN Corrie de Bruin NED Song Feina CHN Lee Myung-Sun KOR Lee Myung-Sun KOR Li Meiju CHN |
13.90 15.61 15.47 17.27 15.04 17.84 18.64 18.21 19.56 20.36A 19.66 18.81 17.79 20.07 19.32 19.23 18.48 17.95 18.65 18.28 18.79 17.58 18.48 |
Antonia Vehoff FRG Ana Roth ROM Jolán Kleiber HUN Judit Bognár HUN Brigitte Berendonk FRG Ingeburg Friedrich GDR Faina Melnik URS Rima Makauskaité URS Helma Knorscheidt GDR Mihaela Loghin ROM Lyudmila Savina URS Natalya Akhrimenko URS Ramona Pagel USA Larisa Peleshenko URS Zhou Tianhua CHN Agnes Deselaers GER Katrin Koch GER Corrie de Bruin NED Tressa Thompson USA Elisângela Adriano BRA Katarzyna Zakowicz POL Yelena Ivanenko BLR Misleidis González CUB |
13.11 15.59 14.75 15.37 14.36 17.03 18.31 18.06 19.29 19.41A 18.50 18.67 17.46 19.49 18.71 17.32 16.70 17.82 18.26 18.17 18.31 17.29 18.26 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975C 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Györgyi Hegedus HUN Tamara Press URS Tamara Press URS Jolán Kleiber HUN Liesel Westermann FRG Karin Illgen GDR Faina Melnik URS Maria Vergova BUL Maria Vergova BUL Svetlana Melnikova URS Florenta Craciunescu (Tacu) ROM Florenta Craciunescu ROM Maritza Martén CUB Tsvetanka Khristova BUL Hou Xuemei CHN Xiao Yanling CHN Renata Katewicz POL Natalya Sadova RUS Natalya Sadova RUS Nicoleta Grasu ROM Li Qiumei CHN Natalya Fokina UKR Wioletta Potepa POL |
46.76 58.06 55.90 55.66 59.22 62.04 64.54 65.28 66.34 63.54A 67.48 64.56 66.66 67.96 65.32 64.36 62.40 62.92 67.02 65.21 61.66 63.11 62.10 |
Elivia Ricci ITA Antonina Zolotukhina URS Jolán Kleiber (Kontsek) HUN Judit Stugner HUN Brigitte Berendonk FRG Brigitte Berendonk FRG Argentina Menis ROM Argentina Menis ROM Svetlana Melnikova URS Evelin Jahl GDR Petra Sziegaud GDR Natalya Akhrimenko URS Tsvetanka Khristova BUL Gabriele Reinsch GDR Gabriele Reinsch GDR Qiu Qiaoping CHN Jackie McKernan GBR Anja Gündler GER Hu Honglian CHN Joanna Wisniewska POL Li Yanfeng CHN Li Yanfeng CHN Song Aimin CHN |
45.56 53.82 50.92 55.14 53.16 56.78 63.92 64.28 61.78 63.00A 64.14 62.62 65.30 64.12 65.20 62.40 60.72 60.78 61.00 63.97 60.50 61.12 61.74 |
Ida Bucsányi HUN Jolán Kontsek HUN Judit Bognár HUN Tamara Press URS Iris Malnig AUT Liesel Westermann FRG Nadezhda Sergeyeva URS Radostina Bakhchevanova BUL Radostina Bakhchevanova BUL Florenta Tacu ROM Mariana Ionescu ROM Lyubov Urakova URS Daniela Costian ROM Hou Xuemei CHN Maritza Martén CUB Antonina Patoka URS Anja Gündler GER Bao Dongying CHN Nicoleta Grasu ROM Elisângela Adriano BRA Mélina Robert-Michon FRA Xu Shaoyang CHN Dragana Tomaševic SCG |
43.38 52.51 49.73 53.62 46.16 56.46 59.26 56.96 61.08 59.28A 61.84 58.28 63.20 64.04 64.70 62.22 60.56 59.30 60.08 62.23 58.04 58.64 59.92 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Mihaela Melinte ROM Mihaela Melinte ROM Manuela Montebrun FRA Liu Yinghui CHN Kamila Skolimowska POL |
69.84 74.24 69.78 69.05 72.75 |
Olga Kuzenkova RUS Lyudmila Gubkina BLR Yipsi Moreno CUB Gulfiya Khanafeyeva RUS Liu Yinghui CHN |
65.96 68.27 68.39 65.12 72.51 |
Debbie Sosimenko AUS Manuela Montebrun FRA Lyudmila Gubkina BLR Agnieszka Pogroszewska POL Ester Balassini ITA |
65.02 68.11 67.97 64.27 70.13 |
(new model from 1999)
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975C 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Elvîra Ozolina URS Yelena Gorchakova URS Almut Brömmel FRG Mihaela Penes ROM RaNae Bair USA Daniela Jaworska POL Svetlana Korolyova URS Nadezhda Yakubovich URS Nadezhda Yakubovich URS Eva Raduly-Zörgö ROM Petra Felke GDR Beate Peters FRG Ivonne Leal CUB Irina Kostyuchenkova URS Silke Renk GDR Tatyana Shikolenko URS Lee Young-Sun KOR Felicia Tilea ROM Isel López CUB Ewa Rybak POL Osleidys Menéndez CUB Barbara Madejczyk POL Barbora Špotáková CZE |
49.95 51.39 49.61 59.22 52.98 56.16 62.00 61.72 61.42 67.20A 65.20 66.86 71.82 66.72 66.10 63.56 58.62 62.16 64.30 60.76 69.82 56.23 60.73 |
Urszula Figwer POL Maria Diaconescu (Diti) ROM Elvîra Ozolina URS Michčle Demys FRA Sakiko Hara JPN Magda Vidos HUN Kate Schmidt USA Kate Schmidt USA Ivanka Vancheva BUL Ivanka Vancheva BUL Karin Smith USA Fausta Quintavalla ITA Beate Peters FRG Susanne Jung GDR Brigitte Graune FRG Isel López CUB Tanja Damaske GER Claudia Isaila ROM Sonia Bicet CUB Eufemija Štorga SLO Nikola Tomecková CZE Christina Scherwin DEN Ma Ning CHN |
47.02 50.64 47.00 52.71 48.38 50.60 60.34 60.36 61.12 63.04A 64.12 63.06 63.70 65.36 62.12 62.32 57.68 61.74 63.46 59.30 62.20 56.08 59.18 |
Maria Diti ROM Almut Brömmel FRG Barbara Decker FRG Valentina Popova URS Michčle Demys FRA Valentina Evert URS Lyutvian Mollova BUL Eva Zörgö ROM Aranka Vágási HUN Mayra Vila CUB Mayra Vila CUB Mayra Vila CUB María Caridad Colón CUB Brigitte Graune FRG Päivi Alafrantti FIN Paula Berry USA Valerie Tulloch CAN Lee Young-Sun KOR Karen Forkel GER Yanuris La Montańa CUB Wei Jianhua CHN Mercedes Chilla ESP Justine Robbeson RSA |
46.86 47.65 43.91 52.65 48.20 50.00 59.04 59.50 61.12 60.98A 63.88 62.34 62.46 61.24 61.76 58.28 56.52 61.62 60.70 59.08 57.84 55.94 58.70 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1965 1967 1970 1973 1975C 1977 1979 |
Tatyana Shchelkanova URS Liese Prokop AUT Tatyana Kondrashova URS Nadezhda Tkachenko URS Jane Frederick USA Valentina Dimitrova BUL Yekaterina Smirnova URS |
4802 4465 4884 4629 4442 4630 4497A |
Annamária Kovács HUN Michiko Okamoto JPN Nedyalka Angelova BUL Tatyana Vorokhobko URS Djurdja Focic YUG Jane Frederick USA Sylvia Barlag NED |
4606 4355 4859 4444 4423 4625 4306A |
Yelena Kolnich URS Pirkko Heikkilä FIN Mieke Sterk NED Diane Jones CAN Olga Rukavishnikova URS Yekaterina Smirnova URS Ina Losch FRG |
4479 4274 4828 4370 4313 4521 4272A |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Malgorzata Guzowska POL Yekaterina Smirnova URS Malgorzata Nowak (Guzowska) POL Liliana Nastase ROM Larisa Nikitina URS Birgit Clarius GER Urszula Wlodarczyk POL Jane Jamieson AUS Mona Steigauf GER Tiffany Lott USA Jane Jamieson AUS Kylie Wheeler AUS Lyudmila Blonska UKR |
6198 6350 6616 6364 6847 6419 6127 6123 6546 5959 6041 6031 6297 |
Nadezhda Vinogradova URS Sabine Everts FRG Liliana Nastase ROM Yelena Davydova URS Sabine Braun FRG Urszula Wlodarczyk POL Birgit Gautzsch GER Mona Steigauf GER Irina Vostrikova RUS Katerina Nekolná CZE Svetlana Sokolova RUS Jane Jamieson AUS Simone Oberer SUI |
6133 6291 6313 6272 6575 6319 5934 6102 6175 5900 5985 5908 5996 |
Corina Tifrea ROM Judy Livermore GBR Judy Simpson (Livermore) GBR Zuzana Lajbnerová TCH Jane Flemming AUS Maria Kamrowska POL Kelly Blair USA Irina Tyukhay RUS Marie Collonvillé FRA Clare Thompson AUS Sonja Kesselschläger GER Michaela Hejnová CZE Jessica Ennis GBR |
6033 6184 6046 6224 6286 6279 5926 5989 6143 5766 5973 5795 5910 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1985 1987 1989 |
Aleksandra Grigoryeva URS Li Sujie CHN Ileana Salvador ITA |
22:21.10 21:51.50 20:44R |
Yan Hong CHN Yelena Rodionova URS Vera Makolova URS |
22:25.77 22:00.01 20:52R |
Natalya Serbinenko URS Ann Peel CAN Sari Essayah FIN |
22:27.21 22:01.09 21:34R |
R - road walk
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 |
Sari Essayah FIN Long Yuwen CHN Annarita Sidoti ITA Larisa Ramazanova BLR Claudia Iovan ROM Gao Hongmiao CHN |
44:04 46:16.75t 43:22 44:01 44:22 43:20 |
Chen Yueling CHN Olga Leonenko UKR Rossella Giordano ITA Rossella Giordano ITA Rossella Giordano ITA Susana Feitor POR |
44:33 46:18.40t 43:30 44:31 44:39 43:40 |
Annarita Sidoti ITA Larisa Ramazanova RUS Larisa Ramazanova RUS Annarita Sidoti ITA Valentina Savchuk UKR Wang Liping CHN |
45:10 46:18.58t 43:56 44:38 45:23 44:01 |
t - track walk
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
2003 2005 |
Tatyana Sibileva RUS Jiang Qiuyan CHN |
1:34:55 1:33:13 |
Jian Xingli CHN Vera Santos POR |
1:35:52 1:33:54 |
Tatyana Korotkova RUS Tatyana Sibileva RUS |
1:36:52 1:34:16 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975C 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union France Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States P.R. of China P.R. of China Russia |
46.9 46.2 46.50 45.5 46.5 44.7 43.99 44.77 43.16 43.14A 43.66 42.82 43.28 42.90 42.40 44.45 43.37 43.58 44.04 43.49 43.72 44.09 43.62 |
Italy Poland F.R. Germany Poland Japan Hungary Poland Poland Bulgaria Great Britain & N.I. Great Britain & N.I. Canada Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union Great Britain & N.I. Nigeria Russia Russia Poland Brazil France France |
47.5 47.6 47.5 46.1 46.5 45.1 44.42 44.87 44.30 43.26A 43.86 43.21 43.43 43.17 43.25 44.97 44.25 44.06 44.37 43.74 44.13 44.68 43.73 |
F.R. Germany Bulgaria Cuba Hungary F.R. Germany F.R. Germany German D.R. France Poland France Italy Soviet Union Bulgaria Nigeria F.R. Germany Italy Canada Nigeria Canada Germany France Brazil Irish Republic |
48.1 47.9 47.5 46.4 46.8 45.4 44.44 45.88 44.79 43.94A 44.43 44.20 43.57 43.71 43.85 45.24 45.20 44.08 44.59 43.96 44.24 45.79 44.69 |
GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | ||||
1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 |
Soviet Union Soviet Union Soviet Union United States United States United States United States Russia Russia United States United States Russia Russia |
3:26.65 3:24.97 3:25.96 3:27.16 3:26.48 3:27.93 3:26.18 3:28.32 3:27.93 3:27.97 3:28.04 3:31.63 3:27.47 |
United States Canada Canada Soviet Union F.R. Germany Soviet Union Cuba United States Cuba Russia Great Britain & N.I. Poland Poland |
3:29.50 3:25.26 3:29.06 3:27.65 3:27.02 3:29.64 3:28.95 3:30.25 3:29.00 3:30.54 3:30.40 3:38.17 3:27.71 |
Romania United States United States Nigeria Soviet Union Poland Nigeria Ukraine Great Britain & N.I. Great Britain & N.I. Belarus Germany Ukraine |
3:30.47 3:34.64 3:30.41 3:33.37 3:28.60 3:35.03 3:34.97 3:30.57 3:30.57 3:32.25 3:30.65 3:38.87 3:28.23 |
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