1983: Mary Decker | 1987: Teteana Samolenko | 1991: Hassiba Boulmerka | 1993: Liu Dong | 1995: Hassiba Boulmerka | 1997: Carla Sacramento | 1999: Svetlana Masterkova | 2001: Gabriela Szabó | 2003: Tatiana Tomașova | 2005: Tatiana Tomașova | 2007: Maryam Yusuf Jamal | 2009: Maryam Yusuf Jamal | 2011: Jennifer Simpson | 2013: Abeba Aregawi | 2015: Genzebe Dibaba | 2017: Faith Kipyegon | 2019: Sifan Hassan | 2022: Faith Kipyegon | 2023: Faith Kipyegon
