| Index | |||||||
| Athletics | |||||||
| Womens Championships | |||||||
| Click on underlined Athletes to access photograph and career highlights | |||||||
| 3000 Metres | 10,000 Metres | Marathon | |||||
| 1960 | Olympics | ||||||
| 1962 | European | ||||||
| 1962 | Commonwealth | ||||||
| 1964 | Olympics | ||||||
| 1966 | European | ||||||
| 1966 | Commonwealth | ||||||
| 1968 | Olympics | ||||||
| 1969 | European | ||||||
| 1970 | Commonwealth | ||||||
| 1971 | European | ||||||
| 1972 | Olympics | ||||||
| 1974 | European | Holmen | FIN | ||||
| 1974 | Commonwealth | ||||||
| 1976 | Olympics | ||||||
| 1978 | European | Ulmasova | URS | ||||
| 1978 | Commonwealth | Fudge | GBR | ||||
| 1980 | Olympics | ||||||
| 1982 | European | Ulmasova | URS | Mota | POR | ||
| 1982 | Commonwealth | Audain | CAN | ||||
| 1983 | World | Decker | USA | Waitz | NOR | ||
| 1984 | Olympics | Puica | ROM | Benoit | USA | ||
| 1986 | Commonwealth | Williams | CAN | Lynch | GBR | Martin | AUS |
| 1986 | European | Bondarenko | URS | Kristiansen | NOR | Mota | POR |
| 1987 | World | Samalenko | URS | Kristiansen | NOR | Mota | POR |
| 1988 | Olympics | Samalenko | URS | Bondarenko | URS | Mota | POR |
| 1990 | Commonwealth | Chalmers | CAN | McColgan (Lynch) | GBR | Martin | AUS |
| 1990 | European | Murray | GBR | Romanova | URS | Mota | POR |
| 1991 | World | Samalenko | URS | McColgan (Lynch) | GBR | Panfil | POL |
| 1992 | Olympics | Romanova | CIS | Tulu | ETH | Yegorova | CIS |
| 1993 | World | Qu | CHN | Wang Junxia | CHN | Ajari | JPN |
| 1994 | European | O`Sullivan | IRL | Ribeiro | POR | Machado | POR |
| 1994 | Commonwealth | Chalmers | CAN | Murray | GBR | Rouillard | CAN |
| 5000 Metres | |||||||
| 1995 | World | O`Sullivan | IRL | Ribeiro | POR | Machado | POR |
| 1996 | Olympics | Wang Junxia | CHN | Ribeiro | POR | Roba | ETH |
| 1997 | World | Szabo | ROM | Barsosio | KEN | Suzuki | JPN |
| 1998 | European | O`Sullivan | IRL | O`Sullivan | IRL | Machado | POR |
| 1998 | Commonwealth | Anderson | AUS | Wanjiru | KEN | Turland | AUS |
| 1999 | World | Szabo | ROM | Wami | ETH | Jong | PKR |
| 2000 | Olympics | Szabo | ROM | Tulu | ETH | Takahashi | JPN |
| 2001 | World | Yegorova | RUS | Tulu | ETH | Simon | ROM |
| 2002 | Commonwealth | Radcliffe | GBR | Kosgei | KEN | McCann | AUS |
| 2002 | European | Dominguez | ESP | Radcliffe | GBR | Guida | ITA |
| 2003 | World | Dibaba | ETH | Adere | ETH | Ndereba | KEN |
| 2004 | Olympics | Defar | ETH | Xing Huina | CHN | Noguchi | JPN |
| 2005 | World | Dibaba | ETH | Dibaba | ETH | Radcliffe | GBR |
| 2006 | Commonwealth | Ochichi | KEN | Wangui | KEN | McCann | AUS |
| 2006 | European | Dominguez | ESP | Abitova | RUS | Maisch | GER |
| 2007 | World | Defar | ETH | Dibaba | ETH | Ndereba | KEN |
| 2008 | Olympics | Dibaba | ETH | Dibaba | ETH | Tomescu-Dita | ROU |
| 2009 | World | Cheruiyot | KEN | Masai | KEN | Bai | CHN |
| 2010 | European | Bekele | TUR | Abeylegesse | TUR | Balciunaite | LTU |
| 2010 | Commonwealth | Cheruiyot | KEN | Momanyi | KEN | Jerotich | KEN |
| 2011 | World | Cheruiyot | KEN | Cheruiyot | KEN | Kiplagat E. | KEN |
| 2012 | European | Golovkina | RUS | Felix | POR | ¬ | |
| 2012 | Olympics | Defar | ETH | Dibaba | ETH | Gelana | ETH |