Olympics

Men

Current program

100 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1896 Athens	Thomas Burke (USA)	12.0
1900 Paris	Frank Jarvis (USA)	11.0
1904 St. Louis	Archie Hahn (USA)	11.0
1908 London	Reggie Walker (RSA)	10.8
1912 Stockholm	Ralph Craig (USA)	10.8
1920 Antwerp	Charlie Paddock (USA)	10.6
1924 Paris	Harold Abrahams (GBR)	10.6
1928 Amsterdam	Percy Williams (CAN)	10.8
1932 Los Angeles	Eddie Tolan (USA)	10.38
1936 Berlin	Jesse Owens (USA)	10.3
1948 London	Harrison Dillard (USA)	10.3
1952 Helsinki	Lindy Remigino (USA)	10.79
1956 Melbourne	Bobby Morrow (USA)	10.62
1960 Rome	Armin Hary (GER)	10.2
1964 Tokyo	Bob Hayes (USA)	10.0
1968 Mexico City	Jim Hines (USA)	9.9
1972 Munich	Valeriy Borzov (URS)	10.14
1976 Montreal	Hasely Crawford (TTO)	10.06
1980 Moscow	Allan Wells (GBR)	10.25
1984 Los Angeles	Carl Lewis (USA)	9.99
1988 Seoul	Carl Lewis (USA)	9.92
1992 Barcelona	Linford Christie (GBR)	9.96
1996 Atlanta	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	9.84
2000 Sydney	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.87
2004 Athens	Justin Gatlin (USA)	9.85
2008 Beijing	Usain Bolt (JAM)	9.69
2012 London	Usain Bolt (JAM)	9.63

200 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1900 Paris	Walter Tewksbury (USA)	22.2
1904 St. Louis	Archie Hahn (USA)	21.6
1908 London	Robert Kerr (CAN)	22.6
1912 Stockholm	Ralph Craig (USA)	21.7
1920 Antwerp	Allen Woodring (USA)	22.0
1924 Paris	Jackson Scholz (USA)	21.6
1928 Amsterdam	Percy Williams (CAN)	21.8
1932 Los Angeles	Eddie Tolan (USA)	21.12
1936 Berlin	Jesse Owens (USA)	20.7
1948 London	Mel Patton (USA)	21.1
1952 Helsinki	Andy Stanfield (USA)	20.81
1956 Melbourne	Bobby Morrow (USA)	20.75
1960 Rome	Livio Berruti (ITA)	20.5
1964 Tokyo	Henry Carr (USA)	20.3
1968 Mexico City	Tommie Smith (USA)	19.83
1972 Munich	Valeriy Borzov (URS)	20.00
1976 Montreal	Don Quarrie (JAM)	20.23
1980 Moscow	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	20.19
1984 Los Angeles	Carl Lewis (USA)	19.80
1988 Seoul	Joe DeLoach (USA)	19.75
1992 Barcelona	Michael Marsh (USA)	20.01
1996 Atlanta	Michael Johnson (USA)	19.32
2000 Sydney	Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)	20.09
2004 Athens	Shawn Crawford (USA)	19.79
2008 Beijing	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.30
2012 London	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.32

400 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1896 Athens	Thomas Burke (USA)	54.2
1900 Paris	Maxie Long (USA)	49.4
1904 St. Louis	Harry Hillman (USA)	49.2
1908 London	Wyndham Halswelle (GBR)	50.0
1912 Stockholm	Charles Reidpath (USA)	48.2
1920 Antwerp	Bevil Rudd (RSA)	49.6
1924 Paris	Eric Liddell (GBR)	47.6
1928 Amsterdam	Ray Barbuti (USA)	47.8
1932 Los Angeles	Bill Carr (USA)	46.28
1936 Berlin	Archie Williams (USA)	46.5
1948 London	Arthur Wint (JAM)	46.2
1952 Helsinki	George Rhoden (JAM)	46.09
1956 Melbourne	Charlie Jenkins (USA)	46.86
1960 Rome	Otis Davis (USA)	44.9
1964 Tokyo	Mike Larrabee (USA)	45.1
1968 Mexico City	Lee Evans (USA)	43.86
1972 Munich	Vince Matthews (USA)	44.66
1976 Montreal	Alberto Juantorena (CUB)	44.26
1980 Moscow	Viktor Markin (URS)	44.60
1984 Los Angeles	Alonzo Babers (USA)	44.27
1988 Seoul	Steve Lewis (USA)	43.87
1992 Barcelona	Quincy Watts (USA)	43.50
1996 Atlanta	Michael Johnson (USA)	43.49
2000 Sydney	Michael Johnson (USA)	43.84
2004 Athens	Jeremy Wariner (USA)	44.00
2008 Beijing	LaShawn Merritt (USA)	43.75
2012 London	Kirani James (GRN)	43.94

800 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1896 Athens	Edwin Flack (AUS)	2:11.0
1900 Paris	Alfred Tysoe (GBR)	2:01.2
1904 St. Louis	James Lightbody (USA)	1:56.0
1908 London	Mel Sheppard (USA)	1:52.8
1912 Stockholm	Ted Meredith (USA)	1:51.9
1920 Antwerp	Albert Hill (GBR)	1:53.4
1924 Paris	Douglas Lowe (GBR)	1:52.4
1928 Amsterdam	Douglas Lowe (GBR)	1:51.8
1932 Los Angeles	Tommy Hampson (GBR)	1:49.7
1936 Berlin	John Woodruff (USA)	1:52.9
1948 London	Mal Whitfield (USA)	1:49.2
1952 Helsinki	Mal Whitfield (USA)	1:49.2
1956 Melbourne	Tom Courtney (USA)	1:47.7
1960 Rome	Peter Snell (NZL)	1:46.48
1964 Tokyo	Peter Snell (NZL)	1:45.1
1968 Mexico City	Ralph Doubell (AUS)	1:44.3
1972 Munich	David Wottle (USA)	1:45.68
1976 Montreal	Alberto Juantorena (CUB)	1:43.50
1980 Moscow	Steve Ovett (GBR)	1:45.4
1984 Los Angeles	Joaquim Cruz (BRA)	1:43.00
1988 Seoul	Paul Ereng (KEN)	1:43.55
1992 Barcelona	William Tanui (KEN)	1:43.66
1996 Atlanta	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)	1:42.58
2000 Sydney	Nils Schumann (GER)	1:45.08
2004 Athens	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:44.69
2008 Beijing	Wilfred Bungei (KEN)	1:44.65
2012 London	David Rudisha (KEN)	1:40.91

1500 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1896 Athens	Edwin Flack (AUS)	4:33.2
1900 Paris	Charles Bennett (GBR)	4:06.2
1904 St. Louis	James Lightbody (USA)	4:05.4
1908 London	Mel Sheppard (USA)	4:03.4
1912 Stockholm	Arnold Jackson (GBR)	3:56.8
1920 Antwerp	Albert Hill (GBR)	4:01.8
1924 Paris	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	3:53.6
1928 Amsterdam	Harri Larva (FIN)	3:53.2
1932 Los Angeles	Luigi Beccali (ITA)	3:51.2
1936 Berlin	Jack Lovelock (NZL)	3:47.8
1948 London	Henry Eriksson (SWE)	3:49.8
1952 Helsinki	Josy Barthel (LUX)	3:45.2
1956 Melbourne	Ron Delaney (IRL)	3:41.2
1960 Rome	Herb Elliott (AUS)	3:41.50
1964 Tokyo	Peter Snell (NZL)	3:38.1
1968 Mexico City	Kip Keino (KEN)	3:34.91
1972 Munich	Pekka Vasala (FIN)	3:36.3
1976 Montreal	John Walker (NZL)	3:39.17
1980 Moscow	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	3:38.4
1984 Los Angeles	Sebastian Coe (GBR)	3:32.53
1988 Seoul	Peter Rono (KEN)	3:35.96
1992 Barcelona	Fermín Cacho (ESP)	3:40.12
1996 Atlanta	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:35.78
2000 Sydney	Noah Ngeny (KEN)	3:32.07
2004 Athens	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:34.19
2008 Beijing	Asbel Kipruto Kiprop (KEN)	3:33.11
2012 London	Taoufik Makhloufi (ALG)	3:34.08

5000 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1912 Stockholm	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	14:36.6
1920 Antwerp	Joseph Guillemot (FRA)	14:55.6
1924 Paris	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	14:31.2
1928 Amsterdam	Ville Ritola (FIN)	14:38.0
1932 Los Angeles	Lauri Lehtinen (FIN)	14:30.0
1936 Berlin	Gunnar Höckert (FIN)	14:22.2
1948 London	Gaston Reiff (BEL)	14:17.6
1952 Helsinki	Emil Zátopek (TCH)	14:06.6
1956 Melbourne	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	13:39.6
1960 Rome	Murray Halberg (NZL)	13:43.76
1964 Tokyo	Bob Schul (USA)	13:48.8
1968 Mexico City	Mohammed Gammoudi (TUN)	14:05.0
1972 Munich	Lasse Virén (FIN)	13:26.4
1976 Montreal	Lasse Virén (FIN)	13:24.76
1980 Moscow	Miruts Yifter (ETH)	13:21.0
1984 Los Angeles	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	13:05.59
1988 Seoul	John Ngugi (KEN)	13:11.70
1992 Barcelona	Dieter Baumann (GER)	13:12.52
1996 Atlanta	Venuste Niyongabo (BDI)	13:07.96
2000 Sydney	Million Wolde (ETH)	13:35.49
2004 Athens	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	13:14.39
2008 Beijing	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	12:57.82
2012 London	Mo Farah (GBR)	13:41.66

10000 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1912 Stockholm	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	31:20.8
1920 Antwerp	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	31:45.8
1924 Paris	Ville Ritola (FIN)	30:23.2
1928 Amsterdam	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	30:18.8
1932 Los Angeles	Janusz Kusociński (POL)	30:11.4
1936 Berlin	Ilmari Salminen (FIN)	30:15.4
1948 London	Emil Zátopek (TCH)	29:59.6
1952 Helsinki	Emil Zátopek (TCH)	29:17.0
1956 Melbourne	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	28:45.6
1960 Rome	Pyotr Bolotnikov (URS)	28:32.18
1964 Tokyo	Billy Mills (USA)	28:24.4
1968 Mexico City	Naftali Temu (KEN)	29:27.4
1972 Munich	Lasse Virén (FIN)	27:38.35
1976 Montreal	Lasse Virén (FIN)	27:40.38
1980 Moscow	Miruts Yifter (ETH)	27:42.69
1984 Los Angeles	Alberto Cova (ITA)	27:47.54
1988 Seoul	Brahim Boutayeb (MAR)	27:21.46
1992 Barcelona	Khalid Skah (MAR)	27:46.70
1996 Atlanta	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	27:07.34
2000 Sydney	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	27:18.20
2004 Athens	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	27:05.10
2008 Beijing	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	27:01.17
2012 London	Mo Farah (GBR)	27:30.42

Marathon

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1896 Athens	Spyridon Louis (GRE)	2:58:50
1900 Paris	Michel Théato (FRA)	2:59:45
1904 St. Louis	Thomas Hicks (USA)	3:28:53
1908 London	Johnny Hayes (USA)	2:55:18.4
1912 Stockholm	Ken McArthur (RSA)	2:36:54.8
1920 Antwerp	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	2:32:35.8
1924 Paris	Oskar Stenroos (FIN)	2:41:22.6
1928 Amsterdam	Boughera El Ouafi (FRA)	2:32:57
1932 Los Angeles	Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG)	2:31:36
1936 Berlin	Son Kitei (JPN)	2:29:19.2
1948 London	Delfo Cabrera (ARG)	2:34:51.6
1952 Helsinki	Emil Zátopek (TCH)	2:23:03.2
1956 Melbourne	Alain Mimoun (FRA)	2:25:00
1960 Rome	Abebe Bikila (ETH)	2:15:16.2
1964 Tokyo	Abebe Bikila (ETH)	2:12:11.2
1968 Mexico City	Mamo Wolde (ETH)	2:20:26
1972 Munich	Frank Shorter (USA)	2:12:19
1976 Montreal	Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR)	2:09:55
1980 Moscow	Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR)	2:11:03
1984 Los Angeles	Carlos Lopes (POR)	2:09:21
1988 Seoul	Gelindo Bordin (ITA)	2:10:32
1992 Barcelona	Hwang Young-Cho (KOR)	2:13:23
1996 Atlanta	Josia Thugwane (RSA)	2:12:36
2000 Sydney	Gezahegne Abera (ETH)	2:10:11
2004 Athens	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	2:10:55
2008 Beijing	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (KEN)	2:06:32
2012 London	Stephen Kiprotich (UGA)	2:08:01

110 m hurdles

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1896 Athens	Thomas Curtis (USA)	17.6
1900 Paris	Alvin Kraenzlein (USA)	15.4
1904 St. Louis	Fred Schule (USA)	16.0
1908 London	Forrest Smithson (USA)	15.0
1912 Stockholm	Fred Kelly (USA)	15.1
1920 Antwerp	Earl Thomson (CAN)	14.8
1924 Paris	Daniel Kinsey (USA)	15.0
1928 Amsterdam	Sydney Atkinson (RSA)	14.8
1932 Los Angeles	George Saling (USA)	14.57
1936 Berlin	Forrest Towns (USA)	14.2
1948 London	William Porter (USA)	13.9
1952 Helsinki	Harrison Dillard (USA)	13.91
1956 Melbourne	Lee Calhoun (USA)	13.5
1960 Rome	Lee Calhoun (USA)	13.98
1964 Tokyo	Hayes Jones (USA)	13.67
1968 Mexico City	Willie Davenport (USA)	13.3
1972 Munich	Rod Milburn (USA)	13.24
1976 Montreal	Guy Drut (FRA)	13.30
1980 Moscow	Thomas Munkelt (GDR)	13.39
1984 Los Angeles	Roger Kingdom (USA)	13.20
1988 Seoul	Roger Kingdom (USA)	12.98
1992 Barcelona	Mark McKoy (CAN)	13.12
1996 Atlanta	Allen Johnson (USA)	12.95
2000 Sydney	Anier García (CUB)	13.00
2004 Athens	Liu Xiang (CHN)	12.91
2008 Beijing	Dayron Robles (CUB)	12.93
2012 London	Aries Merritt (USA)	12.92

400 m hurdles

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1900 Paris	Walter Tewksbury (USA)	57.6
1904 St. Louis	Harry Hillman (USA)	53.0
1908 London	Charles Bacon (USA)	55.0
1920 Antwerp	Frank Loomis (USA)	54.0
1924 Paris	Morgan Taylor (USA)	52.6
1928 Amsterdam	David Burghley (GBR)	53.4
1932 Los Angeles	Bob Tisdall (IRL)	51.67
1936 Berlin	Glenn Hardin (USA)	52.4
1948 London	Roy Cochran (USA)	51.1
1952 Helsinki	Charles Moore (USA)	50.8
1956 Melbourne	Glenn Davis (USA)	50.1
1960 Rome	Glenn Davis (USA)	49.51
1964 Tokyo	Rex Cawley (USA)	49.6
1968 Mexico City	David Hemery (GBR)	48.1
1972 Munich	John Akii-Bua (UGA)	47.82
1976 Montreal	Edwin Moses (USA)	47.63
1980 Moscow	Volker Beck (GDR)	48.70
1984 Los Angeles	Edwin Moses (USA)	47.75
1988 Seoul	Andre Phillips (USA)	47.19
1992 Barcelona	Kevin Young (USA)	46.78
1996 Atlanta	Derrick Adkins (USA)	47.54
2000 Sydney	Angelo Taylor (USA)	47.50
2004 Athens	Félix Sánchez (DOM)	47.63
2008 Beijing	Angelo Taylor (USA)	47.25
2012 London	Félix Sánchez (DOM)	47.63

3000 m steeplechase

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1920 Antwerp	Percy Hodge (GBR)	10:00.4
1924 Paris	Ville Ritola (FIN)	9:33.6
1928 Amsterdam	Toivo Loukola (FIN)	9:21.8
1932 Los Angeles	Volmari Iso-Hollo (FIN)	10:33.4
1936 Berlin	Volmari Iso-Hollo (FIN)	9:03.8
1948 London	Tore Sjöstrand (SWE)	9:04.6
1952 Helsinki	Horace Ashenfelter (USA)	8:45.4
1956 Melbourne	Chris Brasher (GBR)	8:41.2
1960 Rome	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (POL)	8:34.30
1964 Tokyo	Gaston Roelants (BEL)	8:30.8
1968 Mexico City	Amos Biwott (KEN)	8:51.02
1972 Munich	Kip Keino (KEN)	8:23.6
1976 Montreal	Anders Gärderud (SWE)	8:08.02
1980 Moscow	Bronisław Malinowski (POL)	8:09.7
1984 Los Angeles	Julius Korir (KEN)	8:11.80
1988 Seoul	Julius Kariuki (KEN)	8:05.51
1992 Barcelona	Matthew Birir (KEN)	8:08.84
1996 Atlanta	Joseph Keter (KEN)	8:07.12
2000 Sydney	Reuben Kosgei (KEN)	8:23.17
2004 Athens	Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN)	8:05.81
2008 Beijing	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto (KEN)	8:10.34
2012 London	Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN)	8:18.56

4x100 m relay

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1912 Stockholm	United Kingdom (GBR)	42.4
1920 Antwerp	United States of America (USA)	42.2
1924 Paris	United States of America (USA)	41.0
1928 Amsterdam	United States of America (USA)	41.0
1932 Los Angeles	United States of America (USA)	40.10
1936 Berlin	United States of America (USA)	39.8
1948 London	United States of America (USA)	40.6
1952 Helsinki	United States of America (USA)	40.1
1956 Melbourne	United States of America (USA)	39.5
1960 Rome	Germany (GER)	39.66
1964 Tokyo	United States of America (USA)	39.0
1968 Mexico City	United States of America (USA)	38.24
1972 Munich	United States of America (USA)	38.19
1976 Montreal	United States of America (USA)	38.33
1980 Moscow	USSR (URS)	38.26
1984 Los Angeles	United States of America (USA)	37.83
1988 Seoul	USSR (URS)	38.19
1992 Barcelona	United States of America (USA)	37.40
1996 Atlanta	Canada (CAN)	37.69
2000 Sydney	United States of America (USA)	37.61
2004 Athens	United Kingdom (GBR)	38.07
2008 Beijing	Jamaica (JAM)	37.10
2012 London	Jamaica (JAM)	36.84

4x400 m relay

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1912 Stockholm	United States of America (USA)	3:16.6
1920 Antwerp	United Kingdom (GBR)	3:22.2
1924 Paris	United States of America (USA)	3:16.0
1928 Amsterdam	United States of America (USA)	3:14.2
1932 Los Angeles	United States of America (USA)	3:08.14
1936 Berlin	United Kingdom (GBR)	3:09.0
1948 London	United States of America (USA)	3:10.4
1952 Helsinki	Jamaica (JAM)	3:04.4
1956 Melbourne	United States of America (USA)	3:04.7
1960 Rome	United States of America (USA)	3:02.37
1964 Tokyo	United States of America (USA)	3:00.7
1968 Mexico City	United States of America (USA)	2:56.1
1972 Munich	Kenya (KEN)	2:59.83
1976 Montreal	United States of America (USA)	2:58.65
1980 Moscow	USSR (URS)	3:01.08
1984 Los Angeles	United States of America (USA)	2:57.91
1988 Seoul	United States of America (USA)	2:56.16
1992 Barcelona	United States of America (USA)	2:55.74
1996 Atlanta	United States of America (USA)	2:55.99
2000 Sydney	Nigeria (NGA)	2:58.68
2004 Athens	United States of America (USA)	2:55.91
2008 Beijing	United States of America (USA)	2:55.39
2012 London	Bahamas (BAH)	2:56.72

20 km walk

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1956 Melbourne	Leonid Spirin (URS)	1:31:27.4
1960 Rome	Vladimir Golubnichy (URS)	1:34:07.2
1964 Tokyo	Ken Matthews (GBR)	1:29:34.0
1968 Mexico City	Vladimir Golubnichy (URS)	1:33:58.4
1972 Munich	Peter Frenkel (GDR)	1:26:42.4
1976 Montreal	Daniel Bautista (MEX)	1:24:40.6
1980 Moscow	Maurizio Damilano (ITA)	1:23:35.5
1984 Los Angeles	Ernesto Canto (MEX)	1:23:13
1988 Seoul	Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)	1:19:57
1992 Barcelona	Daniel Plaza (ESP)	1:21:45
1996 Atlanta	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	1:20:07
2000 Sydney	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	1:18:59
2004 Athens	Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)	1:19:40
2008 Beijing	Valeriy Borchin (RUS)	1:19:01
2012 London	Chen Ding (CHN)	1:18:46

World Championships

Records

8 titles
Allyson Felix (USA)

Michael Johnson (USA)

Carl Lewis (USA)
7 titles
Usain Bolt (JAM)
6 titles
Sergey Bubka (UKR)

LaShawn Merritt (USA)
5 titles
Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)

Gail Devers (USA)

Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)

Maurice Greene (USA)

Sanya Richards-Ross (USA)

Lars Riedel (GER)

Jeremy Wariner (USA)

Medals table

139 titles
United States of America (USA)
75 titles
Russia (RUS) / Soviet Union (URS)
41 titles
Kenia (KEN)
34 titles
Germany (GER) / West Germany (FRG)
22 titles
Ethiopia (ETH)

Jamaica (JAM)
21 titles
United Kingdom (GBR)
20 titles
East Germany (GDR)
18 titles
Cuba (CUB)
16 titles
Czech Republic (CZE) / Czechoslovakia (TCH)
12 titles
Poland (POL)
11
Italy (ITA)

Ukraine (UKR)
10 titles
Australia (AUS)

Belarus (BLR)

China (CHN)

Morocco (MAR)
9 titles
France (FRA)
8 titles
Sweden (SWE)
7 titles
Bahamas (BAH)

Finland (FIN)

South Africa (RSA)

Spain (ESP)
6 titles
Algeria (ALG)

Norway (NOR)
5 titles
Bahrain (BHR)

Bulgaria (BUL)

New Zealand (NZL)

Portugal (POR)

Romania (ROM)
4 titles
Canada (CAN)

Greece (GRE)

Japan (JPN)

Switzerland (SUI)
3 titles
Croatia (CRO)

Denmark (DEN)

Ecuador (ECU)

Ireland (IRL)

Mexico (MEX)

Mozambique (MOZ)
2 titles
Dominican Republic (DOM)

Estonia (EST)

Lithuania (LTU)

Qatar (QAT)

Tajikistan (TJK)

Trinidad & Tobago (TTO)

Uganda (UGA)
1 title
Barbados (BAR)

Botswana (BOT)

Brazil (BRA)

Colombia (COL)

Grenada (GRN)

Namibia (NAM)

Netherlands (NED)

Panama (PAN)

North Korea (PRK)

Senegal (SEN)

St. Kitts & Nevis (SKN)

Slovenia (SLO)

Somalia (SOM)

Syria (SYR)

Zambia (ZAM)

Men

100 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Carl Lewis (USA)	10.07
1987 Rome	Carl Lewis (USA)	9.93
1991 Tokyo	Carl Lewis (USA)	9.86
1993 Stuttgart	Linford Christie (GBR)	9.87
1995 Gothenburg	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	9.97
1997 Athens	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.86
1999 Seville	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.80
2001 Edmonton	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.82
2003 Paris	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.07
2005 Helsinki	Justin Gatlin (USA)	9.88
2007 Osaka	Tyson Gay (USA)	9.85
2009 Berlin	Usain Bolt (JAM)	9.58
2011 Daegu	Yohan Blake (JAM)	9.92
2013 Moscow	Usain Bolt (JAM)	9.77

200 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Calvin Smith (USA)	20.14
1987 Rome	Calvin Smith (USA)	20.16
1991 Tokyo	Michael Johnson (USA)	20.01
1993 Stuttgart	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	19.85
1995 Gothenburg	Michael Johnson (USA)	19.79
1997 Athens	Ato Boldon (TTO)	20.04
1999 Seville	Maurice Greene (USA)	19.90
2001 Edmonton	Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)	20.04
2003 Paris	John Capel (USA)	20.30
2005 Helsinki	Justin Gatlin (USA)	20.04
2007 Osaka	Tyson Gay (USA)	19.76
2009 Berlin	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19
2011 Daegu	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.40
2013 Moscow	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.66

400 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Bert Cameron (JAM)	45.05
1987 Rome	Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)	44.33
1991 Tokyo	Antonio Pettigrew (USA)	44.57
1993 Stuttgart	Michael Johnson (USA)	43.65
1995 Gothenburg	Michael Johnson (USA)	43.39
1997 Athens	Michael Johnson (USA)	44.12
1999 Seville	Michael Johnson (USA)	43.18
2001 Edmonton	Avard Moncur (BAH)	44.64
2003 Paris	Tyree Washington (USA)	44.77
2005 Helsinki	Jeremy Wariner (USA)	43.93
2007 Osaka	Jeremy Wariner (USA)	43.45
2009 Berlin	LaShawn Merritt (USA)	44.06
2011 Daegu	Kirani James (GRN)	44.60
2013 Moscow	LaShawn Merritt (USA)	43.74

800 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Willi Wülbeck (GER)	1:43.65
1987 Rome	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:43.06
1991 Tokyo	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:43.99
1993 Stuttgart	Paul Ruto (KEN)	1:44.71
1995 Gothenburg	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:45.08
1997 Athens	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:43.38
1999 Seville	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:43.30
2001 Edmonton	André Bucher (SUI)	1.43.70
2003 Paris	Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)	1:44.81
2005 Helsinki	Rashid Ramzi (BHR)	1:44.24
2007 Osaka	Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN)	1:47.09
2009 Berlin	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)	1:45.29
2011 Daegu	David Rudisha (KEN)	1:43.91
2013 Moscow	Mohammed Aman (ETH)	1:43.31

1500 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:41.59
1987 Rome	Abdi Bile (SOM)	3:36.80
1991 Tokyo	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:32.84
1993 Stuttgart	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:34.24
1995 Gothenburg	Noureddine Morceli (ALG)	3:33.73
1997 Athens	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:35.83
1999 Seville	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:27.65
2001 Edmonton	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:30.68
2003 Paris	Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)	3:31.77
2005 Helsinki	Rashid Ramzi (BHR)	3:37.88
2007 Osaka	Bernard Lagat (USA)	3:34.77
2009 Berlin	Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR)	3:35.93
2011 Daegu	Asbel Kiprop (KEN)	3:35.69

5000 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)	13:28:53
1987 Rome	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	13:26:44
1991 Tokyo	Yobes Ondieki (KEN)	13:14:45
1993 Stuttgart	Ismael Kirui (KEN)	13:02:75
1995 Gothenburg	Ismael Kirui (KEN)	13:16:77
1997 Athens	Daniel Komen (KEN)	13:07:38
1999 Seville	Salah Hissou (MAR)	12:58:13
2001 Edmonton	Richard Limo (KEN)	13:00:77
2003 Paris	Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)	12:52:79
2005 Helsinki	Benjamin Limo (KEN)	13:32:55
2007 Osaka	Bernard Lagat (USA)	13:45:87
2009 Berlin	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	13:17.09
2011 Daegu	Mo Farah (GBR)	13:23:36
2013 Moscow	Mo Farah (GBR)	13:26.98

10000 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Alberto Cova (ITA)	28:01.04
1987 Rome	Paul Kipkoech (KEN)	27:38.63
1991 Tokyo	Moses Tanui (KEN)	27:38.74
1993 Stuttgart	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	27:46.02
1995 Gothenburg	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	27:12.95
1997 Athens	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	27:24.58
1999 Seville	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	27:57.27
2001 Edmonton	Charles Kamathi (KEN)	27:53.25
2003 Paris	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	26:49.57
2005 Helsinki	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	27:08.33
2007 Osaka	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	27:05.90
2009 Berlin	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	26:46.31
2011 Daegu	Ibrahim Jeilan (ETH)	27:13.81
2013 Moscow	Mo Farah (GBR)	27:21.71

Marathon

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Rob de Castella (AUS)	2:10:03
1987 Rome	Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN)	2:11:48
1991 Tokyo	Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)	2:14:57
1993 Stuttgart	Mark Plaatjes (USA)	2:13:57
1995 Gothenburg	Martín Fiz (ESP)	2:11:41
1997 Athens	Abel Antón (ESP)	2:13:16
1999 Seville	Abel Antón (ESP)	2:13:36
2001 Edmonton	Gezahegne Abera (ETH)	2:12:42
2003 Paris	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	2:08:31
2005 Helsinki	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	2:10:10
2007 Osaka	Luke Kibet (KEN)	2:15:59
2009 Berlin	Abel Kirui (KEN)	2:06:54
2011 Daegu	Abel Kirui (KEN)	2:07:38
2013 Moscow	Stephen Kiprotich (UGA)	2:09:51

110 m hurdles

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Greg Foster (USA)	13.42
1987 Rome	Greg Foster (USA)	13.21
1991 Tokyo	Greg Foster (USA)	13.06
1993 Stuttgart	Colin Jackson (GBR)	12.91
1995 Gothenburg	Allen Johnson (USA)	13.00
1997 Athens	Allen Johnson (USA)	12.93
1999 Seville	Colin Jackson (GBR)	13.04
2001 Edmonton	Allen Johnson (USA)	13.04
2003 Paris	Allen Johnson (USA)	13.12
2005 Helsinki	Ladji Doucouré (FRA)	13.07
2007 Osaka	Liu Xiang (CHN)	12.95
2009 Berlin	Ryan Brathwaite (BAR)	13.14
2011 Daegu	Jason Richardson (USA)	13.16
2013 Moscow	David Oliver (USA)	13.00

400 m hurdles

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Edwin Moses (USA)	47.50
1987 Rome	Edwin Moses (USA)	47.46
1991 Tokyo	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	47.64
1993 Stuttgart	Kevin Young (USA)	47.18
1995 Gothenburg	Derrick Adkins (USA)	47.98
1997 Athens	Stéphane Diagana (FRA)	47.70
1999 Seville	Fabrizio Mori (ITA)	47.72
2001 Edmonton	Felix Sanchez (DOM)	47.49
2003 Paris	Felix Sanchez (DOM)	47.25
2005 Helsinki	Bershawn Jackson (USA)	47.30
2007 Osaka	Kerron Clement (USA)	47.61
2009 Berlin	Kerron Clement (USA)	47.91
2011 Daegu	Dai Greene (GBR)	48.26
2013 Moscow	Jehue Gordon (TTO)	47.69

3000 m steeplechase

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Patriz Ilg (GER)	8:15.06
1987 Rome	Francesco Panetta (ITA)	8:08.57
1991 Tokyo	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	8:12.59
1993 Stuttgart	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	8:06.36
1995 Gothenburg	Moses Kiptanui (KEN)	8:04.16
1997 Athens	Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN)	8:05.84
1999 Seville	Christopher Kosgei (KEN)	8:11.76
2001 Edmonton	Reuben Kosgei (KEN)	8:15.16
2003 Paris	Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)	8:04.39
2005 Helsinki	Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT)	8:13.31
2007 Osaka	Brimin Kipruto (KEN)	8:13.82
2009 Berlin	Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN)	8:00.43
2011 Daegu	Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN)	8:14.85
2013 Moscow	Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN)	8:06.01

20 km walk

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Ernesto Canto (MEX)	1:20:49
1987 Rome	Maurizio Damilano (ITA)	1:20:45
1991 Tokyo	Maurizio Damilano (ITA)	1:19:37
1993 Stuttgart	Valentin Massana (ESP)	1:22:31
1995 Gothenburg	Michele Didoni (ITA)	1:19:59
1997 Athens	Daniel García (MEX)	1:21:43
1999 Seville	Ilya Markov (RUS)	1:23:34
2001 Edmonton	Roman Rasskazov (RUS)	1:20:31
2003 Paris	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	1:17:21
2005 Helsinki	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	1:18:35
2007 Osaka	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	1:22:20
2009 Berlin	Valeriy Borchin (RUS)	1:18:41
2011 Daegu	Valeriy Borchin (RUS)	1:19:56
2013 Moscow	Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)	1:20:58

50 km walk

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	3:43:08
1987 Rome	Hartwig Gauder (GDR)	3:40:53
1991 Tokyo	Aleksandr Potashov (URS)	3:53:09
1993 Stuttgart	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	3:41:41
1995 Gothenburg	Valentin Kononen (FIN)	3:43:42
1997 Athens	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	3:44:46
1999 Seville	Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)	3:47:54
2001 Edmonton	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	3:42:08
2003 Paris	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	3:36:03
2005 Helsinki	Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)	3:38:08
2007 Osaka	Nathan Deakes (AUS)	3:43:53
2009 Berlin	Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)	3:38:35
2011 Daegu	Sergey Bakulin (RUS)	3:41:24
2013 Moscow	Robert Heffernan (IRL)	3:37:56

4x100 m relay

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	United States of America (USA)	37.86
1987 Rome	United States of America (USA)	37.90
1991 Tokyo	United States of America (USA)	37.50
1993 Stuttgart	United States of America (USA)	37.48
1995 Gothenburg	Canada (CAN)	38.31
1997 Athens	Canada (CAN)	37.86
1999 Seville	United States of America (USA)	37.59
2001 Edmonton	South Africa (RSA)	38.47
2003 Paris	United States of America (USA)	38.06
2005 Helsinki	France (FRA)	38.08
2007 Osaka	United States of America (USA)	37.78
2009 Berlin	Jamaica (JAM)	37.31
2011 Daegu	Jamaica (JAM)	37.04

4x400 m relay

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	USSR (URS)	3:00.79
1987 Rome	United States of America (USA)	2:57.29
1991 Tokyo	United Kingdom (GBR)	2:57.53
1993 Stuttgart	United States of America (USA)	2:54.29
1995 Gothenburg	United States of America (USA)	2:57.32
1997 Athens	United Kingdom (GBR)	2:56.65
1999 Seville	Poland (POL)	2:58.91
2001 Edmonton	Bahamas (BAH)	2:58.19
2003 Paris	France (FRA)	2:58.96
2005 Helsinki	United States of America (USA)	2:56.91
2007 Osaka	United States of America (USA)	2:55.56
2009 Berlin	United States of America (USA)	2:57.86
2011 Daegu	United States of America (USA)	2:59.31
2013 Moscow	United States of America (USA)	2:58.71

Long jump

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.55
1987 Rome	Carl Lewis (USA)	8.67
1991 Tokyo	Mike Powell (USA)	8.95
1993 Stuttgart	Mike Powell (USA)	8.59
1995 Gothenburg	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	8.70
1997 Athens	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	8.42
1999 Seville	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	8.56
2001 Edmonton	Iván Pedroso (CUB)	8.40
2003 Paris	Dwight Phillips (USA)	8.32
2005 Helsinki	Dwight Phillips (USA)	8.60
2007 Osaka	Irving Saladino (PAN)	8.57
2009 Berlin	Dwight Phillips (USA)	8.54
2011 Daegu	Dwight Phillips (USA)	8.45
2013 Moscow	Aleksandr Menkov (RUS)	8.56

Triple jump

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Zdzisław Hoffmann (POL)	17.42
1987 Rome	Hristo Markov (BUL)	17.92
1991 Tokyo	Kenny Harrison (USA)	17.78
1993 Stuttgart	Mike Conley (USA)	17.86
1995 Gothenburg	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	18.29
1997 Athens	Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)	17.85
1999 Seville	Charles Friedek (GER)	17.59
2001 Edmonton	Jonathan Edwards (GBR)	17.92
2003 Paris	Christian Olsson (SWE)	17.72
2005 Helsinki	Walter Davis (USA)	17.57
2007 Osaka	Nelson Évora (POR)	17.74
2009 Berlin	Phillips Idowu (GBR)	17.73
2011 Daegu	Christian Taylor (USA)	17.96

High jump

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Gennadiy Avdeyenko (URS)	2.32
1987 Rome	Patrik Sjöberg (SWE)	2.38
1991 Tokyo	Charles Austin (USA)	2.38
1993 Stuttgart	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.40
1995 Gothenburg	Troy Kemp (BAH)	2.37
1997 Athens	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.37
1999 Seville	Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)	2.37
2001 Edmonton	Martin Buß (GER)	2.36
2003 Paris	Jacques Freitag (RSA)	2.35
2005 Helsinki	Yuriy Krymarenko (UKR)	2.32
2007 Osaka	Donald Thomas (BAH)	2.35
2009 Berlin	Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS)	2.32
2011 Daegu	Jesse Williams (USA)	2.35
2013 Moscow	Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR)	2.41

Pole vault

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Sergey Bubka (URS)	5.70
1987 Rome	Sergey Bubka (URS)	5.85
1991 Tokyo	Sergey Bubka (URS)	5.95
1993 Stuttgart	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.00
1995 Gothenburg	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	5.92
1997 Athens	Sergey Bubka (UKR)	6.01
1999 Seville	Maksim Tarasov (RUS)	6.02
2001 Edmonton	Dmitri Markov (AUS)	6.05
2003 Paris	Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA)	5.90
2005 Helsinki	Rens Blom (NED)	5.80
2007 Osaka	Brad Walker (USA)	5.86
2009 Berlin	Steven Hooker (AUS)	5.90
2011 Daegu	Paweł Wojciechowski (POL)	5.90
2013 Moscow	Raphael Holzdeppe (GER)	5.89

Shot put

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Edward Sarul (POL)	21.39
1987 Rome	Werner Günthör (SUI)	22.23
1991 Tokyo	Werner Günthör (SUI)	21.67
1993 Stuttgart	Werner Günthör (SUI)	21.97
1995 Gothenburg	John Godina (USA)	21.47
1997 Athens	John Godina (USA)	21.44
1999 Seville	C.J. Hunter (USA)	21.79
2001 Edmonton	John Godina (USA)	21.87
2003 Paris	Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR)	21.69
2005 Helsinki	Adam Nelson (USA)	21.73
2007 Osaka	Reese Hoffa (USA)	22.04
2009 Berlin	Christian Cantwell (USA)	22.03
2011 Daegu	David Storl (GER)	21.78
2013 Moscow	David Storl (GER)	21.73

Discus throw

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Imrich Bugár (TCH)	67.72
1987 Rome	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	68.74
1991 Tokyo	Lars Riedel (GER)	66.20
1993 Stuttgart	Lars Riedel (GER)	67.72
1995 Gothenburg	Lars Riedel (GER)	68.76
1997 Athens	Lars Riedel (GER)	68.54
1999 Seville	Anthony Washington (USA)	69.08
2001 Edmonton	Lars Riedel (GER)	69.72
2003 Paris	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	69.69
2005 Helsinki	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	70.17
2007 Osaka	Gerd Kanter (EST)	68.94
2009 Berlin	Robert Harting (GER)	69.43
2011 Daegu	Robert Harting (GER)	68.97
2013 Moscow	Robert Harting (GER)	69.11

Hammer throw

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	82.68
1987 Rome	Sergey Litvinov (URS)	83.06
1991 Tokyo	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	81.70
1993 Stuttgart	Andrey Abduvaliyev (TJK)	81.64
1995 Gothenburg	Andrey Abduvaliyev (TJK)	81.56
1997 Athens	Heinz Weis (GER)	81.78
1999 Seville	Karsten Kobs (GER)	80.24
2001 Edmonton	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	83.38
2003 Paris	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	83.05
2005 Helsinki	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	83.89
2007 Osaka	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	83.63
2009 Berlin	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	80.84
2011 Daegu	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	81.24
2013 Moscow	Paweł Fajdek (POL)	81.97

Javelin throw

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Detlef Michel (GDR)	89.48
1987 Romer	Seppo Räty (FIN)	83.54
1991 Tokyo	Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)	90.82
1993 Stuttgart	Jan Železný (CZE)	85.98
1995 Gothenburg	Jan Železný (CZE)	89.58
1997 Athens	Marius Corbett (RSA)	81.78
1999 Seville	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	89.52
2001 Edmonton	Jan Železný (CZE)	92.80
2003 Paris	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	85.44
2005 Helsinki	Andrus Värnik (EST)	83.89
2007 Osaka	Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)	90.33
2009 Berlin	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	89.59
2011 Daegu	Matthias de Zordo (GER)	86.27
2013 Moscow	Vítězslav Veselý (CZE)	87.17

Decathlon

Year and Location	Winner	Points
1983 Helsinki	Daley Thompson (GBR)	8666
1987 Romer	Torsten Voss (GDR)	8680
1991 Tokyo	Dan O'Brien (USA)	8812
1993 Stuttgart	Dan O'Brien (USA)	8817
1995 Gothenburg	Dan O'Brien (USA)	8695
1997 Athens	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	8837
1999 Seville	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	8744
2001 Edmonton	Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)	8902
2003 Paris	Tom Pappas (USA)	8750
2005 Helsinki	Bryan Clay (USA)	8732
2007 Osaka	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	8676
2009 Berlin	Trey Hardee (USA)	8790
2011 Daegu	Trey Hardee (USA)	8607
2013 Moscow	Ashton Eaton (USA)	8809

Women

100 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Marlies Oelsner-Göhr (GDR)	10.97
1987 Rome	Silke Gladisch (GDR)	10.90
1991 Tokyo	Katrin Krabbe (GER)	10.99
1993 Stuttgart	Gail Devers (USA)	10.82
1995 Gothenburg	Gwen Torrence (USA)	10.85
1997 Athens	Marion Jones (USA)	10.83
1999 Seville	Marion Jones (USA)	10.70
2001 Edmonton	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	10.82
2003 Paris	Torri Edwards (USA)	10.93
2005 Helsinki	Lauryn Williams (USA)	10.93
2007 Osaka	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	11.01
2009 Berlin	Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)	10.73
2011 Daegu	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	10.90
2013 Moscow	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	10.71

200 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Marita Koch (GDR)	22.13
1987 Rome	Silke Gladisch (GDR)	21.74
1991 Tokyo	Katrin Krabbe (GER)	22.09
1993 Stuttgart	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	21.98
1995 Gothenburg	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.12
1997 Athens	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	22.32
1999 Seville	Inger Miller (USA)	21.77
2001 Edmonton	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)	22.52
2003 Paris	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS)	22.38
2005 Helsinki	Allyson Felix (USA)	22.16
2007 Osaka	Allyson Felix (USA)	21.81
2009 Berlin	Allyson Felix (USA)	22.02
2011 Daegu	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	22.22
2013 Moscow	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	22.19

400 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	47.99
1987 Rome	Olga Bryzgina (URS)	49.38
1991 Tokyo	Marie-José Perec (FRA)	49.13
1993 Stuttgart	Jearl Miles-Clark (USA)	49.82
1995 Gothenburg	Marie-José Perec (FRA)	49.28
1997 Athens	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	49.77
1999 Seville	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	49.67
2001 Edmonton	Amy Mbacke Thiam (SEN)	49.86
2003 Paris	Ana Guevara (MEX)	48.89
2005 Helsinki	Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH)	49.55
2007 Osaka	Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)	49.61
2009 Berlin	Sanya Richards (USA)	49.00
2011 Daegu	Amantle Montsho (BOT)	49.56
2013 Moscow	Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)	49.41

800 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:54.68
1987 Rome	Sigrund Wodars (GDR)	1:55.26
1991 Tokyo	Lilia Nurutdinova (URS)	1:57.50
1993 Stuttgart	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:55.43
1995 Gothenburg	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:56.11
1997 Athens	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:57.14
1999 Seville	Ludmila Formanová (CZE)	1:56.68
2001 Edmonton	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:57.17
2003 Paris	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:59.89
2005 Helsinki	Zulia Calatayud (CUB)	1:58.82
2007 Osaka	Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)	1:56.04
2009 Berlin	Caster Semenya (RSA)	1:55.45
2011 Daegu	Mariya Savinova (RUS)	1:55.87

1500 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Mary Decker (USA)	4:00.90
1987 Rome	Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS)	3:58.56
1991 Tokyo	Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)	4:02.21
1993 Stuttgart	Liu Dong (CHN)	4:00.50
1995 Gothenburg	Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)	4:02.42
1997 Athens	Carla Sacramento (POR)	4:04.24
1999 Seville	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)	3:59.53
2001 Edmonton	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)	4:00.57
2003 Paris	Tatyana Tomashova (RUS)	3:58.52
2005 Helsinki	Tatyana Tomashova (RUS)	4:00.35
2007 Osaka	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)	3:58.75
2009 Berlin	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)	4:03.74
2011 Daegu	Jennifer Simpson (USA)	4:05.40
2013 Moscow	Abeba Aregawi (SWE)	4:02.67

3000 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Mary Decker (USA)	8:34.62
1987 Rome	Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS)	8:38.73
1991 Tokyo	Tatyana Dorovskikh (URS)	8:35.82
1993 Stuttgart	Qu Yunxia (CHN)	8:28.71

5000 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1995 Gothenburg	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	14:46.47
1997 Athens	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)	14:57.68
1999 Seville	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)	14:41.82
2001 Edmonton	Olga Yegorova (RUS)	15:03.39
2003 Paris	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:51.72
2005 Helsinki	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:38.59
2007 Osaka	Meseret Defar (ETH)	14:57.91
2009 Berlin	Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)	14:57.97
2011 Daegu	Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)	14:55.36
2013 Moscow	Meseret Defar (ETH)	14:50.19

10000 m

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1987 Rome	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	31:05.85
1991 Tokyo	Liz McColgan (GBR)	31:14.31
1993 Stuttgart	Wang Junxia (CHN)	30:49.30
1995 Gothenburg	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	31:04.99
1997 Athens	Sally Barsosio (KEN)	31:32.92
1999 Seville	Gete Wami (ETH)	30:24.56
2001 Edmonton	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	31:48.81
2003 Paris	Berhane Adere (ETH)	30:04.18
2005 Helsinki	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	30:24.02
2007 Osaka	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	31:55.41
2009 Berlin	Linet Masai (KEN)	30:51.24
2011 Daegu	Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)	30:48.98
2013 Moscow	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	30:43.35

Marathon

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Grete Waitz (NOR)	2:28:09
1987 Rome	Rosa Mota (POR)	2:25:17
1991 Tokyo	Wanda Panfil (POL)	2:29:53
1993 Stuttgart	Junko Asari (JPN)	2:30:03
1995 Gothenburg	Manuela Machado (POR)	2:25:39
1997 Athens	Hiromi Suzuki (JPN)	2:29:48
1999 Seville	Jong Song-Ok (PRK)	2:26:59
2001 Edmonton	Lidia Simon (ROM)	2:26:01
2003 Paris	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	2:23:55
2005 Helsinki	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	2:20:57
2007 Osaka	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	2:30:37
2009 Berlin	Bai Xue (CHN)	2:25:15
2011 Daegu	Edna Kiplagat (KEN)	2:28:43
2013 Moscow	Edna Kiplagat (KEN)	2:25:44

100 m hurdles

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Bettine Gartz-Jahn (GDR)	12.35
1987 Rome	Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)	12.34
1991 Tokyo	Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS)	12.59
1993 Stuttgart	Gail Devers (USA)	12.46
1995 Gothenburg	Gail Devers (USA)	12.68
1997 Athens	Ludmila Engquist (SWE)	12.50
1999 Seville	Gail Devers (USA)	12.37
2001 Edmonton	Anjanette Kirkland (USA)	12.42
2003 Paris	Perdita Felicien (CAN)	12.53
2005 Helsinki	Michelle Perry (USA)	12.66
2007 Osaka	Michelle Perry (USA)	12.46
2009 Berlin	Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM)	12.51
2011 Daegu	Sally Pearson (AUS)	12.28
2013 Moscow	Brianna Rollins (USA)	12.44

400 m hurdles

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	Yekaterina Fesenko (URS)	54.14
1987 Rome	Sabine Busch (GDR)	53.62
1991 Tokyo	Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS)	53.11
1993 Stuttgart	Sally Gunnell (GBR)	52.74
1995 Gothenburg	Kim Batten (USA)	52.61
1997 Athens	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	52.97
1999 Seville	Daimí Pernía (CUB)	52.89
2001 Edmonton	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	53.34
2003 Paris	Jana Pittman (AUS)	53.22
2005 Helsinki	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	52.90
2007 Osaka	Jana Rawlinson (AUS)	53.31
2009 Berlin	Melaine Walker (JAM)	52.42
2011 Daegu	Lashinda Demus (USA)	52.47
2013 Moscow	Zuzana Hejnová (CZE)	52.83

3000 m steeplechase

Year and Location	Winner	Time
2005 Helsinki	Dorcus Inzikuru (UGA)	9:18.24
2007 Osaka	Yekaterina Volkova (RUS)	9:06.57
2009 Berlin	Marta Domínguez (ESP)	9:07.32
2011 Daegu	Yuliya Zaripova (RUS)	9:07.03
2013 Moscow	Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN)	9:11.65

10 km walk

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1987 Rome	Irina Strakhova (URS)	44:12
1991 Tokyo	Alina Ivanova (URS)	42:57
1993 Stuttgart	Sari Essayah (FIN)	42:59
1995 Gothenburg	Irina Stankina (RUS)	42:13
1997 Athens	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)	42:55.49

20 km walk

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1999 Seville	Liu Hongyu (CHN)	1:30:50
2001 Edmonton	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:27:48
2003 Paris	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	1:26:52
2005 Helsinki	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:25:41
2007 Osaka	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	1:30:09
2009 Berlin	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	1:28:09
2011 Daegu	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	1:29:42
2013 Moscow	Elena Lashmanova (RUS)	1:27:08

4x100 m relay

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	East Germany (GDR)	41.76
1987 Rome	United States of America (USA)	41.58
1991 Tokyo	Jamaica (JAM)	41.94
1993 Stuttgart	Russia (RUS)	41.49
1995 Gothenburg	United States of America (USA)	42.12
1997 Athens	United States of America (USA)	41.47
1999 Seville	Bahamas (BAH)	41.92
2001 Edmonton	Germany (GER)	42.32
2003 Paris	France (FRA)	41.78
2005 Helsinki	United States of America (USA)	41.78
2007 Osaka	United States of America (USA)	41.98
2009 Berlin	Jamaica (JAM)	42.06
2011 Daegu	United States of America (USA)	41.56

4x400 m relay

Year and Location	Winner	Time
1983 Helsinki	East Germany (GDR)	3:19.73
1987 Rome	East Germany (GDR)	3:18.63
1991 Tokyo	USSR (URS)	3:18.43
1993 Stuttgart	United States of America (USA)	3:16.71
1995 Gothenburg	United States of America (USA)	3:22.29
1997 Athens	Germany (GER)	3:20.92
1999 Seville	Russia (RUS)	3:21.98
2001 Edmonton	Jamaica (JAM)	3:20.65
2003 Paris	United States of America (USA)	3:22.63
2005 Helsinki	Russia (RUS)	3:20.95
2007 Osaka	United States of America (USA)	3:18.55
2009 Berlin	United States of America (USA)	3:17.83
2011 Daegu	United States of America (USA)	3:18.09
2013 Moscow	Russia (RUS)	3:20.19

Long jump

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Heike Daute (GDR)	7.27
1987 Rome	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.36
1991 Tokyo	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.32
1993 Stuttgart	Heike Drechsler (GER)	7.11
1995 Gothenburg	Fiona May (ITA)	6.98
1997 Athens	Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)	7.05
1999 Seville	Niurka Montalvo (ESP)	7.06
2001 Edmonton	Fiona May (ITA)	7.02
2003 Paris	Eunice Barber (FRA)	6.99
2005 Helsinki	Tianna Madison (USA)	6.89
2007 Osaka	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	7.03
2009 Berlin	Brittney Reese (USA)	7.10
2011 Daegu	Brittney Reese (USA)	6.82
2013 Moscow	Brittney Reese (USA)	7.01

Triple jump

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1993 Stuttgart	Anna Biryukova (RUS)	15.09
1995 Gothenburg	Inessa Kravets (UKR)	15.50
1997 Athens	Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)	15.20
1999 Seville	Paraskevi Tsiamita (GRE)	14.88
2001 Edmonton	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	15.25
2003 Paris	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)	15.18
2005 Helsinki	Trecia Smith (JAM)	15.11
2007 Osaka	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	15.28
2009 Berlin	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)	14.95
2011 Daegu	Olha Saladukha (UKR)	14.94
2013 Moscow	Caterine Ibargüen (COL)	14.85

High jump

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Tamara Bykova (URS)	2.01
1987 Rome	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.09
1991 Tokyo	Heike Henkel (GER)	2.05
1993 Stuttgart	Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)	1.99
1995 Gothenburg	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.01
1997 Athens	Hanne Haugland (NOR)	1.99
1999 Seville	Inha Babakova (UKR)	1.99
2001 Edmonton	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	2.00
2003 Paris	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)	2.06
2005 Helsinki	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)	2.02
2007 Osaka	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	2.05
2009 Berlin	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)	2.04
2011 Daegu	Anna Chicherova (RUS)	2.03
2013 Moscow	Svetlana Shkolina (RUS)	2.03

Pole vault

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1999 Seville	Stacy Dragila (USA)	4.60
2001 Edmonton	Stacy Dragila (USA)	4.75
2003 Paris	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)	4.75
2005 Helsinki	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	5.01
2007 Osaka	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	4.80
2009 Berlin	Anna Rogowska (POL)	4.75
2011 Daegu	Fabiana Murer (BRA)	4.85
2013 Moscow	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	4.89

Shot put

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)	21.05
1987 Rome	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	21.24
1991 Tokyo	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	20.83
1993 Stuttgart	Huang Zhihong (CHN)	20.57
1995 Gothenburg	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	21.22
1997 Athens	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	20.71
1999 Seville	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)	19.85
2001 Edmonton	Yanina Karolchik (BLR)	20.63
2003 Paris	Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)	20.63
2005 Helsinki	Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR)	20.51
2007 Osaka	Valerie Vili (NZL)	20.54
2009 Berlin	Valerie Vili (NZL)	20.44
2011 Daegu	Valerie Adams (NZL)	21.24
2013 Moscow	Valerie Adams (NZL)	20.88

Discus throw

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Martina Opitz (GDR)	68.94
1987 Rome	Martina Hellmann (GDR)	71.62
1991 Tokyo	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)	71.02
1993 Stuttgart	Olga Chernyavskaya (RUS)	67.40
1995 Gothenburg	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	68.64
1997 Athens	Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)	66.82
1999 Seville	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	68.14
2001 Edmonton	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)	67.10
2003 Paris	Irina Yatchenko (BLR)	67.32
2005 Helsinki	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	66.56
2007 Osaka	Franka Dietzsch (GER)	66.61
2009 Berlin	Dani Samuels (AUS)	65.44
2011 Daegu	Li Yanfeng (CHN)	66.52
2013 Moscow	Sandra Perković (CRO)	67.99

Hammer throw

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1999 Seville	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	75.20
2001 Edmonton	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	70.65
2003 Paris	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	73.33
2005 Helsinki	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	75.10
2007 Osaka	Betty Heidler (GER)	74.76
2009 Berlin	Anita Włodarczyk (POL)	77.96
2011 Daegu	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	77.13
2013 Moscow	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	78.80

Javelin throw

Year and Location	Winner	Height
1983 Helsinki	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	70.82
1987 Rome	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	76.64
1991 Tokyo	Xu Demei (CHN)	68.78
1993 Stuttgart	Trine Hattestadt (NOR)	69.18
1995 Gothenburg	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)	67.56
1997 Athens	Trine Hattestadt (NOR)	68.78
1999 Seville	Mirela Manjani (GRE)	67.09
2001 Edmonton	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	69.53
2003 Paris	Mirela Manjani (GRE)	66.52
2005 Helsinki	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.70
2007 Osaka	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	67.07
2009 Berlin	Steffi Nerius (GER)	67.30
2011 Daegu	Mariya Abakumova (RUS)	71.99

Heptathlon

Year and Location	Winner	Points
1983 Helsinki	Ramona Gohler-Neubert (GDR)	6714
1987 Romer	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7128
1991 Tokyo	Sabine Braun (GER)	6672
1993 Stuttgart	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	6837
1995 Gothenburg	Ghada Shouaa (SYR)	6651
1997 Athens	Sabine Braun (GER)	6739
1999 Seville	Eunice Barber (FRA)	6861
2001 Edmonton	Yelena Prokhorova (RUS)	6694
2003 Paris	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	7001
2005 Helsinki	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	6887
2007 Osaka	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	7032
2009 Berlin	Jessica Ennis (GBR)	6731
2011 Daegu	Tatyana Chernova (RUS)	6880
2013 Moscow	Hanna Melnychenko (UKR)	6586