World Champions in athletics (women)

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These are the female champions of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics.

Contents 1 Track 1.1 100 m 1.2 200 m 1.3 400 m 1.4 800 m 1.5 1500 m 1.6 3000 m 1.7 5000 m 1.8 10000 m 1.9 100 m hurdles 1.10 400 m hurdles 1.11 3000 m steeplechase 1.12 4 x 100 metres relay 1.13 4 x 400 metres relay 2 Road 2.1 Marathon 2.2 Race walking 3 Field 3.1 High Jump 3.2 Pole Vault 3.3 Long Jump 3.4 Triple Jump 3.5 Shot put 3.6 Discus throw 3.7 Javelin throw 3.8 Hammer throw 3.9 Heptathlon 4 See also

[edit] Track

[edit] 100 m

Year	World Champion
1983	Marlies Gohr (GDR)
1987	Silke Gladisch (GDR)
1991	Katrin Krabbe (GER)
1993	Gail Devers (USA)
1995	Gwen Torrence (USA)
1997	Marion Jones (USA)
1999	Marion Jones (USA)
2001	Zhanna Block (UKR)
2003	Torri Edwards (USA)
2005	Lauryn Williams (USA)
2007	Veronica Campbell (JAM)

[edit] 200 m

Year	World Champion
1983	Marlies Göhr (GDR)
1987	Silke Gladisch (GDR)
1991	Katrin Krabbe (GER)
1993	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1995	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1997	Zhanna Block (UKR)
1999	Inger Miller (USA)
2001	Marion Jones (USA)
2003	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS)
2005	Allyson Felix (USA)
2007	Allyson Felix (USA)

[edit] 400 m

Year	World Champion
1983	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)
1987	Olga Bryzgina (URS)
1991	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)
1993	Jearl Miles (USA)
1995	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)
1997	Cathy Freeman (AUS)
1999	Cathy Freeman (AUS)
2001	Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN)
2003	Ana Guevara (MEX)
2005	Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH)
2007	Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)

[edit] 800 m

Year	World Champion
1983	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)
1987	Sigrun Wodars (GDR)
1991	Liliya Nurutdinova (URS)
1993	Maria Mutola (MOZ)
1995	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
1997	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
1999	Ludmila Formanová (CZE)
2001	Maria Mutola (MOZ)
2003	Maria Mutola (MOZ)
2005	Zulia Calatayud (CUB)
2007	Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN)

[edit] 1500 m

Year	World Champion
1983	Mary Decker (USA)
1987	Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (URS)
1991	Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)
1993	Liu Dong (CHN)
1995	Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG)
1997	Carla Sacramento (POR)
1999	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)
2001	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
2003	Tatyana Tomashova (RUS)
2005	Tatyana Tomashova (RUS)
2007	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN)

[edit] 3000 m

Year	World Champion
1980	Birgit Friedmann (FRG)
1983	Mary Decker (USA)
1987	Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (URS)
1991	Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (URS)
1993	Qu Yunxia (CHN)

[edit] 5000 m

Year	World Champion
1995	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
1997	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
1999	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
2001	Olga Yegorova (RUS)
2003	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
2005	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
2007	Meseret Defar (ETH)

[edit] 10000 m

Year	World Champion
1987	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1991	Liz McColgan (GBR)
1993	Wang Junxia (CHN)
1995	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
1997	Sally Barsosio (KEN)
1999	Gete Wami (ETH)
2001	Derartu Tulu (ETH)
2003	Berhane Adere (ETH)
2005	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
2007	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)

[edit] 100 m hurdles

Year	World Champion
1983	Bettine Jahn (GDR)
1987	Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)
1991	Lyudmila Narozhilenko (URS)
1993	Gail Devers (USA)
1995	Gail Devers (USA)
1997	Ludmila Engquist (SWE)
1999	Gail Devers (USA)
2001	Anjanette Kirkland (USA)
2003	Perdita Felicien (CAN)
2005	Michelle Perry (USA)
2007	Michelle Perry (USA)

[edit] 400 m hurdles

Year	World Champion
1980	Bärbel Broschat (GDR)
1983	Yekaterina Fesenko (URS)
1987	Sabine Busch (GDR)
1991	Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS)
1993	Sally Gunnell (GBR)
1995	Kim Batten (USA)
1997	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)
1999	Daimí Pernía (CUB)
2001	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)
2003	Jana Pittman (AUS)
2005	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)
2007	Jana Rawlinson (AUS)

[edit] 3000 m steeplechase

Year	World Champion
2005	Dorcus Inzikuru (UGA)
2007	Yekaterina Volkova (RUS)

[edit] 4 x 100 metres relay

Year	World Champion
1983	East Germany
1987	United States
1991	Jamaica
1993	Russia
1995	United States
1997	United States
1999	Bahamas
2001	Germany
2003	France
2005	United States
2007	United States

[edit] 4 x 400 metres relay

Year	World Champion
1983	East Germany
1987	East Germany
1991	Soviet Union
1993	United States
1995	United States
1997	Germany
1999	Russia
2001	Jamaica
2003	United States
2005	Russia
2007	United States

[edit] Road

[edit] Marathon

Year	World Champion
1983	Grete Waitz (NOR)
1987	Rosa Mota (POR)
1991	Wanda Panfil (POL)
1993	Junko Asari (JPN)
1995	Manuela Machado (POR)
1997	Hiromi Suzuki (JPN)
1999	Jong Song-Ok (PRK)
2001	Lidia Simon (ROM)
2003	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)
2005	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2007	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)

[edit] Race walking

Year	World Champion	Distance
1987	Irina Strakhova (URS)	10 km
1991	Alina Ivanova (URS)	10 km
1993	Sari Essayah (FIN)	10 km
1995	Irina Stankina (RUS)	10 km
1997	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)	10 km
1999	Liu Hongyu (CHN)	20 km
2001	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	20 km
2003	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	20 km
2005	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	20 km
2007	Olga Kaniskina (RUS)	20 km

[edit] Field

[edit] High Jump

Year	World Champion
1983	Tamara Bykova (USSR)
1987	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
1991	Heike Henkel (GER)
1993	Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)
1995	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
1997	Hanne Haugland (NOR)
1999	Inga Babakova (UKR)
2001	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
2003	Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
2005	Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
2007	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)

[edit] Pole Vault

Year	World Champion
1999	Stacy Dragila (USA)
2001	Stacy Dragila (USA)
2003	Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)
2005	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
2007	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)

[edit] Long Jump

Year	World Champion
1983	Heike Daute (GDR)
1987	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
1991	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
1993	Heike Drechsler (GER)
1995	Fiona May (ITA)
1997	Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)
1999	Niurka Montalvo (ESP)
2001	Fiona May (ITA)
2003	Eunice Barber (FRA)
2005	Tianna Madison (USA)
2007	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)

[edit] Triple Jump

Year	World Champion
1993	Anna Biryukova (RUS)
1995	Inessa Kravets (UKR)
1997	Sarka Kasparkova (CZE)
1999	Paraskevi Tsiamita (GRE)
2001	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)
2003	Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)
2005	Trecia Smith (JAM)
2007	Yargelis Savigne (CUB)

[edit] Shot put

Year	World Champion
1983	Helena Fibingerová (TCH)
1987	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)
1991	Huang Zhihong (CHN)
1993	Huang Zhihong (CHN)
1995	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
1997	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
1999	Astrid Kumbernuss (GER)
2001	Yanina Korolchik (BLR)
2003	Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)
2005	Nadezhda Ostapchuk (BLR)
2007	Valerie Vili (NZL)

[edit] Discus throw

Year	World Champion
1983	Martina Opitz (GDR)
1987	Martina Hellmann (GDR)
1991	Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)
1993	Olga Burova (RUS)
1995	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)
1997	Beatrice Faumuina (NZE)
1999	Franka Dietzsch (GER)
2001	Ellina Zvereva (BLR)
2003	Irina Yatchenko (BLR)
2005	Franka Dietzsch (GER)
2007	Franka Dietzsch (GER)

[edit] Javelin throw

Year	World Champion
1983	Tiina Lillak (FIN)
1987	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)
1991	Xu Demei (CHN)
1993	Trine Hattestad (NOR)
1995	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)
1997	Trine Hattestad (NOR)
1999	Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE)
2001	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
2003	Mirela Manjani (GRE)
2005	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
2007	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)

[edit] Hammer throw

Year	World Champion
1999	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)
2001	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)
2003	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)
2005	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)
2007	Betty Heidler (GER)

[edit] Heptathlon

Year	World Champion
1983	Ramona Neubert (GDR)
1987	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
1991	Sabine Braun (GER)
1993	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
1995	Ghada Shouaa (SYR)
1997	Sabine Braun (GER)
1999	Eunice Barber (FRA)
2001	Yelena Prokhorova (RUS)
2003	Carolina Klüft (SWE)
2005	Carolina Klüft (SWE)
2007	Carolina Klüft (SWE)

[edit] See also

• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
• World Champions in athletics (men)