Year Mo Day Location Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal
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(5000 m)
2022 Jul 23 Eugene, OR Gudaf Tsegay ETH Beatrice Chebet KEN Dawit Seyaum ETH
2019 Oct 05 Doha, QAT Hellen Obiri KEN Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi KEN Konstanze Klosterhalfen GER
2017 Aug 13 London, UK Hellen Onsando Obiri KEN Almaz Ayana ETH Sifan Hassan NED
2015 Aug 30 Beijing, CHN Almaz Ayana ETH Senbere Teferi ETH Genzebe Dibaba ETH
2013 Aug 17 Moscow, RUS Meseret Defar ETH Mercy Cherono KEN Almaz Ayana ETH
2011 Sep 02 Daegu, KOR Vivian Cheruiyot KEN Sylvia Kibet KEN Meseret Defar ETH
2009 Aug 22 Berlin, GER Vivian Cheruiyot KEN Sylvia Kibet KEN Meseret Defar ETH
2007 Sep 01 Osaka, JPN Meseret Defar ETH Vivian Cheruiyot KEN Priscah Cherono KEN
2005 Aug 13 Helsinki, FIN Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Meseret Defar ETH Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH
2003 Aug 30 Paris, FRA Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Marta Domínguez ESP Edith Masai KEN
2001 Aug 11 Edmonton, CAN Olga Yegorova RUS Marta Domínguez ESP Ayelech Worku ETH
1999 Aug 27 Seville, ESP Gabriela Szabo ROU Zahra Ouaziz MAR Ayelech Worku ETH
1997 Aug 09 Athens, GRE Gabriela Szabo ROU Roberta Brunet ITA Fernanda Ribeiro POR
1995 Aug 12 Gothenburg, SWE Sonia O'Sullivan IRL Fernanda Ribeiro POR Zahra Ouaziz MAR
(3000 m)
1993 Aug 16 Stuttgart, GER Yunxia Qu CHN Linli Zhang CHN Lirong Zhang CHN
1991 Aug 26 Tokyo, JPN Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh URS Yelena Romanova URS Susan Sirma KEN
1987 Sep 01 Rome, ITA Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh URS Maricica Puica ROU Ulrike Bruns GDR
1983 Aug 10 Helsinki, FIN Mary Slaney USA Brigitte Kraus FRG Tatyana Kazankina URS
2022 Jul 23 Eugene, OR
1. Gudaf Tsegay ETH 14:46.29
2. Beatrice Chebet KEN 14:46.75
3. Dawit Seyaum ETH 14:47.36
4. Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi KEN 14:47.71
5. Letesenbet Gidey ETH 14:47.98
6. Sifan Hassan NED 14:48.12
7. Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui KAZ 14:54.80
8. Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal NOR 14:57.62
9. Elise Cranny USA 14:59.99
10. Gloria Kite KEN 15:01.22
11. Eilish Mccolgan GBR 15:03.03
12. Nozomi Tanaka JPN 15:19.35
13. Jessica Judd GBR 15:19.88
14. Emily Infeld USA 15:29.03
Karissa Schweizer USA DNF
2019 Oct 05 Doha, QAT
5000 m
1. Hellen Obiri KEN 14:26.72
2. Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi KEN 14:27.49
3. Konstanze Klosterhalfen GER 14:28.43
4. Tsehay Gemechu ETH 14:29.60
5. Lilian Kasait Rengeruk KEN 14:36.05
6. Fantu Worku ETH 14:40.47
7. Laura Weightman GBR 14:44.57
8. Hawi Feysa ETH 14:44.92
9. Karissa Schweizer USA 14:45.18
10. Eilish Mccolgan GBR 14:46.17
11. Elinor Purrier USA 14:58.17
12. Camille Buscomb NZL 14:58.59
13. Andrea Seccafien CAN 14:59.95
14. Nozomi Tanaka JPN 15:00.01
15. Dominique Scott RSA 15:24.47
2017 Aug 13 London, UK
5000 m
1. Hellen Onsando Obiri KEN 14:34.86
2. Almaz Ayana ETH 14:40.35
3. Sifan Hassan NED 14:42.73
4. Senbere Teferi ETH 14:47.45
5. Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi KEN 14:48.74
6. Laura Muir GBR 14:52.07
7. Sheila Chepkirui Kiprotich KEN 14:54.05
8. Susan Krumins NED 14:58.33
9. Shannon Rowbury USA 14:59.92
10. Eilish Mccolgan GBR 15:00.43
11. Letesenbet Gidey ETH 15:04.99
12. Molly Huddle USA 15:05.28
13. Shelby Houlihan USA 15:06.40
14. Kalkidan Gezahegne BRN 15:28.21
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal NOR DNF
2015 Aug 30 Beijing, CHN
5000 m
1. Almaz Ayana ETH 14:26.83
2. Senbere Teferi ETH 14:44.07
3. Genzebe Dibaba ETH 14:44.14
4. Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 14:46.16
5. Mercy Cherono KEN 15:01.36
6. Janet Kisa KEN 15:02.68
7. Irene Chepet Cheptai KEN 15:03.41
8. Susan Kuijken NED 15:08.00
9. Ayuko Suzuki JPN 15:08.29
10. Eloise Wellings AUS 15:09.62
11. Mimi Belete BRN 15:17.01
12. Stephanie Twell GBR 15:26.24
13. Nicole Tully USA 15:27.42
14. Misaki Onishi JPN 15:29.63
15. Jennifer Wenth AUT 15:35.46
2013 Aug 17 Moscow, RUS
5000 m
1. Meseret Defar ETH 14:50.19
2. Mercy Cherono KEN 14:51.22
3. Almaz Ayana ETH 14:51.33
4. Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 15:01.67
5. Buze Diriba ETH 15:05.38
6. Molly Huddle USA 15:05.73
7. Shannon Rowbury USA 15:06.10
8. Susan Kuijken NED 15:14.70
9. Elena Nagovitsyna RUS 15:24.83
10. Dolores Checa ESP 15:30.42
11. Tejitu Daba BRN 15:33.89
12. Kim Conley USA 15:36.58
13. Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal NOR 15:48.87
14. Dominika Nowakowska POL 15:58.26
15. Jackie Areson AUS 16:08.32
2011 Sep 02 Daegu, KOR
5000 m
1. Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot KEN 14:55.36
2. Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet KEN 14:56.21
3. Meseret Defar ETH 14:56.94
4. Sentayehu Ejigu ETH 14:59.99
5. Mercy Cherono KEN 15:00.23
6. Linet Chepkwemoi Masai KEN 15:01.01
7. Lauren Fleshman USA 15:09.25
8. Genzebe Dibaba ETH 15:09.35
9. Tejitu Daba BRN 15:14.62
10. Yelena Zadorozhnaya RUS 15:15.48
11. Zakia Mrisho TAN 15:18.81
12. Helen Clitheroe GBR 15:21.22
13. Hitomi Niiya JPN 15:41.67
14. Elizaveta Grechishnikova RUS 15:45.61
15. Amy Cragg USA 15:56.06
2009 Aug 22 Berlin, GER
5000 m
1. Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot KEN 14:57.97
2. Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet KEN 14:58.33
3. Meseret Defar ETH 14:58.41
4. Sentayehu Ejigu ETH 15:03.38
5. Meselech Melkamu ETH 15:03.72
6. Iness Chepkesis Chenonge KEN 15:06.06
7. Silvia Weissteiner ITA 15:09.74
8. Genzebe Dibaba ETH 15:11.12
9. Jennifer Rhines USA 15:11.63
10. Sara Moreira POR 15:12.22
11. Yuriko Kobayashi JPN 15:12.44
12. Yurika Nakamura JPN 15:13.01
13. Krisztina Papp HUN 15:20.36
14. Zakia Mrisho TAN 15:31.73
Alemitu Bekele TUR DQ
2007 Sep 01 Osaka, JPN
5000 m
1. Meseret Defar ETH 14:57.91
2. Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot KEN 14:58.50
3. Priscah Jepleting Cherono KEN 14:59.21
4. Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet KEN 14:59.26
5. Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 15:00.88
6. Meselech Melkamu ETH 15:01.42
7. Jennifer Rhines USA 15:03.09
8. Shalane Flanagan USA 15:03.86
9. Joanne Pavey GBR 15:04.77
10. Gelete Burka ETH 15:07.46
11. Mariya Konovalova RUS 15:09.71
12. Silvia Weissteiner ITA 15:11.81
13. Volha Krautsova BLR 15:11.82
14. Kayoko Fukushi JPN 15:19.40
15. Jessica Augusto POR 15:24.93
2005 Aug 13 Helsinki, FIN
5000 m
1. Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 14:38.59
2. Meseret Defar ETH 14:39.54
3. Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH 14:42.47
4. Meselech Melkamu ETH 14:43.47
5. Huina Xing CHN 14:43.64
6. Zakia Mrisho TAN 14:43.87
7. Priscah Jepleting Cherono KEN 14:44.00
8. Isabella Ochichi KEN 14:45.14
9. Liliya Shobukhova RUS 14:47.07
10. Volha Krautsova BLR 14:47.75
11. Yingjie Sun CHN 14:51.19
12. Kayoko Fukushi JPN 14:59.92
13. Susanne Wigene NOR 15:00.23
14. Marta Domínguez ESP 15:02.30
15. Joanne Pavey GBR 15:14.37
2003 Aug 30 Paris, FRA
5000 m
1. Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 14:51.72
2. Marta Domínguez ESP 14:52.26
3. Edith Masai KEN 14:52.30
4. Yelena Zadorozhnaya RUS 14:52.36
5. Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 14:53.56
6. Isabella Ochichi KEN 14:54.08
7. Gulnara Galkina RUS 14:54.38
8. Courtney Babcock CAN 14:54.98
9. Yingjie Sun CHN 14:57.01
10. Berhane Adere ETH 14:58.07
11. Gabriela Szabo ROU 14:59.36
12. Émilie Mondor CAN 15:02.36
13. Zahra Ouaziz MAR 15:16.73
14. Zhor El Kamch MAR 15:29.72
15. Sonia O'Sullivan IRL 15:36.62
2001 Aug 11 Edmonton, CAN
5000 m
1. Olga Yegorova RUS 15:03.39
2. Marta Domínguez ESP 15:06.59
3. Ayelech Worku ETH 15:10.17
4. Yanmei Dong CHN 15:10.73
5. Irina Mikitenko GER 15:13.93
6. Yelena Zadorozhnaya RUS 15:16.15
7. Edith Masai KEN 15:17.67
8. Gabriela Szabo ROU 15:19.55
9. Rose Cheruiyot KEN 15:23.18
10. Tatyana Tomashova RUS 15:23.83
11. Joanne Pavey GBR 15:28.41
12. Benita Willis AUS 15:36.75
13. Merima Denboba ETH 15:41.09
14. Fatima Yvelain FRA 15:53.52
15. Teresa Recio ESP 15:57.32
1999 Aug 27 Seville, ESP
5000 m
1. Gabriela Szabo ROU 14:41.82
2. Zahra Ouaziz MAR 14:43.15
3. Ayelech Worku ETH 14:44.22
4. Irina Mikitenko GER 14:50.17
5. Ebru Kavaklioglu TUR 14:51.69
6. Julia Vaquero ESP 14:56.00
7. Mariya Konovalova RUS 14:58.60
8. Yamna Oubouhou FRA 15:03.47
9. Marta Domínguez ESP 15:16.93
10. Megumi Oshima JPN 15:17.92
11. Cheri Kenah USA 15:20.12
12. Susanne Pumper AUT 15:24.38
13. Getenesh Urge ETH 15:29.60
14. Katalin Szentgyörgyi HUN 15:37.00
15. Michiko Shimizu JPN 15:46.28
1997 Aug 09 Athens, GRE
5000 m
1. Gabriela Szabo ROU 14:57.68
2. Roberta Brunet ITA 14:58.29
3. Fernanda Ribeiro POR 14:58.85
4. Paula Radcliffe GBR 15:01.74
5. Lydia Cheromei KEN 15:07.88
6. Jianying Liu CHN 15:10.64
7. Libbie Johnson-Hickman USA 15:11.15
8. Harumi Hiroyama JPN 15:21.19
9. Li Wei CHN 15:24.04
10. Merima Denboba ETH 15:27.76
11. Kate Anderson-Richardson AUS 15:27.78
12. Ayelech Worku ETH 15:28.07
13. Naoko Takahashi JPN 15:32.83
14. Gunhild Haugen NOR 15:37.85
15. Yuko Kawakami JPN 15:45.48
1995 Aug 12 Gothenburg, SWE
5000 m
1. Sonia O'Sullivan IRL 14:46.47
2. Fernanda Ribeiro POR 14:48.54
3. Zahra Ouaziz MAR 14:53.77
4. Gabriela Szabo ROU 14:56.57
5. Paula Radcliffe GBR 14:57.02
6. Mariya Konovalova RUS 15:01.23
7. Rose Cheruiyot KEN 15:02.45
8. Gwen Griffiths-Van Lingen RSA 15:08.05
9. Sara Wedlund SWE 15:08.36
10. Elena Fidatov ROU 15:12.58
11. Sally Barsosio KEN 15:39.57
12. Michiko Shimizu JPN 15:45.30
13. Florence Barsosio KEN 15:56.96
Gina Procaccio USA DNF
Olga Churbanova RUS DNF
1993 Aug 16 Stuttgart, GER
3000 m
1. Yunxia Qu CHN 8:28.71
2. Linli Zhang CHN 8:29.25
3. Lirong Zhang CHN 8:31.95
4. Sonia O'Sullivan IRL 8:33.38
5. Alison Wyeth GBR 8:38.42
6. Yelena Romanova RUS 8:39.69
7. Paula Radcliffe GBR 8:40.40
8. Lyudmila Borisova RUS 8:40.78
9. Yvonne Murray GBR 8:43.46
10. Annette Peters USA 8:45.56
11. Ebru Kavaklioglu RUS 8:50.49
12. Claudia Lokar GER 8:51.35
13. Annemari Sandell-Hyrvärinen FIN 8:53.58
14. Luminita Zaituc ROU 9:01.38
15. Esther Kiplagat KEN 9:07.05
1991 Aug 26 Tokyo, JPN
3000 m
1. Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh URS 8:35.82
2. Yelena Romanova URS 8:36.06
3. Susan Sirma KEN 8:39.41
4. Päivi Tikkanen FIN 8:41.30
5. Margareta Keszeg ROU 8:42.02
6. Roberta Brunet ITA 8:42.64
7. Judi St. Hilaire USA 8:44.02
8. Annette Peters USA 8:44.02
9. Gitte Karlshøj DEN 8:44.35
10. Yvonne Murray GBR 8:44.52
11. Alison Wyeth GBR 8:44.73
12. Pauline Konga KEN 8:46.66
13. Lyudmila Borisova URS 8:51.49
14. Shelly Steely USA 8:53.70
15. Marie-Pierre Duros FRA 9:08.31
1987 Sep 01 Rome, ITA
3000 m
1. Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh URS 8:38.73
2. Maricica Puica ROU 8:39.45
3. Ulrike Bruns GDR 8:40.30
4. Cornelia Bürki SUI 8:40.31
5. Yelena Romanova URS 8:41.33
6. Elly Van Hulst NED 8:42.56
7. Yvonne Murray GBR 8:43.94
8. Wendy Sly GBR 8:45.85
9. Lynn Kanuka-Williams CAN 8:49.91
10. Mary Knisely USA 8:50.99
11. Vera Michallek FRG 8:55.16
12. Christine Tranter-Benning GBR 8:57.92
13. Debbie Scott-Bowker CAN 8:58.63
14. Marie-Pierre Duros FRA 9:14.61
Olga Bondarenko URS DNF
1983 Aug 10 Helsinki, FIN
3000 m
1. Mary Slaney USA 8:34.62
2. Brigitte Kraus FRG 8:35.11
3. Tatyana Kazankina URS 8:35.13
4. Svetlana Ulmasova URS 8:35.55
5. Wendy Sly GBR 8:37.06
6. Agnese Possamai ITA 8:37.96
7. Jane Furniss-Shields GBR 8:45.69
8. Natalya Artyomova URS 8:47.98
9. Aurora Cunha POR 8:50.20
10. Lynn Kanuka-Williams CAN 8:50.20
11. Cornelia Bürki SUI 8:53.85
12. Eva Ernström SWE 8:57.59
13. Christine Tranter-Benning GBR 8:58.01
14. Lorraine Moller NZL 9:02.19
15. Alison Wiley CAN 9:15.35