List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki details Ramona Gohler-Neubert ( GDR ) Sabine Mobius-Paetz ( GDR ) Anke Vater ( GDR )
1987 Rome details Jackie Joyner-Kersee ( USA ) Larisa Nikitina ( URS ) Jane Frederick ( USA )
1991 Tokyo details Sabine Braun ( GER ) Liliana Năstase ( ROU ) Irina Belova ( URS )
1993 Stuttgart details Jackie Joyner-Kersee ( USA ) Sabine Braun ( GER ) Svetlana Buraga ( BLR )
1995 Gothenburg details Ghada Shouaa ( SYR ) Svetlana Moskalets ( RUS ) Rita Ináncsi ( HUN )
1997 Athens details Sabine Braun ( GER ) Denise Lewis ( GBR ) Remigija Nazarovienė ( LTU )
1999 Seville details Eunice Barber ( FRA ) Denise Lewis ( GBR ) Ghada Shouaa ( SYR )
2001 Edmonton details Yelena Prokhorova ( RUS ) Natallia Sazanovich ( BLR ) Shelia Burrell ( USA )
2003 Saint-Denis details Carolina Klüft ( SWE ) Eunice Barber ( FRA ) Natallia Sazanovich ( BLR )
2005 Helsinki details Carolina Klüft ( SWE ) Eunice Barber ( FRA ) Margaret Simpson ( GHA )
2007 Osaka details Carolina Klüft ( SWE ) Lyudmyla Blonska ( UKR ) Kelly Sotherton ( GBR )
2009 Berlin details Jessica Ennis ( GBR ) Jennifer Oeser ( GER ) Kamila Chudzik ( POL )
2011 Daegu details Jessica Ennis ( GBR ) Jennifer Oeser ( GER ) Karolina Tymińska ( POL )
2013 Moscow details Hanna Melnychenko ( UKR ) Brianne Theisen-Eaton ( CAN ) Dafne Schippers ( NED )
2015 Beijing details Jessica Ennis-Hill ( GBR ) Brianne Theisen-Eaton ( CAN ) Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa ( LAT )
2017 London details Nafissatou Thiam ( BEL ) Carolin Schäfer ( GER ) Anouk Vetter ( NED )
2019 Doha details Katarina Johnson-Thompson ( GBR ) Nafissatou Thiam ( BEL ) Verena Preiner ( AUT )
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Women have contested events at the World Athletics Championships since its inauguration in 1983. The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off edition of the championships was also held the same year at the 1980 Summer Olympics to include the IAAF-approved international women's events in 400 metres hurdles and 3000 metres which were not added to the Olympic athletics programme that year due to a dispute with the International Olympic Committee.