| Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
1973
(3.99 km) |
Paola Pigni
Italy |
13:45.2 |
Joyce Smith
England |
13:58 |
Josee van Santberghe
Belgium |
14:01 |
1974
(4 km) |
Paola Pigni
Italy |
12:42 |
Nina Holmén
Finland |
12:47.6 |
Rita Ridley
England |
12:54 |
1975
(3.9 km) |
Julie Brown
United States |
13:42 |
Bronislawa Ludwichowska
Poland |
13:47 |
Carmen Valero
Spain |
13:48 |
1976
(4.8 km) |
Carmen Valero
Spain |
16:19.4 |
Tatyana Kazankina
Soviet Union |
16:39 |
Gabriella Dorio
Italy |
16:56 |
1977
(5.1 km) |
Carmen Valero
Spain |
17:26 |
Lyudmila Bragina
Soviet Union |
17:28 |
Giana Romanova
Soviet Union |
17:35 |
1978
(4.728 km) |
Grete Waitz
Norway |
16:19 |
Natalia Mărăşescu
Romania |
16:49 |
Maricica Puică
Romania |
16:59 |
1979
(5.04 km) |
Grete Waitz
Norway |
16:48 |
Raisa Smekhnova
Soviet Union |
17:14 |
Ellison Goodall
United States |
17:18 |
1980
(4.82 km) |
Grete Waitz
Norway |
15:05 |
Irina Bondarchuk
Soviet Union |
15:49 |
Yelena Chernysheva
Soviet Union |
15:52 |
1981
(4.41 km) |
Grete Waitz
Norway |
14:07 |
Jan Merrill
United States |
14:22 |
Yelena Sipatova
Soviet Union |
14:22 |
1982
(4.663 km) |
Maricica Puică
Romania |
14:38.9 |
Fiţa Lovin
Romania |
14:40.5 |
Grete Waitz
Norway |
14:43.9 |
1983
(4.072 km) |
Grete Waitz
Norway |
13:29 |
Alison Wiley
Canada |
13:37 |
Tatyana Pozdnyakova
Soviet Union |
13:37 |
1984
(5 km) |
Maricica Puică
Romania |
15:56 |
Galina Zakharova
Soviet Union |
15:58 |
Grete Waitz
Norway |
15:58 |
1985
(4.99 km) |
Zola Budd
England |
15:01 |
Cathy Branta
United States |
15:24 |
Ingrid Kristiansen
Norway |
15:27 |
1986
(4.65 km) |
Zola Budd
England |
14:49.6 |
Lynn Jennings
United States |
15:07.8 |
Annette Sergent
France |
15:12.2 |
1987
(5.05 km) |
Annette Sergent
France |
16:46 |
Liz Lynch
Scotland |
16:48 |
Ingrid Kristiansen
Norway |
16:51 |
1988
(5.962 km) |
Ingrid Kristiansen
Norway |
19:04 |
Angela Tooby
United Kingdom |
19:23 |
Annette Sergent
France |
19:29 |
1989
(6 km) |
Annette Sergent
France |
22:27 |
Nadezhda Stepanova
Soviet Union |
22:34 |
Lynn Williams
Canada |
22:41 |
1990
(6 km) |
Lynn Jennings
United States |
19:21 |
Albertina Dias
Portugal |
19:33 |
Yelena Romanova
Soviet Union |
19:33 |
1991
(6.425 km) |
Lynn Jennings
United States |
20:24 |
Derartu Tulu
Ethiopia |
20:27 |
Liz McColgan
United Kingdom |
20:28 |
1992
(6.37 km) |
Lynn Jennings
United States |
21:16 |
Catherina McKiernan
Ireland |
21:18 |
Albertina Dias
Portugal |
21:19 |
1993
(6.35 km) |
Albertina Dias
Portugal |
20:00 |
Catherina McKiernan
Ireland |
20:09 |
Lynn Jennings
United States |
20:09 |
1994
(6.22 km) |
Hellen Chepngeno
Kenya |
20:45 |
Catherina McKiernan
Ireland |
20:52 |
Conceição Ferreira
Portugal |
20:52 |
1995
(6.47 km) |
Derartu Tulu
Ethiopia |
20:21 |
Catherina McKiernan
Ireland |
20:29 |
Sally Barsosio
Kenya |
20:39 |
1996
(6.3 km) |
Gete Wami
Ethiopia |
20:12 |
Rose Cheruiyot
Kenya |
20:18 |
Naomi Mugo
Kenya |
20:21 |
1997
(6.6 km) |
Derartu Tulu
Ethiopia |
20:53 |
Paula Radcliffe
United Kingdom |
20:55 |
Gete Wami
Ethiopia |
21:00 |
1998
(8 km) |
Sonia O’Sullivan
Ireland |
25:39 |
Paula Radcliffe
United Kingdom |
25:42 |
Gete Wami
Ethiopia |
25:49 |
1999
(8.012 km) |
Gete Wami
Ethiopia |
28:00 |
Merima Denboba
Ethiopia |
28:12 |
Paula Radcliffe
United Kingdom |
28:12 |
2000
(8.08 km) |
Derartu Tulu
Ethiopia |
25:42 |
Gete Wami
Ethiopia |
25:48 |
Susan Chepkemei
Kenya |
25:50 |
2001
(7.7 km) |
Paula Radcliffe
United Kingdom |
27:49 |
Gete Wami
Ethiopia |
27:52 |
Lydia Cheromei
Kenya |
28:07 |
2002
(7.974 km) |
Paula Radcliffe
United Kingdom |
26:55 |
Deena Drossin
United States |
27:04 |
Colleen de Reuck
United States |
27:17 |
2003
(7.92 km) |
Worknesh Kidane
Ethiopia |
25:53 |
Deena Drossin
United States |
26:02 |
Merima Denboba
Ethiopia |
26:28 |
2004
(8 km) |
Benita Johnson
Australia |
27:17 |
Ejagayehu Dibaba
Ethiopia |
27:29 |
Worknesh Kidane
Ethiopia |
27:34 |
2005
(8.108 km) |
Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia |
26:34 |
Alice Timbilil
Kenya |
26:37 |
Worknesh Kidane
Ethiopia |
26:37 |
2006
(8 km) |
Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia |
25:21 |
Lornah Kiplagat
Netherlands |
25:26 |
Meselech Melkamu
Ethiopia |
25:38 |
2007
(8 km) |
Lornah Kiplagat
Netherlands |
26:23 |
Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia |
26:47 |
Meselech Melkamu
Ethiopia |
26:48 |
2008
(7.905 km) |
Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia |
25:10 |
Mestawet Tufa
Ethiopia |
25:15 |
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai
Kenya |
25:18 |
2009
(8 km) |
Florence Jebet Kiplagat
Kenya |
26:13 |
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai
Kenya |
26:16 |
Meselech Melkamu
Ethiopia |
26:19 |
2010
(7.759 km) |
Emily Chebet
Kenya |
24:19 |
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai
Kenya |
24:20 |
Meselech Melkamu
Ethiopia |
24:26 |
2011
(8 km) |
Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot
Kenya |
24:58 |
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai
Kenya |
25:07 |
Shalane Flanagan
United States |
25:10 |
2013
(8 km) |
Emily Chebet
Kenya |
24:24 |
Hiwot Ayalew
Ethiopia |
24:27 |
Belaynesh Oljira
Ethiopia |
24:33 |
2015
(8 km) |
Agnes Jebet Tirop
Kenya |
26:01 |
Senbere Teferi
Ethiopia |
26:06 |
Netsanet Gudeta
Ethiopia |
26:11 |
2017
(9,858 km) |
Irene Cheptai
Kenya |
31:57 |
Alice Aprot Nawowuna
Kenya |
32:01 |
Lilian Rengeruk
Kenya |
32:11 |
2019
(10 km) |
Hellen Obiri
Kenya |
36:14 |
Dera Dida
Ethiopia |
36:16 |
Letesenbet Gidey
Ethiopia |
36:24 |