| 2012 |
| (London, August 10) |
| 1 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 15:04.25 | | |
| 2 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 15:04.73 | | |
| 3 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 15:05.15 | | |
| 4 | Sally Kipyego (Kenya) | 15:05.79 | | |
| 5 | Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) | 15:10.66 | | |
| 6 | Viola Kibiwott (Kenya) | 15:11.59 | | |
| 7 | Jo Pavey (Great Britain) | 15:12.72 | | |
| 8 | Julia Bleasdale (Great Britain) | 15:14.55 | | |
| [Molly Huddle (USA) 11th 15:20.29] |
| [Julie Culley (USA) 14th 15:28.22] |
| 2008 |
| 1 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 15:41.40 | | |
| 2 | Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) | 15:42.74 | | |
| 3 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 15:44.12 | | |
| 4 | Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) | 15:44.96 | | |
| 5 | Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 15:46.32 | | |
| 6 | Liliya Shobukhova (Russia) | 15:46.6.2 | | |
| 7 | Alemitu Bekele (Turkey) | 15:48.48 | | |
| 8 | Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) | 15:49.03 | | |
| [9 | Kara Goucher (USA) 15:49.39] | | | |
| [10 | Shalane Flanagan (USA) 15:50.80] | | | |
| [14 | Jen Rhines (USA) 16:34.63] | | | |
| 2004 |
| 1 | Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) | 14:45.65 | | |
| 2 | Isabella Ochichi (Kenya) | 14:48.19 | | |
| 3 | Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) | 14:51.83 | | |
| 4 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) | 14:55.52 | | |
| 5 | Jo Pavey (Great Britain) | 14:57.87 | | |
| 6 | Gulnara Galkina (Russia) | 15:02.30 | | |
| 7 | Irina Mikitenko (Germany) | 15:03.36 | | |
| 8 | Yingjie Sun (China) | 15:07.23 | | |
| [Marla Runyan (USA) 9th in heat] |
| [Shalane Flanagan (USA) 11th in heat] |
| [Shayne Culpepper (USA) 13th in heat] |
| 2000 |
| 1 | Gabriela Szabo (Romania) | 14:40.79 | | |
| 2 | Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) | 14:41.02 | | |
| 3 | Gete Wami (Ethiopia) | 14:42.23 | | |
| 4 | Ayelech Worku (Ethiopia) | 14:42.67 | | |
| 5 | Irina Mikitenko (Germany) | 14:43.59 | | |
| 6 | Lydia Cheromei (Kenya) | 14:47.35 | | |
| 7 | Worknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) | 14:47.40 | | |
| 8 | Olga Yegorova (Russia) | 14:50.31 | | |
| [Elva Dryer (USA) 7th in heat] |
| [Amy Rudolph (USA) 7th in heat] |
| [Anne Marie Lauck (USA) 11th in heat] |
| [Szabo 14:40.79 OR] |
| 1996 |
| 1 | Junxia Wang (China) | 14:59.88 | | |
| 2 | Pauline Konga (Kenya) | 15:03.49 | | |
| 3 | Roberta Brunet (Italy) | 15:07.52 | | |
| 4 | Michiko Shimizu (Japan) | 15:09.05 | | |
| 5 | Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) | 15:13.11 | | |
| 6 | Yelena Romanova (Russia) | 15:14.09 | | |
| 7 | Elena Fidatov (Romania) | 15:16.71 | | |
| 8 | Rose Cheruiyot (Kenya) | 15:17.33 | | |
| [9 | Lynn Jennings (USA) 15:17.50] | | | |
| [10 | Amy Rudolph (USA) 15:19.77] | | | |
| [Mary Slaney (USA) 7th in heat, subsequent dope DQ] |
| [Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 15:15.80 OR {heat}; Konga |
| 15:07.01 OR {heat}; Wang 14:59.88 OR] |
| 1992 |
| (3000) |
| 1 | Yelena Romanova (Russia) | 8:46.04 | | |
| 2 | Tatyana Dorovskikh (Ukraine) | 8:46.85 | | |
| 3 | Angela Chalmers (Canada) | 8:47.22 | | |
| 4 | Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) | 8:47.41 | | |
| 5 | PattiSue Plumer (USA) | 8:48.29 | | |
| 6 | Yelena Kopytova (Russia) | 8:49.55 | | |
| 7 | Shelly Steely (USA) | 8:52.67 | | |
| 8 | Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) | 8:55.85 | | |
| [Annette Peters (USA) 4th in heat] |
| 1988 |
| (3000) |
| 1 | Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) | 8:26.53 | | |
| 2 | Paula Ivan (Romania) | 8:27.15 | | |
| 3 | Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) | 8:29.02 | | |
| 4 | Yelena Romanova (Soviet Union) | 8:30.45 | | |
| 5 | Natalya Artyomova (Soviet Union) | 8:31.67 | | |
| 6 | Vicki Huber (USA) | 8:37.25 | | |
| 7 | Wendy Sly (Great Britain) | 8:37.70 | | |
| 8 | Lynn Williams (Canada) | 8:38.43 | | |
| [10 | Mary Slaney (USA) 8:47.13] | | | |
| [13 | PattiSue Plumer (USA) 8:59.17] | | | |
| [Dorovskikh 8:26.53 OR] |
| 1984 |
| (3000) |
| 1 | Maricica Puica (Romania) | 8:35.96 | | |
| 2 | Wendy Sly (Great Britain) | 8:39.47 | | |
| 3 | Lynn Williams (Canada) | 8:42.14 | | |
| 4 | Cindy Bremser (USA) | 8:42.78 | | |
| 5 | Cornelia Bürki (Switzerland) | 8:45.20 | | |
| 6 | Aurora Cunha (Portugal) | 8:46.37 | | |
| 7 | Zola Pieterse (Great Britain) | 8:48.80 | | |
| 8 | Joan Hansen (USA) | 8:51.53 | | |
| DNF—Mary Slaney (USA) |
| [Slaney 8:44.38 OR {heat}; Puica 8:43.32 OR {heat}, 8:35.96 OR] |
| 1980 |
| (not contested 1928-1980) |
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