Olympian Database
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| Budapest 2023 |  | DOM | Marileidy Paulino | |
| Eugene 2022 |  | BAH | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | |
| Doha 2019 |  | BRN | Salwa Eid Naser | |
| London 2017 |  | USA | Phyllis Francis | |
| Beijing 2015 | | USA | Allyson Felix | |
| Moscow 2013 |  | GBR | Christine Ohuruogu | |
| Daegu 2011 |  | BOT | Amantle Montsho | |
| Berlin 2009 | | USA | Sanya Richards | |
| Osaka 2007 | | GBR | Christine Ohuruogu | |
| Helsinki 2005 | | BAH | Tonique Williams-Darling | |
| Paris 2003 |  | MEX | Ana Guevara | |
| Edmonton 2001 |  | SEN | Amy Mbacke Thiam | |
| Sevilla 1999 |  | AUS | Cathy Freeman | |
| Athens 1997 | | AUS | Cathy Freeman | |
| Göteborg 1995 |  | FRA | Marie-Jose Pérec | |
| Stuttgart 1993 | | USA | Jearl Miles-Clark | |
| Tokyo 1991 | | FRA | Marie-Jose Pérec | |
| Rome 1987 |  | URS | Olga Bryzgina | |
| Helsinki 1983 |  | TCH | Jarmila Kratochvilová | |
