| # | jaar | plaats | goud | zilver | brons | |||
| 1 | 1960 | Squaw Valley | Klara Goeseva | URS | Helga Haase | GDR | Tamara Rylova | URS |
| 2 | 1964 | Innsbruck | Lidija Skoblikova | URS | Irina Jegorova | URS | Kaija Mustonen | FIN |
| 3 | 1968 | Grenoble | Carry Geijssen | NED | Ljoedmila Titova | URS | Dianne Holum | USA |
| 4 | 1972 | Sapporo | Monika Pflug | FRG | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | NED | Anne Henning | USA |
| 5 | 1976 | Innsbruck | Tatjana Averina | URS | Leah Poulos | USA | Sheila Young | USA |
| 6 | 1980 | Lake Placid | Natalja Petroesjova | URS | Leah Poulos-Mueller | USA | Sylvia Albrecht | GDR |
| 7 | 1984 | Sarajevo | Karin Enke | GDR | Andrea Schöne-Mitscherlich | GDR | Natalja Petroesjova | URS |
| 8 | 1988 | Calgary | Christa Rothenburger | GDR | Karin Kania-Enke | GDR | Bonnie Blair | USA |
| 9 | 1992 | Albertville | Bonnie Blair | USA | Ye Qiaobo | CHN | Monique Garbrecht | GER |
| 10 | 1994 | Lillehammer | Bonnie Blair | USA | Anke Baier | GER | Ye Qiaobo | CHN |
| 11 | 1998 | Nagano | Marianne Timmer | NED | Chris Witty | USA | Catriona Le May Doan | CAN |
| 12 | 2002 | Salt Lake City | Chris Witty | USA | Sabine Völker | GER | Jennifer Rodriguez | USA |
| 13 | 2006 | Turijn | Marianne Timmer | NED | Cindy Klassen | CAN | Anni Friesinger | GER |
| 14 | 2010 | Vancouver | Christine Nesbitt | CAN | Annette Gerritsen | NED | Laurine van Riessen | NED |
