| 2020 | Elaine Thompson (21sec 53) | Christine Mboma (21sec 81) | Gabrielle Thomas (21sec 87) |
| 2016 | Elaine Thompson (21sec 78) | Dafne Schippers (21sec 88) | Tori Bowie (22sec 15) |
| 2012 | Allyson Felix (21sec 88) | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (22sec 9) | Carmelita Jeter (22sec 14) |
| 2008 | Veronica Campbell-Brown (21sec 74) | Allyson Felix (21sec 93) | Kerron Stewart (22sec 0) |
| 2004 | Veronica Campbell (22sec 5) | Allyson Felix (22sec 18) | Debbie Ferguson (22sec 30) |
| 2000 | Pauline Davis-Thompson (22sec 27) | Susanthika Jayasinghe (22sec 28) | Beverly McDonald (22sec 35) |
| 1996 | Marie-José Pérec (22sec 12) | Merlene Ottey (22sec 24) | Mary Onyali (22sec 38) |
| 1992 | Gwen Torrence (21sec 81) | Juliet Cuthbert (22sec 2) | Merlene Ottey (22sec 9) |
| 1988 | Florence Griffith-Joyner (21sec 34) | Grace Jackson (21sec 72) | Heike Drechsler (21sec 95) |
| 1984 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks (21sec 81) | Florence Griffith (22sec 4) | Merlene Ottey (22sec 9) |
| 1980 | Bärbel Wöckel (22sec 3) | Natalya Bochina (22sec 19) | Merlene Ottey (22sec 20) |
| 1976 | Bärbel Eckert (22sec 37) | Annegret Richter (22sec 39) | Renate Stecher (22sec 47) |
| 1972 | Renate Stecher (22sec 40) | Raelene Boyle (22sec 45) | Irena Szewińska (22sec 74) |
| 1968 | Irena Szewińska (22sec 5) | Raelene Boyle (22sec 7) | Jenny Lamy (22sec 8) |
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| 1964 | Edith McGuire (23sec 0) | Irena Kirszenstein (23sec 1) | Marilyn Black (23sec 1) |
| 1960 | Wilma Rudolph (24sec 0) | Jutta Heine (24sec 4) | Dorothy Hyman (24sec 7) |
| 1956 | Betty Cuthbert (23sec 4) | Christa Stubnick (23sec 7) | Marlene Mathews (23sec 8) |
| 1952 | Marjorie Jackson (23sec 7) | Puck Brouwer (24sec 2) | Nadezhda Khnykina (24sec 2) |
| 1948 | Fanny Blankers-Koen (24sec 4) | Audrey Williamson (25sec 1) | Audrey Patterson (25sec 2) |