| Year
| Location
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| 2012
| London (gbr)
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| 2008
| Beijing (chn)
| Valerie Vili (nzl)
| Natalya Mikhnevich (blr)
| Nadzeya Ostapchuk (blr)
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| 2004
| Athínai (gre)
| Yumileidi Cumba (cub)
| Nadine Kleinert (ger)
| Svetlana Krivelyova (rus)
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| 2000
| Sydney (aus)
| Yanina Karolchik (blr)
| Larisa Peleshenko (rus)
| Astrid Kumbernuss (ger)
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| 1996
| Atlanta (usa)
| Astrid Kumbernuss (ger)
| Sui Xinmei (chn)
| Irina Khudorozhkina (rus)
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| 1992
| Barcelona (spa)
| Svetlana Krivelyova (cis)
| Huang Zhihong (chn)
| Kathrin Neimke (ger)
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| 1988
| Seoul (sko)
| Natalya Lisovskaya (sov)
| Kathrin Neimke (ege)
| Li Meisu (chn)
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| 1984
| Los Angeles (usa)
| Claudia Losch (wge)
| Mihaela Loghin (rom)
| Gael Martin (aus)
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| 1980
| Moskva (sov)
| Ilona Schoknecht-Slupianek (ege)
| Svetlana Krachevskaya-Dolzhenko (sov)
| Margitta Dröse-Pufe (ege)
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| 1976
| Montréal (can)
| Ivanka Hristova (bul)
| Nadezhda Chizhova (sov)
| Helena Fibingerová (czs)
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| 1972
| München (wge)
| Nadezhda Chizhova (sov)
| Margitta Gummel-Helmbold (ege)
| Ivanka Hristova (bul)
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| 1968
| Mexico City (mex)
| Margitta Gummel-Helmbold (ege)
| Marita Lange (ege)
| Nadezhda Chizhova (sov)
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| 1964
| Tokyo (jpn)
| Tamara Press (sov)
| Renate Garisch-Culmberger (ger)
| Galina Zybina (sov)
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| 1960
| Roma (ita)
| Tamara Press (sov)
| Johanna Lüttge (ger)
| Earlene Brown (usa)
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| 1956
| Melbourne (aus)
| Tamara Tyshkevich (sov)
| Galina Zybina (sov)
| Marianne Werner (ger)
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| 1952
| Helsinki (fin)
| Galina Zybina (sov)
| Marianne Werner (ger)
| Klavdiya Tochenova (sov)
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| 1948
| London (gbr)
| Micheline Ostermeyer (fra)
| Amelia Piccinini (ita)
| Ine Schäffer (aut)
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