1948. Fanny Blankers-Koen | 1952. Marjorie Jackson | 1956. Betty Cuthbert | 1960. Wilma Rudolph | 1964. Edith McGuire | 1968. Irena Szewińska | 1972. Renate Stecher | 1976. Bärbel Eckert | 1980. Bärbel Wöckel | 1984. Valerie Brisco Hooks | 1988. Florence Griffith Joyner | 1992. Gwen Torrence | 1996. Marie-José Perec | 2000. Marion Jones | 2004. Veronica Campbell | 2008. Veronica Campbell | 2012. Allyson Felix | 2016. Elaine Thompson