Template:World Championships in Athletics medalists in women's marathon

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Grete Waitz (NOR)	Marianne Dickerson (USA)	Raisa Smekhnova (URS)
1987 Rome details	Rosa Mota (POR)	Zoya Ivanova (URS)	Jocelyne Villeton (FRA)
1991 Tokyo details	Wanda Panfil (POL)	Sachiko Yamashita (JPN)	Katrin Dörre (GER)
1993 Stuttgart details	Junko Asari (JPN)	Manuela Machado (POR)	Tomoe Abe (JPN)
1995 Gothenburg details	Manuela Machado (POR)	Anuța Cătună (ROU)	Ornella Ferrara (ITA)
1997 Athens details	Hiromi Suzuki (JPN)	Manuela Machado (POR)	Lidia Slăvuțeanu (ROU)
1999 Seville details	Jong Song-ok (PRK)	Ari Ichihashi (JPN)	Lidia Șimon (ROU)
2001 Edmonton details	Lidia Șimon (ROU)	Reiko Tosa (JPN)	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)	Masako Chiba (JPN)
2005 Helsinki details	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	Constantina Diţă-Tomescu (ROU)
2007 Osaka details	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)	Reiko Tosa (JPN)
2009 Berlin details	Bai Xue (CHN)	Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN)	Aselefech Mergia (ETH)
2011 Daegu details	Edna Kiplagat (KEN)	Priscah Jeptoo (KEN)	Sharon Cherop (KEN)
2013 Moscow details	Edna Kiplagat (KEN)	Valeria Straneo (ITA)	Kayoko Fukushi (JPN)
2015 Beijing details	Mare Dibaba (ETH)	Helah Kiprop (KEN)	Eunice Kirwa (BHR)
2017 London details	Rose Chelimo (BHR)	Edna Kiplagat (KEN)	Amy Cragg (USA)
2019 Doha details	Ruth Chepng'etich (KEN)	Rose Chelimo (BHR)	Helalia Johannes (NAM)
2022 Eugene details	Gotytom Gebreslase (ETH)	Judith Korir (KEN)	Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (ISR)
2023 Budapest details	Amane Beriso Shankule (ETH)	Gotytom Gebreslase (ETH)	Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi (MAR)