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All Years
1973
1
Paola Cacchi
ITA
8.56.6
2
Lyudmila Bragina
URS
8.57.4
3
Inger Knutsson
SWE
8.58.36
4
Nina Holmen
FIN
9.00.48
5
Pirjo Vihonen
FIN
9.02.94
6
Tamara Pangelova
URS
9.07.2
7
Joyce Smith
GBR
9.08.2
8
Maiya Iztomina
URS
9.09.6
9
Zsuzsa Völgyi
HUN
9.12.2
10
Nekodina Dobrynina
URS
9.13.0
1974
1
Lyudmila Bragina
URS
8.52.74
2
Nina Holmen
FIN
8.55.10
3
Joyce Smith
GBR
8.55.53
4
Natalia Andrei
ROU
8.58.95
5
Paola Cacchi
ITA
9.01.40
6
Francie Larrieu
USA
9.03.2
7
Thelma Wright
CAN
9.03.4
8
Tamara Pangelova
URS
9.04.4
9
Bronislawa Ludwichowska
POL
9.05.14
10
Ann Yeoman
GBR
9.06.89
1975
1
Grete Andersen
NOR
8.46.6
2
Inger Knutsson
SWE
8.51.04
3
Raisa Katyukova
URS
8.51.8
4
Natalia Andrei
ROU
8.54.09
5
Thelma Wright
CAN
8.54.94
6
Svetlana Ulmasova
URS
8.55.88
7
Tatyana Kazankina
URS
8.57.8
8
Bronislawa Ludwichowska
POL
8.58.8
9
Nina Holmen
FIN
9.00.62
10
Katja Hermann
GDR
9.01.8
1976
1
Lyudmila Bragina
URS
8.27.12
2
Raisa Katyukova
URS
8.41.77
3
Grete Waitz
NOR
8.45.4
4
Svetlana Ulmasova
URS
8.48.4
5
Giana Romanova
URS
8.52.2
6
Olga Dvirna
URS
8.54.2
7
Francie Larrieu-Lutz
USA
8.54.95
8
Ulrike Klapezynski-Bruns
GDR
8.55.6
9
Janice Merrill
USA
8.57.2
10
Raisa Sadretdinova
URS
8.58.6
1977
1
Grete Waitz-Andersen
NOR
8.36.8
2
Natalia Andrei-Marasescu
ROU
8.45.8
3
Lyudmila Bragina
URS
8.46.3
4
Maricica Puica
ROU
8.46.4
5
Janice Merrill
USA
8.46.6
6
Ulrike Bruns
GDR
8.49.2
7
Ann Ford
GBR
8.52.79
8
Gabriele Meinel
GDR
8.53.91
9
Irina Bondarchuk
URS
8.57.5
10
Svetlana Ulmasova
URS
8.58.6
1978
1
Grete Waitz
NOR
8.32.1
2
Svetlana Ulmasova
URS
8.33.16
3
Natalia Marasescu
ROU
8.33.53
4
Maricica Puica
ROU
8.40.94
5
Loa Olafsson
DEN
8.42.3
6
Janice Merrill
USA
8.42.6
7
Giana Romanova
URS
8.43.0
8
Raisa Belousova
URS
8.45.6
8
Valentina Ilyinych
URS
8.45.6
10
Cornelia Bürki
SUI
8.46.1
1979
1
Grete Waitz
NOR
8.31.75
2
Svetlana Ulmasova
URS
8.36.32
3
Lyubov Smolka
URS
8.41.3
4
Faina Krasnova
URS
8.41.6
5
Yelena Sipatova
URS
8.44.1
6
Raisa Belousova
URS
8.44.7
7
Raisa Smekhnova
URS
8.46.2
8
Valentina Ilyinych
URS
8.46.5
8
Tatyana Sychova
URS
8.46.5
10
Svetlana Guskova
URS
8.46.8
1980
1
Yelena Sipatova
URS
8.33.53
2
Tatyana Sychova
URS
8.33.9
3
Faina Krasnova
URS
8.34.0
4
Lyubov Smolka
URS
8.36.0
5
Tatyana Pozdnyakova
URS
8.37.6
6
Mary Slaney
USA
8.38.73
7
Grete Waitz
NOR
8.40.23
8
Nina Yapeyeva
URS
8.40.4
9
Giana Romanova
URS
8.41.8
10
Raisa Sadretdinova
URS
8.44.7
1981
1
Maricica Puica
ROU
8.34.30
2
Tatyana Pozdnyakova
URS
8.34.80
3
Alla Yushina
URS
8.38.34
4
Olga Dvirna
URS
8.44.6
5
Grete Waitz
NOR
8.44.64
6
Galina Zakharova
URS
8.46.0
7
Silvana Cruciata
ITA
8.46.8
8
Gabriella Dorio
ITA
8.48.65
9
Sarina Mostert
RSA
8.49.3
10
Angelika Zauber
GDR
8.49.61
1982
1
Svetlana Ulmasova
URS
8.26.78
2
Svetlana Guskova
URS
8.29.36
3
Mary Slaney
USA
8.29.71
4
Maricica Puica
ROU
8.31.67
5
Galina Zakharova
URS
8.33.40
6
Yelena Sipatova
URS
8.34.06
7
Tatyana Pozdnyakova
URS
8.35.31
8
Alla Libutina
URS
8.35.74
9
Olga Dvirna
URS
8.36.40
10
Tatyana Kazankina
URS
8.36.54
1983
1
Tatyana Kazankina
URS
8.32.08
2
Alla Yushina
URS
8.34.02
3
Galina Zakharova
URS
8.34.60
4
Mary Slaney
USA
8.34.62
5
Svetlana Guskova
URS
8.35.06
6
Brigitte Kraus
FRG
8.35.11
7
Svetlana Ulmasova
URS
8.35.55
8
Wendy Sly
GBR
8.37.06
9
Tatyana Pozdnyakova
URS
8.37.32
10
Olga Dvirna
URS
8.37.40
1984
1
Tatyana Kazankina
URS
8.22.62
2
Svetlana Guskova
URS
8.29.59
3
Tatyana Pozdnyakova
URS
8.32.0
4
Maricica Puica
ROU
8.33.57
5
Mary Slaney
USA
8.34.91
6
Olga Bondarenko
URS
8.36.20
7
Ulrike Bruns
GDR
8.36.38
8
Galina Zakharova
URS
8.37.07
9
Zola Budd
RSA
8.37.5
10
Alla Yushina
URS
8.37.76
1985
1
Mary Slaney
USA
8.25.83
2
Maricica Puica
ROU
8.27.83
3
Zola Pieterse
GBR
8.28.83
4
Zamira Zaytseva
URS
8.35.74
5
Ulrike Bruns
GDR
8.36.51
6
Lynn Williams
CAN
8.37.38
7
Yelena Vyazova
URS
8.38.1
8
Cornelia Bürki
SUI
8.38.71
9
Ingrid Kristiansen
NOR
8.40.34
10
Olga Bondarenko
URS
8.42.19
1986
1
Olga Bondarenko
URS
8.33.99
2
Ingrid Kristiansen
NOR
8.34.10
3
Zola Pieterse
GBR
8.34.43
4
Maricica Puica
ROU
8.35.92
5
Tatyana Dorovskikh
URS
8.36.00
6
Doina Melinte
ROU
8.37.11
7
Yvonne Murray
GBR
8.37.15
8
Mariana Chirila
ROU
8.38.83
9
Svetlana Ulmasova
URS
8.39.19
10
Regina Chistyakova
URS
8.39.25
1987
1
Ulrike Bruns
GDR
8.38.1
2
Yelena Vyazova
URS
8.38.5
3
Tatyana Dorovskikh
URS
8.38.73
4
Paula Ivan
ROU
8.39.28
5
Maricica Puica
ROU
8.39.45
6
Liz McColgan
GBR
8.39.85
7
Cornelia Bürki
SUI
8.40.31
8
Yelena Romanova
URS
8.41.15
9
Yvonne Murray
GBR
8.42.07
10
Elena Fidatov
ROU
8.42.16
1988
1
Tatyana Samolenko
URS
8.26.53
2
Paula Ivan
ROU
8.27.15
3
Yvonne Murray
GBR
8.29.02
4
Yelena Romanova
URS
8.30.45
5
Natalya Artemova
URS
8.31.67
6
Elly van Hulst
NED
8.33.97
7
Mary Slaney
USA
8.34.69
8
Vicki Huber
USA
8.37.25
9
Lynn Williams
CAN
8.37.30
10
Wendy Sly
GBR
8.37.70
1989
1
Paula Ivan
ROU
8.38.48
2
Yvonne Murray
GBR
8.38.51
3
Marie-Pierre Duros
FRA
8.38.97
4
Elly van Hulst
NED
8.40.85
5
Patti-Sue Plumer
USA
8.42.12
6
Viorica Ghican
ROU
8.42.61
7
Päivi Tikkanen
FIN
8.43.50
8
Margareta Keszeg
ROU
8.44.33
9
Liz McColgan
GBR
8.44.93
10
Lulia Besilu
ROU
8.45.04
1990
1
Angela Chalmers
CAN
8.38.38
2
Yvonne Murray
GBR
8.39.46
3
Liz McColgan
GBR
8.43.14
4
Yelena Romanova
URS
8.43.68
5
Patti-Sue Plumer
USA
8.44.07
6
Nadia Dandolo
ITA
8.44.41
7
Lynn Jennings
USA
8.46.08
8
Viorica Ghican
ROU
8.46.13
9
Roberta Brunet
ITA
8.46.19
10
Ravilya Agletdinova
URS
8.46.86
1991
1
Elana Meyer
RSA
8.32.00
2
Zola Pieterse
RSA
8.35.72
3
Tatyana Dorovskikh
URS
8.35.82
4
Yvonne Murray
GBR
8.36.05
5
Yelena Romanova
URS
8.36.06
6
Liz McColgan
GBR
8.38.23
7
Susan Sirma
KEN
8.39.41
8
Marie-Pierre Duros
FRA
8.40.76
9
Päivi Tikkanen
FIN
8.41.30
10
Margareta Keszeg
ROU
8.42.02
1992
1
Yelena Romanova
RUS
8.33.72
2
Yvonne Murray
GBR
8.36.63
3
Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
8.37.92
4
Elana Meyer
RSA
8.38.45
5
Margareta Keszeg
ROU
8.39.94
6
Marie-Pierre Duros
FRA
8.40.38
7
Patti-Sue Plumer
USA
8.40.98
8
Liz McColgan
GBR
8.41.07
9
Shelly Steely
USA
8.41.28
10
Annette Peters
USA
8.42.09
1993
1
Wang Junxia
CHN
8.06.11
2
Qu Yunxia
CHN
8.12.18
3
Linli Zhang
CHN
8.16.50
4
Ma Liyan
CHN
8.19.78
5
Zhang Lirong
CHN
8.21.84
6
Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
8.28.74
7
Yvonne Murray
GBR
8.30.30
8
Elana Meyer
RSA
8.32.81
9
Yelena Romanova
RUS
8.35.48
10
Ma Ningning
CHN
8.36.45
1994
1
Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
8.21.64
2
Yvonne Murray
GBR
8.29.60
3
Angela Chalmers
CAN
8.32.17
4
Gabriela Szabo
ROU
8.40.08
5
Olga Churbanova
RUS
8.40.48
6
Yelena Romanova
RUS
8.41.06
7
Lyudmila Borisova
RUS
8.41.71
8
Annette Peters
USA
8.41.97
9
Fernanda Ribeiro
POR
8.42.13
10
Robyn Meagher
CAN
8.45.59
1995
1
Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
8.27.57
2
Gabriela Szabo
ROU
8.30.03
3
Yvonne Graham
JAM
8.37.07
4
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
8.40.82
5
Olga Churbanova
RUS
8.41.42
6
Lyudmila Borisova
RUS
8.41.51
7
Fernanda Ribeiro
POR
8.41.99
8
Yvonne Murray
GBR
8.42.82
9
Claudia Lokar
GER
8.43.11
10
Zahra Ouaziz
MAR
8.43.19
1996
1
Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
8.35.42
2
Gabriela Szabo
ROU
8.36.07
3
Roberta Brunet
ITA
8.36.12
4
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
8.37.07
5
Pauline Konga
KEN
8.37.76
6
Rose Cheruiyot
KEN
8.39.34
7
Julia Vaquero
ESP
8.41.23
8
Amy Rudolph
USA
8.42.40
9
Libbie Hickman
USA
8.43.32
10
Lynn Jennings
USA
8.43.72
1997
1
Gabriela Szabo
ROU
8.27.78
2
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
8.35.28
3
Roberta Brunet
ITA
8.35.65
4
Sally Barsosio
KEN
8.35.89
5
Lydia Cheromei
KEN
8.36.11
6
Fernanda Ribeiro
POR
8.37.14
7
Anita Weyermann
SUI
8.37.69
8
Berhane Adere
ETH
8.40.14
9
Elena Fidatov
ROU
8.41.98
10
Marina Bastos
POR
8.45.70
1998
1
Gabriela Szabo
ROU
8.24.31
2
Zahra Ouaziz
MAR
8.27.26
3
Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
8.28.82
4
Gete Wami
ETH
8.29.24
5
Jackline Maranga
KEN
8.38.02
6
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
8.38.84
7
Regina Jacobs
USA
8.39.56
8
Maria Pantyukhova
RUS
8.42.11
9
Fernanda Ribeiro
POR
8.42.95
10
Marta Dominguez
ESP
8.44.10
1999
1
Gabriela Szabo
ROU
8.25.03
2
Zahra Ouaziz
MAR
8.26.48
3
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
8.27.40
4
Gete Wami
ETH
8.29.72
5
Maria Pantyukhova
RUS
8.30.18
6
Carla Sacramento
POR
8.30.22
7
Fernanda Ribeiro
POR
8.30.66
8
Olga Yegorova
RUS
8.33.02
9
Tegla Loroupe
KEN
8.33.36
10
Lidia Chojecka
POL
8.34.19
2000
1
Gabriela Szabo
ROU
8.26.35
2
Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
8.27.58
3
Marta Dominguez
ESP
8.28.80
4
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
8.28.85
5
Lydia Cheromei
KEN
8.29.14
6
Irina Mikitenko
GER
8.30.39
7
Tegla Loroupe
KEN
8.30.95
8
Dong Yanmei
CHN
8.33.07
9
Lidia Chojecka
POL
8.33.35
10
Asmae Leghzaoui
MAR
8.33.85
2001
1
Olga Yegorova
RUS
8.23.26
2
Gabriela Szabo
ROU
8.24.19
3
Yelena Zadorozhnaya
RUS
8.25.40
4
Tatyana Tomashova
RUS
8.25.56
5
Berhane Adere
ETH
8.25.62
6
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
8.26.97
7
Gete Wami
ETH
8.27.62
8
Daniela Yordanova
BUL
8.30.59
9
Edith Masai
KEN
8.31.76
10
Katalin Szentgyörgyi
HUN
8.32.70
2002
1
Gabriela Szabo
ROU
8.21.42
2
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
8.22.20
3
Edith Masai
KEN
8.23.23
4
Berhane Adere
ETH
8.26.14
5
Tatyana Tomashova
RUS
8.27.18
6
Joanne Pavey
GBR
8.31.27
7
Lidia Chojecka
POL
8.31.69
8
Elvan Abeylegesse
TUR
8.31.94
9
Ayelech Worku
ETH
8.32.80
10
Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
8.33.62
2003
1
Gabriela Szabo
ROU
8.33.95
2
Zhor El Kamch
MAR
8.34.85
3
Yelena Zadorozhnaya
RUS
8.35.50
4
Berhane Adere
ETH
8.36.25
5
Edith Masai
KEN
8.36.82
6
Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
8.37.55
7
Joanne Pavey
GBR
8.37.89
8
Olga Yegorova
RUS
8.38.00
9
Benita Johnson
AUS
8.38.06
10
Meseret Defar
ETH
8.38.31
2004
1
Isabella Ochichi
KEN
8.31.32
2
Liliya Shobukhova
RUS
8.34.85
3
Elvan Abeylegesse
TUR
8.35.83
4
Edith Masai
KEN
8.36.43
5
Meseret Defar
ETH
8.36.46
6
Yelena Zadorozhnaya
RUS
8.37.65
7
Lidia Chojecka
POL
8.39.16
8
Joanne Pavey
GBR
8.40.22
9
Zenebech Tola
ETH
8.40.32
10
Sonia O'Sullivan
IRL
8.41.42
2005
1
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
BRN
8.28.87
2
Edith Masai
KEN
8.31.27
3
Isabella Ochichi
KEN
8.31.42
4
Berhane Adere
ETH
8.31.89
5
Meseret Defar
ETH
8.33.57
6
Joanne Pavey
GBR
8.33.79
7
Meselech Melkamu
ETH
8.34.73
8
Yelena Zadorozhnaya
RUS
8.35.11
9
Bouchra Ghezielle
FRA
8.35.41
10
Gete Wami
ETH
8.36.22
2006
1
Meseret Defar
ETH
8.24.66
2
Gelete Burika
ETH
8.25.92
3
Edith Masai
KEN
8.27.17
4
Tirunesh Dibaba
ETH
8.29.55
5
Berhane Adere
ETH
8.33.17
6
Ejegayehu Dibaba
ETH
8.35.94
7
Lidia Chojecka
POL
8.36.60
8
Liliya Shobukhova
RUS
8.38.42
9
Joanne Pavey
GBR
8.38.80
10
Vivian Cheruiyot
KEN
8.38.86
2007
1
Meseret Defar
ETH
8.24.51
2
Vivian Cheruiyot
KEN
8.28.66
3
Priscah Jepleting Cherono
KEN
8.29.06
4
Mariem Alaoui Selsouli
MAR
8.29.52
5
Kara Goucher
USA
8.34.99
6
Jennifer Rhines
USA
8.35.03
7
Kimberley Smith
NZL
8.35.31
8
Shalane Flanagan
USA
8.35.34
9
Lidia Chojecka
POL
8.38.30
10
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai
KEN
8.38.97
2008
1
Vivian Cheruiyot
KEN
8.33.66
2
Wude Ayalew
ETH
8.35.50
3
Dolores Checa
ESP
8.37.78
4
Peninah Jepchumba
KEN
8.40.12
5
Priscah Jepleting Cherono
KEN
8.42.04
6
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina
RUS
8.42.96
7
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai
KEN
8.43.14
8
Meseret Defar
ETH
8.43.60
9
Zakia Mrisho Mohamed
TAN
8.44.33
10
Mariya Konovalova
RUS
8.44.46
2009
1
Meseret Defar
ETH
8.30.15
2
Vivian Cheruiyot
KEN
8.30.61
3
Wude Ayalew
ETH
8.30.93
4
Natalia Rodríguez
ESP
8.35.86
5
Marta Domínguez
ESP
8.36.53
6
Iness Chepkesis Chenonge
KEN
8.37.17
7
Kalkidan Gezahegne
ETH
8.38.61
8
Anna Alminova
RUS
8.40.63
9
Lidia Chojecka
POL
8.41.83
10
Elvan Abeylegesse
TUR
8.41.85
2010
1
Sentayehu Ejigu
ETH
8.28.41
2
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
BRN
8.29.20
3
Shannon Rowbury
USA
8.31.38
4
Mimi Belete
BRN
8.32.18
5
Vivian Cheruiyot
KEN
8.34.58
6
Alemitu Bekele
TUR
8.35.19
7
Meseret Defar
ETH
8.36.09
8
Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet
KEN
8.37.48
9
Iness Chepkesis Chenonge
KEN
8.37.63
10
Margaret Wangari Muriuki
KEN
8.37.97
2011
1
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot
KEN
8.46.84
2
Priscah Jepleting Cherono
KEN
8.47.15
3
Sule Utura
ETH
8.47.42
4
Azemra Gebru
ETH
8.48.63
5
Ann Karindi Mwangi
KEN
8.48.89
6
Olesya Syreva
RUS
8.49.99
7
Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego
KEN
8.51.07
8
Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet
KEN
8.51.31
9
Yelena Zadorozhnaya
RUS
8.51.43
10
Waganesh Mekasha
ETH
8.51.76
2012
1
Mariem Alaoui Selsouli
MAR
8:34.47
2
Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego
KEN
8:35.89
3
Mercy Cherono
KEN
8:38.51
4
Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet
KEN
8:39.14
5
Buze Diriba
ETH
8:39.65
6
Shannon Rowbury
USA
8:39.83
7
Azemra Gebru
ETH
8:40.01
8
Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru
KEN
8:40.81
9
Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot
KEN
8:41.22
10
Emebet Anteneh
ETH
8:43.20
2013
1
Meseret Defar
ETH
8:30.29
2
Mercy Cherono
KEN
8:31.23
3
Sifan Hassan
NED
8:32.53
4
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot
KEN
8:33.97
5
Gladys Cherono
KEN
8:34.05
6
Hellen Onsando Obiri
KEN
8:34.25
7
Shannon Rowbury
USA
8:34.43
8
Genzebe Dibaba
ETH
8:37.00
9
Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet
KEN
8:37.47
10
Agnes Jebet Tirop
KEN
8:39.13