1972
1. Lyudmila Bragina (SU) ................................ 4:01.38 WR
2. Gunhild Hoffmeister (EG) ............................ 4:02.83
3. Paola Cacchi (Ita) ...................................... 4:02.85
1976
1. Tatyana Kazankina (SU) ............................. 4:05.48
2. Gunhild Hoffmeister (EG) ............................ 4:06.02
3. Ulrike Bruns  (EG) ...................................... 4:06.09
1980
1. Tatyana Kazankina (SU) ............................. 3:56.56
2. Christiane Wartenberg (EG) ........................ 3:57.71
3. Nadezhda Olizarenko (SU) ......................... 3:59.52
1984
1. Gabriella Dorio (Ita) .................................... 4:03.25
2. Doina Melinte (Rom) .................................. 4:03.76
3. Maricica Puica (Rom) ................................ 4:04.15
1988
1. Paula Ivan (Rom) ....................................... 3:53.96
2. Laima Baikauskaite (SU) ............................ 4:00.24
3. Tatyana Dorovskikh (SU) ............................ 4:00.30
1992
1. Hassiba Boulmerka (Alg) ............................ 3:55.30
2. Lyudmila Rogachova (SU) ........................... 3:56.91
3. Qu Yunxia (Chn) ........................................ 3:57.08
1996
1. Svetlana Masterkova (Rus) ......................... 4:00.83
2. Gabriela Szabo (Rom)  ............................... 4:01.54
3. Theresia Kiesl (Aut)  .................................. 4:03.02
2000
1. Nouria Mérah-Benida (ALG) ......................... 4:05.10 
2. Violeta Beclea-Szekely (ROM) ................... 4:05.15 
3. Gabriela Szabo (ROM) ............................... 4:05.27 

Medals
3 - 2 - 2  Soviet Union
2 - 0 - 0  Algeria
1 - 3 - 2  Romania
1 - 0 - 1  Italy
1 - 0 - 0  Russia
0 - 3 - 1  East Germany
0 - 0 - 1  China
0 - 0 - 1  Austra

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