1928: Elizabeth Robinson | 1932: Stanisława Walasiewicz | 1936: Helen Stephens | 1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen | 1952: Marjorie Jackson | 1956: Betty Cuthbert | 1960: Wilma Rudolph | 1964: Wyomia Tyus | 1968: Wyomia Tyus | 1972: Renate Stecher | 1976: Annegret Richter | 1980: Liudmila Kondratieva | 1984: Evelyn Ashford | 1988: Florence Griffith-Joyner | 1992: Gail Devers | 1996: Gail Devers | 2000: – | 2004: Iulia Nesțearenka | 2008: Shelly-Ann Fraser | 2012: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 2016: Elaine Thompson | 2020: Elaine Thompson-Herah | 2024: Julien Alfred