| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1933 | Oslo | Liselotte Landbeck | Synnøve Lie | Helen Bina |
| 1934 | Oslo | Undis Blikken | Verné Lesche | Synnøve Lie |
| 1935 | Oslo | Laila Schou Nilsen | Synnøve Lie | Kit Klein |
| | Official championships | | |
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1936 | Stockholm | Kit Klein | Verné Lesche | Synnøve Lie |
| 1937 | Davos | Laila Schou Nilsen | Synnøve Lie | Verné Lesche |
| 1938 | Oslo | Laila Schou Nilsen (3 [a] ) | Verné Lesche | Synnøve Lie |
| 1939 | Tampere | Verné Lesche | Liisa Salmi | Laura Tamminen |
| 1940 | | Not held due to World War II | | |
| 1941 | | Not held due to World War II | | |
| 1942 | | Not held due to World War II | | |
| 1943 | | Not held due to World War II | | |
| 1944 | | Not held due to World War II | | |
| 1945 | | Not held due to World War II | | |
| 1946 | | Not held due to World War II | | |
| 1947 | Drammen | Verné Lesche (2) | Else Marie Christiansen | Maggi Kvestad |
| 1948 | Turku | Maria Isakova | Lidia Selikhova | Zoya Kholshevnikova |
| 1949 | Kongsberg | Maria Isakova | Zoya Kholshevnikova | Rimma Zhukova |
| 1950 | Moscow | Maria Isakova (3) | Zinaida Krotova | Rimma Zhukova |
| 1951 | Eskilstuna | Eevi Huttunen | Randi Thorvaldsen | Ragnhild Mikkelsen |
| 1952 | Kokkola | Lidia Selikhova | Maria Anikanova | Randi Thorvaldsen |
| 1953 | Lillehammer | Khalida Shchegoleyeva | Rimma Zhukova | Lidia Selikhova |
| 1954 | Östersund | Lidia Selikhova (2) | Rimma Zhukova | Sofya Kondakova |
| 1955 | Kuopio | Rimma Zhukova | Tamara Rylova | Sofya Kondakova |
| 1956 | Kvarnsveden | Sofya Kondakova | Rimma Zhukova | Tamara Rylova |
| 1957 | Imatra | Inga Artamonova | Tamara Rylova | Lidia Selikhova |
| 1958 | Kristinehamn | Inga Artamonova | Tamara Rylova | Sofya Kondakova |
| 1959 | Sverdlovsk | Tamara Rylova | Valentina Stenina | Lidia Skoblikova |
| 1960 | Östersund | Valentina Stenina | Tamara Rylova | Lidia Skoblikova |
| 1961 | Tønsberg | Valentina Stenina | Albina Tuzova | Lidia Skoblikova |
| 1962 | Imatra | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | Lidia Skoblikova | Albina Tuzova |
| 1963 | Karuizawa | Lidia Skoblikova | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | Valentina Stenina |
| 1964 | Kristinehamn | Lidia Skoblikova (2) | Inga Voronina-Artamonova | Tamara Rylova |
| 1965 | Oulu | Inga Voronina-Artamonova (4) | Valentina Stenina | Stien Kaiser |
| 1966 | Trondheim | Valentina Stenina (3) | Kim Song-soon | Stien Kaiser |
| 1967 | Deventer | Stien Kaiser | Lāsma Kauniste | Dianne Holum |
| 1968 | Helsinki | Stien Kaiser (2) | Ans Schut | Carry Geijssen |
| 1969 | Grenoble | Lāsma Kauniste | Stien Kaiser | Ans Schut |
| 1970 | West Allis | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | Stien Kaiser | Sigrid Sundby |
| 1971 | Helsinki | Nina Statkevich | Stien Kaiser | Lyudmila Titova |
| 1972 | Heerenveen | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | Stien Baas-Kaiser | Dianne Holum |
| 1973 | Strömsund | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | Tatyana Shelekova-Rastopshina | Trijnie Rep |
| 1974 | Heerenveen | Atje Keulen-Deelstra (4) | Tatyana Averina | Nina Statkevich |
| 1975 | Assen | Karin Kessow | Tatyana Averina | Sheila Young |
| 1976 | Gjøvik | Sylvia Burka | Tatyana Averina | Sheila Young |
| 1977 | Keystone | Vera Bryndzei | Galina Stepanskaya | Galina Nikitina |
| 1978 | Helsinki | Tatyana Averina | Galina Stepanskaya | Marion Dittmann |
| 1979 | The Hague | Beth Heiden | Natalya Petrusyova | Sylvia Burka |
| 1980 | Hamar | Natalya Petrusyova | Beth Heiden | Bjørg Eva Jensen |
| 1981 | Sainte-Foy | Natalya Petrusyova (2) | Karin Enke | Sarah Docter |
| 1982 | Inzell | Karin Busch | Andrea Schöne | Natalya Petrusyova |
| 1983 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | Andrea Schöne | Karin Enke | Valentina Lalenkova-Golovenkina |
| 1984 | Deventer | Karin Enke | Andrea Schöne | Gabi Schönbrunn |
| 1985 | Sarajevo | Andrea Schöne (2) | Gabi Schönbrunn | Sabine Brehm |
| 1986 | The Hague | Karin Kania | Andrea Ehrig | Sabine Brehm |
| 1987 | West Allis | Karin Kania | Andrea Ehrig | Yvonne van Gennip |
| 1988 | Skien | Karin Kania (5) | Yvonne van Gennip | Erwina Ryś-Ferens |
| 1989 | Lake Placid | Constanze Moser-Scandolo | Gunda Kleemann | Yvonne van Gennip |
| 1990 | Calgary | Jacqueline Börner | Seiko Hashimoto | Constanze Moser-Scandolo |
| 1991 | Hamar | Gunda Kleemann | Heike Warnicke-Schalling | Lia van Schie |
| 1992 | Heerenveen | Gunda Niemann | Emese Hunyady | Seiko Hashimoto |
| 1993 | Berlin | Gunda Niemann | Emese Hunyady | Heike Warnicke-Schalling |
| 1994 | Butte | Emese Hunyady | Ulrike Adeberg | Mihaela Dascălu |
| 1995 | Savalen | Gunda Niemann | Lyudmila Prokasheva | Annamarie Thomas |
| 1996 | Inzell | Gunda Niemann | Claudia Pechstein | Mie Uehara |
| 1997 | Nagano | Gunda Niemann | Claudia Pechstein | Tonny de Jong |
| 1998 | Heerenveen | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | Claudia Pechstein | Anni Friesinger |
| 1999 | Hamar | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (8) | Claudia Pechstein | Tonny de Jong |
| 2000 | Milwaukee | Claudia Pechstein | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | Maki Tabata |
| 2001 | Budapest | Anni Friesinger | Claudia Pechstein | Renate Groenewold |
| 2002 | Heerenveen | Anni Friesinger | Cindy Klassen | Claudia Pechstein |
| 2003 | Gothenburg | Cindy Klassen | Claudia Pechstein | Daniela Anschütz |
| 2004 | Hamar | Renate Groenewold | Claudia Pechstein | Wieteke Cramer |
| 2005 | Moscow | Anni Friesinger (3) | Cindy Klassen | Claudia Pechstein |
| 2006 | Calgary | Cindy Klassen (2) | Claudia Pechstein | Kristina Groves |
| 2007 | Heerenveen | Ireen Wüst (Netherlands) | Anni Friesinger | Cindy Klassen |
| 2008 | Berlin | Paulien van Deutekom | Ireen Wüst (Netherlands) | Kristina Groves |
| 2009 | Hamar | Martina Sáblíková (Czech Republic) | Kristina Groves | Ireen Wüst (Netherlands) |
| 2010 | Heerenveen | Martina Sáblíková (Czech Republic) | Kristina Groves | Ireen Wüst (Netherlands) |
| 2011 | Calgary | Ireen Wüst (Netherlands) | Christine Nesbitt | Martina Sáblíková (Czech Republic) |
| 2012 | Moscow | Ireen Wüst (Netherlands) | Martina Sáblíková (Czech Republic) | Christine Nesbitt |
| 2013 | Hamar | Ireen Wüst (Netherlands) | Diane Valkenburg | Yekaterina Shikhova |
| 2014 | Heerenveen | Ireen Wüst (Netherlands) | Olga Graf | Yvonne Nauta |
| 2015 | Calgary | Martina Sáblíková (Czech Republic) | Ireen Wüst (Netherlands) | Ida Njåtun |
| 2016 | Berlin | Martina Sáblíková (Czech Republic) | Ireen Wüst (Netherlands) | Antoinette de Jong |
| 2017 | Hamar | Ireen Wüst (6) | Martina Sáblíková (Czech Republic) | Miho Takagi (Japan) |
| 2018 | Amsterdam | Miho Takagi (Japan) | Ireen Wüst (Netherlands) | Annouk van der Weijden |
| 2019 | Calgary, Canada | Martina Sáblíková (Czech Republic) (5) | Miho Takagi (Japan) | Antoinette de Jong (Netherlands) |
| 2020 | Hamar, Norway | Ireen Wüst (Netherlands) | Ivanie Blondin (Canada) | Antoinette de Jong (Netherlands) |
