| Olympic Games/World Champs | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2022 Women 100m Hurdles | Tobi Amusan |  NGR | 12.06s | Britany Anderson |  JAM | 12.23s | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn |  PUR | 12.23s |
| Olympic 2020 Women 100m Hurdles |
| 2019 Women 100m Hurdles | Nia Ali |  USA | 12.34s | Kendra Harrison | USA | 12.46s | Danielle Williams | JAM | 12.47s |
| 2017 Women 100m Hurdles | Sally Pearson |  AUS | | Dawn Harper Nelson | USA | | Pamela Dutkiewicz |  GER | |
| Olympic 2016 Women 100m Hurdles | Brianna Rollins | USA | | Nia Ali | USA | | Kristi Castlin | USA | |
| 2015 Women 100m Hurdles | Danielle Williams | JAM | | Cindy Roleder | GER | | Alina Talay |  BLR | |
| 2013 Women 100m Hurdles | Brianna Rollins | USA | | Sally Pearson | AUS | | Tiffany Porter |  GBR | |
| Olympic 2012 Women 100m Hurdles | Sally Pearson | AUS | | Dawn Harper | USA | | Kellie Wells | USA | |
| 2011 Women 100m Hurdles | Sally Pearson | AUS | | Danielle Carruthers | USA | | Dawn Harper | USA | |
| 2009 Women 100m Hurdles | Brigitte Foster-Hylton | JAM | | Priscilla Lopes-Schliep |  CAN | | Delloreen Ennis-London | JAM | |
| Olympic 2008 Women 100m Hurdles | Dawn Harper | USA | | Sally Mclellan Sally | AUS | | Priscilla Lopes-Schliep | CAN | |
| 2007 Women 100m Hurdles | Michelle Perry | USA | | Perdita Felicien | CAN | | Delloreen Ennis-London | JAM | |
| 2005 Women 100m Hurdles | Michelle Perry | USA | | Delloreen Ennis-London | JAM | | Brigitte Foster-Hylton | JAM | |
| Olympic 2004 Women 100m Hurdles | Joanna Hayes | USA | | Olena Krasovska |  UKR | | Melissa Morrison | USA | |
| 2003 Women 100m Hurdles | Perdita Felicien | CAN | | Brigitte Foster | JAM | | Miesha McKelvy-Jones | USA | |
| 2001 Women 100m Hurdles | Anjanette Kirkland | USA | | Gail Devers | USA | | Olga Shishigina |  KAZ | |
| Olympic 2000 Women 100m Hurdles | Olga Shishigina | KAZ | | Glory Alozie | NGR | | Melissa Morrison | USA | |
| 1999 Women 100m Hurdles | Gail Devers | USA | | Glory Alozie | NGR | | Ludmila Engquist |  SWE | |
| 1997 Women 100m Hurdles | Ludmila Engquist | SWE | | Svetla Dimitrova |  BUL | | Michelle Freeman | JAM | |
| Olympic 1996 Women 100m Hurdles | Ludmila Engquist | SWE | | Brigita Bukovec |  SLO | | Patricia Girard-Leno |  FRA | |
| 1995 Women 100m Hurdles | Gail Devers | USA | | Olga Shishigina | KAZ | | Yuliya Filippova-Graudyn |  RUS | |
| 1993 Women 100m Hurdles | Gail Devers | USA | | Marina Azyabina | RUS | | Lynda Tolbert-Goode | USA | |
| Olympic 1992 Women 100m Hurdles | Paraskevi Patoulidou |  GRE | | LaVonna Martin | USA | | Yordanka Donkova | BUL | |
| 1991 Women 100m Hurdles | Ludmila Engquist |  URS | | Gail Devers | USA | | Natalya Grigoryeva | URS | |
| Olympic 1988 Women 100m Hurdles | Jordanka Donkova | BUL | | Gloria Siebert |  GDR | | Claudia Zackiewicz |  FRG | |
| 1987 Women 100m Hurdles | Ginka Zagorcheva | BUL | | Gloria Uibel-Siebert | GDR | | Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat | GDR | |
| Olympic 1984 Women 100m Hurdles | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown | USA | 12.84s | Shirley Strong | GBR | 12.88s | Kim Turner | USA | 13.06s |
| | Michele Chardonnet | FRA | 13.06s |
| 1983 Women 100m Hurdles | Bettine Jahn | GDR | | Kerstin Knabe | GDR | | Ginka Zagorcheva | BUL | |
| Olympic 1980 Women 100m Hurdles | Vera Komisova | URS | | Johanna Klier | GDR | | Lucyna Langer |  POL | |
| Olympic 1976 Women 100m Hurdles | Johanna Schaller | GDR | | Tatyana Anisimova | URS | | Natalya Lebedyeva | URS | |
| Olympic 1972 Women 100m Hurdles | Anneliese Ehrhardt | GDR | | Valeria Bufanu |  ROU | | Karin Balzer | GDR | |
| Women 80m Hurdles |
| Olympic 1968 Women 80m Hurdles | Maureen Caird | AUS | 10.3s | Pamela Kilborn | AUS | 10.4s | Chi Cheng |  TPE | 10.4s |
| Olympic 1964 Women 80m Hurdles | Karin Balzer | GDR | 10.5s | Teresa Ciepla | POL | 10.5s | Pamela Kilborn | AUS | 10.5s |
| Olympic 1960 Women 80m Hurdles | Irina Press | URS | 10.8s | Carole Quinton | GBR | 10.9s | Gisela Birkemeyer | GDR | 11.0s |
| Olympic 1956 Women 80m Hurdles | Shirley Strickland | AUS | 10.7s | Gisela Kohler | GER | 10.9s | Norma Thrower | AUS | 11.0s |
| Olympic 1952 Women 80m Hurdles | Shirley Strickland | AUS | 10.9s | Maria Golubnichaya | URS | 11.1s | Maria Sander | GER | 11.1s |
| Olympic 1948 Women 80m Hurdles | Fanny Blankers-Koen |  NED | 11.2s | Maureen Gardner | GBR | 11.2s | Shirley Strickland | AUS | 11.4s |
| Olympic 1936 Women 80m Hurdles | Trebisonda Valla |  ITA | 11.7s | Anni Steuer |  GEr | 11.7s | Elizabeth Taylor |  CAn | 11.7s |
| Olympic 1932 Women 80m Hurdles | Mildred Didrikson | USA | 11.7s | Evelyne Hall | USA | 11.7s | Marjorie Clark |  ZAF | 11.8s |
