| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| Indoor 2022 Women 400m | Femke Bol |  NED | 49.17s | Lieke Klaver | NED | 50.16s | Alexis Holmes |  USA | 50.24s |
| Indoor 2020 Women 400m | Shaunae Miller-Uibo |  BAH | 50.31s | Femke Bol | NED | 50.57s | Stephenie Ann McPherson |  JAM | 50.79s |
| Indoor 2018 Women 400m | Courtney Okolo | USA | 50.55s | Shakima Wimbley | USA | 51.47s | Eilidh Doyle |  GBR | 51.60s |
| Indoor 2016 Women 400m | Oluwakemi Adekoya |  BRN | 51.45s | Ashley Spencer | USA | 51.72s | Quanera Hayes | USA | 51.76s |
| Indoor 2014 Women 400m | Francena Mccorory | USA | 51.12s | Kaliese Spencer | JAM | 51.54s | Shaunae Miller | BAH | 52.06s |
| Indoor 2012 Women 400m | Sanya Richards-Ross | USA | 50.79s | Aleksandra Fedoriva |  RUS | 51.76s | Natasha Hastings | USA | 51.82s |
| Indoor 2010 Women 400m | Debbie Dunn | USA | 51.04s | Tatyana Firova | RUS | 51.13s | Vania Stambolova |  BUL | 51.50s |
| Indoor 2008 Women 400m | Olesya Zykina | RUS | 51.09s | Natalya Nazarova | RUS | 51.10s | Shareese Woods | USA | 51.41s |
| Indoor 2006 Women 400m | Olesya Krasnomovets | RUS | 50.04s | Vania Stambolova | BUL | 50.21s | Christine Amertil | BAH | 50.34s |
| Indoor 2004 Women 400m | Natalya Nazarova | RUS | 50.19s | Olesya Krasnomovets | RUS | 50.65s | Tonique Williams-Darling | BAH | 50.87s |
| Indoor 2003 Women 400m | Natalya Nazarova | RUS | 50.83s | Christine Amertil | BAH | 51.11s | Grit Breuer |  GER | 51.13s |
| Indoor 2001 Women 400m | Sandie Richards | JAM | 51.04s | Olga Kotlyarova | RUS | 51.56s | Olesya Zykina | RUS | 51.71s |
| Indoor 1999 Women 400m | Grit Breuer | GER | 50.80s | Falilat Ogunkoya |  NGR | 51.25s | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 51.45s |
| Indoor 1997 Women 400m | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 50.96s | Sandie Richards | JAM | 51.17s | Helena Fuchsova |  CZE | 52.04s |
| Indoor 1995 Women 400m | Irina Privalova | RUS | 50.23s | Sandie Richards | JAM | 51.38s | Daniela Georgieva | BUL | 51.78s |
| Indoor 1993 Women 400m | Sandie Richards | JAM | 50.93s | Tatyana Alekseyeva | RUS | 51.03s | Jearl Miles | USA | 51.37s |
| Indoor 1991 Women 400m | Diane Dixon | USA | 50.64s | Sandra Myers |  ESP | 50.99s | Anita Protti |  SUI | 51.41s |
| Indoor 1989 Women 400m | Helga Arendt |  FRG | 51.52s | Diane Dixon | USA | 51.77s | Jillian Richardson |  CAN | 52.02s |
| Indoor 1987 Women 400m | Sabine Busch |  GDR | 51.66s | Leatherwood-King | USA | 52.54s | Judit Forgacs |  HUN | 52.68s |
