ISTAF Berlin
The Internationales Stadionfest is an annual track and field athletics meet at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany. It was first organised on 3 July 1921 at the Deutsches Stadion, which was replaced after the 1936 Summer Olympics by the current stadium in 1937. Since 2010 it has been part of the IAAF World Challenge meetings, the second tier of global one day athletics events. Since 2006 it is sponsored by DKB and officially known as the DKB-ISTAF.
History
On 3 July 1921 the Berliner Sport-Club, the Sport-Club Charlottenburg and the Schwimm-Club Poseidon organised the first sports festival under the current name Internationales Stadionfest. On 23 March 1937 the BSC, the Deutscher Sport-Club and the SCC decided to hold international sports festivals together and organized the first edition at its current place which took place on 1 August 1937. The ISTAF was interrupted in 1940, as well as between 1943 and 1948, in 1950 and 1951, and in 1972 and 1973.From 1993 to 1997 IAAF classified the ISTAF among the IAAF Golden Four meetings. From 1998 to 2009 it was part of the IAAF Golden League. When the Diamond League was introduced, Berlin was provisionally planned as one of its meets, but the organisers were unable to meet the criteria for the new elite series, so the meet became part of the second tier World Challenge circuit from 2010 instead.
Indoor
The ISTAF returns into the hall the first time since 1968, is the first March 2014 at the O2 World give a big athletics meeting in Berlin again. A week before the World Indoor Championships in the Polish Sopot, the world's elite to measure the ISTAF Indoor in the capital.The highlight of the event is the discus competition with world champion Robert Harting. With a length of 80 meters and a sufficient ceiling height of the discus throw was not a problem even in the modern arena.
World records
Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the ISTAF.| Year | Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality |
| 2019 | 2000 m steeplechase | 5:52.80 | Gesa-Felicitas Krause | Germany |
| 2017 | 600 m | 1:21.77 | Caster Semenya | South Africa |
| 2015 | 2000 m steeplechase | 6:02.16 | Virginia Nyambura Nganga | Kenya |
| 2014 | Hammer throw | 79.58 m | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland |
| 2010 | 800 m | 1:41.09 | David Rudisha | |
| 1999 | 2000 m | 4:44.79 | Hicham El Guerrouj | |
| 1990 | 1000 m | 2:30.67 | Christine Wachtel | |
| 1989 | 10000 m | 27:08.23 | Arturo Barrios | |
| 1985 | 1500 m | 3:29.46 | Saïd Aouita | |
| 1978 | 400 m hurdles | 55.44 | Krystyna Kacperczyk | |
| 1978 | 1000 m | 2:32.0 | Ulrike Bruns | |
| 1977 | High jump | 2.00 m | Rosemarie Ackermann | |
| 1977 | High jump | 1.97 m | Rosemarie Ackermann | |
| 1975 | 110 m hurdles | 13.0 | Guy Drut | |
| 1975 | 100 m | 9.9 | Steve Williams | |
| 1970 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:22.0 | Kerry O'Brien | |
| 1939 | Long jump | 6.12 m | Christel Schulz |  German Reich |
| 1939 | 3000 m | 8:24.4 | Miklós Szabó | |
| 1937 | 80 m hurdles | 11.6 | Barbara Burke |  South Africa |
| 1937 | 100 m | 11.6 | Stanisława Walasiewicz |
Meeting records
Men
Women
List of winners
Track disciplines
| Year | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| 1937 | not held | - | - |
| 1938 | Jakob Scheuring | 21.7 | |
| 1939 | Jakob Scheuring | 21.2 | |
| 1941 | not held | - | - |
| 1942 | Harald Mellerowicz | 21.5 | |
| 1949 | Hans Hieke | 22.8 | |
| 1952 | McDonald Bailey | 20.9 | |
| 1953 | George Brown | 21.9 | |
| 1954 | Walter Sichling | 22.5 | |
| 1955 | Heinz Fütterer | 21.4 | |
| 1956 | Martin Lauer | 21.6 | |
| 1957 | Leamon King | 21.3 | |
| 1958 | Manfred Germar | 21.7 | |
| 1959 | Livio Berruti | 21.1 | |
| 1960 | Tom Robinson | 21.0 | |
| 1961 | Johannes Kaiser | 21.3 | |
| 1962 | Seraphino Antao | 20.8 | |
| 1963 | Seraphino Antao | 21.2 | |
| 1964 | Heinz Schumann | 20.9 | |
| 1965 | Jürgen Schröter | 21.4 | |
| 1966 | Josef Schwarz | 21.0 | |
| 1967 | Josef Schwarz | 21.2 | |
| 1969 | Ossi Karttunen | 20.9 | |
| 1970 | Donald Quarrie | 20.4 | |
| 1971 | Heinz Rienecker | 21.3 | |
| 1974 | Donald Quarrie | 20.5 | |
| 1975 | Manfred Ommer | 21.0 | |
| 1976 | James Gilkes | 20.51 | |
| 1977 | Clancy Edwards | 20.14 | |
| 1978 | James Gilkes | 20.34 | |
| 1979 | James Gilkes | 20.44 | |
| 1980 | Fred Taylor | 20.82 | |
| 1981 | Allan Wells | 20.15 | |
| 1982 | Jeffrey Phillips | 20.40 | |
| 1983 | Mel Lattany | 20.22 | |
| 1984 | James Butler | 20.45 | |
| 1985 | Kirk Baptiste | 20.45 | |
| 1986 | not held | - | - |
| 1987 | Carl Lewis | 20.09 | |
| 1988 | not held | - | - |
| 1989 | Robson da Silva | 20.28 | |
| 1990 | Robson da Silva | 20.28 | |
| 1991 | not held | - | - |
| 1992 | Frankie Fredericks | 20.01 | |
| 1993 | not held | - | - |
| 1994 | not held | - | - |
| 1995 | not held | - | - |
| 1996 | Frankie Fredericks | 19.97 | |
| 1997 | Jon Drummond | 20.07 | |
| 1998 | not held | - | - |
| 1999 | Maurice Greene | 20.21 | |
| 2000-03 | not held | - | - |
| 2004 | Asafa Powell | 20.24 | |
| 2005 | Christopher Williams | 20.33 | |
| 2006 | not held | - | - |
| 2007 | Wallace Spearmon | 20.22 | |
| 2008 | not held | - | - |
| 2009-12 | not held | - | - |
| 2013 | not held | - | - |
| 2014 | not held | - | - |
| Year | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| 1937 | not held | - | - |
| 1938 | not held | - | - |
| 1939 | Dorle Voigt | 25.1 | |
| 1941 | not held | - | - |
| 1942 | not held | - | - |
| 1949 | not held | - | - |
| 1952 | not held | - | - |
| 1953 | not held | - | - |
| 1954 | not held | - | - |
| 1955 | not held | - | - |
| 1956 | not held | - | - |
| 1957 | not held | - | - |
| 1958 | Barbara Janiczewska | 24.2 | |
| 1959 | not held | - | - |
| 1960 | not held | - | - |
| 1961 | not held | - | - |
| 1962 | Brenda Fletcher | 25.2 | |
| 1963 | Helga Henning | 24.4 | |
| 1964 | not held | - | - |
| 1965 | not held | - | - |
| 1966 | not held | - | - |
| 1967 | not held | - | - |
| 1969 | Rita Jahn | 23.4 | |
| 1970 | Annelie Wilden | 23.8 | |
| 1971 | Alice Anum | 23.2 | |
| 1974 | Irena Szewińska | 22.6 | |
| 1975 | not held | - | - |
| 1976 | Lorna Forde | 23.95 | |
| 1977 | Jacqueline Pusey | 23.28 | |
| 1978 | Evelyn Ashford | 23.41 | |
| 1979 | Annegret Richter | 22.83 | |
| 1980 | Angella Taylor | 23.03 | |
| 1981 | not held | - | - |
| 1982 | not held | - | - |
| 1983 | not held | - | - |
| 1984 | not held | - | - |
| 1985 | not held | - | - |
| 1986 | not held | - | - |
| 1987 | Angella Taylor-Issajenko | 22.55 | |
| 1988 | Grace Jackson | 22.70 | |
| 1989 | not held | - | - |
| 1990 | not held | - | - |
| 1991 | Katrin Krabbe | 21.96 | |
| 1992 | not held | - | - |
| 1993 | not held | - | - |
| 1994 | Merlene Ottey | 22.07 | |
| 1995 | Gwen Torrence | 21.98 | |
| 1996 | not held | - | - |
| 1997 | not held | - | - |
| 1998 | not held | - | - |
| 1999 | Debbie Ferguson | 22.55 | |
| 2000-03 | not held | - | - |
| 2004 | not held | - | - |
| 2005 | not held | - | - |
| 2006 | not held | - | - |
| 2007 | Lauryn Williams | 22.95 | |
| 2008 | Sherone Simpson | 22.43 | |
| 2009-12 | not held | - | - |
| 2013 | Tiffany Townsend | 22.77 | |
| 2014 | not held | - | - |
| Year | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| 1937 | Rudolf Harbig | 47.8 | |
| 1938 | Rudolf Harbig | 48.0 | |
| 1939 | not held | - | - |
| 1941 | not held | - | - |
| 1942 | Mario Lanzi | 47.5 | |
| 1949 | not held | - | - |
| 1952 | Georg Sallen | 49.6 | |
| 1953 | Jim Lea | 46.9 | |
| 1954 | Joachim Seifert | 51.2 | |
| 1955 | Hans-Joachim Kowalewsky | 49.0 | |
| 1956 | Manfred Poerschke | 48.0 | |
| 1957 | Manfred Poerschke | 47.5 | |
| 1958 | Udo Waldheim | 48.2 | |
| 1959 | Carl Kaufmann | 47.6 | |
| 1960 | George Kerr | 46.4 | |
| 1961 | Manfred Kinder | 46.9 | |
| 1962 | Hansruedi Bruder | 46.6 | |
| 1963 | Johannes Schmitt | 46.9 | |
| 1964 | Jean-Paul Boccardo | 46.8 | |
| 1965 | Manfred Kinder | 46.9 | |
| 1966-67 | not held | - | - |
| 1969 | Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske | 46.5 | |
| 1970 | Lee Evans | 45.9 | |
| 1971 | Thomas Jordan | 46.1 | |
| 1972-73 | not held | - | - |
| 1974 | Hermann Köhler | 46.5 | |
| 1975 | Franz Hofmeister | 46.6 | |
| 1976 | Fred Newhouse | 45.86 | |
| 1977 | Robert Taylor | 45.22 | |
| 1978 | Jerzy Pietrzyk | 46.28 | |
| 1979 | Tony Darden | 45.45 | |
| 1980 | Rick Mitchell Willie Smith | 45.33 | |
| 1981 | Walter McCoy | 45.60 | |
| 1982 | Walter McCoy | 45.45 | |
| 1983 | Bert Cameron | 45.01 | |
| 1984 | Alonzo Babers | 45.52 | |
| 1985 | Ray Armstead | 45.36 | |
| 1986 | Darrell Robinson | 44.86 | |
| 1987 | Butch Reynolds | 44.49 | |
| 1988 | not held | - | - |
| 1989 | Danny Everett | 44.80 | |
| 1990 | Danny Everett | 44.61 | |
| 1991 | Steve Lewis | 44.56 | |
| 1992 | Samson Kitur | 44.75 | |
| 1993 | Michael Johnson | 43.94 | |
| 1994 | Michael Johnson | 44.04 | |
| 1995 | Michael Johnson | 44.56 | |
| 1996 | not held | - | - |
| 1997 | Iwan Thomas | 44.90 | |
| 1998 | Michael Johnson | 44.62 | |
| 1999 | not held | - | - |
| 2000 | Michael Johnson | 45.00 | |
| 2001 | not held | - | - |
| 2002 | Michael Blackwood | 44.87 | |
| 2003 | Jerome Young | 45.11 | |
| 2004 | not held | - | - |
| 2006 | Jeremy Wariner | 44.26 | |
| 2007 | Jeremy Wariner | 44.05 | |
| 2008 | LaShawn Merritt | 44.03 | |
| 2009 | Chris Brown | 45.61 | |
| 2010 | Jermaine Gonzales | 44.90 | |
| 2011 | Kirani James | 45.33 | |
| 2014 | Isaac Makwala | 44.26 |
| Year | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| 1937 | not held | - | - |
| 1938 | not held | - | - |
| 1939 | not held | - | - |
| 1941 | not held | - | - |
| 1942 | not held | - | - |
| 1949 | not held | - | - |
| 1952 | not held | - | - |
| 1953 | not held | - | - |
| 1954 | not held | - | - |
| 1955 | not held | - | - |
| 1956 | not held | - | - |
| 1957 | not held | - | - |
| 1958 | not held | - | - |
| 1959 | not held | - | - |
| 1960 | not held | - | - |
| 1961 | not held | - | - |
| 1962 | not held | - | - |
| 1963 | not held | - | - |
| 1964 | not held | - | - |
| 1965 | not held | - | - |
| 1966-67 | not held | - | - |
| 1969 | Colette Besson | 52.9 | |
| 1970 | Marilyn Neufville | 52.3 | |
| 1971 | Christel Frese | 53.6 | |
| 1972-73 | not held | - | - |
| 1974 | Krystina Kacperczyk | 52.0 | |
| 1975 | Rita Wilden | 52.6 | |
| 1976 | Pirjo Häggman | 51.07 | |
| 1977 | Irena Szewińska | 49.97 | |
| 1978 | Pirjo Häggman | 51.29 | |
| 1979 | not held | - | - |
| 1980 | not held | - | - |
| 1981 | not held | - | - |
| 1982 | not held | - | - |
| 1983 | not held | - | - |
| 1984 | not held | - | - |
| 1985 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | 49.56 | |
| 1986 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | 50.31 | |
| 1987 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | 50.01 | |
| 1988 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | 50.27 | |
| 1989 | not held | - | - |
| 1990 | not held | - | - |
| 1991 | not held | - | - |
| 1992 | not held | - | - |
| 1993 | not held | - | - |
| 1994 | not held | - | - |
| 1995 | Cathy Freeman | 50.98 | |
| 1996 | Falilat Ogunkoya | 50.31 | |
| 1997 | Sandie Richards | 49.87 | |
| 1998 | Falilat Ogunkoya | 50.31 | |
| 1999 | not held | - | - |
| 2000 | not held | - | - |
| 2001 | Grit Breuer | 50.78 | |
| 2002 | Ana Guevara | 49.91 | |
| 2003 | Lorraine Fenton | 49.98 | |
| 2004 | Tonique Williams-Darling | 49.07 | |
| 2006 | Sanya Richards | 49.81 | |
| 2007 | Sanya Richards | 49.27 | |
| 2008 | not held | - | - |
| 2009 | Sanya Richards | 49.57 | |
| 2010 | Debbie Dunn | 50.56 | |
| 2011 | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | 50.75 | |
| 2014 | not held | - | - |
| Year | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| 1937 | not held | - | - |
| 1938 | Waclav Gassowski | 1:53.1 | |
| 1939 | Rudolf Harbig | 1:48.7 | |
| 1941 | not held | - | - |
| 1942 | Hans Seibert | 1:54.2 | |
| 1949 | Gerhard Audorf | 1:56.8 | |
| 1952 | Mal Whitfield | 1:54.4 | |
| 1953 | Mal Whitfield | 1:49.7 | |
| 1954 | Günter Dohrow | 1:51.0 | |
| 1955 | not held | - | - |
| 1956 | Roger Moens | 1:47.2 | |
| 1957 | not held | - | - |
| 1958 | Roger Moens | 1:49.2 | |
| 1959 | Peter Adam | 1:49.5 | |
| 1960 | George Kerr | 1:49.6 | |
| 1961 | not held | - | - |
| 1962 | Jozef Lambrechts | 1:49.8 | |
| 1963 | Rudolf Klaban | 1:49.6 | |
| 1964 | Mamoru Morimoto | 1:47.6 | |
| 1965 | Bill Crothers | 1:49.3 | |
| 1966 | Bodo Tümmler | 1:47.0 | |
| 1967 | Franz-Josef Kemper | 1:46.9 | |
| 1969 | Philip Lewis | 1:48.8 | |
| 1970 | Franz-Josef Kemper | 1:48.3 | |
| 1971 | Mark Winzenried | 1:46.2 | |
| 1972-73 | not held | - | - |
| 1974 | Mike Boit | 1:44.3 | |
| 1975 | Mike Boit | 1:44.9 | |
| 1976 | Mike Boit | 1:43.57 | |
| 1977 | Mike Boit | 1:45.09 | |
| 1978 | Mike Boit | 1:46.20 | |
| 1979 | James Robinson | 1:46.09 | |
| 1980 | Willi Wülbeck | 1:45.68 | |
| 1981 | James Robinson | 1:46.56 | |
| 1982 | Willi Wülbeck | 1:46.31 | |
| 1983 | David Mack | 1:44.43 | |
| 1984 | Sammy Koskei | 1:46.46 | |
| 1985 | Joaquim Cruz | 1:42.98 | |
| 1986 | Johnny Gray | 1:45.90 | |
| 1987 | Billy Konchellah | 1:44.40 | |
| 1988 | Tom McKean | 1:47.60 | |
| 1989 | Johnny Gray | 1:44.02 | |
| 1990 | Johnny Gray | 1:45.57 | |
| 1991 | Billy Konchellah | 1:45.95 | |
| 1992 | Nixon Kiprotich | 1:44.72 | |
| 1993 | Billy Konchellah | 1:44.22 | |
| 1994 | Wilson Kipketer | 1:43.95 | |
| 1995 | Atle Douglas | 1:44.95 | |
| 1996 | Wilson Kipketer | 1:43.34 | |
| 1997 | not held | - | - |
| 1998 | not held | - | - |
| 1999 | Wilson Kipketer | 1:44.03 | |
| 2000 | not held | - | - |
| 2001 | André Bucher | 1:43.82 | |
| 2002 | Wilfred Bungei | 1:44.62 | |
| 2003 | Hezekiél Sepeng | 1:44.71 | |
| 2004 | Yusuf Saad Kamel | 1:45.07 | |
| 2005 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | 1:44.26 | |
| 2006 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | 1:44.37 | |
| 2007 | not held | - | - |
| 2008 | Abraham Chepkirwok | 1:44.53 | |
| 2009 | Robin Schembera | 1:45.96 | |
| 2010 | David Rudisha | 1:41.09 WR | |
| 2011 | not held | - | - |
| 2012 | Mohammed Aman | 1:43.62 | |
| 2013 | Mohammed Aman | 1:43.97 | |
| 2014 | Mohammed Aman | 1:43.52 |
| Year | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| 1937 | not held | - | - |
| 1938 | not held | - | - |
| 1939 | not held | - | - |
| 1941 | not held | - | - |
| 1942 | not held | - | - |
| 1949 | not held | - | - |
| 1952 | not held | - | - |
| 1953 | not held | - | - |
| 1954 | not held | - | - |
| 1955 | not held | - | - |
| 1956 | not held | - | - |
| 1957 | not held | - | - |
| 1958 | not held | - | - |
| 1959 | not held | - | - |
| 1960 | not held | - | - |
| 1961 | not held | - | - |
| 1962 | Gerda Kraan | 2:06.2 | |
| 1963 | not held | - | - |
| 1964 | Maryvonne Dupureur | 2:03.9 | |
| 1965 | not held | - | - |
| 1966 | not held | - | - |
| 1967 | not held | - | - |
| 1969 | Anne-Marie Nenzell | 2:05:00 | |
| 1970 | Vera Nikolić | 2:02.2 | |
| 1971 | Vera Nikolić | 2.01.0 | |
| 1972-73 | not held | - | - |
| 1974 | not held | - | - |
| 1975 | Mariana Suman | 2.02.40 | |
| 1976 | Francie Laprieu | 2:00.22 | |
| 1977 | Elżbieta Katolik | 2:00.10 | |
| 1978 | not held | - | - |
| 1979 | not held | - | - |
| 1980 | Margrit Klinger | 2:00.50 | |
| 1981 | Margrit Klinger | 2:00.07 | |
| 1982 | Jolanta Januchta | 2:01.87 | |
| 1983 | Mary Decker | 1:59.14 | |
| 1984 | not held | - | - |
| 1985 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | 1:58.38 | |
| 1986 | Gaby Bußmann | 1:58.11 | |
| 1987 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | 1:56.56 | |
| 1988 | not held | - | - |
| 1989 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | 1:57.90 | |
| 1990 | not held | - | - |
| 1991 | not held | - | - |
| 1992 | Ellen van Langen | 1:59.55 | |
| 1993 | Maria Mutola | 1:57.99 | |
| 1994 | not held | - | - |
| 1995 | Maria Mutola | 1:57.61 | |
| 1996 | not held | - | - |
| 1997 | Maria Mutola | 1:56.93 | |
| 1998 | not held | - | - |
| 1999 | Maria Mutola | 1:57.56 | |
| 2000 | not held | - | - |
| 2001 | Maria Mutola | 1:59.19 | |
| 2002 | not held | - | - |
| 2003 | Maria Mutola | 1:59.01 | |
| 2004 | not held | - | - |
| 2005 | Zulia Calatayud | 1:59.25 | |
| 2006 | not held | - | - |
| 2007 | Janeth Jepkosgei | 1:58.62 | |
| 2008 | Pamela Jelimo | 1:54.99 | |
| 2009 | not held | - | - |
| 2010 | Caster Semenya | 1:59.90 | |
| 2011 | Janeth Jepkosgei | 1:58.26 | |
| 2012 | Pamela Jelimo | 1:58.68 | |
| 2013 | not held | - | - |
| 2014 | Tigist Assefa | 2:00.16 |
| Year | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| 1937 | not held | - | - |
| 1938 | Herbert Jacob | 3:58.2 | |
| 1939 | not held | - | - |
| 1941 | not held | - | - |
| 1942 | Rolf Seidenschnur | 3:51.4 | |
| 1949 | Lennart Strand | 3:56.8 | |
| 1952 | Josy Barthel | 3:51.0 | |
| 1953 | Werner Lueg | 3:52.4 | |
| 1954 | Günter Dohrow | 3:53.8 | |
| 1955-57 | not held | - | - |
| 1958 | Marian Jochman | 3:49.7 | |
| 1959 | Tomás Barris | 3:51.9 | |
| 1960 | Klaus Ostach | 3:47.3 | |
| 1961 | Klaus Lehmann | 3:43.0 | |
| 1962 | Karl Eyerkaufer | 3:47.1 | |
| 1963 | Harald Norpoth | 3:46.9 | |
| 1964 | Eugène Allonsius | 3:45.5 | |
| 1965 | Jim Grelle | 3:44.0 | |
| 1967-1983 | not held | - | - |
| 1984 | not held | - | - |
| 1985 | Saïd Aouita | 3:29.46 WR | |
| 1986 | Enda Fitzpatrick | 3:39.18 | |
| 1987 | not held | - | - |
| 1988 | not held | - | - |
| 1989-93 | not held | - | - |
| 1994 | Vénuste Niyongabo | 3:31.18 | |
| 1995 | not held | - | - |
| 1996 | not held | - | - |
| 1997 | not held | - | - |
| 1998 | Hicham El Guerrouj | 3:31.18 | |
| 1999 | not held | - | - |
| 2000 | Hicham El Guerrouj | 3:30.90 | |
| 2001 | not held | - | - |
| 2002 | Hicham El Guerrouj | 3:30.00 | |
| 2003 | not held | - | - |
| 2004 | Paul Korir | 3:32.46 | |
| 2005 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | 3:29.72 | |
| 2006 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | 3:32.48 | |
| 2007 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | 3:34.09 | |
| 2008 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | 3:31.57 | |
| 2009 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | 3:29.47 | |
| 2010 | Silas Kiplagat | 3:30.31 | |
| 2011 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | 3:31.14 | |
| 2012 | Nixon Chepseba | 3:33.11 | |
| 2013 | İlham Tanui Özbilen | 3:35.58 | |
| 2014 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | 3:33.24 |
| Year | Winner | Nationality | Time |
| 1937 | not held | - | - |
| 1938 | not held | - | - |
| 1939 | not held | - | - |
| 1941 | not held | - | - |
| 1942 | not held | - | - |
| 1949 | not held | - | - |
| 1952 | not held | - | - |
| 1953 | not held | - | - |
| 1954 | not held | - | - |
| 1955-57 | not held | - | - |
| 1958 | not held | - | - |
| 1959 | not held | - | - |
| 1960 | not held | - | - |
| 1961 | not held | - | - |
| 1962 | not held | - | - |
| 1963 | not held | - | - |
| 1964 | not held | - | - |
| 1965 | not held | - | - |
| 1967-1983 | not held | - | - |
| 1984 | Brit McRoberts | 4:12.61 | |
| 1985 | not held | - | - |
| 1986 | not held | - | - |
| 1987 | not held | - | - |
| 1988 | Paula Ivan | 4:00.24 | |
| 1989-93 | not held | - | - |
| 1994 | Angela Chalmers | 4:04.39 | |
| 1995 | not held | - | - |
| 1996 | Svetlana Masterkova | 4:06.87 | |
| 1997 | not held | - | - |
| 1998 | Svetlana Masterkova | 4:03.19 | |
| 1999 | not held | - | - |
| 2000 | Violeta Szekely | 4:02.80 | |
| 2001 | Violeta Szekely | 4:00.80 | |
| 2002 | Süreyya Ayhan | 3:58.43 | |
| 2003 | Süreyya Ayhan | 3:59.58 | |
| 2004 | Tatyana Tomashova | 4:04.41 | |
| 2005 | not held | - | - |
| 2006 | not held | - | - |
| 2007 | not held | - | - |
| 2008 | not held | - | - |
| 2009 | not held | - | - |
| 2010 | not held | - | - |
| 2011 | not held | - | - |
| 2012 | not held | - | - |
| 2013 | Yekaterina Sharmina | 4:10.47 | |
| 2014 | not held | - | - |