Below a list of all National champions in the Women's 5000 metres

5000 metres

The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...

(track outdoor) in track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 from several countries since 1980

1980 in sports

1980 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup:** Men's overall season champion: Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein** Women's overall season champion: Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein...

. In most countries however the event was contested for the first time in 1995

1995 in sports

1995 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Alberto Tomba, Italy** Women's overall season champion: Vreni Schneider, Switzerland-American football:...

. Until then the 3000 metres

3000 metres

The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...

 was the main middle-distance track event for women.

  Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

• 1995: Carolyn Schuwalow
• 1996: Kate Richardson
  Kate Richardson (athlete)
  Kate Richardson is an Australian athlete, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's 5.000 metres....
  
  
• 1997: Kate Richardson
  Kate Richardson (athlete)
  Kate Richardson is an Australian athlete, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's 5.000 metres....
  
  
• 1998: Annette Cross
• 1999: Natalie Harvey

• 2000: Annette Cross
• 2001: Elizabeth Miller
• 2002: Hayley McGregor
• 2003: Benita Johnson
  Benita Johnson
  Benita Willis is an Australian distance runner, who is a three-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres....
  
  
• 2004: Georgina Clarke

• 2005: Benita Johnson
  Benita Johnson
  Benita Willis is an Australian distance runner, who is a three-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres....
  
  
• 2006: Eloise Wellings
  Eloise Wellings
  Eloise Wellings is an Australian long-distance runner. She represented her country at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and at the 2010 edition in New Delhi. She was the gold medalist over 5000 metres at the 2003 Summer Universiade...
  
  
• 2007: Benita Johnson
  Benita Johnson
  Benita Willis is an Australian distance runner, who is a three-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres....
  
  
• 2008: Georgina Clarke
• 2009: Sarah Jamieson
  Sarah Jamieson
  Sarah Jamieson is an Australian middle distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:02.81 *1500 metres - 4:00.93 *One mile run - 4:23.40 *3000 metres - 8:48.41...
  
  

  Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

• 1995: Marleen Renders
  Marleen Renders
  Marleen Renders is a retired female long-distance runner from Belgium, who represented her native country thrice at the Summer Olympics: in 1988, 1996 and 2000...
  
  
• 1996: Marleen Renders
  Marleen Renders
  Marleen Renders is a retired female long-distance runner from Belgium, who represented her native country thrice at the Summer Olympics: in 1988, 1996 and 2000...
  
  
• 1997: Anne-Marie Danneels
• 1998: Anne-Marie Danneels
• 1999: Anja Smolders

• 2000: Anja Smolders
• 2001: Stefanija Statkuvienė
  Stefanija Statkuvienė
  Stefanija Statkuvienė is a retired female long-distance runner from Lithuania. She competed for her native Baltic country in the women's marathon event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in 40th place...
  
  
• 2002: Mounia Aboulahcen
• 2003: Sigrid Vanden Bempt
• 2004: Fatima Baouf

• 2005: Nathalie DeVos
• 2006: Anja Smolders
• 2007: Sigrid Vanden Bempt
• 2008: Elke Van Hoeymissen
• 2009: Veerle Van Linden
• 2010: Sigrid Vanden Bempt

  Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

• 1995: Kathy Butler
  Kathy Butler
  Kathy Butler is a Scottish long-distance runner who competes in the 10000 metres and Marathon, as well as cross country running and Road running .Kathy lives in Nederland, Colorado Kathy is the track coach at Nederland High School....
  
  
• 1996: Tina Connelly
  Tina Connelly
  Tina Connelly is a retired female track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the long-distance events. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in 37th place in the women's 10.000 metres...
  
  
• 1997: Carol Howe
• 1998: Sherri Smith
• 1999: Kathy Butler
  Kathy Butler
  Kathy Butler is a Scottish long-distance runner who competes in the 10000 metres and Marathon, as well as cross country running and Road running .Kathy lives in Nederland, Colorado Kathy is the track coach at Nederland High School....
  
  

• 2000: Tina Connelly
  Tina Connelly
  Tina Connelly is a retired female track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the long-distance events. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in 37th place in the women's 10.000 metres...
  
  
• 2001: Courtney Babcock
  Courtney Babcock
  Courtney Babcock is a Canadian runner, who is a two-time national champion in the women's 5.000 metres.Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario Babcock now trains in the United States. Her father was a hockey player who was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens . In high school she was more interested in...
  
  
• 2002: Courtney Babcock
  Courtney Babcock
  Courtney Babcock is a Canadian runner, who is a two-time national champion in the women's 5.000 metres.Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario Babcock now trains in the United States. Her father was a hockey player who was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens . In high school she was more interested in...
  
  
• 2003: Sean Kaley
• 2004: Emilie Mondor
  Émilie Mondor
  Émilie Mondor was a Canadian Olympic athlete, who was a two-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres....
  
  

• 2005: Emilie Mondor
  Émilie Mondor
  Émilie Mondor was a Canadian Olympic athlete, who was a two-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres....
  
  
• 2006: Megan Metcalfe
  Megan Metcalfe
  Megan Elizabeth Metcalfe is a Canadian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. Metcalfe attended West Virginia University, where she won the 2005 NCAA outdoor title in the 5000m. She was born in Edmonton...
  
  
• 2007: Megan Metcalfe
  Megan Metcalfe
  Megan Elizabeth Metcalfe is a Canadian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. Metcalfe attended West Virginia University, where she won the 2005 NCAA outdoor title in the 5000m. She was born in Edmonton...
  
  
• 2008: Megan Metcalfe
  Megan Metcalfe
  Megan Elizabeth Metcalfe is a Canadian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. Metcalfe attended West Virginia University, where she won the 2005 NCAA outdoor title in the 5000m. She was born in Edmonton...
  
  
• 2009: Tara Quinn

  Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

• 1995: Nina Christiansen
• 1996: Nina Christiansen
• 1997: Anja Jørgensen
• 1998: Dorte Vibjerg
• 1999: Annemette Jensen

• 2000: Annemette Jensen
• 2001: Gitte Karlshøj
  Gitte Karlshøj
  Gitte Karlshøj Gitte Karlshøj Gitte Karlshøj (born May 14, 1959 in Lyderslev, Stevns, Sjælland, Denmark is a Danish Track and Field athlete, specializing in long distance running. She ran the 3000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in a non-qualifying 6th place in the qualifying round...
  
  
• 2002: Gitte Karlshøj
  Gitte Karlshøj
  Gitte Karlshøj Gitte Karlshøj Gitte Karlshøj (born May 14, 1959 in Lyderslev, Stevns, Sjælland, Denmark is a Danish Track and Field athlete, specializing in long distance running. She ran the 3000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in a non-qualifying 6th place in the qualifying round...
  
  
• 2003: Dorte Vibjerg
• 2004: Louise Brasen

• 2005: Gitte Karlshøj
  Gitte Karlshøj
  Gitte Karlshøj Gitte Karlshøj Gitte Karlshøj (born May 14, 1959 in Lyderslev, Stevns, Sjælland, Denmark is a Danish Track and Field athlete, specializing in long distance running. She ran the 3000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in a non-qualifying 6th place in the qualifying round...
  
  
• 2006: Louise Mørch
• 2007: Maria Sig Møller
• 2008: Maria Sig Møller
• 2009: Lisbeth Pedersen

  England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

• 1980: Susan Hutton
  Susan Hutton
  -Life:She was raised in and around Detroit, Michigan.She graduated from Kalamazoo College, and from the University of Michigan with an MFA, where she studied with Linda Gregerson, David Baker, and Larry Goldstein...
  
  
• 1981: Kathryn Binns
  Kathryn Binns
  Kathryn Mary Binns is a retired female long-distance runner from England, who later was known as Kathryn Davis. She competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the women's marathon and half marathon...
  
  
• 1982: Monica Joyce
• 1983: Paula Fudge
  Paula Fudge
  Paula Fudge is a retired female long-distance runner from England, who competed in the late 1970s and the 1980s in the women's marathon and half marathon. Fudge set her personal best in the classic distance on October 30, 1988, finishing in third place at the Chicago Marathon...
  
  
• 1984: Shireen Samy-Barbour
• 1985: Monica Joyce
• 1986: Marina Samy
• 1987: Catherine Newman
• 1988: Jane Shields
• 1989: Sue Crehan

• 1990: Sally Ellis
• 1991: Amanda Wright
• 1992: Amanda Wright
• 1993: Suzanne Rigg
• 1994: Shireen Samy-Barbour
• 1995: Alison Wyeth
• 1996: Paula Radcliffe
  Paula Radcliffe
  Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours...
  
  
• 1997: Andrea Whitcombe
• 1998: Andrea Whitcombe
• 1999: Sarah Wilkinson

• 2000: Paula Radcliffe
  Paula Radcliffe
  Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours...
  
  
• 2001: Joanne Pavey
• 2002: Hayley Yelling
  Hayley Yelling
  Hayley Higham is a British runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling. She married Jamie Higham in 2009....
  
  
• 2003: Hayley Yelling
  Hayley Yelling
  Hayley Higham is a British runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling. She married Jamie Higham in 2009....
  
  
• 2004: Joanne Pavey
• 2005: Joanne Pavey
• 2006: Hayley Yelling
  Hayley Yelling
  Hayley Higham is a British runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling. She married Jamie Higham in 2009....
  
  
• 2007: Joanne Pavey
• 2008: Joanne Pavey
• 2009: Charlotte Purdue
  Charlotte Purdue
  Charlotte Purdue is a British long-distance runner who competes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, as well as cross country running. After winning a number of youth titles at national level, she had her first international success at the European Cross Country Championships, winning medals in...
  
  

  Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

• 1999: Liilia Kesküla
• 2000: Külli Kaljus
• 2001: Kadri Kelve
• 2002: Kadri Kelve
• 2003: Kadri Kelve
• 2004: Kadri Kelve

• 2005: Jekaterina Patjuk
• 2006: Jekaterina Patjuk
• 2007: Jekaterina Patjuk
• 2008: Jekaterina Patjuk
• 2009: Jekaterina Patjuk
• 2010: Jekaterina Patjuk

  Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

• 1995: Annemari Sandell
• 1996: Päivi Tikkanen
  Päivi Tikkanen
  Päivi Marja Sinikka Tikkanen is a retired female long-distance runner from Finland, who won the 1989 edition of the Berlin Marathon. A two-time Olympian she ended up in fourth place in the women's 3,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships. Tikkanen was Finnish champion in the same event for...
  
  
• 1997: Tuula Laitinen
• 1998: Päivi Tikkanen
  Päivi Tikkanen
  Päivi Marja Sinikka Tikkanen is a retired female long-distance runner from Finland, who won the 1989 edition of the Berlin Marathon. A two-time Olympian she ended up in fourth place in the women's 3,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships. Tikkanen was Finnish champion in the same event for...
  
  
• 1999: Annemari Sandell

• 2000: Annemari Sandell
• 2001: Elina Lindgren
• 2002: Ulla Tuimala
• 2003: Kirsi Valasti
• 2004: Kirsi Valasti

• 2005: Annemari Sandell
• 2006: Ulla Tuimala
• 2007: Elina Lindgren
• 2008
  2008 Finnish Athletics Championships
  The 2008 Finnish Athletics Championships were held in the Ratina Stadion in Tampere from July 24 to July 27, 2008. The event served as a qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics staged from August 15 to August 24, 2008 in Beijing, PR China....
  
  : Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen
• 2009
  2009 Finnish Athletics Championships
  The 2009 Finnish Athletics Championships were held in the Leppävaaran stadion in Espoo from July 31 to August 2, 2009. The event served as a qualification tournament for the 2009 World Championships staged from August 15 to August 23, 2009 in Berlin, Germany....
  
  : Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen

  France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

• 1995: Rosario Murcia
• 1996: Farida Fates
• 1997: Zahia Dahmani
• 1998: Blandine Bitzner
• 1999: Fatima Yvelain

• 2000: Fatima Yvelain
• 2001: Fatima Yvelain
• 2002: Fatima Yvelain
• 2003: Christelle Daunay
  Christelle Daunay
  Christelle Daunay is a French long distance runner who specialises in road running. She is the current French marathon record holder. She represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has competed a number of times in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships...
  
  
• 2004: Christelle Daunay
  Christelle Daunay
  Christelle Daunay is a French long distance runner who specialises in road running. She is the current French marathon record holder. She represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has competed a number of times in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships...
  
  

• 2005: Margaret Maury
  Margaret Maury
  Margaret Maury, née Kerubo is a French long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. She changed nationality from her native Kenya in 2002.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 4:11.40 min...
  
  
• 2006: Christine Bardelle
  Christine Bardelle
  Christine Bardelle is a French long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• 2007: Christine Bardelle
  Christine Bardelle
  Christine Bardelle is a French long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• 2008: Saadia Bourgaih
• 2009: Christine Bardelle
  Christine Bardelle
  Christine Bardelle is a French long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  

  Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

• 1995: Uta Pippig
  Uta Pippig
  Uta Pippig is a female long-distance runner, and the first woman to win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times . She also won the Berlin Marathon three times , the New York City Marathon once , and she represented Germany in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics...
  
  
• 1996: Petra Wassiluk
• 1997: Kristina Wollheim
• 1998: Kristina Wollheim
• 1999: Irina Mikitenko

• 2000: Irina Mikitenko
• 2001: Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt is a German long-distance runner who specialises in long-distance track events and the marathon. She is a two-time winner of the Cologne Marathon and has also won the Frankfurt Marathon and the Berlin Half Marathon...
  
  
• 2002: Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt is a German long-distance runner who specialises in long-distance track events and the marathon. She is a two-time winner of the Cologne Marathon and has also won the Frankfurt Marathon and the Berlin Half Marathon...
  
  
• 2003: Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt is a German long-distance runner who specialises in long-distance track events and the marathon. She is a two-time winner of the Cologne Marathon and has also won the Frankfurt Marathon and the Berlin Half Marathon...
  
  
• 2004: Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt is a German long-distance runner who specialises in long-distance track events and the marathon. She is a two-time winner of the Cologne Marathon and has also won the Frankfurt Marathon and the Berlin Half Marathon...
  
  

• 2005: Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt is a German long-distance runner who specialises in long-distance track events and the marathon. She is a two-time winner of the Cologne Marathon and has also won the Frankfurt Marathon and the Berlin Half Marathon...
  
  
• 2006: Irina Mikitenko
• 2007: Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt is a German long-distance runner who specialises in long-distance track events and the marathon. She is a two-time winner of the Cologne Marathon and has also won the Frankfurt Marathon and the Berlin Half Marathon...
  
  
• 2008: Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt is a German long-distance runner who specialises in long-distance track events and the marathon. She is a two-time winner of the Cologne Marathon and has also won the Frankfurt Marathon and the Berlin Half Marathon...
  
  
• 2009: Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt is a German long-distance runner who specialises in long-distance track events and the marathon. She is a two-time winner of the Cologne Marathon and has also won the Frankfurt Marathon and the Berlin Half Marathon...
  
  

  Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

• 1995: Silvia Sommaggio
  Silvia Sommaggio
  Silvia Sommaggio is a retired Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres as well as cross-country and road running....
  
  
• 1996: Roberta Brunet
  Roberta Brunet
  Roberta Brunet is a former middle distance runner from Italy who first won a bronze medal in the European Championships in 3,000 metres in 1990 and then won a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in the same discipline at the 1997 World Championships and a...
  
  
• 1997: Lucilla Andreucci
  Lucilla Andreucci
  Lucilla Andreucci is a retired female long-distance runner from Italy. She set her personal best in the women's marathon on December 3, 2000 in Milan, Italy.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• 1998: Elisa Rea
• 1999: Elisa Rea

• 2000: Roberta Brunet
  Roberta Brunet
  Roberta Brunet is a former middle distance runner from Italy who first won a bronze medal in the European Championships in 3,000 metres in 1990 and then won a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in the same discipline at the 1997 World Championships and a...
  
  
• 2001: Elisa Rea
• 2002: Gloria Marconi
  Gloria Marconi
  Gloria Marconi is an Italian long-distance runner.She was born in Florence. On the track she finished fifth in the 5000 metres and 24th in the 10,000 metres at the 2002 European Championships. She became Italian 5000 metres champion in 2002 and 2004, and 10,000 metres champion in 2003 and 2006...
  
  
• 2003: Agata Balsamo
• 2004: Gloria Marconi
  Gloria Marconi
  Gloria Marconi is an Italian long-distance runner.She was born in Florence. On the track she finished fifth in the 5000 metres and 24th in the 10,000 metres at the 2002 European Championships. She became Italian 5000 metres champion in 2002 and 2004, and 10,000 metres champion in 2003 and 2006...
  
  

• 2005: Silvia Weissteiner
  Silvia Weissteiner
  Silvia Weissteiner is an Italian long-distance runner. She is a two-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres. She represented Italy at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009.Weissteiner was the runner-up at the European Cup 10000m in 2006...
  
  
• 2006: Silvia Weissteiner
  Silvia Weissteiner
  Silvia Weissteiner is an Italian long-distance runner. She is a two-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres. She represented Italy at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009.Weissteiner was the runner-up at the European Cup 10000m in 2006...
  
  
• 2007: Claudia Pinna
• 2008: Elena Romagnolo
  Elena Romagnolo
  Elena Romagnolo is an Italian long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• 2009: Federica Dal Ri

  Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

• 1995: Atsumi Yashima
• 1996: Yoshiko Ichikawa
• 1997: Yoshiko Ichikawa
• 1998: Michiko Shimizu
• 1999: Yoshiko Ichikawa

• 2000: Yoshiko Fujinaga
  Yoshiko Fujinaga
  Yoshiko Fujinaga is a female long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 2009 edition of the annual Nagoya Marathon on March 1, 2009, clocking a total time of 2:28:13. She is a one-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres....
  
  
• 2001: Haruko Okamoto
• 2002: Kayoko Fukushi
  Kayoko Fukushi
  is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. Fukushi represented Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• 2003: Mari Ozaki
  Mari Ozaki
  is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.She was the 2002 winner of the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon, taking the title in 1:09:33...
  
  
• 2004: Kayoko Fukushi
  Kayoko Fukushi
  is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. Fukushi represented Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics....
  
  

• 2005: Kayoko Fukushi
  Kayoko Fukushi
  is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. Fukushi represented Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• 2006: Kayoko Fukushi
  Kayoko Fukushi
  is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. Fukushi represented Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• 2007: Kayoko Fukushi
  Kayoko Fukushi
  is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. Fukushi represented Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• 2008: Yuriko Kobayashi
  Yuriko Kobayashi
  Yuriko Kobayashi is a Japanese middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. She represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• 2009: Yurika Nakamura
  Yurika Nakamura
  is a Japanese long-distance runner. Nakamura grew up in the Hyōgo Prefecture.She finished seventh at the 2006 World Road Running Championships, helping the Japanese team win the bronze medal in the team competition. In 2008, she won the Nagoya Marathon in her marathon debut. In the 2008 Summer...
  
  

  Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

• 2008
  2008 Latvian Athletics Championships
  The 2008 Latvian Athletics Championships were held in Valmiera, Latvia on July 25-26, 2008.- Men :- Women :...
  
  : Agnese Pastare

• 2009
  2009 Latvian Athletics Championships
  The 2009 Latvian Athletics Championships were held in Ventspils, Latvia on July 31 and August 1, 2009.- Men :- Women :...
  
  : Agnese Pastare

• 2010
  2010 Latvian Athletics Championships
  The 2010 Latvian Athletics Championships were held in Jēkabpils, Latvia on July 9–10, 2010.- Men :- Women :...
  
  : Inna Poluškina
  Inna Poluškina
  Inna Poluškina is Latvian long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres. She has won the Latvian championship in 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m and half marathon...
  
  

  Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

• 1995: Grete Koens
• 1996: Christien Toonstra
• 1997: Silvia Kruijer
• 1998: Erika van de Bilt
• 1999: Wilma van Onna

• 2000: Erika van de Bilt
• 2001: Vivian Ruijters
• 2002: Nadezhda Wijenberg
  Nadezhda Wijenberg
  Nadezhda Wijenberg is a long-distance runner from Russia, who got the Dutch nationality in 1999 by marrying her coach Ger Wijenberg from the Netherlands....
  
  
• 2003: Miranda Boonstra
• 2004: Anita Looper

• 2005: Anita Looper
• 2006: Anita Looper
• 2007: Selma Borst
  Selma Borst
  Selma Borst is a Dutch runner.-Career highlights:European ChampionshipsDutch National ChampionshipsSelma Borst is a Dutch runner.-Career highlights:...
  
  
• 2008: Ilse Pol
• 2009: Lesley van Miert
• 2010: Marieke Falkmann
• 2011: Ilse Pol

  New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

• 1986: Debbie Elsmore
• 1987: Anne Audain
  Anne Audain
  Anne Audain is a New Zealand middle and long distance athlete, competing in three Olympic Games. She has received the Member of the British Empire medal from Queen Elizabeth II of New Zealand for her services to athletics worldwide and was born as Anne Garrett.At the age of 17 she came ninth in...
  
  
• 1988: Sonia Barry
• 1989: Anne Hannam
• 1990: Anne Hare
  Anne Hare
  Caroline Anne Hare is a former New Zealand representative runner from Wellington. She currently holds the New Zealand women's record for the 2000m.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics where she placed 13th in the women's 5000m final...
  
  
• 1991: Anne Hare
  Anne Hare
  Caroline Anne Hare is a former New Zealand representative runner from Wellington. She currently holds the New Zealand women's record for the 2000m.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics where she placed 13th in the women's 5000m final...
  
  
• 1992: Sharon Clode
• 1993: Linden Wilde

• 1994: Anne Hare
  Anne Hare
  Caroline Anne Hare is a former New Zealand representative runner from Wellington. She currently holds the New Zealand women's record for the 2000m.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics where she placed 13th in the women's 5000m final...
  
  
• 1995: Anne Hare
  Anne Hare
  Caroline Anne Hare is a former New Zealand representative runner from Wellington. She currently holds the New Zealand women's record for the 2000m.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics where she placed 13th in the women's 5000m final...
  
  
• 1996: Nyla Carroll
  Nyla Carroll
  Nyla Jane Carroll is a retired long-distance runner from New Zealand, who represented her native country in the women's 10.000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• 1997: Linden Wilde
• 1998: Nyla Carroll
  Nyla Carroll
  Nyla Jane Carroll is a retired long-distance runner from New Zealand, who represented her native country in the women's 10.000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• 1999: Melissa Moon
  Melissa Moon
  Melissa Moon is a long-distance runner from Wellington, New Zealand. She is a two time World Mountain Running champion and has won 21 New Zealand athletics titles over her career. In 2001 she was named New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year...
  
  
• 2000: Sarah Christie
• 2001: Melissa Moon
  Melissa Moon
  Melissa Moon is a long-distance runner from Wellington, New Zealand. She is a two time World Mountain Running champion and has won 21 New Zealand athletics titles over her career. In 2001 she was named New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year...
  
  

• 2002: Kim Smith
• 2003: Nyla Carroll
  Nyla Carroll
  Nyla Jane Carroll is a retired long-distance runner from New Zealand, who represented her native country in the women's 10.000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
  
  
• 2004: Nina Rillstone
• 2005: Melissa Moon
  Melissa Moon
  Melissa Moon is a long-distance runner from Wellington, New Zealand. She is a two time World Mountain Running champion and has won 21 New Zealand athletics titles over her career. In 2001 she was named New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year...
  
  
• 2006: Kim Smith
• 2007: Belinda Wimmer
• 2008: Kim Smith

  Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

• 1982: Ingrid Kristiansen
  Ingrid Kristiansen
  Ingrid Kristiansen née Christensen , was one of the best female long distance runners in the second half of the 1980s. She finished in fourth place in the first women's Olympic marathon race, at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-Career:Kristiansen started her career quite unremarkably, running 2:30 - 2:40...
  
  
• 1983: Mona Kleppe
• 1984: Mona Kleppe
• 1985: Grete Kirkeberg
  Grete Kirkeberg
  Grete Jorunn Kirkeberg is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races and cross-country running....
  
  
• 1986: Grete Kirkeberg
  Grete Kirkeberg
  Grete Jorunn Kirkeberg is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races and cross-country running....
  
  
• 1987: Anita Håkenstad
  Anita Håkenstad
  Anita Håkenstad is a Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races and cross-country running. She now competes in mountain running....
  
  
• 1988: Grethe Fosse
• 1989: Ingrid Kristiansen
  Ingrid Kristiansen
  Ingrid Kristiansen née Christensen , was one of the best female long distance runners in the second half of the 1980s. She finished in fourth place in the first women's Olympic marathon race, at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-Career:Kristiansen started her career quite unremarkably, running 2:30 - 2:40...
  
  
• 1990: Sissel Grottenberg
  Sissel Grottenberg
  Sissel Sofie Grottenberg is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race and half marathon....
  
  

• 1991: Ingrid Kristiansen
  Ingrid Kristiansen
  Ingrid Kristiansen née Christensen , was one of the best female long distance runners in the second half of the 1980s. She finished in fourth place in the first women's Olympic marathon race, at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-Career:Kristiansen started her career quite unremarkably, running 2:30 - 2:40...
  
  
• 1992: Grete Kirkeberg
  Grete Kirkeberg
  Grete Jorunn Kirkeberg is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races and cross-country running....
  
  
• 1993: Torhild Dybwad
• 1994: Not Held
• 1995: Not Held
• 1996: Gunhild Halle Haugen
  Gunhild Halle Haugen
  Gunhild Haugen is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. She is the daughter of Per Halle, who was her coach as well. Haugen represented IL Runar....
  
  
• 1997: Gunhild Halle Haugen
  Gunhild Halle Haugen
  Gunhild Haugen is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. She is the daughter of Per Halle, who was her coach as well. Haugen represented IL Runar....
  
  
• 1998: Susanne Wigene
  Susanne Wigene
  Susanne Wigene is a Norwegian middle and long distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres...
  
  
• 1999: Gunhild Halle Haugen
  Gunhild Halle Haugen
  Gunhild Haugen is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. She is the daughter of Per Halle, who was her coach as well. Haugen represented IL Runar....
  
  

• 2000: Gunhild Halle Haugen
  Gunhild Halle Haugen
  Gunhild Haugen is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. She is the daughter of Per Halle, who was her coach as well. Haugen represented IL Runar....
  
  
• 2001: Gunhild Halle Haugen
  Gunhild Halle Haugen
  Gunhild Haugen is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. She is the daughter of Per Halle, who was her coach as well. Haugen represented IL Runar....
  
  
• 2002: Gunhild Halle Haugen
  Gunhild Halle Haugen
  Gunhild Haugen is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. She is the daughter of Per Halle, who was her coach as well. Haugen represented IL Runar....
  
  
• 2003: Bente Landøy
• 2004: Susanne Wigene
  Susanne Wigene
  Susanne Wigene is a Norwegian middle and long distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres...
  
  
• 2005: Susanne Wigene
  Susanne Wigene
  Susanne Wigene is a Norwegian middle and long distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres...
  
  
• 2006: Kirsten Otterbu
  Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu
  Kirsten Marathon Melkevik, formerly Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu, is a Norwegian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon....
  
  
• 2007: Ingunn Opsal
• 2008: Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal
• 2009: Kristen Størmer

  Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

• 1984: Renata Kokowska
  Renata Kokowska
  Renata Kokowska is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who is a triple winner of the Berlin Marathon: 1988, 1991 and 1993. In 1990 she triumphed in the Amsterdam Marathon. She is a two-time national champion in the women's 5.000 metres.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless...
  
  
• 1985: Wanda Panfil
  Wanda Panfil
  Wanda Marianna Panfil-González is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who won the world title in the women's marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan...
  
  
• 1986: Renata Kokowska
  Renata Kokowska
  Renata Kokowska is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who is a triple winner of the Berlin Marathon: 1988, 1991 and 1993. In 1990 she triumphed in the Amsterdam Marathon. She is a two-time national champion in the women's 5.000 metres.-Achievements:*All results regarding marathon, unless...
  
  
• 1987: Wanda Panfil
  Wanda Panfil
  Wanda Marianna Panfil-González is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who won the world title in the women's marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan...
  
  
• 1988: Wanda Panfil
  Wanda Panfil
  Wanda Marianna Panfil-González is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who won the world title in the women's marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan...
  
  
• 1989: Wanda Panfil
  Wanda Panfil
  Wanda Marianna Panfil-González is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who won the world title in the women's marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan...
  
  
• 1990: Grażyna Kowina
• 1991–1994: Not Held

• 1995: Dorota Gruca
  Dorota Gruca
  Dorota Gruca, married Giezek is a Polish marathon runner, who is a three-time national champion in the women's 5.000 metres....
  
  
• 1996: Danuta Marczyk
• 1997: Justyna Bąk
  Justyna Bak
  Justyna Bąk is a long-distance runner from Poland, who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She is a four-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres, and a former world record holder in the 3,000 metres steeple. She was born in Tarnogród.Bak won the 2003 edition of the Cross...
  
  
• 1998: Dorota Gruca
  Dorota Gruca
  Dorota Gruca, married Giezek is a Polish marathon runner, who is a three-time national champion in the women's 5.000 metres....
  
  
• 1999: Dorota Gruca
  Dorota Gruca
  Dorota Gruca, married Giezek is a Polish marathon runner, who is a three-time national champion in the women's 5.000 metres....
  
  
• 2000: Justyna Bąk
  Justyna Bak
  Justyna Bąk is a long-distance runner from Poland, who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She is a four-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres, and a former world record holder in the 3,000 metres steeple. She was born in Tarnogród.Bak won the 2003 edition of the Cross...
  
  
• 2001: Justyna Bąk
  Justyna Bak
  Justyna Bąk is a long-distance runner from Poland, who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She is a four-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres, and a former world record holder in the 3,000 metres steeple. She was born in Tarnogród.Bak won the 2003 edition of the Cross...
  
  
• 2002: Wioletta Janowska
  Wioletta Janowska
  Wioletta Frankiewicz is a Polish runner. She competes in the 1500 metres, but she competes also in the 3000 metre steeplechase event, as she did in the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. She weighs 58 kilograms and is 1.77 metres tall. She won National Indoor...
  
  

• 2003: Grażyna Syrek
• 2004: Wioletta Janowska
  Wioletta Janowska
  Wioletta Frankiewicz is a Polish runner. She competes in the 1500 metres, but she competes also in the 3000 metre steeplechase event, as she did in the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. She weighs 58 kilograms and is 1.77 metres tall. She won National Indoor...
  
  
• 2005: Justyna Bąk
  Justyna Bak
  Justyna Bąk is a long-distance runner from Poland, who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She is a four-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres, and a former world record holder in the 3,000 metres steeple. She was born in Tarnogród.Bak won the 2003 edition of the Cross...
  
  
• 2006: Grażyna Syrek
• 2007: Wioletta Janowska
  Wioletta Janowska
  Wioletta Frankiewicz is a Polish runner. She competes in the 1500 metres, but she competes also in the 3000 metre steeplechase event, as she did in the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. She weighs 58 kilograms and is 1.77 metres tall. She won National Indoor...
  
  
• 2008: Wioletta Janowska
  Wioletta Janowska
  Wioletta Frankiewicz is a Polish runner. She competes in the 1500 metres, but she competes also in the 3000 metre steeplechase event, as she did in the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. She weighs 58 kilograms and is 1.77 metres tall. She won National Indoor...
  
  
• 2009: Karolina Jarzyńska
• 2010: Wioletta Frankiewicz (Janowska)

  Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

• 1995: Conceição Ferreira
  Conceição Ferreira
  Maria Conceição da Costa Ferreira is a retired Portuguese long-distance runner.She won the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, and finished sixth in 10,000 metres at the 1993 World Championships.-Achievements:...
  
  
• 1996: Marina Bastos Rodrigues
• 1997: Marina Bastos Rodrigues
• 1998: Marina Bastos Rodrigues
• 1999: Marina Bastos Rodrigues

• 2000: Fernanda Ribeiro
  Fernanda Ribeiro
  Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...
  
  
• 2001: Ana Dias
• 2002: Fernanda Ribeiro
  Fernanda Ribeiro
  Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...
  
  
• 2003: Fernanda Ribeiro
  Fernanda Ribeiro
  Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...
  
  
• 2004: Fernanda Ribeiro
  Fernanda Ribeiro
  Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...
  
  

• 2005: Inês Monteiro
  Inês Monteiro
  Inês Alexandra das Neves Monteiro is a Portuguese athlete who competes in middle and long distance track running, as well as road running and cross country. She started out as a cross country runner, winning a silver and a gold medal at the 1998 and 1999 European junior race...
  
  
• 2006: Jessica Augusto
  Jessica Augusto
  Jéssica Augusto is a Portuguese runner who competes in cross country, road running and in middle-distance and long-distance track events....
  
  
• 2007: Cláudia Pereira
• 2008: Carla Martinho
• 2009: Ana Dias

• 2010: Dulce Félix
• 2011: Dulce Félix

  Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

• 1993: Tatyana Pentukova
• 1994: Klara Kachapova
• 1995: Viktoriya Nenasheva
• 1996: Viktoriya Nenasheva
• 1997: Elena Kopytova
• 1998: Svetlana Baygulova

• 1999: Olga Yegorova
  Olga Yegorova
  Olga Yegorova is a Russian middle distance runner.Her first international appearance came at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where she finished 9th in the 1500m won by future world record holder Qu Yunxia...
  
  
• 2000: Tatyana Tomasheva
• 2001: Olga Rosseyeva
• 2002: Liliya Shobukhova
  Liliya Shobukhova
  Liliya Bulatovna Shobukhova is a Russian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She previously specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres track events....
  
  
• 2003: Gulnara Samitova
  Gulnara Samitova
  Gulnara Iskanderovna Samitova-Galkina is a Russian middle-distance runner. In July 2004 she ran 3000 metres steeplechase in a new world record of 9:01.59. Early that year she won a bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.Gulnara Samitova-Galkina is of mixed Tatar...
  
  
• 2004: Gulnara Samitova
  Gulnara Samitova
  Gulnara Iskanderovna Samitova-Galkina is a Russian middle-distance runner. In July 2004 she ran 3000 metres steeplechase in a new world record of 9:01.59. Early that year she won a bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.Gulnara Samitova-Galkina is of mixed Tatar...
  
  

• 2005: Liliya Shobukhova
  Liliya Shobukhova
  Liliya Bulatovna Shobukhova is a Russian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She previously specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres track events....
  
  
• 2006: Regina Rakhimkulova
  Regina Rakhimkulova
  Regina Rakhimkulova is a long-distance runner from Russia who specializes in the 5,000 metres. She is a one-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres....
  
  
• 2007: Yekaterina Volkova
  Yekaterina Volkova
  Yekaterina Gennadiyevna Volkova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.In her major international debut she won the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships...
  
  
• 2008: Liliya Shobukhova
  Liliya Shobukhova
  Liliya Bulatovna Shobukhova is a Russian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She previously specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres track events....
  
  
• 2009: Mariya Konovalova
  Mariya Konovalova
  Mariya Ivanovna Konovalova is a Russian long-distance runner. She has represented Russia in both track running and cross country running and was the silver medallist at the 2006 European Cross Country Championships...
  
  

  South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

• 1995: Juliet Prowse
• 1996: Alta Verster
• 1997: Alta Verster
• 1998: Alta Verster
• 1999: Carlien Cornelissen

• 2000: René Kalmer
  René Kalmer
  René Kalmer is a female South African runner who has competed over distances ranging from 800 metres to the marathon. She represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics, running in the 1500 metres. She is a two-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics and has run at eight...
  
  
• 2001: René Kalmer
  René Kalmer
  René Kalmer is a female South African runner who has competed over distances ranging from 800 metres to the marathon. She represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics, running in the 1500 metres. She is a two-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics and has run at eight...
  
  
• 2002: Rika Feuth
• 2003: Poppy Mlambo
• 2004: René Kalmer
  René Kalmer
  René Kalmer is a female South African runner who has competed over distances ranging from 800 metres to the marathon. She represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics, running in the 1500 metres. She is a two-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics and has run at eight...
  
  

• 2005: Poppy Mlambo
• 2006: Zintle Xiniwe
• 2007: René Kalmer
  René Kalmer
  René Kalmer is a female South African runner who has competed over distances ranging from 800 metres to the marathon. She represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics, running in the 1500 metres. She is a two-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics and has run at eight...
  
  
• 2008: René Kalmer
  René Kalmer
  René Kalmer is a female South African runner who has competed over distances ranging from 800 metres to the marathon. She represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics, running in the 1500 metres. She is a two-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics and has run at eight...
  
  
• 2009: Dinah-Lebo Phalula

  Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

• 1982: Pilar Fernandéz
• 1983: Pilar Fernandéz
• 1984: Ana Isabel Alonso
  Ana Isabel Alonso
  Ana Isabel Alonso is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who represented her native country in three Summer Olympics: 1988, 1996 and 2000. Her best finish came at her Olympic debut in Seoul, South Korea, where Alonso ended up in 25th place in the women's 10.000 metres race...
  
  
• 1985: Amelia Lorza
• 1986: Maria Carmen Valero
• 1987: Asunción Sinobas
• 1988: Angelines Rodriguez
• 1989: Estela Estévez
• 1990: Estela Estévez
• 1991: Estela Estévez

• 1992: Estela Estévez
• 1993: Julia Vaquero
• 1994: Rocío Ríos
  Rocío Ríos
  María Rocío Ríos Pérez is a retired female long-distance runner from Spain, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon race, finishing in fifth place....
  
  
• 1995: Maria Teresa Recio
• 1996: Julia Vaquero
• 1997: Cristina Maria Petite
• 1998: Marta Dominguez
  Marta Domínguez
  Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...
  
  
• 1999: Marta Dominguez
  Marta Domínguez
  Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...
  
  
• 2000: Marta Dominguez
  Marta Domínguez
  Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...
  
  
• 2001: Marta Dominguez
  Marta Domínguez
  Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...
  
  

• 2002: M. SYAHRIZAN
• 2003: Marta Dominguez
  Marta Domínguez
  Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...
  
  
• 2004: María Luisa Larraga
  María Luisa Larraga
  María Luisa Larraga Cacho is a Spanish runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 4:23.5 min *3000 metres - 8:59.35i min *5000 metres - 15:28.78 min...
  
  
• 2005: Yesenia Centeno
• 2006: Judit Pla
• 2007: Marta Romo
• 2008: Dolores Checa
  Dolores Checa
  Dolores Checa is a Spanish middle-distance and long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• 2009: Judit Pla

• 2011: M.Syahrizan

  United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

• 1983: Judi St Hilaire
• 1984: Katie Ishmael
• 1985: Suzanne Girard
• 1986: Betty Jo Geiger
• 1987: Nanette Davis
• 1988: Brenda Webb
• 1989: Melinda Schmidt
• 1990: PattiSue Plumer
  PattiSue Plumer
  Patricia Susan "PattiSue" Plumer is a retired American long-distance runner who ran twice in the Summer Olympics. She ran first in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea where she finished 13th in the now defunct 3000 metres...
  
  
• 1991: PattiSue Plumer
  PattiSue Plumer
  Patricia Susan "PattiSue" Plumer is a retired American long-distance runner who ran twice in the Summer Olympics. She ran first in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea where she finished 13th in the now defunct 3000 metres...
  
  

• 1992: Christine Boyd
• 1993: Christine McNamara
• 1994: Cecilia St Geme
• 1995: Gina Procaccio
  Gina Procaccio
  Gina Procaccio is a retired American long and middle distance distance runner. In 1995, she was the USATF National Champion in the indoor 5000 metres, which qualified her to run for her native country in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, Spain.-Early career:While...
  
  
• 1996: Lynn Jennings
  Lynn Jennings
  Lynn Jennings is a retired American athlete who competed mainly in the long distances. She is one of the best female American runners of all time, with a range from 1500 meters to the marathon. She excelled at all three of the sport's major disciplines--track, road, and cross country...
  
  
• 1997: Libbie Hickman
  Libbie Hickman
  Libbie Hickman is an American former athlete who competed in long distance track events. Hickman represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 m....
  
  
• 1998: Regina Jacobs
  Regina Jacobs
  Regina Jacobs is an American former middle distance runner from Los Angeles. After graduating from Stanford University she represented the USA in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, before ending her career in disgrace after a positive drug test.Jacobs took...
  
  
• 1999: Regina Jacobs
  Regina Jacobs
  Regina Jacobs is an American former middle distance runner from Los Angeles. After graduating from Stanford University she represented the USA in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, before ending her career in disgrace after a positive drug test.Jacobs took...
  
  
• 2000: Regina Jacobs
  Regina Jacobs
  Regina Jacobs is an American former middle distance runner from Los Angeles. After graduating from Stanford University she represented the USA in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, before ending her career in disgrace after a positive drug test.Jacobs took...
  
  

• 2001: Marla Runyan
  Marla Runyan
  Marla Runyan , is an American track and field athlete, road runner and marathon runner who is legally blind. She is a three-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres.Runyan was born in Santa Maria, California...
  
  
• 2002: Marla Runyan
  Marla Runyan
  Marla Runyan , is an American track and field athlete, road runner and marathon runner who is legally blind. She is a three-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres.Runyan was born in Santa Maria, California...
  
  
• 2003: Marla Runyan
  Marla Runyan
  Marla Runyan , is an American track and field athlete, road runner and marathon runner who is legally blind. She is a three-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres.Runyan was born in Santa Maria, California...
  
  
• 2004: Shayne Culpepper
  Shayne Culpepper
  Shayne Culpepper is a middle distance athlete. She is a two-time Olympian in track and field; in 2004 in the 5,000m and in 2000 in the 1,500m....
  
  
• 2005: Shalane Flanagan
  Shalane Flanagan
  Shalane Flanagan is an American distance runner. She currently holds the American record times in the 3000 m , 5000 m , and 10,000 m...
  
  
• 2006: Lauren Fleshman
  Lauren Fleshman
  Lauren Fleshman is an American track and field athlete. She was the U.S. 5000 meters champion in 2006 and 2010, and has competed at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2003, 2005, and 2011...
  
  
• 2007: Shalane Flanagan
  Shalane Flanagan
  Shalane Flanagan is an American distance runner. She currently holds the American record times in the 3000 m , 5000 m , and 10,000 m...
  
  
• 2008: Kara Goucher
  Kara Goucher
  Kara Goucher is an American long-distance runner.-Personal life:Goucher was born in Queens, New York. When she was 4 years old her family moved to Duluth, Minnesota after her father was killed by a drunk driver on the Harlem River Drive...
  
  
• 2009: Kara Goucher
  Kara Goucher
  Kara Goucher is an American long-distance runner.-Personal life:Goucher was born in Queens, New York. When she was 4 years old her family moved to Duluth, Minnesota after her father was killed by a drunk driver on the Harlem River Drive...
  
  
• 2010: Lauren Fleshman
  Lauren Fleshman
  Lauren Fleshman is an American track and field athlete. She was the U.S. 5000 meters champion in 2006 and 2010, and has competed at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2003, 2005, and 2011...