Athletics, IAAF Athletics World Championships, Discus throw - Discus throw World Champions, women

1983 Martina Opitz
1987 Martina Hellmann
1991 Tsvetanka Khristova
1993 Olga Chernyavskaya
1995 Ellina Zvereva
1997 Beatrice Faumuina
1999 Franka Dietzsch
2001 Ellina Zvereva
2003 Irina Yatchenko
2005 Franka Dietzsch
2007 Franka Dietzsch
2009 Dani Samuels
2011 Li Yanfeng