| Year | Name | Age | Home | Time |
| 1975 | Sylvia Weiner | 44 | Canada | 3:21:38 |
| 1976 | Miki Gorman | 40 | California | 2:52:27 |
| 1977 | Miki Gorman | 41 | California | 2:48:33 |
| 1978 | Toshiko d'Elia | 48 | New Jersey | 3:04:26 |
| 1979 | Toshiko d'Elia | 49 | New Jersey | 2:58:11 |
| 1980 | Sue-Agatha Lee | 40 | California | 3:01:48 |
| 1981 | Sue Stricklin | 43 | California | 2:56:46 |
| 1982 | Patricia S. Thomas | 42 | Washington | 2:58:55 |
| 1983 | Tina M. Hayward | 42 | Michigan | 3:02:35 |
| 1984 | Joan L. Ullyot | 43 | California | 2:54:17 |
| 1985 | Miyo Ishigami | 50 | Japan | 3:03:47 |
| 1986 | Evy Palm | 44 | Sweden | 2:32:47 |
| 1987 | Evy Palm | 45 | Sweden | 2:36:24 |
| 1988 | Priscilla Welch | 43 | Great Britain | 2:30:48 |
| 1989 | Priscilla Welch | 44 | Great Britain | 2:35:00 |
| 1990 | Anne Roden | 43 | Great Britain | 2:39:36 |
| 1991 | Graziella Striuli | 41 | Italy | 2:37:10 |
| 1992 | Anne Roden | 45 | Great Britain | 2:37:37 |
| 1993 | Bernardine Portenski | 43 | New Zealand | 2:41:18 |
| 1994 | Emma Scaunich | 40 | Italy | 2:33:36 |
| 1995 | Irina Bondarchouk | 41 | Russia | 2:43:42 |
| 1996 | Lorraine Moller | 40 | New Zealand | 2:32:02 |
| 1997 | Josette Colomb-Janin | 44 | France | 2:40:53 |
| 1998 | Cindy Barber-Keeler | 40 | Florida | 2:39:49 |
| 1999 | Josette Colomb-Janin | 46 | France | 2:40:36 |
| 2000 | Gitte Karlshoj | 40 | Denmark | 2:35:11 |
| 2001 | Gitte Karlshoj | 41 | Denmark | 2:36:36 |
| 2002 | Firaya Sultanova | 40 | Russia | 2:27:58 |
| 2003 | Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova | 41 | Russia | 2:31:30 |
| 2004 | Ramilia Burangulova | 42 | Russia | 2:34:08 |
| 2005 | Madina Biktagirova | 40 | Russia | 2:32:41 |
| 2004 | Madina Biktagirova | 41 | Russia | 2:30:06 |