| Indoor 1966 Women 800m Dortmund | Zsuzsa Szabó-Nagy |  Hungary | 2:07.9 | Karin Keßler |  West Germany | 2:10.8 | Marie Ingrová |  Czechoslovakia | 2:11.6 |
| Indoor 1967 Women 800m Prague | Karin Keßler | West Germany | 2:08.2 | Maryvonne Dupureur |  France | 2:09.6 | Valentina Lukyanova |  Soviet Union | 2:10.5 |
| Indoor 1968 Women 800m Madrid | Karin Burneleit |  East Germany | 2:07.65 | Alla Kolesnikova | Soviet Union | 2:08.3 | Valentina Lukyanova | Soviet Union | 2:09.4 |
| Indoor 1969 Women 800m Belgrade | Barbara Wieck | East Germany | 2:05.3 | Magdolna Kulcsár | Hungary | 2:07.5 | Anna Zimina | Soviet Union | 2:08.0 |
| Indoor 1970 Women 800m Vienna | Maria Sykora |  Austria | 2:07.0 | Lyudmila Bragina | Soviet Union | 2:07.5 | Zofia Kołakowska |  Poland | 2:07.6 |
| Indoor 1971 Women 800m Sofia | Hildegard Falck | West Germany | 2:06.1 | Ileana Silai |  Romania | 2:06.5 | Rosemary Stirling |  Great Britain | 2:06.6 |
| Indoor 1972 Women 800m Grenoble | Gunhild Hoffmeister | East Germany | 2:04.83 | Ileana Silai | Romania | 2:05.17 | Svetla Zlateva |  Bulgaria | 2:05.50 |
| Indoor 1973 Women 800m Rotterdam | Stefka Yordanova | Bulgaria | 2:02.65 | Elfi Rost | East Germany | 2:02.83 | Elżbieta Skowrońska | Poland | 2:02.90 |
| Indoor 1974 Women 800m Gothenburg | Elżbieta Katolik | Poland | 2:02.38 | Gisela Ellenberger | West Germany | 2:02.54 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | East Germany | 2:02.59 |
| Indoor 1975 Women 800m Katowice | Anita Barkusky | East Germany | 2:05.6 | Sarmīte ŀtūla | Soviet Union | 2:06.2 | Rositsa Pekhlivanova | Bulgaria | 2:06.3 |
| Indoor 1976 Women 800m Munich | Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 2:02.2 | Lilyana Tomova | Bulgaria | 2:02.6 | Gisela Klein | West Germany | 2:03.2 |
| Indoor 1977 Women 800m San Sebastián | Jane Colebrook | Great Britain | 2:01.12 | Totka Petrova | Bulgaria | 2:01.17 | Elżbieta Katolik | Poland | 2:10.3 |
| Indoor 1978 Women 800m Milan | Ulrike Bruns | East Germany | 2:02.3 | Totka Petrova | Bulgaria | 2:02.5 | Mariana Suman | Romania | 2:03.4 |
| Indoor 1979 Women 800m Vienna | Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 2:02.6 | Anita Weiß | East Germany | 2:02.9 | Fiţa Lovin | Romania | 2:03.1 |
| Indoor 1980 Women 800m Sindelfingen | Jolanta Januchta | Poland | 2:00.6 | Anne-Marie Van Nuffel |  Belgium | 2:00.9 | Liz Barnes | Great Britain | 2:01.5 |
| Indoor 1981 Women 800m Grenoble | Hildegard Ullrich | East Germany | 2:00.94 | Svetla Zlateva | Bulgaria | 2:01.37 | Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 2:02.50 |
| Indoor 1982 Women 800m Milan | Doina Melinte | Romania | 2:00.39 | Martina Steuk | East Germany | 2:01.07 | Jolanta Januchta | Poland | 2:01.24 |
| Indoor 1983 Women 800m Budapest | Svetlana Kitova | Soviet Union | 2:01.28 | Zuzana Moravčíková | Czechoslovakia | 2:01.66 | Olga Simanova | Soviet Union | 2:02.25 |
| Indoor 1984 Women 800m Gothenburg | Milena Matějkovičová | Czechoslovakia | 1:59.52 | Doina Melinte | Romania | 1:59.81 | Cristieana Cojocaru | Romania | 2:01.24 |
| Indoor 1985 Women 800m Piraeus | Ella Kovacs | Romania | 2:00.51 | Nadiya Olizarenko | Soviet Union | 2:00.90 | Cristieana Cojocaru | Romania | 2:01.01 |
| Indoor 1986 Women 800m Madrid | Sigrun Ludwigs | East Germany | 1:59.89 | Cristieana Cojocaru | Romania | 2:01.54 | Slobodanka Ŭolović |  Yugoslavia | 2:03.28 |
| Indoor 1987 Women 800m Liévin | Christine Wachtel | East Germany | 1:59.89 | Sigrun Wodars | East Germany | 2:00.59 | Lyubov Kiryukhina | West Germany | 2:01.85 |
| Indoor 1988 Women 800m Budapest | Sabine Zwiener | West Germany | 2:01.19 | Olga Nelyubova | Soviet Union | 2:01.61 | Gabi Lesch | West Germany | 2:01.85 |
| Indoor 1989 Women 800m The Hague | Doina Melinte | Romania | 1:59.89 | Ellen Kiessling | East Germany | 2:01.24 | Tatyana Grebenchuk | Soviet Union | 2:01.63 |
| Indoor 1990 Women 800m Glasgow | Lyubov Gurina | Soviet Union | 2:01.63 | Sabine Zwiener | West Germany | 2:02.23 | Lorraine Baker | Great Britain | 2:02.42 |
| Indoor 1992 Women 800m Genoa | Ella Kovacs | Romania | 1:59.98 | Inna Yevseyeva |  EUN | 2:00.26 | Yelena Afanasyeva | EUN | 2:00.69 |
| Indoor 1994 Women 800m Paris | Natalya Dukhnova |  Belarus | 2:00.42 | Ella Kovacs | Romania | 2:00.49 | Carla Sacramento |  Portugal | 2:01.12 |
| Indoor 1996 Women 800m Stockholm | Patricia Djaté-Taillard | France | 2:01.71 | Stella Jongmans |  Netherlands | 2:01.88 | Svetlana Masterkova |  Russia | 2:02.86 |
| Indoor 1998 Women 800m Valencia | Ludmila Formanová |  Czechia | 2:02.30 | Malin Ewerlöf |  Sweden | 2:03.61 | Judit Varga | Hungary | 2:03.81 |
| Indoor 2000 Women 800m Ghent | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 1:59.70 | Natalya Tsyganova | Russia | 2:00.17 | Sandra Stals | Belgium | 2:01.34 |
| Indoor 2002 Women 800m Vienna | Jolanda Ŭeplak |  Slovenia | 1:55.82 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 1:55.85 | ũlisabeth Grousselle | France | 2:01.46 |
| Indoor 2005 Women 800m Belgrade | Larisa Chzhao | Russia | 1:59.97 | Mayte Martínez |  Spain | 2:00.52 | Natalya Tsyganova | Russia | 2:01.62 |
| _ Indoor 2007 Women 800m Madrid | Oksana Zbrozhek | Russia | ---- | Tetyana Petlyuk |  Ukraine | ---- | Jolanda Ŭeplak | Slovenia | ---- |
| _ Indoor 2009 Women 800m Birmingham | Mariya Savinova | Russia | ---- | Oksana Zbrozhek | Russia | ---- | Elisa Cusma Piccione |  Italy | ---- |
| _ Indoor 2011 Women 800m Turin | Jenny Meadows | Great Britain | ---- | Linda Marguet | France | ---- | Marilyn Okoro | Great Britain | ---- |
| _ Indoor 2013 Women 800m Paris | Nataliya Lupu | Ukraine | ---- | Yelena Kotulskaya | Russia | ---- | Maryna Arzamasova | Belarus | ---- |
| _ Indoor 2015 Women 800m Prague | Selina Büchel |  Switzerland | ---- | Yekaterina Poistogova | Russia | ---- | Nataliya Lupu | Ukraine | ---- |
| _ Indoor 2017 Women 800m Belgrade | Selina Büchel | Switzerland | ---- | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | Great Britain | ---- | Anita Hinkrisdottir |  Iceland | ---- |
| _ Indoor 2019 Women 800m Glasgow | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | Great Britain | ---- | Rénelle Lamote | France | ---- | Olha Lyakhova | Ukraine | ---- |
| _ Indoor 2021 Women 800m Toruń | Keely Hodgkinson | Great Britain | ---- | Joanna Jóźwik | Poland | ---- | Angelika Cichocka | Poland | ---- |
| _ Indoor 2023 Women 800m Istanbul | Keely Hodgkinson | Great Britain | ---- | Anita Horvat | Slovenia | ---- | Agnès Raharolahy | France | ---- |
| _ Indoor 2025/Women 800m Apeldoorn | Anna Wielgosz | Poland | ---- | Clara Liberman | France | ---- | Anita Horvat | Slovenia | ---- |
