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| Swimming European Championships Women: 400 m Freestyle | 
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| 2008 | Eindhoven (net) | Federica Pellegrini (ita) | Coralie Balmy (fra) | Camelia Potec (rom) |
| 2006 | Budapest (hun) | Laure Manaudou (fra) | Joanne Jackson (gbr) | Caitlin McClatchey (gbr) |
| 2004 | Madrid (spa) | Laure Manaudou (fra) | Camelia Potec (rom) | Yana Klochkova (ukr) |
| 2002 | Berlin (ger) | Yana Klochkova (ukr) | Eva Risztov (hun) | Camelia Potec (rom) |
| 2000 | Helsinki (fin) | Yana Klochkova (ukr) | Natalya Baranovskaya (blr) | Camelia Potec (rom) |
| 1999 | Istanbul (tur) | Camelia Potec (rom) | Kerstin Kielgass (ger) | Yana Klochkova (ukr) |
| 1997 | Sevilla (spa) | Dagmar Hase (ger) | Michelle Smih (ire) | Kerstin Kielgass (ger) |
| 1995 | Wien (aut) | Franziska van Almsick (ger) | Carla Geurts (net) | Irene Dalby (nor) |
| 1993 | Sheffield (gbr) | Dagmar Hase (ger) | Kerstin Kielgass (ger) | Irene Dalby (nor) |
| 1991 | Athínai (gre) | Irene Dalby (nor) | Beatrice Coada (rom) | Cristina Sossi (ita) |
| 1989 | Bonn (wge) | Anke Möhring (ege) | Heike Friedrich (ege) | Manuela Melchiorri (ita) |
| 1987 | Strasbourg (fra) | Heike Friedrich (ege) | Astrid Strauss (ege) | Stela Pura (rom) |
| 1985 | Sofia (bul) | Astrid Strauss (ege) | Anke Möhring (ege) | Yelena Dendeberova (sov) |
| 1983 | Roma (ita) | Astrid Strauss (ege) | Anke Sonnenbrodt (ege) | Irina Laricheva (sov) |
| 1981 | Split (yug) | Ines Diers (ege) | Carmela Schmidt (ege) | Jackie Wilmott (gbr) |
| 1977 | Jönköping (swe) | Petra Thümer (ege) | Annelies Maas (net) | Barbara Krause (ege) |
| 1974 | Wien (aut) | Angela Franke (ege) | Cornelia Dörr (ege) | Novella Calligaris (ita) |
| 1970 | Barcelona (spa) | Elke Sehmisch (ege) | Gunilla Jonsson (swe) | Karin Tülling (ege) |
| 1966 | Utrecht (net) | Claude Mandonnaud (fra) | Ada Kok (net) | Tamara Sosnova (sov) |
| 1962 | Leipzig (ege) | Adrie lasterie (net) | Wilhelmina Tigelaar (net) | Elisabeth Ljunggren (swe) |
| 1958 | Budapest (hun) | Jans Koster (net) | Corrie Schimmel (net) | Nancy Rae (gbr) |
| 1954 | Torino (ita) | Agata Sebö (hun) | Valéria Gyenge (hun) | Esa Ligorio (yug) |
| 1950 | Wien (aut) | Grete Andersen (den) | Irma Schumacher (net) | Colette Thomas (fra) |
| 1947 | Monaco (mon) | Karen Margrete Harup (den) | Catherine Gibson (gbr) | Fernande Caroen (bel) |
| 1938 | London (gbr) | Ragnhild Hveger (den) | Ria van Veen (net) | Fernande Caroen (bel) |
| 1934 | Magdeburg (ger) | Rie Mastenbroek (net) | Willemijntje den Ouden (net) | Lilli Andersen (den) |
| 1931 | Paris (fra) | Marie Braun (net) | Joyce Cooper (gbr) | Yvonne Godard (fra) |
| 1927 | Bologna (ita) | Marie Braun (net) | Marion Laverty (gbr) | Fritzi Löwy (aut) |
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Note: 1934: gold medal awarded to Rie Mastenbroek (net) after Willemijntje den Ouden (net) declined to contest in a swim-off |
