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| Swimming Olympic Games Women: 100 m Backstroke | 
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| 2012 | London (gbr) | |||
| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | Natalie Coughlin (usa) | Kirsty Coventry (zim) | Margaret Hoelzer (usa) |
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Natalie Coughlin (usa) | Kirsty Coventry (zim) | Laure Manaudou (fra) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Diana Mocanu (rom) | Mai Nakamura (jpn) | Nina Zhivanevskaya (spa) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Beth Botsford (usa) | Whitney Hedgepeth (usa) | Marianne Kriel (saf) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Krisztina Egerszegi (hun) | Tünde Szabó (hun) | Lea Loveless (usa) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Kristin Otto (ege) | Krisztina Egerszegi (hun) | Cornelia Sirch (ege) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Theresa Andrews (usa) | Betsy Mitchell (usa) | Jolanda de Rover (net) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Rica Reinisch (ege) | Ina Kleber (ege) | Petra Riedel (ege) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | Ulrike Richter (ege) | Birgit Treiber (ege) | Nancy Garapick (can) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Melissa Belote (usa) | Andrea Gyarmati (hun) | Susie Atwood (usa) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Kaye Hall (usa) | Elaine Tanner (can) | Jane Swagerty (usa) |
| 1964 | Tokyo (jpn) | Cathy Ferguson (usa) | Christine Caron (fra) | Virginia Duenkel (usa) |
| 1960 | Roma (ita) | Lynn Burke (usa) | Natalie Steward (gbr) | Satoko Tanaka (jpn) |
| 1956 | Melbourne (aus) | Judy Grinham (gbr) | Carin Cone (usa) | Margaret Edwards (gbr) |
| 1952 | Helsinki (fin) | Joan Harrison (saf) | Geertje Wielema (net) | Jean Stewart (nzl) |
| 1948 | London (gbr) | Karen Margrete Harup (den) | Suzanne Zimmerman (usa) | Judy Davies (aus) |
| 1936 | Berlin (ger) | Nida Senff (net) | Rie Mastenbroek (net) | Alice Bridges (usa) |
| 1932 | Los Angeles (usa) | Eleanor Holm (usa) | Philomena Mealing (aus) | Elizabeth Davies (gbr) |
| 1928 | Amsterdam (net) | Marie Braun (net) | Ellen King (gbr) | Joyce Cooper (gbr) |
| 1924 | Paris (fra) | Sybil Bauer (usa) | Phyllis Harding (gbr) | Aileen Riggin (usa) |
