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| Swimming Olympic Games Women: 400 m Freestyle | 
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| 2012 | London (gbr) | |||
| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | Rebecca Adlington (gbr) | Katie Hoff (usa) | Joanne Jackson (gbr) |
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Laure Manaudou (fra) | Otylia Jedrzejczak (pol) | Kaitlin Sandeno (usa) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Brooke Bennett (usa) | Diana Munz (usa) | Claudia Poll (crc) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Michelle Smith (ire) | Dagmar Hase (ger) | Kirsten Vlieghuis (net) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Dagmar Hase (ger) | Janet Evans (usa) | Hayley Lewis (aus) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Janet Evans (usa) | Heike Friedrich (ege) | Anke Möhring (ege) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Tiffany Cohen (usa) | Sarah Hardcastle (gbr) | June Croft (gbr) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Ines Diers (ege) | Petra Schneider (ege) | Carmela Schmidt (ege) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | Petra Thümer (ege) | Shirley Babashoff (usa) | Shannon Smith (can) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Shane Gould (aus) | Novella Calligaris (ita) | Gudrun Wegner (ege) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Debbie Meyer (usa) | Linda Gustavson (usa) | Karen Moras (aus) |
| 1964 | Tokyo (jpn) | Virginia Duenkel (usa) | Marilyn Ramenofsky (usa) | Terri Stickles (usa) |
| 1960 | Roma (ita) | Chris von Saltza (usa) | Jane Cederqvist (swe) | Tineke Lagerberg (net) |
| 1956 | Melbourne (aus) | Lorraine Crapp (aus) | Dawn Fraser (aus) | Sylvia Ruuska (usa) |
| 1952 | Helsinki (fin) | Valéria Gyenge (hun) | Eva Novák (hun) | Evelyn Kawamoto (usa) |
| 1948 | London (gbr) | Ann Curtis (usa) | Karen Margrete Harup (den) | Cathy Gibson (gbr) |
| 1936 | Berlin (ger) | Rie Mastenbroek (net) | Ragnhild Hveger (den) | Lenore Kight-Wingard (usa) |
| 1932 | Los Angeles (usa) | Helene Madison (usa) | Lenore Kight (usa) | Jennie Maakal (saf) |
| 1928 | Amsterdam (net) | Martha Norelius (usa) | Marie Braun (net) | Josephine McKim (usa) |
| 1924 | Paris (fra) | Martha Norelius (usa) | Helen Wainwright (usa) | Gertrude Ederle (usa) |
