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| Swimming Olympic Games Women: 800 m Freestyle | 
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| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | |||
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Ai Shibata (jpn) | Laure Manaudou (fra) | Diana Munz (usa) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Brooke Bennett (usa) | Yana Klochkova (ukr) | Katilin Sandeno (usa) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Brooke Bennett (usa) | Dagmar Hase (ger) | Kirsten Vlieghuis (net) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Janet Evans (usa) | Hayley Lewis (aus) | Jana Henke (ger) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Janet Evans (usa) | Astrid Strauss (ege) | Julie McDonald (aus) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Tiffany Cohen (usa) | Michele Richardson (usa) | Sarah Hardcastle (gbr) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Michelle Ford (aus) | Ines Diers (ege) | Heike Dähne (ege) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | Petra Thümer (ege) | Shirley Babashoff (usa) | Wendy Weinberg (usa) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Keena Rothhammer (usa) | Shane Gould (aus) | Novella Calligaris (ita) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Debbie Meyer (usa) | Pamela Kruse (usa) | María Teresa Ramírez (mex) |
