Olympic Swimming Medals - Women - Freestyle - 800 Meter - Women's 800 Meter Freestyle Olympic Swimming Medalists

The gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medal swimmers in the women's 800 meter freestyle from the Summer Olympic games.

1896-1964 Event Not Held
1968
GOLD Debbie Meyer, USA 09:24.0
SILVER Pam Kruse, USA 09:35.7
BRONZE Maria T. Ramirez, MEX 09:38.5
1972
GOLD Keena Rothhammer, USA 08:53.7
SILVER Shane Gould, AUS 08:56.4
BRONZE Novella Calligaris, ITA 08:57.5
1976
GOLD Petra Thumer, GDR 08:37.1
SILVER Shirley Babashoff, USA 08:37.6
BRONZE Wendy Weinberg, USA 08:42.6
1980
GOLD Michelle Ford, AUS 08:28.9
SILVER Ines Diers, GDR 8:32.55
BRONZE Heike Dahne, GDR 08:33.5
1984
GOLD Tiffany Cohen, USA 8:24.95
SILVER Michele Richardson, USA 8:30.73
BRONZE Sarah Hardcastle, GBR 8:32.60
1988
GOLD Janet Evans, USA 8:20.20
SILVER Astrid Strauss, GDR 8:22.09
BRONZE Julie McDonald, AUS 8:22.93
1992
GOLD Janet Evans, USA 8:25.22
SILVER Hayley Lewis, AUS 8:30.34
BRONZE Jana Henke, GER, 8:30.99
1996
GOLD Brooke Bennett, USA 8:27.89
SILVER Dagmar Hase, GER 8:29.91
BRONZE Dirsten Vlieghuis, NED 8:30.84
2000
GOLD Brooke Bennett, USA 8:19.67
SILVER Yana Klochkova, UKR 8:22.66
BRONZE Kaitlin Sandeno, USA 8:24.29
2004
GOLD Ai Shibata, JPN 8:24.54
SILVER Laure Manaudou, FRA 8:24.96
BRONZE Diana Munz, USA 8:26.61
2008
GOLD Rebecca Adlington, GBR 8:14.10
SILVER Alessia Filippi, ITA 8:20.23
BRONZE Lotte Friis, DEN 8:23.03