Olympic Swimming Medals - Women's 400 Meter Freestyle Olympic Medalists

By Mat Luebbers, About.com Guide

The gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medal swimmers in the women's 400 meter freestyle from the Summer Olympic games.

1896-1912 Event Not Held
1920
GOLD Ethelda Bleibtrey, USA 04:34.0
SILVER Margaret Woodbridge, USA 04:42.8
BRONZE Frances Schroth, USA 04:52.0
1924
GOLD Martha Norelius, USA 06:02.2
SILVER Helen Wainwright, USA 06:03.8
BRONZE Gertrude Ederle, USA 06:04.8
1928
GOLD Martha Norelius, USA 05:42.8
SILVER Maria Johanna, HOL 05:57.8
BRONZE Josephine McKim, USA 06:00.2
1932
GOLD Helene Madison, USA 05:28.5
SILVER Lenore Kight, USA 5:28.6
BRONZE Jennie Maakai, SAF 05:47.3
1936
GOLD Hendrita Mastenbroek, HOL 5:26.4
SILVER Ragnihild Hveger, DAN 5:27.5
BRONZE Lenore Wingard-Kight, USA 5:29.0
1948
GOLD Ann Curtis, USA 5:17.8
SILVER Karen M. Harup, DAN 5:21.2
BRONZE Catherine Gibson, GBR 5:22.5
1952
GOLD Valerie Gyenge, HUN 5:12.1
SILVER Eva Novak, HUN 5:13.7
BRONZE Evelyn Kawamoto, USA 5:14.6
1956
GOLD Lorraine Crapp, AUS 4:54.6
SILVER Dawn Fraser, AUS 5:02.5
BRONZE Sylvia Ruuska, USA 5:07.1
1960
GOLD Chris Von Saltza, USA 4:50.6
SILVER Jane Cederqvist, SWE 4:53.9
BRONZE Catherina Lagerberg, HOL 4:56.9
1964
GOLD Virginia Duenkel, USA 4:43.3
SILVER Marilyn Ramenofsky, USA 4:44.6
BRONZE Terri Lee Stickles, USA 4:47.2
1968
GOLD Debbie Meyer, USA 4:31.8
SILVER Linda Gustavson, USA 4:35.5
BRONZE Karen Moras, AUS 4:37.0
1972
GOLD Shane Gould, AUS 4:19.04
SILVER Novella Calligaris, ITA 4:22.44
BRONZE Gudrun Wegner, GDR 4:23.11
1976
GOLD Petra Thumer, GDR 4:09.89
SILVER Shirley Babashoff, USA 4:10.46
BRONZE Shannon Smith, CAN 4:14.60
1980
GOLD Ines Diers, GDR 4:08.76
SILVER Petra Schneider, GDR 4:09.16
BRONZE Carmela Schmidt, GDR 4:10.86
1984
GOLD Tiffany Cohen, USA 4:07.10
SILVER Sarah Hardcastle, GBR 4:10.27
BRONZE June Croft, GBR 4:11.49
1988
GOLD Janet Evans, USA 4:03.85
SILVER Heike Friedrich, GDR 4:05.94
BRONZE Anke Mohring, GDR 4:06.62
1992
GOLD Dagmar Hase, GER 4:07.18
SILVER Janet Evans, USA 4:07.37
BRONZE Hayley Lewis, AUS 4:11.22
1996
GOLD Michelle Smith, IRL 4:07.25
SILVER Dagmar Hase, GER 4:08.30
BRONZE Kirsten Vlieghuis, NED 4:08.70
2000
GOLD Brooke Bennett, USA 4:05.80
SILVER Diana Munz, USA 4:07.07
BRONZE Claudia Poll, CRC 4:07.83
2004
GOLD Laure Manaudou, FRA 4:05.34
SILVER Otylia Jedrzejczak, POL 4:05.84
BRONZE Kaitlin Sandeno, USA 4:06.19
2008
GOLD Rebecca Adlington, GBR 4:03.22
SILVER Katie Hoff, USA 4:03.29
BRONZE Joanne Jackson, GBR 4:03.52