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Olympic Swimming Medals - Women's 400 Meter Individual Medley Olympic Medalists

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

  • 1896-1960 Event Not Held
  • 1964
    GOLD Donna deVarona, USA 05:18.7
    SILVER Sharon Finneran, USA 05:24.1
    BRONZE Martha Randall, USA 05:24.2
  • 1968
    GOLD Claudia Kolb, USA 05:08.5
    SILVER Lynn Vidali, USA 05:22.2
    BRONZE Sabine Steinback, GDR 05:25.3
  • 1972
    GOLD Gail Neall, AUS 5:02.97
    SILVER Leslie Cliff, CAN 5:03.57
    BRONZE Novella Calligaris, ITA 05:04.0
  • 1976
    GOLD Ulrike Tauber, GDR 04:42.8
    SILVER Cheryl Gibson, CAN 4:48.10
    BRONZE Becky Smith, CAN 04:50.5
  • 1980
    GOLD Petra Schneider, GDR 4:36.29
    SILVER Sharron Davies, GBR 4:46.83
    BRONZE Agnieszka Czopek, POL 4:48.17
  • 1984
    GOLD Tracy Caulkins, USA 4:39.24
    SILVER Suzanne Landells, AUS 4:48.30
    BRONZE Petra Zindler, FRG 4:48.57
  • 1988
    GOLD Janet Evans, USA 4:37.76
    SILVER Noemi Lung, ROM 4:39.46
    BRONZE Daniela Hunger, GDR 4:39.76
  • 1992
    GOLD Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN 4:36.54
    SILVER Li Lin, CHN 4:36.73
    BRONZE Summer Sanders, USA 4:37.58
  • 1996
    GOLD Michelle Smith, IRL 4:39.18
    SILVER Allison Wagner, USA 4:42.03
    BRONZE Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN 4:42.53
  • 2000
    GOLD Yana Klochkova, UKR 4:33.59
    SILVER Yasuko Tajima, JPN 4:35.96
    BRONZE Beatrice Caslaru, ROM 4:37.18
  • 2004
    GOLD Yana Klochkova, UKR 4:34.83
    SILVER Kaitlin Sandeno, USA 4:34.95
    BRONZE Georgina Bardach, ARG 4:37.51
  • 2008
    GOLD Stephanie Rice, AUS 4:29.45
    SILVER Kirsty Coventry, ZIM 4:29.89
    BRONZE Katie Hoff, USA 4:31.71

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