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

By Mat Luebbers, About.com Guide

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