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Olympic Swimming Medals - Women's 50 Meter Freestyle Olympic Medalists

By Mat Luebbers, About.com

The gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medal swimmers in the women's 50 meter freestyle from the Summer Olympic games.
  • 1896-1984 Event not held
  • 1988
    GOLD Kristin Otto, GDR 25.49
    SILVER Wenyi Yang, CHN 25.64
    BRONZE Katrin Meissner, GDR 25.71
  • 1992
    GOLD Wenyi Yang, CHN 24.79
    SILVER Yong Zhuang, CHN 25.08
    BRONZE Angel Martino, USA 25.23
  • 1996
    GOLD Amy Van Dyken USA 24.87
    SILVER Jingyi Le, CHN 25.14
    BRONZE Sandra Volker, GER 25.14
  • 2000
    GOLD Inge de Bruijn NED 24.32
    SILVER Therese Alshammar, SWE 24.51
    BRONZE Dara Torres, USA 24.63
  • 2004
    GOLD Inge de Bruijn NED 24.58
    SILVER Malia Metella, FRA 24.89
    BRONZE Libby Lenton, AUS 24.91
  • 2008
    GOLD Britta Steffen, GER 24.06
    SILVER Dara Torres, USA 24.07
    BRONZE Cate Campbell, AUS 24.17

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