Swimming — 800 metres Freestyle, Women

Times held 14
Total participants 326
Total countries 74

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1968 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 26 16
1972 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 36 19
1976 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 19 11
1980 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 14 9
1984 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 20 14
1988 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 27 19
1992 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 25 18
1996 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 28 22
2000 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 26 21
2004 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 29 24
2008 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 35 29
2012 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 35 28
2016 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 27 19
2020 800 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 30 22

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Debbie MeyerUSA Pam KruseUSA María Teresa RamírezMEX
1972 Keena RothhammerUSA Shane GouldAUS Novella CalligarisITA
1976 Petra ThümerGDR Shirley BabashoffUSA Wendy WeinbergUSA
1980 Michelle FordAUS Ines DiersGDR Heike DähneGDR
1984 Tiffany CohenUSA Michelle RichardsonUSA Sarah HardcastleGBR
1988 Janet EvansUSA Astrid StraußGDR Julie M. McDonaldAUS
1992 Janet EvansUSA Hayley LewisAUS Jana HenkeGER
1996 Brooke BennettUSA Dagmar HaseGER Kirsten VlieghuisNED
2000 Brooke BennettUSA Yana KlochkovaUKR Kaitlin SandenoUSA
2004 Ai ShibataJPN Laure ManaudouFRA Diana MunzUSA
2008 Becky AdlingtonGBR Alessia FilippiITA Lotte FriisDEN
2012 Katie LedeckyUSA Mireia BelmonteESP Becky AdlingtonGBR
2016 Katie LedeckyUSA Jazz CarlinGBR Boglárka KapásHUN
2020 Katie LedeckyUSA Ariarne TitmusAUS Simona QuadarellaITA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 10 3 3 16
Australia AUS 1 3 1 5
East Germany GDR 1 2 1 4
Great Britain GBR 1 1 2 4
Japan JPN 1 0 0 1
Italy ITA 0 1 2 3
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
France FRA 0 1 0 1
Spain ESP 0 1 0 1
Ukraine UKR 0 1 0 1
Denmark DEN 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Mexico MEX 0 0 1 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Katie Ledecky USA 3 0 0 3
Brooke Bennett USA 2 0 0 2
Janet Evans USA 2 0 0 2
Becky Adlington GBR 1 0 1 2
Michelle Ford AUS 1 0 0 1
Petra Thümer GDR 1 0 0 1
Tiffany Cohen USA 1 0 0 1
Debbie Meyer USA 1 0 0 1
Keena Rothhammer USA 1 0 0 1
Ai Shibata JPN 1 0 0 1