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Swimming — 400 metres Freestyle, Women

Times held 23
Total participants 577
Total countries 89

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1924 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 18 8
1928 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 20 10
1932 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 14 9
1936 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 20 10
1948 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 19 11
1952 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 33 17
1956 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 26 13
1960 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 22 13
1964 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 31 16
1968 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 30 17
1972 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 29 17
1976 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 34 22
1980 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 19 12
1984 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 25 17
1988 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 30 21
1992 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 33 24
1996 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 39 34
2000 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 39 31
2004 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 38 31
2008 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 41 34
2012 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 35 27
2016 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 32 25
2020 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 26 19

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1924 Martha NoreliusUSA Helen WainwrightUSA Trudy EderleUSA
1928 Martha NoreliusUSA Zus BraunNED Josephine McKimUSA
1932 Helene MadisonUSA Lenore KightUSA Jenny MaakalRSA
1936 Rie MastenbroekNED Ragnhild HvegerDEN Lenore Kight-WingardUSA
1948 Ann CurtisUSA Karen Margrethe HarupDEN Cathie GibsonGBR
1952 Valéria GyengeHUN Éva NovákHUN Evelyn KawamotoUSA
1956 Lorraine CrappAUS Dawn FraserAUS Sylvia RuuskaUSA
1960 Chris von SaltzaUSA Jane CederqvistSWE Tineke LagerbergNED
1964 Ginny DuenkelUSA Marilyn RamenofskyUSA Terri Lee SticklesUSA
1968 Debbie MeyerUSA Linda GustavsonUSA Karen MorasAUS
1972 Shane GouldAUS Novella CalligarisITA Gudrun WegnerGDR
1976 Petra ThümerGDR Shirley BabashoffUSA Shannon SmithCAN
1980 Ines DiersGDR Petra SchneiderGDR Carmela SchmidtGDR
1984 Tiffany CohenUSA Sarah HardcastleGBR June CroftGBR
1988 Janet EvansUSA Heike FriedrichGDR Anke MöhringGDR
1992 Dagmar HaseGER Janet EvansUSA Hayley LewisAUS
1996 Michelle SmithIRL Dagmar HaseGER Kirsten VlieghuisNED
2000 Brooke BennettUSA Diana MunzUSA Claudia PollCRC
2004 Laure ManaudouFRA Otylia JędrzejczakPOL Kaitlin SandenoUSA
2008 Becky AdlingtonGBR Katie HoffUSA Jo JacksonGBR
2012 Camille MuffatFRA Allison SchmittUSA Becky AdlingtonGBR
2016 Katie LedeckyUSA Jazz CarlinGBR Leah SmithUSA
2020 Ariarne TitmusAUS Katie LedeckyUSA Li BingjieCHN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 11 10 8 29
Australia AUS 3 1 2 6
East Germany GDR 2 2 3 7
France FRA 2 0 0 2
Great Britain GBR 1 2 4 7
Netherlands NED 1 1 2 4
Germany GER 1 1 0 2
Hungary HUN 1 1 0 2
Ireland IRL 1 0 0 1
Denmark DEN 0 2 0 2
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
Poland POL 0 1 0 1
Sweden SWE 0 1 0 1
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
Costa Rica CRC 0 0 1 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 0 1 1
South Africa RSA 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Martha Norelius USA 2 0 0 2
Dagmar Hase GER 1 1 0 2
Janet Evans USA 1 1 0 2
Katie Ledecky USA 1 1 0 2
Becky Adlington GBR 1 0 1 2