Swimming — 400 metres Freestyle, Women

Times held 24
Total participants 587
Total countries 91

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
2024 400 metres Freestyle, Women Olympic 21 15

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
2024 Ariarne TitmusAUS Summer McIntoshCAN Katie LedeckyUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 11 10 9 30
Australia AUS 4 1 2 7
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
Canada CAN 0 1 1 2
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1
Poland POL 0 1 0 1
Sweden SWE 0 1 0 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
Ariarne Titmus AUS 2 0 0 2
Katie Ledecky USA 1 1 1 3
Dagmar Hase GER 1 1 0 2
Janet Evans USA 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Argentina ARG 1952 Summer Olympics Ana María Schultz 7 See all
Australia AUS 1956 Summer Olympics Lorraine Crapp 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Shane Gould 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Ariarne Titmus 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Ariarne Titmus 1 Gold
Austria AUT 1928 Summer Olympics Fritzi Löwy 3 h3 r1/3 See all
Barbados BAR 2016 Summer Olympics Lani Cabrera 30 See all
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Natallia Baranouskaya 13 See all
Belgium BEL 1948 Summer Olympics Fernande Caroen 4 See all
Brazil BRA 1936 Summer Olympics Piedade Coutinho 5 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Antoaneta Strumenlieva 12 See all
Canada CAN 2024 Summer Olympics Summer McIntosh 2 Silver See all
Chile CHI 2012 Summer Olympics Kristel Köbrich 24 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Kristel Köbrich 24
Chinese Taipei TPE 1996 Summer Olympics Lin Chi-Chan 11 See all
Colombia COL 1972 Summer Olympics Olga de Ángulo 18 See all
Costa Rica CRC 2000 Summer Olympics Claudia Poll 3 Bronze See all
Croatia CRO 2004 Summer Olympics Anita Galić 37 See all
Cuba CUB 1976 Summer Olympics María Ramón DNS See all
Cyprus CYP 1996 Summer Olympics Marina Zarma 39 See all
Czechia CZE 1996 Summer Olympics Olga Šplíchalová 21 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1936 Summer Olympics Irma Schramková 9 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 2020 Summer Olympics Talita Te Flan 25 See all
Denmark DEN 1936 Summer Olympics Ragnhild Hveger 2 Silver See all
1948 Summer Olympics Karen Margrethe Harup 2 Silver
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Petra Thümer 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Ines Diers 1 Gold
El Salvador ESA 1992 Summer Olympics María José Marenco 26 See all
Finland FIN 1968 Summer Olympics Marjatta Hara 10 See all
France FRA 2004 Summer Olympics Laure Manaudou 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Camille Muffat 1 Gold
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Dagmar Hase 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 2008 Summer Olympics Becky Adlington 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 1980 Summer Olympics Sofia Dara 12 See all
Guatemala GUA 1984 Summer Olympics Karen Slowing-Aceituno 23 See all
Honduras HON 1992 Summer Olympics Claudia Fortín 31 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2008 Summer Olympics Stephanie Au 24 See all
Hungary HUN 1952 Summer Olympics Valéria Gyenge 1 Gold See all
Iceland ISL 1976 Summer Olympics Vilborg Sverrisdóttir 30 See all
India IND 1952 Summer Olympics Arati Saha DNS See all
Ireland IRL 1996 Summer Olympics Michelle Smith 1 Gold See all
Israel ISR 1984 Summer Olympics Hadar Rubinstein 21 See all
Italy ITA 1972 Summer Olympics Novella Calligaris 2 Silver See all
Jamaica JAM 2000 Summer Olympics Janelle Atkinson 4 See all
Japan JPN 2004 Summer Olympics Ai Shibata 5 See all
Jordan JOR 2024 Summer Olympics Karin Belbeisi 21 See all
Kenya KEN 1956 Summer Olympics Margaret Northrop DNS See all
Kosovo KOS 2020 Summer Olympics Eda Zeqiri 24 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Nataliya Korabelnikova 35 See all
Lebanon LBN 2016 Summer Olympics Gabriella Doueihy 31 See all
Libya LBA 1980 Summer Olympics Soad Fezzani 19 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 2020 Summer Olympics Julia Hassler 12 See all
Madagascar MAD 2020 Summer Olympics Tiana Rabarijaona 23 See all
Malaysia MAS 1988 Summer Olympics Nurul Huda Abdullah 23 See all
Malta MLT 2020 Summer Olympics Sasha Gatt 22 See all
Mauritius MRI 1992 Summer Olympics Corinne Leclair 33 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics María Teresa Ramírez 6 See all
Netherlands NED 1936 Summer Olympics Rie Mastenbroek 1 Gold See all
New Zealand NZL 1924 Summer Olympics Gwitha Shand DNF final See all
North Macedonia MKD 1996 Summer Olympics Mirjana Boševska 22 See all
Norway NOR 1992 Summer Olympics Irene Dalby 11 See all
Panama PAN 1976 Summer Olympics Georgina Osorio 32 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2020 Summer Olympics Li Bingjie 3 Bronze See all
Peru PER 1980 Summer Olympics María Pia Ayora 18 See all
Philippines PHI 1968 Summer Olympics Helen Elliott 16 See all
Poland POL 2004 Summer Olympics Otylia Jędrzejczak 2 Silver See all
Portugal POR 1996 Summer Olympics Ana Alegria 37 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1968 Summer Olympics Kristina Moir 13 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Anastasiya Kirpichnikova 14 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2020 Summer Olympics Han Da-Gyeong 21 See all
Rhodesia RHO 1960 Summer Olympics Hillary Wilson 15 See all
Romania ROU 2004 Summer Olympics Camelia Potec 4 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Nadezhda Chemezova 5 See all
Serbia SRB 2016 Summer Olympics Katarina Simonović 23 See all
Seychelles SEY 2008 Summer Olympics Shrone Austin 41 See all
Singapore SGP 1992 Summer Olympics Joscelin Yeo 28 See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Martina Moravcová 27 See all
Slovenia SLO 2016 Summer Olympics Anja Klinar 18 See all
South Africa RSA 1932 Summer Olympics Jenny Maakal 3 Bronze See all
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Irina Aksyonova 5 See all
Spain ESP 2012 Summer Olympics Melani Costa 9 See all
Suriname SUR 1996 Summer Olympics Carolyn Adel 30 See all
Sweden SWE 1960 Summer Olympics Jane Cederqvist 2 Silver See all
Switzerland SUI 2000 Summer Olympics Flavia Rigamonti 9 See all
Thailand THA 1976 Summer Olympics Rachaneewan Bulakul 22 See all
The Bahamas BAH 2016 Summer Olympics Joanna Evans 13 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Joanna Evans 13
Tunisia TUN 1976 Summer Olympics Myriam Mizouni 28 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2012 Summer Olympics Jennet Saryýewa 35 See all
Türkiye TUR 2020 Summer Olympics Beril Böcekler 16 See all
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Olena Lapunova 32 See all
United States USA 1924 Summer Olympics Martha Norelius 1 Gold See all
1928 Summer Olympics Martha Norelius 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Helene Madison 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Ann Curtis 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Chris von Saltza 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Ginny Duenkel 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Debbie Meyer 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Tiffany Cohen 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Janet Evans 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Brooke Bennett 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Katie Ledecky 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 2024 Summer Olympics Natalia Kuipers 20 See all
Uruguay URU 1968 Summer Olympics Mónica E. Figueroa 26 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2024 Summer Olympics Anastasiya Zelinskaya 19 See all
Venezuela VEN 2012 Summer Olympics Andreína Pinto 15 See all
Vietnam VIE 2016 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên 26 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Birgit Kowalczik 7 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Stephanie Ortwig 7
Yugoslavia YUG 1968 Summer Olympics Mirjana Šegrt DNS See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1964 Summer Olympics Marilyn Sidelsky 26 See all