Swimming — 400 metres Individual Medley, Women

Times held	15
Total participants	340
Total countries	71

Participants

Year	Event	Status	Participants	NOCs
1964	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	22	12
1968	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	28	19
1972	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	38	24
1976	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	20	9
1980	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	16	11
1984	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	18	13
1988	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	30	22
1992	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	32	21
1996	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	31	24
2000	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	28	24
2004	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	25	21
2008	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	37	27
2012	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	35	28
2016	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	33	23
2020	400 metres Individual Medley, Women	Olympic	17	13

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1964	Donna de Varona	USA	Sharon Finneran	USA	Martha Randall	USA
1968	Claudia Kolb	USA	Lynn Vidali	USA	Sabine Steinbach	GDR
1972	Gail Neall	AUS	Leslie Cliff	CAN	Novella Calligaris	ITA
1976	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	Cheryl Gibson	CAN	Becky Smith	CAN
1980	Petra Schneider	GDR	Sharron Davies	GBR	Agnieszka Czopek	POL
1984	Tracy Caulkins	USA	Suzie Landells	AUS	Petra Zindler	FRG
1988	Janet Evans	USA	Noëmi Lung	ROU	Daniela Hunger	GDR
1992	Krisztina Egerszegi	HUN	Lin Li	CHN	Summer Sanders	USA
1996	Michelle Smith	IRL	Allison Wagner	USA	Krisztina Egerszegi	HUN
2000	Yana Klochkova	UKR	Yasuko Tajima	JPN	Beatrice Căşlaru	ROU
2004	Yana Klochkova	UKR	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	Georgina Bardach	ARG
2008	Steph Rice	AUS	Kirsty Coventry	ZIM	Katie Hoff	USA
2012	Ye Shiwen	CHN	Elizabeth Beisel	USA	Li Xuanxu	CHN
2016	Katinka Hosszú	HUN	Maya DiRado	USA	Mireia Belmonte	ESP
2020	Yui Ohashi	JPN	Emma Weyant	USA	Hali Flickinger	USA

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	USA	4	7	4	15
Australia	AUS	2	1	0	3
East Germany	GDR	2	0	2	4
Hungary	HUN	2	0	1	3
Ukraine	UKR	2	0	0	2
People's Republic of China	CHN	1	1	1	3
Japan	JPN	1	1	0	2
Ireland	IRL	1	0	0	1
Canada	CAN	0	2	1	3
Romania	ROU	0	1	1	2
Great Britain	GBR	0	1	0	1
Zimbabwe	ZIM	0	1	0	1
Argentina	ARG	0	0	1	1
Italy	ITA	0	0	1	1
Poland	POL	0	0	1	1
Spain	ESP	0	0	1	1
West Germany	FRG	0	0	1	1

Top medallists

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Yana Klochkova	UKR	2	0	0	2
Krisztina Egerszegi	HUN	1	0	1	2
Gail Neall	AUS	1	0	0	1
Petra Schneider	GDR	1	0	0	1
Ulrike Tauber	GDR	1	0	0	1
Michelle Smith	IRL	1	0	0	1
Tracy Caulkins	USA	1	0	0	1
Donna de Varona	USA	1	0	0	1
Janet Evans	USA	1	0	0	1
Claudia Kolb	USA	1	0	0	1
Katinka Hosszú	HUN	1	0	0	1
Steph Rice	AUS	1	0	0	1
Ye Shiwen	CHN	1	0	0	1
Yui Ohashi	JPN	1	0	0	1