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50-Meter Freestyle

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1988	Kristin Otto, GDR	25.49	Yang Wenyi, CHN	25.64	Katrin Meissner, GDR & Jill Sterkel, USA	25.71
1992	Yang Wenyi, CHN	24.79	Zhuang Yong, CHN	25.06	Angelino Martino, USA	25.23
1996	Amy Van Dyken, USA	24.87	Le Jingyi, CHN	24.90	Sandra Völker, GER	25.14
2000	Inge De Bruijn, NED	24.32	Therese Alshammar, SWE	24.51	Dara Torres, USA	24.63
2004	Inge de Bruijn, NED	24.58	Malia Metella, FRA	24.89	Lisbeth Lenton, AUS	24.91

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100-Meter Freestyle

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1912	Sarah “Fanny” Durack, AUS	1:22.2	Wilhelmina Wylie, AUS	1:25.4	Jennie Fletcher, GBR	1:27.0
1920	Ethelda Bleibtrey, USA	1:13.6	Irene Guest, USA	1:17.0	Frances Schroth, USA	1:17.2
1924	Ethel Lackie, USA	1:12.4	Mariechen Wehselau, USA	1:12.8	Gertrude Ederle, USA	1:14.2
1928	Albina Osipowich, USA	1:11.0	Eleanor Garatti, USA	1:11.4	Joyce Cooper, GBR	1:13.6
1932	Helene Madison, USA	1:06.8	Willemijntje den Ouden, NED	1:07.8	Eleanor Saville (Garatti), USA	1:09.3
1936	Hendrika “Rie” Mastenbroek, NED	1:05.9	Jeannette Campbell, ARG	1:06.4	Gisela Arendt, GER	1:06.6
1948	Greta Andersen, DEN	1:06.3	Ann Curtis, USA	1:06.5	Marie-Louise Vaessen, NED	1:07.6
1952	Katalin Szöke, HUN	1:06.8	Johanna Termeulen, NED	1:07.0	Judit Temes, HUN	1:07.1
1956	Dawn Fraser, AUS	1:02.0	Lorraine Crapp, AUS	1:02.3	Faith Leech, AUS	1:05.1
1960	Dawn Fraser, AUS	1:01.2	Christine Von Saltza, USA	1:02.8	Natalie Steward, GBR	1:03.1
1964	Dawn Fraser, AUS	59.5	Sharon Stouder, USA	59.9	Kathleen Ellis, USA	1:00.8
1968	Jan Henne, USA	1:00.0	Susan Pedersen, USA	1:00.3	Linda Gustavson, USA	1:00.3
1972	Sandra Neilson, USA	58.59	Shirley Babashoff, USA	59.02	Shane Gould, AUS	59.06
1976	Kornelia Ender, GDR	55.65	Petra Priemer, GDR	56.49	Enith Brigitha, NED	56.65
1980	Barbara Krause, GDR	54.79	Caren Metschuck, GDR	55.16	Ines Diers, GDR	55.65
1984	Nancy Hogshead, USA & Carrie Steinseifer, USA	55.92			Annemarie Verstappen, NED	56.08
1988	Kristin Otto, GDR	54.93	Zhuang Yong, CHN	55.47	Catherine Plewinski, FRA	55.49
1992	Zhuang Yong, CHN	54.64	Jenny Thompson, USA	54.84	Franziska van Almsick, GER	54.94
1996	Le Jingyi, CHN	54.50	Sandra Völker, GER	54.88	Angelino Martino, USA	54.93
2000	Inge De Bruijn, NED	53.83	Therese Alshammar, SWE	54.33	Dara Torres & Jenny Thompson, USA	54.43
2004	Jodie Henry, AUS	53.84	Inge de Bruijn, NED	54.16	Natalie Coughlin, USA	54.40

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200-Meter Freestyle

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1968	Debbie Meyer, USA	2:10.5	Jan Henne, USA	2:11.0	Jane Barkman, USA	2:11.2
1972	Shane Gould, AUS	2:03.56	Shirley Babashoff, USA	2:04.33	Keena Rothhammer, USA	2:04.92
1976	Kornelia Ender, GDR	1:59.26	Shirley Babashoff, USA	2:01.22	Enith Brigitha, NED	2:01.40
1980	Barbara Krause, GDR	1:58.33	Ines Diers, GDR	1:59.64	Carmela Schmidt, GDR	2:01.44
1984	Mary Wayte, USA	1:59.23	Cynthia Woodhead, USA	1:59.50	Annemarie Verstappen, NED	1:59.69
1988	Heike Friedrich, GDR	1:57.65	Silvia Poll, CRC	1:58.67	Manuela Stellmach, GDR	1:59.01
1992	Nicole Haislett, USA	1:57.90	Franziska van Almsick, GER	1:58.00	Kerstin Kielgass, GER	1:59.67
1996	Claudia Poll, CRC	1:58.16	Franziska van Almsick, GER	1:58.57	Dagmar Hase, GER	1:59.56
2000	Susie O'Neill, AUS	1:58.24	Martina Moravcová, SVK	1:58.32	Claudia Poll, CRC	1:58.81
2004	Camelia Potec, ROM	1:58.03	Federica Pellegrini, ITA	1:58.22	Solenne Figues, FRA	1:58.45

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400-Meter Freestyle

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1924	Martha Norelius, USA	6:02.2	Helen Wainwright, USA	6:03.8	Gertrude Ederle, USA	6:04.8
1928	Martha Norelius, USA	5:42.8	Maria Braun, NED	5:57.8	Josephine McKim, USA	6:00.2
1932	Helene Madison, USA	5:28.5	Lenore Kight, USA	5:28.6	Jennie Maakal, SAF	5:47.3
1936	Hendrika Mastenbroek, NED	5:26.4	Ragnhild Hveger, DEN	5:27.5	Lenore Wingard (Kight), USA	5:29.0
1948	Ann Curtis, USA	5:17.8	Karen Margrete Harup, DEN	5:21.2	Catherine Gibson, GBR	5:22.5
1952	Valéria Gyenge, HUN	5:12.1	Éva Novák, HUN	5:13.7	Evelyn Kawamoto, USA	5:14.6
1956	Lorraine Crapp, AUS	4:54.6	Dawn Fraser, AUS	5:02.5	Sylvia Ruuska, USA	5:07.1
1960	Christine Von Saltza, USA	4:50.6	Jane Cederqvist, SWE	4:53.9	Catherina Lagerberg, NED	4:56.9
1964	Virginia Duenkel, USA	4:43.3	Marilyn Ramenofsky, USA	4:44.6	Terri Stickles, USA	4:47.2
1968	Debbie Meyer, USA	4:31.8	Linda Gustavson, USA	4:35.5	Karen Moras, AUS	4:37.0
1972	Shane Gould, AUS	4:19.04	Novella Calligaris, ITA	4:22.44	Gudrun Wegner, GDR	4:23.11
1976	Petra Thümer, GDR	4:09.89	Shirley Babashoff, USA	4:10.46	Shannon Smith, CAN	4:14.60
1980	Ines Diers, GDR	4:08.76	Petra Schneider, GDR	4:09.16	Carmela Schmidt, GDR	4:10.86
1984	Tiffany Cohen, USA	4:07.10	Sarah Hardcastle, GBR	4:10.27	June Croft, GBR	4:11.49
1988	Janet Evans, USA	4:03.85	Heike Friedrich, GDR	4:05.94	Anke Möhring, GDR	4:06.62
1992	Dagmar Hase, GER	4:07.18	Janet Evans, USA	4:07.37	Hayley Lewis, AUS	4:11.22
1996	Michelle Smith, IRL	4:07.25	Dagmar Hase, GER	4:08.30	Kirsten Vlieghuis, NED	4:08.70
2000	Brooke Bennett, USA	4:05.80	Diana Munz, USA	4:07.07	Claudia Poll, CRC	4:07.83
2004	Laure Manadou, FRA	4:05.34	Otylia Jedrzejczak, POL	4:05.84	Kaitlin Sandeno, USA	4:06.19

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800-Meter Freestyle

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1968	Debbie Meyer, USA	9:24.0	Pamela Kruse, USA	9:35.7	María Teresa Ramírez, MEX	9:38.5
1972	Keena Rothhammer, USA	8:53.68	Shane Gould, AUS	8:56.39	Novella Calligaris, ITA	8:57.46
1976	Petra Thümer, GDR	8:37.14	Shirley Babashoff, USA	8:37.59	Wendy Weinberg, USA	8:42.60
1980	Michelle Ford, AUS	8:28.90	Ines Diers, GDR	8:32.55	Heike Dähne, GDR	8:33.48
1984	Tiffany Cohen, USA	8:24.95	Michele Richardson, USA	8:30.73	Sarah Hardcastle, GBR	8:32.60
1988	Janet Evans, USA	8:20.20	Astrid Strauss, GDR	8:22.09	Julie McDonald, AUS	8:22.93
1992	Janet Evans, USA	8:25.52	Hayley Lewis, AUS	8:30.34	Jana Henke, GER	8:30.99
1996	Brooke Bennett, USA	8:27.89	Dagmar Hase, GER	8:29.91	Kirsten Vlieghuis, NED	8:30.84
2000	Brooke Bennett, USA	8:19.67	Yana Klochkova, UKR	8:22.66	Kaitlin Sandeno, USA	8:24.29
2004	Ai Shibata, JPN	8:24.54	Laure Manaudou, FRA	8:24.96	Diana Munz, USA	8:26.61

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100-Meter Backstroke

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1924	Sybil Bauer, USA	1:23.2	Phyllis Harding, GBR	1:27.4	Aileen Riggin, USA	1:28.2
1928	Maria Braun, NED	1:22.0	Ellen King, GBR	1:22.2	Joyce Cooper, GBR	1:22.8
1932	Eleanor Holm, USA	1:19.4	Philomena Mealing, AUS	1:21.3	Elizabeth Valerie Davies, GBR	1:22.5
1936	Dina “Nida” Senff, NED	1:18.9	Hendrika Mastenbroek, NED	1:19.2	Alice Bridges, USA	1:19.4
1948	Karen Margrete Harup, DEN	1:14.4	Suzanne Zimmerman, USA	1:16.0	Judy-Joy Davies, AUS	1:16.7
1952	Joan Harrison, SAF	1:14.3	Geertje Wielema, NED	1:14.5	Jean Stewart, NZL	1:15.8
1956	Judy Grinham, GBR	1:12.9	Carin Cone, USA	1:12.9	Margaret Edwards, GBR	1:13.1
1960	Lynn Burke, USA	1:09.3	Natalie Steward, GBR	1:10.8	Satoko Tanaka, JPN	1:11.4
1964	Cathy Ferguson, USA	1:07.7	Christine Caron, FRA	1:07.9	Virginia Duenkel, USA	1:08.0
1968	Kaye Hall, USA	1:06.2	Elaine Tanner, CAN	1:06.7	Jane Swagerty, USA	1:08.1
1972	Melissa Belote, USA	1:05.78	Andrea Gyarmati, HUN	1:06.26	Susan Atwood, USA	1:06.34
1976	Ulrike Richter, GDR	1:01.83	Birgit Treiber, GDR	1:03.41	Nancy Garapick, CAN	1:03.71
1980	Rica Reinisch, GDR	1:00.86	Ina Kleber, GDR	1:02.07	Petra Riedel, GDR	1:02.64
1984	Theresa Andrews, USA	1:02.55	Betsy Mitchell, USA	1:02.63	Jolanda de Rover, NED	1:02.91
1988	Kristin Otto, GDR	1:00.89	Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN	1:01.56	Cornelia Sirch, GDR	1:01.57
1992	Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN	1:00.68	Tünde Szabó, HUN	1:01.14	Lea Loveless, USA	1:01.43
1996	Beth Botsford, USA	1:01.19	Whitney Hedgepeth, USA	1:01.47	Marianne Kriel, SAF	1:02.12
2000	Diana Iuliana Mocanu, ROM	1:00.21	Mai Nakamura, JPN	1:00.55	Nina Zhivanevskaya, ESP	1:00.89
2004	Natalie Coughlin, USA	1:00.37	Kirsty Coventry, ZIM	1:00.50	Laure Manaudou, FRA	1:00.88

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200-Meter Backstroke

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1968	Lillian “Pokey” Watson, USA	2:24.8	Elaine Tanner, CAN	2:27.4	Kaye Hall, USA	2:28.9
1972	Melissa Belote, USA	2:19.19	Susan Atwood, USA	2:20.38	Donna Gurr, CAN	2:23.22
1976	Ulrike Richter, GDR	2:13.43	Birgit Treiber, GDR	2:14.97	Nancy Garapick, CAN	2:15.60
1980	Rica Reinisch, GDR	2:11.77	Cornelia Polit, GDR	2:13.75	Birgit Treiber, GDR	2:14.14
1984	Jolanda de Rover, NED	2:12.38	Amy White, USA	2:13.04	Aneta Patrascoiu, ROM	2:13.29
1988	Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN	2:09.29	Kathrin Zimmerman, GDR	2:10.61	Cornelia Sirch, GDR	2:11.45
1992	Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN	2:07.06	Dagmar Hase, GER	2:09.46	Nicole Stevenson, AUS	2:10.20
1996	Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN	2:07.83	Whitney Hedgepeth, USA	2:11.98	Cathleen Rund, GER	2:12.06
2000	Diana Iuliana Mocanu, ROM	2:08.16	Roxana Maracineanu, FRA	2:10.25	Miki Nakao, JPN	2:11.05
2004	Kirsty Coventry, ZIM	2:09.19	Stanislava Komarova, RUS	2:09.72	Reiko Nakamura, JPN	2:09.88

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100-Meter Breaststroke

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1968	Djurdjica Bjedov, YUG	1:15.8	Galina Prozumenshikova, URS	1:15.9	Sharon Wichman, USA	1:16.1
1972	Catherine Carr, USA	1:13.58	Galina Prozumenshikova Stepanova, URS	1:14.99	Beverley Whitfield, AUS	1:15.73
1976	Hannelore Anke, GDR	1:11.16	Lyubov Rusanova, URS	1:13.04	Marina Koshevaia, URS	1:13.30
1980	Ute Geweniger, GDR	1:10.22	Elvira Vasilkova, URS	1:10.41	Susanne Nielsson, DEN	1:11.16
1984	Petra van Staveren, NED	1:09.88	Anne Ottenbrite, CAN	1:10.69	Cathérine Poirot, FRA	1:10.70
1988	Tanya Dangalakova, BUL	1:07.95	Antoaneta Frenkeva, BUL	1:08.74	Silke Hörner, GDR	1:08.83
1992	Yelena Rudkovskaya, EUN	1:08.00	Anita Nall, USA	1:08.17	Samantha Riley, AUS	1:09.25
1996	Penny Heyns, RSA	1:07.73	Amanda Beard, USA	1:08.09	Samantha Riley, AUS	1:09.18
2000	Megan Quann, USA	1:07.05	Leisel Jones, AUS	1:07.49	Penny Heyns, RSA	1:07.55
2004	Xuejuan Luo, CHN	1:06.64	Brooke Hanson, AUS	1:07.15	Leisel Jones, AUS	1:07.16

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200-Meter Breaststroke

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1924	Lucy Morton, GBR	3:33.2	Agnes Geraghty, USA	3:34.0	Gladys Carson, GBR	3:35.4
1928	Hildegard Schrader, GER	3:12.6	Mietje “Marie” Baron, NED	3:15.2	Lotte Mühe, GER	3:17.6
1932	Clare Dennis, AUS	3:06.3	Hideko Maehata, JPN	3:06.4	Else Jacobsen, DEN	3:07.1
1936	Hideko Maehata, JPN	3:03.6	Martha Geneger, GER	3:04.2	Inge Sørensen, DEN	3:07.8
1948	Petronella van Vliet, NED	2:57.2	Beatrice Lyons, AUS	2:57.7	Éva Novák, HUN	3:00.2
1952	Éva Székely, HUN	2:51.7	Éva Novák, HUN	2:54.4	Elenor Gordon, SCO	2:57.6
1956	Ursula Happe, GER	2:53.1	Éva Székely, HUN	2:54.8	Eva-Maria ten Elsen, GER	2:55.1
1960	Anita Lonsbrough, GBR	2:49.5	Wiltrud Urselmann, GER	2:50.0	Barbara Göbel, GER	2:53.6
1964	Galina Prozumenshikova, URS	2:46.4	Claudia Kolb, USA	2:47.6	Svetlana Babanina, URS	2:48.6
1968	Sharon Wichman, USA	2:44.4	Djurdjica Bjedov, YUG	2:46.4	Galina Prozumenshikova, URS	2:47.0
1972	Beverley Whitfield, AUS	2:41.71	Dana Schoenfield, USA	2:42.05	Galina Prozumenshikova Stepanova, URS	2:42.36
1976	Marina Koshevaia, URS	2:33.35	Marina Yurchenya, URS	2:36.08	Lyubov Rusanova, URS	2:36.22
1980	Lina Kaciušyté, URS	2:29.54	Svetlana Varganova, URS	2:29.61	Yuliya Bogdanova, URS	2:32.39
1984	Anne Ottenbrite, CAN	2:30.38	Susan Rapp, USA	2:31.15	Ingrid Lempereur, BEL	2:31.40
1988	Silke Hörner, GDR	2:26.71	Huang Xiaomin, CHN	2:27.49	Antoaneta Frenkeva, BUL	2:28.34
1992	Kyoko Iwasaki, JPN	2:26.65	Lin Li, CHN	2:26.85	Anita Nall, USA	2:26.88
1996	Penny Heyns, RSA	2:25.41	Amanda Beard, USA	2:25.75	Ágnes Kovács, HUN	2:26.57
2000	Ágnes Kovács, HUN	2:24.35	Kristy Kowal, USA	2:24.56	Amanda Beard, USA	2:25.35
2004	Amanda Beard, USA	2:23.37	Leisel Jones, AUS	2:30.60	Anne Poleska, GER	2:25.82

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100-Meter Butterfly

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1956	Shelley Mann, USA	1:11.0	Nancy Ramey, USA	1:11.9	Mary Sears, USA	1:14.4
1960	Carolyn Schuler, USA	1:09.5	Marianne Heemskerk, NED	1:10.4	Janice Andrew, AUS	1:12.2
1964	Sharon Stouder, USA	1:04.7	Ada Kok, NED	1:05.6	Kathleen Ellis, USA	1:06.0
1968	Lynette McClements, AUS	1:05.5	Ellie Daniel, USA	1:05.8	Susan Shields, USA	1:06.2
1972	Mayumi Aoki, JPN	1:03.34	Roswitha Beier, GDR	1:03.61	Andréa Gyarmati, HUN	1:03.73
1976	Kornelia Ender, GDR	1:00.13	Andrea Pollack, GDR	1:00.98	Wendy Boglioli, USA	1:01.17
1980	Caren Metschuck, GDR	1:00.42	Andrea Pollack, GDR	1:00.90	Christiane Knacke, GDR	1:01.44
1984	Mary T. Meagher, USA	59.26	Jenna Johnson, USA	1:00.19	Karin Seick, FRG	1:01.36
1988	Kristin Otto, GDR	59.00	Birte Weigang, GDR	59.45	Qian Hong, CHN	59.52
1992	Qian Hong, CHN	58.62	Christine Ahmann-Leighton, USA	58.74	Catherine Plewinski, FRA	59.01
1996	Amy Van Dyken, USA	59.13	Liu Limin, CHN	59.14	Angelino Martino, USA	59.23
2000	Inge De Bruijn, NED	56.61	Martina Moravcová, SVK	57.97	Dara Torres, USA	58.20
2004	Petria Thomas, AUS	57.72	Otylia Jedrzejczak, POL	57.84	Inge de Bruijn, NED	57.99

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200-Meter Butterfly

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1968	Ada Kok, NED	2:24.7	Helga Lindner, GDR	2:24.8	Ellie Daniel, USA	2:25.9
1972	Karen Moe, USA	2:15.57	Lynn Colella, USA	2:16.34	Ellie Daniel, USA	2:16.74
1976	Andrea Pollack, GDR	2:11.41	Ulrike Tauber, GDR	2:12.50	Rosemarie Gabriel, GDR	2:12.86
1980	Ines Geissler, GDR	2:10.44	Sybille Schönrock, GDR	2:10.45	Michelle Ford, AUS	2:11.66
1984	Mary T. Meagher, USA	2:06.90	Karen Phillips, AUS	2:10.56	Ina Beyermann, FRG	2:11.91
1988	Kathleen Nord, GDR	2:09.51	Birte Weigang, GDR	2:09.91	Mary T. Meagher, USA	2:10.80
1992	Summer Sanders, USA	2:08.67	Wang Xiaohong, CHN	2:09.01	Susie O'Neill, AUS	2:09.03
1996	Susie O'Neill, AUS	2:07.76	Petria Thomas, AUS	2:09.82	Michelle Smith, IRL	2:09.91
2000	Misty Hyman, USA	2:05.88	Susie O'Neill, AUS	2:06.58	Petria Thomas, AUS	2:07.12
2004	Otylia Jedrzejczak, POL	2:06.05	Petria Thomas, AUS	2:06.36	Yuko Nakanishi, JPN	2:08.04

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200-Meter Individual Medley

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1968	Claudia Kolb, USA	2:24.7	Susan Pedersen, USA	2:28.8	Jan Henne, USA	2:31.4
1972	Shane Gould, AUS	2:23.07	Kornelia Ender, GDR	2:23.59	Lynn Vidali, USA	2:24.06
1976-80	Not held
1984	Tracy Caulkins, USA	2:12.64	Nancy Hogshead, USA	2:15.17	Michele Pearson, AUS	2:15.92
1988	Daniela Hunger, GDR	2:12.59	Yelena Dendeberova, URS	2:13.31	Noemi Lung, ROM	2:14.85
1992	Lin Li, CHN	2:11.65	Summer Sanders, USA	2:11.91	Daniela Hunger, GER	2:13.92
1996	Michelle Smith, IRL	2:13.93	Marianne Limpert, CAN	2:14.35	Lin Li, CHN	2:14.74
2000	Yana Klochkova, UKR	2:10.68	Beatrice Nicoleta Caslaru, ROM	2:12.57	Cristina Teuscher, USA	2:13.32
2004	Yana Klochkova, UKR	2:11.14	Amanda Beard, USA	2:11.70	Kirsty Coventry, ZIM	2:12.72

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400-Meter Individual Medley

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1964	Donna de Varona, USA	5:18.7	Sharon Finneran, USA	5:24.1	Martha Randall, USA	5:24.2
1968	Claudia Kolb, USA	5:08.5	Lynn Vidali, USA	5:22.2	Sabine Steinbach, GDR	5:25.3
1972	Gail Neall, AUS	5:02.97	Leslie Cliff, CAN	5:03.57	Novella Calligaris, ITA	5:03.99
1976	Ulrike Tauber, GDR	4:42.77	Cheryl Gibson, CAN	4:48.10	Becky Smith, CAN	4:50.48
1980	Petra Schneider, GDR	4:36.29	Sharron Davies, GBR	4:46.83	Agnieszka Czopek, POL	4:48.17
1984	Tracy Caulkins, USA	4:39.24	Suzanne Landells, AUS	4:48.30	Petra Zindler, FRG	4:48.57
1988	Janet Evans, USA	4:37.76	Noemi Lung, ROM	4:39.46	Daniela Hunger, GDR	4:39.76
1992	Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN	4:36.54	Lin Li, CHN	4:36.73	Summer Sanders, USA	4:37.58
1996	Michelle Smith, IRL	4:39.18	Allison Wagner, USA	4:42.03	Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN	4:42.53
2000	Yana Klochkova, UKR	4:33.59	Yasuko Tajima, JPN	4:35.96	Beatrice Nicoleta Caslaru, ROM	4:37.18
2004	Yana Klochkova, UKR	4:34.83	Kaitlin Sandeno, USA	4:34.95	Georgina Bardach, ARG	4:37.51

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4 x 100-Meter Freestyle Relay

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1912	Great Britain	5:52.8	Germany	6:04.6	Austria	6:17.0
1920	United States	5:11.6	Great Britain	5:40.8	Sweden	5:43.6
1924	United States	4:58.8	Great Britain	5:17.0	Sweden	5:35.6
1928	United States	4:47.6	Great Britain	5:02.8	South Africa	5:13.4
1932	United States	4:38.0	Netherlands	4:47.5	Great Britain	4:52.4
1936	Netherlands	4:36.0	Germany	4:36.8	United States	4:40.2
1948	United States	4:29.2	Denmark	4:29.6	Netherlands	4:31.6
1952	Hungary	4:24.4	Netherlands	4:29.0	United States	4:30.1
1956	Australia	4:17.1	United States	4:19.2	South Africa	4:25.7
1960	United States	4:08.9	Australia	4:11.3	Germany	4:19.7
1964	United States	4:03.8	Australia	4:06.9	Netherlands	4:12.0
1968	United States	4:02.5	German D.R.	4:05.7	Canada	4:07.2
1972	United States	3:55.19	German D.R.	3:55.55	F.R. Germany	3:57.93
1976	United States	3:44.82	German D.R.	3:45.50	Canada	3:48.81
1980	German D.R.	3:42.71	Sweden	3:48.93	Netherlands	3:49.51
1984	United States	3:43.43	Netherlands	3:44.40	F.R. Germany	3:45.56
1988	German D.R.	3:40.63	Netherlands	3:43.39	United States	3:44.25
1992	United States	3:39.46	P.R. of China	3:40.12	Germany	3:41.60
1996	United States	3:39.29	P.R. of China	3:40.48	Germany	3:41.48
2000	United States	3:36.61	Netherlands	3:39.83	Sweden	3:40.30
2004	Australia	3:35.94	United States	3:36.39	Netherlans	3:37.59

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4 x 200-Meter Freestyle Relay

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1996	United States	7:59.87	Germany	8:01.55	Australia	8:05.47
2000	United States	7:57.80	Australia	7:58.52	Germany	7:58.64
2004	United States	WR7:53.42	China	7:55.97	Germany	7:57.35

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4 x 100-Meter Medley Relay

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
1960	United States	4:41.1	Australia	4:45.9	Germany	4:47.6
1964	United States	4:33.9	Netherlands	4:37.0	Soviet Union	4:39.2
1968	United States	4:28.3	Australia	4:30.0	F.R. Germany	4:36.4
1972	United States	4:20.75	German D.R.	4:24.91	F.R. Germany	4:26.46
1976	German D.R.	4:07.95	United States	4:14.55	Canada	4:15.22
1980	German D.R.	4:06.97	Great Britain	4:12.24	Soviet Union	4:13.61
1984	United States	4:08.34	F.R. Germany	4:11.97	Canada	4:12.98
1988	German D.R.	4:03.74	United States	4:07.90	Canada	4:10.49
1992	United States	4:02.54	Germany	4:05.19	Unified Team	4:06.44
1996	United States	4:02.88	Australia	4:05.08	P.R. of China	4:07.34
2000	United States	3:58.30	Australia	4:01.59	Japan	4:04.16
2004	Australia	WR3:57.32	United States	3:59.12	Germany	4:00.72

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Discontinued Event

300-Meter Freestyle

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1920	Ethelda Bleibtrey, USA	4:34.0	Margaret Woodbridge, USA	4:42.8	Frances Schroth, USA	4:52.0

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