| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Time |
| Atlanta 1996 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Penny Heyns
Amanda Beard
Agnes Kovacs |
South Africa
United States
Hungary |
--
--
-- |
| Barcelona 1992 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Kyoko Iwasaki
Lin Li
Anita Nall |
Japan
China
United States |
2:26.65
2:26.85
2:26.88 |
| Seoul 1988 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Silke Hoerner
Huang Xiaomin
A. Frenkeva |
East Germany
China
Bulgaria |
2:26.71
2:26.85
2:26.88 |
| Los Angeles 1984 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Anne Ottenbrite
Susan Rapp
Ingrid Lemereur |
Canada
United States
Belgium |
2:30.38
2:31.15
2:31.40 |
| Moscow 1980 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Lina Kachushite
S. Varganova
Yulia Bogdanova |
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union |
2:29.54
2:29.61
2:32.39 |
| Montreal 1976 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Marina Koshevaia
Marina Iurchnia
Liubov Rusanova |
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union |
2:33.35
2:36.08
2:36.22 |
| Munich 1972 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Beverly Whitfield
Dana Schoenfield
G. S'nova-Proz'kova |
Australia
United States
Soviet Union |
2:41.71
2:42.05
2:42.36 |
| Mexico City 1968 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Sharon Wichman
Djurdjica Bjedov
G. Prozumenishikova |
United States
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union |
2:44.4
2:46.4
2:47.0 |
| Tokyo 1964 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
G. Prozumenshikova
Claudia Kolb
Svetlana Babanina |
Soviet Union
United States
Soviet Union |
2:46.4
2:47.6
2:48.6 |
| Rome 1960 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Anita Lonsbrough
Wiltrud Urselmann
Barbara Goebel |
Great Britain
West Germany
East Germany |
2:49.5
2:50.0
2:53.6 |
| Melbourne 1956 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ursula Happe
Eva Szekely
Eva-Marie T. Elsen |
West Germany
Hungary
East Germany |
2:53.1
2:54.8
2:55.1 |
| Helsinki 1952 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Eva Szekely
Eva Novak
Helen Gordon |
Hungary
Hungary
Great Britain |
2:51.7
2:54.4
2:57.6 |
| London 1948 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
P. van Vliet
Beatrice Lyons
Eva Novak |
Netherlands
Australia
Hungary |
2:57.2
2:57.7
3:00.2 |
| Berlin 1936 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Hideko Maehata
Martha Geneger
Inge Sorenson |
Japan
Germany
Denmark |
3:03.6
3:04.2
3:07.8 |
| Los Angeles 1932 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Claire Dennis
Hideko Maehata
Else Jacobsen |
Australia
Japan
Denmark |
3:06.3
3:06.4
3:07.1 |
| Amsterdam 1928 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Hildegard Schrader
Mietje Baron
Lotte Muhe |
Germany
Holland
Germany |
3:12.6
3:15.2
3:17.6 |
| Paris 1924 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Lucy Morton
Agnes Geragthy
Gladys Carson |
Great Britain
United States
Great Britain |
3:33.2
3:34.0
3:35.4 |
