| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Time |
| Atlanta 1996 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Michelle Smith
Allison Wagner
Krisztina Egerszegi |
Ireland
United States
Hungary |
--
--
-- |
| Barcelona 1992 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Krisztina Egerszegi
Lin Li
Summer Sanders |
Hungary
China
United States |
4:36.54
4:36.73
4:37.58 |
| Seoul 1988 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Janet Evans
Noemi Lung
Daniela Hunger |
United States
Romania
East Germany |
4:37.76
4:39.46
4:39.76 |
| Los Angeles 1984 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Tracy Caulkins
Suzanne Landells
Petra Zindler |
United States
Australia
West Germany |
3:39.24
4:48.30
4:48.57 |
| Moscow 1980 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Petra Schneider
Sharron Davies
Agnieszka Czopek |
West Germany
Great Britain
Poland |
4:36.29
4:46.83
4:48.17 |
| Montreal 1976 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ulrike Tauber
Cheryl Gibson
Becky Smith |
East Germany
Canada
Canada |
4:42.77
4:48.10
4:50.48 |
| Munich 1972 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Gail Neall
Leslie Cliff
Novella Calligaris |
Australia
Canada
Italy |
5:02.97
5:03.57
5:03.99 |
| Mexico City 1968 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Claudia Kolb
Lynn Vidali
Sabine Steinbach |
United States
United States
East Germany |
5:08.5
5:22.2
5:25.3 |
| Tokyo 1964 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Donna De Varona
Sharon Finneran
Martha Randall |
United States
United States
United States |
5:18.7
5:24.1
5:24.2 |
