| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Time |
| Atlanta 1996 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Marie-Jose Perec
Cathy Freeman
Falilat Ogunkoya |
France
Australia
Nigeria |
48.25
48.63
49.10 |
| Barcelona 1992 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Marie-Jose Perec
Olga Bryzgina
Ximena Restrepo |
France
Ukraine
Colombia |
48.8
49.0
49.6 |
| Seoul 1988 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Olga Bryzgina
Petra Muller
Olga Nazarova |
Soviet Union
East Germany
Soviet Union |
48.6
49.4
49.9 |
| Los Angeles 1984 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Chandra Cheeseborough
K. Cook-Smallwood |
United States
United States
Great Britain |
48.8
49.0
49.4 |
| Moscow 1980 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Marita Koch
Jarmila Kratochvilova
Christina Lathan-Brehmer |
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
East Germany |
48.8
49.4
49.6 |
| Montreal 1976 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
I. Szewinska-Kirszenstein
Christina Brehmer
Ellen Streidt |
Poland
East Germany
East Germany
|
49.2
50.5
50.5 |
| Munich 1972 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Monika Zehrt
Rita Wilden
Kathy Hammond |
East Germany
West Germany
United States
|
51.0
51.2
51.6 |
| Mexico City 1968 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Colette Besson
Lillian Board
Natalya Pechenkina |
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
|
52.0
52.1
52.2 |
| Tokyo 1964 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Betty Cuthbert
Ann Packer
Judith Amoore |
Australia
Great Britain
Australia
|
52.0
52.2
53.4 |
