| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Time |
| Atlanta 1996 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Brooke Bennett
Dagmar Hase
Kirsten Vlieghuis |
United States
Germany
Netherlands |
--
--
-- |
| Barcelona 1992 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Janet Evans
Haylet Lewis
Jana Henke |
United States
Australia
Germany |
8:25.52
8:30.34
8:30.99 |
| Seoul 1988 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Janet Evans
Astrid Strauss
Julie McDonald |
United States
East Germany
Australia |
8:20.20
8:22.09
8:22.93 |
| Los Angeles 1984 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Tiffany Cohen
Michele Richardson
Sarah Hardcastle |
United States
United States
Great Britain |
8:24.95
8:30.73
8:32.60 |
| Moscow 1980 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Michelle Ford
Ines Diers
Heike Dahne |
Australia
East Germany
East Germany |
8:28.90
8:32.55
8:33.48 |
| Montreal 1976 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Petra Thumer
Shirley Babashoff
Wendy Weinberg |
East Germany
United States
United States |
8:37.14
8:37.59
8:42.60 |
| Munich 1972 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Keena Rothhammer
Shane Gould
Novella Calligaris |
United States
Australia
Italy |
8:53.68
8:56.39
8:57.46 |
| Mexico City 1968 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Debbie Meyer
Pamela Kruse
M. T. Ramirez |
United States
United States
Mexico |
9:24.0
9:35.7
9:38.5 |
