| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Time |
| Atlanta 1996 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Marie-Jose Perec
Merlene Ottey
Mary Onyali |
France
Jamaica
Nigeria |
22.12
22.24
22.38 |
| Barcelona 1992 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Gwen Torrence
Juliet Cuthbert
Merlene Ottey |
United States
Jamaica
Jamaica |
21.8
22.0
22.0 |
| Seoul 1988 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Florence Griffith Joyner
Grace Jackson
Heike Drechsler |
United States
Jamaica
East Germany |
21.3
21.7
21.9 |
| Los Angeles 1984 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Florence Griffith
Merlene Ottey-Page |
United States
United States
Jamaica |
21.8
22.0
22.0 |
| Moscow 1980 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Barbel Eckert Wockel
Natalya Bochina
Merlene Ottey |
East Germany
Soviet Union
Jamaica |
22.0
22.1
22.2 |
| Montreal 1976 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Barbel Eckert
Annegret Richter
Renate Stecher |
East Germany
West Germany
East Germany |
22.3
22.3
22.4 |
| Munich 1972 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Renate Stecher
Raelene Boyle
I. Szewinska-Kirzenstein |
East Germany
Australia
Poland |
22.4
22.4
22.74 |
| Mexico City 1968 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
I. Szewinska-Kirszenstei
Raelene Boyle
Jennifer Lamy |
Poland
Australia
Australia |
22.5
22.7
22.8 |
| Tokyo 1964 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Edith McGuire
Irena Kirszenstein
Marilyn Black |
United States
Poland
Australia |
23.0
23.1
23.1 |
| Rome 1960 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Wilma Rudolph
Jutta Heine
Dorothy Hyman |
United States
West Germany
Great Britain |
24.0
24.4
24.7 |
| Melbourne 1956 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Betty Cuthbert
Christa Stubnick
Marlene Matthews |
Australia
East Germany
Australia |
23.4
23.7
23.8 |
| Helsinki 1952 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Marjorie Jackson
Bertha Brouwer
Nadezhda Khnykina |
Australia
Holland
Soviet Union |
23.7
24.2
24.2 |
| London 1948 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Francina Blankers-Koen
Audrey Williamson
Audrey Patterson |
Holland
Great Britain
United States |
24.4
25.1
25.2 |
