50-METER FREESTYLE / 50 METROS LIBRES
| YEAR | GOLD / ORO | CNT | TIME | SILVER / PLATA | CNT | TIME | BRONZE / BRONCE | CNT | TIME |
| 1988 | Kristin Otto | GDR | 25.49 | Wenyi Yang | CHN | 25.64 | Katrin Meissner (GDR) / Jill Sterkel (USA) | 25.71 | |
| 1992 | Wenyi Yang | CHN | 24.79 | Yong Zhuang | CHN | 25.08 | Angel Martino | USA | 25.23 |
| 1996 | Amy Van Dyken | USA | 24.87 | Jingji Le | CHN | 24.90 | Sandra Volker | GER | 25.14 |
| 2000 | Inge de Bruijn | NED | 24.32 | Therese Alshammar | SWE | 24.51 | Dara Torres | USA | 24.63 |
| 2004 | Inge de Bruijn | NED | 24.58 | Malia Metella | FRA | 24.89 | Lisbeth Lenton | AUS | 24.91 |
100-METER FREESTYLE / 100 METROS LIBRES
| YEAR | GOLD / ORO | CNT | TIME | SILVER / PLATA | CNT | TIME | BRONZE / BRONCE | CNT | TIME |
| 1976 | Kornelia Ender | GDR | 55.65 | Petra Priemer | GDR | 56.49 | Enith Brigitha | HOL | 56.65 |
| 1980 | Barbara Krause | GDR | 54.79 | Caren Metschuck | GDR | 55.16 | Ines Diers | GDR | 55.65 |
| 1984 | Carrie Steinseifer, USA 55.92 tie / Nancy Hogshead, USA 55.92 tie (2 gold medals) | Annemarie Verstappen | HOL | 56.08 | |||||
| 1988 | Kristin Otto | GDR | 54.93 | Yong Zhuang | CHN | 55.47 | Catherine Plewinski | FRA | 55.49 |
| 1992 | Yong Zhuang | CHN | 54.64 | Jenny Thompson | USA | 54.84 | Franziska van Almsick | GER | 54.94 |
| 1996 | Jingyi Le | CHN | 54.50 | Sandra Volker | GER | 54.88 | Angel Martino | USA | 54.93 |
| 2000 | Inge de Bruijn | NED | 53.83 | Therese Alshammar | SWE | 54.33 | Dara Torres (USA) / Jenny Thompson (USA) | 54.43 | |
| 2004 | Jodie Henry | AUS | 53.84 | Inge de Bruijin | NED | 54.16 | Natalie Coughlin | USA | 54.40 |
200-METER FREESTYLE / 200 METROS LIBRES
| YEAR | GOLD / ORO | CNT | TIME | SILVER / PLATA | CNT | TIME | BRONZE / BRONCE | CNT | TIME |
| 1976 | Kornelia Ender | GDR | 1:59.26 | Shirley Babashoff | USA | 2:01.22 | Enith Brigitha | HOL | 2:01.40 |
| 1980 | Barbara Krause | GDR | 1:58.33 | Ines Diers | GDR | 1:59.64 | Carmela Schmidt | GDR | 2:01.44 |
| 1984 | Mary Wayte | USA | 1:59.23 | Sippy Woodhead | USA | 1:59.50 | Annemarie Verstappen | HOL | 1:59.69 |
| 1988 | Heike Friedrich | GDR | 1:57.65 | Silvia Poll | CRC | 1:58.67 | Manuela Stellmach | GDR | 1:59.01 |
| 1992 | Nicole Haislett | USA | 1:57.90 | Franziska van Almsick | GER | 1:58.00 | Kerstin Kielgass | GER | 1:59.67 |
| 1996 | Claudia Poll | CRC | 1:58.16 | Franziska van Almsick | GER | 1:58.57 | Dagmar Hase | GER | 1:59.56 |
| 2000 | Susie O´Neill | AUS | 1:58.24 | Martina Moravcova | SVK | 1:58.32 | Claudia Poll Ahrens | CRC | 1:58.81 |
| 2004 | Camelia Potec | ROM | 1:58.03 | Federica Pellegrini | ITA | 1:58.22 | Solenne Figues | FRA | 1:58.45 |
400-METER FREESTYLE / 400 METROS LIBRES
| YEAR | GOLD / ORO | CNT | TIME | SILVER / PLATA | CNT | TIME | BRONZE / BRONCE | CNT | TIME |
| 1976 | Petra Thumer | GDR | 4:09.89 | Shirley Babashoff | USA | 4:10.46 | Shannon Smith | CAN | 4:14.60 |
| 1980 | Ines Diers | GDR | 4:08.76 | Petra Schneider | GDR | 4:09.16 | Carmela Schmidt | GDR | 4:10.86 |
| 1984 | Tiffany Cohen | USA | 4:07.10 | Sarah Hardcastle | GBR | 4:10.27 | June Croft | GBR | 4:11.49 |
| 1988 | Janet Evans | USA | 4:03.85 | Heike Friedrich | GDR | 4:05.94 | Anke Mohring | GDR | 4:06.62 |
| 1992 | Dagmar Hase | GER | 4:07.18 | Janet Evans | USA | 4:07.37 | Hayley Lewis | AUS | 4:11.22 |
| 1996 | Michelle Smith | IRL | 4:07.25 | Dagmar Hase | GER | 4:08.30 | Kirsten Vlieghuis | NED | 4:08.70 |
| 2000 | Brooke Bennett | USA | 4:05.80 | Diana Munz | USA | 4:07.07 | Claudia Poll | CRC | 4:07.83 |
| 2004 | Laure Manaudou | FRA | 4:05.34 | Otylia Jedrzejczak | POL | 4:05.84 | Kaitlin Sandeno | USA | 4:06.19 |
800-METER FREESTYLE / 800 METROS LIBRES
| YEAR | GOLD / ORO | CNT | TIME | SILVER / PLATA | CNT | TIME | BRONZE / BRONCE | CNT | TIME |
| 1976 | Petra Thumer | GDR | 8:37.14 | Shirley Babashoff | USA | 8:37.59 | Wendy Weinberg | USA | 8:42.60 |
| 1980 | Michelle Ford | AUS | 8:28.90 | Ines Diers | GDR | 8:32.55 | Heike Dahne | GDR | 8:33.48 |
| 1984 | Tiffany Cohen | USA | 8:24.95 | Michele Richardson | USA | 8:30.73 | Sarah Hardcastle | GBR | 8:32.60 |
| 1988 | Janet Evans | USA | 8:20.20 | Astrid Strauss | GDR | 8:22.09 | Julie McDonald | AUS | 8:22.93 |
| 1992 | Janet Evans | USA | 8:25.52 | Hayley Lewis | AUS | 8:30.34 | Jana Henke | GER | 8:30.99 |
| 1996 | Brooke Bennett | USA | 8:27.89 | Dagmar Hase | GER | 8:29.91 | Kirsten Vlieghuis | NED | 8:30.84 |
| 2000 | Brooke Bennett | USA | 8:19.67 | Yana Klochkova | UKR | 8:22.66 | Kaitlin Sandeno | USA | 8:24.29 |
| 2004 | Ai Shibata | JPN | 8:24.54 | Laure Manaudou | FRA | 8:24.96 | Diana Munz | USA | 8:26.61 |
4x100-METER FREESTYLE RELAY / RELEVOS 4x100 METROS LIBRES
| YEAR | GOLD / ORO | CNT | TIME | SILVER / PLATA | CNT | TIME | BRONZE / BRONCE | CNT | TIME |
| 1976 | Kim Peyton, Wendy Boglioli, Jill Sterkel, Shirley Babashoff | USA | 3:44.82 | Kornelia Ender, Petra Priemer, Andrea Pollack, Claudia Hempel | GDR | 3:45.50 | Gail Amundrud, Barbara Clark, Becky Smith, Anne Jardin | CAN | 3:48.81 |
| 1980 | Barbara Krause, Caren Metschuck, Ines Diers, Sarina Hülsenbeck | GDR | 3:42.71 | Carina Ljungdahl, Tina Gustafsson, Agneta Martensson, Agneta Eriksson | SWE | 3:48.93 | Cornelia van Bentum, Wilma van Velsen, Reggie de Jong, Annelies Maas | HOL | 3:49.51 |
| 1984 | Jenna Johnson, Carrie Steinseifer, Dara Torres, Nancy Hogshead | USA | 3:43.43 | Annemarie Verstappen, Elles Voskes, Desi Reijers, Cornelia van Bentum | HOL | 3:44.40 | Iris Zscherpe, Susanne Schuster, Christiane Pielke, Karin Seick | FRG | 3:45.56 |
| 1988 | Kristin Otto, Katrin Meissner, Daniela Hunger, Manuela Stellmach | GDR | 3:40.63 | Marianne Muis, Mildred Muis, Cornelia van Bentum, Karin Brienesse | HOL | 3:43.39 | Mary Wayte, Mitzi Kremer, Laura Walker, Dara Torres | USA | 3:44.25 |
| 1992 | Nicole Haislett, Dara Torres, Angel Martino, Jenny Thompson | USA | 3:39.46 | Zhuang Yong, Lu Bin, Yang Wenyi, Le Jingyi | CHN | 3:40.12 | Franziska van Almsick, Simone Osygus, Daniela Hunger, Manuela Stellmach | GER | 3:41.60 |
| 1996 | Angel Martino, Amy Van Dyken, Catherine Fox, Jenny Thompson | USA | 3:39.29 | Le Jingyi; Chao Na; Nian Yun; Shan Ying | CHN, | 3:40.48 | Sandra Volker, Simone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, Franziska van Almsick | GER, | 3:41.48 |
| 2000 | Amy van Dyken, Dara Torres, Courtney Shealy, Jenny Thompson | USA | 3:36.61 | Manon van Rooijen, Wilma van Rijn, Thamar Henneken, Inge de Bruijn | NED | 3:39.83 | Louise Joehncke, Therese Alshammar , Johanna Sjoeberg, Anna-Karin Kammerling | SWE | 3:40.30 |
| 2004 | Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry | AUS | 3:35.94 | Kara Lynn Joyce, Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Weir, Jenny Thompson | USA | 3:36.39 | Chantal Groot, Inge Dekker, Marleen Veldhuis, Inge de Bruijn | NED | 3:37.59 |
4x200-METER FREESTYLE RELAY / RELEVOS 4x200 METROS LIBRES
| YEAR | GOLD / ORO | CNT | TIME | SILVER / PLATA | CNT | TIME | BRONZE / BRONCE | CNT | TIME |
| 1996 | Trina Jackson, Cristina Teuscher, Sheila Taormina, Jenny Thompson | USA | 7:59.87 | Franziska van Almsick, Kerstin Kielgass, Anke Scholz, Dagmar Hase | GER | 8:01.55 | Julia Greville, Nicole Stevenson, Emma Johnson, Susan O'Neill | AUS | 8:05.47 |
| 2000 | Samantha Arsenault, Diana Munz, Lindsay Benko, Jenny Thompson | USA | 7:57.80 | Susie O'Neill, Giaan Rooney, Kirsten Thomson, Petria Thomas | AUS | 7:58.52 | Franziska van Almsick, Antje Buschschulte, Sara Harstick, Kerstin Kielgass | GER | 7:58.64 |
| 2004 | Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, Dana Vollmer, Kaitlin Sandeno | USA | 7:53.42 | Yingwen Zhu, Yanwei Xu, Yu Yang, Jiaying Pang | CHN | 7:55.97 | Franziska van Almsick, Petra Dallmann, Antje Buschschulte, Hannah Stockbauer | GER | 7:57.35 |
4x100-METER MEDLEY RELAY / RELEVOS 4x100 METROS ESTILOS
| YEAR | GOLD / ORO | CNT | TIME | SILVER / PLATA | CNT | TIME | BRONZE / BRONCE | CNT | TIME |
| 1976 | Ulrike Richter, Hannelore Anke, Andrea Pollack, Kornelia Ender | GDR | 4:07.95 | Linda Jezek, Lauri Siering, Camille Wright, Shirley Babashoff | USA | 4:14.55 | Wendy Hogg, Robin Corsiglia, Susan Sloan, Anne Jardin | CAN | 4:15.22 |
| 1980 | Rica Reinisch, Ute Geweniger, Andrea Pollack, Caren Metschuck | GDR | 4:06.67 | Helen Jameson, Margaret Kelly, Ann Osgerby, June Croft | GBR | 4:12.24 | Yelena Kruglova, Elvira Vasilkova, Alla Grishchenkova, Natalya Strunnikova | URS | 4:13.61 |
| 1984 | Theresa Andrews, Tracy Caulkins, Mary T. Meagher, Nancy Hogshead | USA | 4:08.34 | Svenja Schlicht, Ute Hasse, Ina Beyermann, Karin Seick | FRG | 4:11.97 | Reema Abdo, Anne Ottenbrite, Michelle MacPherson, Pamela Rai | CAN | 4:12.98 |
| 1988 | Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner, Birte Weigang, Katrin Meissner | GDR, | 4:03.74 | Beth Barr, Tracey McFarlane, Janel Jorgensen, Mary Wayte | USA | 4:07.90 | Lori Melien, Allison Higson, Jane Kerr, Andrea Nugent | CAN | 4:10.49 |
| 1992 | Lea Loveless, Anita Nall, Crissy Ahmann-Leighton, Jenny Thompson | USA | 4:02.54 | Dagmar Hase, Jana Dörries, Franziska van Almsick, Daniela Hunger | GER | 4:05.19 | Nina Zhivanevskaya, Yelena Rudkovskaya, Olga Kirichenko, Natalya Meshcheryakova | UNT | 4:06.44 |
| 1996 | Beth Botsford, Amanda Beard, Angel Martino, Amy Van Dyken | USA | 4:02.88 | Nicole Stevenson; Samantha Riley; Susan O'Neill; Sarah Ryan | AUS | 4:05.08 | Chen Yan; hf-Han Xue; hf-Cai Huijue; hf-Shan Ying | CHN | 4:07.34 |
| 2000 | BJ Bedford, Megan Quann, Jenny Thompson, Dara Torres | USA | 3:58.30 | Dyana Calub, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, Susie O'Neill | AUS | 4:01.59 | Mai Nakamura, Masami Tanaka, Junko Onishi, Sumika Minamoto | JPN | 4:04.16 |
| 2004 | Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry | AUS | 3:57.32 | Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Beard, Jenny Thompson, Kara Lynn Joyce | USA | 3:59.12 | Antje Buschschulte, Sarah Poewe, Franziska van Almsick, Daniela Gotz | GER | 4:00.72 |
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