OLYMPIC
SWIMMING
Women's Events
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YR |
50m Freestyle |
TIME |
100m Freestyle |
TIME |
1912 |
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Fanny Durack, AUS |
1:22.20 |
1920 |
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Ethelda Bleibtrey, USA |
1:13.60 |
1924 |
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Ethel Lackie, USA |
1:12.40 |
1928 |
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Albina Osipowich, USA |
1:11.00 |
1932 |
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Helene Madison, USA |
1:06.80 |
1936 |
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Rie Mastenbroek, NED |
1:05.90 |
1948 |
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Greta Andersen, DEN |
1:06.30 |
1952 |
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Katalin Szoke, HUN |
1:06.80 |
1956 |
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Dawn Fraser, AUS |
1:02.00 |
1960 |
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Dawn Fraser, AUS |
1:01.20 |
1964 |
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Dawn Fraser, AUS |
59.50 |
1968 |
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Jan Henne, USA |
1:00.00 |
1972 |
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Sandra Neilson, USA |
58.59 |
1976 |
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Kornelia Ender, GDR |
55.65 |
1980 |
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Barbara Krause, GDR |
54.79 |
1984 |
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Nancy Hogshead,
USA |
55.92 |
1988 |
Kristin Otto, GDR |
25.49 |
Kristin Otto, GDR |
54.93 |
1992 |
Yang Wenyi, CHN |
24.79 |
Zhuang Yong, CHN |
54.65 |
1996 |
Amy van Dyken, USA |
24.87 |
Le Jingyi, CHN |
54.50 |
2000 |
Inge de Bruijn, NED |
24.32 |
Inge de Bruijn, NED |
53.83 |
2004 |
Inge de Bruijn, NED |
24.58 |
Jodie Henry, AUS |
53.84 |
YR |
200m Freestyle |
400m Freestyle |
800m Freestyle |
1920 |
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Ethelda Bleibtrey, USA (300m) |
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1924 |
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Martha Norelius, USA |
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1928 |
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Martha Norelius, USA |
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1932 |
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Helene Madison, USA |
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1936 |
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Rie Mastenbroek, HOL |
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1948 |
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Ann Curtis, USA |
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1952 |
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Valeria Gyenge, HUN |
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1956 |
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Lorraine Crapp, AUS |
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1960 |
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Chris von Saltza, USA |
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1964 |
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Ginny Duenkel, USA |
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1968 |
Debbie Meyer, USA |
Debbie Meyer, USA |
Debbie Meyer, USA |
1972 |
Shane Gould, AUS |
Shane Gould, AUS |
Keena Rothhammer, USA |
1976 |
Kornelia Ender, GDR |
Petra Thumer, GDR |
Petra Thumer, GDR |
1980 |
Barbara Krause, GDR |
Ines Diers, GDR |
Michelle Ford, AUS |
1984 |
Mary Wayte, USA |
Tiffany Cohens, USA |
Tiffany Cohen, USA |
1988 |
Heike Friedrich, GDR |
Janet Evans, USA |
Janet Evans, USA |
1992 |
Nicole Haislett, USA |
Dagmar Hase, GER |
Janet Evans, USA |
1996 |
Claudia Poll, CRC |
Michelle Smith, IRL |
Brooke Bennett, USA |
2000 |
Susan O'Neill, AUS |
Brooke Bennett, USA |
Brooke Bennett, USA |
2004 |
Camelia Potec, ROM |
Laura Manaudou, FRA |
Ai Shibata, JPN |
YR |
100m |
200m |
100m |
200m |
1924 |
Sybil Bauer, USA |
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Lucy Morton, GBR |
1928 |
Maria Braun, NED |
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Hilde Schrader, GER |
1932 |
Eleanor Holm, USA |
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Clare Dennis, AUS |
1936 |
Dina Senff, NED |
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Hideko Maehata, JPN |
1948 |
Karen-Margrete Harup, DEN |
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Petronella van Vliet, NED |
1952 |
Joan Harrison, RSA |
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Eva Szekely, HUN |
1956 |
Judy Grinham, GBR |
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Ursula Happe, GER |
1960 |
Lynn Burke, USA |
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Anita Lonsbrough, GBR |
1964 |
Cathy Ferguson,USA |
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Galina Prozumenshikova, URS |
1968 |
Kaye Hall, USA |
Pokey Watson, USA |
Djurdjica Bjedov, YUG |
Sharon Wichman, USA |
1972 |
Melissa Belote, USA |
Melissa Belote, USA |
Cathy Carr, USA |
Beverley Whitfield, AUS |
1976 |
Ulrike Richter, GDR |
Ulrike Richter, GDR |
Hannelore Anke, GDR |
Marina Koshevaya, URS |
1980 |
Rica Reinisch, GDR |
Rica Reinisch, GDR |
Ute Geweniger, GDR |
Lina Kaciusyte, URS |
1984 |
Theresa Andrews, USA |
Jolanda de Rover, NED |
Petra van Staveren, NED |
Anne Ottenbrite, CAN |
1988 |
Kristin Otto, GDR |
Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN |
Tania Dangalakova, BUL |
Silke Hoerner, GDR |
1992 |
Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN |
Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN |
Yelena Rudkovskaya, EUN |
Kyoko Iwasaki, JPN |
1996 |
Beth Botsford, USA |
Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN |
Penny Heyns, RSA |
Penny Heyns, RSA |
2000 |
Diana Mocanu, ROM |
Diana Mocanu, ROM |
Megan Quann, USA |
Agnes Kovacs, HUN |
2004 |
Natalie Coughlin, USA |
Kirsty Coventry, ZIM |
Luo Xuejuan, CHN |
Amanda Beard, USA |
YR |
100m |
200m |
200m |
400m |
1956 |
Shelly Mann, USA |
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1960 |
Carolyn Schuler, USA |
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1964 |
Sharon Stouder, USA |
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Donna de Varona, USA |
1968 |
Lynn McClements, AUS |
Ada Kok, NED |
Claudia Kolb, USA |
Claudia Kolb, USA |
1972 |
Mayumi Aoki, JPN |
Karen Moe, USA |
Shane Gould, AUS |
Gail Neall, AUS |
1976 |
Kornelia Ender, GDR |
Andrea Pollack, GDR |
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Ulrike Tauber, GDR |
1980 |
Caren Metschuck, GDR |
Ines Geissler, GDR |
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Petra Schneider, GDR |
1984 |
Mary T. Meagher, USA |
Mary T. Meagher, USA |
Tracy Caulkins, USA |
Tracy Caulkins, USA |
1988 |
Kristin Otto, GDR |
Kathleen Nord, GDR |
Daniela Hunger, GDR |
Janet Evans, USA |
1992 |
Qian Hong, CHN |
Summer Sanders, USA |
Lin Li, CHN |
Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN |
1996 |
Amy van Dyken, USA |
Susan O'Neill, AUS |
Michelle Smith, IRL |
Michelle Smith, IRL |
2000 |
Inge de Bruijn, NED |
Misty Hyman, USA |
Yana Klochkova, UKR |
Yana Klochkova, UKR |
2004 |
Petria Thomas, AUS |
Otylia Jedrzejczak, POL |
Yana Klochkova, UKR |
Yana Klochkova, UKR |
YR |
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x 200m |
4
x 100m |
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1912 |
Great Britain |
5:52.80 |
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1920 |
United States |
5:11.60 |
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1924 |
United States |
4:58.80 |
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1928 |
United States |
4:47.60 |
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1932 |
United States |
4:38.00 |
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1936 |
Netherlands |
4:36.00 |
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1948 |
United States |
4:29.20 |
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1952 |
Hungary |
4:24.40 |
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1956 |
Australia |
4:17.10 |
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1960 |
United States |
4:08.90 |
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United States |
4:41.10 |
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1964 |
United States |
4:03.80 |
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United States |
4:33.90 |
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1968 |
United States |
4:02.50 |
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United States |
4:28.30 |
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1972 |
United States |
3:55.19 |
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United States |
4:20.75 |
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1976 |
United States |
3:44.82 |
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East Germany |
4:07.95 |
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1980 |
East Germany |
3:42.71 |
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East Germany |
4:06.67 |
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1984 |
United States |
3:43.43 |
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United States |
4:08.34 |
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1988 |
East Germany |
3:40.63 |
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East Germany |
4:03.74 |
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1992 |
United States |
3:39.46 |
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United States |
4:02.54 |
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1996 |
United States |
3:39.29 |
United States |
7:59.87 |
United States |
4:02.88 |
2000 |
United States |
3:36.61 |
United States |
7:57.80 |
United States |
3:58.30 |
2004 |
Australia |
3:35.94 |
United States |
7:53.42 |
Australia |
3:57.32 |
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DISCONTINUED EVENTS (Women only) |
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300m Freestyle |
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