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| Athletics Olympic Games Women: 400 m | 
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| 2012 | London (gbr) | |||
| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | Christine Ohuruogu (gbr) | Shericka Williams (jam) | Sanya Richards (usa) |
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Tonique Williams-Darling (bah) | Ana Guevara (mex) | Natalya Antyukh (rus) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Cathy Freeman (aus) | Lorraine Graham (jam) | Katharine Merry (gbr) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Marie-Josée Pérec (fra) | Cathy Freeman (aus) | Falilat Ogunkoya (ngr) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Marie-Josée Pérec (fra) | Olga Bryzgina (cis) | Ximena Restrepo (col) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Olga Bryzgina (sov) | Petra Müller (ege) | Olga Nazarova (sov) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Valerie Brisco-Hooks (usa) | Chandra Cheeseborough (usa) | Kathy Smallwood-Cook (gbr) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | Marita Koch (ege) | Jarmila Kratochvilová (czs) | Christina Brehmer-Lathan (ege) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska (pol) | Christina Brehmer (ege) | Ellen Streidt-Strophal (ege) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Monika Zehrt (ege) | Rita Wilden-Jahn (wge) | Kathy Hammond (usa) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Colette Besson (fra) | Lillian Board (gbr) | Natalya Pechenkina (sov) |
| 1964 | Tokyo (jpn) | Betty Cuthbert (aus) | Ann Packer (gbr) | Judith Amoore (aus) |
