| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Time |
| Atlanta 1996 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Svetlana Masterkova
Ana Quirot
Maria Mutola |
Netherlands
Russia
Cuba |
1:57.73
1:58.11
1:58.71 |
| Barcelona 1992 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ellen van Langen
Lilia Nurutdinova
Ana Quirot |
Netherlands
Russia
Cuba |
1:55
1:55
1:56 |
| Seoul 1988 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Sigrun Wodars
Christine Wachtel
Kim Gallagher |
East Germany
East Germany
United States |
1:56
1:56
1:56 |
| Los Angeles 1984 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Doina Melinte
Kim Gallagher
Fita Lovin |
Romania
United States
Romania |
1:57
1:58
1:58 |
| Moscow 1980 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Nadezhda Olizarenko
Olga Mineyeva
Tatyana Providokhina |
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Soviet Union |
1:53
1:54
1:55 |
| Montreal 1976 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Tatyana Kazankina
Nikolina Shtereva
Elfi Zinn |
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
East Germany |
1:54
1:55
1:55 |
| Munich 1972 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Hildegard Falck
Nijole Sabaite
Gunhild Hoffmeister |
West Germany
Soviet Union
East Germany |
1:58
1:58
1:59 |
| Mexico City 1968 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Madeline Manning
Ileana Silai
Maria Gommers |
United States
Romania
Netherlands |
2:00
2:02
2:02 |
| Tokyo 1964 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ann Packer
Maryvonne Dupureur
Ann Chamberlain |
Great Britain
France
New Zealand |
2:01
2:01
2:02 |
| Rome 1960 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Lyudmila Shevtsova
Brenda Jones
Ursula Donath |
Soviet Union
Australia
East Germany |
2:04
2:04
2:05 |
| Amsterdam 1928 |
Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Lina Radke
Kinue Hitomi
Inga Gentzel |
West Germany
Japan
Sweden |
2:16
2:17
2:17 |
