Updated July 13, 2018 |
Infoplease Staff
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| 1968 | Debbie Meyer, United States | 9:24.00 |
| 1972 | Keena Rothhammer, United States | 8:53.68 |
| 1976 | Petra Thumer, East Germany | 8:37.14 |
| 1980 | Michelle Ford, Australia | 8:28.90 |
| 1984 | Tiffany Cohen, United States | 8:24.95 |
| 1988 | Janet Evans, United States | 8:20.20 |
| 1992 | Janet Evans, Unites States | 8:25.52 |
| 1996 | Brooke Bennett, Unites States | 8:27.89 |
| 2000 | Brooke Bennett, United States | 8:19.67 |
| 2004 | Ai Shibata, Japan | 8:24.54 |
| 2008 | Rebecca Adlington, Great Britain | 8:14.10 |
| 400-Meter Freestyle | Swimming–Women | 100-Meter Backstroke |
