Swimming

4x100m Freestyle Relay, Women 1912-2024

1912
1 Great Britain 5'52"8
(Isabella Moore, Jennie Fletcher, Annie Speirs, Irene Steer)
2 Germany 6'04"6
(Wally Dresser, Louise Otto, Hermine Stindt, Margarete Rosenberg)
3 Austria 6'17"0
(Maragrete Adler, Klara Milch, Josephine Sticker, Berta Zahourek)
4 Sweden

1920
1 USA 5'11 "6
(Margaret Woodbridge, Frances Schroth, Irene Guest, Ethelda Bleibtrey)
2 Great Britain 5'40"8
(Hilda James, Constance Jeans, Charlotte Radcliffe, Grace McKenzie)
3 Sweden 5'43"6
(Aina Berg, Emy Machnow, Karin Nilsson, Jane Gylling)

1924
1 USA 4'58"8
(Gertrude Ederle, Euphrasia Donnelly, Ethel Lackie, Mariechen Wehselau)
2 Great Britain 5'17"0
(Florence Barker, Grace McKenzie, Irene Vera Tanner, Constance Jeans)
3 Sweden 5'35"8
(Aina Berg, Wivan Pettersson, Gulli Everlund, Hjordis Töpel)
4 Denmark 5'42"4
5 France 5'43"4
6 Netherlands 5'45"8

1928
1 USA 4'47"6
(Adelaide Lambert, Eleanor Garatti, Albina Osipowich, Martha Norelius)
2 Great Britain 5'02"8
(M. Joyce Cooper, Sarah Stewart, Irene Tanner, Ellen King)
3 South Africa 5'13"4
(Kathleen Russell, Rodha Rennie, Marie Bedford, Frederica Van der Goes)
4 Germany 5'14"4
5 France 5'32"0
DSQ Netherlands

1932
1 USA 4'38"0
(Josephine McKim, Helen Johnson, Eleanor Saville, Helene Madison)
2 Netherlands 4'47"5
(Maria Vierdag, Maria Oversloot, Cornelia Laddé, Willemijtnje Den Ouden)
3 Great Britain 4'52"4
(Elizabeth Valerie Davies, Helen Varcoe, M. Joyce Cooper, Edna Hughes)
4 Canada 5'05"7
5 Japan 5'06"7

1936
1 Netherlands 4'36"0
(Johanna Selbach, Catherina Wagner, Willemijtnje den Ouden, Hendrika  Mastenbroek)
2 Germany 4'36"8
(Ruth Halbsguth, Leni Lohmar, Ingeborg Schmitz, Gisela Arendt)
3 USA 4'42"0
(Katherine Rawls, Bernice Lapp, Mavis Freeman, Olive McKean)
4 Hungary 4'48"0
4 Canada 4'48"0
6 Great Britain 4'51"0
7 Denmark 4'51"4

1948
1 USA 4'29"2
(Marie Corridon, Thelma Kalama, Brenda Helser, Ann Curits)
2 Denmark 4'29"6
(Eva Riise, Karen-Margrete Harup, Greta Andersen, Fritze Carstensen)
3 Netherlands 4'31"6
(Irma Schumacher, Margot Marsman, Marie-Louise Vaessen, Johanna Termeulen)
4 Great Britain 4'34"7
5 Hungary 4'44"8
6 Brasil 4'49"1
7 France 4'49"8

1952
1 Hungary 4'24"4
(Ilona Novak, Judith Temes, Eva Novak, Katalin Szöke)
2 Netherlands 4'29"0
(Marie-Louise Linssen, Koosje Van Voorn, Johanna Termeulen, Irma Heijting-Schumacher)
3 USA 4'30"1
(Jazqueline Le Vina, Marilee Stepan, Joan Alderson, Evelyn Kawamoto)
4 Denmark 4'36"2
5 Great Britain 4'37"8
6 Sweden 4'39"0
7 Germany 4'40"3
8 France 4'44"1

1956
1 Australia 4'17"1
(Dawn Fraser, Faith Leech, Sandra Morgan, Lorraine Crapp)
2 USA 4'19"2
(Sylvia Ruuska, Shelly Mann, Nancy Simons, Joan Rosazza)
3 South Africa 4'25"7
(Jeanette Myburgh, Susan Roberts, Natalie Myburgh, Moira Abernathy)
4 Germany 4'26"1
5 Canada 4'28"3
6 Sweden 4'30"0
7 Hungary 4'31"1
8 Great Britain 4'35"8

1960
1 USA 4'08"9
(Joan Spillane, Shirley Stobs, Carolyn Wood, S. Christine Von Saltza)
2 Australia 4'11"3
(Dawn Fraser, Ilsa Konrads, Lorraube Crapp, Alva Colquhoun)
3 Germany 4'19"7
(Christel Steffin, Heidi Pechstein, Gisela Weiss, Ursula Brunner)
4 Hungary 4'21"2
5 Great Britain 4'24"6
6 Sweden 4'25"1
7 Italy 4'26"8
(Paola Saini, Annamaria Cecchi, Rosanna Contardo, Maria Christina Pacifici)

1964
1 USA 4'03"8
(Sharon Stouder, Donna De Verona, Lilian Watson, Kathleen Ellis)
2 Australia 4'06"9
(Robyn Thorn, Janice Murphy, Lynette Bell, Dawn Fraser)
3 Netherlands 4'12"0
(Paulina Van der Wildt, Catharina Beumer, Wihelmina Van Weerdenburgh, Erica Tempstra)
4 Hungary 4'12"1
5 Sweden 4'14"0
6 Germany 4'15"0
7 Canada 4'15"9
8 Italy 4'17"2
(Paola Saini, Maria Cristina Pacifici, Mara Sacchi, Daniela Beneck)

1968
1 USA 4'02"5
(Jane Barkman, Linda Gustavsson, Susan Pedersen, Jan Henne)
2 German Democratic Republic 4'05"7
(Gabriele Wetzko, Roswitha Krause, Uta Schmuck, Martina Perthes)
3 Canada 4'07"2
(Angela Coughlaw, Marilyn Corson, Elaine Tanner, Marion Lay)
4 Australia 4'08"7
5 Hungary 4'11"0
6 Japan 4'13"6
7 Great Britain 4'18"0
DSQ France

1972
1 USA 3'55"19
(Sandra Neilson, Jennifer Kemp, Jane Barkman, Shirley Babashoff)
2 German Democratic Republic 3'55"55
(Gabriele Wetzko, Andrea Eife, Elke Sehmisch, Kornelia Ender)
3 West Germany 3'57"93
(Jutta Weber, Heidemarie Reineck, Gudrun Beckmann, Angela Steinbach)
4 Hungary 4'00"39
5 Netherlands 4'01"49
6 Sweden 4'02"69
7 Canada 4'03"83
8 Australia 4'04"82

1976
1 USA 3'44"82
(Kim Peyton, Wendy Boglioli, Jill Sterkel, Shirley Babashoff)
2 German Democratic Republic 3'45"50
(Kornelia Ender, Petra Prierner, Andrea Pollack, Claudia Hempel)
3 Canada 3'48"81
(Gail Amundrud, Barbara Clark, Becky Smith, Anne Jardin)
4 Netherlands 3'51"67
5 USSR 3'52"69
6 France 3'56"73
7 Sweden 3'57"25
8 West Germany 3'58"33

1980
1 German Democratic Republic 3'42"71
(Barbara Krause, Caren Metschuck, Ines Diers, SarinaHulsenbeck)
2 Sweden 3'48"93
(Carina Ljungdhal, Tina Gustafsson, Agneta Martensson, Agneta Eriksson)
3 Netherlands 3'49"51
(Cornelia Van Bentum, Wilma Van Velsen, Reggie De Jong, Annelies Maas)
4 Great Britain 3'51"71
5 Australia 3'54"16
6 Mexico 3'55"41
7 Bulgaria 3'56"34
8 Spain 3'58"73

1984
1 USA 3'43"43
(Jenna Johnson, Carrie Steinseifer, Dara Torres, Nancy Hogshead)
2 Netherlands 3'44"40
(Annemarie Verstappen, Elles Voskes, Desi Reijers, Cornelia Van Bentum)
3 West Germany 3'45"56
(Iris Zscherpe, Susanne Schuster, Christiane Pielke, Karin Seick)
4 Austria 3'47 79
5 Canada 3'49"50
6 Great Britain 3'50"12
7 Sweden 3'51"24
8 France 3'52"15

1988
1 German Democratic Republic 3'40"63
(Kristin Otto, Katrin Meissner, Daniela Hunger, Manuela Stellmach)
2 Netherlands 3'43"39
(Marianne Muds, Midred Muis, Cornelia Van Bentum, Karin Brinesse)
3 USA 3'44"25
(Mary Wayte, Mitzi Kremer, Laura Walker, Dana Torres)
4 People's Republic of China 3'44"69
5 USSR 3'44"99
6 Canada 3'46"75
7 West Germany 3'46"90
8 Denmark 3'49"25

1992
1 USA 3'39"46
(Nicole Torre, Dana Thompson, Angelina Martino, Jennifer Haislett)
2 People's Republic of China 3'40"12
(Zhuang Yong, Yang Wenyl, Lu Bin, La Jingyi)
3 Germany 3'41"60
(Franziska Van Almsick, Manuela Stellmach, Simone Osyqus, Daniela Hunger)
4 Unified Team 3'43"68
5 Netherlands 3'43"74
6 Denmark 3'47"81
7 Sweden 3'48"47
8 Canada 3'49"37

1996
1 USA 3'39"29
(Angel Martino, Amy Van Dyken, Catherine Fox, Jenny Thompson)
2 People's Republic of China 3'40"48
(Le Jingyi, Chao Na, Nian Yun, Shan Ying)
3 Germany 3'41"48
(Sandra Volker, Simone Osygus, Antje Buschschulte, Franziska van Almsick)
4 Netherlands 3'42"40
5 Sweden 3'44"91
6 Australia 3'45"31
7 Canada 3'46"27
DSQ Russian Federation

2000
1 USA 3'36"31
(Amy van Dyken, Dara Torres, Courtney Shealy, Jenny Thompson)
2 Netherlands 3'39"83
(Manon van Rooijen, Wilma van Rijn, Thamar Henneken, Inge de Bruijn)
3 Sweden 3'40"30
(Louise Joencke, Therese Alshammar, Johanna Sjoeberg, Anna-Karin Kammerling)
4 Germany 3'40"31
5 Great Britain 3'40"54
6 Australia 3'40"91
7 Canada 3'42"92
8 Italy 3'44"49
(Cecilia Vianini, Luisa Striani, Sara Parise, Cristina Chiuso)

2004
1 Australia 3'35"94
(Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry)
2 USA 3'36"39
(Kara Lynn Joyce, Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Weir, Jenny Thompson)
3 Netherlands 3'37"59
(Chantal Groot, Inge Dekker, Marleen Veldhuis, Inge de Brudin)
4 Germany 3'37"94
5 France 3'40"23
6 Great Britain 3'40"82
7 Sweden 3'41"22
8 People's Republic of China 3'42"90
Heat (10º) Italy 3'44"88
(Cecilia Vianini, Cristina Chiuso, Sara Parise, Federica Pellegrini)

2008
1 Netherlands 3'33"76
(Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis)
2 USA 3'34"33
(Natalie Coughlin, Lacey Nymeyer, Joyce Kara Lynn, Dara Torres)
3 Australia 3'35"05
(Cate Campbell, Alice Mills, Melanie Schlanger, Lisbeth Trickett)
4 People's Republic of China 3'35"64
5 Germany 3'36"85
6 France 3'37"68
7 Great Britain 3'38"18
8 Canada 3'38"32
Heat Italy 3'40"42
(Erika Ferraioli, Federica Pellegrini, Maria Laura Simonetto, Cristina Chiuso)

2012
1 Australia 3'33"15
(Alicia Coutts, Cate Campbell, Brittany Elmslie, Melanie Schlanger)
2 Netherlands 3'33"79
(Inge Dekker, Marleen Veldhuis, Femke Heemskerk, Ranomi Kromowidjojo)
3 USA 3'34"24
(Missy Franklin, Jessica hardy, Lia Neal, Allison Schmitt)
4 People's Republic of China 3'36"75
5 Great Britain 3'37"02
6 Denmark 3'37"45
7 Japan 3'37"96
DSQ Sweden 
12 Italy
(Alice Mizzau, Federica Pellegrini, Laura Letrari, Erika Ferraioli)

2016
1 Australia 3'30"65
(Emma McKeon, Brittny Elmslie, Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell)
2 USA 3'31"89
(Simone Manule, Abbey Weitzeil, Dana Vollmer, Katie Ledecky)
3 Canada 3'32"89
(Sandrine Mainville, Chantal Van Landeghem, Taylor Ruck, Penny Oleksiak)
4 Netherlands 3'33"81
5 Sweden 3'35"90
6 Italy 3'36"78
(Erika Ferraioli, Silvia di Pietro, Aglaia Pezzato, Federica Pellegrini)
7 France 3'37"45
8 Japan 3'37"78

2020
1 Australia 3'29"69
(Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell)
2 Canada 3'32"78
(Kayla Sanchez, Margaret Macneil,  Rebecca Smith, Penny Oleksiak)
3 USA 3'32"81
(Erika Brown, Abbey Weitzeil, Natalie Hinds, Simone Manuel)
4 Netherlands 3'33"70
5 Great Britain 3'33"96
6 Sweden 3'34"69
7 People's Republic of China 3'34"76
8 Denmark 3'35"70

2024
1 Australia 3’28”92
(Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma Mckeon, Meg Harris)
2 USA 3’30”20
(Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske, Simone Manuel)
3 People's Republic of China 3’30”30
(Juxuan Yang, Yujle Cheng, Yufei Zhang, Qingfeng Wu)
4 Canada 3’32”99
5 Sweden 3’33”79
6 France 3’34”99
7 Great Britain 3’35”25
8 Italy 3’36”51
(Sofia Morini, Chiara Tarantino, Sara Curtis, Emma Virginia Menicucci)