| 2024 Paris | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl Germany | Isabell Werth Germany | Charlotte Fry Great Britain |
| 2020 Tokyo | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl Germany | Isabell Werth Germany | Charlotte Dujardin Great Britain |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Charlotte Dujardin Great Britain | Isabell Werth Germany | Kristina Bröring-Sprehe Germany |
| 2012 London | Charlotte Dujardin Great Britain | Adelinde Cornelissen Netherlands | Laura Bechtolsheimer Great Britain |
| 2008 Beijing | Anky van Grunsven Netherlands | Isabell Werth Germany | Heike Kemmer Germany |
| 2004 Athens | Anky van Grunsven Netherlands | Ulla Salzgeber Germany | Beatriz Ferrer-Salat Spain |
| 2000 Sydney | Anky van Grunsven Netherlands | Isabell Werth Germany | Ulla Salzgeber Germany |
| 1996 Atlanta | Isabell Werth Germany | Anky van Grunsven Netherlands | Sven Rothenberger Netherlands |
| 1992 Barcelona | Nicole Uphoff Germany | Isabell Werth Germany | Klaus Balkenhol Germany |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Reiner Klimke West Germany | Anne Grethe Jensen Denmark | Otto Hofer Switzerland |
| 1980 Moscow | Elisabeth Theurer Austria | Yuri Kovshov Soviet Union | Viktor Ugryumov Soviet Union |
| 1976 Montreal | Christine Stückelberger Switzerland | Harry Boldt West Germany | Reiner Klimke West Germany |
| 1972 Munich | Liselott Linsenhoff West Germany | Yelena Petushkova Soviet Union | Josef Neckermann West Germany |
| 1968 Mexico City | Ivan Kizimov Soviet Union | Josef Neckermann West Germany | Reiner Klimke West Germany |
| 1964 Tokyo | Henri Chammartin Switzerland | Harry Boldt United Team of Germany | Sergei Filatov Soviet Union |
| 1960 Rome | Sergei Filatov Soviet Union | Gustav Fischer Switzerland | Josef Neckermann United Team of Germany |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Henri Saint Cyr Sweden | Lis Hartel Denmark | Liselott Linsenhoff United Team of Germany |
| 1952 Helsinki | Henri Saint Cyr Sweden | Lis Hartel Denmark | André Jousseaume France |
| 1948 London | Hans Moser Switzerland | André Jousseaume France | Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr. Sweden |
| 1936 Berlin | Heinz Pollay Germany | Friedrich Gerhard Germany | Alois Podhajsky Austria |
| 1932 Los Angeles | Xavier Lesage France | Charles Marion France | Hiram Tuttle United States |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Carl Freiherr von Langen Germany | Charles Marion France | Ragnar Olson Sweden |
| 1924 Paris | Ernst Linder Sweden | Bertil Sandström Sweden | Xavier Lesage France |
| 1920 Antwerp | Janne Lundblad Sweden | Bertil Sandström Sweden | Hans von Rosen Sweden |
| 1912 Stockholm | Carl Bonde Sweden | Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Sweden | Hans von Blixen-Finecke Sweden |