| 2024 Paris | Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske, Katharine Berkoff, Emma Weber, Alex Shackell, Kate Douglass United States | Kaylee McKeown, Jenna Strauch, Emma McKeon, Mollie O'Callaghan, Iona Anderson, Ella Ramsay, Alexandria Perkins, Meg Harris Australia | Wan Letian, Tang Qianting, Zhang Yufei, Yang Junxuan, Wang Xue'er, Yu Yiting, Wu Qingfeng China |
| 2020 Tokyo | Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell, Emily Seebohm, Brianna Throssell, Mollie O'Callaghan Australia | Regan Smith, Lydia Jacoby, Torri Huske, Abbey Weitzeil, Rhyan White, Lilly King, Claire Curzan, Erika Brown United States | Kylie Masse, Sydney Pickrem, Maggie Mac Neil, Penny Oleksiak, Taylor Ruck, Kayla Sanchez Canada |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer, Simone Manuel, Olivia Smoliga, Katie Meili, Kelsi Worrell, Abbey Weitzeil United States | Emily Seebohm, Taylor McKeown, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell, Madison Wilson, Madeline Groves, Brittany Elmslie Australia | Mie Nielsen, Rikke Møller Pedersen, Jeanette Ottesen, Pernille Blume Denmark |
| 2012 London | Rachel Bootsma, Claire Donahue, Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Breeja Larson, Allison Schmitt, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer United States | Alicia Coutts, Brittany Elmslie, Leisel Jones, Melanie Schlanger, Emily Seebohm Australia | Yuka Kato, Satomi Suzuki, Aya Terakawa, Haruka Ueda Japan |
| 2008 Beijing | Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Libby Trickett, Tarnee White, Felicity Galvez, Shayne Reese Australia | Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Christine Magnuson, Dara Torres, Margaret Hoelzer, Megan Jendrick, Elaine Breeden, Kara Lynn Joyce United States | Zhao Jing, Sun Ye, Zhou Yafei, Pang Jiaying, Xu Tianlongzi China |
| 2004 Athens | Giaan Rooney, Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, Jodie Henry, Brooke Hanson, Alice Mills, Jessicah Schipper Australia | Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Beard, Jenny Thompson, Kara Lynn Joyce, Haley Cope, Tara Kirk, Rachel Komisarz, Amanda Weir United States | Antje Buschschulte, Sarah Poewe, Franziska van Almsick, Daniela Götz Germany |
| 2000 Sydney | Dara Torres, Barbara Bedford, Megan Jendrick, Jenny Thompson, Courtney Shealy, Ashley Tappin, Amy Van Dyken, Staciana Stitts United States | Petria Thomas, Leisel Jones, Susie O'Neill, Dyana Calub, Giaan Rooney, Tarnee White, Sarah Ryan Australia | Masami Tanaka, Sumika Minamoto, Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi Japan |
| 1996 Atlanta | Beth Botsford, Amanda Beard, Angel Martino, Amy Van Dyken, Catherine Fox, Whitney Hedgepeth, Kristine Quance, Jenny Thompson United States | Nicole Stevenson, Samantha Riley, Susie O'Neill, Sarah Ryan, Helen Denman, Angela Kennedy Australia | Chen Yan, Han Xue, Cai Huijue, Shan Ying China |
| 1992 Barcelona | Crissy Ahmann-Leighton, Lea Loveless, Anita Nall, Jenny Thompson, Janie Wagstaff, Megan Kleine, Summer Sanders, Nicole Haislett United States | Franziska van Almsick, Jana Dörries, Dagmar Hase, Daniela Hunger, Daniela Brendel, Bettina Ustrowski, Simone Osygus Germany | Nina Zhivanevskaya, Olga Kiritchenko, Natalya Meshcheryakova, Yelena Rudkovskaya, Elena Choubina Unified Team |
| 1988 Seoul | Kristin Otto, Silke Hörner, Birte Weigang, Katrin Meissner, Cornelia Sirch, Manuela Stellmach East Germany | Beth Barr, Tracey McFarlane, Janel Jorgensen, Mary Wayte, Betsy Mitchell, Mary T. Meagher, Dara Torres United States | Lori Melien, Allison Higson, Jane Kerr, Andrea Nugent, Keltie Duggan, Patricia Noall Canada |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Theresa Andrews, Tracy Caulkins, Mary T. Meagher, Nancy Hogshead, Betsy Mitchell, Susan Rapp, Jenna Johnson, Carrie Steinseifer United States | Svenja Schlicht, Ute Hasse, Ina Beyermann, Karin Seick West Germany | Reema Abdo, Anne Ottenbrite, Michelle MacPherson, Pamela Rai Canada |
| 1980 Moscow | Rica Reinisch, Ute Geweniger, Andrea Pollack, Caren Metschuck, Sarina Hülsenbeck East Germany | Helen Jameson, Margaret Kelly, Ann Osgerby, June Croft Great Britain | Yelena Kruglova, Elvira Vasilkova, Alla Grishchenkova, Natalya Strunnikova, Irina Aksyonova, Olga Klevakina Soviet Union |
| 1976 Montreal | Ulrike Richter, Hannelore Anke, Kornelia Ender, Andrea Pollack East Germany | Camille Wright, Shirley Babashoff, Linda Jezek, Lauri Siering United States | Susan Sloan, Robin Corsiglia, Wendy Hogg, Anne Jardin Canada |
| 1972 Munich | Melissa Belote, Cathy Carr, Deena Deardurff, Sandy Neilson United States | Christine Herbst, Renate Vogel, Roswitha Beier, Kornelia Ender East Germany | Gudrun Beckmann, Vreni Eberle, Silke Pielen, Heidemarie Reineck West Germany |
| 1968 Mexico City | Kaye Hall, Catie Ball, Ellie Daniel, Susan Pedersen United States | Lynne Watson, Judy Playfair, Lyn McClements, Janet Steinbeck Australia | Angelika Kraus, Uta Frommater, Heike Hustede, Heidemarie Reineck West Germany |
| 1964 Tokyo | Cathy Ferguson, Cynthia Goyette, Sharon Stouder, Kathy Ellis United States | Corrie Winkel, Klenie Bimolt, Ada Kok, Erica Terpstra Netherlands | Tatyana Savelyeva, Svetlana Babanina, Tatyana Devyatova, Natalya Ustinova Soviet Union |
| 1960 Rome | Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner, Carolyn Schuler, Chris von Saltza United States | Marilyn Wilson, Rosemary Lassig, Jan Andrew, Dawn Fraser Australia | Ingrid Schmidt, Ursula Küper, Bärbel Fuhrmann, Ursel Brunner United Team of Germany |