The Women's 400 meter sprint event has been included in the Summer Olympics since 1964. Unlike the men's event, this one has not been dominated by the United States; instead, French and Bahamian athletes have won it the most times with three gold medals, although U.S. athletes have won seven total medals. Current Olympic Record Holder Marie-José Pérec of France is one of just two athletes to win back-to-back golds in this event, with the other being 2020 champion, Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas. No athlete has ever been stripped of a medal won in this event.
Medal count by country in the Women's 400m at the Summer Olympics from 1964 to 2020
*No longer exists/competes at the Olympics.
**Includes medals won by the Unified Team of 1992 (which was made up of athletes from all former Soviet States, except the three Baltic states).
This data was collected using the official Olympic.org site, as well as a spreadsheet from the Guardian that includes data from 1896-2008 (available here), 2012 and 2016 data was compared with that from Encyclopaedia Britannica, and several news outlets were used to update the table when medals were reassigned (i.e. for doping offenses).
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olympic.org, & The Guardian. (August 9, 2021). Medal count by country in the Women's 400m at the Summer Olympics from 1964 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117624/olympics-womens-400m-medal-table-since-1964/
olympic.org, und The Guardian. "Medal count by country in the Women's 400m at the Summer Olympics from 1964 to 2020." Chart. August 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117624/olympics-womens-400m-medal-table-since-1964/
olympic.org, The Guardian. (2021). Medal count by country in the Women's 400m at the Summer Olympics from 1964 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117624/olympics-womens-400m-medal-table-since-1964/
olympic.org, and The Guardian. "Medal Count by Country in The Women's 400m at The Summer Olympics from 1964 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117624/olympics-womens-400m-medal-table-since-1964/
olympic.org & The Guardian, Medal count by country in the Women's 400m at the Summer Olympics from 1964 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117624/olympics-womens-400m-medal-table-since-1964/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Medal count by country in the Women's 400m at the Summer Olympics from 1964 to 2020 [Graph], olympic.org, & The Guardian, August 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117624/olympics-womens-400m-medal-table-since-1964/
