| 2021 | ||||
| (Tokyo, August 7) | ||||
| 1. | United States | 3:16.85 | ||
| (Sydney McLaughlin 50.2, Allyson Felix 49.4, Dalilah Muhammad 48.94, Athing Mu 48.32) | ||||
| 2. | Poland | 3:20.53 | ||
| (Natalia Kaczmarek 50.2, Iga Baumgart-Witan 50.0, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik 49.89, Justyna Święty-Ersetic 50.44) | ||||
| 3. | Jamaica | 3:21.24 | ||
| (Roneisha McGregor 50.7, Janieve Russell 50.0, Shericka Jackson 50.18, Candice McLeod 50.35) | ||||
| 4. | Canada | 3:21.84 | ||
| (Alicia Brown 51.0, Maddy Price 49.9, Kyra Constantine 49.98, Sage Watson 50.96) | ||||
| 5. | Great Britain | 3:22.59 | ||
| (Ama Pipi 52.3, Jodie Williams 49.4, Emily Diamond 50.41, Nicole Yeargin 50.44) | ||||
| 6. | Netherlands | 3:23.74 | ||
| (Lieke Klaver 50.6, Lisanne de Witte 52.0, Laura de Witte 52.17, Femke Bol 48.97) | ||||
| 7. | Belgium | 3:23.96 | ||
| (Naomi van den Broeck 51.9, Imke Vervaet 50.2, Paulien Couckuyt 51.04, Camille Laus 50.89) | ||||
| 8. | Cuba | 3:26.92 | ||
| (Zurian Hechavarría 51.5, Rose M. Almanza 51.4, Sahily Diago 52.27, Lisneidy Veitía 51.76) | ||||
| 2016 | ||||
| (Rio de Janeiro, August 20) | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:19.06 | ||
| C. Okolo 50.2, N. Hastings 49.4, Ph. Francis 49.82, A. Felix 49.66 | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 3:20.34 | ||
| S.A. McPherson 50.5, A. McLaughlin-Whilby 49.9, Sh. Jackson 49.47, N. | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3:25.88 | ||
| E. Doyle 52.3, A. Onuora 51.7, E. Diamond 51.15, C. Ohuruogu 50.72 | ||||
| 4 | Canada | 3:26.43 | ||
| C. Muir 52.0, A. Brown 51.1, N. Montcalm 52.74, S. Watson 50.56 | ||||
| 5 | Ukraine | 3:26.64 | ||
| A. Lohvynenko 53.1, O. Bibik 51.8, T. Melnyk 51.49, O. Zemlyak 50.30 | ||||
| 6 | Italy | 3:27.05 | ||
| M.B. Chigbolu 52.6, M.E. Spacca 51.9, A. Folorunso 51.68, L. Grenot 50 | ||||
| 7 | Poland | 3:27.28 | ||
| M. Holub 52.3, P. Wyciszkiewicz 51.3, I. Baumgart 52.63, J. Świe | ||||
| 8 | Australia | 3:27.45 | ||
| J. Thornton 52.7, A. Rubie 51.4, C. Jones 52.86, M. Mitchell 50.52 | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
| (August 11) | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:16.87 | ||
| (Deedee Trotter 50.2, Allyson Felix 48.2, | ||||
| Francena McCorory 49.39, Sanya Richards-Ross 49.10) | ||||
| 2 | Russia | 3:20.23 | ||
| (Yuliya Gushchina 51.0, Antonina Krivoshapka 49.7, | ||||
| Tatyana Firova 49.88, Natalya Antyukh 49.67) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 3:20.95 | ||
| (Christine Day 51.2, Rosemarie Whyte 50.0, | ||||
| Shericka Williams 50.29, Novlene Williams-Mills 49.46) | ||||
| 4 | Ukraine | 3:23.57 | ||
| (Alina Lohvynenko 51.3, Olha Zemlyak 50.1, | ||||
| Hanna Yaroshchuk 51.56, Nataliya Pyhyda 50.63) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:24.76 | ||
| (Shana Cox 52.6, Lee McConnell 51.3, | ||||
| Perri Shakes-Drayton 50.28, Christine Ohuruogu 50.65) | ||||
| 6 | France | 3:25.92 | ||
| (Phara Anacharsis 52.6, Muriel Hurtis 51.2, | ||||
| Marie Gayot 51.15, Floria Guei 50.93) | ||||
| 7 | Czech Republic | 3:27.77 | ||
| (Denisa Rosolová 51.7, Zuzana Bergrová 52.5, | ||||
| Jitka Bartonicková 52.62, Zuzana Hejnová 50.92) | ||||
| dq. [lane]—[7] Nigeria [3:26.51] | ||||
| (Omolara Omotso 52.5, Joke Odumosu 51.4, | ||||
| Regina George 50.88, Bukola Abogunloko 51.76) | ||||
| 2008 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:18.54 | ||
| (Mary Wineberg 51.0, Felix 48.6, Henderson 50.00, Richards-Ross | ||||
| 48.93) | ||||
| 2 | Russia | 3:18.82 | ||
| (Gushchina 50.6, Litvinova 49.2, Firova 49.20, Kapachinskaya | ||||
| 49.82) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 3:20.40 | ||
| (S. Williams 50.9, Lloyd 49.3, Whyte 50.34, Williams-Mills | ||||
| 49.86) | ||||
| 4 | Belarus | 3:21.85 | ||
| (Kozak 52.0, Khlyustova 50.3, I. Usovich 49.85, S. Usovich | ||||
| 49.69) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:22.68 | ||
| (Ohuruogu 51.0, Sotherton 50.4, Okoro 51.52, Sanders 49.54) | ||||
| 6 | Cuba | 3:23.21 | ||
| (Díaz 51.1, Calatayud 51.2, Clement 50.47, Terrero 50.46) | ||||
| 7 | Nigeria | 3:23.74 | ||
| (Eze 51.5, Abugan 50.0, Nwoke 51.53, Odumosu 50.72) | ||||
| 8 | Germany | 3:28.45 | ||
| (Tilgner 53.1, Nwachukwu 52.6, Ekpo-Umoh 51.66, Hoffmann 51.07) | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:19.01 | ||
| (DeeDee Trotter 49.8, Monique Henderson 49.7, Sanya | ||||
| Richards-Ross 49.81, Monique Hennagan 49.73) | ||||
| (medals still in place despite retroactive drug DQ of Crystal | ||||
| Cox, who ran in heats) | ||||
| 2 | Russia | 3:20.16 | ||
| (Krasnomovets 50.7, N. Nazarova 50.0, Zykina 50.09, Antyukh | ||||
| 49.43) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 3:22.00 | ||
| (Williams-Mills 51.1, Burgher 50.1, Davy 50.25, Richards 50.55) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 3:25.12 | ||
| (Fraser 51.8, Murphy 52.5, Ohuruogu 50.53, McConnell 50.31) | ||||
| 5 | Poland | 3:25.22 | ||
| (Radecka 52.2, Bejnar 50.7, Pskit 51.49, Prokopek 50.84) | ||||
| 6 | Romania | 3:26.81 | ||
| (Morosanu 52.5, Râpanu 53.1, Rus 51.3, Tîrlea 49.9) | ||||
| 7 | India | 3:28.51 | ||
| (Geetha 52.7, Beenamol 51.7, Soman 52.55, Kaur 51.53) | ||||
| 8 | Greece | 3:45.70 | ||
| (Boudá 52.6, Goudenóudi 52.4, Dóva 67.41, | ||||
| Halkiá 53.32) | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:22.62 | ||
| (Jearl Miles Clark 50.86, Monique Hennagan 51.57, Marion Jones | ||||
| 49.46, LaTasha Colander 50.73) | ||||
| (medals stand despite retroactive Jones drug DQ) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 3:23.25 | ||
| (Richards 51.14, Scott-Pomales 51.18, Hemmings 51.30, Graham | ||||
| 49.63) | ||||
| 3 | Russia | 3:23.46 | ||
| (Sotnikova 52.21, Goncharenko 51.18, Kotlyarova 50.21, | ||||
| Privalova 49.81) | ||||
| 4 | Nigeria | 3:23.80 | ||
| (Afolabi 52.09, Opara 50.97, Okafor 51.13, Ogunkoya 49.61) | ||||
| 5 | Australia | 3:23.81 | ||
| (Peris-Kneebone 51.71, Lewis 51.69, Gainsford-Taylor 51.06, | ||||
| Freeman 49.35) | ||||
| 6 | Great Britain | 3:25.67 | ||
| (Danvers 53.14, Fraser 50.30, Curbishley 52.46, Merry 49.77) | ||||
| 7 | Czech Republic | 3:29.17 | ||
| (Burianová 52.78, Benesová 52.23, Ficková | ||||
| 53.74, Fuchsová 51.42) | ||||
| 8 | Cuba | 3:29.47 | ||
| (Calatayud 52.48, Duporty 52.26, Bonne 51.73, Pernía | ||||
| 53.00) | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:20.91 | ||
| (Stevens 51.68, Malone 50.27, Graham 49.49, Miles Clark 49.47) | ||||
| 2 | Nigeria | 3:21.04 | ||
| (Afolabi 51.13, Yusuf 49.72, Opara 51.29, Ogunkoya 48.90) | ||||
| 3 | Germany | 3:21.14 | ||
| (Rohländer 51.72, Kisabaka 50.43, Rücker 50.36, | ||||
| Breuer 48.63) | ||||
| 4 | Jamaica | 3:21.69 | ||
| (Frazer 51.42, Richards 50.72, J. Campbell 50.21, Hemmings | ||||
| 49.34) | ||||
| 5 | Russia | 3:22.22 | ||
| (Chebykina 51.35, Goncharenko 50.43, Kulikova 50.86, Kotlyarova | ||||
| 49.58) | ||||
| 6 | Cuba | 3:25.85 | ||
| (Bonne 51.94, Duporty 50.21, Morales 53.98, Quirot 49.72) | ||||
| 7 | Czech Republic | 3:26.99 | ||
| (Kostovalová 54.13, Formanová 51.46, | ||||
| Fuchsová 50.79, Benešová 50.61) | ||||
| 8 | France | 3:28.46 | ||
| (Landre 51.81, Dorsile 51.69, Elien 53.16, Devassoigne 51.80) | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3:20.20 | ||
| (Ruzina 51.5, Dzhigalova 50.1, Nazarova II 49.1, Bryzgina 49.5) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 3:20.92 | ||
| (Natasha Kaiser-Brown 51.4, Gwen Torrence 49.8, Jearl Miles | ||||
| Clark 49.5, Rochelle Stevens 50.2) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3:24.23 | ||
| (Smith 51.3, Douglas 52.0, Stoute 50.5, Gunnell 50.4) | ||||
| 4 | Canada | 3:25.20 | ||
| (Edeh 52.2, Crooks 50.2, Noel 52.6, Richardson 50.2) | ||||
| 5 | Jamaica | 3:25.68 | ||
| (Scott 51.9, Rattray-Williams 51.4, J. Campbell 52.6, Richards | ||||
| 49.8) | ||||
| 6 | Germany | 3:26.37 | ||
| (Rohländer 52.0, Meissner 51.4, Kisabaka 51.5, Rücker | ||||
| 51.5) | ||||
| 7 | Australia | 3:26.42 | ||
| (Freeman 52.1, Andrews 51.9, Poetschka 52.3, Lock 50.1) | ||||
| 8 | Portugal | 3:36.85 | ||
| (Móreira, Jardim, Amaral, Coelho) | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3:15.17 | ||
| (Ledovskaya 50.1, Nazarova 47.9, Pinigina 49.3, Bryzgina 47.9) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 3:15.51 | ||
| (Denean Howard 49.82, Diane Dixon 49.17, Valerie Brisco 48.44, | ||||
| Florence Griffith Joyner 48.08) | ||||
| 3 | East Germany | 3:18.29 | ||
| (Neubauer 50.58, Emmelmann 49.89, Busch 48.81, Müller | ||||
| 48.99) | ||||
| 4 | West Germany | 3:22.49 | ||
| (Thimm 50.81, Arendt 49.95, Thomas 51.50, Abt 50.23) | ||||
| 5 | Jamaica | 3:23.13 | ||
| (Richards 51.54, Thomas 49.94, Rattray-Williams 51.08, Powell | ||||
| 50.57) | ||||
| 6 | Great Britain | 3:26.89 | ||
| (Keough 50.86, Stoute 51.91, Piggford 53.08, Gunnell 51.04) | ||||
| 7 | France | 3:29.37 | ||
| (Ficher 51.82, Simon 52.88, Debois 53.10, Elien 51.57) | ||||
| DNF—Canada | ||||
| (Crooks 51.83, Killingbeck, Payne, Richardson) | ||||
| [Soviet Union 3:15.17 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:18.29 | ||
| (Lillie Leatherwood 50.50, Sherri Howard 48.83, Valerie Brisco | ||||
| 49.23, Chandra Cheeseborough 49.73) | ||||
| 2 | Canada | 3:21.21 | ||
| (Crooks 50.30, Killingbeck 50.22, Richardson 50.62, Payne 50.07) | ||||
| 3 | West Germany | 3:22.98 | ||
| (Schulte-Mattler 51.73, Thimm 50.25, Gaugel 50.65, Bussmann | ||||
| 50.35) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 3:25.51 | ||
| (Scutt 51.92, Barnett 51.31, Taylor 51.32, Hoyte-Smith 50.96) | ||||
| 5 | Jamaica | 3:27.51 | ||
| (Oliver 51.82, Green 51.89, Rattray-Williams 51.53, Jackson | ||||
| 52.27) | ||||
| 6 | Italy | 3:30.82 | ||
| (Lombardo 53.16, Compana 52.74, Masullo 52.41, Rossi 52.51) | ||||
| 7 | India | 3:32.49 | ||
| (Valsamma 54.70, Rao 54.15, Abraham 51.89, Usha 51.75) | ||||
| DNC—Puerto Rico | ||||
| (E. Mathieuk, de Jesus, Lind, M. Mathieu) | ||||
| [United States 3:18.29 OR] | ||||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3:20.12 | ||
| (Prorochenko 50.2, Goyshchik 51.5, Zyuskova 49.7, Nazarova 48.8) | ||||
| 2 | East Germany | 3:20.35 | ||
| (Löwe 50.6, Krug 50.5, Lathan 51.0, Koch 48.3) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3:27.5 | ||
| (Macdonald, Scutt, Hoyte-Smith, Hartley) | ||||
| 4 | Romania | 3:27.74 | ||
| (Korodi, Lazarciuc, Samungi, Lina) | ||||
| 5 | Hungary | 3:27.86 | ||
| (Orosz, Forgacs, Toth, Pal 51.1) | ||||
| 6 | Poland | 3:27.9 | ||
| (Oliszewksa, Katolik, Januchta, Dunecka 51.4) | ||||
| 7 | Belgium | 3:31.6 | ||
| (Alaerts, Berg, Michel, Wallez) | ||||
| DNF—Bulgaria | ||||
| (Damyanova, Stamenova, Andonova, Dimova) | ||||
| 1976 | ||||
| 1 | East Germany | 3:19.23 | ||
| (Maletzki 50.5, Rohde 49.5, Streidt 49.5, Lathan 49.7) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 3:22.81 | ||
| (Debra Sapenter 51.8, Sheila Ingram 50.0, Pam Jiles 51.3, | ||||
| Rosalyn Bryant 49.7) | ||||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 3:24.24 | ||
| (Klimovicha, Aksenova, Sokolova, Ilyina) | ||||
| 4 | Australia | 3:25.56 | ||
| (Canty 52.4, Burnard 51.2, Rendina 51.6, Nail 50.4) | ||||
| 5 | West Germany | 3:25.71 | ||
| (Steger 52.4, Fuhrmann 51.3, Barth 51.5, Wilden 50.5) | ||||
| 6 | Finland | 3:25.87 | ||
| (Lindholm 52.8, Häggman 51.4, | ||||
| Pursiainen 52.0, Salin 50.6) | ||||
| 7 | Great Britain | 3:28.01 | ||
| (Barnes 52.5, Taylor 52.6, Elder 52.6, Hartley 50.3) | ||||
| 8 | Canada | 3:28.91 | ||
| (Stride 53.1, Yakubowich 51.6, Campbell 52.5, Saunders 51.7) | ||||
| [East Germany 3:19.23 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1 | East Germany | 3:22.95 | ||
| (Käsling 52.2, Kühne 50.0, Seidler 50.5, Zehrt 50.3) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 3:25.15 | ||
| (Mable Fergerson 51.8, Madeline Manning 51.9, Cheryl Toussaint | ||||
| 51.3, Cathy Hammond 50.2) | ||||
| 3 | West Germany | 3:26.51 | ||
| (Rückes 53.1, Bödding 51.6, Falck 51.2, Wilden 50.6) | ||||
| 4 | France | 3:27.52 | ||
| (Duvivier 53.0, Besson 52.1, Martin 51.8, Duclos 50.6) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:28.74 | ||
| (Elder 53.1, Simpson 52.0, Roscoe 51.8, Stirling 51.8) | ||||
| 6 | Australia | 3:28.84 | ||
| (Ross-Edwards 53.4, Boyle 50.8, Peasley 53.9, Rendina 50.7) | ||||
| 7 | Finland | 3:29.44 | ||
| (Häggman 53.3, Lindholm 52.4, Rautanen 52.6, Pursiainen | ||||
| 51.1) | ||||
| 8 | Soviet Union | 3:31.89 | ||
| (Runtso 54.0, Syrovatskaya 53.2, Chistyakova 52.6, Ilyina 52.1) | ||||
| [West Germany 3:29.32 OR {heat}; East Germany 3:28.48 WR, OR | ||||
| {heat}, 3:22.95 WR, OR] | ||||
| 1968 | ||||
| (1928-1968 not contested) |