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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva
Date Started: July 27, 1980
Date Finished: July 27, 1980
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Marita Koch |
| Silver: | Jarmila Kratochvílová |
| Bronze: | Christina Brehmer-Lathan |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marita Koch | 23 | East Germany | GDR | 50.57 | 1 | QU |
| 2 | Gabriele Löwe | 21 | East Germany | GDR | 50.85 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Pirjo Wilmi-Häggman | 29 | Finland | FIN | 51.02 | 3 | QU |
| 4 | Nina Ziuskova | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | 51.12 | 8 | QU |
| 5 | Lyudmila Chernova | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 51.30 | 7 | |
| 6 | Joslyn Hoyte-Smith | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 51.47 | 6 | |
| 7 | Małgorzata Dunecka | 23 | Poland | POL | 51.93 | 5 | |
| 8 | Rositsa Stamenova | 25 | Bulgaria | BUL | 52.96 | 4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christina Brehmer-Lathan | 22 | East Germany | GDR | 50.16 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Irina Nazarova | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | 50.18 | 8 | QU |
| 3 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | 29 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 50.79 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Linsey MacDonald | 16 | Great Britain | GBR | 51.60 | 7 | QU |
| 5 | Michelle Probert-Scutt | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | 51.89 | 3 | |
| 6 | Ilona Pál | 25 | Hungary | HUN | 51.99 | 4 | |
| 7 | Grażyna Oliszewska | 20 | Poland | POL | 52.36 | 2 | |
| 8 | Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein | 34 | Poland | POL | 53.13 | 1 |