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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva
Date Started: July 25, 1980
Date Finished: July 25, 1980
Format: Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Nadiya Olizarenko |
| Silver: | Olga Syrovatskaya-Minyeyeva |
| Bronze: | Tatyana Providokhina |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olga Syrovatskaya-Minyeyeva | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:57.5 | 1:57.50 | 8 | QU |
| 2 | Martina Kämpfert | 20 | East Germany | GDR | 1:58.1 | 1:58.03 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Tatyana Providokhina | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:58.3 | 1:58.29 | 1 | QU |
| 4 | Nikolina Shtereva | 25 | Bulgaria | BUL | 1:58.9 | 1:58.87 | 3 | QC |
| 5 | Gabriella Dorio | 23 | Italy | ITA | 1:59.0 | 1:58.94 | 5 | QC |
| 6 | Doina Beşliu-Melinte | 23 | Romania | ROU | 2:00.8 | 2:00.72 | 4 | |
| 7 | Elżbieta Skowrońska-Katolik | 30 | Poland | POL | 2:01.1 | 2:01.08 | 6 | |
| 8 | Anne-Marie Van Nuffel | 24 | Belgium | BEL | 2:02.0 | 2:01.99 | 7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nadiya Olizarenko | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:57.7 | 1:57.69 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Hildegard Ullrich | 20 | East Germany | GDR | 1:58.7 | 1:58.61 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Jolanta Januchta | 25 | Poland | POL | 1:58.9 | 1:58.84 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Fiţa Lovin | 29 | Romania | ROU | 1:59.2 | 1:59.11 | 5 | |
| 5 | Vesela Yatsinska | 29 | Bulgaria | BUL | 1:59.9 | 1:59.84 | 3 | |
| 6 | Totka Petrova | 23 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2:00.0 | 1:59.97 | 1 | |
| 7 | Anna Bukis | 26 | Poland | POL | 2:00.3 | 2:00.23 | 8 | |
| 8 | Christina Boxer-Cahill | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:00.9 | 2:00.89 | 4 |