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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva
Date Started: July 31, 1980
Date Finished: July 31, 1980
Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Evelin Schlaak-Jahl |
| Silver: | Mariya Vergova-Petkova |
| Bronze: | Tatyana Lesovaya |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margitta Droese-Pufe | 27 | East Germany | GDR | 65.52 | QU |
| 2 | Mariya Vergova-Petkova | 29 | Bulgaria | BUL | 65.02 | QU |
| 3 | Gisela Beyer | 20 | East Germany | GDR | 62.86 | QU |
| 4 | Tatyana Lesovaya | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 62.20 | QU |
| 5 | Svetla Bozhkova | 29 | Bulgaria | BUL | 60.84 | QU |
| 6 | Florenţa Ţacu-Crăciunescu | 25 | Romania | ROU | 60.40 | QU |
| 7 | Galina Murašova | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 60.32 | QU |
| 8 | Evelin Schlaak-Jahl | 24 | East Germany | GDR | 60.22 | QU |
| 9 | Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá | 26 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 59.48 | QC |
| 10 | Meg Ritchie | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 58.66 | QC |
| 11 | Carmen Romero | 29 | Cuba | CUB | 58.60 | QC |
| 12 | Ágnes Herczegh | 29 | Hungary | HUN | 57.80 | QC |
| 13 | María Betancourt | 32 | Cuba | CUB | 57.62 | |
| 14 | Katalin Csőke | 23 | Hungary | HUN | 57.38 | |
| 15 | Gael Mulhall-Martin | 23 | Australia | AUS | 54.90 | |
| 16 | Faina Melnik | 35 | Soviet Union | URS | 53.76 | |
| AC | Ludovina de Oliveira | 25 | Mozambique | MOZ | NM |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margitta Droese-Pufe | 27 | East Germany | GDR | 65.52 | |
| 2 | Mariya Vergova-Petkova | 29 | Bulgaria | BUL | 65.02 | |
| 3 | Gisela Beyer | 20 | East Germany | GDR | 62.86 | |
| 4 | Tatyana Lesovaya | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 62.20 | |
| 5 | Florenţa Ţacu-Crăciunescu | 25 | Romania | ROU | 60.40 | |
| 6 | Svetla Bozhkova | 29 | Bulgaria | BUL | 58.96 | |
| 7 | Meg Ritchie | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 58.66 | |
| 8 | Evelin Schlaak-Jahl | 24 | East Germany | GDR | 57.86 | |
| 9 | Ágnes Herczegh | 29 | Hungary | HUN | 57.80 | |
| 10 | Gael Mulhall-Martin | 23 | Australia | AUS | 54.90 | |
| 11 | Galina Murašova | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 54.56 | |
| 12 | María Betancourt | 32 | Cuba | CUB | 54.16 | |
| 13 | Faina Melnik | 35 | Soviet Union | URS | 51.64 | |
| NP | Katalin Csőke | 23 | Hungary | HUN | foul | |
| NP | Ludovina de Oliveira | 25 | Mozambique | MOZ | foul | |
| NP | Carmen Romero | 29 | Cuba | CUB | foul | |
| NP | Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá | 26 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | foul |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | BMD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margitta Droese-Pufe | 27 | East Germany | GDR | pass | 65.52 | |
| 2 | Mariya Vergova-Petkova | 29 | Bulgaria | BUL | pass | 65.02 | |
| 3 | Gisela Beyer | 20 | East Germany | GDR | pass | 62.86 | |
| 4 | Tatyana Lesovaya | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | pass | 62.20 | |
| 5 | Svetla Bozhkova | 29 | Bulgaria | BUL | 60.84 | 60.84 | |
| 6 | Florenţa Ţacu-Crăciunescu | 25 | Romania | ROU | pass | 60.40 | |
| 7 | Galina Murašova | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 60.32 | 60.32 | |
| 8 | Evelin Schlaak-Jahl | 24 | East Germany | GDR | 60.22 | 60.22 | |
| 9 | Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá | 26 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 59.48 | 59.48 | |
| 10 | Meg Ritchie | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | foul | 58.66 | |
| 11 | Ágnes Herczegh | 29 | Hungary | HUN | 53.74 | 57.80 | |
| 12 | Katalin Csőke | 23 | Hungary | HUN | 56.84 | 56.84 | |
| 13 | Gael Mulhall-Martin | 23 | Australia | AUS | 54.58 | 54.90 | |
| 14 | María Betancourt | 32 | Cuba | CUB | foul | 54.16 | |
| 15 | Faina Melnik | 35 | Soviet Union | URS | 53.76 | 53.76 | |
| NP | Ludovina de Oliveira | 25 | Mozambique | MOZ | foul | NM | |
| NP | Carmen Romero | 29 | Cuba | CUB | foul | NM |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP | Carmen Romero | 29 | Cuba | CUB | 58.60 | |
| NP | Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá | 26 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 57.78 | |
| NP | María Betancourt | 32 | Cuba | CUB | 57.62 | |
| NP | Katalin Csőke | 23 | Hungary | HUN | 57.38 | |
| NP | Ágnes Herczegh | 29 | Hungary | HUN | 56.86 | |
| NP | Gael Mulhall-Martin | 23 | Australia | AUS | 53.32 | |
| NP | Ludovina de Oliveira | 25 | Mozambique | MOZ | foul | |
| NP | Faina Melnik | 35 | Soviet Union | URS | foul | |
| NP | Meg Ritchie | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | foul | |
| NP | Gisela Beyer | 20 | East Germany | GDR | pass | |
| NP | Svetla Bozhkova | 29 | Bulgaria | BUL | pass | |
| NP | Evelin Schlaak-Jahl | 24 | East Germany | GDR | pass | |
| NP | Tatyana Lesovaya | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | pass | |
| NP | Galina Murašova | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | pass | |
| NP | Mariya Vergova-Petkova | 29 | Bulgaria | BUL | pass | |
| NP | Margitta Droese-Pufe | 27 | East Germany | GDR | pass | |
| NP | Florenţa Ţacu-Crăciunescu | 25 | Romania | ROU | pass |