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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva
Date Started: July 24, 1980
Date Finished: July 24, 1980
Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final.
| Gold: | María Colón |
| Silver: | Saida Gunba |
| Bronze: | Ute Hommola |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ute Richter | 22 | East Germany | GDR | 66.66 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Ruth Fuchs | 33 | East Germany | GDR | 64.26 | QU |
| 3 | Saida Gunba | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | 63.98 | QU |
| 4 | Ileana Zörgö-Raduly | 25 | Romania | ROU | 63.84 | QU |
| 5 | Ute Hommola | 28 | East Germany | GDR | 63.52 | QU |
| 6 | Jadvyga Putinienė | 34 | Soviet Union | URS | 62.96 | QU |
| 7 | María Colón | 22 | Cuba | CUB | 62.42 | QU |
| 8 | Ivanka Vancheva | 26 | Bulgaria | BUL | 61.16 | QU |
| 9 | Antoaneta Todorova-Selenska | 17 | Bulgaria | BUL | 60.56 | QU |
| 10 | Bernadeta Blechacz | 24 | Poland | POL | 59.90 | QC |
| 11 | Tatyana Biryulina | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 59.86 | QC |
| 12 | Fausta Quintavalla | 21 | Italy | ITA | 58.76 | QC |
| 13 | Mária Janák | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 57.80 | |
| 14 | Tiina Lillak | 19 | Finland | FIN | 56.26 | |
| 15 | Petra Rivers | 27 | Australia | AUS | 55.80 | |
| 16 | Pam Matthews | 22 | Australia | AUS | 55.72 | |
| 17 | Agnès Tchuinté | 21 | Cameroon | CMR | 55.36 | |
| 18 | Fatima Whitbread | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | 49.74 | |
| 19 | Tessa Sanderson | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 48.76 | |
| 20 | Patricia Guerrero | 17 | Peru | PER | 45.42 | |
| AC | Sofia Sakorafa | 23 | Greece | GRE | NM |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ute Richter | 22 | East Germany | GDR | 66.66 | OR |
| 2 | Ileana Zörgö-Raduly | 25 | Romania | ROU | 63.84 | |
| 3 | María Colón | 22 | Cuba | CUB | 62.42 | |
| 4 | Ivanka Vancheva | 26 | Bulgaria | BUL | 61.16 | |
| 5 | Antoaneta Todorova-Selenska | 17 | Bulgaria | BUL | 60.56 | |
| 6 | Bernadeta Blechacz | 24 | Poland | POL | 59.90 | |
| 7 | Tatyana Biryulina | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 59.86 | |
| 8 | Mária Janák | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 57.80 | |
| 9 | Petra Rivers | 27 | Australia | AUS | 55.80 | |
| 10 | Fatima Whitbread | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | 49.74 | |
| AC | Sofia Sakorafa | 23 | Greece | GRE | NM |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruth Fuchs | 33 | East Germany | GDR | 64.26 | |
| 2 | Saida Gunba | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | 63.98 | |
| 3 | Ute Hommola | 28 | East Germany | GDR | 63.52 | |
| 4 | Jadvyga Putinienė | 34 | Soviet Union | URS | 62.96 | |
| 5 | Fausta Quintavalla | 21 | Italy | ITA | 58.76 | |
| 6 | Tiina Lillak | 19 | Finland | FIN | 56.26 | |
| 7 | Pam Matthews | 22 | Australia | AUS | 55.72 | |
| 8 | Agnès Tchuinté | 21 | Cameroon | CMR | 55.36 | |
| 9 | Tessa Sanderson | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 48.76 | |
| 10 | Patricia Guerrero | 17 | Peru | PER | 45.42 |