| Date | 22 July 1980 — 20:30 |
|---|---|
| Location | Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Duncan Goodhew |  GBR | 1:03.34 | |||
| 2 | 3 | Arsens Miskarovs |  URS | 1:03.82 | |||
| 3 | 2 | Peter Evans |  AUS | 1:03.96 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Aleksandr Fedorovsky | URS | 1:04.00 | |||
| 5 | 6 | János Dzvonyár |  HUN | 1:04.67 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Lindsay Spencer | AUS | 1:05.04 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Pablo Restrepo |  COL | 1:05.91 | |||
| 1 | Albán Vermes | HUN | – |
