| Date | 25 July 1980 |
|---|---|
| Location | Bolshaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V.I. Lenina, Moskva |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Nadezhda Olizarenko |  URS | 1:57.7 | 1:57.69 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Hildegard Ullrich |  GDR | 1:58.7 | 1:58.61 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Jolanta Januchta |  POL | 1:58.9 | 1:58.84 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Fița Lovin |  ROU | 1:59.2 | 1:59.11 | |||
| 5 | 3 | Vesela Yatsinska |  BUL | 1:59.9 | 1:59.84 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Totka Petrova | BUL | 2:00.0 | 1:59.97 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Anna Bukis | POL | 2:00.3 | 2:00.23 | |||
| 8 | 4 | Christina Boxer |  GBR | 2:00.9 | 2:00.89 |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 m | Christina Boxer-Cahill | | 59.1 |
