The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 23 and 24 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Andrea Pollack 1:00.91 Q 2 3 Caren Metschuck 1:01.08 Q 3 2 Christiane Knacke 1:01.32 Q 4 4 Ann Osgerby 1:01.93 Q 5 1 Agneta Mårtensson 1:02.79 Q 6 1 Maria Paris 1:02.80 Q 7 4 Janet Osgerby 1:02.84 Q 8 1 Lisa Curry 1:02.92 Q 9 2 Susan Cooper 1:02.95 10 3 Éva Miklósfalvy 1:03.17 11 2 Wilma van Velsen 1:03.31 12 3 Cinzia Savi Scarponi 1:03.41 13 2 Karen Ramsay 1:03.62 14 3 Dorota Brzozowska 1:04.04 15 4 Alla Grishchenkova 1:04.10 16 4 Sonja Hausladen 1:04.39 17 3 Armi Airaksinen 1:04.40 18 1 Larisa Polivoda 1:04.50 19 2 Mariana Paraschiv 1:05.34 20 1 Carole Brook 1:05.93 21 2 Celeste García 1:06.25 22 4 Marion Michel 1:07.81 23 1 Bako Ratsifa 1:09.43 24 3 Nadia Fezzani 1:12.94 3 Dagmar Erdman DNS
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Caren Metschuck 1:00.42 Andrea Pollack 1:00.90 Christiane Knacke 1:01.44 4 Ann Osgerby 1:02.21 5 Lisa Curry 1:02.40 6 Agneta Mårtensson 1:02.61 7 Maria Paris 1:02.89 8 Janet Osgerby 1:02.90
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