The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 20 and 21 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition: Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 20 July Heat 3 Barbara Krause 54.98 21 July Final Barbara Krause 54.79
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Barbara Krause 54.98 Q, 2 4 Caren Metschuck 55.44 Q 3 2 Ines Diers 56.83 Q 4 1 Natalya Strunnikova 57.43 Q 5 4 Conny van Bentum 57.51 Q 6 1 Olga Klevakina 57.62 Q 7 4 Agneta Eriksson 57.67 Q 8 2 Guylaine Berger 57.80 Q 9 3 June Croft 57.88 10 3 Carina Ljungdahl 58.05 11 2 Isabel Reuss 58.36 12 1 Jacquelene Willmott 58.78 13 3 Michelle Pearson 58.90 14 1 Carine Verbauwen 59.08 15 2 Larisa Tsaryova 59.12 16 2 Rosemary Brown 59.35 17 4 Monica Vallarin 59.43 18 4 Natalia Más 59.53 19 3 Heidi Koch 59.73 20 3 Helen Plaschinski 59.75 21 2 María Paris 22 1 Celeste García 23 2 Lynne Tasker 24 3 Olga Loizou 25 4 Bako Ratsifa 26 3 Garnet Charwat 27 1 Michele Pessoa 28 2 Nadia Fezzani 29 4 Chung Thị Thanh Lan 4 Monique Drost 1 Karen Van de Graaf
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Barbara Krause 54.79 Caren Metschuck 55.16 Ines Diers 55.65 4 Olga Klevakina 57.40 5 Conny van Bentum 57.63 6 Natalya Strunnikova 57.83 7 Guylaine Berger 57.88 8 Agneta Eriksson 57.90
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