The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 22 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 22 July Final Ines Diers 4:08.76
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Carmela Schmidt 4:13.01 Q 2 1 Annelies Maas 4:13.12 Q 3 3 Michelle Ford 4:13.90 Q 4 2 Ines Diers 4:13.98 Q 5 2 Irina Aksyonova 4:14.39 Q 6 3 Petra Schneider 4:14.49 Q 7 2 Reggie de Jong 4:15.07 Q 8 2 Olga Klevakina 4:18.13 Q 9 3 Oksana Komissarova 4:18.61 10 1 Pascale Verbauwen 4:18.98 11 1 Sharron Davies 4:19.99 12 1 Sofia Dara 4:20.32 13 1 Rosemary Brown 4:21.36 14 3 Roberta Felotti 4:21.94 15 3 Jacquelene Willmott 4:22.32 16 2 Nikole Schrepfer 4:28.40 17 2 Natalia Más 4:29.81 18 3 María Pia Ayora 4:46.90 19 2 Soad Fezzani 5:16.17 1 Klára Gulyás DNS
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ines Diers 4:08.76 Petra Schneider 4:09.16 Carmela Schmidt 4:10.86 4 Michelle Ford 4:11.65 5 Irina Aksyonova 4:14.40 6 Annelies Maas 4:15.79 7 Reggie de Jong 4:15.95 8 Olga Klevakina 4:19.18
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