The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 26 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 26 July Heat 1 Heike Dähne 8:36.09 26 July Final Michelle Ford 8:28.90
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality TimeNotes 1 1 Heike Dähne 8:36.09 Q, 2 2 Ines Diers 8:40.29 Q 3 2 Michelle Ford 8:42.36 Q 4 1 Irina Aksyonova 8:44.42 Q 5 1 Pascale Verbauwen 8:45.12 Q 6 1 Oksana Komissarova 8:45.80 Q 7 2 Ines Geißler 8:46.96 Q 8 1 Yelena Ivanova 8:47.33 Q 9 2 Rosemary Brown 8:49.47 10 2 Jacquelene Willmott 8:50.51 11 2 Reggie de Jong 8:54.49 12 1 Roberta Felotti 8:58.54 13 2 Sofia Dara 9:02.37 14 2 Nikole Schrepfer 9:15.11 1 Klára Gulyás DNS 1 María Pia Ayora
Final Rank Name Nationality TimeNotes Michelle Ford 8:28.90 Ines Diers 8:32.55 Heike Dähne 8:33.48 4 Irina Aksyonova 8:38.05 5 Oksana Komissarova 8:42:04 6 Pascale Verbauwen 8:44.84 7 Ines Geißler 8:45.28 8 Yelena Ivanova 8:46.45
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