The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 22 and 23 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 Heat 4 Rica Reinisch 1:01.50 , 23 July Final Rica Reinisch 1:00.86 ,
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Rica Reinisch 1:01.50 Q, 2 2 Ina Kleber 1:02.15 Q 3 1 Carmen Bunaciu 1:03.25 Q 3 3 Petra Riedel 1:03.25 Q 5 3 Larisa Gorchakova 1:03.82 Q 6 3 Monique Bosga 1:04.36 Q 7 4 Carine Verbauwen 1:04.37 Q 8 2 Manuela Carosi 1:04.42 Q 9 4 Teresa Rivera 1:04.54 10 2 Lisa Forrest 1:04.55 11 1 Yelena Kruglova 1:04.63 12 2 Jolanda de Rover 1:04.79 13 4 Laura Foralosso 1:04.86 14 1 Georgina Parkes 1:05.06 15 3 Yolande Van Der Straeten 1:05.10 16 4 Ágnes Fodor 1:05.47 17 4 Helen Jameson 1:05.56 18 1 Michèle Ricaud 1:05.81 19 1 Annika Uvehall 1:06.33 20 2 Joy Beasley 1:06.84 21 3 Marianne Humpelstetter 1:07.68 22 2 María Paris 1:09.02 23 2 Anabel Drousiotou 1:15.85 24 1 Soad Fezzani 1:16.83 25 4 Nguyễn Thị Hồng Bích 1:20.34 26 3 Michele Pessoa 1:26.59 3 Andrea Kálmán DNS
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Rica Reinisch 1:00.86 Ina Kleber 1:02.07 Petra Riedel 1:02.64 4 Carmen Bunaciu 1:03.81 5 Carine Verbauwen 1:03.82 6 Larisa Gorchakova 1:03.87 7 Monique Bosga 1:04.47 8 Manuela Carosi 1:05.10
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