The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 24 and 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 record was established during the competition: Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 24 July Heat 4 Ute Geweniger 1:10.11
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Ute Geweniger 1:10.11 Q, 2 1 Elvira Vasilkova 1:11.03 Q 3 4 Susanne Nielsson 1:11.58 Q 4 2 Eva-Marie Håkansson 1:12.26 Q 5 3 Monica Bonon 1:12.36 Q 6 4 Margaret Kelly 1:12.38 Q 7 2 Lina Kačiušytė 1:12.71 Q 8 2 Suki Brownsdon 1:12.83 Q 9 3 Silvia Rinka 1:12.88 10 1 Catherine Poirot 1:12.94 11 2 Irena Fleissnerová 1:13.35 12 4 Tanya Bogomilova 1:13.52 13 1 Sabrina Seminatore 1:13.76 14 4 Bettina Löbel 1:14.32 15 3 Gabriella Kindl 1:14.33 16 3 Yuliya Bogdanova 1:15.04 17 3 Brigitte Prass 1:15.10 18 4 Elke Holtz 1:15.89 19 1 Brigitte Bosmans 1:16.68 20 3 Catherine Bohan 1:16.84 21 2 Lynne Tasker 1:18.81 22 4 María Pia Ayora 1:20.46 23 3 Phạm Thị Phú 1:22.73 24 2 Nicole Rajoharison 1:24.83 25 1 Garnet Charwat 1:28.88 1 Lisa Curry DNS
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ute Geweniger 1:10.22 Elvira Vasilkova 1:10.41 Susanne Nielsson 1:11.16 4 Margaret Kelly 1:11.48 5 Eva-Marie Håkansson 1:11.72 6 Suki Brownsdon 1:12.11 7 Lina Kačiušytė 1:12.21 8 Monica Bonon 1:12.51
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