The women's double sculls rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held from 21 to 26 July.
Heats Winner of each heat advanced to final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.
Heat One RankAthletes NamesCountryTime 1 Yelena KhloptsevaLarisa Popova 3:25.51 2 Olga HomeghiValeria Răcilă 3:27.70 3 Cornelia LinseHeidi Westphal 3:32.23 4 Svetla OtsetovaZdravka Yordanova 3:37.86
Heat Two RankAthletes NamesCountryTime 1 Hanna JarkiewiczJanina Klucznik 3:34.11 2 Sue HandscombAstrid Ayling 3:39.27 3 Ilona BataKlára Langhoffer-Pétervári 3:44.33
Repechage
RankAthletes NamesCountryTime 1 Cornelia LinseHeidi Westphal 3:20.49 2 Svetla OtsetovaZdravka Yordanova 3:21.36 3 Olga HomeghiValeria Răcilă 3:21.74 4 Ilona BataKlára Langhoffer 3:31.37 5 Sue HandscombAstrid Ayling 3:33.32
Finals
RankAthletes NamesCountryTime Yelena KhloptsevaLarisa Popova 3:16.27 Cornelia LinseHeidi Westphal 3:17.63 Olga HomeghiValeria Răcilă 3:18.91 4 Svetla OtsetovaZdravka Yordanova 3:23.14 5 Hanna JarkiewiczJanina Klucznik 3:27.25 6 Ilona BataKlára Langhoffer 3:35.70
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