Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's coxed four
# Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's coxed four

The women's coxed four 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

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 3:26.75 |
| 2 | Georgeta Militaru-Maşca, Florica Silaghi, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Valeria Cătescu, Aneta Matei | Romania (ROU) | 3:31.42 |
| 3 | Anne Chirnside, Verna Westwood, Pam Westendorf, Sally Harding, Susie Palfreyman | Australia (AUS) | 3:34.08 |

### Heat Two

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel | East Germany (GDR) | 3:25.22 |
| 2 | Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nataliya Kazak | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:28.72 |
| 3 | Pauline Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart, Jane Cross, Sue Brown | Great Britain (GBR) | 3:48.13 |

## Repechage

The top three teams in the repechage heat qualified for the finals.

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:21.51 |
| 2 | Georgeta Militaru-Maşca, Florica Silaghi, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Valeria Cătescu, Aneta Matei | Romania (ROU) | 3:23.91 |
| 3 | Anne Chirnside, Verna Westwood, Pam Westendorf, Sally Harding, Susie Palfreyman | Australia (AUS) | 3:26.77 |
| 4 | Pauline Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart, Jane Cross, Sue Brown | Great Britain (GBR) | 3:35.85 |

## Finals

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel | East Germany (GDR) | 3:19.27 |
| | Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 3:20.75 |
| | Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:20.92 |
| 4 | Georgeta Militaru-Maşca, Florica Silaghi, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Valeria Cătescu, Aneta Matei | Romania (ROU) | 3:22.08 |
| 5 | Anne Chirnside, Verna Westwood, Pam Westendorf, Sally Harding, Susie Palfreyman | Australia (AUS) | 3:26.37 |
