Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres
These are the official results of the Women's 200 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The competition was held on July 28, 1980 and on July 30, 1980.Results
Final
- Held on Wednesday July 30, 1980
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
| | 22.03 OR |
| | 22.19 WJR |
| | 22.20 |
| 4. | | 22.47 |
| 5. | | 22.61 |
| 6. | | 22.72 |
| 7. | | 22.76 |
| 8. | | 22.80 |
Semifinals
- Held on Wednesday July 30, 1980
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| 1. | | 22.32 |
| 2. | | 22.54 |
| 3. | | 22.65 |
| 4. | | 22.73 |
| 5. | | 22.87 |
| 6. | | 23.11 |
| 7. | | 23.27 |
| 8. | | 23.27 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | | 22.72 |
| 2. | | 22.75 |
| 3. | | 22.80 |
| 4. | | 22.82 |
| 5. | | 22.90 |
| 6. | | 23.07 |
| 7. | | 23.18 |
| 8. | | 23.44 |
Quarterfinals
- Held on Monday July 28, 1980
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| 1. | | 22.95 |
| 2. | | 23.24 |
| 3. | | 23.29 |
| 4. | | 23.35 |
| 5. | | 23.67 |
| 6. | | 23.68 |
| 7. | | 24.00 |
| 8. | | 24.80 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | | 22.82 |
| 2. | | 22.86 |
| 3. | | 22.97 |
| 4. | | 23.29 |
| 5. | | 23.37 |
| 6. | | 23.55 |
| 7. | | 23.74 |
| 8. | | 23.84 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
| 1. | | 22.26 |
| 2. | | 22.55 |
| 3. | | 22.84 |
| 4. | | 22.90 |
| 5. | | 22.91 |
| 6. | | 23.10 |
| 7. | | 23.11 |
| 8. | | 24.59 |
Heats
- Held on Monday July 28, 1980
Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advance to the quarterfinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Merlene Ottey | | 22.70 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Romy Müller | | 23.11 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Kathy Smallwood | | 23.15 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Liliyana Panayotova | | 23.17 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Natalya Bochina | | 23.28 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Beverley Goddard | | 23.35 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Galina Penkova | | 23.35 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Rufina Ubah | | 23.36 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Denise Boyd | | 23.36 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Jacqueline Pusey | | 23.39 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Lyudmila Maslakova | | 23.49 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Chantal Réga | | 23.49 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Raymonde Naigre | | 23.50 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | Els Vader | | 23.50 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Sonia Lannaman | | 23.55 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Bärbel Wöckel | | 23.55 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Elżbieta Stachurska | | 23.58 | q |
| 18 | 1 | Brigitte Senglaub | | 23.62 | q |
| 19 | 3 | Irén Orosz-Árva | | 23.69 | Q |
| 20 | 5 | Linda Haglund | | 23.85 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Karin Verguts | | 23.89 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | Marisa Masullo | | 24.00 | q |
| 23 | 5 | Nzaeli Kyomo | | 24.22 | q |
| 24 | 6 | Françoise Odette Damado | | 24.45 | q |
| 25 | 4 | Lea Alaerts | | 24.51 | |
| 26 | 6 | Nicoleta Lia | | 24.54 | |
| 27 | 3 | Mosi Ali | | 24.99 | |
| 28 | 6 | P. T. Usha | | 25.16 | |
| 29 | 2 | Carmela Bolivár | | 25.33 | |
| 30 | 5 | Ruth Enang Mesode | | 25.46 | |
| 31 | 1 | Eugenia Osho-Williams | | 25.87 | |
| 32 | 3 | Estella Meheux | | 26.77 | |
| 33 | 2 | Trần Thị Ngọc Anh | | 26.83 | |
| 34 | 5 | Bessy de Letourdie | | 26.91 | |
| 35 | 4 | Boualong Boungnavong | | 30.42 | |
| 1 | Heline Laihorinne | | | |
| 1 | Debbie Wells | | | |
| 2 | Karoline Käfer | | | |
| 3 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | | | |
| 5 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | | | |
| 4 | Xiomara Larios | | | |
