# 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. The winning margin was 0.16 seconds.

## Results
### Final

Held on Wednesday July 30, 1980.
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
| | Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) | 22.03 OR |
| | Natalya Bochina (URS) | 22.19 WJR |
| | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 22.20 |
| 4. | Romy Müller (GDR) | 22.47 |
| 5. | Kathy Smallwood (GBR) | 22.61 |
| 6. | Beverley Goddard (GBR) | 22.72 |
| 7. | Denise Boyd (AUS) | 22.76 |
| 8. | Sonia Lannaman (GBR) | 22.80 |

### Semifinals

* Held on Wednesday July 30, 1980
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| 1. | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 22.32 |
| 2. | Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) | 22.54 |
| 3. | Kathy Smallwood (GBR) | 22.65 |
| 4. | Beverley Goddard (GBR) | 22.73 |
| 5. | Chantal Réga (FRA) | 22.87 |
| 6. | Linda Haglund (SWE) | 23.11 |
| 7. | Lyudmila Maslakova (URS) | 23.27 |
| 8. | Galina Penkova (BUL) | 23.27 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | Romy Müller (GDR) | 22.72 |
| 2. | Natalya Bochina (URS) | 22.75 |
| 3. | Denise Boyd (AUS) | 22.80 |
| 4. | Sonia Lannaman (GBR) | 22.82 |
| 5. | Jackie Pusey (JAM) | 22.90 |
| 6. | Liliyana Panayotova (BUL) | 23.07 |
| 7. | Raymonde Naigre (FRA) | 23.18 |
| 8. | Els Vader (NED) | 23.44 |

### Quarterfinals

Held on Monday July 28, 1980.
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| 1. | Kathy Smallwood (GBR) | 22.95 |
| 2. | Lyudmila Maslakova (URS) | 23.24 |
| 3. | Liliyana Panayotova (BUL) | 23.29 |
| 4. | Jackie Pusey (JAM) | 23.35 |
| 5. | Els Vader (NED) | 23.67 |
| 6. | Irén Orosz (HUN) | 23.68 |
| 7. | Karin Verguts (BEL) | 24.00 |
| 8. | Françoise Odette Damado (SEN) | 24.80 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 22.82 |
| 2. | Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) | 22.86 |
| 3. | Beverley Goddard (GBR) | 22.97 |
| 4. | Chantal Réga (FRA) | 23.29 |
| 5. | Galina Penkova (BUL) | 23.37 |
| 6. | Rufina Ubah (NGR) | 23.55 |
| 7. | Marisa Masullo (ITA) | 23.74 |
| 8. | Brigitte Senglaub (SUI) | 23.84 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
| 1. | Natalya Bochina (URS) | 22.26 |
| 2. | Romy Müller (GDR) | 22.55 |
| 3. | Sonia Lannaman (GBR) | 22.84 |
| 4. | Linda Haglund (SWE) | 22.90 |
| 5. | Denise Boyd (AUS) | 22.91 |
| 6. | Raymonde Naigre (FRA) | 23.10 |
| 7. | Elżbieta Stachurska (POL) | 23.11 |
| 8. | Nzaeli Kyomo (TAN) | 24.59 |

## Heats

Held on Monday July 28, 1980.
Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 22.70 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Romy Müller | East Germany | 23.11 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Kathy Smallwood | Great Britain | 23.15 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Liliyana Panayotova | Bulgaria | 23.17 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Natalya Bochina | Soviet Union | 23.28 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Beverley Goddard | Great Britain | 23.35 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Galina Penkova | Bulgaria | 23.35 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Rufina Ubah | Nigeria | 23.36 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Denise Boyd | Australia | 23.36 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Jacqueline Pusey | Jamaica | 23.39 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 23.49 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Chantal Réga | France | 23.49 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Raymonde Naigre | France | 23.50 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | Els Vader | Netherlands | 23.50 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 23.55 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Bärbel Wöckel | East Germany | 23.55 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Elżbieta Stachurska | Poland | 23.58 | q |
| 18 | 1 | Brigitte Senglaub | Switzerland | 23.62 | q |
| 19 | 3 | Irén Orosz-Árva | Hungary | 23.69 | Q |
| 20 | 5 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 23.85 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Karin Verguts | Belgium | 23.89 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | Marisa Masullo | Italy | 24.00 | q |
| 23 | 5 | Nzaeli Kyomo | Tanzania | 24.22 | q |
| 24 | 6 | Françoise Odette Damado | Senegal | 24.45 | q |
| 25 | 4 | Lea Alaerts | Belgium | 24.51 | |
| 26 | 6 | Nicoleta Lia | Romania | 24.54 | |
| 27 | 3 | Mosi Ali | Tanzania | 24.99 | |
| 28 | 6 | P. T. Usha | India | 25.16 | |
| 29 | 2 | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 25.33 | |
| 30 | 5 | Ruth Enang Mesode | Cameroon | 25.46 | |
| 31 | 1 | Eugenia Osho-Williams | Sierra Leone | 25.87 | |
| 32 | 3 | Estella Meheux | Sierra Leone | 26.77 | |
| 33 | 2 | Trần Thị Ngọc Anh | Vietnam | 26.83 | |
| 34 | 5 | Bessy de Letourdie | Seychelles | 26.91 | |
| 35 | 4 | Boualong Boungnavong | Laos | 30.42 | |
| | 1 | Heline Laihorinne | Finland | DNS | |
| | 1 | Debbie Wells | Australia | DNS | |
| | 2 | Karoline Käfer | Austria | DNS | |
| | 3 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Czechoslovakia | DNS | |
| | 5 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | DNS | |
| | 4 | Xiomara Larios | Nicaragua | DNS | |