# Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres was an event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The competition was held on July 25, 1980, and on July 26, 1980.

## Results
### Heats

The heats were held on Friday July 25, 1980.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ingrid Auerswald | East Germany | 11.32 | Q |
| 2 | Chantal Réga | France | 11.53 | Q |
| 3 | Rosie Allwood | Jamaica | 11.68 | Q |
| 4 | Brigitte Senglaub | Switzerland | 11.69 | Q |
| 5 | Helinä Marjamaa | Finland | 11.70 | q |
| 6 | P. T. Usha | India | 12.27 | |
| 7 | Bessey de Létourdie | Seychelles | 13.04 | |
| — | Elżbieta Stachurska | Poland | DSQ | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Romy Müller | East Germany | 11.41 | Q |
| 2 | Denise Boyd | Australia | 11.56 | Q |
| 3 | Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 11.58 | Q |
| 4 | Marisa Masullo | Italy | 11.77 | Q |
| 5 | Leleith Hodges | Jamaica | 11.79 | |
| 6 | Marième Boye | Senegal | 12.42 | |
| 7 | Edwige Bancole | Benin | 13.19 | |
| 8 | Seuth Khampa | Laos | 14.62 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 11.41 | Q |
| 2 | Vera Anisimova | Soviet Union | 11.53 | Q |
| 3 | Mariya Shishkova | Bulgaria | 11.57 | Q |
| 4 | Els Vader | Netherlands | 11.61 | Q |
| 5 | Oguzoeme Nsenu | Nigeria | 11.72 | q |
| 6 | Françoise Damado | Senegal | 12.16 | |
| 7 | Mosi Alli | Tanzania | 12.19 | |
| 8 | Eugenia Osho-Williams | Sierra Leone | 12.95 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 11.13 | Q |
| 2 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 11.37 | Q |
| 3 | Heather Hunte | Great Britain | 11.40 | Q |
| 4 | Emma Sulter | France | 11.56 | Q |
| 5 | Rufina Ubah | Nigeria | 11.75 | q |
| 6 | Jennifer Innis | Guyana | 11.79 | |
| 7 | Estella Meheux | Sierra Leone | 13.22 | |
| 8 | Trần Thanh Vân | Vietnam | 13.23 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sofka Popova | Bulgaria | 11.35 | Q |
| 2 | Kathy Smallwood | Great Britain | 11.37 | Q |
| 3 | Natalya Bochina | Soviet Union | 11.38 | Q |
| 4 | Laureen Beckles | France | 11.59 | Q |
| 5 | Debbie Wells | Australia | 11.72 | q |
| 6 | Nzaeli Kyomo | Tanzania | 11.77 | |
| 7 | Carmela Bolívar | Peru | 12.07 | |
| 8 | Ruth Enang Mesode | Cameroon | 12.40 | |

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on Friday July 25, 1980.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 11.06 | Q |
| 2 | Romy Müller | East Germany | 11.09 | Q |
| 3 | Heather Hunte | Great Britain | 11.25 | Q |
| 4 | Denise Boyd | Australia | 11.35 | Q |
| 5 | Mariya Shishkova | Bulgaria | 11.47 | Q |
| 6 | Emma Sulter | France | 11.48 | q |
| 7 | Brigitte Senglaub | Switzerland | 11.56 | |
| 8 | Marisa Masullo | Italy | 11.57 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 11.12 | Q |
| 2 | Kathy Smallwood | Great Britain | 11.24 | Q |
| 3 | Natalya Bochina | Soviet Union | 11.30 | Q |
| 4 | Sofka Popova | Bulgaria | 11.42 | Q |
| 5 | Laureen Beckles | France | 11.54 | Q |
| 6 | Oguzoeme Nsenu | Nigeria | 11.55 | |
| 7 | Debbie Wells | Australia | 11.66 | |
| 8 | Rosie Allwood | Jamaica | 11.69 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ingrid Auerswald | East Germany | 11.12 | Q |
| 2 | Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 11.20 | Q |
| 3 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 11.31 | Q |
| 4 | Vera Anisimova | Soviet Union | 11.33 | Q |
| 5 | Chantal Réga | France | 11.40 | Q |
| 6 | Rufina Ubah | Nigeria | 11.60 | |
| — | Els Vader | Netherlands | DNF | |
| — | Helinä Laihorinne | Finland | DNF | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were held on Saturday July 26, 1980.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Romy Müller | East Germany | 11.22 | Q |
| 2 | Ingrid Auerswald | East Germany | 11.27 | Q |
| 3 | Kathy Smallwood | Great Britain | 11.30 | Q |
| 4 | Heather Hunte | Great Britain | 11.36 | Q |
| 5 | Vera Anisimova | Soviet Union | 11.51 | |
| 6 | Emma Sulter | France | 11.63 | |
| 7 | Mariya Shishkova | Bulgaria | 11.65 | |
| 8 | Laureen Beckles | France | 11.70 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 11.11 | Q |
| 2 | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 11.18 | Q |
| 3 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 11.36 | Q |
| 4 | Chantal Réga | France | 11.36 | Q |
| 5 | Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 11.38 | |
| 6 | Natalya Bochina | Soviet Union | 11.38 | |
| 7 | Sofka Popova | Bulgaria | 11.40 | |
| 8 | Denise Boyd | Australia | 11.44 | |

### Final

The final was held on Saturday July 26, 1980.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 11.06 |
| | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 11.07 |
| | Ingrid Auerswald | East Germany | 11.14 |
| 4 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 11.16 |
| 5 | Romy Müller | East Germany | 11.16 |
| 6 | Kathy Smallwood | Great Britain | 11.28 |
| 7 | Chantal Réga | France | 11.32 |
| 8 | Heather Hunte | Great Britain | 11.34 |