Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke Heats Heats

| Rank_ | Heat | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Svetlana Varganova Category:Articles with hCards | Soviet Union | 2:29.77 |
| 2 | 3 | Irena Fleissnerová Category:Articles with hCards | Czechoslovakia | 2:32.79 |
| 3 | 4 | Lina Kačiušytė Category:Articles with hCards | Soviet Union | 2:33.04 |
| 4 | 2 | Yuliya Bogdanova Category:Articles with hCards | Soviet Union | 2:33.45 |
| 5 | 4 | Susanne Nielsson Category:Articles with hCards | Denmark | 2:34.42 |
| 6 | 2 | Silvia Rinka Category:Articles with hCards | East Germany | 2:34.88 |
| 7 | 1 | Bettina Löbel Category:Articles with hCards | East Germany | 2:35.31 |
| 8 | 1 | Ute Geweniger Category:Articles with hCards | East Germany | 2:35.42 |
| 9 | 3 | Eva-Marie Håkansson Category:Articles with hCards | Sweden | 2:35.64 |
| 10 | 4 | Ann-Sofi Roos Category:Articles with hCards | Sweden | 2:35.99 |