Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair

Women's coxless pairs at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin
Date	21 – 26 July
Competitors	12 from 6 nations
Medalists
Ute Steindorf and Cornelia Klier  East Germany Malgorzata Dluzewska and Czeslawa Koscianska  Poland Siika Barboulova and Stoyanka Kubatova  Bulgaria

The women's coxless pairs 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 July 21–26.

Heats

The fastest team in each heat advanced to the final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Larisa Zavarzina Galina Stepanova	Soviet Union (URS)	3:55.08
2	Ute Steindorf Cornelia Klier	East Germany (GDR)	4:00.17
3	Siika Barboulova Stoyanka Kubatova	Bulgaria (BUL)	4:00.38

Heat 2

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Malgorzata Dluzewska Czeslawa Koscianska	Poland (POL)	3:56.08
2	Florica Dospinescu Elena Oprea	Romania (ROM)	4:04.74
3	Teréz Bednarik Éva Molnár	Hungary (HUN)	4:12.44

Repechage

Three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the final.

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Ute Steindorf Cornelia Klier	East Germany	3:36.51
2	Florica Dospinescu Elena Oprea	Romania	3:37.16
3	Siika Barboulova Stoyanka Kubatova	Bulgaria	3:37.48
4	Teréz Bednarik Éva Molnár	Hungary	3:50.47

Final

Rank	Athletes Names	Country	Time
1	Ute Steindorf Cornelia Klier	East Germany	3:30.49
2	Malgorzata Dluzewska Czeslawa Koscianska	Poland	3:30.95
3	Siika Barboulova Stoyanka Kubatova	Bulgaria	3:32.39
4	Florica Dospinescu Elena Oprea	Romania	3:35.14
5	Larisa Zavarzina Galina Stepanova	Soviet Union	4:12.53

References

• The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three (PDF) (PDF). p. 117.