Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's eight

Women's eights at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin
Date	21 – 26 July
Competitors	54 from 6 nations
Winning time	3:03.32
Medalists
Martina Boesler Christiane Knetsch Gabriele Lohs Karin Metze Kersten Neisser Ilona Richter Marita Sandig Birgit Schütz Marina Wilke  East Germany Nina Frolova Mariya Payun Olga Pivovarova Nina Preobrazhenskaya Nadezhda Prishchepa Tatyana Stetsenko Elena Tereshina Nina Umanets Valentina Zhulina  Soviet Union Angelica Aposteanu Elena Bondar Florica Bucur Maria Constantinescu Elena Dobrițoiu Rodica Frîntu Ana Iliuță Rodica Puscatu Marlena Zagoni  Romania

The women's eights 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	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Frolova, Payun, Pivovarova, Preobrazhenskaya, Prishchepa, Stetsenko, Tereshina, Umanets, Zhulina	Soviet Union (URS)	3:11.72
2	Hodges, Toch, Sweet, Clark, Paton, Clugston, Boyes, Jones, Wright	Great Britain (GBR)	3:18.18
3	Niebrzydowska, Lewandowska, Piatkowska, Kamuda, Modlinska, Soroka, Ambros, Kielsznia, Rózanska	Poland (POL)	3:25.15

Heat 2

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Boesler, Knetsch, Lohs, Metze, Neisser, Richter, Sandig, Schütz, Wilke	East Germany (GDR)	3:13.41
2	Aposteanu, Bondar, Bucur, Constantinescu, Dobritoiu, Frîntu, Iliuta, Puscatu, Zagoni	Romania (ROM)	3:16.21
3	Stavreva, Koleva, Vasileva, Khristeva, Kostova, Karamandzhukova, Mincheva, Aleksandrova, Georgieva	Bulgaria (BUL)	3:20.25

Repechage

Three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the final.

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Aposteanu, Bondar, Bucur, Constantinescu, Dobritoiu, Frîntu, Iliuta, Puscatu, Zagoni	Romania (ROM)	3:10.24
2	Stavreva, Koleva, Vasileva, Khristeva, Kostova, Karamandzhukova, Mincheva, Aleksandrova, Georgieva	Bulgaria (BUL)	3:15.49
3	Hodges, Toch, Sweet, Clark, Paton, Clugston, Boyes, Jones, Wright	Great Britain (GBR)	3:15.77
4	Niebrzydowska, Lewandowska, Piatkowska, Kamuda, Modlinska, Soroka, Ambros, Kielsznia, Rózanska	Poland (POL)	3:24.04

Final

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Boesler, Knetsch, Lohs, Metze, Neisser, Richter, Sandig, Schütz, Wilke	East Germany	3:03.32
2	Frolova, Payun, Pivovarova, Preobrazhenskaya, Prishchepa, Stetsenko, Tereshina, Umanets, Zhulina	Soviet Union	3:04.29
3	Aposteanu, Bondar, Bucur, Constantinescu, Dobritoiu, Frîntu, Iliuta, Puscatu, Zagoni	Romania	3:05.63
4	Stavreva, Koleva, Vasileva, Khristeva, Kostova, Karamandzhukova, Mincheva, Aleksandrova, Georgieva	Bulgaria	3:10.03
5	Hodges, Toch, Sweet, Clark, Paton, Clugston, Boyes, Jones, Wright	Great Britain	3:13.85

References

• The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three (PDF) (PDF). p. 121.