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Date: 25 July 1980 / 27 July 1980 / 28 July 1980
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Marita Koch | GDR | 48.88 |
| 2 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | TCH | 49.46 |
| 3 | Christina Lathan | GDR | 49.66 |
| 4 | Irina Nazarova | URS | 50.07 |
| 5 | Nina Ziuskova | URS | 50.17 |
| 6 | Gabriele Lowe | GDR | 51.33 |
| 7 | Pirjo Haggman | FIN | 51.35 |
| 8 | Linsey MacDonald | GBR | 52.40 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Liudmila Chernova | URS | 51.30 |
| 10 | Joslyn Hoyte-Smith | GBR | 51.47 |
| 11 | Michelle Probert | GBR | 51.89 |
| 12 | Malgorzata Dunecka | POL | 51.93 |
| 13 | Ilona Pal | HUN | 51.99 |
| 14 | Grazyna Oliszewska | POL | 52.36 |
| 15 | Rositsa Stamenova | BUL | 52.96 |
| 16 | Irena Szewinska | POL | 53.13 |
| Heats | |||
| 17 | Rosine Wallez | BEL | 52.00 |
| 18 | Svobodka Damianova | BUL | 52.23 |
| 19 | Niculina Lazarciuc | ROU | 52.52 |
| 20 | Mary Akinyemi | NGR | 52.64 |
| 21 | Ann-Louise Skoglund | SWE | 52.78 |
| 22 | Karoline Kafer | AUT | 52.82 |
| 23 | Maria Samungi | ROU | 52.89 |
| 24 | Elena Tarfta | ROU | 52.96 |
| 25 | Erica Rossi | ITA | 52.98 |
| 26 | Judit Forgacs | HUN | 53.06 |
| 27 | Milena Andonova | BUL | 53.30 |
| 28 | Sophie Malbranque | FRA | 53.46 |
| 29 | Kehinde Vaughan | NGR | 53.54 |
| 30 | Gloria Ayanlaja | NGR | 53.55 |
| 31 | Anne Michel | BEL | 54.22 |
| 32 | Marieme Boye | SEN | 55.16 |
| 33 | Ruth Simpson | JAM | 55.59 |
| 34 | Hala el-Moughrabi | SYR | 59.33 |
| 35 | Eugenia Osho-Williams | SLE | 1:00.44 |
| 36 | Thi Ngoc Anh Tran | VIE | 1:00.62 |
| 37 | Acacia Mate | MOZ | 1:00.90 |
| 38 | Xiomara Larios | NCA | 1:01.50 |
| Did not start | |||
| Rita Bottiglieri | ITA | ||