| Event: | Women's eights |
| Games: | 1980 Summer |
| Date: | 21–26 July |
| Competitors: | 54 |
| Nations: | 6 |
| Gold: | Martina Boesler Christiane Knetsch Gabriele Kühn Karin Metze Kersten Neisser Ilona Richter Marita Sandig Birgit Schütz Marina Wilke (cox) |
| Goldnoc: | GDR |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronzenoc: | ROM |
| Win Value: | 3:03.32 |
| Next: | 1984 |
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 21 to 26 July.[1]
The fastest team in each heat advanced to the final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:11.72 | |||
| 2 | 3:18.18 | |||
| 3 | 3:25.15 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boesler, Knetsch, Kühn, Metze, Neisser, Richter, Sandig, Schütz, Wilke | 3:13.41 | ||
| 2 | 3:16.21 | |||
| 3 | 3:20.25 |
Three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the final.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:10.24 | |||
| 2 | 3:15.49 | |||
| 3 | 3:15.77 | |||
| 4 | Niebrzydowska, Lewandowska, Piatkowska, Kamuda, Modlinska, Soroka, Ambros, Kielsznia, Rózanska (cox) | 3:24.04 |
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boesler, Knetsch, Kühn, Metze, Neisser, Richter, Sandig, Schütz, Wilke (cox) | 3:03.32 | ||
| 2 | Paziun, Pivovarova, Preobrazhenskaya, Prishchepa, Stetsenko, Tereshina, Umanets, Zhulina, Frolova (cox) | 3:04.29 | ||
| 3 | Aposteanu, Bondar, Bucur, Constantinescu, Frîntu, Iliuta, Puscatu, Zagoni, Dobritoiu (cox) | 3:05.63 | ||
| 4 | Stavreva, Koleva, Vasileva, Khristeva, Kostova, Karamandzhukova, Mincheva, Aleksandrova, Georgieva (cox) | 3:10.03 | ||
| 5 | Hodges, Toch, Sweet, Clark, Paton, Clugston, Boyes, Jones, Wright (cox) | 3:13.85 |