The women's coxed four rowing competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin, Moscow, Soviet Union. The event was held 21–26 July 1980.
Heats Winner of each heat advanced to final. The remaining teams must compete in repechage for the remaining spots in the final.
Heat One RankRowersCountryTime 1 Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova 3:26.75 2 Georgeta Militaru-Maşca, Florica Silaghi, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Valeria Cătescu, Aneta Matei 3:31.42 3 Anne Chirnside, Verna Westwood, Pam Westendorf, Sally Harding, Susie Palfreyman 3:34.08
Heat Two RankRowersCountryTime 1 Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel 3:25.22 2 Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nataliya Kazak 3:28.72 3 Pauline Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart, Jane Cross, Sue Brown 3:48.13
Repechage The top three teams in the repechage heat qualified for the finals.Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's Coxed Fours Round One Repêchage. Sports Reference. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
RankRowersCountryTime 1 Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina 3:21.51 2 Georgeta Militaru-Maşca, Florica Silaghi, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Valeria Cătescu, Aneta Matei 3:23.91 3 Anne Chirnside, Verna Westwood, Pam Westendorf, Sally Harding, Susie Palfreyman 3:26.77 4 Pauline Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart, Jane Cross, Sue Brown 3:35.85
Finals RankRowersCountryTime Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel 3:19.27 Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova 3:20.75 Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina 3:20.92 4 Georgeta Militaru-Maşca, Florica Silaghi, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Valeria Cătescu, Aneta Matei 3:22.08 5 Anne Chirnside, Verna Westwood, Pam Westendorf, Sally Harding, Susie Palfreyman 3:26.37
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