Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's coxed four

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.^[1]

Women's coxed fours at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Krylatskoye Rowing Canal
Date	21–26 July 1980
Competitors	31 from 6 nations
Medalists
Ramona Kapheim Silvia Fröhlich Angelika Noack Romy Saalfeld Kirsten Wenzel  East Germany Ginka Gyurova Mariyka Modeva Rita Todorova Iskra Velinova Nadiya Filipova  Bulgaria Mariya Fadeyeva Galina Sovetnikova Marina Studneva Svetlana Semyonova Nina Cheremisina  Soviet Union
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Heats

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

Heat One

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova	Bulgaria (BUL)	3:26.75
2	Georgeta Militaru-Maşca, Florica Silaghi, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Valeria Cătescu, Aneta Matei	Romania (ROU)	3:31.42
3	Anne Chirnside, Verna Westwood, Pam Westendorf, Sally Harding, Susie Palfreyman	Australia (AUS)	3:34.08

Heat Two

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel	East Germany (GDR)	3:25.22
2	Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nataliya Kazak[2]	Soviet Union (URS)	3:28.72
3	Pauline Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart, Jane Cross, Sue Brown	Great Britain (GBR)	3:48.13

Repechage

The top three teams in the repechage heat qualified for the finals.^[3]

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
1	Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina	Soviet Union (URS)	3:21.51
2	Georgeta Militaru-Maşca, Florica Silaghi, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Valeria Cătescu, Aneta Matei	Romania (ROU)	3:23.91
3	Anne Chirnside, Verna Westwood, Pam Westendorf, Sally Harding, Susie Palfreyman	Australia (AUS)	3:26.77
4	Pauline Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart, Jane Cross, Sue Brown	Great Britain (GBR)	3:35.85

Finals

Rank	Rowers	Country	Time
	Ramona Kapheim, Silvia Fröhlich, Angelika Noack, Romy Saalfeld, Kirsten Wenzel	East Germany (GDR)	3:19.27
	Ginka Gyurova, Mariyka Modeva, Rita Todorova, Iskra Velinova, Nadiya Filipova	Bulgaria (BUL)	3:20.75
	Mariya Fadeyeva, Galina Sovetnikova, Marina Studneva, Svetlana Semyonova, Nina Cheremisina	Soviet Union (URS)	3:20.92
4	Georgeta Militaru-Maşca, Florica Silaghi, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Valeria Cătescu, Aneta Matei	Romania (ROU)	3:22.08
5	Anne Chirnside, Verna Westwood, Pam Westendorf, Sally Harding, Susie Palfreyman	Australia (AUS)	3:26.37