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
01 ! Martina Boesler Christiane Knetsch Gabriele Lohs Karin Metze Kersten Neisser Ilona Richter Marita Sandig Birgit Schütz Marina Wilke  East Germany 02 ! Nina Frolova Mariya Payun Olga Pivovarova Nina Preobrazhenskaya Nadezhda Prishchepa Tatyana Stetsenko Elena Tereshina Nina Umanets Valentina Zhulina  Soviet Union 03 ! Angelica Aposteanu Elena Bondar Florica Bucur Maria Constantinescu Elena Dobrițoiu Rodica Frîntu Ana Iliuță Rodica Puscatu Marlena Zagoni  Romania
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01 !		Martina Boesler Christiane Knetsch Gabriele Lohs Karin Metze Kersten Neisser Ilona Richter Marita Sandig Birgit Schütz Marina Wilke	East Germany
02 !		Nina Frolova Mariya Payun Olga Pivovarova Nina Preobrazhenskaya Nadezhda Prishchepa Tatyana Stetsenko Elena Tereshina Nina Umanets Valentina Zhulina	Soviet Union
03 !		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.

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

Three fastest teams in the repechage advanced to the final.