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Date: 26 July 1980 / 26 July 1980
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Petra Schneider | GDR | 4:36.29 |
| 2 | Sharron Davies | GBR | 4:46.83 |
| 3 | Agnieszka Czopek | POL | 4:48.17 |
| 4 | Grit Slaby | GDR | 4:48.54 |
| 5 | Ulrike Tauber | GDR | 4:49.18 |
| 6 | Stoianka Dyngalakova | BUL | 4:49.25 |
| 7 | Olga Klevakina | URS | 4:50.91 |
| 8 | Magdalena Bialas | POL | 4:53.30 |
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| 9 | Christel Fechner | BEL | 4:56.92 |
| 10 | Ann-Sofi Roos | SWE | 4:57.13 |
| 11 | Lisa Curry | AUS | 5:01.58 |
| 12 | Sarah Kerswell | GBR | 5:03.75 |
| 13 | Mariana Paraschiv | ROU | 5:04.56 |
| 14 | Irinel Adela Panulescu | ROU | 5:07.74 |
| 15 | Catherine Bohan | IRL | 5:21.82 |
| 16 | Maria Pia Ayora | PER | 5:27.19 |
| Did not start | |||
| Susanne Schultz Nielsson | DEN | ||
| Klara Gulyas | HUN | ||
| Michelle Ford | AUS | ||
| Lisa Forrest | AUS | ||