Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
These are the official results of the women's 4 × 400 m relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. A total of 11 nations competed. The final was held on 1 August 1980. The event was won by the Soviet Union team of Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Ziuskova and Irina Nazarova, which beat the East German team. Great Britain came third.
Medalists
Records
These were the standing World and Olympic records prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.| World Record | 3:19.23 |  Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Lathan | Montreal | 31 July 1976 |
| Olympic Record | 3:19.23 | Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Lathan | Montreal | 31 July 1976 |
Final
- Held on Friday 1 August 1980
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| • Tatyana Prorochenko • Tatyana Goyshchik • Nina Ziuskova • Irina Nazarova | 3:20.12 | ||
| • Barbara Krug • Gabriele Löwe • Christina Lathan • Marita Koch | 3:20.35 | ||
| • Linsey MacDonald • Michelle Probert • Joslyn Hoyte-Smith • Donna Hartley | 3:27.5 | ||
| 4. | • Iboia Korodi • Niculina Lazarciuc • Maria Samungi • Elena Tarfta | 3:27.74 | |
| 5. | • Iren Orosz • Judit Forgecs • Eva Toth • Ilona Pal | 3:27.9 | |
| 6. | • Grazyna Oliszewska • Elzbieta Katolik • Jolanta Januchta • Malgorzata Dunecka | 3:27.9 | |
| 7. | • Lea Alaerts • Regine Berg • Anne Michel • Rosine Wallez | 3:31.6 | |
| - | • Svobodka Damianova • Rositsa Stamenova • Malena Andonova • Bonka Dimova | DNF |