Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's pentathlon
These are the official results of the Women's Pentathlon competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There were a total number of 19 participating athletes, with the competition held on 24 July 1980. This was to be the last Pentathlon competition at this level as the Heptathlon subsequently replaced it and became the multi-event competition for women.Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | SP | HJ | LJ | 800m | Points | Notes |
| Nadiya Tkachenko | | 13.29 | 16.84 | 1.84 | 6.73 | 2:05.2 | 5083 | WR |
| Olga Rukavishnikova | | 13.66 | 14.09 | 1.88 | 6.79 | 2:04.8 | 4937 | |
| Olga Kuragina | | 13.26 | 12.49 | 1.84 | 6.77 | 2:03.6 | 4875 | |
| Ramona Neubert | | 13.93 | 13.68 | 1.77 | 6.63 | 2:07.7 | 4698 | |
| Margit Papp | | 13.96 | 14.94 | 1.74 | 6.35 | 2:15.8 | 4562 | |
| Burglinde Pollak | | 13.74 | 16.67 | 1.68 | 5.93 | 2:14.4 | 4553 | |
| Valentina Dimitrova | | 14.39 | 15.65 | 1.74 | 5.91 | 2:15.5 | 4458 | |
| Emiliya Kunova | | 13.73 | 11.98 | 1.74 | 6.10 | 2:11.1 | 4431 | |
| Florence Picaut | | 13.75 | 13.24 | 1.80 | 5.83 | 2:16.7 | 4424 | |
| 10 | Sylvia Barlag | | 14.20 | 11.82 | 1.80 | 6.05 | 2:16.4 | 4333 | |
| 11 | Marcela Koblasová | | 14.10 | 13.42 | 1.71 | 6.15 | 2:20.3 | 4328 | |
| 12 | Małgorzata Guzowska | | 14.16 | 13.63 | 1.80 | 6.21 | 2:29.3 | 4326 | |
| 13 | Judy Livermore | | 13.57 | 13.56 | 1.77 | 5.71 | 2:25.3 | 4304 | |
| 14 | Conceição Geremias | | 14.33 | 13.16 | 1.71 | 5.97 | 2:18.9 | 4263 | |
| 15 | Sue Longden | | 14.10 | 11.47 | 1.74 | 6.09 | 2:19.6 | 4234 | |
| 16 | Yvette Wray | | 13.78 | 12.01 | 1.65 | 5.60 | 2:15.9 | 4159 | |
| 17 | Cécile Ngambi | | 14.09 | 10.28 | 1.80 | 5.38 | 2:39.7 | 3832 | |
| Nancy Vallecilla | | 14.46 | 11.12 | 1.68 | 5.45 | | ' | |
| Christine Laser | | 13.67 | 13.39 | | | | ' | |
