1981 World Judo Championships
# 1981 World Judo Championships

The 1981 World Judo Championships were the 12th edition of the Men's World Judo Championships, and were held in Maastricht, Netherlands from 3–6 September, 1981.

## Medal overview

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| -60 kg | Yasuhiko Moriwaki | Pavel Petřikov | Felice Mariani Phil Takahashi |
| -65 kg | Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki | Constantin Niculae | Hwang Jung-Oh Petr Ponomarev |
| -71 kg | Park Chong-Hak | Serge Dyot | Karl-Heinz Lehmann Vojo Vujevic |
| -78 kg | Neil Adams | Jiro Kase | Kevin Doherty Georgi Petrov |
| -86 kg | Bernard Tchoullouyan | Seiki Nose | David Bodaveli Detlef Ultsch |
| -95 kg | Tengiz Khubuluri | Robert van de Walle | Ha Hyung-Joo Roger Vachon |
| +95 kg | Yasuhiro Yamashita | Grigory Verichev | Vladimir Kocman Juha Salonen |
| Open | Yasuhiro Yamashita | Wojciech Reszko | Andras Ozsvar Robert van de Walle |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
