1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 50 metres hurdles
# 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 50 metres hurdles

The men's 50 metres hurdles event at the 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 February.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Arto Bryggare Finland | Javier Moracho Spain | Guy Drut France |

## Results

### Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Arto Bryggare | Finland | 6.53 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Stepan Kuziv | Soviet Union | 6.58 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Guy Drut | France | 6.63 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Javier Moracho | Spain | 6.64 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Yuriy Chervanyov | Soviet Union | 6.65 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Plamen Krastev | Bulgaria | 6.66 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Hans-Gerd Klein | West Germany | 6.67 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Pablo Cassina | Switzerland | 6.71 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Dieter Gebhard | West Germany | 6.72 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Daniele Fontecchio | Italy | 6.73 | q |
| 10 | 3 | György Bakos | Hungary | 6.73 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Roberto Schneider | Switzerland | 6.74 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Vasko Nedyalkov | Bulgaria | 6.75 | |
| 14 | 1 | Jiří Čeřovský | Czechoslovakia | 6.76 | |
| 15 | 1 | Jean-Yves Clerc | France | 6.83 | |
| 16 | 3 | Marco Braccini | Italy | 6.97 | |

### Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Arto Bryggare | Finland | 6.54 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Javier Moracho | Spain | 6.58 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Guy Drut | France | 6.59 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Hans-Gerd Klein | West Germany | 6.60 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Yuriy Chervanyov | Soviet Union | 6.63 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Plamen Krastev | Bulgaria | 6.64 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Stepan Kuziv | Soviet Union | 6.66 | |
| 8 | 1 | Dieter Gebhard | West Germany | 6.66 | |
| 9 | 2 | György Bakos | Hungary | 6.69 | |
| 10 | 2 | Daniele Fontecchio | Italy | 6.79 | |
| 11 | 2 | Pablo Cassina | Switzerland | 6.83 | |
| | 1 | Roberto Schneider | Switzerland | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Arto Bryggare | Finland | 6.47 | CR, NR |
| | Javier Moracho | Spain | 6.48 | |
| | Guy Drut | France | 6.54 | |
| 4 | Plamen Krastev | Bulgaria | 6.62 | NR |
| 5 | Yuriy Chervanyov | Soviet Union | 6.62 | |
| 6 | Hans-Gerd Klein | West Germany | 6.71 | |
