24.European Championships - Tampere, Finland - May 2-10 1981
Preliminaries (1/16)
| 1981-05-02 | 60kg | Viorel Ioana | ROM | Kazimierz Adach | POL | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-02 | 60kg | Yordan Lesov | BUL | Rudi Fink | GDR | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-02 | 60kg | Viktor Rybakov | URS | Manfred Findenig | AUT | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-02 | 60kg | Rene Weller | FRG | Tibor Puha | CZE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-02 | 67kg | Tsanko Ganushev | BUL | Leszek Czarny | POL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-02 | 67kg | Mihai Ciubotaru | ROM | Alexander Valko | CZE | RSC 3 |
| 1981-05-02 | 75kg | Edmondo Buttiglione | ITA | Angel Angelov | BUL | WO. |
Preliminaries (1/8)
| 1981-05-02 | 48kg | Ismail Mustafov | BUL | Antti Juntumaa | FIN | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-02 | 48kg | Dumitru Schiopu | ROM | Ryszard Majdański | POL | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-02 | 48kg | Shamil Sabirov | URS | Kjeld Jensen | DEN | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-02 | 48kg | Andras Rozsa | HUN | Agapito Gomez | ESP | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-03 | 51kg | Janos Varadi | HUN | Pavel Madura | CZE | RSCI 3 |
| 1981-05-03 | 51kg | Bogdan Maczuga | POL | Hugh Russell | IRL | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-03 | 51kg | Petar Lesov | BUL | Alexey Nikiforov | URS | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 51kg | Damiano Lauretta | ITA | Julio Gomez | ESP | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-04 | 54kg | Sławomir Zapart | POL | Jose Martinez | ESP | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-04 | 54kg | Stefan Gertel | FRG | Miroslav Vrba | CZE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-04 | 54kg | Metodi Metov | BUL | Sandor Farkas | HUN | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-03 | 57kg | Giuseppe Ferracuti | ITA | Mohammed Hanif | ENG | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 57kg | Krzysztof Kosedowski | POL | Peter Suckrow | FRG | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 57kg | Robert Gonczi | HUN | Titi Cercel | ROM | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 57kg | Carlos Pereira | POR | Herbert Brunnauer | AUT | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-03 | 57kg | Damien Fryers | IRL | Odd Bengtsson | SWE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 57kg | Serik Nurkazov | URS | Dejan Marovic | YUG | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 57kg | Todor Pavlov | BUL | Markku Martinkainen | FIN | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 57kg | Richard Nowakowski | GDR | Raul Trapero | ESP | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-04 | 60kg | Frederic Geoffroy | FRA | Renard Ashton | ENG | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-04 | 60kg | Gabor Takacs | HUN | Jose Hernando | ESP | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-04 | 60kg | Kalervo Alanenpaa | SWE | Kostas Sirras | GRE | RSC 2 |
| 1981-05-04 | 60kg | Carlo Russollilo | ITA | Paul Larkin | IRL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-04 | 60kg | Dragan Dimic | YUG | Peter Waits | POR | KO 1 |
| 1981-05-04 | 60kg | Vesa Wiik | FIN | Gert Bo Jacobsen | DEN | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-04 | 60kg | Yordan Lesov | BUL | Viorel Ioana | ROM | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-04 | 60kg | Viktor Rybakov | URS | Rene Weller | FRG | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-04 | 63,5kg | Vasiliy Shishov | URS | Joni Nyman | FIN | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-04 | 63,5kg | Shadrach Odhiambo | SWE | Jeff Decker | ENG | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-04 | 63,5kg | Nikolay Ganev | BUL | Eric Huigenyoort | HOL | KO 1 |
| 1981-05-04 | 63,5kg | David McAlister | IRL | Helmut Gertel | FRG | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-04 | 63,5kg | Dietmar Schwarz | GDR | Konrad Koenig | AUT | KO 1 |
| 1981-05-04 | 63,5kg | Kazimierz Szczerba | POL | Imre Bacskai | HUN | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-04 | 63,5kg | Mirko Puzovic | YUG | Dragomir Ilie | ROM | RSC 3 |
| 1981-05-04 | 63,5kg | Bohumil Nemecek | CZE | Hristos Kakouris | GRE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-05 | 67kg | Serik Konakbayev | URS | Joseph Fenlon | IRL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-05 | 67kg | Sreten Mirkovic | YUG | Jari Nikkila | FIN | RSC 2 |
| 1981-05-05 | 67kg | Tibor Molnar | HUN | Kristen Reagan | NOR | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-05 | 67kg | Said Skouma | FRA | Bob McKinley | ENG | RSCI 2 |
| 1981-05-05 | 67kg | Michael Kopzog | FRG | Natale Scapellato | ITA | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-05 | 67kg | Karl-Heinz Krueger | GDR | Victor Carvalho | POR | RSC 2 |
| 1981-05-05 | 67kg | Vesa Koskela | SWE | Bruno Rettenbacher | AUT | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-05 | 67kg | Mihai Ciubotaru | ROM | Tsanko Ganushev | BUL | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-05 | 71kg | Alexandr Koshkin | URS | Detlef Kaestner | GDR | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-05 | 71kg | Angelo La Mattina | ITA | Jan Lefeber | HOL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-05 | 71kg | Mikhail Takov | BUL | Ferdinand Pachler | AUT | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-05 | 71kg | Marinica Ouatu | ROM | Jan Franek | CZE | RSC 3 |
| 1981-05-05 | 71kg | Miodrag Perunovic | YUG | Athanasios Iliades | GRE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-05 | 71kg | Jerzy Kaczmarek | POL | Topi Mikkola | FIN | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-05 | 71kg | Patrick Magnetto | FRA | Reinhard Jassman | FRG | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-05 | 71kg | Imre Nemedi | HUN | Terje Sveen | NOR | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 75kg | Valentin Silaghi | ROM | Janos Rimoczi | HUN | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 75kg | Tarmo Uusivirta | FIN | Manfred Trauten | GDR | RSC 2 |
| 1981-05-03 | 75kg | Pedro van Raamsdonk | HOL | Ivan Gonda | CZE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 75kg | Jimmy Price | ENG | Terence Mahoney | IRL | RSCI 2 |
| 1981-05-03 | 75kg | Christer Corpi | SWE | Michel Moukory | FRA | RSC 2 |
| 1981-05-03 | 75kg | Yuriy Torbek | URS | Robert Pfitscher | AUT | AB 1 |
| 1981-05-03 | 75kg | Manfred Jassman | FRG | Danilo Jovanovic | YUG | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 75kg | Zygmunt Gosiewski | POL | Edmondo Buttiglione | ITA | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-04 | 81kg | Ralf Nebrig | GDR | Juha Hanninen | FIN | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-04 | 81kg | Ondrej Pustai | CZE | Bo Persson | SWE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-04 | 81kg | Janos Soltesz | HUN | Georgi Dolapchiev | BUL | RSCI 1 |
| 1981-05-03 | 91kg | Juergen Fanghaenel | GDR | Roger Andersson | SWE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 91kg | Soeren Thomsen | DEN | Karl-Heinz Heistermann | FRG | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 91kg | Vasil Bosakov | BUL | Ranko Vasiljevic | YUG | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-03 | 91kg | Risto Gronroos | FIN | Tomasi Watemonakehe | FRA | DQ 2 |
| 1981-05-05 | +91kg | Petar Stoymenov | BUL | Marian Klass | POL | 4:1 |
Quarter-finals
| 1981-05-06 | 48kg | Gerard Hawkins | IRL | Alain Jumeaux | FRA | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-06 | 48kg | Dietmar Geilich | GDR | Pedro Guerra | POR | RSC 1 |
| 1981-05-06 | 48kg | Ismail Mustafov | BUL | Dumitru Schiopu | ROM | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-06 | 48kg | Shamil Sabirov | URS | Andras Rozsa | HUN | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-06 | 51kg | Constantin Titoiu | ROM | Wolfgang Prosch | GDR | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-06 | 51kg | Jarmo Eskelinen | FIN | Ljubisa Simic | YUG | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-06 | 51kg | Bogdan Maczuga | POL | Janos Varadi | HUN | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-06 | 51kg | Petar Lesov | BUL | Damiano Lauretta | ITA | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-07 | 54kg | Dumitru Cipere | ROM | Ali Ben Maghenia | FRA | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-07 | 54kg | Viktor Miroshnichenko | URS | Markku Sarasto | FIN | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-07 | 54kg | Sami Buzoli | YUG | Sławomir Zapart | POL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-07 | 54kg | Stefan Gertel | FRG | Metodi Metov | BUL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-07 | 57kg | Krzysztof Kosedowski | POL | Giuseppe Ferracuti | ITA | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-07 | 57kg | Robert Gonczi | HUN | Carlos Pereira | POR | DQ 3 |
| 1981-05-07 | 57kg | Serik Nurkazov | URS | Damien Fryers | IRL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-07 | 57kg | Richard Nowakowski | GDR | Todor Pavlov | BUL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-06 | 60kg | Frederic Geoffroy | FRA | Gabor Takacs | HUN | RSCI 1 |
| 1981-05-06 | 60kg | Carlo Russollilo | ITA | Kalervo Alanenpaa | SWE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-06 | 60kg | Vesa Wiik | FIN | Dragan Dimic | YUG | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-06 | 60kg | Viktor Rybakov | URS | Yordan Lesov | BUL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-06 | 63,5kg | Vasiliy Shishov | URS | Shadrach Odhiambo | SWE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-06 | 63,5kg | Nikolay Ganev | BUL | David McAlister | IRL | RSC 2 |
| 1981-05-06 | 63,5kg | Dietmar Schwarz | GDR | Kazimierz Szczerba | POL | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-06 | 63,5kg | Mirko Puzovic | YUG | Bohumil Nemecek | CZE | RSCI 3 |
| 1981-05-07 | 67kg | Serik Konakbayev | URS | Sreten Mirkovic | YUG | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-07 | 67kg | Tibor Molnar | HUN | Said Skouma | FRA | KO 3 |
| 1981-05-07 | 67kg | Karl-Heinz Krueger | GDR | Michael Kopzog | FRG | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-07 | 67kg | Vesa Koskela | SWE | Mihai Ciubotaru | ROM | RSCI 3 |
| 1981-05-07 | 71kg | Alexandr Koshkin | URS | Angelo La Mattina | ITA | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-07 | 71kg | Mikhail Takov | BUL | Marinica Ouatu | ROM | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-07 | 71kg | Miodrag Perunovic | YUG | Jerzy Kaczmarek | POL | RSC 1 |
| 1981-05-07 | 71kg | Imre Nemedi | HUN | Patrick Magnetto | FRA | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-06 | 75kg | Valentin Silaghi | ROM | Tarmo Uusivirta | FIN | RSCI 3 |
| 1981-05-06 | 75kg | Pedro van Raamsdonk | HOL | Jimmy Price | ENG | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-06 | 75kg | Yuriy Torbek | URS | Christer Corpi | SWE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-06 | 75kg | Zygmunt Gosiewski | POL | Manfred Jassmann | FRG | RSCI 3 |
| 1981-05-06 | 81kg | Kurt Seiler | FRG | Erwin Pucher | AUT | DQ 3 |
| 1981-05-06 | 81kg | Georgica Donici | ROM | Paweł Skrzecz | POL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-06 | 81kg | Alexandr Krupin | URS | Ralf Nebrig | GDR | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-06 | 81kg | Ondrej Pustai | CZE | Janos Soltesz | HUN | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-07 | 91kg | Alexandr Yagubkin | URS | Grzegorz Skrzecz | POL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-07 | 91kg | Ion Cernat | ROM | Gyula Alvics | HUN | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-07 | 91kg | Juergen Fanghaenel | GDR | Soeren Thomsen | DEN | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-07 | 91kg | Vasil Bosakov | BUL | Risto Gronroos | FIN | RSC 1 |
| 1981-05-07 | +91kg | Francesco Damiani | ITA | Artur Laburda | CZE | RSC 2 |
| 1981-05-07 | +91kg | Ulli Kaden | GDR | Istvan Levai | HUN | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-07 | +91kg | Vyacheslav Yakovlev | URS | Teodor Pirjol | ROM | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-07 | +91kg | Azis Salihu | YUG | Petar Stoymenov | BUL | 3:2 |
Semi-finals
| 1981-05-08 | 48kg | Dietmar Geilich | GDR | Gerard Hawkins | IRL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | 48kg | Ismail Mustafov | BUL | Shamil Sabirov | URS | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | 51kg | Constantin Titoiu | ROM | Jarmo Eskelinen | FIN | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-08 | 51kg | Petar Lesov | BUL | Bogdan Maczuga | POL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | 54kg | Viktor Miroshnichenko | URS | Dumitru Cipere | ROM | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-08 | 54kg | Sami Buzoli | YUG | Stefan Gertel | FRG | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | 57kg | Krzysztof Kosedowski | POL | Robert Gonczi | HUN | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-08 | 57kg | Richard Nowakowski | GDR | Serik Nurkazov | URS | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-08 | 60kg | Carlo Russollilo | ITA | Frederic Geoffroy | FRA | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-08 | 60kg | Viktor Rybakov | URS | Vesa Wiik | FIN | RSC 2 |
| 1981-05-08 | 63,5kg | Vasiliy Shishov | URS | Nikolay Ganev | BUL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | 63,5kg | Mirko Puzovic | YUG | Dietmar Schwarz | GDR | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-08 | 67kg | Serik Konakbayev | URS | Tibor Molnar | HUN | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | 67kg | Karl-Heinz Krueger | GDR | Vesa Koskela | SWE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | 71kg | Alexandr Koshkin | URS | Mikhail Takov | BUL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | 71kg | Miodrag Perunovic | YUG | Imre Nemedi | HUN | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | 75kg | Pedro van Raamsdonk | HOL | Valentin Silaghi | ROM | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-08 | 75kg | Yuriy Torbek | URS | Zygmunt Gosiewski | POL | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | 81kg | Georgica Donici | ROM | Kurt Seiler | FRG | 3:2 |
| 1981-05-08 | 81kg | Alexandr Krupin | URS | Ondrej Pustai | CZE | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | 91kg | Alexandr Yagubkin | URS | Ion Cernat | ROM | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | 91kg | Juergen Fanghaenel | GDR | Vasil Bosakov | BUL | RSC 1 |
| 1981-05-08 | +91kg | Francesco Damiani | ITA | Ulli Kaden | GDR | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-08 | +91kg | Vyacheslav Yakovlev | URS | Azis Salihu | YUG | 5:0 |
Finals
| 1981-05-10 | 48kg | Ismail Mustafov | BUL | Dietmar Geilich | GDR | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-10 | 51kg | Petar Lesov | BUL | Constantin Titoiu | ROM | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-10 | 54kg | Viktor Miroshnichenko | URS | Sami Buzoli | YUG | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-10 | 57kg | Richard Nowakowski | GDR | Krzysztof Kosedowski | POL | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-10 | 60kg | Viktor Rybakov | URS | Carlo Russollilo | ITA | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-10 | 63,5kg | Vasiliy Shishov | URS | Mirko Puzovic | YUG | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-10 | 67kg | Serik Konakbayev | URS | Karl-Heinz Krueger | GDR | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-10 | 71kg | Alexandr Koshkin | URS | Miodrag Perunovic | YUG | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-10 | 75kg | Yuriy Torbek | URS | Pedro van Raamsdonk | HOL | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-10 | 81kg | Alexandr Krupin | URS | Georgica Donici | ROM | 4:1 |
| 1981-05-10 | 91kg | Alexandr Yagubkin | URS | Juergen Fanghaenel | GDR | 5:0 |
| 1981-05-10 | +91kg | Francesco Damiani | ITA | Vyacheslav Yakovlev | URS | 5:0 |
European Championships History | 1981 Results