17.Friendship Tournament
Gera, GDR
August 12-16, 1981
Preliminaries (incomplete)
| 1981-08-12 | 48kg | Pedro Mejico | CUB | Janusz Starzyk | POL | RSC 2 |
| 1981-08-12 | 51kg | Ionel Tanase | ROM | Czesław Klockiewicz | POL | 4:1 |
| 1981-08-12 | 60kg | Marek Kozak | POL | Zsolt Hajdo | HUN | 3:2 |
| 1981-08-12 | 63,5kg | Imrich Slavik | CZE | Wiesław Gut | POL | 5:0 |
Quarterfinals (incomplete)
| 1981-08-13 | 48kg | Jochen Paetz | GDR | R.Ismagilov | URS | 5:0 |
| 1981-08-13 | 51kg | Yuriy Alexandrov | URS | Galin Kolev | BUL | ??? |
| 1981-08-13 | 51kg | Joaquin Campaneoni | CUB | Wolfgang Prosch | GDR | RSC 2 |
| 1981-08-13 | 54kg | Luis Delis | CUB | Bogdan Więcek | POL | RSC 1 |
| 1981-08-13 | 57kg | Marin Marinov | BUL | Edmund Kuczera | POL | AB 1 |
| 1981-08-13 | 57kg | ??? | ??? | Gilberto Heredia | CUB | WO. |
| 1981-08-13 | 60kg | ??? | ??? | Carlos Garcia | CUB | WO. |
| 1981-08-13 | 60kg | Fred Moritz | GDR | Marek Kozak | POL | KO 2 |
| 1981-08-13 | 67kg | Jarosław Margas | POL | Bogomil Alexandrov | BUL | 5:0 |
| 1981-08-12 | 71kg | Jacek Sankiewicz | POL | Ralf Winkler | GDR | RSC 1 |
| 1981-08-13 | 75kg | Wiesław Urban | POL | Ladislav Juhas | CZE | 3:2 |
| 1981-08-13 | 81kg | Jens Demmler | GDR | Jerzy Stodolny | POL | PTS |
| 1981-08-?? | +81kg | Deyan Kirilov | BUL | Fridrich Micek | CZE | ??? |
Semifinals (incomplete)
| 1981-08-14 | 48kg | Kim Di-Jen | PRK | Jochen Paetz | GDR | RSC 1 |
| 1981-08-14 | 54kg | Li San Chel | PRK | Burkhard Hohn | GDR | ??? |
| 1981-08-14 | 60kg | Siegfried Mehnert | GDR | Simota | ROM | RSC 1 |
| 1981-08-14 | 67kg | Rene Suetovius | GDR | Jarosław Margas | POL | 4:1 |
| 1981-08-15 | 71kg | Orlando Garcia | CUB | Jacek Sankiewicz | POL | RSC 2 |
| 1981-08-14 | 75kg | Stanislav Tarachanov | URS | Wiesław Urban | POL | 5:0 |
Finals
| 1981-08-16 | 48kg | Kim Di-Jen | PRK | Ivan Dimitrov | BUL | 5:0 |
| 1981-08-16 | 51kg | Joaquin Campaneoni | CUB | Yuriy Alexandrov | URS | 3:2 |
| 1981-08-16 | 54kg | Luis Delis | CUB | Li San Chel | PRK | RSC 1 |
| 1981-08-16 | 57kg | Marin Marinov | BUL | Enkhbat Nergui | MGL | 4:1 |
| 1981-08-16 | 60kg | Siegfried Mehnert | GDR | Nail Fadhulin | URS | RSC 1 |
| 1981-08-16 | 63,5kg | Sergey Gordeyev | URS | Doru Maricescu | ROM | 4:1 |
| 1981-08-16 | 67kg | Nicolae Vanatoru | ROM | Rene Suetovius | GDR | RSC 3 |
| 1981-08-16 | 71kg | Orlando Garcia | CUB | Maik Koudele | GDR | RSC 2 |
| 1981-08-16 | 75kg | Bernardo Comas | CUB | Stanislav Tarachanov | URS | 5:0 |
| 1981-08-16 | 81kg | Jens Demmler | GDR | Frank Witte | GDR | RSC 2 |
| 1981-08-16 | +81kg | Viktor Aldoshin | URS | Steffen Haupt | GDR | RSC 2 |
sources: "Przegląd Sportowy" nr 155-157 - August 13-17, 1981 & "Berliner Zeitung" nr 191-192 - August 14-15, 1981
Tournament History | 1981 Results