The 1981 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bala, Wales, Great Britain from July 15-24 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.^[1] It was the 17th edition. The mixed C2 event was reinstated after not being held at the previous championships.

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
C1	Jon Lugbill (USA)	234.58	David Hearn (USA)	234.92	Jean Sennelier (FRA)	246.27
C1 team	United States Jon Lugbill David Hearn Ron Lugbill	251.02	France Hervé Madore Jean Sennelier Jean Salamé	292.69	West Germany Gerald Moos Fredi Zimmermann Jürgen Schnitzerling	333.38
C2	United States Steve Garvis Mike Garvis	264.23	West Germany Dieter Welsink Peter Czupryna	271.68	United States Paul Grabow Jefry Huey	272.78
C2 team	United Kingdom Jock Young & Alistair Munro Robert Joce & Robert Owen Eric Jamieson & Robin Williams	338.17	Poland Wojciech Kudlik & Jerzy Jeż Marek Maslanka & Ryszard Seruga Zbigniew Czaja & Jacek Kasprzycki	356.30	United States Carl Gutschick & Paul Flack Paul Grabow & Jefry Huey Steve Garvis & Mike Garvis	395.14

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K1	Richard Fox (GBR)	211.94	Luboš Hilgert (TCH)	214.35	Jean-Yves Prigent (FRA)	219.58
K1 team	United Kingdom Richard Fox Albert Kerr Nicolas Wain	246.55	Switzerland Jürg Götz Urs Steinmann Milo Duffek	251.58	France Jean-Yves Prigent Thierry Junquet Bernard Renault	252.37

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
C2	United States Elizabeth Hayman Fritz Haller	355.12	United States Barbara McKee John Sweet	442.58	United States Karen Marte Brett Sorensen	464.39

Event	Gold	Points	Silver	Points	Bronze	Points
K1	Ulrike Deppe (FRG)	257.69	Cathy Hearn (USA)	262.79	Jocelyne Roupioz (FRA)	270.10
K1 team	West Germany Ulrike Deppe Susanne Erbers Gabriele Köllmann	303.10	United Kingdom Elizabeth Sharman Jane Roderick Susan Small	326.80	United States Linda Harrison Cathy Hearn Yuri Kusuda	333.69

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	4	3	4	11
2	Great Britain (GBR)	3	1	0	4
3	West Germany (FRG)	2	1	1	4
4	France (FRA)	0	1	4	5
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 entries)		9	9	9	27

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  Opening ceremony
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  Competitors preparing
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  A member of the Irish team
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  A competitor
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  Competitors
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  Transport
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  Competitors

• Official results
• International Canoe Federation
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• From this site you will be able to download the Historical vintage film ‘rushes’ from the world Championships that made up ‘ Think Slalom’