1981 UCI Road World Championships
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_location_map.png)  Prague | |
| Venue | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 30 August 1981 |
| Coordinates | 50°05′N 14°25′E / 50.083°N 14.417°E |
| Events | 4 |
The 1981 UCI Road World Championships took place on 30 August 1981 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Results
| Race: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze : | Time |
| Men | ||||||
| Men's road race |
Freddy Maertens Belgium |
7.21'59" | Giuseppe Saronni Italy |
s.t. | Bernard Hinault France |
s.t |
Amateurs' road race
|
Andrei Vedernikov Soviet Union |
- | Rudy Rogiers Belgium |
- | Gilbert Glaus Switzerland |
- |
Team time trial
|
 East Germany Falk Boden Bernd Drogan Mario Kummer Olaf Ludwig |
- | Anatoli Yarkin |
- |  Czechoslovakia Milan Jurčo Michal Klasa Alipi Kostadinov Jiří Škoda |
- |
| Women | ||||||
| Women's road race | Ute Enzenauer West Germany |
- | Jeannie Longo France |
- | - | |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | East Germany (DDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
List of professional riders
NB : List of teams by number of riders then alphabetically.
The maximum number of riders per team was 12, plus the titleholder Bernard Hinault.
The number of riders at the start was 112 with 69 finishers (43 abandoned)
- ^ Marcel Tinazzi replaced Robert Alban after a hernia.
External links
- Men's results
- Women's results
- (in Italian) Results at sportpro.it