Competitors for 1981 Swim Europe Cup
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armi Airaksinen |  SWE |
SWI | 22 May 1962 |
| Frank Baltrusch |  GDR |
SWI | 21 March 1964 |
| Larisa Belokon |  URS |
SWI | 1964 |
| Conny van Bentum |  NED |
SWI | 12 August 1965 |
| Ina Beyermann |  GER |
SWI | 11 April 1965 |
| Frank Bludau | GDR |
SWI | |
| Knut Bludau | GDR |
SWI | 1962 |
| Simona Brighetti |  ITA |
SWI | 16 November 1967 |
| Ralf Buttgereit | GDR |
SWI | |
| Ayshkute Buzelite | URS |
SWI | |
| June Croft |  ENG GBR |
SWI | 17 June 1963 |
| Heike Dähne | GDR |
SWI | 15 October 1961 |
| Frédéric Delcourt |  FRA |
SWI | 14 February 1964 |
| Ines Diers | GDR |
SWI | 2 November 1963 |
| Sergey Fesenko | URS |
SWI | 29 January 1959 |
| Giovanni Franceschi | ITA |
SWI | 25 April 1963 |
| Tsvetan Golomeev |  BUL |
SWI | 21 July 1961 |
| Larisa Gorchakova | URS |
SWI | 9 July 1964 |
| Michael Groß | GER |
SWI | 17 June 1964 |
| Marcello Guarducci | ITA |
SWI | 11 July 1956 |
| Tomas Håkansson | SWE |
SWI | |
| Sigurd Hanke | GDR |
SWI | 1963 |
| Nicole Hasse | GER |
SWI | 1965 |
| Josef Hladky |  TCH GER |
SWI | 18 June 1962 |
| Annelie Holmström | SWE |
SWI | 10 January 1964 |
| Silke Hörner | GDR |
SWI | 12 September 1965 |
| Per Johansson | SWE |
SWI | 25 January 1963 |
| Yury Kis | URS |
SWI | 7 April 1962 |
| Petar Kochanov | BUL |
SWI | 31 January 1963 |
| Sergey Krasyuk | URS |
SWI | 17 November 1961 |
| Tommy Lindell | SWE |
SWI | |
| Lars Lindkvist | SWE |
SWI | |
| Susanne Link | GDR |
SWI | 27 September 1963 |
| Sven Lodziewski | GDR GER |
SWI | 17 March 1965 |
| Annelies Maas | NED |
SWI | 25 January 1960 |
| Daniel Machek | TCH |
SWI | 10 November 1959 |
| Aleksey Markovsky | URS |
SWI | 17 May 1957 |
| Jolande van der Meer | NED |
SWI | 18 November 1964 |
| Birgit Meineke | GDR |
SWI | 4 July 1964 |
| Adrian Moorhouse | ENG GBR |
SWI | 24 May 1964 |
| Martina Müller | GDR |
SWI | |
| Susanne Nielsson |  DEN |
SWI | 8 July 1960 |
| Ann Osgerby | ENG GBR |
SWI | 20 January 1963 |
| Kristin Otto | GDR |
SWI | 7 February 1966 |
| Andreas Peikert | GDR |
SWI | |
| Anette Philipsson | SWE |
SWI | 8 May 1965 |
| Andreas Reichel | GDR |
SWI | |
| Desi Reijers | NED |
SWI | 4 June 1964 |
| Dirk Richter | GDR GER |
SWI | 12 September 1964 |
| Jolanda de Rover | NED |
SWI | 10 October 1963 |
| Vladimir Salnikov | URS |
SWI | 21 May 1960 |
| Cinzia Savi Scarponi | ITA |
SWI | 12 November 1963 |
| Maria Scott | GBR |
SWI | |
| Yury Sereda | URS |
SWI | |
| Vladimir Shemetov |  RUS URS |
SWI | 9 March 1964 |
| Aleksandr Sidorenko | URS |
SWI | 27 May 1960 |
| Cornelia Sirch | GDR |
SWI | 23 October 1966 |
| Grit Slaby | GDR |
SWI | 18 May 1965 |
| Sergey Smiryagin | URS |
SWI | 27 October 1963 |
| Michael Söderlund | SWE |
SWI | 30 March 1962 |
| Anke Sonnenbrodt | GDR |
SWI | 23 November 1966 |
| Nataliya Strunnikova | URS |
SWI | 14 March 1964 |
| Petter Ulvestad |  NOR |
SWI | 6 July 1960 |
| Wilma van Velsen | NED |
SWI | 22 April 1964 |
| Annemarie Verstappen | NED |
SWI | 3 October 1965 |
| Jackie Willmott | ENG GBR |
SWI | 19 March 1965 |
| Jörg Woithe | GDR |
SWI | 11 April 1963 |
| Olaf Ziesche | GDR |
SWI | |
| Robertas Žulpa | URS |
SWI | 23 March 1960 |