1981 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships

Host City Valencia
Country ESP
Held 3 – 4 October 1981
Competitors 23
Countries 6

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
50 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
Combined Walk Team Men — Medal 12 3
5,000 m Walk Women — Medal 3 2
5,000 m Walk Team Women — Medal 9 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Mexico MEX 2 0 1 3
2 Soviet Union URS 1 2 1 4
3 Sweden SWE 1 1 0 2
4 Italy ITA 1 0 2 3
5 East Germany GDR 0 2 0 2
6 Australia AUS 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
20 km Walk, Men Ernesto Canto MEX Roland Wieser GDR Alessandro Pezzatini ITA
50 km Walk, Men Raúl González MEX Hartwig Gauder GDR Sandro Bellucci ITA
Combined Walk Team, Men Italy ITA Soviet Union URS Mexico MEX
5,000 m Walk, Women Siv Gustavsson SWE Aleksandra Derevinskaya URS Lyudmila Khrushcheva URS
5,000 m Walk Team, Women Soviet Union URS Sweden SWE Australia AUS