1981 World Table Tennis Championships
| Host City | Novi Sad |
|---|---|
| Country |  YUG |
| Held | 14 – 26 April 1981 |
| Competitors | 39 |
| Countries | 8 |
Events
| Event | Gender | Held | Status | Competitors | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles | Men | — | Medal | 4 | 3 |
| Doubles | Men | — | Medal | 8 | 3 |
| Team | Men | — | Medal | 15 | 3 |
| Singles | Women | — | Medal | 4 | 2 |
| Doubles | Women | — | Medal | 8 | 2 |
| Team | Women | — | Medal | 12 | 3 |
| Doubles | Mixed | — | Medal | 8 | 2 |
Medal table
| Pos | Country | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China |  CHN |
7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | South Korea |  KOR |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Hungary |  HUN |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | YUG |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | France |  FRA |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | Japan |  JPN |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | North Korea |  PRK |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | Sweden |  SWE |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medal winners
| Event | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles, Men | Guo Yuehua |
CHN
|
Cai Zhenhua |
CHN
|
Stellan Bengtsson Dragutin Šurbek |
SWE YUG
|
| Doubles, Men | Cai Zhenhua / Li Zhenshi |
CHN
|
Guo Yuehua / Xie Saike |
CHN
|
Patrick Birocheau / Jacques Secrétin Antun Stipančić / Dragutin Šurbek |
FRA YUG
|
| Team, Men | China |
CHN
|
Hungary |
HUN
|
Japan |
JPN
|
| Doubles, Mixed | Xie Saike / Huang Junqun |
CHN
|
Xinhua Chen / Tong Ling |
CHN
|
Huang Liang / Pu Qijuan Dragutin Šurbek / Branka Batinić |
CHN YUG
|
| Singles, Women | Tong Ling |
CHN
|
Cao Yanhua |
CHN
|
Lee Su-Ja Zhang Deying |
KOR CHN
|
| Doubles, Women | Cao Yanhua / Zhang Deying |
CHN
|
Pu Qijuan / Tong Ling |
CHN
|
An Hae-Suk / Hwang Nam-Suk Huang Junqun / Yan Guili |
KOR CHN
|
| Team, Women | China |
CHN
|
South Korea |
KOR
|
North Korea |
PRK
|