1981 World Wrestling Championships - Freestyle
| Host City |
Skopje |
| Country |
 YUG |
| Held |
11 – 14 September 1981 |
| Competitors |
30 |
| Countries |
11 |
Events
Medal table
| Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Soviet Union |
 URS |
5 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
| 2 |
Bulgaria |
 BUL |
1 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
| 3 |
United States |
 USA |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| 4 |
East Germany |
 GDR |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| 5 |
Japan |
 JPN |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 6 |
Germany |
 GER |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 7 |
Poland |
 POL |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 8 |
Iran |
 IRI |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
South Korea |
 KOR |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| = |
Yugoslavia |
YUG |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 11 |
Mongolia |
 MGL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Medal winners
| Event |
🥇 Gold |
|
🥈 Silver |
|
🥉 Bronze |
|
| Freestyle -48 kg, Men |
Sergey Kornilayev
|
URS
|
Son Gap-Do
|
KOR
|
Billy Rosado
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -52 kg, Men |
Toshio Asakura
|
JPN
|
Hartmut Reich
|
GDR
|
Nanzadyn Büregdaa
|
MGL
|
| Freestyle -57 kg, Men |
Sergey Beloglazov
|
URS
|
Stefan Ivanov
|
BUL
|
Hideaki Tomiyama
|
JPN
|
| Freestyle -62 kg, Men |
Simeon Shterev
|
BUL
|
Marian Skubacz
|
POL
|
Viktor Alekseyev
|
URS
|
| Freestyle -68 kg, Men |
Saypulla Absaidov
|
URS
|
Šaban Sejdi
|
YUG
|
Kamen Penev
|
BUL
|
| Freestyle -74 kg, Men |
Martin Knosp
|
GER
|
Valentin Raychev
|
BUL
|
Leroy Kemp
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -82 kg, Men |
Chris Campbell
|
USA
|
Efraim Kamberov
|
BUL
|
Grigory Danko
|
URS
|
| Freestyle -90 kg, Men |
Sanasar Oganisyan
|
URS
|
Ivan Ginov
|
BUL
|
Uwe Neupert
|
GDR
|
| Freestyle -100 kg, Men |
Roland Gehrke
|
GDR
|
Greg Gibson
|
USA
|
Ilya Mate
|
URS
|
| Freestyle +100 kg, Men |
Salman Khasimikov
|
URS
|
Reza Sokhtesaraie
|
IRI
|
Adam Sandurski
|
POL
|