Competitors for 1981 World Cyclo-Cross Championships
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palle Andersen |  DEN |
CYC | |
| Frank van Bakel |  NED |
CYC | 4 December 1958 |
| Gilles Blaser |  SUI |
CYC | 16 December 1952 |
| René Bleuze |  FRA |
CYC | 17 March 1944 |
| Hans Boom | NED |
CYC | 19 September 1958 |
| Wil Brouwers | NED |
CYC | 16 January 1949 |
| Jean Chassang | FRA |
CYC | 8 February 1951 |
| Noël Danneels |  BEL |
CYC | 27 May 1946 |
| Steven Davies |  GBR |
CYC | 9 April 1960 |
| Rudy De Bie | BEL |
CYC | 7 October 1955 |
| Paul De Brauwer | BEL |
CYC | 7 June 1956 |
| Eric De Bruyne | BEL |
CYC | 27 February 1948 |
| Serge Dhont | FRA |
CYC | 30 January 1949 |
| Vito Di Tano |  ITA |
CYC | 23 September 1954 |
| Reimund Dietzen |  GER |
CYC | 29 May 1959 |
| Gert Dolfsma | NED |
CYC | 8 January 1960 |
| Jempy Drücker |  LUX |
CYC | 24 August 1961 |
| Benito Durán |  ESP |
CYC | |
| Federico Echave | ESP |
CYC | 20 July 1960 |
| Juan María Eguiarte | ESP |
CYC | |
| Claudio Fasolo | ITA |
CYC | 9 January 1960 |
| Giuseppe Fatato | ITA |
CYC | 18 September 1954 |
| Miloš Fišera |  TCH |
CYC | 17 February 1950 |
| Peter Frischknecht | SUI |
CYC | 12 March 1946 |
| Vitaly Gavrilov |  URS |
CYC | |
| André Geirland | BEL |
CYC | 16 May 1945 |
| Alex Gérardin | FRA |
CYC | 8 July 1947 |
| Johan Ghyllebert | BEL |
CYC | 4 December 1955 |
| Rein Groenendaal | NED |
CYC | 24 April 1951 |
| René Hauselmann | SUI |
CYC | |
| Yves Hézard | FRA |
CYC | 20 October 1948 |
| Ivan Ivanov | URS |
CYC | 9 May 1960 |
| Grzegorz Jaroszewski |  POL |
CYC | 12 February 1955 |
| Sepp Küriger | SUI |
CYC | 17 November 1954 |
| Miloslav Kvasnička | TCH |
CYC | 22 August 1963 |
| Carlo Lafranchi | SUI |
CYC | 17 September 1952 |
| Christopher Ledger | GBR |
CYC | |
| Roland Liboton | BEL |
CYC | 6 March 1957 |
| Erwin Lienhard | SUI |
CYC | 16 January 1957 |
| Andrzej Mąkowski | POL |
CYC | 3 June 1957 |
| Juan Tomás Martínez | ESP |
CYC | 16 July 1962 |
| Rigobert Matt | GER |
CYC | 10 May 1963 |
| Claude Michely | LUX |
CYC | 8 October 1959 |
| Konrad Morf | SUI |
CYC | |
| Ueli Müller | SUI |
CYC | 3 April 1952 |
| Allan Møller | DEN |
CYC | 12 July 1957 |
| Vladimir Osipov | URS |
CYC | |
| Ottavio Paccagnella | ITA |
CYC | 6 January 1956 |
| Rainer Paus | GER |
CYC | |
| Daniel Perret | FRA |
CYC | 13 June 1955 |
| Edward Piech | POL |
CYC | 16 February 1959 |
| Jean-Yves Plaisance | FRA |
CYC | 26 December 1946 |
| Francisco Sala | ESP |
CYC | 19 May 1958 |
| Fritz Saladin | SUI |
CYC | 17 November 1950 |
| Antonio Saronni | ITA |
CYC | 13 April 1956 |
| Anatoly Savelyev | URS |
CYC | |
| Jörgfried Schleicher | GER |
CYC | 1960 |
| Radomír Šimůnek Sr |  CZE TCH |
CYC | 8 April 1962 |
| Herman Snoeijink | NED |
CYC | 6 August 1951 |
| Hendrikus Stamsnijder | NED |
CYC | 21 July 1954 |
| Tadeusz Steinke | POL |
CYC | 26 March 1952 |
| Eric Stone | GBR |
CYC | 22 February 1946 |
| Jan Teugels | BEL |
CYC | 12 October 1948 |
| Klaus-Peter Thaler | GER |
CYC | 14 May 1949 |
| Dieter Übing | GER |
CYC | 20 February 1946 |
| Franco Vagneur | ITA |
CYC | 14 February 1944 |
| Robert Vermeire | BEL |
CYC | 2 November 1944 |
| José Iñaki Vijandi | ESP |
CYC | 28 July 1961 |
| Steve Walter | GBR |
CYC | 4 February 1954 |
| Paul Watson | GBR |
CYC | 5 May 1962 |
| Heinz Weis | GER |
CYC | |
| Cees van der Wereld | NED |
CYC | 12 December 1955 |
| André Wilhelm | FRA |
CYC | 7 February 1943 |
| Chris Wreghitt | GBR |
CYC | 11 November 1958 |
| José María Yurrebaso | ESP |
CYC | 11 October 1955 |
| Lucien Zeimes | LUX |
CYC | 30 October 1948 |
| Albert Zweifel | SUI |
CYC/TRI | 7 June 1949 |