| Athletics XII Indoor European Championship 1981 Grenoble, France - 21st to 22nd February | 
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| old europe indoor 1981 | 
| Men Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| Men 50m | Marian Woronin |  POL | 5.65s | Vladimir Muravyov |  URS | 5.76s | Andrey Shlyapnikov |  URS | 5.77s | 
| Men 400m | Andreas Knebel |  GDR | 46.52s | Martin Weppler |  FRG | 46.88s | Stefano Malinverni |  ITA | 46.96s | 
| Men 800m | Herbert Wursthorn |  FRG | 1:47.70 | András Paróczai |  HUN | 1:47.73 | Antonio Páez |  ESP | 1:48.31 | 
| Men 1500m | Thomas Wessinghage |  FRG | 3:42.64 | Uwe Becker |  FRG | 3:43.02 | Mirosław Żerkowski |  POL | 3:44.32 | 
| Men 2820m | Alex Gonzalez |  FRA | 7:22.71 | Evgeni Ignatov |  BUL | No time | Valeriy Abramov |  URS | No time | 
| Men 50m Hurdles | Arto Bryggare |  FIN | 6.47s | Javier Moracho |  ESP | 6.48s | Guy Drut |  FRA | 6.54s | 
| Men 5000m Walk | Hartwig Gauder |  GDR | 19:08.59 CR | Maurizio Damilano |  ITA | 19:13.90 | Gérard Lelievre |  FRA | 19:55.02 | 
| Men High Jump | Roland Dalhäuser |  SUI | 2.28m | Carlo Thränhardt |  FRG | 2.25m | Dietmar Mögenburg |  FRG | 2.25m | 
| Men Pole Vault | Thierry Vigneron |  FRA | 5.70m =WR | Aleksandr Krupskiy |  URS | 5.65m | Jean-Michel Bellot |  FRA | 5.65m | 
| Men Long Jump | Rolf Bernhard |  SUI | 8.01m | Antonio Corgos |  ESP | 7.97m | Shamil Abbyasov |  URS | 7.95m | 
| Men Triple Jump | Shamil Abbyasov |  URS | 17.30m WR | Klaus Kübler |  FRG | 16.73m | Aston Moore |  GBR | 16.73m | 
| Men Shot Put | Reijo Ståhlberg |  FIN | 19.88m | Luc Viudès |  FRA | 19.41m | Zlatan Saracevic |  YUG | 19.40m | 
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| Women Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| Women 50m | Sofka Popova |  BUL | 6.17s | Linda Haglund |  SWE | 6.17s | Marita Koch |  GDR | 6.19s | 
| Women 400m | Jarmila Kratochvílová |  TCH | 50.07s CR | Natalya Bochina |  URS | 52.32s | Verona Elder |  GBR | 52.37s | 
| Women 800m | Hildegard Ullrich |  GDR | 2:00.94 | Svetla Zlateva |  BUL | 2:01.37 | Nikolina Shtereva |  BUL | 2:02.50 | 
| Women 1500m | Agnese Possamai |  ITA | 4:07.49 | Valentina Ilyinykh |  URS | 4:08.17 | Lyubov Smolka |  URS | 4:08.64 | 
| Women 50m Hurdles | Zofia Bielczyk |  POL | 6.74m =WR | Maria Kemenchezhi |  URS | 6.80s | Tatyana Anisimova |  URS | 6.81s | 
| Women High Jump | Sara Simeoni |  ITA | 1.97m CR | Elżbieta Krawczuk |  POL | 1.94m | Urszula Kielan |  POL | 1.94m | 
| Women Long Jump | Karin Hänel |  FRG | 6.77m WR | Sigrid Heimann |  GDR | 6.66m | Jasmin Fischer |  FRG | 6.65m | 
| Women Shot Put | Ilona Slupianek |  GDR | 20.77m | Helena Fibingerová |  TCH | 20.64m | Helma Knorscheidt |  GDR | 20.12m |