IMO 1981 — Country Results
| Rank | Country | Code | # | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | Total | G | S | B | HM | Leader | Deputy Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | USA | 8 | 55 | 56 | 45 | 56 | 47 | 55 | 314 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Germany | GER | 8 | 49 | 54 | 43 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 312 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 3 | United Kingdom | UNK | 8 | 38 | 54 | 45 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 301 | 3 | 4 | 1 | John William Hersee | ||
| 4 | Austria | AUT | 8 | 49 | 51 | 36 | 51 | 48 | 55 | 290 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Bulgaria | BGR | 8 | 44 | 47 | 36 | 50 | 55 | 55 | 287 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 6 | Poland | POL | 8 | 38 | 51 | 22 | 50 | 49 | 49 | 259 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Maciej Bryński | ||
| 7 | Canada | CAN | 8 | 30 | 40 | 33 | 48 | 42 | 56 | 249 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Edward Barbeau | ||
| 8 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 8 | 41 | 54 | 24 | 40 | 40 | 47 | 246 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 9 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | USS | 6 | 36 | 42 | 36 | 36 | 42 | 38 | 230 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 10 | Netherlands | NLD | 8 | 22 | 45 | 19 | 38 | 55 | 40 | 219 | 3 | 1 | Bert Boon | |||
| 11 | France | FRA | 8 | 21 | 47 | 20 | 33 | 42 | 46 | 209 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | Sweden | SWE | 8 | 31 | 29 | 7 | 42 | 44 | 54 | 207 | 1 | 3 | Svante Janson | |||
| 13 | Finland | FIN | 8 | 19 | 43 | 16 | 37 | 38 | 53 | 206 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Juha Oikkonen | ||
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | CZS | 5 | 28 | 35 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 34 | 190 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 15 | Israel | ISR | 6 | 29 | 32 | 19 | 28 | 39 | 28 | 175 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 16 | Brazil | BRA | 8 | 15 | 38 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 44 | 172 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | Hungary | HUN | 4 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 164 | 3 | 1 | István Reiman | |||
| 18 | Cuba | CUB | 8 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 35 | 141 | 1 | |||||
| 19 | Belgium | BEL | 8 | 14 | 31 | 15 | 23 | 31 | 25 | 139 | 2 | |||||
| 20 | Romania | ROU | 4 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 136 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 21 | Australia | AUS | 8 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 23 | 32 | 122 | 1 | Geoff Ball | ||||
| 22 | Greece | HEL | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 41 | 104 | ||||||
| 23 | Colombia | COL | 8 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 93 | ||||||
| 24 | Venezuela | VEN | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 64 | ||||||
| 25 | Luxembourg | LUX | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 1 | |||||
| 26 | Tunisia | TUN | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 32 | ||||||
| 27 | Mexico | MEX | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 |