title: 1981 World Judo Championships
text: # 1981 World Judo Championships
  
  The 1981 World Judo Championships were the 12th edition of the Men's World Judo Championships, and were held in Maastricht, Netherlands from 3–6 September, 1981.
  
  ## Medal overview
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | -60 kg | Yasuhiko Moriwaki | Pavel Petřikov | Felice Mariani Phil Takahashi |
  | -65 kg | Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki | Constantin Niculae | Hwang Jung-Oh Petr Ponomarev |
  | -71 kg | Park Chong-Hak | Serge Dyot | Karl-Heinz Lehmann Vojo Vujevic |
  | -78 kg | Neil Adams | Jiro Kase | Kevin Doherty Georgi Petrov |
  | -86 kg | Bernard Tchoullouyan | Seiki Nose | David Bodaveli Detlef Ultsch |
  | -95 kg | Tengiz Khubuluri | Robert van de Walle | Ha Hyung-Joo Roger Vachon |
  | +95 kg | Yasuhiro Yamashita | Grigory Verichev | Vladimir Kocman Juha Salonen |
  | Open | Yasuhiro Yamashita | Wojciech Reszko | Andras Ozsvar Robert van de Walle |
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
  | 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 10 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 12 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
  