title: 1981 World Sambo Championships
text: # 1981 World Sambo Championships
  
  The 1981 World Sambo Championships were held in Madrid, Spain on February/March 1981. Championships were organized by FILA.
  
  ## Medal overview
  
  | men | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | -48 kg | Andrey Khodyrev $(URS)^{RUS}$ | Dunkhüügiin Tegshee (MGL) | Nishi (JPN) |
  | -52 kg | Mukhamed Khallyyev $(URS)^{KGZ}$ | Nanzadyn Büregdaa (MGL) | Georgi Yusev (BUL) |
  | -57 kg | Viktor Astakhov $(URS)^{RUS}$ | S. Saladinov (BUL) | Ochoa (VEN) |
  | -62 kg | Garnik Ovanesyan $(URS)^{ARM}$ | Galdangiin Jamsran (MGL) | Ituya (JPN) |
  | -68 kg | Mykhaylo Levitsky $(URS)^{UKR}$ | Tsendiin Damdin (MGL) | José Campo (ESP) |
  | -74 kg | Ravdangiin Davaadalay (MGL) | Nikolay Baranov $(URS)^{RUS}$ | Yamada (JPN) |
  | -82 kg | José Antonio Cecchini (ESP) | Magomed Ramazanov $(URS)^{BLR}$ | Zunduyn Delgerdalay (MGL) |
  | -90 kg | Dambajavyn Tsend-Ayuush (MGL) | Alexander Pushnitsa $(URS)^{RUS}$ | Sakamoto (JPN) |
  | -100 kg | Gennady Malenkin $(URS)^{RUS}$ | Santiago Morales (ESP) | Henk Numan (NED) |
  | +100 kg | Vladimir Sobodyrev $(URS)^{UZB}$ | Chris Dolman (NED) | Yakokura (JPN) |
  