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  Prague | |
| Venue | Prague, Czechoslovakia  |
|---|---|
| Date | 30 August 1981 |
| Coordinates | 50°05′N14°25′E / 50.083°N 14.417°E |
| Events | 4 |
The 1981 UCI Road World Championships took place on 30 August 1981 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. [1] [2]
In the same period, the 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were organized in Brno.
| Race: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze : | Time |
| Men | ||||||
| Men's road race | Freddy Maertens  Belgium | 7.21'59" | Giuseppe Saronni  Italy | s.t. | Bernard Hinault  France | s.t |
| Amateurs' road race | Andrei Vedernikov  Soviet Union | - | Rudy Rogiers Belgium | - | Gilbert Glaus  Switzerland | - |
| Team time trial |  East Germany Falk Boden Bernd Drogan Mario Kummer Olaf Ludwig | - | Soviet Union Youri Kashirin Oleg Logvin Sergey Shelpakov Anatoli Yarkin | - | Czechoslovakia Milan Jurčo Michal Klasa Alipi Kostadinov Jiří Škoda | - |
| Women | ||||||
| Women's road race | Ute Enzenauer  West Germany | - | Jeannie Longo France | - | Connie Carpenter  United States | - |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | East Germany (DDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
NB : List of teams by number of riders then alphabetically.
The maximum number of riders per team was 12, plus the titleholder Bernard Hinault.
The number of riders at the start was 112 with 69 finishers (43 abandoned)
