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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
| Name      = 1981 European Cup
| Logo      =
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| Host city = [[Zagreb]], [[Yugoslavia]]
| Dates     =
| Stadium   =
| Level     = Senior
| Type      = Outdoor
| Nations participating   =
| Athletes participating  =
| Events    = 33
| Previous  = [[1979 European Cup (athletics)|1979 Turin]]
| Next      = [[1983 European Cup (athletics)|1983 London]]
}}
The '''1981 European Cup''' was the 8th edition of the [[European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]] of [[Sport of athletics|athletics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.european-athletics.org/event-archive.html?id=98 |title=The SPAR European Cup: Memories of Europe's premier team athletics event |publisher=european-athletics.org |accessdate=3 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006060426/http://www.european-athletics.org/event-archive.html?id=98 |archivedate=6 October 2013 }}</ref> It was the last edition to feature multiple stages of competition before being replaced by the promotion/relegation system since 1983.
The ''"A" Finals'' were held in [[Zagreb]], [[Yugoslavia]]. The first two teams qualified for the [[1981 IAAF World Cup]].
=="A" Final==
{{main|1981 European Cup "A" Final}}
Held in Zagreb on 15 and 16 August.<ref name=fidal>[http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf 2010 Italian almanach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828003321/http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf |date=2021-08-28 }} (p467)</ref>
===Team standings===
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{| class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
|+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"|Men
|-  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"
! style="width:70px;"|Pos.
! Nation
! style="width:70px;"| Points
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"| {{GDR}}
| 128
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"| {{URS}}
| 124.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Great Britain}}
| 106.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"| {{FRG}}
| 97
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Italy}}
| 75
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 6
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Poland}}
| 74
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 7
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|France}}
| 71
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 8
| style="text-align:left;"| {{YUG}}
| 41
|}
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{| class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
|+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"|Women
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#efefef;"
! style="width:70px;"| Pos.
! Nation
! style="width:70px;"| Points
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"| {{GDR}}
| 108.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"| {{URS}}
| 97
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"| {{FRG}}
| 74
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
|
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Great Britain}}
| 74
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}}
| 72
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 6
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Poland}}
| 53.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 7
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HUN}}
| 41
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#fff;"
| 8
| style="text-align:left;"| {{YUG}}
| 20
|}
{{col-end}}
===Results summary===
====Men's events====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|[[100 metres|100 m]]<br><small>(Wind: -0.9&nbsp;m/s)</small>
| [[Allan Wells]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||10.17
| [[Frank Emmelmann]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||10.21
| [[Hermann Panzo]]<br />{{flagu|France}}||10.29
|-
|[[200 metres|200 m]]<br><small>(Wind: +0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small>
| [[Frank Emmelmann]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||20.33<br />'''CR'''
| [[Allan Wells]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||20.35
| [[Patrick Barré]]<br />{{flagu|France}}||20.60
|-
|[[400 metres|400 m]]
| [[Hartmut Weber]]<br />{{flagcountry|FRG}}||45.32
| [[Mauro Zuliani]]<br />{{flagu|Italy}}||45.35
| [[Andreas Knebel]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||45.76
|-
|[[800 metres|800 m]]
| [[Sebastian Coe]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||1:47.03
| [[Willi Wülbeck]]<br />{{flagcountry|FRG}}||1:47.72
| [[Olaf Beyer]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||1:47.73
|-
|[[1500 metres|1500 m]]
| [[Olaf Beyer]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||3:43.52
| [[Nikolay Kirov (athlete)|Nikolay Kirov]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||3:43.68
| [[Steve Cram]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||3:43.72
|-
|[[5000 metres|5000 m]]
| [[Dave Moorcroft]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||13:43.18
| [[Valeriy Abramov]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||13:43.69
| [[Hansjörg Kunze]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||13:43.72
|-
|[[10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
| [[Werner Schildhauer]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||28:45.89
| [[Julian Goater]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||28:55.04
| [[Karl Fleschen]]<br />{{flagcountry|FRG}}||28:57.74
|-
|[[3000 m steeplechase]]
| [[Mariano Scartezzini]]<br />{{flagu|Italy}}||8:13.32<br />'''CR'''
| [[Bogusław Mamiński]]<br />{{flagcountry|POL}}||8:17.23
| [[Patriz Ilg]]<br />{{flagcountry|FRG}}||8:21.13
|-
|[[110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]<br><small>(Wind: -0.6&nbsp;m/s)</small>
| [[Mark Holtom]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||13.79
| [[Andreas Schlisske]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||13.85
| [[Romuald Giegiel]]<br />{{flagcountry|POL}}||13.88
|-
|[[400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
| [[Volker Beck (athlete)|Volker Beck]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||48.94
| [[Harald Schmid]]<br />{{flagcountry|FRG}}||49.12
| [[Dmitriy Shkarupin]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||49.71
|-
|[[4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m]]
| {{flagcountry|POL}}<br>[[Krzysztof Zwoliński]]<br>[[Zenon Licznerski]]<br>[[Leszek Dunecki]]<br>[[Marian Woronin]]||38.66
| {{flagu|Soviet Union}}<br>[[Andrey Shlyapnikov]]<br>[[Nikolay Sidorov]]<br>[[Aleksandr Aksinin]]<br>[[Vladimir Muravyov (athlete)|Vladimir Muravyov]]||38.80
| {{flagu|France}}<br>[[Philippe Le Joncour]]<br>[[Bernard Petibois]]<br>[[Antoine Richard]]<br>[[Hermann Panzo]]||38.83
|-
|[[4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m]]
| {{flagu|Italy}}<br>[[Stefano Malinverni]]<br>[[Alfonso Di Guida]]<br>[[Roberto Ribaud]]<br>[[Mauro Zuliani]]||3:01.42
| {{flagu|Soviet Union}}<br>[[Pavel Roshchin]]<br>[[Vitaliy Fedotov (athlete)|Vitaliy Fedotov]]<br>[[Viktor Burakov]]<br>[[Viktor Markin]]||3:01.69
| {{flagu|Great Britain}}<br>[[Roy Dickens]]<br>[[Harry Cook (athlete)|Harry Cook]]<br>[[Steve Scout]]<br>[[David Jenkins (sprinter)|David Jenkins]]||3:02.93
|-
|[[High jump]]
| [[Valeriy Sereda]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||2.30
| [[Gerd Nagel]]<br />{{flagcountry|FRG}}||2.28
| [[Massimo Di Giorgio]]<br />{{flagu|Italy}}||2.26
|-
|[[Pole vault]]
| [[Jean-Michel Bellot]]<br />{{flagu|France}}<br />[[Konstantin Volkov (athlete)|Konstantin Volkov]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||5.40
| ||
| [[Keith Stock]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||5.30
|-
|[[Long jump]]
| [[Uwe Lange]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||7.98
| [[Shamil Abbyasov]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||7.93
| [[Joachim Busse]]<br />{{flagcountry|FRG}}||7.82w
|-
|[[Triple jump]]
| [[Jaak Uudmäe]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||16.97
| [[Aston Moore]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||16.86
| [[Miloš Srejović]]<br />{{flagcountry|YUG}}||16.54
|-
|[[Shot put]]
| [[Udo Beyer]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||21.41
| [[Yevgeniy Mironov]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||20.33
| [[Ralf Reichenbach]]<br />{{flagcountry|FRG}}||19.70
|-
|[[Discus throw]]
| [[Armin Lemme]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||64.06
| [[Dmitriy Kovtsun]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||59.60
| [[Alwin Wagner]]<br />{{flagcountry|FRG}}||59.16
|-
|[[Hammer throw]]
| [[Yuriy Sedykh]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||77.68
| [[Karl-Hans Riehm]]<br />{{flagcountry|FRG}}||75.86
| [[Roland Steuk]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||73.34
|-
|[[Javelin throw]]
| [[Detlef Michel]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||90.86<br />'''CR'''
| [[Dainis Kûla]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||88.40
| [[Michał Wacławik]]<br />{{flagcountry|POL}}||88.26
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
|}
====Women's events====
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|[[100 metres|100 m]]<br><small>(Wind: -1.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
| [[Marlies Göhr]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||11.17
| [[Kathy Smallwood]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||11.27
| [[Olga Zolotaryova]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||11.36
|-
|[[200 metres|200 m]]<br><small>(Wind: -1.6&nbsp;m/s)</small>
| [[Bärbel Wöckel]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||22.19
| [[Kathy Smallwood]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||22.65
| [[Natalya Bochina]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||23.08
|-
|[[400 metres|400 m]]
| [[Marita Koch]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||49.43
| [[Gaby Bussmann]]<br />{{flagcountry|FRG}}||50.83
| [[Irina Nazarova]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||51.31
|-
|[[800 metres|800 m]]
| [[Martina Steuk]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||1:57.16
| [[Lyudmila Veselkova]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||1:57.25
| [[Jolanta Januchta]]<br />{{flagcountry|POL}}||1:58.50
|-
|[[1500 metres|1500 m]]
| [[Tamara Sorokina]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||4:01.37<br />'''CR'''
| [[Ulrike Bruns]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||4:02.21
| [[Anna Bukis]]<br />{{flagcountry|POL}}||4:04.38
|-
|[[3000 metres|3000 m]]
| [[Angelika Zauber]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||8:49.61<br />'''CR'''
| [[Yelena Sipatova]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||8:49.99
| [[Paula Fudge]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||8:54.59
|-
|[[100 metres hurdles|100 m hurdles]]<br><small>(Wind: -2.4&nbsp;m/s)</small>
| [[Tatyana Anisimova]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||12.91
| [[Kerstin Knabe]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||13.08
| [[Lucyna Langer]]<br />{{flagcountry|POL}}||13.20
|-
|[[400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
| [[Ellen Neumann]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||54.90
| [[Ana Kasteckaja]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||56.34
| [[Genowefa Błaszak]]<br />{{flagcountry|POL}}||57.21
|-
|[[4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m]]
| {{flagcountry|GDR}}<br>[[Annelies Walter]]<br>[[Bärbel Wöckel]]<br>[[Gesine Walther]]<br>[[Marlies Göhr]]||42.53
| {{flagu|Great Britain}}<br>[[Wendy Hoyte]]<br>[[Kathy Smallwood]]<br>[[Beverley Goddard]]<br>[[Shirley Thomas (athlete)|Shirley Thomas]]||43.03
| {{flagu|Soviet Union}}<br>[[Olga Zolotaryova]]<br>[[Olga Nasonova]]<br>[[Lyudmila Kondratyeva]]<br>[[Natalya Bochina]]||43.26
|-
|[[4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m]]
| {{flagcountry|GDR}}<br>[[Dagmar Rübsam]]<br>[[Martina Steuk]]<br>[[Bärbel Wöckel]]<br>[[Marita Koch]]||3:19.83
| {{flagu|Soviet Union}}<br>[[Nadezhda Lyalina]]<br>[[Tatyana Litvinova]]<br>[[Irina Baskakova]]<br>[[Irina Nazarova]]||3:24.85
| {{flagu|Great Britain}}<br>[[Linda Forsyth]]<br>[[Michelle Scutt]]<br>[[Verona Elder]]<br>[[Joslyn Hoyte-Smith]]||3:27.27
|-
|[[High jump]]
| [[Ulrike Meyfarth]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||1.94
| [[Lyudmila Andonova|Lyudmila Zhecheva]]<br />{{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}||1.92
| [[Yelena Popkova]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||1.86
|-
|[[Long jump]]
| [[Sigrid Ulbricht]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||6.86
| [[Anna Włodarczyk]]<br />{{flagcountry|POL}}||6.66
| [[Tatyana Kolpakova]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||6.59
|-
|[[Shot put]]
| [[Ilona Slupianek]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||21.12
| [[Verzhinia Veselinova]]<br />{{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}||20.77
| [[Galina Isayeva]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||18.15
|-
|[[Discus throw]]
| [[Mariya Petkova]]<br />{{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}||69.08
| [[Galina Savinkova]]<br />{{flagu|Soviet Union}}||68.46
| [[Evelin Jahl]]<br />{{flagcountry|GDR}}||67.32
|-
|[[Javelin throw]]
| [[Antoaneta Todorova]]<br />{{flagcountry|BUL|1971}}||71.88<br />'''[[World records in athletics|WR]]''', '''CR'''
| [[Tessa Sanderson]]<br />{{flagu|Great Britain}}||65.94
| [[Ingrid Thyssen]]<br />{{flagcountry|FRG}}||63.86
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|colspan=7|{{Sports record codes}}
|}
=="B" Final==
The winners qualified for the "A" final.
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{{col-break}}
'''Men'''<br>
Held on 1 and 2 August in [[Athens]], Greece<ref name=fidal/>
{| class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
|-  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"
! style="width:70px;"|Pos.
! Nation
! style="width:70px;"| Points
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|France}}
| 85
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HUN}}
| 78.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"| {{TCH}}
| 73.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"| {{FIN}}
| 70
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Spain|1945}}
| 62
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 6
| style="text-align:left;"| {{GRE}}
| 48
|}
{{col-break}}
'''Women'''<br>
Held on 2 August in [[Pescara]], Italy<ref name=fidal/>
{| class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
|-  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"
! style="width:70px;"|Pos.
! Nation
! style="width:70px;"| Points
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Poland}}
| 64.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"| {{TCH}}
| 60
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Italy}}
| 57
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Romania|1965}}
| 55
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Netherlands}}
| 46
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 6
| style="text-align:left;"| {{FIN}}
| 32.5
|}
{{col-end}}
==Semifinals==
===Men===
All semifinals were held on 4 and 5 July.<ref name=fidal/> First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Yugoslavia as the host). Places 3–4 (plus Greece as the host) qualified for the "B" final.
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{{col-break}}
'''Semifinal 1'''<br>
Held in [[Lille]], France
{| class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
|-  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"
! style="width:70px;"|Pos.
! Nation
! style="width:70px;"| Points
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"| {{GDR}}
| 143
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Italy}}
| 125
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|France}}
| 109
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"| {{TCH}}
| 95.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Belgium}}
| 80.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 6
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Netherlands}}
| 63
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"
| 7
| style="text-align:left;"| {{GRE}}
| 57
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 8
| style="text-align:left;"| {{DEN}}
| 44
|}
{{col-break}}
'''Semifinal 2'''<br>
Held in [[Helsinki]], Finland
{| class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
|-  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"
! style="width:70px;"|Pos.
! Nation
! style="width:70px;"| Points
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Great Britain}}
| 134
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"| {{URS}}
| 128
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"| {{FIN}}
| 115
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"| {{YUG}}
| 88
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}}
| 83
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 6
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Sweden}}
| 75
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 7
| style="text-align:left;"| {{NOR}}
| 64
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 8
| style="text-align:left;"| {{TUR}}
| 20
|}
{{col-break}}
'''Semifinal 3'''<br>
Held in [[Warsaw]], Poland
{| class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
|-  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"
! style="width:70px;"|Pos.
! Nation
! style="width:70px;"| Points
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Poland}}
| 128
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"| {{FRG}}
| 127
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HUN}}
| 126
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Spain|1977}}
| 102
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Switzerland}}
| 84
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 6
| style="text-align:left;"| {{AUT}}
| 64
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 7
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Portugal}}
| 51
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 8
| style="text-align:left;"| {{IRL}}
| 40
|}
{{col-end}}
===Women===
All semifinals were held on 5 July.<ref name=fidal/> First two teams qualified for the "A" final (plus Yugoslavia as the host). Places 3–4 qualified for the "B" final.
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
'''Semifinal 1'''<br>
Held in [[Bodø]], Norway
{| class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
|-  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"
! style="width:70px;"|Pos.
! Nation
! style="width:70px;"| Points
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"| {{URS}}
| 107
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HUN}}
| 86
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Italy}}
| 80
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Romania|1965}}
| 77
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"| {{NOR}}
| 60
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 6
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Belgium}}
| 55.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 7
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Switzerland}}
| 49.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 8
| style="text-align:left;"| {{GRE}}
| 27
|}
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'''Semifinal 2'''<br>
Held in [[Edinburgh]], United Kingdom
{| class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
|-  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"
! style="width:70px;"|Pos.
! Nation
! style="width:70px;"| Points
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Great Britain}}
| 111
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Bulgaria|1971}}
| 83
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Netherlands}}
| 82.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"| {{FIN}}
| 66.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|France}}
| 66.5
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 6
| style="text-align:left;"| {{YUG}}
| 51
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 7
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Spain|1945}}
| 41
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 8
| style="text-align:left;"| {{DEN}}
| 38.5
|}
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'''Semifinal 3'''<br>
Held in [[Frankfurt]], West Germany
{| class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
|-  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"
! style="width:70px;"|Pos.
! Nation
! style="width:70px;"| Points
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"| {{GDR}}
| 112
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"| {{FRG}}
| 97
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"| {{TCH}}
| 81
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddffdd;"
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Poland}}
| 79
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Sweden}}
| 66
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 6
| style="text-align:left;"| {{AUT}}
| 43
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 7
| style="text-align:left;"| {{IRL}}
| 38
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 8
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Portugal}}
| 24
|}
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==Preliminaries==
First three teams advanced to the semifinals.
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Held on 20 and 21 June in [[Esch-sur-Alzette]], Luxembourg
{| class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
|+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"|Men
|-  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"
! style="width:70px;"|Pos.
! Nation
! style="width:70px;"| Points
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"| {{DEN}}
| 71
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"| {{TUR}}
| 69
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"| {{IRL}}
| 64
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"| {{ISL}}
| 58
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 5
| style="text-align:left;"| {{LUX}}
| 37
|}
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Held on 20 June in [[Barcelona]], Spain
{| class="wikitable gauche" cellspacing="1" style="width:300px;"
|+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"|Women
|-  style="background:#efefef; text-align:center;"
! style="width:70px;"|Pos.
! Nation
! style="width:70px;"| Points
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Spain|1977}}
| 44
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 2
| style="text-align:left;"| {{GRE}}
| 44
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ccffcc;"
| 3
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagu|Portugal}}
| 34
|-  style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
| 4
| style="text-align:left;"| {{ISL}}
| 28
|}
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==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/epm.htm European Cup results (Men)] from GBR Athletics
*[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/epw.htm European Cup results (Women)] from GBR Athletics
{{1981 in athletics}}
{{European Athletics cups}}
[[Category:European Cup (athletics)]]
[[Category:1981 in athletics (track and field)|European Cup]]
[[Category:1981 in Yugoslav sport]]
[[Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Yugoslavia]]