1981 World Amateur Championships - IFBB
| Overall Winner Lance Dreher | |
HeavyWeight | |
| 1 | Lance Dreher |
| 2 | Gunnar Rosbo |
| 3 | Josef Vesely |
| 4 | Reid Schindle |
| 5 | Christer Eriksson |
| 6 | Jyrki Savolainen |
| 15 | Jammo Brizzi |
Light-HeavyWeight | |
| 1 | Jacques Neuville |
| 2 | Tim Belknap |
| 3 | Keijo Reiman (Finland) |
| 4 | Libor Minarik |
| 5 | Angelito Lesta |
| 6 | Franz Bach |
MiddleWeight | |
| 1 | Gerard Buinoud |
| 2 | James Youngblood |
| 3 | Anton Holic |
| 4 | El Shahat Mabrouk |
| 5 | Erwin Note |
| 6 | Ali Tez |
| 7 | Erwin Knoller (West Germany) |
| 8 | Doug Ross |
| 9 | Ugo Romano |
| 10 | Saied Osman |
| 20 | Lucien Gunther |
LightWeight | |
| 1 | Ken Passariello |
| 2 | Jose Rabanal |
| 3 | Fikret Hodzic |
| 4 | Esmat Sadek |
| 5 | Tevfik Ulusoglu |
| 6 | Ray Beaulieu |
| 7 | Antonio Stella (Italy) |
| 8 | Mohammed Youssef |
| 9 | Reijo Kivioja |
| 10 | Raffaele Fornuto |
| 11 | Harry Derglin |
| 12 | Appie Steenbeek |
| 13 | Mario Gionotta |
| 14 | Edwin Buttigieg |
| 15 | Benny Cincis |