1981 World Weightlifting Championships

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	3	2	10
2	Bulgaria	4	2	3	9
3	East Germany	1	2	0	3
4	Cuba	0	1	1	2
	Czechoslovakia	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
7	France	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		10	10	10	30

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	15	8	6	29
2	Bulgaria	10	7	9	26
3	East Germany	3	5	1	9
4	Cuba	1	2	2	5
5	France	1	0	1	2
6	Czechoslovakia	0	4	3	7
7	Poland	0	2	4	6
8	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	North Korea	0	1	0	1
10	Japan	0	0	3	3
11	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		30	30	30	90

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

• International Weightlifting Federation