# 1981 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 14 and 15 February 1981 in Oslo at the Bislett Stadion ice rink.
Title holder was the Netherlander Hilbert van der Duim.

## Classification

| Rank | Skater | Country | Points Samalog | 500m | 5000m | 1500m | 10,000m |
| | Amund Martin Sjøbrend | Norway | 167.781 | 39.54 (11) | 7:18.20 (4) | 1:58.46 | 14:58.71 (3) |
| | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet | Norway | 167.887 | 38.72 | 7:17.51 (3) | 1:58.64 (2) | 15:17.40 (12) |
| | Jan Egil Storholt | Norway | 168.374 | 38.92 (3) | 7:23.13 (11) | 1:58.68 (3) | 15:11.62 (8) |
| 4 | Dmitry Bochkaryov | Soviet Union | 168.770 | 39.82 (16) | 7:17.39 (2) | 2:00.27 (8) | 15:02.42 (6) |
| 5 | Andreas Ehrig | East Germany | 169.087 | 39.81 (15) | 7:19.25 (5) | 2:00.94 (11) | 15:00.79 (4) |
| 6 | Tomas Gustafson | Sweden | 169.106 | 39.47 (10) | 7:23.10 (10) | 1:59.14 (4) | 15:12.27 (9) |
| 7 | Øyvind Tveter | Norway | 169.511 | 40.21 (21) | 7:19.34 (7) | 2:00.98 (12) | 15:00.82 (5) |
| 8 | Frits Schalij | Netherlands | 169.677 | 39.23 (8) | 7:26.75 (13) | 2:00.05 (6) | 15:15.13 (10) |
| 9 | Jan Junell | Sweden | 170.036 | 40.12 (20) | 7:19.79 (8) | 2:00.50 (9) | 15:15.43 (11) |
| 10 | Piet Kleine | Netherlands | 170.080 | 40.72 (27) | 7:16.17 | 2:00.98 (12) | 15:08.35 (7) |
| 11 | Sergey Berezin | Soviet Union | 170.480 | 41.32 (30) | 7:19.25 (5) | 2:02.00 (16) | 14:51.38 |
| 12 | Andreas Dietel | East Germany | 170.527 | 38.73 (2) | 7:27.54 (15) | 1:59.61 (5) | 15:43.46 (15) |
| 13 | Ulf Mademann | East Germany | 171.322 | 39.61 (13) | 7:27.43 (14) | 2:01.19 (14) | 15:31.47 (14) |
| 14 | Yasuhiro Shimizu | Japan | 172.729 | 40.70 (26) | 7:28.75 (16) | 2:02.58 (19) | 15:25.89 (13) |
| 15 | Ulf Ekstrand | Sweden | 173.444 | 40.53 (24) | 7:25.39 (12) | 2:03.46 (21) | 15:44.45 (16) |
| 16 | Hilbert van der Duim | Netherlands | 173.934 | 39.09 (6) | 7:21.17 (9) | 2:17.76* (33) | 14:56.14 (2) |
| NC17 | Gaétan Boucher | Canada | 124.676 | 38.95 (4) | 7:35.43 (21) | 2:00.55 (10) | – |
| NC18 | Sergey Balashov | Soviet Union | 124.795 | 39.63 (14) | 7:30.99 (17) | 2:00.20 (7) | – |
| NC19 | Masahiko Yamamoto | Japan | 125.557 | 39.26 (9) | 7:35.64 (22) | 2:02.20 (17) | – |
| NC20 | Yevgeni Solunski | Soviet Union | 126.211 | 40.51 (23) | 7:31.45 (18) | 2:01.67 (15) | – |
| NC21 | Hans Magnusson | Sweden | 126.541 | 39.82 (16) | 7:39.45 (24) | 2:02.33 (18) | – |
| NC22 | Yep Kramer | Netherlands | 126.668 | 40.28 (22) | 7:33.15 (19) | 2:03.22 (20) | – |
| NC23 | Fritz Gawenus | West Germany | 127.409 | 40.09 (18) | 7:40.46 (26) | 2:03.82 (22) | – |
| NC24 | Jukka Ala-Louko | Finland | 127.498 | 39.05 (5) | 7:50.78 (31) | 2:04.11 (23) | – |
| NC25 | Pertti Niittylä | Finland | 127.835 | 40.78 (28) | 7:34.39 (20) | 2:04.85 (25) | – |
| NC26 | Nick Thometz | United States | 127.855 | 39.57 (12) | 7:47.59 (29) | 2:04.58 (24) | – |
| NC27 | Pat Moore | United States | 128.011 | 39.15 (7) | 7:46.05 (28) | 2:06.77 (29) | – |
| NC28 | Colin Coates | Australia | 129.333 | 41.42 (31) | 7:39.80 (25) | 2:05.80 (26) | – |
| NC29 | Kent Thometz | United States | 129.546 | 40.09 (18) | 7:54.16 (32) | 2:06.12 (27) | – |
| NC30 | Maurizio Marchetto | Italy | 130.030 | 42.16 (33) | 7:37.17 (23) | 2:06.46 (28) | – |
| NC31 | Mike Plant | United States | 131.496 | 40.89 (29) | 8:00.36 (33) | 2:07.71 (30) | – |
| NC32 | Marc Vernier | France | 131.985 | 40.67 (25) | 8:06.45 (34) | 2:08.01 (31) | – |
| NC33 | Alan Luke | United Kingdom | 133.402 | 43.35 (34) | 7:49.49 (30) | 2:09.31 (32) | – |
| NC34 | Garry Wilson | New Zealand | 148.801 | 45.54 (35) | 9:15.81* (35) | 2:23.04 (34) | – |
| NC35 | Antonio Gómez Fernández | Spain | 160.365 | 50.89 (36) | 9:29.85 (36) | 2:37.47 (35) | – |
| NC | Werner Jäger | Austria | 87.848 | 41.70 (32) | 7:41.48 (27) | DNS | – |
    DQ = Disqualified
    * = Fell
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