# 1981 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women

The 42nd edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women took place on 6 and 7 February in Sainte-Foy, Quebec City at the Gaétan-Boucher ice rink.
Title holder was Natalya Petrusyova from the USSR.

## Distance medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 500m | Natalya Petrusyova | Karin Enke | Svetlana Kasjoek |
| 1500m | Karin Enke | Natalya Petrusyova | Bjørg Eva Jensen |
| 1000m | Natalya Petrusyova | Karin Enke | Sarah Docter |
| 3000m | Olga Pleshkova | Bjørg Eva Jensen | Sarah Docter |

## Classification

| Rank | Skater | Country | Points Samalog | 500m | 1500m | 1000m | 3000m |
| | Natalja Petroeseva | Soviet Union | 178.947 | 42.93 | 2:13.70 (2) | 1:25.90 | 4:51.01 (6) |
| | Karin Enke | East Germany | 180.266 | 43.32 (2) | 2:13.58 | 1:28.03 (2) | 4:50.43 (5) |
| | Sarah Docter | United States | 182.441 | 45.30 (14) | 2:15.27 (4) | 1:28.57 (3) | 4:46.60 (3) |
| 4 | Bjørg Eva Jensen | Norway | 182.485 | 45.27 (13) | 2:14.94 (3) | 1:29.07 (4) | 4:46.20 (2) |
| 5 | Irina Mikhaylova | Soviet Union | 183.196 | 44.13 (4) | 2:17.32 (9) | 1:29.08 (5) | 4:52.52 (8) |
| 6 | Olga Pleshkova | Soviet Union | 183.254 | 45.45 (17) | 2:16.16 (6) | 1:30.00 (11) | 4:44.51 |
| 7 | Erwina Ryś-Ferens | Poland | 183.953 | 44.48 (8) | 2:16.38 (7) | 1:29.11 (6) | 4:56.75 (13) |
| 8 | Svetlana Kasjoek | Soviet Union | 184.280 | 43.90 (3) | 2:19.17 (13) | 1:29.22 (7) | 4:56.28 (11) |
| 9 | Annette Karlsson | Sweden | 184.739 | 44.33 (6) | 2:18.61 (10) | 1:29.62 (8) | 4:56.38 (12) |
| 10 | Ines Bautzmann | East Germany | 184.856 | 44.75 (9) | 2:18.97 (12) | 1:29.85 (9) | 4:53.15 (9) |
| 11 | Gabi Schönbrunn | East Germany | 185.663 | 45.41 (16) | 2:16.06 (5) | 1:32.66 (19) | 4:51.42 (7) |
| 12 | Mary Docter | United States | 186.134 | 46.31 (24) | 2:16.94 (8) | 1:31.85 (14) | 4:49.52 (4) |
| 13 | Alie Boorsma | Netherlands | 186.544 | 44.18 (5) | 2:20.66 (16) | 1:29.94 (10) | 5:03.05 (15) |
| 14 | Annie Borckink | Netherlands | 187.243 | 45.60 (18) | 2:18.78 (11) | 1:31.85 (14) | 4:56.75 (13) |
| 15 | Ina Steenbruggen | Netherlands | 187.873 | 45.93 (23) | 2:19.74 (15) | 1:32.66 (19) | 4:54.20 (10) |
| 16 | Miyoshi Kato | Japan | 188.631 | 45.87 (21) | 2:19.31 (14) | 1:30.67 (12) | 5:05.94 (16) |
| NC17 | Birgit Czak | East Germany | 138.286 | 45.17 (12) | 2:20.69 (17) | 1:32.44 (18) | – |
| NC18 | Seiko Hashimoto | Japan | 138.401 | 45.13 (11) | 2:21.47 (20) | 1:32.23 (17) | – |
| NC19 | Sylvie Daigle | Canada | 138.595 | 44.36 (7) | 2:22.02 (22) | 1:33.79 (24) | – |
| NC20 | Ann-Mari Tollefsen | Norway | 138.603 | 45.71 (20) | 2:21.04 (18) | 1:31.76 (13) | – |
| NC21 | Mona Iversen | Norway | 138.801 | 45.69 (19) | 2:21.32 (19) | 1:32.01 (16) | – |
| NC22 | Sigrid Smuda | West Germany | 139.235 | 45.39 (15) | 2:22.47 (25) | 1:32.71 (21) | – |
| NC23 | Ewa Bialkowska | Poland | 139.245 | 44.84 (10) | 2:22.89 (26) | 1:33.55 (23) | – |
| NC24 | Linda Palle | Sweden | 139.640 | 45.87 (21) | 2:22.14 (24) | 1:32.78 (22) | – |
| NC25 | Shigeko Tomita | Japan | 141.133 | 46.82 (27) | 2:21.70 (21) | 1:34.16 (26) | – |
| NC26 | Rose-Marie Karlsson | Sweden | 141.575 | 46.40 (25) | 2:24.45 (27) | 1:34.05 (25) | – |
| NC27 | Dorie Boyce | United States | 141.806 | 46.93 (28) | 2:22.13 (23) | 1:35.00 (27) | – |
| NC28 | Susan Sandvig | United States | 144.761 | 47.09 (29) | 2:27.65 (28) | 1:36.91 (29) | – |
| NC29 | Anne Girard | Canada | 145.251 | 46.45 (26) | 2:32.27 (30) | 1:36.09 (28) | – |
| NC30 | Mandy Horsepool | United Kingdom | 148.721 | 49.13 (30) | 2:28.61 (29) | 1:40.11 (30) | – |
    * = Fall
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