# Wereldkampioenschappen schaatsen sprint 1981

De 12e wereldkampioenschappen schaatsen sprint werden in 1981 op 21 en 22 februari gehouden op de ijsbaan Parc Paul Mistral, Anneau de Vitesse in Grenoble.

## Klassement mannen

| # | Schaatser | Land | 500m | 1000m | 500m | 1000m | Punten |
| 1 | Frode Rønning | Noorwegen | 37,88 (1) | 1.17,83 (3) | 38,10 (1) | 1.17,61 (6) | 153,700 |
| 2 | Sergey Khlebnikov | Sovjet-Unie | 38,44 (2) | 1.17,49 (1) | 38,61 (4) | 1.16,61 (2) | 154,100 |
| 3 | Anatoli Medennikov | Sovjet-Unie | 38,66 (5) | 1.18,89 (8) | 38,26 (2) | 1.17,66 (7) | 155,195 |
| 4 | Terje Andersen | Noorwegen | 39,02 (14) | 1.18,22 (5) | 38,80 (6) | 1.16,97 (3) | 155,415 |
| 5 | Vladimir Lobanov | Sovjet-Unie | 38,92 (10) | 1.18,38 (6) | 38,98 (9) | 1.17,41 (5) | 155,795 |
| 6 | Akira Kuroiwa | Japan | 38,67 (6) | 1.19,09 (10) | 38,74 (5) | 1.18,27 (8) | 156,090 |
| 7 | Hilbert van der Duim | Nederland | 38,91 (9) | 1.17,91 (4) | 39,04 (10) | 1.19,01 (15) | 156,410 |
| 8 | Andreas Dietel | DDR | 38,85 (8) | 1.18,01 (9) | 39,21 (12) | 1.18,54 (13) | 156,835 |
| 9 | Jacques Thibault | Canada | 39,26 (18) | 1.19,09 (10) | 39,34 (18) | 1.18,37 (9) | 157,330 |
| 10 | Johan Granath | Zweden | 39,60 (23) | 1.19,37 (12) | 39,26 (15) | 1.18,38 (10) | 157,735 |
| 10 | Ivar Sletsjøe | Noorwegen | 39,10 (16) | 1.20,30 (17) | 39,25 (14) | 1.18,47 (11) | 157,735 |
| 12 | Jukka Salmela | Finland | 39,15 (17) | 1.20,19 (15) | 38,92 (7) | 1.19,36 (17) | 157,845 |
| 13 | Erik Henriksen | Verenigde Staten | 39,31 (19) | 1.20,11 (14) | 39,31 (16) | 1.18,62 (14) | 157,985 |
| 14 | Jan Józwik | Polen | 38,94 (12) | 1.20,84 (21) | 38,97 (8) | 1.19,38 (18) | 158,020 |
| 15 | Lieuwe de Boer | Nederland | 38,57 (3) | 1.20,60 (20) | 39,15 (11) | 1.20,03 (24) | 158,035 |
| 16 | Steffen Doering | DDR | 39,75 (7) | 1.19,88 (13) | 38,55 (3) | 1.22,11 (30) | 158,295 |
| 17 | Hans Magnusson | Zweden | 39,69 (25) | 1.20,36 (18) | 39,55 (22) | 1.18,49 (12) | 158,665 |
| 18 | Pat Moore | Verenigde Staten | 39,36 (20) | 1.20,42 (19) | 39,43 (20) | 1.19,58 (19) | 158,790 |
| 19 | Mikio Oyama | Japan | 39,09 (15) | 1.21,36 (24) | 39,33 (17) | 1.19,95 (23) | 159,075 |
| 20 | Jan Ykema | Nederland | 39,62 (24) | 1.21,55 (26) | 39,59 (23) | 1.19,88 (22) | 159,925 |
| 21 | Scott Guy | Verenigde Staten | 38,92 (10) | 1.22,41 (30) | 39,54 (21) | 1.20,96 (26) | 160,145 |
| 22 | Hubert Hirschbichler | West-Duitsland | 39,81 (27) | 1.20,95 (22) | 39,99 (25) | 1.19,76 (21) | 160,155 |
| 23 | Ron Ket | Nederland | 39,85 (28) | 1.21,07 (23) | 39,64 (24) | 1.20,38 (25) | 160,215 |
| 24 | Masayuki Kawahara | Japan | 40,18 (31) | 1.21,77 (28) | 40,35 (27) | 1.19,07 (16) | 160,950 |
| 25 | Jarle Pedersen | Noorwegen | 38,96 (13) | 1.25,59 (33) | 39,38 (19) | 1.19,68 (20) | 160,975 |
| 26 | Paul Ederer | West-Duitsland | 39,74 (26) | 1.21,40 (25) | 40,11 (26) | 1.21,32 (29) | 161,210 |
| 27 | Giovanni Paganin | Italië | 40,12 (30) | 1.21,89 (29) | 40,46 (28) | 1.21,11 (28) | 162,080 |
| 28 | Marc Vernier | Frankrijk | 40,63 (33) | 1.21,62 (27) | 41,09 (30) | 1.21,06 (27) | 163,060 |
| 29 | Wang Nianchun | China | 40,04 (29) | 1.24,75 (32) | 40,66 (29) | 1.22,97 (31) | 164,560 |
| 30 | Gaétan Boucher | Canada | 38,60 (4) | 1.17,77 (2) | 58,34 (31f) | 1.16,00 (1) | 173,825 |
| NS4 | Dan Immerfall | Verenigde Staten | 39,44 (22) | 1.22,44 (31) | - (NF) | - (NS) | 80,660 |
| DQ1 | Jan-Åke Carlberg | Zweden | - (DQ) | 1.18,75 (7) | 39,21 (12) | 1.17,35 (4) | 117,260 |
| NS3 | Lee Yeong-Ha | Zuid-Korea | 39,43 (21) | 1.20,19 (15) | - (NS) | | 79,525 |
| NS2 | Emmanuel Michon | Frankrijk | 40,32 (32) | - (NS) | | | 40,320 |

## Klassement vrouwen

| # | Schaatsster | Land | 500m | 1000m | 500m | 1000m | Punten |
| 1 | Karin Enke | DDR | 42,08 (3) | 1.24,84 (2) | 42,10 (3) | 1.24,08 (1) | 168,640 |
| 2 | Tatyana Tarasova | Sovjet-Unie | 41,89 (1) | 1.24,70 (1) | 42,01 (2) | 1.25,07 (4) | 168,785 |
| 3 | Natalja Petroeseva | Sovjet-Unie | 41,97 (2) | 1.25,59 (3) | 41,99 (1) | 1.24,92 (3) | 169,215 |
| 4 | Christa Rothenburger | DDR | 42,08 (3) | 1.26,57 (8) | 42,18 (4) | 1.25,85 (5) | 170,470 |
| 5 | Monika Holzner-Pflug | West-Duitsland | 42,61 (6) | 1.26,07 (6) | 42,69 (7) | 1.24,84 (2) | 170,755 |
| 6 | Lyudmila Mashkovtseva | Sovjet-Unie | 42,77 (8) | 1.25,59 (3) | 42,55 (6) | 1.26,33 (6) | 171,280 |
| 7 | Sheila Young-Ochowicz | Verenigde Staten | 42,62 (7) | 1.27,29 (14) | 42,43 (5) | 1.26,58 (7) | 171,985 |
| 8 | Skadi Walter | DDR | 42,93 (10) | 1.27,11 (12) | 42,78 (8) | 1.27,56 (12) | 173,045 |
| 9 | Alie Boorsma | Nederland | 42,41 (5) | 1.27,21 (13) | 43,01 (9) | 1.28,68 (16) | 173,365 |
| 10 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson | Zweden | 43,26 (13) | 1.26,70 (9) | 43,37 (10) | 1.27,31 (11) | 173,635 |
| 11 | Seiko Hashimoto | Japan | 43,25 (12) | 1.26,99 (11) | 43,46 (11) | 1.28,75 (17) | 174,580 |
| 12 | Erwina Ryś-Ferens | Polen | 43,81 (16) | 1.26,52 (7) | 43,92 (17) | 1.27,30 (10) | 174,640 |
| 13 | Bjørg Eva Jensen | Noorwegen | 43,82 (17) | 1.26,74 (10) | 44,15 (21) | 1.26,92 (8) | 174,800 |
| 14 | Sylvia Brunner | Zwitserland | 42,82 (9) | 1.27,51 (15) | 43,59 (12) | 1.29,76 (21) | 175,045 |
| 15 | Ina Steenbruggen | Nederland | 43,34 (14) | 1.28,28 (16) | 43,62 (13) | 1.28,04 (14) | 175,120 |
| 16 | Sarah Docter | Verenigde Staten | 44,20 (21) | 1.28,89 (18) | 43,92 (17) | 1.26,97 (9) | 176,050 |
| 17 | Sylvie Daigle | Canada | 43,23 (11) | 1.30,06 (24) | 43,83 (15) | 1.28,76 (18) | 176,470 |
| 18 | Sigrid Smuda | West-Duitsland | 43,86 (18) | 1.29,89 (23) | 43,77 (14) | 1.28,94 (19) | 177,045 |
| 19 | Connie Paraskevin | Verenigde Staten | 43,94 (20) | 1.29,34 (19) | 43,95 (19) | 1.29,39 (20) | 177,255 |
| 20 | Lee Nam-Sun | Zuid-Korea | 43,90 (19) | 1.29,84 (22) | 43,83 (15) | 1.30,09 (22) | 177,695 |
| 21 | Miyoshi Kato | Japan | 44,28 (23) | 1.28,41 (17) | 44,99 (27) | 1.28,51 (15) | 177,730 |
| 22 | Michiko Kuroiwa | Japan | 43,67 (15) | 1.30,38 (25) | 43,97 (20) | 1.30,74 (24) | 178,200 |
| 23 | Linda Palle | Zweden | 44,26 (22) | 1.29,78 (20) | 44,69 (24) | 1.30,65 (23) | 179,165 |
| 24 | Kim Klein | Verenigde Staten | 45,16 (26) | 1.29,83 (21) | 44,93 (26) | 1.31,21 (25) | 180,610 |
| 25 | Cheryl Prendergast | Canada | 45,16 (26) | 1.31,54 (27) | 44,72 (25) | 1.32,01 (28) | 181,655 |
| 26 | Anne Girard | Canada | 44,48 (24) | 1.33,71 (30) | 45,33 (28) | 1.32,11 (29) | 182,720 |
| 27 | Elisabeth Öhlin | Zweden | 45,35 (28) | 1.32,05 (28) | 45,64 (30) | 1.31,53 (26) | 182,780 |
| 28 | Marie-France Vives | Frankrijk | 45,96 (29) | 1.31,45 (26) | 45,40 (29) | 1.31,54 (27) | 182,855 |
| 29 | Lucie Gagnon | Canada | 45,02 (25) | 1.33,64 (29) | 44,36 (23) | 1.33,52 (31) | 182,960 |
| 30 | Jin Yingshun | China | 46,27 (30) | 1.52,27 (31f) | 45,82 (31) | 1.32,95 (30) | 194,700 |
| 31 | Irina Mikhaylova | Sovjet-Unie | 1.08,22 (31f) | 1.25,97 (5) | 44,25 (22) | 1.27,97 (13) | 199,440 |