The 12th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Grenoble, a city in France, in 1981. It was the second time the championships were held in Grenoble.
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| Discipline | 1st | Time | 2nd | Time | 3rd | Time | |
| 50 m | M | Marian Woronin (POL) | 5.65 | Vladimir Muravyov (URS) | 5.76 | Andrey Shlyapnikov (URS) | 5.77 |
| F | Sofka Popova (BUL) | 6.17 | Linda Haglund (SWE) | 6.17 | Marita Koch (GDR) | 6.19 | |
| 400 m | M | Andreas Knebel (GDR) | 46.52 | Martin Weppler (FRG) | 46.88 | Stefano Malinverni (ITA) | 46.96 |
| F | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | 50.07 CR | Natalya Bochina (URS) | 52.32 | Verona Elder (GBR) | 52.37 | |
| 800 m | M | Herbert Wursthorn (FRG) | 1:47.70 | András Paróczai (HUN) | 1:47.73 | Antonio Páez (ESP) | 1:48.31 |
| F | Hildegard Ullrich (GDR) | 2:00.94 | Svetla Zlateva (BUL) | 2:01.37 | Nikolina Shtereva (BUL) | 2:02.50 | |
| 1500 m | M | Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) | 3:42.64 | Uwe Becker (FRG) | 3:43.02 | Mirosław Żerkowski (POL) | 3:44.32 |
| F | Agnese Possamai (ITA) | 4:07.49 | Valentina Ilyinykh (URS) | 4:08.17 | Lyubov Smolka (URS) | 4:08.64 | |
| 2820 m | M | Alex Gonzalez (FRA) | 7:22.71 | Evgeni Ignatov (BUL) | N/A | Valeriy Abramov (URS) | N/A |
| 50 m hurdles | M | Arto Bryggare (FIN) | 6.47 | Javier Moracho (ESP) | 6.48 | Guy Drut (FRA) | 6.54 |
| F | Zofia Bielczyk (POL) | 6.74 | Maria Kemenchezhi (URS) | 6.80 | Tatyana Anisimova (URS) | 6.81 | |
| 5000 m walk | M | Hartwig Gauder (GDR) | 19:08.59 CR | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) | 19:13.90 | Gérard Lelievre (FRA) | 19:55.02 |
| Discipline | 1st | Meter | 2nd | Meter | 3rd | Meter | |
| High Jump | M | Roland Dalhäuser (SUI) | 2.28 | Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) | 2.25 | Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) | 2.25 |
| F | Sara Simeoni (ITA) | 1.97 CR | Elżbieta Krawczuk (POL) | 1.94 | Urszula Kielan (POL) | 1.94 | |
| Long Jump | M | Rolf Bernhard (SUI) | 8.01 | Antonio Corgos (ESP) | 7.97 | Shamil Abbyasov (URS) | 7.95 |
| F | Karin Hänel (FRG) | 6.77 CR | Sigrid Heimann (GDR) | 6.66 | Jasmin Fischer (FRG) | 6.65 | |
| Triple Jump | M | Shamil Abbyasov (URS) | 17.30 CR | Klaus Kübler (FRG) | 16.73 | Aston Moore (GBR) | 16.73 |
| Pole Vault | M | Thierry Vigneron (FRA) | 5.70 | Aleksandr Krupskiy (URS) | 5.65 | Jean-Michel Bellot (FRA) | 5.65 |
| Shot Put | M | Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) | 19.88 | Luc Viudès (FRA) | 19.41 | Zlatan Saracevic (YUG) | 19.40 |
| F | Ilona Slupianek (GDR) | 20.77 | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 20.64 | Helma Knorscheidt (GDR) | 20.12 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | West Germany | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | Soviet Union | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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