Wrestling at the 1981 Summer Universiade
The Wrestling competition in the 1981 Summer Universiade were held in Bucharest, Romania.Freestyle Wrestling
Greco-Roman Wrestling
Medal table
; Freestyle 48 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Toshiaki Ishikawa | |
| Arshak Sanoian | |
| Son Gab-Do | |
| 4 | Gao Wenhe | |
| 5 | Fahri Saliev | |
| 6 | Richard Salamone | |
; Freestyle 52 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Mitsuru Sato | |
| Gheorghe Bircu | |
| Kim Jong-kyu | |
| 4 | Ray Takahashi | |
| 5 | Bernardo Olivera | |
| 6 | Wade Genova | |
; Freestyle 57 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Anatoliy Beloglazov | |
| Hideaki Tomiyama | |
| Aurel Neagu | |
| 4 | David Cooke | |
| 5 | Georgi Kalchev | |
| 6 | Selman Kaygusuz | |
; Freestyle 62 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Viktor Alekseyev | |
| Mike Land | |
| Dugarsürengiin Oyuunbold | |
| 4 | Satoru Goitsuka | |
| 5 | Gencho Valchanov | |
| 6 | Traian Marinescu | |
; Freestyle 68 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Raúl Cascaret | |
| You In-Tak | |
| Boris Budayev | |
| 4 | Jarkan Masan | |
| 5 | Tom Nugent | |
| 6 | Oktav Aktaş | |
; Freestyle 74 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Georgiy Makasarashvili | |
| Dave Schultz | |
| Kiro Ristov | |
| 4 | Go Jin-won | |
| 5 | Gospodin Sabev | |
| 6 | Shigenoru Kishimoto | |
; Freestyle 82 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Vagab Kazibekov | |
| Ivan Yorgov | |
| Gheorghe Fodore | |
| 4 | Akira Ōta | |
| 5 | Sükhbaatar Sürenjav | |
| 6 | Kemalettin Gül | |
; Freestyle 90 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Vladimir Batniya | |
| Clark Davis | |
| Mitch Hull | |
| 4 | Jarkal Masan | |
| 5 | Hans-Peter Franz | |
| 6 | Nevzat Altınoluk | |
; Freestyle 100 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Ilya Mate | |
| Venelin Atanasov | |
| Luis Miranda | |
| 4 | Vasile Pușcașu | |
| 5 | Ibrahim Abdulkarim | |
| 6 | Steve Wilbur | |
; Freestyle over 100 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Bruce Baumgartner | |
| Sergey Stoytchev | |
| Nikolay Skripkin | |
| 4 | Andrei Ianco | |
| 5 | Roman Wrocławski | |
| 6 | Kornél Szűcs | |
; Greko-roman 48 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Temo Kasarashvili | |
| Constantin Alexandru | |
| Hidekazu Okawa | |
| 4 | Mark Fuller | |
; Greko-roman 52 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Benur Pashayan | |
| Nicu Gingă | |
| Bang Dae-Du | |
| 4 | Atsuji Miyahara | |
; Greko-roman 57 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Niculae Zamfir | |
| Kamil Fatkulin | |
| Petar Balov | |
; Greko-roman 62 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Ion Păun | |
| Gyrom Micharashvili | |
| Stefan Mihaylov | |
| 4 | Frank Famlano | |
; Greko-roman 68 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Ștefan Rusu | |
| Mikhail Prokudin | |
| Nikolay Dimov | |
| 4 | Scott Bliss | |
; Greko-roman 74 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Aleksandr Kudryavtsev | |
| Gheorghe Ciobotaru | |
| Peter Thatner | |
| 4 | Marco Pacorara | |
| 5 | Mike Johnson | |
; Greko-roman 82 kg
; Greko-roman 90 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Ilie Matei | |
| Thomas Horschel | |
| Aleksandr Dubrovskiy | |
| 4 | Phil Lamatella | |
; Greko-roman 100 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Mikhail Saladze | |
| Vasile Andrei | |
| Roman Wrocławski | |
; Greko-roman over 100 kg
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation |
| Victor Dlipschi | |
| Refik Memišević | |
| Ivan Karapetian | |
