| 15th European Aquatics Championships | |
| Hostcity: | Split, Yugoslavia |
| Dates: | 5–12 September 1981 |
| Events: | 37 |
| Previous: | 1977 Jönköping |
| Next: | 1983 Rome |
The 1981 European Aquatics Championships were held in an indoor pool (50 m) in Split, Yugoslavia from 5 September to 12 September 1981. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronized swimming (women) and water polo (men).
| 100 m freestyle | ||||
| 200 m freestyle | ||||
| 400 m freestyle | ||||
| 1500 m freestyle | ||||
| 100 m backstroke | ||||
| 200 m backstroke | ||||
| 100 m breaststroke | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | ||||
| 200 m butterfly | ||||
| 200 m individual medley | ||||
| 400 m individual medley | ||||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Vladimir Shemetov Vladimir Salnikov Aleksandr Chaev Sergey Kopliakov | Per Holmertz Per Wikström Lasse Lindqvist Per Johansson | Peter Knust Wilfried Kuhlem Michael Groß Andreas Schmidt | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Vladimir Shemetov Vladimir Salnikov Aleksandr Chaev Sergey Kopliakov | Michael Groß Gerald Schlupp Andreas Schmidt Frank Wennmann | Michael Söderlund Per Wikström Per-Alvar Magnusson Thomas Lejdström | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Viktor Kuznetsov Yuriy Kis Aleksey Markovsky Sergey Krasyuk | Bengt Baron Glen Christiansen Pär Arvidsson Per Johansson | Dirk Richter Sigurd Hanke Olaf Ziesche Jörg Woithe |
| 100 m freestyle | ||||
| 200 m freestyle | ||||
| 400 m freestyle | ||||
| 800 m freestyle | ||||
| 100 m backstroke | ||||
| 200 m backstroke | ||||
| 100 m breaststroke | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | ||||
| 200 m butterfly | ||||
| 200 m individual medley | ||||
| 400 m individual medley | ||||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Birgit Meineke Caren Metschuck Ines Diers Susanne Link | Marion Aizpors Karin Seick Ute Neubert Susanne Schuster | Annemarie Verstappen Monique Drost Wilma van Velsen Conny van Bentum | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Ina Kleber Ute Geweniger Ines Geißler Caren Metschuck | Larisa Gorchakova Larisa Belokon Natalia Pokas Natalya Strunnikova | Ute Neubert Andrea Schönborn Karin Seick Marion Aizpors |
| 3 m springboard | ||||
| 10 m platform |
| 3 m springboard | ||||
| 10 m platform |
| Solo | ||||
| Duet | ||||
| Team competition | Tracy Cook Louise Corkhilld Amanda Dodd Deborah Golding Caroline Holmyard Sheila Kenton Philippa Sutton Carolyn Wilson | Catrien Eijken Marijke Engelen Marleen Engelen Petri Engels Judith van de Berg Maria van den Broek Liesbeth van Hoorn Ilse Westbroe | Cornelia Blank Edith Boss Ines Gerber Silvia Grossenbacher Maya Mast Irene Singer Karin Singer Caroline Sturzenegger |
| Team competition |