| 1981 Individual Long Track World Championship | |
| Prev: | 1980 |
| Next: | 1982 |
The 1981 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 11th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.[1] [2] The event was held on 20 September 1981 in Gornja Radgona in the Slovenia, which was Yugoslavia at the time.[3]
The world title was won by Michael Lee of England.[4] [5] Ivan Mauger crashed in heat 7 and was taken to hospital.
| width=20 | Pos | width=400 | Rider | width=20 | Heat Pts | width=20 | Heat Pts | width=20 | Heat Pts | width=20 | Heat Pts | width=20 | Heat Pts | width=100 | Total Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | |||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | E | 13 | |||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ef | E | 12 | |||||||||
| 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | E | 10 | |||||||||
| 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | E | 6 | |||||||||
| 11 | 4 | 2 | ns | ns | E | 6 | |||||||||
| 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ef | E | 5 | |||||||||
| 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | E | E | 5 | |||||||||
| 14 | 2 | 2 | ns | E | E | 4 | |||||||||
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | E | E | 3 | |||||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | E | E | 1 | |||||||||
| 17 | ef | 1 | ef | E | E | 1 | |||||||||
| 18 | ef | 0 | E | E | ef | 0 |