| Venue: | Leipzig, |
| Date: | August 1981 |
| Previous: | 1980 Mexico City |
| Next: | 1982 Marsciano |
The 1981 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the seventh annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Grimma, Leipzig, West Germany in August 1981.
The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial.
| - bgcolor="#cccccc" | Men's Events | |||
| Sprint[1] | Olaf Arndt | P. Rampazzo | Bruno Bannes | |
| Points race | Fabio Lana | Mat Lange | Kenneth Bering | |
| Individual pursuit | Reinhard Alber | Marat Ganeyev | Martin Palis | |
| Kilo | Marcelo Alexandre | Dirk Streicher | Stefano Baudino | |
| Team pursuit | Dainis Grantinch Martin Palis Marat Ganeyev Yuri Kasakov | Frank Siggelkowe Carsten Wolf Steven Planitzer Thomas Raddatz | Pascal Carrara Bruno Wojtinek Christian Noiret Dominique Lecrocq | |