The FIL World Luge Championships 1981 took place in Hammarstrand, Sweden for the third time. Hammarstrand had hosted the event previously in 1967 and 1975. It also marked the last time the event took place on a natural track until 2000 with events now moving to the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships which debuted in 1979.
Men's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Sergey Danilin (URS) |
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| Silver |  Michael Walter (GDR) |
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| Bronze |  Ernst Haspinger (ITA) |
Women's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Melitta Sollmann (GDR) |
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| Silver | Cerstin Schmidt (GDR) |
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| Bronze | Vera Zozula (URS) |
Men's doubles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | East Germany (Bernd Hahn, Ulrich Hahn) |
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| Silver | East Germany (Bernd Oberhoffner, Jörg-Dieter Ludwig) |
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| Bronze |  West Germany (Hans Stangassinger, Franz Wembacher) |
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |