GDR-championships - 1981
Zwickau/GDR - Mulde
03-JUL-1981 - 05-JUL-1981
C1-men - individual
| 1 | Frank RAUE | Zwickau | |
| 2 | Mathias KRISPIN | Zwickau | |
| 3 | Udo DIETRICH | Coswig |
C2-men - individual
| 1 | Frank KRETSCHMER - Michael BEREK | Leipzig | |
| 2 | Horst KOPSCH - Mathias BECK | Leipzig | |
| 3 | Holger SCHULZE - Thomas KONOPKA | Leipzig |
K1 men - individual
| 1 | Rolf HERRMANN | Leuna | |
| 2 | Detlef MUNKELT | Leipzig | |
| 3 | Sven PEILER | Erfurt |
K1 women - individual
| 1 | Sylvia MEHLER | Sömmerda | |
| 2 | Christine SEELIG | Magdeburg | |
| 3 | Christine BERGER | Magdeburg |
C1-men - team
| 1 | Mathias KRISPIN | Zwickau | |
| Volker WARG | Zwickau | ||
| Frank RAUE | Zwickau | ||
| 2 | Dieter GRABSKI | Sömmerda | |
| Michael KÜHN | Sömmerda | ||
| Mathias SCHUNKE | Sömmerda | ||
| 3 | Ralf GLÄSER | Dresden | |
| Frank KUKUCZKA | Dresden | ||
| Uwe GUHR | Dresden |
C2-men - team
| 1 | Holger SCHULZE - Thomas KONOPKA | Leipzig | |
| Frank KRETSCHMER - Michael BEREK | Leipzig | ||
| Horst KOPSCH - Mathias BECK | Leipzig | ||
| 2 | Klaus SCHÖNFELD - WEINHOLD | Magdeburg | |
| SOMMER - Detlef UTH | Oschersleben | ||
| Martin LEHMANN - Christine SEELIG | Magdeburg | ||
| 3 | LEHMANN - FIEDLER | Magdeburg | |
| ADLER - Andreas ZELMER | Magdeburg | ||
| Hartmut BECKER - Manfred GALLREIN | Magdeburg |
K1 men - team
| 1 | Uwe RÖSSLER | Zwickau | |
| Ralf HIRSCH | Zwickau | ||
| Volker BRETSCHNEIDER | Zwickau | ||
| 2 | Ralf RÜHLE | Coswig | |
| Frank RÖDER | Coswig | ||
| Mario RÖDER | Coswig | ||
| 3 | Ralf KUBICZEK | Halle | |
| Helmut SCHRÖTER | Halle | ||
| Roger REICHARDT | Halle |