The 1981 Berlin Marathon was the 8th running of the annual marathon race held in Berlin, West Germany, held on 27 September. Great Britain's Ian Ray won the men's race in 2:15:42 hours, while the women's race was won by West Germany's Angelika Stephan in 2:47:24. Ray was the first non-West German winner of the race. A men's wheelchair race was held for the first time and was won by West German Georg Freund in 2:08:44. No women entered the wheelchair section. A total of 2567 runners finished the race, comprising 2418 men and 149 women.

8th Berlin Marathon
VenueBerlin, West Germany
Date27 September
Champions
MenIan Ray (2:15:42)
WomenAngelika Stephan (2:47:24)
Wheelchair menGeorg Freund (2:08:44)
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Results

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
  Ian Ray   United Kingdom 2:15:42
  Mick Hurd   United Kingdom 2:17:44
  Dave Clarke   United Kingdom 2:20:10
4 John Dimick   United States 2:20:46
5 Richard Umberg   Switzerland 2:21:55
6 John Robertshaw   West Germany 2:23:07
7 Bent Larsson   Denmark 2:23:25
8 Alessandro Rasello   Italy 2:24:02
9 Peter Alt   West Germany 2:24:51
10 John Bicourt   United Kingdom 2:25:13
11 Thorbjoern Larsen   Norway 2:25:15
12 Jodmund Rualquam   Norway 2:25:59
13 Peter Morawski   West Germany 2:26:11
14 Ingo Sensburg   West Germany 2:27:01
15 Andreas Jost   West Germany 2:28:36
16 Ray Maule   United Kingdom 2:28:44
17 Michael Heine   West Germany 2:29:59
18 Michael Weiss   West Germany 2:30:50
19 Risto Issakainen   Finland 2:31:59
20 Hagen Jaedicke   West Germany 2:32:38

Women

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time
  Angelika Stephan   West Germany 2:47:24
  Gillian Castka   United Kingdom 2:50:45
  Liane Winter   West Germany 2:53:56
4 Catherina Bakker   Netherlands 2:54:39
5 Leslie Watson   United Kingdom 2:55:34
6 Jutta von Haase   West Germany 2:58:13
7 Monika Kuno   West Germany 2:57:30
8 Elisabeth Schuh   Venezuela 3:02:26
9 Elena Dugono   Italy 3:02:51
10 Eva-Marie Lehmann   West Germany 3:05:26

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