1981 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed doubles

The 1981 World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles was the 36th edition of the mixed doubles championship.^{[1] [2]}

Xie Saike and Huang Junqun defeated Chen Xinhua and Tong Ling in the final by three sets to nil.^[3]

	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Xie Saike Huang Junqun	21	21	21
		Wang Huiyuan Geng Lijuan	15	13	15						Xie Saike Huang Junqun	21	21	21
		Jacques Secrétin Claude Bergeret	24	21	12	21					Secrétin Bergeret	5	14	11
		Hideo Goto Rie Wada	22	16	21	17														Xie Saike Huang Junqun	21	21	21
		Huang Liang Pu Qijuan	21	16	21	20	21													Huang Liang Pu Qijuan	15	11	8
		Seiji Ono Emiko Kanda	16	21	13	22	13				Huang Liang Pu Qijuan	21	21	21
		Guo Yuehua Zhang Deying	21	15	21	21					Guo Yuehua Zhang Deying	15	8	14
		Igor Solopov Fliura Bulatova	18	21	18	17																							Xie Saike Huang Junqun	21	21	21
		Li Zhenshi Yan Guili	21	21	21																								Chen Xinhua Tong Ling	12	11	15
		Tommy Danielsson Anneli Hernvall	19	7	14						Li Zhenshi Yan Guili	21	12	17	21	18
		Dragutin Šurbek Branka Batinić	17	21	21	21					Šurbek Batinić	14	21	21	14	21
		Hitoshi Kaihoko Hiroko Umeda	21	13	14	11														Šurbek Batinić	9	21	14	18
		Cai Zhenhua Cao Yanhua	21	21	21															Chen Xinhua Tong Ling	21	11	21	21
		Jindřich Panský Marie Hrachová	17	16	14						Cai Zhenhua Cao Yanhua	14	12	10
		Chen Xinhua Tong Ling	21	21	21						Chen Xinhua Tong Ling	21	21	21
		Norio Takashima Kayoko Kawakhigshi	9	12	14

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists