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 |
Women's Kayak - 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 |