1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 50 metres

The men's 50 metres event at the 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 February.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marian Woronin Poland	Vladimir Muravyov Soviet Union	Andrey Shlyapnikov Soviet Union

Results

Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Marian Woronin	Poland	5.70	Q, CR
2	2	Andrey Shlyapnikov	Soviet Union	5.78	Q
3	1	Marc Gasparoni	France	5.79	Q
3	1	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	5.79	Q
3	2	Philippe Le Joncour	France	5.79	Q
6	1	Josep Carbonell	Spain	5.84	Q
6	3	Antoine Richard	France	5.84	Q
6	3	Ivaylo Karanyotov	Bulgaria	5.84	Q
9	3	Luciano Caravani	Italy	5.85	q
10	2	Selwyn Clarke	Great Britain	5.86	Q
11	2	Jerzy Brunner	Poland	5.89	q
12	1	Stefan Nilsson	Sweden	5.92	q
13	1	Franco Zucchini	Italy	5.93
14	3	Aleksandar Popović	Yugoslavia	5.97
15	1	Roland Jokl	Austria	5.98
16	2	Josef Mayr	Austria	5.98

Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marian Woronin	Poland	5.67	Q, CR
2	1	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	5.73	Q
3	2	Andrey Shlyapnikov	Soviet Union	5.76	Q
4	2	Antoine Richard	France	5.78	Q
5	1	Philippe Le Joncour	France	5.79	Q
5	2	Selwyn Clarke	Great Britain	5.79	Q
7	1	Luciano Caravani	Italy	5.80
7	1	Ivaylo Karanyotov	Bulgaria	5.80
7	2	Marc Gasparoni	France	5.80
10	2	Josep Carbonell	Spain	5.82
11	1	Stefan Nilsson	Sweden	5.83
12	2	Jerzy Brunner	Poland	5.89

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marian Woronin	Poland	5.65	CR
	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	5.76
	Andrey Shlyapnikov	Soviet Union	5.77
4	Antoine Richard	France	5.78
5	Philippe Le Joncour	France	5.79
6	Selwyn Clarke	Great Britain	5.82