K-4 500 m, Women

Competition	1981 World Canoe Sprint Championships
Venue	Nottingham GBR
Held	—
Status	Medal
Competitors	12
Countries	3

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
🥇	East Germany	GDR	1:38.81
	Birgit Fischer / Carsta Kühn / Kathrin Giese / Roswitha Eberl
🥈	Soviet Union	URS	1:40.25
	Nataliya Filonich / Larisa Nadviga / Inna Zhipulina / Lyubov Orechova
🥉	Sweden	SWE	1:40.94
	Karin Olsson / Agneta Andersson / Susanne Wiberg / Eva Karlsson