| 1981 Bucharest Summer Universiade | |
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 Official Universiade flag | |
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City |
Bucharest, Romania |
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Team Gold Medalist |
Romania |
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All-Around Gold Medalist |
Nadia Comăneci (ROU) |
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Vault Gold Medalist |
Nadia Comăneci (ROU) |
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Uneven Bars Gold Medalist |
Nadia Comăneci (ROU) |
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Balance Beam Gold Medalist |
Emilia Eberle (ROU) |
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Floor Exercise Gold Medalist |
Nadia Comăneci (ROU) |
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Preceded by |
1979 Mexico City Summer Universiade |
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Succeeded by |
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The 1981 Summer Universiade, also known as the XI Summer Universiade, took place from July 19 to July 30 in Bucharest, Romania.
Format of Competition[]
The artistic gymnastics competition was carried out in three stages:
- Competition I - The team competition/qualification round in which all gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, performed both compulsory and optional exercises. The combined scores of all team members determined the final score of the team. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts in the all-around qualified to the individual all-around competition. The six highest scoring gymnasts on each apparatus qualified to the final for that apparatus.
- Competition II - The individual all-around competition, in which those who qualified from Competition I performed exercises on each apparatus. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast during Competition I and all of the points earned by him or her in Competition II.
- Competition III - The apparatus finals, in which those who qualified during Competition I performed an exercise on the individual apparatus on which he or she had qualified. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast on that particular apparatus during Competition I and all of the points earned by him or her on that particular apparatus in Competition III.
Each country was limited to three gymnasts in the all-around final and two gymnasts in each apparatus final.
Results[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Team |  Romania
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 Soviet Union
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 China
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| All-Around | Nadia Comăneci Romania (ROU) |
Stella Zakharova Soviet Union (USSR) |
Dumitriţa Turner Romania (ROU) |
| Vault | Nadia Comăneci Romania (ROU)
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N/A | Dumitriţa Turner Romania (ROU) |
| Uneven Bars | Nadia Comăneci Romania (ROU)
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N/A | Zhu Zheng China (CHN) |
| Balance Beam | Emilia Eberle Romania (ROU) |
Dumitriţa Turner Romania (ROU) |
Stella Zakharova Soviet Union (USSR) |
| Floor Exercise | Nadia Comăneci Romania (ROU) |
Rodica Dunca Romania (ROU) |
Stella Zakharova Soviet Union (USSR) |
Medal Count[]
| Rank | Country | 
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Total |
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| 1 | Romania
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7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | USSR
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1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | China
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |