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| European Junior (U20) Championships, 20-23 August, 1981, Utrecht, Netherlands | Representing |
| 20 August | Under-20 Men | 100 Metres | HEAT 2 | 2 | Mike Powell | (Shaftesbury Harriers) | 10.54/3.9 | Q | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 20 August | Under-20 Men | 100 Metres | S-FINAL 2 | 2 | Mike Powell | (Shaftesbury Harriers) | 10.52/0.9 | Q | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 20 August | Under-20 Men | 100 Metres | FINAL | 5 | Mike Powell | (Shaftesbury Harriers) | 10.53/3.6 | | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 20 August | Under-20 Men | 10,000 Metres Track Walk | FINAL | 7 | Gordon Vale | (Surrey Walking Club) | 43:05.57 | | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 20 August | Under-20 Women | 100 Metres | HEAT 3 | 1 | Shirley Thomas | (Hounslow AC) | 11.5/2.4 | Q | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 20 August | Under-20 Women | 100 Metres | S-FINAL 1 | 1 | Shirley Thomas | (Hounslow AC) | 11.25/3.7 | Q | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 20 August | Under-20 Women | 100 Metres | FINAL | 2 | Shirley Thomas | (Hounslow AC) | 11.43/2.4 | | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 20 August | Under-20 Women | Long Jump | FINAL | 3 | Joyce Oladapo | (Bromley Ladies AC) | 6.36m | | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 22 August | Under-20 Men | 200 Metres | HEAT 3 | 1 | Donovan Reid | (Shaftesbury Harriers) | 21.62/4.2 | Q | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 22 August | Under-20 Men | 200 Metres | S-FINAL 2 | 3 | Donovan Reid | (Shaftesbury Harriers) | 21.36/3.5 | Q | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 22 August | Under-20 Men | 4 X 100 Metres Relay | HEAT 1 | - | Donovan Reid (leg 2) | (Shaftesbury Harriers) | DQ | | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 22 August | Under-20 Men | 4 X 100 Metres Relay | HEAT 1 | - | Mike Powell (leg 1) | (Shaftesbury Harriers) | DQ | | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 22 August | Under-20 Women | 200 Metres | HEAT 1 | 2 | Shirley Thomas | (Hounslow AC) | 24.01/3.6 | Q | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 22 August | Under-20 Women | 200 Metres | S-FINAL 2 | 1 | Shirley Thomas | (Hounslow AC) | 23.63/3.7 | Q | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 23 August | Under-20 Men | 200 Metres | FINAL | 6 | Donovan Reid | (Shaftesbury Harriers) | 21.23/2 | | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 23 August | Under-20 Women | 200 Metres | FINAL | 6 | Shirley Thomas | (Hounslow AC) | 23.56/2.2 | | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
| 23 August | Under-20 Women | 4 X 100 Metres Relay | FINAL | 4 | Shirley Thomas (leg 4) | (Hounslow AC) | 45.11 | | | Great Britain & Northern Ireland |
