1981 Mr Universe - NABBA
| Overall Winner John Brown | |
Tall | |
| 1 | John Brown |
| 2 | Bob Esprit |
| 3 | Christian Gomba |
| 4 | Alwin Djaoen |
| 5 | Livingston Jeffers |
| 6 | M Loesler |
Medium | |
| 1 | Filippo Massaroni |
| 2 | Ian Dowe |
| 3 | Naokata Ishii 石井直方 |
| 4 | Eddie Miller |
| 5 | Masashi Enomoto 榎本正司 |
| 6 | Jules Jupiter |
Short | |
| 1 | Terry Phillips |
| 2 | Francois Chung |
| 3 | Sean Bullman |
| 4 | Yatoka Miyuhata |
| 5 | Teruo Aso 朝生照雄 |
| 6 | Christian Benathan |