1981 E3 Prijs Harelbeke (1.1), Belgium
24th edition: Saturday, March 28, 1981
Complete known results
E3 Prijs Harelbeke podium history | 1980 edition | 1982 edition

1981 E3 winner Jan Raas is shown earlier in 1981 riding to a solo victory in the Omloop Het Volk (now called Omloop Het Nieuwsblad).
Complete known results:
This was Jan Raas' third consecutive E3 win.
226 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.965 km/hr
126 starters, an unknown number of finishers. Only the first 30 finishers are known.
| 1 | Jan Raas | TI-Raleigh-Creda | 5hr 48min |
| 2 | Ludo Delcroix | Capri Sonne-Koga Miyata | s.t. |
| 3 | Alfons De Wolf | Vermeer Thijs | @ 20sec |
| 4 | Roger De Vlaeminck | DAF Trucks | s.t. |
| 5 | Henk Lubberding | TI-Raleigh-Creda | s.t. |
| 6 | Adrianus "Jos" Schipper | HB Alarmsystemen | s.t. |
| 7 | Hennie Kuiper | DAF Trucks | s.t. |
| 8 | Eddy Van Haerens | Boul d'Or-Sunair | 1'10" |
| 9 | Eddy Planckaert | Splendor-Wickes | s.t. |
| 10 | Marc Demeyer | Capri Sonne-Koga Miyata | s.t. |
| 11 | Frank Hoste | TI-Raleigh-Creda | s.t. |
| 12 | Ronan De Meyer | DAF Trucks | s.t. |
| 13 | Pol Verschuere | Capri Sonne-Koga Miyata | s.t. |
| 14 | Stefan Mutter | Cilo-Aufina | s.t. |
| 15 | Michel Pollentier | Vermeer Thijs | s.t. |
| 16 | Philippe Poissonnier | Fangio-Sapeco | s.t. |
| 17 | Marc Van Geel | Safir-Ludo | s.t. |
| 18 | René Van den Bossche | Splendor-Wickes | s.t. |
| 19 | Charly Jochums | Masta-Peeters | s.t. |
| 20 | Benny Schepmans | Safir-Ludo | s.t. |
| 21 | Louis Luyten | Vermeer Thijs | s.t. |
| 22 | Wilfried Wesemael | TI-Raleigh-Creda | s.t. |
| 23 | Walter Dalgal | Splendor-Wickes | s.t. |
| 24 | Marc Renier | Masta-Peeters | s.t. |
| 25 | Léo Van Vliet | TI-Raleigh-Creda | s.t. |
| 26 | Luc Desmet | Splendor-Wickes | s.t. |
| 27 | Etienne De Beule | Vermeer Thijs | s.t. |
| 28 | Roelof Groen | HB Alarmsystemen | s.t. |
| 29 | Derek Hunt | Boston-Mavic | s.t. |
| 30 | Léo Van Thielen | Eurobouw | s.t. |





