List of 2001 World Games medal winners

The 2001 World Games were held in Akita, Japan, from August 16 to August 26, 2001.^[1]

Acrobatic gymnastics

Main article: Acrobatic gymnastics at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's pair	China Li Renjie Song Min	Russia Aleksandr Privalov Ivan Poletaev	Belarus Aliaksei Liubezny Anatoli Baravikou
Men's group	Russia Aleksey Shcherbakov Vadim Galkin Aleksey Ermichkin Dmitry Bulkin	China Yan Song Liu Feng Liu Huifeng Hu Xin	Portugal Pedro Emídio João Oliveira Sérgio Mateus Vítor Silva
Women's pair	Russia Anna Mokhova Yulia Lopatkina	Belgium Aline Van den Weghe Elke Van Maldegem	Great Britain Gemma Middleton Amy Clarke
Women's group	Russia Svetlana Kushu Elena Arakelian Ekaterina Lysenko	China Huang Cuiling Feng Jiepeng Li Caidan	Belarus Katsiaryna Katsuba Zinaida Sazonava Viktoryia Arabei
Mixed pair	Russia Andrey Yakovlev Polina Lymareva	United States Julian Amaro Shenea Booth	Great Britain Patrick Bonner Lisa Hobby

Aerobic gymnastics

Main article: Aerobic gymnastics at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	Jonatan Cañada  Spain	Park Kwang-soo  South Korea	Grégory Alcan  France
Women's individual	Izabela Lăcătuș  Romania	Ludmila Kovatcheva  Bulgaria	Giovanna Lecis  Italy
Mixed pair	Russia Vladislav Oksner Tatiana Soloviova	France Stéphane Brecard Rachel Muller	Bulgaria Marian Kolev Galina Lazarova
Trio	France Grégory Alcan Xavier Julien Olivier Salvan	Romania Remus Nicolai Claudiu Varlam Cristian Moldovan	Bulgaria Ludmila Kovatcheva Galina Lazarova Krassimira Dotzeva

Artistic roller skating

Main article: Artistic roller skating at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's free skating	Luca Lailai  Italy	Joshua Rhodes  United States	Daniel Arriola  Argentina
Women's free skating	Heather Mulkey  United States	Erica Colaceci  Italy	Elke Dederichs  Germany
Pairs	Italy Patrick Venerucci Beatrice Palazzi Rossi	United States Billy Crowder Candice Heiden	Brazil Max Santos Luciana Roiha
Dance	United States Adam White Melissa Quinn	Australia Gawaine Davis Ester Ambrus	Argentina Gastón Passini Analia Martínez

Bodybuilding

Main article: Bodybuilding at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 65 kg	Anwar El-Amawy  Egypt	José Carlos Santos  Brazil	Marvin Ward  United States
Men's 70 kg	Igor Kočiš  Slovakia	René Zimmermann  Switzerland	Derik Farnsworth  United States
Men's 75 kg	Andreas Becker  Germany	Yoshihiro Yano  Japan	Makoto Tashiro  Japan
Men's 80 kg	Pavlos Mentis  Greece	Juraj Vrábel  Slovakia	Tito Raymond  United States
Men's +80 kg	Olegas Žuras  Lithuania	Thomas Scheu  Germany	Manfred Petautschnig  Austria
Women's 52 kg	Pam Kusar  United States	Utako Mizuma  Japan	Sandra Weber  Germany
Women's +52 kg	Cornelia Junker  Germany	Susanne Niederhauser  Austria	Jana Purdjaková  Slovakia

Boules sports

Main article: Boules sports at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's lyonnaise progressive doubles	France Laurent Duverger Sébastien Grail	Italy Michele Giordanino Marco Ziraldo	Slovenia Gregor Košir Zoran Rednak
Men's pétanque triples	Italy Stefano Bruno Fabio Dutto Paolo Lerda	Spain José Luis Delgado José Joaquín Romero Antonio López	Belgium André Lozano Michel Van Campenhout Claudy Weibel
Women's lyonnaise progressive doubles	France Corine Maugiron Valérie Maugiron	Italy Ilenia Pasin Laura Trova	Slovenia Petra Pivk Nina Sodec
Women's pétanque doubles	Belgium Nancy Barzin Linda Goblet	Spain Rosario Inés María Luisa Ruíz	Madagascar Hanta Randriambahiny Odile Razanamahefa

Bowling

Main article: Bowling at the 2001 World Games

Event[2]	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Tobias Gäbler  Germany	Kim Kyung-min  South Korea	Tom Hahl  Finland
Women's singles	Sofía Rodríguez  Guatemala	Ross Greiner  Netherlands	Piritta Kantola  Finland
Mixed doubles	Great Britain Steve Thornton Kirsten Penny	Germany Tobias Gäbler Tanya Petty	Norway Petter Hansen Mette Hansen

Casting

Main article: Casting at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's fly accuracy	Henrik Österberg  Sweden	Henrik Harjanne  Sweden	Jan Luxa  Czech Republic
Men's fly distance single handed	Jacek Kuza  Poland	Jan Luxa  Czech Republic	Henrik Österberg  Sweden
Men's multiplier accuracy	Michael Harter  Germany	Steve Rajeff  United States	Henrik Österberg  Sweden
Women's fly accuracy	Jana Maisel  Germany	Alena Zinner  Austria	Zuzana Kočířová  Czech Republic
Women's fly distance single handed	Kathrin Ernst  Germany	Tina Gerlach  Germany	Alena Zinner  Austria
Women's multiplier accuracy	Jana Maisel  Germany	Tina Gerlach  Germany	Kathrin Ernst  Germany

Cue sports

Main article: Cue sports at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's three-cushion carom	Dani Sánchez  Spain	Dick Jaspers  Netherlands	Lee Sang-chun  United States
Men's nine-ball pool	Yang Ching-shun  Chinese Taipei	Ralf Souquet  Germany	Thomas Engert  Germany
Men's snooker	Bjorn Haneveer  Belgium	Marlon Manalo  Philippines	Shokat Ali  Pakistan
Women's nine-ball pool	Jeanette Lee  United States	Karen Corr  Great Britain	Jennifer Chen  Chinese Taipei

Dancesport

Main article: Dancesport at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Standard	Great Britain Jonathan Crossley Kylie Jones	Italy Mirko Gozzoli Alessia Betti	Lithuania Arūnas Bižokas Edita Daniūtė
Latin	Slovenia Andrej Škufca Katarina Venturini	Russia Dmitry Timokhin Anna Bezikova	United States Eugene Katsevman Maria Manusova

Field archery

Main article: Field archery at the 2001 World Games

Event[3]	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's recurve	Jay Barrs  United States	Michele Frangilli  Italy	Fulvio Verdecchia  Italy
Men's compound	Dave Cousins  United States	Björn Andersson  Sweden	Hervé Dardant  France
Men's barebow	Erik Jonsson  Sweden	Žare Krajnc  Slovenia	Mattias Larsson  Sweden
Women's recurve	Carole Ferriou  France	Elisabeth Grube  Austria	Laure Barczynski  France
Women's compound	Michelle Ragsdale  United States	Giorgia Solato  Italy	Françoise Volle  France
Women's barebow	Barbara Guiducci  Italy	Patricia Lovell  Great Britain	Odile Boussière  France

Finswimming

Main article: Finswimming at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 100 m surface	Evgeny Skorzhenko  Russia	Sergey Akhapov  Russia	Huang Jiandong  China
Men's 200 m surface	Sergey Akhapov  Russia	Andreas Utzmeir  Germany	Ilya Somov  Russia
Men's 400 m surface	Sven Gallasch  Germany	Gergely Juhos  Hungary	Ilya Somov  Russia
Men's 50 m apnoea	Evgeny Skorzhenko  Russia	Li Yong  China	Zhao Ji  China
Men's 4 × 100 m surface relay	Russia Ilya Somov Evgeny Skorzhenko Maksim Maksimov Sergey Akhapov	China Zhao Ji Hu Hailong Huang Jiandong Li Yong	Germany Frank Wille Sven Kaiser Sven Gallasch Andreas Utzmeir
Women's 100 m surface	Liu Qi  China	Tatiana Komarova  Russia	Zhu Baozhen  China
Women's 200 m surface	Anastassia Glukhikh  Russia	Lidia Goriacheva  Russia	Suzanne Jentzsch  Germany
Women's 400 m surface	Elena Gracheva  Russia	Anastassia Glukhikh  Russia	Bettina Müller  Germany
Women's 50 m apnoea	Anastassia Kochneva  Russia	Tatiana Komarova  Russia	Zhu Baozhen  China
Women's 4 × 100 m surface relay	Russia Tatiana Komarova Lidia Goriacheva Irina Egoruchkina Anastassia Kochneva	China Zhu Baozhen Li Qingping Wu Xiaohui Liu Qi	Germany Suzanne Jentzsch Tina Hirschfeldt Bettina Müller Christine Müller

Fistball

Main article: Fistball at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Austria Herwig Stratjel Andreas Woitsch Martin Weiß Christian Huber Martin Seidl Dietmar Weiß Norbert Zauner Stefan Einsiedler	Brazil Andreas Treichel Cristian Kohlmann Fabiano Miranda George Schuch Iwerson Fernandes Jorge Süffert Jorge Eurico Gebhard Leandro Fleck	Germany Niels Pannewig Martin Becker Sven Varnhorn Andreas Bernhardt Simon Eggers Jens Kolb Christian Sondern Frank Hertneck

Flying disc

Main article: Flying disc at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's disc golf	Barry Schultz  United States	Michael Sullivan  Canada	Jesper Lundmark  Sweden
Women's disc golf	Juliana Korver  United States	Niloofar Mosavar Rahmani  Sweden	Ruth Steele  Great Britain
Mixed ultimate	Canada Allan Nichols Anja Haman Jeff Cruickshank Jill Calkin Kirk Savage Leslie Calder Marc Seraglia Mike Grant Su-Ning Strube Victoria Chow	United States Billy Rodriguez Christine Dunlap Damien Scott Dana Green Dominique Fontenette Heidi Pomfret Justin Safdie Steve Dugan Johanna Neumann Fortunat Mueller	Japan Ayuko Sonoda Fuminori Ishizuka Hiroko Misui Kaori Nasu Kimiyo Yano Makiko Iida Masato Okada Yasushi Yamamoto Yohei Kichikawa Yoshinori Nasu

Inline speed skating

Main article: Inline speed skating at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 300 m time trial	Gregorio Duggento  Italy	Kalon Dobbin  New Zealand	Chad Hedrick  United States
Men's 500 m sprint	Chad Hedrick  United States	Miguel Rueda  Colombia	Gregorio Duggento  Italy
Men's 10000 m points	Chad Hedrick  United States	Shane Dobbin  New Zealand	Jorge Botero  Colombia
Men's 15000 m points elimination	Chad Hedrick  United States	Diego Rosero  Colombia	Jorge Botero  Colombia
Men's 20000 m elimination	Kalon Dobbin  New Zealand	Jorge Botero  Colombia	Christoph Zschätzsch  Germany
Women's 300 m time trial	Pan Li-ling  Chinese Taipei	Valentina Belloni  Italy	Pan Yi-chin  Chinese Taipei
Women's 500 m sprint	Pan Li-ling  Chinese Taipei	Pan Yi-chin  Chinese Taipei	Berenice Moreno  Colombia
Women's 5000 m points	Silvia Niño  Colombia	Alexandra Vivas  Colombia	Berenice Moreno  Colombia
Women's 10000 m points elimination	Alexandra Vivas  Colombia	Pan Yi-chin  Chinese Taipei	Silvia Niño  Colombia
Women's 15000 m elimination	Berenice Moreno  Colombia	Silvia Niño  Colombia	Pan Yi-chin  Chinese Taipei

Ju-jitsu

Main article: Ju-jitsu at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's duo	France Bruno Pereira Jérôme Laurent	Germany Andreas Richter Raik Tietze	Belgium Tom Jacobs Wim Kersemans
Men's fighting 69 kg	Antonio Da Costa  France	Gerhard Ableidinger  Austria	Colin Kist  Netherlands
Men's fighting 77 kg	Didier Cezar  France	Michel van Rijt  Netherlands	Christer Öqvist  Sweden
Men's fighting 85 kg	Rob Haans  Netherlands	Thierry Grimaud  France	Peter Bevc  Slovenia
Men's fighting 94 kg	Kamal Temal  France	Pedro García  Spain	Grzegorz Zimoląg  Poland
Women's duo	Denmark Vibeke Mortensen Karina Lauridsen	France Läetitia Deloris Géraldine Dejardin	Netherlands Silvia Alvarez Nuray Batman
Women's fighting 62 kg	Patricia Hekkens  Netherlands	Jeanne Rasmussen  Denmark	Diana Gasco  Spain
Women's fighting 70 kg	Nicole Sydbøge  Denmark	Sophie Albert  France	Anna Dimberg  Sweden
Mixed duo	Spain Miguel Ángel Benítez Isabel Talavera	Germany Peter Florian Gertraud Christ	Denmark Frank Stjernholm Camilla Prien

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's kata	Ryoki Abe  Japan	Luca Valdesi  Italy	Antonio Díaz  Venezuela
Men's kumite 60 kg	Kenichi Imai  Japan	Francesco Ortu  Italy	Milo Hodge  Great Britain
Men's kumite 65 kg	Jason Ledgister  Great Britain	Jean Carlos Peña  Venezuela	Yusuke Inokoshi  Japan
Men's kumite 70 kg	Yasuhisa Inada  Japan	Yoshinori Matsumoto  Japan	Hussein El-Desouky  Egypt
Men's kumite 75 kg	Gennaro Talarico  Italy	Takahiro Niki  Japan	Adnan Hadžić  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Men's kumite 80 kg	Salvatore Loria  Italy	Billy Finegan  United States	Ryosuke Shimizu  Japan
Men's kumite +80 kg	Seydina Baldé  France	Stefano Maniscalco  Italy	Leon Walters  Great Britain
Men's kumite openweight	David Félix  France	Konstantinos Papadopoulos  Greece	Craig Burke  Great Britain
Women's kata	Atsuko Wakai  Japan	Yohana Sánchez  Venezuela	Junko Arai  United States
Women's kumite 53 kg	Sachiko Miyamoto  Japan	Eri Fujioka  Japan	Sari Laine  Finland
Women's kumite 60 kg	Karin Prinsloo  South Africa	Kellie Shimmings  Australia	Roksanda Lazarević  FR Yugoslavia
Women's kumite +60 kg	Emiko Honma  Japan	Tessy Scholtes  Luxembourg	Tania Weekes  Great Britain

Korfball

Main article: Korfball at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed	Netherlands Daniël Hulzebosch Daniela Riet Dennis Voshart Erik Simons Heleen van der Wilt Helmi Langenhorst Jiska Brandt Kees Vlietstra Kees Slingerland Leon Simons Mandy Loorij Marian de Jong Ronald van der Bunt Tim Abbenhuis	Belgium Andy Gilles Ann Huybrechts Cindy Van Autreve Dave Cools Debby Everaert Detlef Elewaut Gert Degenaers Joyce Van Gorp Kris Embrecht Nancy Baele Ronny Lenjou Sofie Van den Ende Steve De Jonghe Sven Hardies	Chinese Taipei Huang Chen-yi Tang Chia-yi Li Chien-chih Chen Chien-ting Feng Chun-cheng Chou Hsiang-ju Hung Hsiu-ting Huang Kun-cheng Han Kuo-chin Chen Mei-ju Chang Sheng-chieh Lin Shih-chieh Chung Shu-fen Tsao Wan-ju

Lifesaving

Main article: Lifesaving at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 200 m obstacle	Roel Jansen  Belgium	Stephen Short  Australia	Germano Proietti  Italy
Men's 50 m manikin carry	Pablo Terradillos  Spain	Jason O'Pray  Australia	Stephen Short  Australia
Men's 100 m manikin carry fins	Jason O'Pray  Australia	Maik Hofmann  Germany	Matt Bouman  South Africa
Men's 100 m rescue medley	Lutz Heimann  Germany	Jason O'Pray  Australia	Stephen Short  Australia
Men's surf race	Zane Holmes  Australia	Matt Bouman  South Africa	Germano Proietti  Italy
Men's board race	Zane Holmes  Australia	Ryan Butcher  South Africa	Matt Bouman  South Africa
Men's beach flags	Sergio González  Spain	Waleed Damon  South Africa	Hidenobu Tadano  Japan
Men's team overall	South Africa Matt Bouman Ryan Butcher Waleed Damon Gary Kurth Graeme Willcox	Australia Zane Holmes Ky Hurst Jason O'Pray Stephen Short Luke Turner	Germany Lutz Heimann Maik Hofmann Thorsten Laurent Matthias Löwenberg Carsten Schlepphorst
Women's 200 m obstacle	Kate Krywulycz  Australia	Bieke Vandenabeele  Belgium	Stacey Bowley  South Africa
Women's 50 m manikin carry	Leigh Habler  Australia	Aurélie Goffin  Belgium	Isabella Cerquozzi  Italy
Women's 100 m manikin carry fins	Paola Zago  Italy	Marcella Prandi  Italy	Alexandra Berlin  Germany
Women's 100 m rescue medley	Leigh Habler  Australia	Jana Pescheck  Germany	Aurélie Goffin  Belgium
Women's surf race	Karla Gilbert  Australia	Candice Crafford  South Africa	Kate Krywulycz  Australia
Women's board race	Karla Gilbert  Australia	Gabby Moses  Australia	Jenna Worlock  South Africa
Women's beach flags	Masami Yusa  Japan	Rosa González  Spain	Kozue Fujiwara  Japan
Women's team overall	Australia Karla Gilbert Leigh Habler Kate Krywulycz Kate McLellan Gabby Moses	South Africa Bronwyn Baumgart Stacey Bowley Candice Crafford Tracey Martheze Jenna Worlock	Germany Alexandra Berlin Steffy Eckers Julia Hübner Jana Pescheck Daniela Schmutzer

Orienteering

Main article: Orienteering at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's middle distance	Grant Bluett  Australia	Tore Sandvik  Norway	Jamie Stevenson  Great Britain
Women's middle distance	Hanne Staff  Norway	Anette Granstedt  Sweden	Birgitte Husebye  Norway
Mixed relay	Norway Bjørnar Valstad Hanne Staff Tore Sandvik Birgitte Husebye	Lithuania Svajūnas Ambrazas Vilma Rudzenskaitė Edgaras Voveris Giedrė Voverienė	Sweden Emil Wingstedt Anette Granstedt Niclas Jonasson Jenny Johansson

Parachuting

Main article: Parachuting at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's freestyle skydiving	United States Olav Zipser Matt Nelson	France Nicolas Arnaud Stéphane Fardel	United States Omar Alhegelan Greg Gasson
Women's freestyle skydiving	Italy Stefania Martinengo Filippo Fabbi	Japan Yoko Okazaki Axel Zohmann	Italy Gigliola Borgnis Marco Tiezzi
Open accuracy landing	Marco Pflüger  Germany	Wang Jianming  China	Wei Ning  China
Open formation skydiving	United States John Eagle Craig Girard Neal Houston Mark Kirkby Marc Steinbaugh	Norway Lise Aune Dag Einar Hernes Pål Kolbenstvedt Carl-Erik Tuv Torstein Valen	France Jérôme David Marin Ferré Julien Losantos Davidé Moy Laurent Pechberty

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's lightweight	Alexey Sivokon  Kazakhstan	Konstantin Pavlov  Russia	Mikhail Andryukhin  Russia
Men's middleweight	Viktor Furazhkin  Russia	Andrey Tarasenko  Russia	Sergey Mor  Russia
Men's heavyweight	Daisuke Midote  Japan	Brad Gillingham  United States	Jörgen Ljungberg  Sweden
Women's lightweight	Raija Koskinen  Finland	Chen Kuan-ting  Chinese Taipei	Yukako Fukushima  Japan
Women's middleweight	Marina Kudinova  Russia	Irina Abramova  Russia	Pirjo Savola  Finland
Women's heavyweight	Svetlana Miklashevich  Russia	Natalia Payusova  Russia	Chao Chen-yeh  Chinese Taipei

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's rope	Irina Tchachina  Russia	Lyasan Utiasheva  Russia	Elena Tkachenko  Belarus
Women's hoop	Irina Tchachina  Russia	Lyasan Utiasheva  Russia	Elena Tkachenko  Belarus
Women's ball	Irina Tchachina  Russia	Lyasan Utiasheva  Russia	Elena Tkachenko  Belarus
Women's clubs	Irina Tchachina  Russia	Lyasan Utiasheva  Russia	Elena Tkachenko  Belarus

Roller hockey

Main article: Roller hockey at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Portugal Paulo Matos Filipe Santos Ricardo Pereira Paulo Almeida António Neves Reinaldo Ventura Sérgio Silva Pedro Alves Filipe Gaidão João Miguel	Brazil Marcus Almeida Fernando Louzada Leandro Wada Leonardo Agra Luiz Wanderley Leonardo Borges André Borges Graco Pires Manuel Fernandes Paulo Lins	Germany Mark Berenback Martin Schmahl Michael Koch Andreas Druzovic Martin Hibbeln Björn Achtig Jan Velte Martin Herrmann

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Fiji Jope Tuikabe Alifereti Doviverata Viliame Satala Sisa Koyamaibole Fero Lasagavibau Waisale Serevi Isoa Domolailai Vilimoni Delasau Neori Senivau Norman Ligairi	Australia John Roe David Croft Scott Barton Richard Graham Robert McDonald Tui Talaia Michael Tabrett Julian Huxley Patrick Phibbs Patrick Howard	New Zealand Scott Waldrom Ross Martin Craig De Goldi Chris Smylie Gideon Viliamu Tusi Pisi Mana Ashford Sione Kepu Stu McDonald Donovan Nepia

Trampoline gymnastics

Main article: Trampoline gymnastics at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's synchro	Russia Alexander Moskalenko German Khnychev	Belarus Mikalai Kazak Vladimir Kakorka	Japan Takayuki Kawanishi Daisuke Nakata
Men's double mini	Radostin Rachev  Bulgaria	Diogo Faria  Portugal	Uwe Marquardt  Germany
Men's tumbling	Levon Petrosian  Russia	Tseko Mogotsi  South Africa	Rob Small  Great Britain
Women's synchro	Ukraine Oxana Tsyhuleva Olena Movchan	Great Britain Kirsten Lawton Claire Wright	Russia Irina Karavayeva Natalia Chernova
Women's double mini	Teodora Sinilkova  Bulgaria	Jacinta Harford  Australia	Ilse Despriet  Belgium
Women's tumbling	Elena Bluyina  Russia	Kathryn Peberdy  Great Britain	Anna Terenya  Belarus

Tug of war

Main article: Tug of war at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's indoor 600 kg	Great Britain (England) Neil Alcock Shaun Alcock Ian Daniels Carl Davies David Field Tony Hadley Jonathan Jones Duane Meadowcroft Phil Paddock Kirk Scott Robert Steele	Great Britain (Scotland) Alan Brodie Larry Dunlop Stephen Garner Gary Gillespie Graeme Hendry Neil MacFarlane Thomas Nelson Robert Patterson Gordon Sang Robert Warnock Tom Weir	Japan Takashi Chiwaki Yutaka Ishiyama Mitsuru Kobayashi Hideaki Morozumi Akihiko Nakamura Masahiro Osada Tatsuo Saito Humiaki Sato Osamu Suzuki Yoshihiro Takeuchi Yoshika Yamaki
Men's outdoor 680 kg	Netherlands Ivo Brugman Jan Groot Wassink Gerben Jansen Henk Lammers Erwin Leusink Marcel Leusink Wim Mateman Peter Naalden Erik Scharenborg Arnold Veltkamp	Switzerland Walter Bernhard Daniel Christen Peter Christen Ueli Christen Patrick Emmenegger Albert Klager Fabian Langenstein Simon Langenstein Peter Lenherr Ernst Rutten Jost Waser	Sweden Roger Andersson Johannes Bodi Fredrik Järviö Jim Johansson Kristoffer Johansson Tom Johansson Mikael Karlsson Jesper Persson Björn Törnblom

Water skiing

Main article: Water skiing at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's ski overall	Patrice Martin  France	Jason Seels  Great Britain	Tom Asher  Great Britain
Men's barefoot overall	Keith St. Onge  United States	David Small  Great Britain	Evert Aartsen  Netherlands
Men's wakeboarding	Rodo Vinh-Tung  France	Morgan Krause  South Africa	Fabrizio Benelli  Italy
Women's ski overall	Elena Milakova  Russia	Angeliki Andriopoulou  Greece	Sarah Gatty Saunt  Great Britain
Women's barefoot overall	Nadine de Villiers  South Africa	Rachel George  United States	Kirsten Grønvik  Norway
Women's wakeboarding	Mero Narita  Japan	Leza Bugden  Australia	Kiyomi Suzuki  Japan

Invitational sports

Beach handball

Main article: Beach handball at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Belarus	Spain	Brazil
Women	Ukraine	Germany	Brazil

Gateball

Main article: Gateball at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed	Japan Hirofumi Fujiwara Satoshi Fujiwara Wataru Fujiwara Kiyohiro Katsuoka Yasumasa Moriwaki Akihiro Onishi	Chinese Taipei Chang Kuo-pao Chang Wei-pin Hsu Chiu-chuan Lai Kuo Ying-hua Lee Pen-fong Lee Pen-kan Lin Ting-chang Wang Ching-tai	China Chen Honggang Gong Luping Li Jiaohuai Li Jingjian Zhang Wei Zheng Farong Zhou Zheng

Sumo

Main article: Sumo at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 85 kg	Chohei Kimura  Japan	Peer Schmidt-Düwiger  Germany	Lodoijamtsyn Bat-Erdene  Mongolia
Men's 115 kg	Seietsu Hikage  Japan	Altangadasyn Khüchitbaatar  Mongolia	David Tsallagov  Russia
Men's +115 kg	Jörg Brümmer  Germany	Jüri Uustalu  Estonia	Takahisa Osanai  Japan
Men's openweight	Kenichi Yajima  Japan	Torsten Scheibler  Germany	Jaroslav Poříz  Czech Republic
Men's team	Japan	Germany	Russia
Women's 65 kg	Astrid Lixenfeld  Germany	Satomi Ishigaya  Japan	Natalia Bobkina  Russia
Women's +65 kg	Olesya Kovalenko  Russia	Rie Tsuihiji  Japan	Sandra Köppen  Germany
Women's team	Russia	Estonia	Japan

Tug of war

Main article: Tug of war at the 2001 World Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's indoor 480 kg	Spain	Japan	Netherlands
Women's indoor 520 kg	Netherlands	Japan	United States

References

1. "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association.
2. "World Games past winners". Asian Bowling Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
3. "World Games Medallists" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

External links

• Official website
• International World Games Association