| Venue |  Kaohsiung and Taichung, Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 8–15 July 2001 |
The 2001 Asian Cycling Championships took place at Kaohsiung and Taichung, Taiwan from 8 to 15 July 2001.
| Venue | Kaohsiung and Taichung, Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 8–15 July 2001 |
The 2001 Asian Cycling Championships took place at Kaohsiung and Taichung, Taiwan from 8 to 15 July 2001.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual road race | Wong Kam Po  Hong Kong | Arnel Quirimit  Philippines | Junichi Shibuya  Japan |
| Individual time trial | Hossein Askari  Iran | Jamsrangiin Ölzii-Orshikh  Mongolia | Wong Kam Po Hong Kong |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual road race | Kim Yong-mi  South Korea | Hoàng Thị Thanh Tân  Vietnam | Miho Oki Japan |
| Individual time trial | Lim Hang-jun South Korea | Miho Oki Japan | Chen Chiung-yi  Chinese Taipei |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint | Takashi Kaneko Japan | Cho Hyun-ok South Korea | Hiroyuki Nunoi Japan |
| 1 km time trial | Keiichi Omori Japan | Song Kyung-bang South Korea | Huang Chih-ying Chinese Taipei |
| Keirin | Toshiaki Fushimi Japan | Hisanori Uchibayashi Japan | Kim Chi-bum South Korea |
| Individual pursuit | Vadim Kravchenko  Kazakhstan | Noriyuki Iijima Japan | Wong Kam Po Hong Kong |
| Points race | Cho Ho-sung South Korea | Chun Dae-hong South Korea | Makoto Iijima Japan |
| Elimination | Cho Ho-sung South Korea | Paulo Manapul Philippines | Amir Zargari Iran |
| Madison | Japan | Iran Amir Zargari Alireza Haghi | Hong Kong |
| Team sprint | Japan Takashi Kaneko Hiroyuki Nunoi Keiichi Omori | South Korea Cho Hyun-ok Song Kyung-bang Kim Chi-bum | Chinese Taipei Liu Chin-feng Lin Chih-hsun Lin Kun-hung |
| Team pursuit | South Korea Choi Soon-young Chun Dae-hong Cho Ho-sung Chang Il-nam | Chinese Taipei Chen Teng-tian Pai Chi-lin Ting Cheng-chang Tsai Shao-yu | Japan Noriyuki Iijima Yusuke Kuroki Megumu Morohashi Kanotoshi Madoba |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint | Lu Yi-wen Chinese Taipei | Lee Jong-ae South Korea | Ku Hyun-jin South Korea |
| 500 m time trial | Lu Yi-wen Chinese Taipei | Maya Tachikawa Japan | Ku Hyun-jin South Korea |
| Individual pursuit | Kim Yong-mi South Korea | Lim Hang-jun South Korea | Nurhayati  Indonesia |
| Points race | Kim Yong-mi South Korea | Nurhayati Indonesia | Lim Mi-young South Korea |
| Elimination | Kim Yong-mi South Korea | Fang Fen-fang Chinese Taipei | Nurhayati Indonesia |
| Team sprint | South Korea Kim Yong-mi Lee Jong-ae Ku Hyun-jin | Chinese Taipei Lu Yi-wen Wu Fang-ju Hsu Pei-wen | Indonesia Nurhayati Secelia Sucestoria Santia Tri Kusuma |
| Team pursuit | Chinese Taipei Chen Chiung-yi Fang Fen-fang Lan Hsiao-yun Hwang He-xun | Indonesia Nurhayati Secelia Sucestoria Santia Tri Kusuma Nuraini | South Korea Kim Yong-mi Lim Hang-jun Lim Mi-young Ku Hyun-jin |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Iran | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Philippines | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
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