Dancesport at the 2001 World Games

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Dancesport
at the 2001 World Games
Akita Municipal Gymnasium 20111014b.jpg
Akita City Gymnasium
Venue Akita City Gymnasium
Dates25–26 August 2001
Competitors94 from 26 nations
  1997
2005  

The dancesport competitions at the 2001 World Games in Akita was played between 25 and 26 August. [1] 94 dancers, from 26 nations, participated in the tournament. The dancesport competition took place at Akita City Gymnasium.

Participating nations

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1001
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1001
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0101
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0101
5Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 0011
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0011
Totals (6 entries)2226

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Standard
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Jonathan Crossley
Kylie Jones
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Mirko Gozzoli
Alessia Betti
Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
Arūnas Bižokas
Edita Daniūtė
Latin
details
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Andrej Škufca
Katarina Venturini
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Dmitry Timokhin
Anna Bezikova
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Eugene Katsevman
Maria Manusova

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References

  1. "Web Archive 2001 World Games". Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2020-06-20.