The 2001 World Games were held in Akita, Japan, from August 16 to August 26, 2001. [1]
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Belarus | Spain | Brazil |
| Women | Ukraine | Germany | Brazil |
| 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 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's indoor 480 kg | Spain | Japan | Netherlands |
| Women's indoor 520 kg | Netherlands | Japan | United States |
