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