2001 World Games

Multi-sport event in Akita, Japan

World Games VI
VIワールドゲームズ

Host city| Akita, Japan
Nations| 92
Athletes| 3,200
Events| 140 in 27 sports
Opening| 16 August 2001
Closing| 26 August 2001
Opened by| Atsuko Toyama
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
Athlete's Oath| Doumu Narita and Mero Narita
Main venue| Akita Yabase Athletics Stadium

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The 2001 World Games (Japanese: 2001年ワールドゲームズ, romanized: 2001-Nen wārudogēmuzu), the sixth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Akita, Japan.

## Titles

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140 titles (invitational sports not included) were awarded in the following official sports.[1] There were five invitational sports in this edition.[1]

### Sports

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The 2001 World Games programme featured 27 official sports and 4 invitational sports. (Aikido was deemed a demonstration sport; no medal events were held.) The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events that were contested in each sports discipline.

* Acrobatic gymnastics (5)
* Aerobic gymnastics (4)
* Artistic roller skating (4)
* Beach handball (2) I
* Bodybuilding (7)
* Boules sports (4)
* Bowling (3)
* Casting (6)
* Cue sports (4)
* Dancesport (2)
* Field archery (6)
* Finswimming (10)
* Fistball (1)
* Flying disc (3)
* Gateball (1) I
* Inline speed skating (10)
* Ju-jitsu (9)
* Karate (12)
* Korfball (1)
* Lifesaving (16)
* Orienteering (3)
* Parachuting (4)
* Powerlifting (6)
* Rhythmic gymnastics (4)
* Roller hockey (1)
* Rugby sevens (1)
* Sumo (8) I
* Trampoline gymnastics (6)
* Tug of war (4) I(W)
* Water skiing (6)

Notes
I: Invitational sports, selected by the host city

### Participating nations

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Participating National Olympic Committees

* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Botswana
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* Estonia (11)
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Guam
* Hong Kong
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan (host)
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macau (3)
* Madagascar
* Malaysia
* Mexico
* Mongolia
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Senegal
* Serbia
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* San Marino
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* FR Yugoslavia
* Chinese Taipei
* Thailand
* Tonga (4)
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Vietnam

## Medal count

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Further information: List of 2001 World Games medal winners

### Official sports

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The results from the 2001 World Games are from the archived website of the Akita, Japan, organizing committee.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The medal tally during the sixth World Games is as follows. Russia finished at the top of the final medal table.[15]

* Host nation (Japan)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia (RUS)| 24| 15| 5| 44
2|  United States (USA)| 15| 8| 8| 31
3|  France (FRA)| 12| 5| 6| 23
4|  Germany (GER)| 10| 10| 15| 35
5|  Australia (AUS)| 10| 10| 3| 23
6|  Italy (ITA)| 9| 11| 8| 28
7|  Japan (JPN)*| 9| 6| 10| 25
8|  Spain (ESP)| 5| 4| 1| 10
9|  Great Britain (GBR)[a]| 4| 7| 11| 22
10|  Netherlands (NED)| 4| 3| 3| 10
11|  South Africa (RSA)| 3| 7| 4| 14
12|  Colombia (COL)| 3| 5| 5| 13
13|  Belgium (BEL)| 3| 4| 4| 11
14|  Chinese Taipei (TPE)| 3| 3| 5| 11
15|  China (CHN)| 2| 6| 5| 13
16|  Sweden (SWE)| 2| 4| 9| 15
17|  Norway (NOR)| 2| 2| 3| 7
18|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 2| 1| 2| 5
19|  Denmark (DEN)| 2| 1| 1| 4
20|  Austria (AUT)| 1| 4| 2| 7
21|  New Zealand (NZL)| 1| 2| 1| 4
22|  Greece (GRE)| 1| 2| 0| 3
23|  Slovenia (SLO)| 1| 1| 3| 5
24|  Lithuania (LTU)| 1| 1| 1| 3
Portugal (POR)| 1| 1| 1| 3
Slovakia (SVK)| 1| 1| 1| 3
27|  Canada (CAN)| 1| 1| 0| 2
Romania (ROM)| 1| 1| 0| 2
29|  Finland (FIN)| 1| 0| 4| 5
30|  Egypt (EGY)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Poland (POL)| 1| 0| 1| 2
32|  Fiji (FIJ)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Guatemala (GUA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Kazakhstan (KAZ)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Ukraine (UKR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
36|  Brazil (BRA)| 0| 3| 1| 4
37|  Venezuela (VEN)| 0| 2| 1| 3
38|  South Korea (KOR)| 0| 2| 0| 2
Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 2| 0| 2
40|  Belarus (BLR)| 0| 1| 7| 8
41|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 0| 1| 2| 3
42|  Hungary (HUN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Luxembourg (LUX)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Philippines (PHI)| 0| 1| 0| 1
45|  Argentina (ARG)| 0| 0| 2| 2
46|  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Madagascar (MAD)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Pakistan (PAK)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Yugoslavia (YUG)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (49 entries)| 140| 140| 140| 420

1. ^ England, Scotland and Northern Ireland competed separately in tug-of-war. England won the gold medal in the indoor 600kg tug of war, and Scotland won the silver medal.[16][17] England and Wales competed separately in singles and doubles bowling. The pair from England won the gold medal in mixed doubles bowling.[18][19][20]

### Invitational sports

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* Host nation (Japan)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Japan (JPN)*| 5| 4| 2| 11
2|  Germany (GER)| 2| 4| 1| 7
3|  Russia (RUS)| 2| 0| 3| 5
4|  Spain (ESP)| 1| 1| 0| 2
5|  Netherlands (NED)| 1| 0| 1| 2
6|  Belarus (BLR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Ukraine (UKR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
8|  Estonia (EST)| 0| 2| 0| 2
9|  Mongolia (MGL)| 0| 1| 1| 2
10|  Chinese Taipei (TPE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
11|  Brazil (BRA)| 0| 0| 2| 2
12|  China (CHN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Czech Republic (CZE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
United States (USA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (14 entries)| 13| 13| 13| 39

## References

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1. ^ a b c "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Results/". Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
2. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Karate/Sparring/Open weight/Men August 18-19 / Tenno Town Gymnasium, Tenno Town, Japan". Archived from the original on 2005-12-15. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
3. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Karate/Sparring/-60kg/Women/ August 18-19 / Tenno Town Gymnasium, Tenno Town, Japan". Archived from the original on 2005-04-15. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
4. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Point Race/". Archived from the original on 2005-09-20. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
5. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Surf/Rescue Bord Rescue Race". Archived from the original on 2005-11-02. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
6. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Surf/Rescue Tube Rescue Race". Archived from the original on 2005-11-07. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
7. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Pool/4x50m Obstacle Relay". Archived from the original on 2005-04-15. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
8. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Pool/4x25m Manikin Relay". Archived from the original on 2005-04-15. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
9. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Pool/4x50m Rescue Tube Relay". Archived from the original on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
10. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Sport Boules/Petanque/Women/Doubles/ August 17-19 / World Games Plaza, Akita City, Japan". Archived from the original on 2005-09-10. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
11. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Water Ski/Tournament/Men/ August 23-25 / Ogata Water Ski Course, Ogata Village, Japan". Archived from the original on 2005-09-08. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
12. ^ "WORLD GAMES AKITA, JAPAN". 2001-08-26. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
13. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Roller Skating/Speed/Point+elimination 15,000m/Men/ August 24-26 / Akita Prefectural Skating Rink, Akita City, Japan". Archived from the original on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
14. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Roller Skating/Speed/Elimination 20,000m/Men/ August 24-26 / Akita Prefectural Skating Rink, Akita City, Japan". Archived from the original on 2005-09-09. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
15. ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
16. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Tug of War/Men/Indoor/600kg/". Archived from the original on 2005-11-02. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
17. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Tug of War/Men/Outdoor/680kg/". Archived from the original on 2005-04-15. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
18. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Bowling/Mixed Doubles". Archived from the original on 2005-04-15. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
19. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Bowling/Singles/Men". Archived from the original on 2005-09-10. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
20. ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Bowling/Singles/Ladies". Archived from the original on 2005-09-10. Retrieved 2019-10-04.

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Events at the 2001 World Games

* Acrobatic gymnastics
* Aerobic gymnastics
* Aikido*
* Artistic roller skating
* Beach handball*
* Bodybuilding
* Boules sports
* Bowling
* Casting
* Cue sports
* Dancesport
* Field archery
* Finswimming
* Fistball
* Flying disc
* Gateball*
* Inline speed skating
* Ju-jitsu
* Karate
* Korfball
* Lifesaving
* Orienteering
* Parachuting
* Powerlifting
* Rhythmic gymnastics
* Roller hockey
* Rugby
* Sumo*
* Trampoline gymnastics
* Tug of war
* Water skiing

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