2001 World Games

The 2001 World Games, the sixth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Akita, Japan.

World Games VI

Host city	Akita, Japan
Nations participating	92
Athletes participating	3,200
Events	140 in 27 sports
Opening ceremony	16 August
Closing ceremony	26 August
Officially 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

Titles

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

Sports

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)
• Air sports (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)
• 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

Medal count

Further information: List of 2001 World Games medal winners

Official sports

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
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)[lower-alpha 1]	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
	FR Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1
	Madagascar (MAD)	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (49 nations)		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

  *   Host nation (Japan)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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 nations)		13	13	13	39

References

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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.
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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.
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External links

• The IWGA
• Medal table