2001 World Games

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.

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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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)
•  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

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

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)[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

  *   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 entries)		13	13	13	39