Sumo at the 2001 World Games

Sumo was one of the invitational sports at the 2001 World Games in Akita and was played between 25 and 26 August.^[1] 66 athletes, from 14 nations, participated in the tournament. The sumo competition took place at Tenno Town Gymnasium.

Sumo at the 2001 World Games
Tenno Town Gymnasium
Venue	Tenno Town Gymnasium
Dates	25–26 August 2001
Competitors	66 from 14 nations
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Participating nations

•  Brazil (3)
•  Chinese Taipei (4)
•  Czech Republic (3)
•  Estonia (6)
•  Germany (6)
•  Japan (12)
•  Kazakhstan (3)
•  Mongolia (4)
•  Paraguay (3)
•  Russia (6)
•  Thailand (6)
•  Tonga (4)
•  United States (3)
•  Uzbekistan (3)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	4	2	2	8
2	Germany	2	3	1	6
3	Russia	2	0	3	5
4	Estonia	0	2	0	2
5	Mongolia	0	1	1	2
6	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		8	8	8	24

Events

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight details	Chohei Kimura  Japan	Peer Schmidt-Düwiger  Germany	Lodoijamtsyn Bat-Erdene  Mongolia
Middleweight details	Seietsu Hikage  Japan	Altangadasyn Khüchitbaatar  Mongolia	David Tsallagov  Russia
Heavyweight details	Jörg Brümmer  Germany	Jüri Uustalu  Estonia	Takahisa Osanai  Japan
Openweight details	Kenichi Yajima  Japan	Torsten Scheibler  Germany	Jaroslav Poříz  Czech Republic
Team details	Japan	Germany	Russia

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight details	Astrid Lixenfeld  Germany	Satomi Ishigaya  Japan	Natalia Bobkina  Russia
Heavyweight details	Olesya Kovalenko  Russia	Rie Tsuihiji  Japan	Sandra Köppen  Germany
Team details	Russia	Estonia	Japan