2001 World Games
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Host city | Akita, Japan |
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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
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 |
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Medal count
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]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 24 | 15 | 5 | 44 |
2 | ![]() | 15 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
3 | ![]() | 12 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
4 | ![]() | 10 | 10 | 15 | 35 |
5 | ![]() | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
6 | ![]() | 9 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
7 | ![]() | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
8 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
9 | ![]() | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
10 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
11 | ![]() | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
12 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
13 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
14 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
15 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
16 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
17 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
18 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
19 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
20 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
21 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
22 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
23 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
24 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
27 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
29 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
30 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
32 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
36 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
37 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
38 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
40 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
41 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
42 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
45 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
46 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (49 entries) | 140 | 140 | 140 | 420 |
- ^ 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 |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
References
- ^ a b c "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Results/". Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Life Saving/Point Race/". Archived from the original on 2005-09-20. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "WORLD GAMES AKITA, JAPAN". 2001-08-26. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Bowling/Mixed Doubles". Archived from the original on 2005-04-15. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Bowling/Singles/Men". Archived from the original on 2005-09-10. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "The 6th World Games 2001.8.16-26 Bowling/Singles/Ladies". Archived from the original on 2005-09-10. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
External links
- The IWGA
- Medal table