2001 World Games

World Games VI
Host city	Akita, Japan
Nations participating	92
Athletes participating	3,200
Events	169 in 31 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

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

Titles

161 titles (invitational sports not included) were awarded in 27 official sports.^[1] There were 5 invitational sports in this edition.^[2]

Invitational sport

The medal tally during the sixth World Games is as follows. Russia finished at the top of the final medal table.^[5]


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)	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
27	Romania (ROU)	1	1	0	2
29	Finland (FIN)	1	0	4	5
30	Egypt (EGY)	1	0	1	2
30	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
38	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 (FR Yugoslavia)	0	0	1	1
Totals (49 nations)		140	140	140	420


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
6	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

↑ "World Games 2001 Akita - Competition sports". worldgames-iwga.org. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
↑ "World Games 2001 Akita - Demonstration sports". worldgames-iwga.org. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
↑ Considered one official sport in every edition, therefore also in the 2001 edition despite the difference written in the official web site.
1 2 3 Roller sports considered different official sport in every edition, despite the difference written in the official web site, that only for 2001 edition considered one sport.
↑ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

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Events at the 2001 World Games
Aikido* Air sports Archery Beach handball* Bodybuilding Boules Bowling Casting Cue sports Dancesport Finswimming Fistball Flying disc Gateball* Gymnastics Inline figure skating Inline speed skating Jujitsu Karate Korfball Life saving Orientering Petanque Powerlifting Roller hockey Rugby Sumo* Tug of war Wakeboarding Water skiing
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