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. There were five invitational sports in this edition.

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.

Notes
I: Invitational sports, selected by the host city

Participating nations

Medal count

Official sports

The results from the 2001 World Games are from the archived website of the Akita, Japan, organizing committee. The medal tally during the sixth World Games is as follows. Russia finished at the top of the final medal table.

  *   Host nation (Japan)

Invitational sports

  *   Host nation (Japan)

References

External links

  • The IWGA
  • Medal table

Cue sports at the 2001 World Games (Topic) FamousFix

The World Games 2001, Akita (JPN) IWGA

The World Games 2001, Akita (JPN) IWGA

FIFA 2001 MegaGames

20 Best Games of 2001 Cultured Vultures