World Games 2001
| VI World Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Host city |
Akita,  Japan |
| Nations participating | 92 |
| Athletes participating | 3,200 |
| Events | 169 in 31 sports |
| Opening ceremony | August 16 |
| Closing ceremony | August 26 |
| Officially opened by | Atsuko Toyama |
| Athlete's Oath | Doumu Narita and Mero Narita |
| Main venue | Akita Yabase Athletics Stadium |
The sixth World Games were held in 2001 in Akita, Japan.
Titles
161 titles (invitational sports not including) were awarded in 27 official sports.[1] Were 5 invitational sports in this edition.[2]
As Invitational sport
| Sport | Titles | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Air sports (Parachuting) | 4 | |
| Billiards | 4 | |
| Bodybuilding | 7 | |
| Boules sports | 4 | |
| Bowling (Ten Pin) | 3 | |
| Casting | 6 | |
| DanceSport | 2 | |
| Field archery | 6 | |
| Finswimming | 10 | |
| Fistball | 1 | |
| Flying disc | 3 | |
| Acrobatic gymnastics | 5 | |
| Aerobics gymnastics | 4 | |
| Rhythmic gymnastics | 4 | |
| Trampoline & Tumbling | 6 | [3] |
| Ju-Jitsu | 10 | |
| Karate | 12 | |
| Korfball | 1 | |
| Lifesaving | 14 | |
| Orienteering | 3 | |
| Powerlifting | 6 | |
| Artistic roller skating | 4 | [4] |
| Inline speed skating | 10 | [4] |
| Roller hockey | 1 | [4] |
| Rugby sevens | 1 | |
| Tug of war | 2 | |
| Waterski | 12 | |
| Aikido | - | |
| Beach handball | 2 | |
| Gateball | 1 | |
| Sumo | 5 | |
| Tug of war (women) | 1 | |
| Total | 155 + 9 |
Medal count
 Medals statistics by nation | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nation | Official sports | Demonstration sports | ||||||
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||
| 1 |  Russia | 24 | 15 | 5 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 |  United States | 15 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 |  France | 12 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  Germany | 10 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 |  Australia | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |  Italy | 9 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Japan | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 |  Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  United Kingdom | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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.
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