The 2001 World Games (), the sixth
World Games
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, were an international
multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of intern ...
held in
Akita,
Japan
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.
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
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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.
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: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
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is as follows.
Russia
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finished at the top of the final medal table.
Invitational sports
References
External links
The IWGA
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2001 World Games
International sports competitions hosted by Japan
World Games
The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 d ...
World Games
The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 d ...
Sport in Akita (city)
Sports competitions in Akita Prefecture