2001 World Aquatics Championships
Swimming championships in Fukuoka, Japan
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The 2001 World Aquatics Championships or the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan between 16 July and 29 July 2001.
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| Host city | Fukuoka, Japan |
| Date | July 16–29, 2001 |
| Opened by | Akihito |
The opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the swimming and synchronised swimming events, were held at Marine Messe, an indoor multi-purpose facility. The temporary 50-m pool with 10,000 seats on three sides cost US$4 million for the two-week period. The Fukuoka Prefectural Pool hosted the diving events, with open water swimming taking place at Momochi Beach. Water polo was held at two locations: the men's competition took place at Hakata-no-Mori Center Court and the women's event at the Nishi Civic Pool.
Medal table
* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia (AUS) | 13 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 |  China (CHN) | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 |  Russia (RUS) | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 |  Germany (GER) | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 |  Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 |  Japan (JPN)* | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 12 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 |  Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 |  Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 19 |  Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 |  Costa Rica (CRC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 |  South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | 61 | 62 | 61 | 184 | |
Results
Diving
- Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Wang Feng (CHN) |
Wang Tianling (CHN) |
Alexander Dobroskok (RUS) |
| 3 m springboard | Dmitri Sautin (RUS) |
Wang Tianling (CHN) |
Ken Terauchi (JPN) |
| 10 m platform | Tian Liang (CHN) |
Alexandre Despatie (CAN) |
Mathew Helm (AUS) |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Peng Bo (CHN) Wang Kenan (CHN) |
Joel Rodriguez (MEX) Fernando Platas (MEX) |
Alexander Dobroskok (RUS) Dmitri Sautin (RUS) |
| 10 m platform synchro | Tian Liang (CHN) Hu Jia (CHN) |
Eduardo Rueda (MEX) Fernando Platas (MEX) |
Roman Volodkov (UKR) Anton Zakharov (UKR) |
- Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Blythe Hartley (CAN) |
Wu Minxia (CHN) |
Zhang Jing (CHN) |
| 3 m springboard | Guo Jingjing (CHN) |
Irina Lashko (AUS) |
Yuliya Pakhalina (RUS) |
| 10 m platform | Xu Mian (CHN) |
Duan Qing (CHN) |
Loudy Tourky (AUS) |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Wu Minxia (CHN) Guo Jingjing (CHN) |
Youlia Pakhalina (RUS) Vera Ilynia (RUS) |
Ditte Kotzian (GER) Conny Schmalfuss (GER) |
| 10 m platform synchro | Duan Qing (CHN) Sang Xue (CHN) |
Evgeniya Olshevskaya (RUS) Svetlana Timoshinina (RUS) |
Takiri Miyazaki (JPN) Emi Otsuki (JPN) |
Open water swimming
- Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Luca Baldini (ITA) |
Yevgeny Bezruchenko (RUS) |
Marco Formentini (ITA) |
| 10 km | Yevgeny Bezruchenko (RUS) |
Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) |
Fabio Venturini (ITA) |
| 25 km | Yuri Kudinov (RUS) |
Stéphane Gomez (FRA) |
Stéphane Lecat (FRA) |
- Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Viola Valli (ITA) |
Peggy Büchse (GER) |
Hayley Lewis (AUS) |
| 10 km | Peggy Büchse (GER) |
Irina Abysova (RUS) |
Edith van Dijk (NED) |
| 25 km | Viola Valli (ITA) |
Edith van Dijk (NED) |
Angela Maurer (GER) |
Swimming
- Men
- Women
1In accordance with the decision of the FINA Bureau (2001, Bangkok): “To avoid any reasonable doubt regarding the result of the Women’s relay 4x200m Freestyle Final of the 9th FINA World Championships in Fukuoka but without unfairly changing the official results of the race, the Bureau decided to grant a second set of gold medals to the USA team." The members of the USA team were: Natalie Coughlin, Diana Munz, Cristina Teuscher, Julie Hardt (7:58.13).[1]
Synchronised swimming
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo routine | Olga Brusnikina (RUS) |
Virginie Dedieu (FRA) |
Miya Tachibana (JPN) |
| Duet routine | Miya Tachibana (JPN) Miho Takeda (JPN) |
Anastasia Davydova (RUS) Anastassia Ermakova (RUS) |
Claire Carver-Dias (CAN) Fanny Létourneau (CAN) |
| Team routine | Russia (RUS) Anastasia Davydova Anastassia Ermakova Irina Tolkatcheva Elena Ovtchinnikova Anna Shorina Elvira Khasyanova Svetlana Petratchina Joulia Chestakovitch Maria Gromova |
Japan (JPN) Yoko Yoneda Juri Tatsumi Michiyo Fujimaru Satoe Hokoda Chiaki Watanabe Naoko Kawashima Emiko Suzuki Saho Harada Miho Takeda |
Canada (CAN) Claire Carver-Dias Fanny Létourneau Catherine Garceau Erin Chan Jessica Chase Lynn Johnson Amy Caskey Sara Petrov Shayna Nackoney Sarah L. Alexander |
Water polo
- Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | Spain |
Yugoslavia |
Russia |
- Women