| 9th FINA World Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Host city | Fukuoka, Japan |
| Date | July 16–29, 2001 |
| Opened by | Akihito |
| 2001 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | women | |
| Duet | women | |
| Team | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
The2001 World Aquatics Championships or the9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held inFukuoka,Japan between 16 July and 29 July 2001.
The opening and closing ceremonies, as well as theswimming andsynchronised swimming events, were held atMarine Messe, an indoor multi-purpose facility. The temporary 50-m pool with 10,000 seats on three sidescost US$4 million for the two-week period. The Fukuoka Prefectural Pool hosted thediving events, with open water swimming taking place atMomochi Beach.Water polo was held at two locations: the men's competition took place atHakata-no-Mori Center Court and the women's event at theNishi Civic Pool.
* 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 | |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
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]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's tournament | Spain | Yugoslavia | Russia |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's tournament | Italy | Hungary | Canada |
