2001 Goodwill Games

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Host city	Brisbane,Queensland
Country	Australia
Opening	29 August 2001 (2001-08-29)
Closing	9 September 2001 (2001-09-09)
← New York City 1998

The2001Goodwill Games was the fifth and final edition of the internationalmulti-sport event. The competition was held inBrisbane, Queensland, Australia, from 29 August to 9 September 2001. A total around 1300 athletes took part in 14sporting competitions.^[1] These were the first and only Goodwill Games to be held outside of the US and Russia, and the only time to be taken place in theSouthern Hemisphere.

The small scale opening ceremony was held at theBrisbane Entertainment Centre atBoondall and featuredThe Corrs,Bardot andKeith Urban. There was a live audience of 10,000 and the ceremony was broadcast live to an international audience of 450 million viewers.^[2]

TheGoodwill Bridge, a pedestrian and cyclist bridge spanning the Brisbane River, is named after the games.^[3][4][5][6]

Hosts Australia topped the medal table with 29 gold and 74 total medals. Russia was second with 24 and 73, respectively, while the United States placed third (21 and 71).

• Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre – artistic gymnastics, basketball, boxing, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline, weightlifting
• ANZ Stadium – athletics
• South Bank Piazza – beach volleyball
• Chandler Velodrome – cycling
• Chandler Aquatic Centre – diving, swimming
• Brisbane Entertainment Centre – figure skating
• Kurrawa Beach,Gold Coast – surf lifesaving

There were 155 events across 14 sports:^[7][8]

  *   Host nation (Australia)

2001 Goodwill Games medal table ^[7]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)*	29	25	20	74
2	Russia (RUS)	24	30	19	73
3	United States (USA)	21	20	30	71
4	China (CHN)	13	8	1	22
5	Cuba (CUB)	11	2	1	14
6	Romania (ROM)	6	3	2	11
7	Germany (GER)	5	1	5	11
8	Ukraine (UKR)	4	9	8	21
9	Japan (JPN)	4	0	3	7
10	Poland (POL)	3	5	3	11
11	Kenya (KEN)	3	4	5	12
12	South Africa (RSA)	3	2	1	6
13	Brazil (BRA)	3	1	1	5
	Great Britain (GBR)	3	1	1	5
15	New Zealand (NZL)	2	3	2	7
16	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	2	0	4
17	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	1	0	3
	Iran (IRI)	2	1	0	3
19	Netherlands (NED)	2	0	0	2
20	Jamaica (JAM)	1	7	3	11
21	Hungary (HUN)	1	4	6	11
22	Sweden (SWE)	1	4	0	5
23	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	3	6	10
24	Belarus (BLR)	1	2	5	8
25	Bahamas (BAH)	1	1	2	4
	Latvia (LAT)	1	1	2	4
–	Europe All-Stars	1	1	2	4
27	Mexico (MEX)	1	0	1	2
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	0	1	2
–	World All-Stars (Athletics)	1	0	1	2
29	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
	Morocco (MAR)	1	0	0	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	0	0	1
32	Canada (CAN)	0	4	2	6
33	Argentina (ARG)	0	4	0	4
–	World All-Stars (Swimming)	0	3	0	3
34	Israel (ISR)	0	2	0	2
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	2	0	2
36	Georgia (GEO)	0	1	1	2
37	Burundi (BDI)	0	1	0	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
40	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	2	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
42	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	1	1
	Senegal (SEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (48 entries)		156	160	145	461

Athletes from 58 countries took part in the 2001 Goodwill Games.^[9]

• 1982 Commonwealth Games
• 2018 Commonwealth Games
• 2032 Summer Olympics

• "Official Goodwill Games website". AOL Time Warner. Archived fromthe original on 22 December 2001.

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