The 2001 World Aquatics Championships or the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan between 16 July and 29 July, 2001.
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 Complex.
The swimming event resulted in eight world records and an Australian win over the USA in gold medals (13 to 9), although the USA claimed 26 total medals to 19 for Australia. The men's FINA Trophy (top individual performers) was awarded to Australia's Ian Thorpe for his three individual wins, his fourth in the 100m Freestyle, and bonus points for three world records, for a total of 22 points. Inge de Bruijn (The Netherlands) won the women's FINA Trophy with 15 points for three individual wins. Points are awarded 5-3-2-1 with a bonus of two for a world record.
There were a total number of 48 World Championship records in forty events (up from 32 events in 1998). Continental records were bettered as follows: Africa 1, Americas 8, Asia 21, Europe 14, and Oceania 10. A total of 1.498 competitors from 134 National Federations took part in the five disciplines of Open Water (104), Diving (146), Synchronized (166), Swimming (720) and Men’s (209) and Women’s (153) Water Polo.
The swimming events were held in the Seiko timing system used for swimming had some faulty touch pads and caused controversy throughout the eight days of the competition. Men’s events were faster than the women’s, with all the world records set by the men. Australia swept the men’s relays (a first) and won two of three of the women’s relays, although subsequently disqualified in the 4x200 free for a post-race infraction – jumping into the pool before all teams had finished.
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Medals table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia |
13 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 |  China |
10 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 |  United States |
9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 |  Russia |
6 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 |  Italy |
6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 |  Germany |
4 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 |  Netherlands |
3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 |  Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 |  Sweden |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 |  United Kingdom |
1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 |  Japan |
1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 12 |  Canada |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 |  Romania |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 |  Hungary |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 |  Spain |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |  France |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 |  Mexico |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 |  Austria |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 |  Iceland |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 |  Poland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 |  Switzerland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 |  FR Yugoslavia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 |  Costa Rica |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 |  South Africa |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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
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 Letourneau (CAN) |
| Team routine | Russia (RUS) Anastasia Davydova Anastassia Ermakova Irina Tolkatcheva Elena Ovtchinnikova Anna Shorina Elvira Khassianova 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 Letourneau 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
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's tournament | Italy |
Hungary |
Canada |
External links
- FINA Official Website
- Swim Rankings results
| Preceded by 1998 World Aquatics Championships (Perth, Australia) |
FINA World Aquatics Championships | Succeeded by 2003 World Aquatics Championships (Barcelona, Spain) |
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