# 2001 World Aquatics Championships

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.

## 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 |
| 17 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | 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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Anthony Ervin (USA) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | Roland Schoeman (RSA) |
| 50 m freestyle | Anthony Ervin (USA) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | Tomohiro Yamanoi (JPN) |
| 100 m freestyle | Anthony Ervin (USA) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | Lars Frölander (SWE) |
| 200 m freestyle | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | Klete Keller (USA) |
| 400 m freestyle | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) |
| 800 m freestyle | Ian Thorpe (AUS) | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Graeme Smith (GBR) |
| 1500 m freestyle | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Graeme Smith (GBR) | Alexei Filipets (RUS) |
| 50 m backstroke | Randall Bal (USA) | Thomas Rupprath (GER) | Matt Welsh (AUS) |
| 100 m backstroke | Matt Welsh (AUS) | Örn Arnarson (ISL) | Steffen Driesen (GER) |
| 200 m backstroke | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | Markus Rogan (AUT) | Örn Arnarson (ISL) |
| 50 m breaststroke | Oleg Lisogor (UKR) | Roman Sludnov (RUS) | Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Roman Sludnov (RUS) | Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) | Ed Moses (USA) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Brendan Hansen (USA) | Maxim Podoprigora (AUT) | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) |
| 50 m butterfly | Geoff Huegill (AUS) | Lars Frölander (SWE) | Mark Foster (GBR) |
| 100 m butterfly | Lars Frölander (SWE) | Ian Crocker (USA) | Geoff Huegill (AUS) |
| 200 m butterfly | Michael Phelps (USA) | Tom Malchow (USA) | Anatoly Polyakov (RUS) |
| 200 m individual medley | Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) | Tom Wilkens (USA) | Justin Norris (AUS) |
| 400 m individual medley | Alessio Boggiatto (ITA) | Erik Vendt (USA) | Tom Wilkens (USA) |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Australia (AUS) Michael Klim Ashley Callus Todd Pearson Ian Thorpe | Netherlands (NED) Mark Veens Johan Kenkhuis Klaas-Erik Zwering Pieter van den Hoogenband | Germany (GER) Stefan Herbst Torsten Spanneberg Lars Conrad Sven Lodziewski |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Australia (AUS) Grant Hackett Michael Klim Bill Kirby Ian Thorpe | Italy (ITA) Emiliano Brembilla Matteo Pelliciari Andrea Beccari Massimiliano Rosolino | United States (USA) Scott Goldblatt Nate Dusing Chad Carvin Klete Keller |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Australia (AUS) Matt Welsh Regan Harrison Geoff Huegill Ian Thorpe | Germany (GER) Steffen Driesen Jens Kruppa Thomas Rupprath Torsten Spanneberg | Russia (RUS) Vladislav Aminov Dmitry Komornikov Vladislav Kulikov Dmitri Tchernychev |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) | Sandra Völker (GER) |
| 100 m freestyle | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | Katrin Meissner (GER) | Sandra Völker (GER) |
| 200 m freestyle | Giaan Rooney (AUS) | Yang Yu (CHN) | Camelia Potec (ROM) |
| 400 m freestyle | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | Claudia Poll (CRC) | Hannah Stockbauer (GER) |
| 800 m freestyle | Hannah Stockbauer (GER) | Diana Munz (USA) | Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) |
| 1500 m freestyle | Hannah Stockbauer (GER) | Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) | Diana Munz (USA) |
| 50 m backstroke | Haley Cope (USA) | Antje Buschschulte (GER) | Natalie Coughlin (USA) |
| 100 m backstroke | Natalie Coughlin (USA) | Diana Mocanu (ROM) | Antje Buschschulte (GER) |
| 200 m backstroke | Diana Mocanu (ROM) | Stanislava Komarova (RUS) | Joanna Fargus (GBR) |
| 50 m breaststroke | Luo Xuejuan (CHN) | Kristy Kowal (USA) | Zoë Baker (GBR) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Luo Xuejuan (CHN) | Leisel Jones (AUS) | Ágnes Kovács (HUN) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Ágnes Kovács (HUN) | Qi Hui (CHN) | Luo Xuejuan (CHN) |
| 50 m butterfly | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) | Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) |
| 100 m butterfly | Petria Thomas (AUS) | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) | Junko Onishi (JPN) |
| 200 m butterfly | Petria Thomas (AUS) | Annika Mehlhorn (GER) | Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) |
| 200 m individual medley | Martha Bowen (USA) | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | Qi Hui (CHN) |
| 400 m individual medley | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | Martha Bowen (USA) | Beatrice Câșlaru (ROM) |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Germany (GER) Petra Dallmann Antje Buschschulte Katrin Meissner Sandra Völker | United States (USA) Colleen Lanne Erin Phenix Maritza Correia Courtney Shealy | — |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Germany (GER) Petra Dallmann Antje Buschschulte Katrin Meissner Sandra Völker | Great Britain (GBR) Alison Sheppard Melanie Marshall Rosalind Brett Karen Pickering | — |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay$^1$ | Great Britain (GBR) Nicola Jackson Janine Belton Karen Legg Karen Pickering | Germany (GER) Silvia Szalai Sarah Harstick Hannah Stockbauer Meike Freitag | Japan (JPN) Maki Mita Tomoko Hagiwara Tomoko Nagai Eri Yamanoi |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Australia (AUS) Dyana Calub Leisel Jones Petria Thomas Sarah Ryan | United States (USA) Natalie Coughlin Megan Quann Mary Descenza Erin Phenix | China (CHN) Zhan Shu Luo Xuejuan Ruan Yi Xu Yanwei |
$^1$In 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).

### 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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's tournament | Italy | Hungary | Canada |