Sumo at the 2001 World Games

Sumo
at the 2001 World Games
Sumo
Tenno Town Gymnasium
VenueTenno Town Gymnasium
Dates25–26 August 2001
Competitors66 from 14 nations

Sumo was one of the invitational sports at the 2001 World Games in Akita and was played between 25 and 26 August.[1] 66 athletes, from 14 nations, participated in the tournament. The sumo competition took place at Tenno Town Gymnasium.

Participating nations

  •  Brazil (3)
  •  Chinese Taipei (4)
  •  Czech Republic (3)
  •  Estonia (6)
  •  Germany (6)
  •  Japan (12)
  •  Kazakhstan (3)
  •  Mongolia (4)
  •  Paraguay (3)
  •  Russia (6)
  •  Thailand (6)
  •  Tonga (4)
  •  United States (3)
  •  Uzbekistan (3)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan4228
2 Germany2316
3 Russia2035
4 Estonia0202
5 Mongolia0112
6 Czech Republic0011
Totals (6 entries)88824

Events

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Lightweight
Chohei Kimura
 Japan
Peer Schmidt-Düwiger
 Germany
Lodoijamtsyn Bat-Erdene
 Mongolia
Middleweight
Seietsu Hikage
 Japan
Altangadasyn Khüchitbaatar
 Mongolia
David Tsallagov
 Russia
Heavyweight
Jörg Brümmer
 Germany
Jüri Uustalu
 Estonia
Takahisa Osanai
 Japan
Openweight
Kenichi Yajima
 Japan
Torsten Scheibler
 Germany
Jaroslav Poříz
 Czech Republic
Team
 Japan  Germany  Russia

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Lightweight
Astrid Lixenfeld
 Germany
Satomi Ishigaya
 Japan
Natalia Bobkina
 Russia
Heavyweight
Olesya Kovalenko
 Russia
Rie Tsuihiji
 Japan
Sandra Köppen
 Germany
Team
 Russia  Estonia  Japan

References

  1. "Web Archive 2001 World Games". Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
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