The 6th Asian Cross Country Championships took place 2001 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Team rankings were decided by a combination of each nation's top three athletes finishing positions.
Medalists
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Men Individual |  Jafar Babakhani (IRI)
|
 Makoto Otsu (JPN)
|
 Anuradha Indrajith Cooray (SRI)
|
| Senior Men Team | Sri Lanka (SRI)
|
 India (IND)
|
Iran (IRI)
|
| Junior Men Individual | Tomohiro Uemura (JPN)
|
Kazuya Masuyama (JPN)
|
Yuya Shiokawa (JPN)
|
| Junior Men Team | Japan (JPN)
|
India (IND)
|
Iran (IRI)
|
| Senior Women Individual | Yasuyo Iwamoto (JPN)
|
Hisae Yoshimatsu (JPN)
|
Rika Nakamura (JPN)
|
| Senior Women Team | Japan (JPN)
|
India (IND)
|
Sri Lanka (SRI)
|
| Junior Women Individual | Mika Okunaga (JPN)
|
Rina Fujioka (JPN)
|
Yasuko Owatari (JPN)
|
| Junior Women Team | Japan (JPN)
|
India (IND)
|
 Nepal (NEP)
|
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka (SRI) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 4 | India (IND) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 |  Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |