Sumo at the 2001 World Games

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.

Sumo
at the 2001 World Games
Sumo
Tenno Town Gymnasium
VenueTenno Town Gymnasium
Dates25–26 August 2001
Competitors66 from 14 nations
2005 →

Participating nations

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Medal table

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

Events

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Men's events

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

Women's events

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

References

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