The 2001 World Games (Japanese: 2001年ワールドゲームズ, romanized: 2001-Nen wārudogēmuzu), the sixth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Akita, Japan.

(Aikido was deemed a demonstration sport; no medal events were held.)

The results from the 2001 World Games are from the archived website of the Akita, Japan, organizing committee.

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The medal tally during the sixth World Games is as follows.

Russia finished at the top of the final medal table.