The tug of war events at the 2001 World Games in Akita was played between 20 and 21 August. Athletes from 12 nations participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Akita Skydome in Yūwa. Two men's events were held as official sport. Two women's events were invitational sport at this games.
Participating nations
England, Northern Ireland and Scotland competed separately in this sport. England and Scotland won two medals in official events, but in official medal table their score is counted as Great Britain.
Medal table Official events
Invitational events
Events Men's events Indoor 600 kg (England)Neil AlcockShaun AlcockIan DanielsCarl DaviesDavid FieldTony HadleyJonathan JonesDuane MeadowcroftPhil PaddockKirk ScottRobert Steele (Scotland)Alan BrodieLarry DunlopStephen GarnerGary GillespieGraeme HendryNeil MacFarlaneThomas NelsonRobert PattersonGordon SangRobert WarnockTom Weir Takashi ChiwakiYutaka IshiyamaMitsuru KobayashiHideaki MorozumiAkihiko NakamuraMasahiro OsadaTatsuo SaitoHumiaki SatoOsamu SuzukiYoshihiro TakeuchiYoshika YamakiOutdoor 680 kgIvo BrugmanJan Groot WassinkGerben JansenHenk LammersErwin LeusinkMarcel LeusinkWim MatemanPeter NaaldenErik ScharenborgArnold Veltkamp Walter BernhardDaniel ChristenPeter ChristenUeli ChristenPatrick EmmeneggerAlbert KlagerFabian LangensteinSimon LangensteinPeter LenherrErnst RuttenJost WaserRoger AnderssonJohannes BodiFredrik JärviöJim JohanssonKristoffer JohanssonTom JohanssonMikael KarlssonJesper PerssonBjörn Törnblom
Women's events Indoor 480 kg Indoor 520 kg
References
External links Tug of War International Federation Tug of war on IWGA website Results