| Event: | Finswimming |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Venue: | Akita Prefectural Pool |
| Dates: | 24–25 August 2001 |
| Competitors: | 76 |
| Nations: | 17 |
| Previous: | 1997 |
| Next: | 2005 |
The finswimming events at the 2001 World Games in Akita was played between 24 and 25 August.[1] A total o 76 athletes from 17 nations participated in the tournament. The competition took place in Akita Prefectural Pool.
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| surface | Ilya Somov Evgeny Skorzhenko Maksim Maksimov Sergey Akhapov | Zhao Ji Hu Hailong Huang Jiandong Li Yong | Frank Wille Sven Kaiser Sven Gallasch Andreas Utzmeir |
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| surface | Tatiana Komarova Lidia Goriacheva Irina Egoruchkina Anastassia Kochneva | Zhu Baozhen Li Qingping Wu Xiaohui Liu Qi | Suzanne Jentzsch Tina Hirschfeldt Bettina Müller Christine Müller |