| Venue: | Akita Prefectural Pool, Akita, Japan |
| Date: | 24 August 2001 |
| Competitors: | 19 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Gold: |  Evgeny Skorzhenko |
| Silver: | Sergey Akhapov |
| Bronze: |  Huang Jiandong |
| Prev: | 1997 |
| Next: | 2005 |
The men's 100 m surface competition in finswimming at the 2001 World Games took place on 24 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Pool in Akita, Japan.[1]
A total of 19 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgeny Skorzhenko | Russia | 37.05 | Q | |
| 2 | Sergey Akhapov | 37.47 | Q | ||
| 3 | Andreas Utzmeir | 38.62 | Q | ||
| 4 | Huang Jiandong | China | 38.81 | Q | |
| 5 | Zhao Ji | China | 39.66 | Q | |
| 6 | Aleksander Polak |  Poland | 39.81 | Q | |
| 7 | Sami Sorri |  Finland | 40.02 | Q | |
| 8 | Peter Durai |  Slovakia | 40.15 | Q | |
| 9 | Oscar Cuartas |  Colombia | 40.18 | ||
| 10 | Tadasu Horiuchi |  Japan | 40.40 | ||
| 11 | Timo Suominen | Finland | 40.44 | ||
| 12 | Kamil Maršálek |  Czech Republic | 40.48 | ||
| 13 | Frank Wille | Germany | 41.00 | ||
| 14 | Jan Skružný | Czech Republic | 41.32 | ||
| 15 | Slimann Dekhar |  France | 41.52 | ||
| 16 | Richard Jean Francois | France | 42.36 | ||
| 17 | Javier del Moral |  Spain | 43.00 | ||
| 18 | Juan José Iturralde | Spain | 43.55 | ||
| 19 | Chiaki Komine | Japan | 44.36 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evgeny Skorzhenko | Russia | 35.86 | ||
| Sergey Akhapov | 36.99 | |||
| Huang Jiandong | 38.36 | |||
| 4 | Andreas Utzmeir | Germany | 38.38 | |
| 5 | Zhao Ji | China | 39.23 | |
| 6 | Aleksander Polak | Poland | 39.51 | |
| 7 | Sami Sorri | Finland | 39.96 | |
| 8 | Peter Durai | Slovakia | 40.11 |