| Venue: | Akita Prefectural Pool, Akita, Japan |
| Date: | 25 August 2001 |
| Competitors: | 18 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Gold: |  Evgeny Skorzhenko |
| Silver: |  Li Yong |
| Bronze: | Zhao Ji |
| Prev: | 1997 |
| Next: | 2005 |
The men's 50 m apnoea competition in finswimming at the 2001 World Games took place on 25 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Pool in Akita, Japan.[1]
A total of 18 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgeny Skorzhenko | Russia | 14.55 | Q | |
| 2 | Li Yong | 15.12 | Q | ||
| 3 | Zhao Ji | 15.36 | Q | ||
| 4 | Aleksei Viazigin | Russia | 15.59 | Q | |
| 5 | Sami Sorri |  Finland | 15.85 | Q | |
| 6 | Aleksander Polak |  Poland | 15.93 | Q | |
| 7 | Timo Suominen | Finland | 15.97 | Q | |
| 8 | Kamil Maršálek |  Czech Republic | 16.18 | Q | |
| 9 | Oscar Cuartas |  Colombia | 16.23 | ||
| 10 | Jan Skružný | Czech Republic | 16.68 | ||
| 11 | Frank Wille | Germany | 17.05 | ||
| 12 | Erven Morice |  France | 17.10 | ||
| 13 | Slimann Dekhar | France | 17.26 | ||
| 14 | Yoshiyuki Abe |  Japan | 17.32 | ||
| 15 | Sven Kaiser | Germany | 17.70 | ||
| 16 | Juan José Iturralde |  Spain | 17.83 | ||
| 17 | Javier del Moral | Spain | 18.04 | ||
| 18 | Makoto Oyama | Japan | 18.13 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evgeny Skorzhenko | Russia | 14.63 | ||
| Li Yong | 15.21 | |||
| Zhao Ji | 15.50 | |||
| 4 | Aleksei Viazigin | Russia | 15.71 | |
| 5 | Timo Suominen | Finland | 15.74 | |
| 6 | Sami Sorri | Finland | 15.76 | |
| 7 | Kamil Maršálek | Czech Republic | 16.40 | |
| 8 | Aleksander Polak | Poland | 16.44 |