| Venue: | Iwaki Island Park, Iwaki, Japan |
| Date: | 26 August 2001 |
| Competitors: | 26 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Gold: |  Zane Holmes |
| Silver: | Ryan Butcher |
| Bronze: | Matthew Bouman |
| Next: | 2005 |
The men's board race in lifesaving at the 2001 World Games took place on 26 August 2001 at the Iwaki Island Park in Iwaki, Japan.[1]
A total of 26 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from each heat advances to the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Butcher | South Africa | Q | |
| 2 | Ky Hurst | Q | ||
| 3 | Zane Holmes | Q | ||
| 4 | Matthew Bouman | South Africa | Q | |
| 5 | Masahiro Hayashi |  Japan | Q | |
| 6 | Sergio González |  Spain | Q | |
| 7 | Takuya Iritani | Japan | Q | |
| 8 | Vincent Honet |  Belgium | Q | |
| 9 | Lutz Heimann | Germany | ||
| 10 | Alessandro Giraldo |  Italy | ||
| 11 | Ryan Brown |  Great Britain | ||
| 12 | Hugo Byman | Netherlands | ||
| 13 | Federico De Marco | Italy |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Short | Australia | Q | |
| 2 | Stuart Snell | Q | ||
| 3 | Craig Robinson | Q | ||
| 4 | Hidenobu Tadano | Japan | Q | |
| 5 | Hans Vyge | Netherlands | Q | |
| 6 | Francisco Jiménez | Spain | Q | |
| 7 | Bart Laumen | Netherlands | Q | |
| 8 | Germano Proietti | Italy | Q | |
| 9 | Graeme Willcox | South Africa | ||
| 10 | Matthias Löwenberg | Germany | ||
| 11 | Freek Lemmens | Belgium | ||
| 12 | Pablo Terradillos | Spain | ||
| 13 | Maik Hofmann | Germany |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zane Holmes | Australia | ||
| Ryan Butcher | |||
| Matthew Bouman | |||
| 4 | Stephen Short | Australia | |
| 5 | Ky Hurst | Australia | |
| 6 | Hidenobu Tadano | Japan | |
| 7 | Takuya Iritani | Japan | |
| 8 | Masahiro Hayashi | Japan | |
| 9 | Craig Robinson | Great Britain | |
| 10 | Stuart Snell | Great Britain | |
| Hans Vyge | Netherlands | ||
| Francisco Jiménez | Spain | ||
| Sergio González | Spain | ||
| Vincent Honet | Belgium | ||
| Germano Proietti | Italy | ||
| Bart Laumen | Netherlands |