| Venue: | Iijima Forest, Akita, Japan |
| Date: | 18 August 2001 |
| Competitors: | 38 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Gold: |  Grant Bluett |
| Silver: |  Tore Sandvik |
| Bronze: |  Jamie Stevenson |
| Next: | 2005 |
The men's individual competition in orienteering at the 2001 World Games took place on 18 August 2001 in the Iijima Forest in Akita, Japan.[1]
A total of 38 athletes entered the competition. Every athlete had to check in at control points, which were located across the course.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Bluett | Australia | 31:00.4 | ||
| Tore Sandvik | 31:38.3 | |||
| Jamie Stevenson | 31:42.9 | |||
| 4 | Niclas Jonasson |  Sweden | 31:49.7 | |
| 5 | Pavel Naumov |  Russia | 33:17.7 | |
| 6 | Carsten Jørgensen | Denmark | 33:36.4 | |
| 7 | Emil Wingstedt | Sweden | 33:41.9 | |
| 8 | Jarkko Huovila |  Finland | 33:43.4 | |
| 9 | Vladimír Lučan |  Czech Republic | 33:58.8 | |
| 10 | Juha Peltola | Finland | 34:11.3 | |
| 11 | Edgaras Voveris |  Lithuania | 34:31.8 | |
| 12 | Mats Haldin | Finland | 35:19.8 | |
| 13 | Janusz Porzycz |  Poland | 35:52.0 | |
| 14 | Robert Banach | Poland | 35:57.7 | |
| 15 | Matthias Niggli | Switzerland | 36:26.2 | |
| 16 | Evgeny Gavrilov | Russia | 36:33.8 | |
| 17 | Carl Henrik Bjørseth | Norway | 37:06.9 | |
| 18 | Olle Kärner |  Estonia | 37:08.1 | |
| 19 | Robert Walter | Australia | 37:44.0 | |
| 20 | Michal Jedlička | Czech Republic | 37:48.1 | |
| 21 | Damien Renard |  France | 37:50.2 | |
| 22 | Mats Troeng | Sweden | 37:51.4 | |
| 23 | Toshiyuki Matsuzawa |  Japan | 37:57.0 | |
| 24 | Matthias Gilgien | Switzerland | 37:57.5 | |
| 25 | Donatus Schnyder | Switzerland | 38:01.6 | |
| 26 | Ingo Horst | Germany | 38:44.1 | |
| 27 | František Libant |  Slovakia | 38:55.3 | |
| 28 | Mikael Boström | Finland | 39:07.1 | |
| 29 | Michael Thierolf | Germany | 39:42.7 | |
| 30 | Marián Dávidík | Slovakia | 39:54.0 | |
| 31 | Stephen Palmer | Great Britain | 41:12.4 | |
| 32 | Allan Mogensen | Denmark | 41:31.7 | |
| 33 | François Gonon | France | 42:38.7 | |
| 34 | Bjørnar Valstad | Norway | 43:23.0 | |
| 35 | Hirobumi Kagaya | Japan | 43:44.2 | |
| Morten Fenger-Grøn | Denmark | DSQ | ||
| Erik Aibast | Estonia | DSQ | ||
| Svajūnas Ambrazas | Lithuania | DSQ |