The men's wakeboard freestyle competition in water skiing at the 2001 World Games took place from 23 to 25 August 2001 at the Ogata Water Ski Course in Ogata, Akita, Japan.
Competition format A total of 16 athletes entered the competition. Best three athletes from preliminary heats qualify directly to the final. In last chance qualifiers two athletes also qualifies for the final.
Results Preliminary
Heat 1 Rank Name Country Result Notes1Rodo Vinh-Tung France65.22Q2Morgan Krause South Africa63.22Q3Domu Narita Japan57.77Q4Hardy Tunnissen Germany46.005Loren Levine United States43.336Matthew Dance Australia40.447Yoshiyuki Hatakeyama Japan40.338Marcello Luca Italy38.66
Heat 2 Rank Name Country Result Notes1Fabrizio Bennelli Italy60.66Q2Dan Nott Great Britain58.66Q3Manabu Nagatsuka Japan55.33Q4Duncan Zuur Netherlands43.335Richard Whitfield Australia42.336Roger Koa Singapore41.007Jonathan Joseph South Africa26.228Robert Braun Austria14.33
Last Chance Qualifiers RankAthleteNationNote1Loren Levine United StatesQ2Hardy Tunnissen Germany Q3Richard Whitfield Australia 4Duncan Zuur Netherlands
Final RankAthleteNationResultRodo Vinh-Tung France59.55Morgan Krause South Africa 58.44Fabrizio Bennelli Italy 58.004Dan Nott Great Britain 56.335Loren Levine United States 51.896Hardy Tunnissen Germany 51.337Manabu Nagatsuka Japan 49.338Domu Narita Japan 18.22
References
External links Results on IWGA website