title: Lifesaving at the 2001 World Games – Men's beach flags
text: # Lifesaving at the 2001 World Games – Men's beach flags
  
  The men's beach flags in lifesaving at the 2001 World Games took place on 26 August 2001 at the Iwaki Island Park in Iwaki, Japan.
  
  ## Competition format
  
  A total of 25 athletes entered the competition. The best five athletes from each heat advances to the final.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nation | Note |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jason O'Pray | Australia | Q |
  | 2 | Waleed Damon | South Africa | Q |
  | 3 | Renaat Dreesen | Belgium | Q |
  | 4 | Maik Hofmann | Germany | Q |
  | 5 | Sergio González | Spain | Q |
  | | Ryan Cox | Great Britain | |
  | | Alessandro Giraldo | Italy | |
  | | Takuya Iritani | Japan | |
  | | Hugo Byman | Netherlands | |
  | | Federico De Marco | Italy | |
  | | Futoshi Kikuchi | Japan | |
  | | Ryan Brown | Great Britain | |
  | | Jonathan del Amo | Spain | |
  | Rank | Athlete | Nation | Note |
  | 1 | Danilo Mollari | Italy | Q |
  | 2 | Lutz Heimann | Germany | Q |
  | 3 | Hidenobu Tadano | Japan | Q |
  | 4 | Luke Turner | Australia | Q |
  | 5 | Stephen Short | Australia | Q |
  | | Freek Lemmens | Belgium | |
  | | Daan Pelders | Netherlands | |
  | | Bart Geerts | Belgium | |
  | | Bart Laumen | Netherlands | |
  | | Nick Polkinghorne | Great Britain | |
  | | Graeme Willcox | South Africa | |
  | | Matthias Löwenberg | Germany | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nation |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Sergio González | Spain |
  | | Waleed Damon | South Africa |
  | | Hidenobu Tadano | Japan |
  | 4 | Lutz Heimann | Germany |
  | 5 | Maik Hofmann | Germany |
  | 6 | Renaat Dreesen | Belgium |
  | 7 | Luke Turner | Australia |
  | 8 | Jason O'Pray | Australia |
  | 9 | Stephen Short | Australia |
  | 10 | Danilo Mollari | Italy |
  