title: Lifesaving at the 2001 World Games – Men's board race
text: # Lifesaving at the 2001 World Games – Men's board race
  
  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.
  
  ## Competition format
  
  A total of 26 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from each heat advances to the final.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nation | Note |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ryan Butcher | South Africa | Q |
  | 2 | Ky Hurst | Australia | Q |
  | 3 | Zane Holmes | Australia | 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 | Great Britain | Q |
  | 3 | Craig Robinson | Great Britain | 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 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nation |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Zane Holmes | Australia |
  | | Ryan Butcher | South Africa |
  | | Matthew Bouman | South Africa |
  | 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 |
  