title: Orienteering at the 2001 World Games – Men's individual
text: # Orienteering at the 2001 World Games – Men's individual
  
  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.
  
  ## Competition format
  
  A total of 38 athletes entered the competition. Every athlete had to check in at control points, which were located across the course.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Grant Bluett | Australia | 31:00.4 |
  | | Tore Sandvik | Norway | 31:38.3 |
  | | Jamie Stevenson | Great Britain | 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 |
  