Finswimming at the 2001 World Games – Men's 50 m apnoea
# Finswimming at the 2001 World Games – Men's 50 m apnoea

The men's 50 m apnoea competition in finswimming at the 2001 World Games took place on 25 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Pool in Akita, Japan.

## Competition format

A total of 18 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the final.

## Results

### Preliminary

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Evgeny Skorzhenko | Russia | 14.55 | Q |
| 2 | Li Yong | China | 15.12 | Q |
| 3 | Zhao Ji | China | 15.36 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksei Viazigin | Russia | 15.59 | Q |
| 5 | Sami Sorri | Finland | 15.85 | Q |
| 6 | Aleksander Polak | Poland | 15.93 | Q |
| 7 | Timo Suominen | Finland | 15.97 | Q |
| 8 | Kamil Maršálek | Czech Republic | 16.18 | Q |
| 9 | Oscar Cuartas | Colombia | 16.23 | |
| 10 | Jan Skružný | Czech Republic | 16.68 | |
| 11 | Frank Wille | Germany | 17.05 | |
| 12 | Erven Morice | France | 17.10 | |
| 13 | Slimann Dekhar | France | 17.26 | |
| 14 | Yoshiyuki Abe | Japan | 17.32 | |
| 15 | Sven Kaiser | Germany | 17.70 | |
| 16 | Juan José Iturralde | Spain | 17.83 | |
| 17 | Javier del Moral | Spain | 18.04 | |
| 18 | Makoto Oyama | Japan | 18.13 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Evgeny Skorzhenko | Russia | 14.63 |
| | Li Yong | China | 15.21 |
| | Zhao Ji | China | 15.50 |
| 4 | Aleksei Viazigin | Russia | 15.71 |
| 5 | Timo Suominen | Finland | 15.74 |
| 6 | Sami Sorri | Finland | 15.76 |
| 7 | Kamil Maršálek | Czech Republic | 16.40 |
| 8 | Aleksander Polak | Poland | 16.44 |
