Finswimming at the 2001 World Games – Men's 100 m surface
# Finswimming at the 2001 World Games – Men's 100 m surface

The men's 100 m surface competition in finswimming at the 2001 World Games took place on 24 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Pool in Akita, Japan.

## Competition format

A total of 19 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 | 37.05 | Q |
| 2 | Sergey Akhapov | Russia | 37.47 | Q |
| 3 | Andreas Utzmeir | Germany | 38.62 | Q |
| 4 | Huang Jiandong | China | 38.81 | Q |
| 5 | Zhao Ji | China | 39.66 | Q |
| 6 | Aleksander Polak | Poland | 39.81 | Q |
| 7 | Sami Sorri | Finland | 40.02 | Q |
| 8 | Peter Durai | Slovakia | 40.15 | Q |
| 9 | Oscar Cuartas | Colombia | 40.18 | |
| 10 | Tadasu Horiuchi | Japan | 40.40 | |
| 11 | Timo Suominen | Finland | 40.44 | |
| 12 | Kamil Maršálek | Czech Republic | 40.48 | |
| 13 | Frank Wille | Germany | 41.00 | |
| 14 | Jan Skružný | Czech Republic | 41.32 | |
| 15 | Slimann Dekhar | France | 41.52 | |
| 16 | Richard Jean Francois | France | 42.36 | |
| 17 | Javier del Moral | Spain | 43.00 | |
| 18 | Juan José Iturralde | Spain | 43.55 | |
| 19 | Chiaki Komine | Japan | 44.36 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Evgeny Skorzhenko | Russia | 35.86 |
| | Sergey Akhapov | Russia | 36.99 |
| | Huang Jiandong | China | 38.36 |
| 4 | Andreas Utzmeir | Germany | 38.38 |
| 5 | Zhao Ji | China | 39.23 |
| 6 | Aleksander Polak | Poland | 39.51 |
| 7 | Sami Sorri | Finland | 39.96 |
| 8 | Peter Durai | Slovakia | 40.11 |
