Lifesaving at the 2001 World Games – Men's board race
# 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 |
