Lifesaving at the 2001 World Games – Men's beach flags
# Lifesaving at the 2001 World Games – Men's beach flags

The men's beach flags 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 25 athletes entered the competition. The best five athletes from each heat advances to the final.

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Note |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jason O'Pray | Australia | Q |
| 2 | Waleed Damon | South Africa | Q |
| 3 | Renaat Dreesen | Belgium | Q |
| 4 | Maik Hofmann | Germany | Q |
| 5 | Sergio González | Spain | Q |
| | Ryan Cox | Great Britain | |
| | Alessandro Giraldo | Italy | |
| | Takuya Iritani | Japan | |
| | Hugo Byman | Netherlands | |
| | Federico De Marco | Italy | |
| | Futoshi Kikuchi | Japan | |
| | Ryan Brown | Great Britain | |
| | Jonathan del Amo | Spain | |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Note |
| 1 | Danilo Mollari | Italy | Q |
| 2 | Lutz Heimann | Germany | Q |
| 3 | Hidenobu Tadano | Japan | Q |
| 4 | Luke Turner | Australia | Q |
| 5 | Stephen Short | Australia | Q |
| | Freek Lemmens | Belgium | |
| | Daan Pelders | Netherlands | |
| | Bart Geerts | Belgium | |
| | Bart Laumen | Netherlands | |
| | Nick Polkinghorne | Great Britain | |
| | Graeme Willcox | South Africa | |
| | Matthias Löwenberg | Germany | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation |
| - | - | - |
| | Sergio González | Spain |
| | Waleed Damon | South Africa |
| | Hidenobu Tadano | Japan |
| 4 | Lutz Heimann | Germany |
| 5 | Maik Hofmann | Germany |
| 6 | Renaat Dreesen | Belgium |
| 7 | Luke Turner | Australia |
| 8 | Jason O'Pray | Australia |
| 9 | Stephen Short | Australia |
| 10 | Danilo Mollari | Italy |
