Casting at the 2001 World Games – Men's fly distance single handed
# Casting at the 2001 World Games – Men's fly distance single handed

The men's fly distance single handed competition in casting at the 2001 World Games took place from 22 to 24 August 2001 at the Akita Prefectural Central Park in Akita, Japan.

## Competition format

A total of 36 athletes entered the competition. Best nine athletes from preliminary round qualifies to the semifinal. From semifinal the best three athletes advances to the final.

## Results

### Preliminary

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Round 1 | Round 2 | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Henrik Österberg | Sweden | 60.45 | 60.80 | Q |
| 2 | Jacek Kuza | Poland | 61.60 | 60.74 | Q |
| 3 | Ralf Stein | Germany | 65.17 | 58.51 | Q |
| 4 | Michael Harter | Germany | 59.55 | 60.34 | Q |
| 5 | Włodzimierz Targosz | Poland | 57.97 | 61.14 | Q |
| 6 | Jan Meszaros | Slovakia | 58.55 | 59.76 | Q |
| 7 | Robert Meszaros | Slovakia | 58.71 | 58.90 | Q |
| 8 | Jan Luxa | Czech Republic | 64.54 | 55.45 | Q |
| 9 | Jurej Meszaros | Slovakia | 59.68 | 54.35 | Q |
| 10 | Heinz Maire-Hensge | Germany | 58.16 | 56.36 | |
| 11 | Patrik Lexa | Czech Republic | 55.14 | 58.18 | |
| 12 | Steve Rajeff | United States | 59.14 | 53.52 | |
| 13 | Bjørn Larsen | Norway | 55.55 | 56.13 | |
| 14 | Klaus-Jurgen Bruder | Germany | 58.17 | 53.41 | |
| 15 | Josef Luxa | Czech Republic | 54.25 | 55.80 | |
| 16 | Kazumi Fukai | Japan | 55.85 | 54.25 | |
| 17 | Tomáš Lexa | Czech Republic | 50.71 | 57.18 | |
| 18 | Sadaki Sato | Japan | 53.29 | 54.88 | |
| 19 | Karol Michalik | Slovakia | 57.18 | 52.40 | |
| 20 | Marijonas Svirbutavičius | Lithuania | 54.56 | 53.31 | |
| 21 | Hendrik Papenfuss | South Africa | 49.24 | 57.78 | |
| 22 | Gerhard Pirklbauer | Austria | 50.23 | 54.44 | |
| 23 | Harald Meindl | Austria | 52.19 | 52.93 | |
| 24 | Frode Semb | Norway | 51.17 | 52.87 | |
| 25 | Chris Korich | United States | 48.61 | 54.00 | |
| 26 | Justas Barauskas | Lithuania | 51.96 | 47.60 | |
| 27 | Mitsuru Ashida | Japan | 50.46 | 47.61 | |
| 28 | Tairiku Shirasawa | Japan | 50.16 | 48.24 | |
| 29 | Henrik Harjanne | Sweden | 49.87 | 50.10 | |
| 30 | Helmut Hochwartner | Austria | 50.09 | 48.59 | |
| 31 | Yuji Tsukahara | Japan | 48.35 | 51.03 | |
| 32 | Markus Kläusler | Switzerland | 49.65 | 48.43 | |
| 33 | Masayuki Ono | Japan | 50.13 | 45.96 | |
| 34 | Kenji Okamoto | Japan | 47.40 | 45.26 | |
| 35 | Werner Gattermaier | Austria | 45.18 | 45.58 | |
| | Kuniyasu Tanaka | Japan | DNS | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinal

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Distance | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Henrik Österberg | Sweden | 60.60 | Q |
| 2 | Jan Luxa | Czech Republic | 58.38 | Q |
| 3 | Jacek Kuza | Poland | 58.33 | Q |
| 4 | Robert Meszaros | Slovakia | 57.03 | |
| 5 | Jan Meszaros | Slovakia | 56.96 | |
| 6 | Włodzimierz Targosz | Poland | 56.17 | |
| 7 | Ralf Stein | Germany | 56.04 | |
| 8 | Jurej Meszaros | Slovakia | 53.70 | |
| 9 | Michael Harter | Germany | 53.24 | |

### Final

| Athlete | Nation | Distance |
| - | - | - |
| Jacek Kuza | Poland | 61.29 |
| Jan Luxa | Czech Republic | 60.40 |
| Henrik Österberg | Sweden | 59.97 |
