Air sports at the 2001 World Games – Open formation skydiving

The open formation skydiving event at the 2001 World Games in Akita was played from 17 to 19 August. A total of thirty parachuters, from six nations, participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Ogata Athletic Field in Ōgata .[1]

Parachuting open formation skydiving
at the World Games
VenueOgata Athletic Field, Ōgata, Akita, Japan
Date17–19 August 2001
Competitors30 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Eagle
Craig Girard
Neal Houston
Mark Kirkby
Marc Steinbaugh
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lise Aune
Dag Einar Hernes
Pål Kolbenstvedt
Carl-Erik Tuv
Torstein Valen
 Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jérôme David
Marin Ferré
Julien Losantos
Davidé Moy
Laurent Pechberty
 France
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Competition format edit

A total of seven rounds were contested. The team with the most points is the winner.

Results edit

Rank Nation Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Average
    United States John Eagle
Craig Girard
Neal Houston
Mark Kirkby
Marc Steinbaugh
28 20 18 22 19 21 21 149 21.19
    Norway Lise Aune
Dag Einar Hernes
Pål Kolbenstvedt
Carl-Erik Tuv
Torstein Valen
26 19 21 21 18 21 20 146 20.86
    France Jérôme David
Marin Ferré
Julien Losantos
Davidé Moy
Laurent Pechberty
26 17 19 21 17 20 20 140 20.00
4   Great Britain Peter Allum
Steve Hamilton
John McIver
Toby Stafford
Robert Stevenson
26 18 17 18 16 18 19 132 18.86
5   Russia Sergey Chenin
Viktor Gorbounkov
Vladimir Pavlenko
Oleg Shalamykhin
Elena Vertiprakhova
22 16 16 19 16 18 17 124 17.71
6   Japan Kei Baba
Shin Ishikawa
Tomoko Makino
Toshihiko Makino
Naoki Yamamoto
14 9 12 11 8 13 10 77 11.00

References edit

  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2005-04-15. Retrieved 2020-06-21.

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