The ball event in rhythmic gymnastics at the 2001 World Games in Akita was played from 22 to 23 August. The competition took place at Akita City Gymnasium.
Competition format A total of 24 athletes entered the competition. The best eight athletes from preliminary round advances to the final.
Results Preliminary RankAthleteNationScoreNote1Irina Tchachina Russia28.500Q2Lyasan Utiasheva Russia 26.900Q3Elena Tkachenko Belarus 26.850Q4Almudena Cid Tostado Spain26.400Q5Esther Domínguez Spain25.900Q6Ai Yokochi Japan25.850Q7Jessica Howard United States25.100Q8Mary Sanders Canada24.750Q9Yukari Murata Japan24.60010Mojca Rode Slovenia24.35011Cho Eun-jung South Korea24.35012Brigitta Haris Hungary24.30013Daniela Masseroni Italy23.00014Irina Funtikova Canada22.90015Demetra Sergiou Cyprus22.75016Catarina Borges Portugal21.85017Liliana Teixeira Portugal21.80018Kate Riley Australia21.75019Olga Karmansky United States21.75020Son Eun-jung South Korea21.45021Belinda Potgieter South Africa20.90022Laura Vernizzi Italy20.60023Katarína Beluginová Slovakia20.55024Sherin Taama Egypt18.800
Final RankAthleteNationScoreIrina Tchachina Russia28.625Lyasan Utiasheva Russia 28.200Elena Tkachenko Belarus 27.1254Almudena Cid Tostado Spain26.3005Jessica Howard United States25.4006Esther Domínguez Spain25.0507Mary Sanders Canada24.9758Ai Yokochi Japan24.800
References
External links Results on IWGA website