2001 World Championships

The 2001 World Championship was held from August 8–12 2001 at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto, Canada; Tom van de Logt from the Netherlands came out as the new world champion, garnering a prize of US$35,000 for his victory (as well as another US$1,000 for the success of the Dutch team he was part of).

Finishing order

 * 1) Tom Van de Logt (Netherlands) $36,000
 * 2) Alex Borteh (USA) $23,000
 * 3) Antoine Ruel (France) $15,000
 * 4) Andrea Santin (Italy) $13,000
 * 5) Michael Turian (USA) $9,500
 * 6) Jan Tomcani (Slovak Republic) $9,500
 * 7) Tommi Hovi (Finland) $7,500
 * 8) John Ormerod (England) $6,500  1

1 David Williams was disqualified in the quarter-finals of the Top 8 elimination, so John Ormerod from England became the official the 8th-place finisher of record.