2001 Honda Indy 300, Race, Post-race
After finishing the race, de Ferran began celebrating his second consecutive CART Drivers' Championship, earning him $1 million. During the celebration, team owner Roger Penske commended de Ferran's perseverance, "Gil did a super job. He came from behind in the points and was fast and consistent when he needed to be. Gil had a lot of pressure on him.


2001 Honda Indy 300, Race, Post-race
It's nice that the championship didn't go down to the wire." De Ferran stated he was "living in a dream" and saw his CART success as comparable to winning the Formula One World Championship, "Certainly, my career was all geared toward going F1, but I can't complain because any driver wants to drive for an operation such as Penske or (F1 front-runners) Williams, Ferrari and McLaren. In a way, I see the Penske organization in a similar light. Penske has not operated in F1 since 1976, but it's a great racing group."


2001 Honda Indy 300, Race, Post-race
Bräck said he was disappointed to lose the championship and put it down to his lack of road course success. Nevertheless, he praised de Ferran and vowed to return to contention in the 2002 season, "We came up short and that's not good, but there are still have a lot of good things from this season that will carry through for me. We'll have to try to win it next year.


2001 Honda Indy 300, Race, Post-race
The result of the race won de Ferran the Drivers' Championship with 191 points. Bräck was second with 28 less points; Castroneves maintained third position, but Andretti's second-place finish tied him with Castroneves on points. Da Matta overtook Franchitti for fifth with 120 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Toyota passed Ford Cosworth for second as leaders Honda led by 34 points. Reynard still led the Manufacturers' Championship with an unchallenged lead of 49 points over Lola with one race remaining in the season.


2001 Honduran general election
General elections were held in Honduras to elect a president and parliament on 25 November 2001. Ricardo Maduro of the National Party was elected president with over 50% of the vote, while the National Party emerged as the largest party in the National Congress, winning 61 of the 128 seats.


2001 Hong Kong Sevens
The 2001 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Hong Kong as the fourth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. The tournament took place at the Hong Kong Stadium on 30 March–1 April 2001.


2001 Hong Kong Sevens
The hosts, Hong Kong, finished third in Pool C but went on to defeat the West Indies 47–5 in the Bowl final. Defending World Sevens Series champions, New Zealand, successfully defended their Hong Kong Sevens title by defeating Fiji 29–5 in the Cup final.


2001 Hong Kong Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into six pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played over the first two days of the tournament. The top team from each pool along with the two best runners-up advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The remaining four runners-up along with the four best third-placed teams advanced to the Plate quarter finals. The remaining eight teams went on to the Bowl quarter finals. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000-01 season.


2001 Hong Kong Sevens, Teams
Like the previous tournament in Hong Kong, 24 teams took part with Russia and the West Indies making their World Sevens Series debuts. The participating teams for the tournament:


2001 Hopman Cup
The 2001 Hopman Cup (also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis championship won by Switzerland's Martina Hingis and Roger Federer. Hingis and Federer defeated Monica Seles and Jan-Michael Gambill of the United States in the final. The tournament was hosted at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, Western Australia from 30 December 2000 through 6 January 2001.


2001 Houston Astros season
The 2001 Houston Astros season was the 40th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas.


2001 Houston Astros season
For the fourth time in five seasons, the Astros won the National League Central division title, having won 93 games. Although St. Louis had also won 93 games, no tie-breaker game was used, since each were assured a postseason spot; as such, the Astros were awarded the division title by virtue of having won the head-to-head matchup between them and the Cardinals (doing so with nine wins to seven losses).


2001 Houston Astros season, Regular season
With a triple on May 7 against the Chicago Cubs, first baseman Jeff Bagwell achieved the 700th extra base hit of his career.


2001 Houston Astros season, Regular season
On June 8, the first interleague game between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers took place at The Ballpark at Arlington, part of a rivalry known as the Lone Star Series. The Astros won the game by a score of 5-4. The team that would win the most games between the two in a season would be awarded the Silver Boot.


2001 Houston Astros season, Regular season
For the second time in his career, Bagwell reached seven runs batted in (RBI) in a game – the second time he tied the club record – against the Kansas City Royals on July 7. Over four successive games from July 8–13, Bagwell homered and totaled five home runs in that span.


2001 Houston Astros season, Regular season
In a contest at Enron Field against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 18, Bagwell hit for the cycle. He went 4-for-5 with a BB and five RBI as the Astros won, 17–11. He was the NL Player of the Month that July after batting .333 with nine HR, breaking his own club record with 36 RBI in a month, exceeding 34 RBI in August 2000.


2001 Houston Astros season, Regular season
While hitting his 32nd HR on August 19, 2001, against Pittsburgh, Bagwell collected his 100th RBI. It was the sixth consecutive season he reached at least 30 HR and 100 RBI, making him the eighth player in MLB history to achieve such a streak, and the only Houston player to do so. Five days later, also against Pittsburgh, he scored his 100th run, joining Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth as the only players in MLB history with six consecutive seasons of 30 homers, 100 RBI and 100 runs scored. On September 30 at Chicago, Bagwell walked for his 100th of the season, thus making him the only player in MLB history register six consecutive seasons of at least 30 HR, 100 RBI, 100 runs scored, and 100 walks.


2001 Houston Astros season, Regular season
On October 4, Barry Bonds hit his 70th home run of the season off Houston pitcher Wilfredo Rodríguez to tie Mark McGwire's single season home run record.


2001 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


2001 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


2001 Houston Comets season
The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Houston Comets. The team advanced to the WNBA Playoffs, but failed to win a fifth consecutive championship.


2001 Houston Cougars football team
The 2001 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 56th year of season play for Houston, and the only winless season in the school's history. The team was coached by Dana Dimel. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.


2001 Houston mayoral election
The Houston Mayoral Election of 2001 took place on November 6, 2001. Incumbent Mayor Lee Brown was re-elected to a third term. Officially the race was non-partisan. None of the candidates received a majority of the votes, so a run-off election was held on December 1, 2001.


2001 Humanitarian Bowl
The 2001 Humanitarian Bowl was the fifth edition of the bowl game. It featured the Clemson Tigers versus the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.


2001 Humanitarian Bowl, Background
This was the Bulldogs first bowl game since the 1990 tie in the Independence Bowl. They were looking to win a bowl game for the first time since 1977. They had won the Western Athletic Conference championship (in their first season there), which was their first conference championship since they won the Southland Conference in 1984. This was Clemson third consecutive bowl game and seventh in 10 seasons. They were looking to win a bowl game for the first time since the 1993 Peach Bowl. They had finished fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2001 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary
Louisiana Tech scored first on a 29-yard field goal from placekicker Josh Scobee, giving the Bulldogs a 3–0 lead. Later in the first quarter, Woodrow Dantzler threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Matt Bailey, as the Tigers took a 7–3 lead into the second quarter.


2001 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary
In the second quarter, Luke McCown scored on an 11-yard touchdown run giving Louisiana Tech a 10–7 lead. Woodrow Dantzler threw a 53-yard touchdown pass to Roscoe Crosby giving Clemson a 14–10 lead. They would keep that lead through halftime.


2001 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary
In the third quarter, Dantzler threw a 5–yard touchdown pass to Ben Hall, increasing the Tigers lead to 21–10. Dantzler's fourth touchdown pass, a 62-yarder to Bernard Rambert gave the Tigers a 28–10 lead. Bernard Rambert scored on a 21-yard touchdown run to make it 35–10. Airese Currie added a 19-yard touchdown run, as the Tigers clawed to a 42–10 led at the end of three quarters.


2001 Humanitarian Bowl, Game summary
In the fourth quarter, backup quarterback Willie Simmons threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Hamilton, making the lead 49–10. Louisiana Tech would score on a 34-yard touchdown pass from McCown to Delwyn Daigre to cut the lead to 49–18. They scored once more on a 2-yard Joe Smith run, making the final margin 49–24, winning their first bowl game since 1993.


2001 Humber Refinery explosion
The 2001 Humber Refinery explosion was a major incident at the then Conoco-owned Humber Refinery at South Killingholme in North Lincolnshire, England. A large explosion occurred on the Saturate Gas Plant area of the site on Easter Monday, 16 April 2001 at approximately 2:20 p.m. There were no fatalities, but two people were injured.


2001 Humber Refinery explosion, Effects
The incident temporarily shut down the entire refinery and caused oil prices to increase. Damage was caused to the nearby villages of North and South Killingholme as well as the nearby town of Immingham - mainly doors being blown from their hinges and windows being blown in.


2001 Humber Refinery explosion, HSE investigation
ConocoPhillips (now Phillips 66) was investigated and subsequently fined £895,000 and ordered to pay £218,854 costs by the Health and Safety Executive for failing to effectively monitor the degradation of the refinery's pipework. The company pleaded guilty to these charges in court and has since implemented a Risk Based Inspection programme.


2001 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2001 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 2001 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State moved back to the NCAA from the NAIA in 2001, and competed as a charter member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC). They had been a member of the NAIA Columbia Football Association (CFA) from 1997 to 2000. The CFA folded after the 2000 season.


2001 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 2001 Lumberjacks were led by second-year head coach Doug Adkins. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 1–2 GNAC). The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 267–405 for the 2001 season.


2001 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
Because of the terrorist attacks on September 11, many college football game were rescheduled. As a result, a hole in the Lumberjacks schedule was created. To fill that, a game was added against conference foe Western Oregon was added on October 13, but it did not count as a conference game.


2001 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 2002 NFL Draft.


2001 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships
The 2001 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships (Hungarian: Senior Országos Bajnokság 2001) took place in Dunaújváros on January 6–7. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior level. The results were used to choose the Hungarian teams to the 2001 World Championships and the 2001 European Championships.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2001 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially the XVII Marlboro Magyar Nagydij) was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring on 19 August 2001. It was the 13th race of the 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship and the 16th Hungarian Grand Prix forming part of the series. Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won the 77-lap race from pole position. His teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second and David Coulthard was third for McLaren.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher qualified on pole position by setting the fastest lap in qualifying, and he began alongside Coulthard. Barrichello made a brisk start to pass Coulthard and he tactically delayed the McLaren driver from lap 12 to provide his teammate Michael Schumacher with a significant lead over the rest of the field. Schumacher only lost the lead during the pit stop phases, maintaining the lead for the majority of the race to achieve his seventh victory of 2001 and the 51st of his career. His win confirmed him as the 2001 Drivers' Champion, as Coulthard could not pass his points total with four races remaining in the season, and he also equalled Alain Prost for the all-time record of career victories.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix
Schumacher received praise from many in the Formula One community for his title victory and it was headline news in Germany and Italy. Barrichello's second-place finish helped Ferrari win the Constructors' Championship for the third consecutive season and the 11th time overall. McLaren were 13 points ahead of Williams in third while Sauber moved one point ahead of British American Racing (BAR) for fourth.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background
The 2001 Hungarian Grand Prix was the 13th of the 17 motor races in the 2001 Formula One World Championship and the 16th running of the event as part of the series. It took place at the 16-turn 3.975 km (2.470 mi) Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Budapest on 19 August. The Hungaroring has been likened to the Circuit de Monaco because it is narrow, making overtaking difficult. The circuit was bumpy and dusty and it did not provide a major advantage to cars installed with powerful engines.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background
Before the race Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 84 points, ahead of David Coulthard of McLaren with 47 points and Williams' Ralf Schumacher with 41. Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello was fourth on 40 points, and McLaren's Mika Häkkinen was fifth with 19 points. In the Constructors' Championship Ferrari led with 124 points, 58 points ahead of McLaren. Williams were third with 56 points; Sauber with 19 points and British American Racing (BAR) with 16 points contended for fourth place.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background
A maximum of 40 points were available for the final four races, which meant Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher could still win the title. Michael Schumacher needed to win the Grand Prix, regardless of where Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher finished. Had both Ferrari cars finished first and second, the team would secure the Constructors' Championship for the third consecutive year.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background
By winning the race, Michael Schumacher would take his 51st career victory, putting him equal with four-time World Champion Alain Prost and join Prost and Juan Manuel Fangio as the third driver to win four or more titles. He said the championship was not in his mindset in Hungary and was looking forward to the race, "I am excited about the possibility of becoming champion a fourth time but if I don't look it, it's because I am not there yet. How can I be excited if I am not there yet? Only having the possibility doesn't count.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background
I will get excited when it is in my pocket." In contrast, Coulthard was within four points of Michael Schumacher entering the Monaco Grand Prix; he finished fifth after failing to move off the starting grid due to a computer glitch. Thereafter, mechanical attrition and one accident gave Coulthard six points in the next five races and fell 37 points behind Schumacher.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background
A total of 11 teams (each representing a different constructors) fielded two drivers each for the Grand Prix. There were two driver changes for the race. Having been in one of the Prost cars since the first race of the year in Australia, Jean Alesi completed negotiations for the release of his contract with the French constructor and joined the Jordan team for the rest of the season. Alesi's Prost AP04 was driven by Heinz-Harald Frentzen—whom Jordan sacked before the preceding German Grand Prix—until the conclusion of the season.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background
Both drivers were allowed to familiarise themselves with their new cars in the week before the race. Frentzen and Alesi completed separate 50 km (31 mi) shakedown tests (the maximum amount of mileage allowed under the sporting regulations during the three-week summer moratorium from in-season testing) at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours and the Silverstone Circuit, respectively.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background
Several teams made modifications to their cars to maximise slow speed grip and traction and setup for the Hungaroring's high-speed chicanes. Minardi introduced a revised chassis for both of its race and test PS01s, which comprised a new titanium gearbox and rear suspension geometry, tested by Andrea Piccini at the Fiorano Circuit. McLaren mounted a secondary wing to the tail of the MP4/16's engine cover above its gearbox and Williams did the same as it installed cooling bodywork on the engine for the first time since the Malaysian Grand Prix.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background
The Benetton and Sauber teams fitted new front wings and undertrays to their vehicles while the former constructor also introduced revised bargeboards and a rear diffuser. Both Ferrari and Jaguar brought a revised high-downforce configuration that was an evolution of the package they utilised at the Monaco Grand Prix. BAR installed a new diffuser featuring two vertical strakes in each side channel, as well as a new floor and front wing. The 003 also featured additional winglets on the engine cover that were used at the Monaco Grand Prix.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background
Jordan brought significant updates, including a new engine cover with a deeper top section and shallower lower section and a revised shape around the rear suspension. The new bodywork was complimented by a new undertray and diffuser. Jordan added a horizontal narrowing chord winglet similar to that of the Williams FW23 ahead of the sidepod inlets. Jordan also modified the pedal arrangement for Alesi's car, as he disliked the left-foot braking technique used by Frentzen and Zonta.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Background
Arrows brought a new front wing for the A22 and installed small wings over the rain light and rear axle used at the Monaco Grand Prix. Prost used its double-element front wing from Monaco and added a small wing over the rear axle. Frentzen used Brembo brakes instead of the Carbon Industrie components Alesi preferred.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Practice
Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race, two each on Friday and Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour; the third and fourth sessions, on Saturday morning, lasted 45 minutes each. Friday's two practice sessions were held in hot and clear weather. In the first practice session, Michael Schumacher was fastest with a lap of 1 minute,16.995 seconds, 0.288 seconds faster than his teammate Barrichello in second.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Practice
The McLaren cars of Häkkinen and Coulthard, Ralf Schumacher, Nick Heidfeld of Sauber, Jordan's Jarno Trulli, the BAR vehicles of Olivier Panis and Jacques Villeneuve and Kimi Räikkönen for Sauber rounded out the session's top ten drivers. Alesi was restricted to four timed laps because he skidded into a gravel trap at turn 13. Ralf Schumacher avoided curtailing his session after a spin into the turn one gravel trap and reversing out of it. Coulthard understeered into the turn 12 chicane gravel trap and pushed the McLaren's undertray through the bottom of its monocoque on a serrated kerb with five minutes left, causing a four-minute stoppage to clear carbon fibre debris.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Practice
Michael Schumacher repeated his morning form in the second practice session with the day's fastest lap of 1 minute, 16.651 seconds. Barrichello in second closed to within 0.083 seconds of his teammate and Häkkinen third. Ralf Schumacher was fourth-fastest, ahead of Jaguar's Eddie Irvine, Alesi, Giancarlo Fisichella of Benetton, Heidfeld, Panis and Coulthard in fifth to tenth. Several drivers, including Frentzen, Fisichella and Ralf Schumacher, spun or went off the circuit during the session without damaging their cars.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Practice
After Friday's sessions, Ferrari and Coulthard lodged a complaint with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile race director Charlie Whiting over the height of the kerbs at turn 12. Race officials agreed to lower its height by 2.5 cm (0.98 in) on Saturday morning to allow cars to be propelled more smoothly over turn 12.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Practice
It continued to be hot and humid for the two Saturday morning practice sessions. Michael Schumacher led the third practice session at 1 minute, 15.466 seconds. His teammate Barrichello remained in second. The two McLaren cars of Häkkinen and Coulthard were third and fourth. Heidfeld, Ralf Schumacher, Panis, Trulli, Juan Pablo Montoya of the Williams team and Räikkönen were in positions six through ten. While the session passed relatively peacefully, Räikkönen stopped on track midway through practice with his car's overheating exhaust system catching fire, which was extinguished by track marshals.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Practice
Coulthard was quickest in the final practice session to prevent Ferrari from leading every session with a 1-minute, 15.266 seconds lap. Michael Schumacher could not go faster after going wide onto the grass exiting turn six and later spun off the track at turn 12. He remained in second in front of his teammate Barrichello in third and the faster Heidfeld in fourth. Häkkinen, Trulli, Ralf Schumacher, Montoya, Irvine and Fisichella were fifth through tenth. Seven minutes into the session, Ralf Schumacher beached his car in a gravel trap at turn nine and Minardi's Tarso Marques spun at turn nine.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Saturday afternoon's one hour qualifying session saw each driver limited to twelve laps, with the starting order decided by their fastest laps. During this session the 107% rule was in effect, requiring each driver to remain within 107 per cent of the fastest lap time to qualify for the race. It remained hot and clear with the air temperature from 29 to 31 °C (84 to 88 °F) and a track temperature between 33 to 41 °C (91 to 106 °F). Several drivers waited for 20 minutes before commencing their first timed laps.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Michael Schumacher overtook Hakkinen as the fastest driver on his first attempt, and set his best lap with 20 minutes to go, taking his ninth pole position of the season and the 41st of his career with a new qualifying track record of 1 minute, 14.059 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by Coulthard who was 0.801 seconds slower; an oversteer put him wide at the left-hand turn 13 and Frentzen had earlier slowed him.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Barrichello in third was delayed by Montoya early on after which his Ferrari's balance changed and developed more understeer due to rising track temperatures. Ralf Schumacher was the highest-placed Michelin shod car in fourth, and fifth-placed Trulli aborted one timed lap following an error. Häkkinen had difficulty finding an ideal setup for his McLaren and took sixth. Heidfeld, seventh, aborted two of his timed laps through separate minor errors. Eighth-placed Montoya had a power understeer that caused him to spin. An understeer in Räikkönen's Sauber on his last two laps put him ninth. Villeneuve adjusted his car's setup to qualify tenth.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Panis in 11th was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten because he lost time with an electrical fault and spun because of an inoperable traction control system. Alesi made it an all-French sixth row in 12th; he admitted he required additional familiarity with his car. The Jaguars occupied 13th and 14th places: Pedro de la Rosa ahead of his teammate Irvine; the former made errors on his first two timed laps and the latter said he over-drove trying ot qualify in the top ten.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Fisichella in the faster of the two Benetton cars in 15th reported a loss of grip. Frentzen in a lightly fuelled car could not match his form from the morning's practice sessions and took 16th. Two engine failures in practice required Jenson Button to drive the spare Benetton, which had poor grip and balance and left him 17th. Fernando Alonso qualified his Minardi in 18th. Luciano Burti of the Prost team had balance problems that caused his car to yearn from understeer and oversteer and was 19th.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Qualifying
The two Arrows of Enrique Bernoldi and Jos Verstappen were 20th and 21st; Verstappen droveArrows' spare vehicle after damaging his race car in a crash during practice and Bernoldi's engine cut out on his final timed lap. Tarso Marques for Minardi was the final qualifier in 22nd as he had a setup that could not be changed for increased car performance due to him replacing a sensor.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Warm-up
A half an hour warm-up session took place on Sunday morning in dry and hot weather. All drivers fine-tuned their race set-ups against the weather of the time, and set laps in their spare cars. While he was briefly delayed by a battery fault that affected his car's gear change mechanism, Coulthard led with a lap of 1 minute and 16.915 seconds with the Ferrari duo of Michael Schumacher and Barrichello second and third. Ralf Schumacher, Häkkinen, Trulli, Heidfeld, Panis, Räikkönen and Irvine occupied positions four to ten. Bernoldi was the only driver to lose control of his car during the session, running wide at the first corner and continued.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
The race took place in the afternoon from 14:00 local time. The weather was hot and humid with some cloud cover, with the air temperature between 27 to 33 °C (81 to 91 °F) and the track temperature from 40 to 41 °C (104 to 106 °F); conditions were expected to remain consistent with a light south-easterly wind and a 20 percent chance of rain was forecast. Tyre consistency from over the season was predicted to allow for a one-stop strategy and had the possibility of a slower car impeding the leaders for several laps.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
A two stop-strategy was theorised to give drivers a better chance of maintaining on-track position. While on a reconnaissance lap, Michael Schumacher locked his rear brakes and ran into the turn 12 gravel trap en route to the grid. The Ferrari mechanics removed most of the stones from his car and replaced the left-hand side turning vane as a precaution to ensure there was no loose bodywork and changed his tyres. In the meantime, Coulthard's race car had a gearbox problem and he switched to the spare McLaren for the start.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
Michael Schumacher made a brisk start to maintain his pole position advantage. Coulthard in second made a slow getaway on the dirty side of the track, providing less grip, and Barrichello overtook him on his left into turn one. In the middle of the pack, Irvine attempted to pass Fisichella on the left;  he lost control of the rear of his car on some dirt and got beached in the gravel trap. Trulli slowed to avoid a collision with Heidfeld.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
Further round the lap, Marques ran off the circuit after he and Frentzen made contact in turn two; both drivers continued. Verstappen made the best getaway in the field, moving from 21st to 16th by the conclusion of the first lap, as Frentzen fell four positions over the same distance. At the end of the first lap, Michael Schumacher led his teammate Barrichello by 1.3 seconds with Coulthard a further half a second behind in third. Ralf Schumacher was fourth, Trulli fifth and Häkkinen sixth.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
As the top three began to pull away from the rest of the field, extending their deficit over Ralf Schumacher to 6.8 seconds on lap five, the stewards informed the Benetton team that Button had jumped the start for which he was imposed a ten-second stop-and-go penalty. He took the penalty on the following lap.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
Trulli in fifth slowed Häkkinen, Heidfeld, Montoya and Heidfeld from the eighth lap as Hakkinen attempted an unsuccessful overtake on Trulli. On lap nine, Burti became the Grand Prix's second retirement after he spun into a gravel trap at turn 14 on heavily blistered tyres reducing grip. Alesi overtook de la Rosa at turn two for 12th on lap 10. At the front of the field, Barrichello began to tactically slow Coulthard by a second per lap on lap 12, allowing his teammate Michael Schumacher to lead comfortably while lapping slower traffic later on.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
That lap, Bernoldi locked his rear brakes in him catching Alonso and retired by spinning into a gravel trap at turn four. On lap 13, Button passed Marques to retake 18th. By his first pit stop of the race at the conclusion of the 28th lap, Michael Schumacher extended his lead to 12.8 seconds and broke Nigel Mansell's official lap record from the 1992 edition. His stop lasted 8.4 seconds and relinquished the lead to his teammate Barrichello. Michael Schumacher rejoined the race in third, ahead of his brother Ralf Schumacher.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
On the 29th lap, Trulli entered the pit lane for his first pit stop. He emerged in 12th after a refuelling rig was lodged in his car for five extra seconds. Ralf Schumacher entered the pit lane on the following lap and he remained in fourth place. Barrichello stayed on the track until at the end of lap 31 to delay Coulthard in second before entering the pit lane for a 9.1 second pit stop to take on 91 l (20 imp gal; 24 US gal) of fuel.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
The tactic did not work as Coulthard's pit stop on the next lap was faster than Barrichello's and he overtook him. Coulthard was therefore able to drive in clear air and given an opportunity to close up to Michael Schumacher. Further back, Button overtook Alonso for 17th on lap 33. Two more retirements occurred during this stage of the Grand Prix: on lap 35, Button lost control of the rear of the rear of his Benetton car through the final corner, and stopped in the centre of the circuit on the start/finish line.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
He remained there due to the car stalling, engaged in gear, and facing the opposite direction before marshals extricated him under yellow flag conditions. Alonso spun into a gravel trap at turn one when his rear brakes failed on the 38th lap. As Coulthard lowered the gap to Michael Schumacher to 11 seconds, he could not get closer to the Ferrari driver who made a second pit stop on lap 52.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
Barrichello made his second pit stop on the next lap, and he rejoined in third, behind his teammate Michael Schumacher. Coulthard led laps 53 and 54 and it appeared he would retain second since the deficit between him and Barrichello was 22.6 seconds. During his second pit stop, the car's refuelling rig was jammed for two seconds. Coulthard emerged in third, behind Barrichello. On that lap, Trulli pulled off to the side of the track to retire with an hydraulic failure.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
On the 58th lap, Panis drove into the garage to allow his team to rectify an electrical fault with his car. Behind the top three, the fifth-placed Häkkinen, who set the overall fastest lap of 1 minute and 16.723 seconds on lap 51, was two seconds a lap faster than Ralf Schumacher in fourth. He lined up a pass on the inside in the corners; he could not pass because of the Williams' higher straightline speed. Frentzen joined the list of retirees by spinning into a gravel trap on lap 64.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
Marques was instructed by his team via radio to stop at the side of the track at turn 12 and switch his car's engine off because of low fuel pressure soon after. On the 70th lap, Fisichella's engine failed, causing him to spin into a gravel trap beside the circuit, and forcing him to retire.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
Häkkinen made the race's final pit stop for fuel on lap 71. He remained in fifth and fell back from Ralf Schumacher. Two laps later, Panis parked his car in the garage to retire after one exploratory lap. At the front, Michael Schumacher slowed and Barrichello held off Coulthard to enable his teammate to take his seventh victory of the season, and the 51st of his career in a time of 1 hour, 41 minutes, 49.675 seconds at an average speed of 180.344 km/h (112.061 mph), equalling Prost's all-time wins record.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race
He became the 2001 Drivers' Champion as Coulthard could not catch his points total with four races left in the season. Michael Schumacher also became the first driver to win consecutive Drivers' Championships with Ferrari since Alberto Ascari in the 1953 season. Barrichello finished 3.363 seconds behind in second to win Ferrari's third Constructors' Championship in a row and 11th overall. Coulthard took third, with Ralf Schumacher fourth, Häkkinen fifth and Heidfeld sixth. The final classified finishers were Räikkönen, Montoya, Villenueve, Alesi, de la Rosa and Verstappen. The attrition rate was high with 12 of the 22 starters not finishing the race.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
I love you, I love you! I don't have the right words for you at the moment. This is simply amazing. We all love it. It is so lovely to work with you guys. I love you all. I love you all.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Michael Schumacher, speaking on his team radio after winning the Drivers' Championship.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. Michael Schumacher called his fourth Drivers' Championship and his record-equalling 51st career victory "a great achievement" and said comparisons of his three other titles and equalling Juan Manuel Fangio's five titles were unimportant, "I think we want to enjoy this and each one is different and each victory feels different. It's always something special, to win a Grand Prix, to win a championship even more, so that's what counts."


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Barrichello spoke of his pride at helping Ferrari securing the Constructors' Championship and admitted to having mixed feelings over falling behind Coulthard after the first round of pit stops, "The first time I was so disappointed and the second time I was so happy, I couldn't believe it myself. I think it was probably the same with DC but just the opposite. Fortunately for me, it worked out. I had a wonderful start."


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Coulthard was unemotional over losing the title because he sought to win, saying, "It makes no difference to me really whether I'm second, third or fourth, whatever it happens to be. What's important is how I perform in each of the individual races and providing I know that I've given 100 per cent effort from myself, which I know isn't always the case, but that's obviously the goal, to try and achieve that, then I can't do more than that."


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Michael Schumacher received praise for his fourth World Drivers' Championship and it was headline news in Germany and Italy. He was officially congratulated by Gerhard Schröder, the chancellor of Germany, who wrote a letter to Schumacher saying that his driving ability brought excitement to the sport and wished him well for the 2002 season. Gianni Agnelli, the head of the FIAT Group, said he was overjoyed with the result, and the president of Ferrari Luca Cordero di Montezemolo praised the team for their work over the season.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Button predicted Ferrari would continue to be Formula One's dominant team and Schumacher its best driver in the long-term. Mansell echoed Button's belief, adding, "If Ferrari maintain the impetus they currently have and given the personnel... then I can't see anyone stopping them for the next few years, not unless someone comes up with the perfect package." Around 2,000 people watched the event on a large television screen in Michael Schumacher's hometown of Kerpen in the Lower Rhine region with the town decorated in the colours of Ferrari. Church bells in Maranello, the Emilia-Romagna town where Ferrari's headquarters are based, rang with several of the marque's road cars driving slowly and fans of the team celebrating Schumacher's accomplishment.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Ralf Schumacher, who finished fourth, called it "the toughest race of the year" because his vehicle had understeer and oversteer, "I had to work very hard to defend my position against Mika Hakkinen, which I managed to do." Häkkinen apportioned blame onto Trulli for his fifth-place result and said that him setting a new track record was of little consolation, "During the first 29 laps of the race, I was stuck behind Trulli, who was about 1.5 seconds slower per lap than me.


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
It was only after his first pit stop that I could start to make inroads on Ralf Schumacher, who by then was about 30 seconds ahead." Irvine said he accepted responsibility for his first lap accident that ended his running, "I made a big charge at the beginning but maybe I carried too much into the corner and paid the price. With so few races left and only four points earned from the season so far, we've got to address the issues before Spa."


2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The race result left Michael Schumacher as the Drivers' Champion with 94 points. Coulthard remained in second with 51 points. Third-placed Barrichello was five points behind Coulthard. Ralf Schumacher in fourth was a further two points behind Barrichello. With 21 points, Häkkinen was fifth. Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship with 140 points. McLaren in second (72 points) were 13 points ahead of Williams in third. Sauber were fourth with 20 points and the team increased their advantage over BAR to four points with four races remaining in the season. After his title victory, Michael Schumacher said he was still focused on winning races, and also considered helping his teammate Barrichello to finish second, something which Ferrari team principal Jean Todt reiterated.


2001 Hypo-Meeting
The 27th edition of the annual Hypo-Meeting took place on May 26 and May 27, 2001 in Götzis, Austria. The track and field competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2001 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. Roman Šebrle set a world record in the men's decathlon with 9026 points.


2001 IAAF Golden League
The 2001 IAAF Golden League was the fourth edition of the annual international track and field meeting series, held from 29 June to 31 August. It was contested at seven European meetings: the Golden Gala, Meeting Gaz de France, Bislett Games, Herculis, Weltklasse Zürich, Memorial Van Damme and the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF).


2001 IAAF Golden League
The Golden League jackpot consisted of one million US dollars' worth of gold bars. The jackpot was available to athletes who won at least five of the seven competitions of the series in one of the fourteen specified events (8 for men, 6 for women). The jackpot events for 2001 were:


2001 IAAF Golden League
The jackpot winners were Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, Switzerland's André Bucher, Americans Allen Johnson and Marion Jones, Romania's Violeta Szekely and Olga Yegorova of Russia. Szekely won all seven of the 1,500-metre races, while the other athletes won the minimum of five. Marion Jones's results were later annulled after she admitted to doping.


2001 IAAF Grand Prix
The 2001 IAAF Grand Prix was the seventeenth edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series was divided into four levels: 2001 IAAF Golden League, Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II, and IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seven Golden League meets, Grand Prix I featured 10 meetings from 6 May to 22 July and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 1 March to 2 September, making a combined total of 28 meetings for the series. An additional 12 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.


2001 IAAF Grand Prix
Compared to the previous season, the Oregon Track Classic and IAAF Grand Prix Palo Alto were included for the first time, the Qatar Athletic Grand Prix 1 was reintroduced after a year's break, and the Pontiac Grand Prix Invitational was dropped from the calendar.


2001 IAAF Grand Prix
Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 9 September in Melbourne, Australia. Middle-distance runner Violeta Szekely was the points leader for the series, taking a series record high of 116 points from eight meetings. The highest scoring male athlete was middle-distance runner André Bucher, who scored 102 points. Another middle-distance runner, Maria Mutola, had the second highest with 105. Three men also reached 100 points: hurdler Allen Johnson, and distance runners Hicham El Guerrouj and Paul Bitok.


2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final
The 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final was the seventeenth edition of the season-ending competition for the IAAF Grand Prix track and field circuit, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held on 9 September at the Olympic Park Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. It was the first and only time that the event was held in the southern hemisphere (international track and field seasons typically revolve around a northern hemisphere schedule).


2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final
André Bucher  (800 metres) and Violeta Szekely (1500 metres) were the overall points winners of the tournament. A total of 19 athletics events were contested, nine for men and ten for women. This was the first time that women's events outnumbered men's on the programme of the IAAF Grand Prix Final.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24/25, 2001. The races were held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald,  and for the IAAF.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Complete results for senior men, for senior men's teams, for men's short race, for men's short race teams, for junior men, for junior men's teams, senior women, for senior women's teams, for women's short race, for women's short race teams, for junior women,  for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 790 athletes from 67 countries. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from  Nigeria and  Somalia did not show.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
The Junior men's race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 25, 2001. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior men's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 152 athletes from 38 countries in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
The Junior women's race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 24, 2001. Reports onf the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race
Complete results for individuals,  for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 126 athletes from 32 countries in the Junior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
The Men's short race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 24, 2001. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Men's short race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 157 athletes from 47 countries in the Men's short race. The announced athletes from  Burundi and  Somalia did not show.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
The Senior men's race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 25, 2001. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 169 athletes from 47 countries in the Senior men's race. The announced athletes from  Nigeria and  Somalia did not show.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
The Senior women's race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 24, 2001. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 107 athletes from 26 countries in the Senior women's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athletes from  Bolivia and  Swaziland did not show.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
The Women's short race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, on March 25, 2001. Reports of the event were given in The New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race
Complete results for individuals, for teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.


2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 114 athletes from 34 countries in the Women's short race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. The announced athlete from  Austria did not show.


2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
The 10th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on 7 October 2001 in the city of Bristol, UK, and was run immediately before that year's Bristol Half Marathon. A total of 200 athletes, 125 men and 75 women, from 52 countries took part. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given.


2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Complete results were published for men, for women, for men's team, and for women's team.


2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Participation
The participation of 200 athletes (125 men/75 women) from 52 countries is reported. Although announced, athletes from  Guinea and  Yemen did not show.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 8th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, Portugal from March 9 to March 11, 2001. It was the first time the Championships had been held in Portugal. There were a total number of 511 participating athletes from 136 countries.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–10.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–10.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
The winner of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The men's 3000 metres event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4x400 metres relay event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
* Runners who participated in the heats only and received medals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Medalists
Note: The United States originally won the silver medal, but were disqualified after Jerome Young admitted to the use of banned substances.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 teams of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
The first two of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The men's 60 metres event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The men's 60 metres hurdles event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
The men's heptathlon event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–10.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
The winner of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–10.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4x400 metres relay event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The women's 60 metres event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 7 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The women's 60 metres hurdles event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–11.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
The women's pentathlon event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10.


2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event  at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11.


2001 IBF World Championships
The 2001 IBF World Championships, also known as the World Badminton Championships, were held in the Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain, between 3 June and 10 June 2001.


2001 IBF World Championships, Host city selection
Eindhoven, Seville, and Seoul submitted bids to host the championships. The Korean bid was withdrawn at the last minute. Seville was announced as the host by International Badminton Federation dUring a council meeting in Copenhagen.


2001 IBF World Championships – Men's Doubles
The 2001 IBF World Championships, also known as the World Badminton Championships, were held in the Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain, between 3 June and 10 June 2001. Following the results in the men's doubles.


2001 IBF World Championships – Men's Singles
The 12th IBF World Championships, also known as the World Badminton Championships, were held in the Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain, between 3 June and 10 June 2001. Following the results of the men's singles.


2001 IBF World Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 12th IBF World Championships, also known as the World Badminton Championships, were held in the Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain, between 3 June and 10 June 2001. Following the results in the mixed doubles.


2001 IBF World Championships – Women's Doubles
The 12th IBF World Championships, also known as the World Badminton Championships, were held in the Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain, between 3 June and 10 June 2001. Following the results in the women's doubles.


2001 IBF World Championships – Women's Singles
The 2001 IBF World Championships, also known as the World Badminton Championships, were held in the Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain, between 3 June and 10 June 2001. Following the results of the women's singles.


2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship
The 2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship was a cricket tournament held in Uganda from 5–9 January 2001. All matches were played in the capital Kampala.


2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship
The tournament was a round-robin, with five teams playing each other once. Namibia finished first, ahead of a combined East and Central Africa side, and consequently qualified for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. Tanzanian batsman Utpal Patel, playing for East and Central Africa, led the tournament in runs scored. Three players, Kenya's Alfred Luseno, Namibia's Michael Durant, and Nigeria's O. Animashaun (playing for West Africa), led the tournament in wickets taken, with nine apiece.


2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship
The tournament was the inaugural edition of the ICC Africa Under-19 Championships, which provide a direct qualification route to the Under-19 World Cup for African Cricket Association members. Two other African teams, South Africa and Zimbabwe, are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and thus qualify automatically. Another edition of the tournament was not held until 2007. Instead, a joint tournament was organised with ICC East Asia-Pacific teams, held on two occasions (in 2003 and 2005).


2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship, Teams and qualification
Two combined regional teams, East and Central Africa and West Africa, participated in the championship for the first and only time, respectively organised by the East and Central Africa Cricket Conference and the West Africa Cricket Council. Players from Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia were eligible for East and Central Africa, while players from The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone were eligible for West Africa.


2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.


2001 ICC Africa Under-19 Championship, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2001 ICC Trophy
The 2001 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament played in Ontario, Canada in 2001. It was the Cricket World Cup qualification tournament for the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Three spots in the World Cup were on offer and the Netherlands, host nation Canada and for the first time, Namibia all qualified. Scotland failed to qualify losing in the 3rd place play off and finishing fourth. The Netherlands won the final against Namibia.


2001 ICC Trophy
Bangladesh had, by then, been promoted to full Test and ODI status, and so did not take part in this competition, and Kenya had gained full ODI status also didn't take part, and as a result both countries qualified for the 2003 Cricket World Cup automatically.


2001 ICC Trophy, Group stage
The first round group stage saw a unique two division format, designed to eliminate the mismatches that had blighted previous ICC Trophy tournaments. Each division had two groups of six teams, making 24 teams in total.


2001 ICC Trophy, Group stage
However, Italy withdrew before the tournament started to protest  Joe Scuderi being ruled ineligible despite being an Italian citizen. West Africa also withdrew, leaving one of the Division Two groups with just four teams, after Canadian immigration officials refused the West African team entry into the country due to concerns the players, especially from Sierra Leone, would stay in Canada illegally after the tournament.


2001 ICC Trophy, Group stage
The top three teams from the first round Division One groups went through to the Super League stage, whilst the fourth place team in each group played off against the winners of the Division Two groups.


2001 ICC Trophy, Play off stage
In the first play off, Bermuda played the winners of Division Two, Group A, Namibia. Namibia batted first and scored 221, then bowled Bermuda out for 146 for a 75 run win, and qualification for the Super League. In the other play-off, the UAE beat Uganda.


2001 ICC Trophy, Finals, 3rd-place play-off
The third-place play-off determined the fourteenth and final team at the 2003 World Cup.


2001 ICC Trophy, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2001 ICC Trophy, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2001 ICC Trophy squads
Twenty-two teams participated in the 2001 ICC Trophy, the seventh edition of the tournament. Four teams – France, Germany, Nepal, and Uganda – were making their tournament debuts. Four teams also did not return from the previous edition of the tournament in 1997 – Bangladesh and Kenya had been granted automatic qualification for the 2003 World Cup, West Africa were refused entry to Canada, and Italy unexpectedly withdrew due to a dispute over the eligibility of their players.


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Argentina
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Bermuda
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Canada
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Denmark
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, East and Central Africa
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Fiji
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, France
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Germany
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Gibraltar
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Hong Kong
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Ireland
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Israel
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Malaysia
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Namibia
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Nepal
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Netherlands
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Papua New Guinea
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Scotland
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Singapore
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Uganda
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, United Arab Emirates
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, United States
Only players who appeared in at least one match at the tournament are listed. The leading run-scorer is marked with a dagger (†) and the leading wicket-taker with a double dagger (‡).


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Withdrawn teams, Italy
Italy named a fourteen-man squad for the tournament in April 2001. However, following an ICC meeting in June, the player qualification rules for the tournament were altered, which had the effect of making four Italian squad members ineligible. The Italian team withdrew in protest.


2001 ICC Trophy squads, Withdrawn teams, West Africa
All seventeen members of the West African team's touring party (14 players and three officials) were refused visas to Canada, forcing the team to withdraw from the tournament only a few days before its start.


2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Poznań, Poland at Lake Malta. The Polish city had hosted the event previously in 1990.


2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in nine events, all kayak. The women's K-4 1000 m event was added at these championships, the last change to the program until a new program was approved for the 2009 event at the 2008 ICF Congress in Rome.


2001 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships
The 2002 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships was the ninth edition of the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship, sanctioned by International Federation of Model Auto Racing. It was meant to be held in 2001. However the event was delayed until 2002 due to the events of September 11 in America. The event was held in Pretoria, South Africa at the Tshwane Raceway and Promotion race facility.


2001 IGA U.S. Indoor Championships
The 2001 IGA U.S. Indoor Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the United States and was part of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the 16th edition of the tournament ran from February 18 through February 25, 2001. First-seeded Monica Seles won her second consecutive singles title at the event.


2001 IGA U.S. Indoor Championships, Finals, Doubles
Amanda Coetzer /  Lori McNeil defeated  Janet Lee /  Wynne Prakusya 6–3, 2–6, 6–0


2001 IGA U.S. Indoor Championships – Doubles
Kimberly Po and Corina Morariu were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 IGA U.S. Indoor Championships – Doubles
Amanda Coetzer and Lori McNeil won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 6–0 against Janet Lee and Wynne Prakusya.


2001 IGA U.S. Indoor Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 IGA U.S. Indoor Championships – Singles
Monica Seles was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 against Jennifer Capriati.


2001 IGA U.S. Indoor Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship
The 2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship was the 18th edition of the IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship. The Division I and Division II tournaments took place between 8 and 11 March 2001 in Seoul, South Korea. The Division I tournament was won by South Korea, who claimed their second title by winning all three of their games and finishing first in the standings. Upon winning the tournament South Korea gained promotion to Division III of the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships. China and Australia finished second and third respectively.


2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship
In the Division II tournament, which was also known as the 2002 Division I Qualification tournament, Mongolia finished first in the standings after winning both of their games against Chinese Taipei and Thailand.


2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship, Overview
The Division I tournament began on 8 March 2001 in Seoul, South Korea. New Zealand had gained promotion to Division I after finishing first in the Division II tournament at the 2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship. South Korea won the tournament after winning all three of their games and claimed their second title, their first coming in 1998. Following their win South Korea gained promotion for the following year to Division III of the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship, Overview
China finished second after losing their game to South Korea and Australia finished third on losing on goal difference to China after both teams finished on the same number of points. New Zealand who finished last were set to be relegated to Division II for the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship however due to a format change both divisions were merged into one tournament for the 2002 competition. Park Chul Ho of South Korea finished as the top scorer for the tournament with ten points including six goals and four assists.


2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship, Overview
The Division II tournament began on 9 March 2001 in Seoul, South Korea and was officially known as the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship Division I Qualification. Mongolia won the tournament after winning both of their games against Chinese Taipei and Thailand. Chinese Taipei finished in second after winning their game against Thailand. Thailand who finished last also suffered the largest defeat of the tournament, losing to Mongolia 1 – 12.


2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship, Overview
Mongolia gained promotion to Division I for the 2002 tournament however due to a format change all teams from Division II were merged into a single competition with the Division I teams for the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship. Bold Munktulga of Mongolia finished as the top scorer for the tournament with seven points including five goals and two assists.


2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship, Division I, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship, Division I, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship, Division II, Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.


2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship, Division II, Leading goaltenders
Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2001 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship
The 2001 IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship was the 5th IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, the premier annual international inline hockey tournament. It took place in Ellenton, Florida, United States, with the gold-medal game played on July 22, 2001.


2001 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2001 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 2–8, 2001 in six cities in the state of Minnesota. Team Canada won their seventh consecutive gold medal at the World Championships defeating the United States. Russia upset Finland 2–1 to capture their first medal in women's hockey.


2001 IIHF Women's World Championship, Teams
With the promotion and relegation format now in use, the top seven nations were joined by Kazakhstan, the winner of Group B in 2000.


2001 IIHF Women's World Championship, World Championship Group A
The eight participating teams were divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams played each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group proceeded to the Final Round, while the remaining teams played in the Consolation Round.


2001 IIHF Women's World Championship, World Championship Division I
World Championship Group B was renamed Division I and was played again with an eight team tournament which was hosted by Briançon in France. Switzerland won the tournament with a 2–1 victory over  Japan to see them bounce straight back to the main World Championship in 2003.


2001 IIHF World Championship
The 2001 IIHF World Championship was held between April 28 and May 13, 2001 in Nuremberg, Cologne and Hanover, Germany.


2001 IIHF World Championship
It was the 65th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).


2001 IIHF World Championship, Qualification Tournament
Far Eastern Qualification for the tournament took place between September 4 and September 6, 2000 in Sapporo, Japan.


2001 IIHF World Championship, Final tournament
In the First Round, the top 3 teams from each group progressed to the Second Round, whilst the last placed team progressed to the Consolation Round.


2001 IIHF World Championship, Final tournament, Second round
In the Second Round, the top 4 teams from each group progressed to the Final Round, whilst the bottom 2 teams are eliminated.


2001 IIHF World Championship, Final tournament, Second round, Group E
Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.


2001 IIHF World Championship, Final tournament, Second round, Group F
Tables and scores below include meetings between teams during the First Round.


2001 IIHF World Championship, Final tournament, Consolation Round 13–16 Place, Group G
As the Far Eastern qualifier,  Japan avoids relegation. Therefore,  Belarus and  Norway are relegated to Division I for the 2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships


2001 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Final standings
According to the IIHF:The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF:


2001 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.


2001 IIHF World Championship, Ranking and statistics, Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.


2001 IIHF World Championship Final
The 2001 IIHF World Championship Final was an ice hockey match that took place on 13 May 2001 in Hanover, Germany, to determine the winner of the 2001 IIHF World Championship. The Czech Republic defeated Finland to win its fourth championship.


2001 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2001 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Heinola, Helsinki, and Lahti, Finland. The championships ran between April 12 and April 22, 2001. Games were played at the Heinolan Jäähalli in Heinola, the Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, and the Lahden Jäähalli in Lahti. Russia defeated Switzerland 6-2 in the final to win the gold medal, with Finland defeating the Czech Republic 2-1 to capture the bronze medal.


2001 IIHF World U18 Championships, Championship results, Relegation Round
Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:


2001 IIHF World U18 Championships, Championship results, Relegation Round
Ukraine was relegated. However with Canada entering the tournament for 2002, Ukraine was re-instated to top level as the tournament was expanded to 12 teams for a year.


2001 IIHF World U18 Championships, Championship results, Final standings
Ukraine were supposed to be relegated to Division I for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships, however with the late addition of  Canada it was decided to temporarily expand the tournament to twelve teams.


2001 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division I, Final round
Belarus were promoted to the top level, and  North Korea were relegated to Division II for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2001 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division II, Finals
Slovenia were promoted to the Division I, and  Lithuania were relegated to Division III for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2001 IIHF World U18 Championships, Division III, Final
Netherlands were promoted to the Division II, and  Israel were relegated to Division III Qualification (which was not played, Israel returned to competition in 2003) for the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships.


2001 ISSF World Cup
For the 2001 ISSF World Cup in the seventeen Olympic shooting events, the World Cup Final was held in August 2001 in Munich, Germany for the rifle, pistol and running target events, and in January 2002 in Doha, Qatar for the shotgun events. The shotgun final was originally planned for November 2001 but was rescheduled after the September 11, 2001 attacks, leading to the first time ever a World Cup season overflowed into the next calendar year.


2001 ITF Men's Circuit
The 2001 ITF Men's Circuit was the 2001 edition of the third tier tour for men's professional tennis. It was organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Challenger Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit included satellite events and 277 'Futures' tournaments played year round across six continents, with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $15,000.


2001 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is the second-tier tour for women's professional tennis organised by the International Tennis Federation, and is the tier below the WTA Tour. In 2001, the ITF Women's circuit included tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $75,000. In addition to the traditional tournament format, there were also two four-week circuits (in Australia and Mexico) worth $40,000 each in prize money and two four-week development circuits (both held in India) each worth $20,000.


2001 ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF world champions for 2001 were Jennifer Capriati (senior singles), Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (senior doubles), Svetlana Kuznetsova (junior singles) and Petra Cetkovská (junior doubles).


2001 ITF Women's Circuit, Singles titles by nation
This list displays only the top 20 nations in singles titles wins.


2001 Icelandic Cup
The Visa-Bikar 2001 was the forty-second season of the Icelandic national football cup.


2001 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The 2001 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup was the sixth staging of the Icelandic Men's League Cup. It featured all the 2000 Úrvalsdeild karla teams and the top 6 teams from 1. deild karla in 2000.


2001 Icelandic Men's Football League Cup
The competition started on 15 February 2001  and concluded on 6 May 2001 with KR beating FH 5-3 on penalties in the final.


2001 Idaho Vandals football team
The 2001 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Idaho was a football-only member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Vandals' head coach was alumnus Tom Cable, in his second season, and Idaho was 1–10 overall, 1–5 in conference, their lowest win total since 1960, and most losses in a season.


2001 Idaho Vandals football team
Idaho played its November home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor 16,000-seat facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho; earlier home games in 2001 were held at Martin Stadium at Washington State University in nearby Pullman, Washington.


2001 Idaho Vandals football team
This was the first year of football competition in the Sun Belt Conference, which included four of the six members of the Big West from the previous football season; the three that moved to full membership were Arkansas State, New Mexico State, and North Texas. Idaho and Utah State stayed in the Big West for other sports, but the Aggies went independent for football (for two seasons). Boise State joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), marking the first time Idaho and BSU were not in the same conference since 1969, when the Broncos were an NAIA independent.


2001 Idea Prokom Open
The 2001 Idea Prokom Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Sopot in Poland that was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 23 July through 29 July 2001.


2001 Idea Prokom Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Paul Hanley /  Nathan Healey defeated  Irakli Labadze /  Attila Sávolt 7–6 (12–10), 6–2


2001 Idea Prokom Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Joannette Kruger /  Francesca Schiavone defeated  Yulia Beygelzimer /  Anastasia Rodionova 6–4, 6–0


2001 Idea Prokom Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
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2001 Idea Prokom Open – Men's Doubles
Paul Hanley and Nathan Healey won in the final 7–6 (12–10), 6–2 against Irakli Labadze and Attila Sávolt.


2001 Idea Prokom Open – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Idea Prokom Open – Men's Singles
Tommy Robredo won in the final 1–6, 7–5, 7–6 (7–2) against Albert Portas.


2001 Idea Prokom Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 Idea Prokom Open – Women's Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Ruano Pascual decided to focus on the singles tournament, while Suárez decided to rest after competing in the World Group Play-offs of the Fed Cup.


2001 Idea Prokom Open – Women's Doubles
Joannette Kruger and Francesca Schiavone won the title by defeating Yuliya Beygelzimer and Anastasia Rodionova 6–4, 6–0 in the final.


2001 Idea Prokom Open – Women's Doubles
This tournament saw an unusual event, as all seeded pairs were eliminated in the first round.


2001 Idea Prokom Open – Women's Singles
Anke Huber was the defending champion, but lost in quarterfinals to Gala León García.


2001 Idea Prokom Open – Women's Singles
Cristina Torrens Valero won the title by defeating Gala León García 6–2, 6–2 in the final.


2001 Idea Prokom Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The first two seeds received a bye into the second round.


2001 If Stockholm Open
The 2001 If Stockholm Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament and ran from 22 October through 28 October 2001. Sixth-seeded Sjeng Schalken won the singles title.


2001 If Stockholm Open, Finals, Singles
Sjeng Schalken defeated  Jarkko Nieminen 3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3


2001 If Stockholm Open, Finals, Doubles
Donald Johnson /  Jared Palmer defeated  Jonas Björkman /  Todd Woodbridge 6–3, 4–6, 6–3


2001 If Stockholm Open – Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but only Knowles competed that year with Brian MacPhie.


2001 If Stockholm Open – Doubles
Knowles and MacPhie lost in the first round to Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge.


2001 If Stockholm Open – Doubles
Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer won in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 against Björkman and Woodbridge.


2001 If Stockholm Open – Singles
Thomas Johansson was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Jarkko Nieminen.


2001 If Stockholm Open – Singles
Sjeng Schalken won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 against Nieminen.


2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 2001 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. Led by senior quarterback Kurt Kittner, the team won the Big Ten Conference title and earned a Sugar Bowl berth, but lost to LSU, 47–34.


2001 Immanuel bus attack
The 2001 Immanuel bus attack was an ambush attack by Palestinian militants targeting Israeli civilians on the West Bank on 12 December 2001. Eleven passengers were killed in the attack and 30 were injured.


2001 Immanuel bus attack
The Palestinian Islamist militant organization al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.


2001 Immanuel bus attack, The attack
On 12 December 2001, three armed Palestinians militants planted a roadside bomb beside the road leading to the Jewish settlement of Immanuel. After placing two roadside bombs, the assailants ambushed a bus on its way from Bnei Brak.


2001 Immanuel bus attack, The attack
Soon after, a non-armoured Dan bus line 189, en route to Immanuel from Bnei Brak, approached the site as two roadside bombs exploded. The bus, which was greatly damaged in the explosions, continued to drive several hundred meters until it was immobilized. Immediately after the bus was immobilized, one of the militants approached the bus, threw hand grenades into the bus, and fired small arms on the passengers of the bus and at the vehicles arriving at the site, while the passengers attempted to flee the bus. The passengers of three other vehicles traveling on this road at that time were also affected.


2001 Immanuel bus attack, The attack
Shortly after, the three attackers fired on cars near the settlement and rescue workers trying to help the victims. One gunman was run over by an army jeep and then shot dead, but the others escaped. Palestinian officials identified the dead man as 21-year-old Asem Rihan, a Hamas member and student at Al Najah University in Nablus.


2001 Immanuel bus attack, The attack
11 people were killed in the attack and about 30 were injured.


2001 Independence Bowl
The 2001 MainStay Independence Bowl, part of the 2001–02 bowl game season, took place on December 27, 2001, at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the  Iowa State Cyclones of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12). Alabama won the game, 14–13 in what was the first all-time game between the programs. It was also the first bowl game for Dennis Franchione at Alabama and the second bowl game for Dan McCarney at Iowa State.


2001 Independence Bowl, Teams, Alabama
The 2001 Alabama squad finished the regular season with a 6–5 record  in head coach Dennis Franchione's first season leading the Crimson Tide. Through eight games, the Crimson Tide were 3–5 with losses to UCLA, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Tennessee and LSU. However, Alabama was able to win their final three games against Mississippi State, Auburn and Southern Miss to finish the regular season bowl eligible with a 6–5 record.


2001 Independence Bowl, Teams, Alabama
On December 9, Alabama accepted a bid to play in the Independence Bowl for the first time in school history. There was some controversy with the selection of Alabama instead over Ole Miss, as the Rebels (which did not go to a bowl in 2001) had beaten Alabama that year and had a better record of 7–4. Presumably, Alabama was selected because it had a larger fan base and Ole Miss had just played in the Independence Bowl in 1998 and 1999. The appearance marked the 51st all-time bowl appearance for Alabama.


2001 Independence Bowl, Teams, Iowa State
Iowa State finished the regular season with a 7–4 record with losses against Nebraska, Texas A&M, Kansas State and Colorado. On December 9, Iowa State accepted a bid to play in the Independence Bowl for the first time in school history. The appearance marked the sixth all-time bowl appearance for the Cyclones.


2001 Independence Bowl, Game summary
Iowa State scored first on a 36-yard Tony Yelk field goal to lead 3–0 in the first quarter. After reaching the 1-yard line on a 33-yard by Lane Danielsen to close the quarter, the Cyclones scored the game's first touchdown on a 1-yard run by Joe Woodley, for a 10–0 lead. Alabama responded later in the quarter with an 8-yard touchdown run by Andrew Zow to close the gap to 10–7. Yelk missed a 25-yard field goal with 26 seconds remaining in the quarter, to keep the score 10–7 at the half.


2001 Independence Bowl, Game summary
Third quarter scoring was limited to a 41-yard Yelk field goal to bring the Cyclones' lead to 13–7 heading into the fourth. With 5:31 remaining in the game, Waine Bacon blocked a Yelk punt and Alabama recovered at the Iowa State 29-yard line. Two plays later, Zow hit Terry Jones for a 27-yard touchdown reception, and the extra point gave the Crimson Tide a 14–13 lead.


2001 Independence Bowl, Game summary
The Cyclones drove and attempted a late field goal, which appeared to be good, but the referees ruled it no good, sealing the win for Alabama. The call was one of many that the Cyclones would have to deal with over the years including multiple apology letters from the Big 12 conference for mistaken calls that cost ISU wins. After the game, there was some question about whether or not the field goal was actually good, as it sailed directly over one of the uprights. The victory sent Alabama to a 7–5 overall record for the season.


2001 Indian Federation Cup
The 2001 Indian Federation Cup was the 24th season of the Indian Federation Cup. It was held between 18 and 30 August 2001. Mohun Bagan, the defending champions having won the 1998 tournament, the last time it was held, beat Dempo 2–1 in the final.


2001 Indian Federation Cup, Match officials
The All India Football Federation named 18 referees for the tournament. Manian of Asian Football Confederation was chosen as referee instructor, S. R. Dev as match commissioner and M. G. Suvarna as referee-in-charge.


2001 Indian Federation Cup, Results
In case of a tie at regular time, extra time with golden goal was used. In case scores remain tied even after extra time, penalty shoot-out was used.


2001 Indian National Congress presidential election
The Indian National Congress presidential election, 2001 was held in December 2001 to elect the President of the Indian National Congress political party. The incumbent President Sonia Gandhi was challenged by Jitendra Prasada, who received 1.02% votes.


2001 Indian Parliament attack
The 2001 Indian Parliament attack was a terrorist attack on the Parliament of India in New Delhi, India on 13 December 2001. The perpetrators belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) - two Pakistan-raised terrorist organizations. The attack led to the deaths of six Delhi Police personnel, two Parliament Security Service personnel, and a gardener – in total 9 – and led to increased tensions between India and Pakistan, resulting in the 2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff. The 5 terrorists were killed outside the parliament.


2001 Indian Parliament attack, Attack
On 13 December 2001, five terrorists infiltrated the Parliament House in a car with Home Ministry and Parliament labels. While both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha had been adjourned 40 minutes prior to the incident, many members of parliament (MPs) and government officials such as Home Minister LK Advani and Minister of State for Defence Harin Pathak were believed to have still been in the building at the time of the attack. More than 100 people, including major politicians, were inside the parliament building at the time. The gunmen used a fake identity sticker on the car they drove and thus easily breached the security deployed around the parliamentary complex. The terrorists carried AK47 rifles, grenade launchers, pistols and grenades.


2001 Indian Parliament attack, Attack
The gunmen drove their vehicle into the car of the Indian Vice President Krishan Kant (who was in the building at the time), got out, and began shooting. The Vice President's guards and security personnel shot back at the terrorists and then started closing the gates of the compound. A similar attack was carried out on the assembly of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, during November 2001, when 38 people were killed by terrorists.


2001 Indian Parliament attack, Attack
Delhi Police officials said that gunmen received instructions from Pakistan and the operation was carried out under the guidance of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. In their book The Exile: The Flight of Osama bin Laden, Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy state that then-CIA station chief Robert Grenier and Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin suspected that the ISI had approved the attack in order to force the redeployment of troops under the command of Ali Jan Aurakzai away from the Durand Line, allowing Osama bin Laden to escape into Pakistan during the Battle of Tora Bora.