2001 Goodwill Games

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Host city	Brisbane, Queensland
Country	Australia
Opening	29 August 2001 (2001-08-29)
Closing	9 September 2001 (2001-09-09)
← New York City 1998

The 2001 Goodwill Games was the fifth and final edition of the international multi-sport event. The competition was held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 29 August to 9 September 2001. A total around 1300 athletes took part in 14 sporting competitions.^[1]

The small scale opening ceremony was held at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre at Boondall and featured The Corrs and Keith Urban. There was a live audience of 10,000 and the ceremony was broadcast live to an international audience of 450 million viewers.^[2]

The Goodwill Bridge, a pedestrian and cyclist bridge spanning the Brisbane River, is named after the games.^[3][4][5][6]

Venues

• Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre – artistic gymnastics, basketball, boxing, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline, weightlifting
• ANZ Stadium – athletics
• South Bank Piazza – beach volleyball
• Chandler Velodrome – cycling
• Chandler Aquatic Centre – diving, swimming
• Brisbane Entertainment Centre – figure skating
• Kurrawa Beach, Gold Coast – surf lifesaving

Sports

There were 155 events across 14 sports:^[7][8]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

2001 Goodwill Games medal table ^[7]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)*	29	25	20	74
2	Russia (RUS)	24	30	19	73
3	United States (USA)	21	20	30	71
4	China (CHN)	13	8	1	22
5	Cuba (CUB)	11	2	1	14
6	Romania (ROM)	6	3	2	11
7	Germany (GER)	5	1	5	11
8	Japan (JPN)	4	0	3	7
9	Ukraine (UKR)	3	5	6	14
10	Poland (POL)	3	5	3	11
11	Kenya (KEN)	3	4	5	12
12	South Africa (RSA)	3	2	1	6
13	Brazil (BRA)	3	1	1	5
	Great Britain (GBR)	3	1	1	5
15	New Zealand (NZL)	2	3	2	7
16	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	2	0	4
17	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	1	0	3
	Iran (IRI)	2	1	0	3
19	Netherlands (NED)	2	0	0	2
20	Jamaica (JAM)	1	7	3	11
21	Hungary (HUN)	1	4	6	11
22	Sweden (SWE)	1	4	0	5
23	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	3	6	10
24	Belarus (BLR)	1	2	5	8
25	Bahamas (BAH)	1	1	2	4
	Latvia (LAT)	1	1	2	4
–	Europe All-Stars	1	1	2	4
27	Mexico (MEX)	1	0	1	2
	Slovakia (SVK)	1	0	1	2
–	World All-Stars (Athletics)	1	0	1	2
29	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
	Morocco (MAR)	1	0	0	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	0	0	1
32	Canada (CAN)	0	4	2	6
33	Argentina (ARG)	0	4	0	4
–	World All-Stars (Swimming)	0	3	0	3
34	Israel (ISR)	0	2	0	2
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	2	0	2
36	Georgia (GEO)	0	1	1	2
37	Burundi (BDI)	0	1	0	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
40	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	2	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	2	2
42	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	1	1
	Senegal (SEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (48 entries)		155	156	143	454

Participation

Athletes from 58 countries took part in the 2001 Goodwill Games.^[9]