2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's nanquan

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Men's nanquan at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament
Venue Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Dates21-22 August
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Willy Wang  Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Silver medal icon.svg   Peng Wei-Chua  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Bronze medal icon.svg   Pui Fook Chien  Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia

The men's nanquan / nangun all-around competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from August 21 to 22 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium. [1]

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Background

The nanquan, nandao, and nangun events at the 2007 World Wushu Championships were tightly contested. In comparison to other events, none of the nanquan athletes were a multi-medalist at the world championships, but Willy Wang and Pui Fook Chien emerged as potential favorites for the Beijing Wushu Tournament since they were one of the few athletes to place in the top eight across the three standard nanquan events. [2]

At the tournament, the nanquan event was closely contested with the top five scoring within a range of 0.5 points. In the nangun event, Willy Wang and Pui Fook Chien secured their positions, earning the gold and bronze medal respectively. Peng Wei-Chua made a comeback from fifth place during the first round to winning the silver medal. Willy Wang's victory was hailed by the Philippines media, as the team did not receive any medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [3]

Schedule

All times are Beijing Time (UTC+08:00)

DateTimeEvent
Thursday, 21 August 200810:29Nanquan
Friday, 22 August 200819:30Nangun

Results

The nanquan event was judged with the degree of difficulty component while the nangun was judged without it. [4]

RankAthleteNanquanNangunTotal
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Philippines.svg  Willy Wang  (PHI)9.749.7019.44
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Peng Wei-Chua (TPE)9.709.6919.39
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Malaysia.svg  Pui Fook Chien  (MAS)9.729.6219.34
4Flag of Japan.svg Koki Nakata (JPN)9.729.5019.22
5Flag of Iran.svg  Farshad Arabi  (IRI)9.719.4419.15
6Flag of Russia.svg Stanislav Galkin (RUS)9.359.4818.83
7Flag of Italy.svg Michele Giordano (ITA)8.999.3718.36
8Flag of Egypt.svg Hani El-Sayed (EGY)8.659.2017.85
9Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano Lourenço da Silva (BRA)8.319.4017.71
10Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Prabhath Mudiyanselage (SRI)8.478.8517.32
11Flag of Argentina.svg Maximiliano Rodríguez (ARG)7.949.1217.06

References

  1. ↑ "Nanquan & Nangun, Men". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2021-02-13.
  2. ↑ "9th-World-Wushu-Championships-2007-Beijing-China-Results.pdf" (PDF). International Wushu Federation . 2007-11-14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  3. ↑ "RP finds consolation in Wushu gold in Beijing". ABS-CBN News . 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  4. ↑ "Two Events Combined Results, Wushu Taolu, Men's Nanquan & Nangun Combined". The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games. 2008-08-22. Archived from the original on 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
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