2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Women's taijiquan

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Women's taijiquan at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament
Venue Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Dates22-23 August
Competitors7 from 7 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

The women's taijiquan / taijijian all-around competition at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was held from August 22 to 23 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium. [1]

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Schedule

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

DateTimeEvent
Friday, 22 August, 200811:10Taijiquan
Saturday, 23 August, 200810:29Taijijian

Results

The taijiquan event was judged with the degree of difficulty component while the taijijian event was judged without it. [2]

RankAthleteTaijiquanTaijijianTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cui Wenjuan  (CHN)9.859.8419.69
2Flag of Malaysia.svg  Chai Fong Ying  (MAS)9.649.7019.34
3Flag of Japan.svg  Ai Miyaoka  (JPN)9.669.6419.30
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Fan Man-Yun (TPE)9.629.6119.23
5Flag of Hong Kong.svg Peggie Ho Pak Kei (HKG)9.589.5619.14
6Flag of Indonesia.svg  Lindswell Kwok  (INA)9.449.5118.95
7Flag of Macau.svg Ho Si Hang (MAC)9.419.5318.94
8Flag of Australia (converted).svg Susie Parnham (AUS)8.968.9417.90

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References

  1. "Taijiquan & Taijijuan, Women". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 2021-03-28.
  2. "C14AN_Two Events Combined Results_Women's Taijiquan & Taijijian". The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games. 2008-08-23. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2021-02-25.