2016 Taolu World Cup | |
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Venue | Fuzhou Province Sports Hall |
Location | ![]() |
Start date | November 15, 2016 |
End date | November 20, 2016 |
The 2016 Taolu World Cup was the first edition of the Taolu World Cup. [1] [2] [3] It was held at the Fuzhou Province Sports Hall in Fuzhou, Fujian, China from November 15 to 20, 2016. [4] [5] Athletes qualified for this competition by placing in the top-eight of any taolu individual event at the 2015 World Wushu Championships.
* Host nation (China)
Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |
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