World Wushu Championships | |
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Genre | Global event |
Frequency | Biennial |
Inaugurated | 1991 |
Most recent | 2023 |
Organised by | IWUF |
Website | Official website |
World Wushu Championships | |
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Simplified Chinese | 世界武术锦标赛 |
Traditional Chinese | 世界武術錦標賽 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Shìjiè Wǔshù Jǐnbiāosài |
The World Wushu Championships (WWC) is an international sports championship hosted by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) for the sports of wushu taolu and sanda (sanshou). [1] The tournament has been held biennially since 1991 and is the pinnacle event of the IWUF. The World Wushu Championships also coincides with the IWUF Congress and various committee meetings. [1] This competition additionally serves as the qualification event for the Taolu World Cup and the Sanda World Cup.
Year | Edition | Location | Events | First of the medal table | Second of the medal table | Third of the medal table |
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1991 | 1 | Beijing,China | 23 | China | Japan | Soviet Union |
1993 | 2 | Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia | 24 | China | Russia | Hong Kong |
1995 | 3 | Baltimore,United States | 24 | China | Hong Kong | Russia |
1997 | 4 | Rome,Italy | 25 | China | Hong Kong | Russia |
1999 | 5 | Hong Kong | 31 | China | Hong Kong | Vietnam |
2001 | 6 | Yerevan,Armenia | 41 | China | Vietnam | South Korea |
2003 | 7 | Macau | 39 | China | Vietnam | Russia |
2005 | 8 | Hanoi,Vietnam | 40 | China | Vietnam | Malaysia |
2007 | 9 | Beijing,China | 40 | China | Macau | Vietnam |
2009 | 10 | Toronto,Canada | 40 | China | Iran | Hong Kong |
2011 | 11 | Ankara,Turkey | 40 | China | Iran | Hong Kong |
2013 | 12 | Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia | 46 | China | Iran | Malaysia |
2015 | 13 | Jakarta,Indonesia | 50 | China | Indonesia | Iran |
2017 | 14 | Kazan,Russia | 44 | China | Iran | Hong Kong |
2019 | 15 | Shanghai,China | 44 | China | Iran | Hong Kong |
2023 | 16 | Fort Worth,United States | 36 | China | Vietnam | Macau |
2025 | 17 | Brazil | TBD | Future event | ||
2027 | 18 | Philippines | ||||
2029 | 19 | Macau |
Starting in 1985,the Chinese Wushu Association began to host the International Invitational Wushu Championships as a ways of standardizing the sport of wushu on a global scale. [2] After the formation of the IWUF at the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, [3] the 1991 World Wushu Championships were quickly organized to be held in the same city. With the desire of reaching a wider global audience and to achieve recognition by the International Olympic Committee,the 3rd and 4th world championships were organized in the United States and Italy,respectively,the first major international wushu competitions outside of Asia. [4] At the 6th WWC in 2001,the competition administered doping tests for the first time. [5] In 2007,the 9th WWC served as the qualification of the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament. [6] The same competition along with the 12th and 15th WWCs served as qualification for Wushu at the World Games.The 16th WWC was rescheduled from 2021 to 2023 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]
The 1st WWC consisted of changquan,daoshu,jianshu,gunshu,qiangshu,nanquan,taijiquan,and men's sanda (originally called sanshou). Starting in 1993 with the 2nd WWC,the IWUF compulsory routines were to be used in taolu competition. In 1999,taijijian,nandao,and nangun were added. That same year,the second set of compulsory routines were approved,and thus in the 6th WWC in 2001,the old and new compulsory routine events were held simultaneously. During the next rendition in 2003,duilian and women's sanda were added. Then in 2005 with the rules revision and new scoring system,compulsory routines were discontinued. The following rendition in 2007 introduced incidental music for taijiquan and taijijian events.
In 2013 after the ratification of the third set of compulsory routines,additional events for compulsory changquan,nanquan,and taijiquan were held at the WWC that year as well as in 2015. The 2015 WWC also introduced traditional events:men's xingyiquan and dadao,and women's baguazhang and shuangjian. These traditional events would reappear at the 14th and 15th WWCs though men's dadao was replaced with shuangdao. Also in the 15th WWC in 2019,the competition consisted of a creative group-set (jiti) event with certified and celebrity judges as a demonstration event. The 16th WWC will also consist of a demonstration event.
Last updated after the 2019 World Wushu Championships. [8]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 227 | 12 | 2 | 241 |
2 | Hong Kong | 51 | 65 | 42 | 158 |
3 | Iran | 51 | 22 | 23 | 96 |
4 | Russia | 39 | 33 | 34 | 106 |
5 | Vietnam | 36 | 58 | 58 | 152 |
6 | South Korea | 23 | 41 | 49 | 113 |
7 | Macau | 22 | 36 | 32 | 90 |
8 | Malaysia | 22 | 33 | 44 | 99 |
9 | Philippines | 17 | 19 | 33 | 69 |
10 | Indonesia | 15 | 13 | 18 | 46 |
11 | Japan | 14 | 38 | 40 | 92 |
12 | Chinese Taipei | 8 | 20 | 22 | 50 |
13 | Egypt | 8 | 18 | 30 | 56 |
14 | Myanmar | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 |
15 | Singapore | 4 | 11 | 16 | 31 |
16 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
17 | India | 3 | 9 | 16 | 28 |
18 | Italy | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 |
19 | Brazil | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 |
20 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
21 | United States | 2 | 16 | 28 | 46 |
22 | Ukraine | 2 | 11 | 15 | 28 |
23 | Turkey | 2 | 9 | 26 | 37 |
24 | Romania | 2 | 9 | 13 | 24 |
25 | France | 2 | 4 | 24 | 30 |
26 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
27 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
28 | Spain | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
29 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
30 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 |
31 | Lebanon | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
32 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
33 | Armenia | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
34 | Tajikistan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
35 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
36 | Israel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
37 | Belarus | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
38 | Sweden | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
39 | Tunisia | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
40 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
41 | Venezuela | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
42 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
44 | Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
45 | Bermuda | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Mexico | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Morocco | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
49 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
50 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
51 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Greece | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
54 | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Yemen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
56 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Portugal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
South Africa | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Thailand | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
61 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (65 entries) | 581 | 553 | 756 | 1,890 |
The sum totals of gold, silver and bronze medals are not equal for the following reasons:
Rank | Athlete | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Nguyễn Thúy Hiền | Vietnam | 1993 | 2003 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
2 | Park Chan-dea | South Korea | 1993 | 2001 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
3 | Ng Siu Ching | Hong Kong / Hong Kong | 1991 | 2001 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
4 | Geng Xiaoling | Hong Kong | 2005 | 2015 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
5 | Liu Xuxu | Hong Kong | 2017 | 2019 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
6 | Lindswell Kwok | Indonesia | 2009 | 2017 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
7 | Jia Rui | Macau | 2005 | 2013 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
8 | Đàm Thanh Xuân | Vietnam | 1999 | 2005 | 4 | 3 | - | 7 |
9 | He Jianxin | Hong Kong | 2017 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
10 | Li Fai | Hong Kong / Hong Kong | 1991 | 2001 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Mohsen Mohammadseifi | Iran | 2009 | 2019 | 5 | 1 | - | 6 |
Muslim Salikhov | Russia | 2005 | 2015 | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | |
Bozigit Ataev | Russia | 1999 | 2013 | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | |
4 | Shahrbanoo Mansourian | Iran | 2011 | 2019 | 5 | - | - | 5 |
5 | Hamid Reza Gholipour | Iran | 2007 | 2019 | 4 | 2 | - | 6 |
6 | Mohammad Reza Jafari | Iran | 1997 | 2005 | 4 | - | 1 | 5 |
7 | Hossein Ojaghi | Iran | 1997 | 2009 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
8 | Elaheh Mansourian | Iran | 2009 | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Ramazan Ramazanov | Soviet Union / Russia | 1991 | 1995 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
Kazbek Zhaparov | Soviet Union / Russia | 1991 | 1995 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Nguyễn Thúy Hiền | Vietnam | 1993 | 2003 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
Park Chan-dea | South Korea | 1993 | 2001 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | |
3 | Ng Siu Ching | Hong Kong / Hong Kong | 1991 | 2001 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
5 | Geng Xiaoling | Hong Kong | 2005 | 2015 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
6 | Wong Weng Son | Malaysia | 2015 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 | |
Jia Rui | Macau | 2005 | 2013 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |
Dương Thúy Vi | Vietnam | 2011 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | ||
Nguyễn Phương Lan | Vietnam | 1995 | 2001 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
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