| Wushu at the 2013 World Combat Games | |
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| Venue | Spartak - Sports Complex 'Arena' |
| Dates | 25-26 October, 2013 |
The wushu event at the 2013 World Combat Games took place at the Spartak - Sports Complex 'Arena', in Saint Petersburg, Russia. [1] The competition took place on the 25 and 26 October 2013. There were taolu and sanshou events for male and female athletes.
Key:
* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 |  Russia (RUS)* | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 |  Iran (IRI) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 |  Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 13 | 13 | 17 | 43 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changquan / Daoshu / Gunshu | Lei Yu (CHN) | Semen Udelov (RUS) | Leung Man Chun (HKG) |
| Taijiquan + Taijijian | Huang Yingqi (CHN) |  Loh Choon How (MAS) | Lee Tze Yuan (SIN) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changquan / Jianshu / Qiangshu | Daria Tarasova (RUS) | Liu Xia (CHN) | Zheng Tianhui (HKG) |
| Taijiquan + Taijijian | Lindswell Kwok (INA) | Li Jianfang (CHN) | Chan Lu Yi (MAS) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanda 60 kg | Rustam Kakraev (RUS) | Wei Cai (CHN) | Sone Wai Li (HKG) |
| Ali Yousefi (IRN) | |||
| Sanda 65 kg | Jafar Shirzadeh (IRI) | Dylan Sakho (FRA) | Ting Kai Wong (HKG) |
| Ismail Inci (TUR) | |||
| Sanda 70 kg | Ismail Aliev (RUS) | Traian Augustin Rus (ROU) | Praveen Robin Biswakarma (HKG) |
| Masoud Fazeli (IRI) | |||
| Sanda 75 kg | Mojtaba Hosseinzadeh (IRI) | Gadzhi Nuritdinov (RUS) | Jesus Rafael Licet (VEN) |
| Sanda 80 kg | Muslim Salikhov (RUS) | Nacereddine Zemmal (CAN) | Ashraf Mohamed Abdelgawad Abdelhamid (EGY) |
| Fodhil Sofien Saidani (FRA) | |||
| Sanda 85 kg | Hamid Reza Ladvar (IRI) | Dmytro Batok (UKR) | Aly Mohamed Ahmed Aly Ibrahim (EGY) |
| Sanda 90 kg | Mohamed Youssef (EGY) | Arman Baziari (IRI) | Shuaiwu Jin (CHN) |
| Carlos Jose Salazar Romero (VEN) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanda 52 kg | Peipei Zuo (CHN) | Ho Yee Chao (HKG) | Not awarded |
| Sanda 60 kg | Xuetao Yuan (CHN) | Valerie Domergue (FRA) | Francelys del Valle Rivero Leonice (VEN) |
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