World Wushu Championships

World Wushu Championships
Chinese	世界武术锦标赛
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The World Wushu Championships (WWC) are held every two years and are organised by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF). This official international Wushu competition sees many countries from around the world participating. Wushu originated in China and P.R.China has always won the most medals in these competitions.

Locations of the World Wushu championships

No.	Year	Host City, Country
1	1991	Beijing, China
2	1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3	1995	Baltimore, U.S.
4	1997	Rome, Italy
5	1999	Hong Kong, China
6	2001	Yerevan, Armenia
7	2003	Macau, China
8	2005	Hanoi, Vietnam
9	2007	Beijing, China
10	2009	Toronto, Canada
11	2011	Ankara, Turkey
12	2013	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2001 was the first time doping tests were conducted at the competitions and the tests registered a clean record as all of the 12 samples returned with no positive results.

More than 1000 martial artists from 89 countries took part in the 9th WWC in Beijing in 2007, just one year before the summer Olympic Games took place in People's Republic of China. Incidental music was adopted for the first time for the Taijiquan and Taijijian events.

Total medal count

Below is the total medal count from 1997 to 2011.

	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	114	6	1	121
2	Vietnam	26	33	34	93
3	Hong Kong	23	42	23	88
4	Iran	22	16	16	54
5	Russia	21	19	23	63
6	South Korea	14	16	25	55
7	Macau	12	20	15	47
8	Philippines	9	9	17	35
9	Malaysia	8	9	23	40
10	Japan	6	14	22	42
10	Egypt	6	11	12	29
11	Chinese Taipei	5	13	12	30
11	Myanmar	5	8	6	19
12	Netherlands	4	3	5	12
13	Italy	3	5	11	19
14	United States	2	8	11	21
14	Indonesia	2	4	6	12
14	Turkey	2	4	17	24
14	Kazakhstan	2	0	3	5
15	Azerbaijan	1	5	1	7
15	Brazil	1	3	9	13
15	Ukraine	1	5	4	10
15	France	1	2	14	17
15	United Kingdom	1	2	4	7
15	Canada	1	1	10	12
15	Armenia	1	2	3	6
15	Singapore	1	2	7	10
16	Romania	0	7	10	17
17	India	0	3	6	9
18	Belarus	0	2	4	6
18	Tunisia	0	2	1	3
18	Venezuela	0	2	1	3
19	Spain	0	1	5	8
19	Argentina	0	1	0	1
19	Tajikistan	0	1	0	1
19	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
19	Lebanon	0	1	5	6
19	Poland	0	1	3	4
19	Mexico	0	1	1	2
20	Sweden	0	0	6	6
21	Algeria	0	0	4	4
21	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
21	Yemen	0	0	3	3
22	Greece	0	0	2	2
22	Mongolia	0	0	2	2
22	Portugal	0	0	2	2
23	Germany	0	0	1	1
23	Israel	0	0	1	1
23	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
23	North Korea	0	0	1	1
23	Peru	0	0	1	1
23	South Africa	0	0	1	1
25	Bermuda	0	0	1	1
23	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
Total		295	287	400	982

Locations of the World Traditional Wushu championships

No.	Year	Host City, Country
1	2004	Zhengzhou, China
2	2006	Dengfeng, China
3	2008	Shiyan, China
4	2010	Shiyan, China
5	2012	Huangshan, China