World Wushu Championships

World Wushu Championships
Chinese	世界武术锦标赛
Transcriptions

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	Venue
1	1991	Beijing, China
2	1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3	1995	Baltimore, U.S.
4	1997	Rome, Italy	Palasport dell'Eur
5	1999	Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong Coliseum
6	2001	Yerevan, Armenia	Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex
7	2003	Macau, China	Indoor Stadium of the Macau Polytechnic Institute
8	2005	Hanoi, Vietnam	Quan Ngua Sports Palace
9	2007	Beijing, China	Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
10	2009	Toronto, Canada	Ricoh Coliseum
11	2011	Ankara, Turkey	Ankara Arena
12	2013	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium
13	2015	Jakarta, Indonesia	Istora Senayan

History

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 2013.

	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	145	14	1	154
2	Vietnam	29	43	40	114
3	Iran	29	16	19	64
4	Hong Kong	25	45	25	95
5	Russia	24	22	25	71
6	Macau	15	22	17	54
7	South Korea	15	20	30	65
8	Malaysia	12	14	28	54
9	Philippines	10	11	20	41
10	Japan	8	18	24	50
11	Egypt	6	13	16	35
12	Chinese Taipei	5	15	15	35
13	Myanmar	5	8	6	19
14	Netherlands	4	3	5	12
15	Italy	3	7	15	25
16	Indonesia	3	5	9	17
17	United States	2	9	13	24
18	Ukraine	2	6	5	13
19	Turkey	2	5	21	29
20	Singapore	2	3	7	12
21	Kazakhstan	2	0	4	6
22	Azerbaijan	1	5	1	7
23	Brazil	1	4	9	14
24	France	1	3	15	19
25	Canada	1	2	10	14
26	United Kingdom	1	2	4	7
27	Armenia	1	2	3	6
28	Romania	0	7	10	17
29	India	0	5	10	15
30	Belarus	0	2	4	6
31	Tunisia	0	2	3	5
32	Venezuela	0	2	1	3
33	Lebanon	0	1	5	6
33	Spain	0	1	5	8
34	Poland	0	1	3	4
35	Bermuda	0	1	1	2
35	Mexico	0	1	1	2
35	Uzbekistan	0	1	1	2
36	Argentina	0	1	0	1
36	Tajikistan	0	1	0	1
37	Sweden	0	0	8	8
38	Algeria	0	0	6	6
39	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
39	Yemen	0	0	3	3
40	Greece	0	0	2	2
40	Mongolia	0	0	2	2
40	Portugal	0	0	2	2
41	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
41	Australia	0	0	1	1
41	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
41	Germany	0	0	1	1
41	Israel	0	0	1	1
41	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
41	North Korea	0	0	1	1
41	Peru	0	0	1	1
41	South Africa	1	4	4	9
41	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
Total		341	334	464	1139

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
6	2014	Chizhou, China