1991 World Wushu Championships
VenueCapital Indoor Stadium
(capacity: 18,000)
LocationChina Beijing, China
Start dateOctober 12, 1991
End dateOctober 16, 1991
Competitors281 from 38 nations

The 1991 World Wushu Championships was the 1st edition of the World Wushu Championships.[1][2][3] It was held in Beijing, China from October 12 to October 16, 1991. This was the first international competition held and organized by the International Wushu Federation.[4]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China*141015
2 Japan25310
3 Soviet Union2002
4 Hong Kong1427
5 Chinese Taipei1225
6 Spain1203
7 Philippines1135
8 Brazil1102
9 Romania0202
 Singapore0202
11 United States0123
12 Macau0101
 Sweden0101
14 Malaysia0044
15 France0022
 Great Britain0022
17 Italy0011
Totals (17 entries)23232167

Men's taolu

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Changquan Gao Huanbo
 China
Hideo Ninomiya
 Japan
Choy Yeen Onn
 Malaysia
Daoshu Gao Huanbo
 China
Hideo Ninomiya
 Japan
Phoon Chee Kong
 Malaysia
Gunshu Gao Huanbo
 China
Bobby Hong
 Philippines
Hideo Ninomiya
 Japan
Jianshu Kazunari Hirota
 Japan
Andrew Hartono
 United States
Samson Co
 Philippines
Qiangshu Samson Co
 Philippines
Kazunari Hirota
 Japan
Phoon Chee Kong
 Malaysia
Nanquan Leung Yat Ho
 Hong Kong
Huang Shaoxiong
 China
Joseph Wu
 Philippines
Taijiquan Ryoji Ito
 Japan
Lei Man Iam
 Macau
David Ross
 United States

Men's sanda

Event Gold Silver Bronze
52 kg Wang Shiying
 China
Heng Choy
 Singapore
Pan Chien-tsun
 Chinese Taipei
56 kg Zeng Qingfeng
 China
Heng Wen Wei
 Singapore
None awarded
60 kg Wang Jianming
 China
Hsu Jun-tsai
 Chinese Taipei
Roberto Boschi
 Italy
65 kg Yang Rui
 China
Jon Nyberg
 Sweden
Alan Gordon
 Great Britain
70 kg Pan Hsiung-chi
 Chinese Taipei
Ángel Amieva
 Spain
Jason Yee
 United States
75 kg Ramazan Ramazanov
 Soviet Union
Lorenzo Pavón
 Spain
Micah Hudson
 Great Britain
80 kg Xavi Moya
 Spain
Luiz Carlos Pessanha
 Brazil
Christophe Grandjean
 France
85 kg James Ayres
 Brazil
Marcel Tabara
 Romania
Jean-Claude Anicet
 France
90 kg Kazbek Zhaparov
 Soviet Union
Petru Grindeanu
 Romania
None awarded


Women's taolu

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Changquan Zhang Shaoyi
 China
Ng Siu Ching
 Hong Kong
Li Fai
 Hong Kong
Daoshu Geng Zhenhui
 China
Ko Tuan-fang
 Chinese Taipei
Noriko Katsube
 Japan
Gunshu Geng Zhenhui
 China
Li Fai
 Hong Kong
Jennifer Yeo
 Philippines
Jianshu Zhang Shaoyi
 China
Ng Siu Ching
 Hong Kong
Li Fai
 Hong Kong
Qiangshu Zhang Shaoyi
 China
Ng Siu Ching
 Hong Kong
Yuri Kaminiwa
 Japan
Nanquan Liang Yanhua
 China
Noriko Katsube
 Japan
Ng Kwai Yin
 Malaysia
Taijiquan Gao Jiamin
 China
Naoko Masuda
 Japan
Huang Ti-na
 Chinese Taipei

References

  1. "countries, regions to compete in first wushu worlds". Beijing. Xinhua General Overseas News Service. 1991-10-07. 1007096. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  2. "world wushu championships open in beijing". Beijing. Xinhua General Overseas News Service. 1991-10-12. 1012188. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  3. "The 1st World Wushu Championships" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  4. "World Wushu Championships". International Wushu Federation. Archived from the original on 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
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