World Wushu Championships

Template:Chinese 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	Template:Flagicon Beijing, China
2	1993	Template:Flagicon Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3	1995	Template:Flagicon Baltimore, U.S.
4	1997	Template:Flagicon Rome, Italy
5	1999	Template:Flagicon Hong Kong, China
6	2001	Template:Flagicon Yerevan, Armenia
7	2003	Template:Flagicon Macau, China
8	2005	Template:Flagicon Hanoi, Vietnam
9	2007	Template:Flagicon Beijing, China
10	2009	Template:Flagicon Toronto, Canada
11	2011	Template:Flagicon Ankara, Turkey	Ankara Arena
12	2013	Template:Flagicon Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium

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	Template:CHN	131	7	1	139
2	Template:VIE	29	39	37	107
3	Template:IRI	29	16	19	64
4	Template:HKG	25	45	25	95
5	Template:RUS	24	22	25	71
6	Template:MAC	15	22	17	54
7	Template:KOR	15	20	30	65
8	Template:MAS	12	14	28	54
9	Template:PHI	10	11	20	41
10	Template:JAP	8	18	24	50
11	Template:EGY	6	13	16	35
12	Template:TPE	5	15	15	35
13	Template:MYA	5	8	6	19
14	Template:NED	4	3	5	12
15	Template:ITA	3	7	15	25
16	Template:INA	3	5	9	17
17	Template:USA	2	9	13	24
18	Template:UKR	2	6	5	13
19	Template:TUR	2	5	21	29
20	Template:SIN	2	3	7	12
21	Template:KAZ	2	0	4	6
22	Template:AZE	1	5	1	7
23	Template:BRA	1	4	9	14
24	Template:FRA	1	3	15	19
25	Template:CAN	1	2	10	14
26	Template:GBR	1	2	4	7
27	Template:ARM	1	2	3	6
28	Template:ROM	0	7	10	17
29	Template:IND	0	5	10	15
30	Template:BLR	0	2	4	6
31	Template:TUN	0	2	3	5
32	Template:VEN	0	2	1	3
33	Template:LIB	0	1	5	6
33	Template:ESP	0	1	5	8
34	Template:POL	0	1	3	4
35	Template:BER	0	1	1	2
35	Template:MEX	0	1	1	2
35	Template:UZB	0	1	1	2
36	Template:ARG	0	1	0	1
36	Template:TJK	0	1	0	1
37	Template:SWE	0	0	8	8
38	Template:ALG	0	0	6	6
39	Template:SUI	0	0	3	3
39	Template:YEM	0	0	3	3
40	Template:GRE	0	0	2	2
40	Template:MGL	0	0	2	2
40	Template:POR	0	0	2	2
41	Template:AFG	0	0	1	1
41	Template:AUS	0	0	1	1
41	Template:CZE	0	0	1	1
41	Template:GER	0	0	1	1
41	Template:ISR	0	0	1	1
41	Template:NZL	0	0	1	1
41	Template:PRK	0	0	1	1
41	Template:PER	0	0	1	1
41	Template:RSA	1	4	4	9
41	Template:SRI	0	0	1	1
Total		341	334	464	1139

Locations of the World Traditional Wushu championships

No.	Year	Host City, Country
1	2004	China Zhengzhou, China
2	2006	China Dengfeng, China
3	2008	China Shiyan, China
4	2010	China Shiyan, China
5	2012	China Huangshan, China
6	2014	China Chizhou, China