1997 World Wushu Championships

1997 World Wushu Championships
Venue	Palasport dell'Eur (capacity: 11,200)
Location	Rome, Italy
Start date	November 3, 1997
End date	November 8, 1997
Competitors	700 from 55 nations
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The 1997 World Wushu Championships was the 4th edition of the World Wushu Championships.^[1][2] It was held at the Palazzo dello Sport in Rome, Italy from November 3 to November 8, 1997. For the countries in Asia, this was the qualification for the 1998 Asian Games.

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Italy)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	8	2	0	10
2	Hong Kong	3	4	2	9
3	Russia	3	0	1	4
4	Vietnam	2	3	5	10
5	South Korea	2	1	4	7
6	Iran	2	1	1	4
7	Kazakhstan	2	0	1	3
8	Chinese Taipei	1	3	2	6
9	Philippines	1	1	3	5
10	Egypt	1	1	1	3
11	Romania	0	2	1	3
12	Macau	0	2	0	2
13	Japan	0	1	2	3
14	Spain	0	1	1	2
15	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
	Singapore	0	1	0	1
	Tajikistan	0	1	0	1
18	Italy*	0	0	2	2
	Portugal	0	0	2	2
20	Algeria	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 NOCs)		25	25	36	86

Men's taolu[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Changquan	Yuan Wenqing  China	Vincent Ng  Singapore	Fei Bao Xian  Netherlands
Daoshu	Park Chan-dea  South Korea	Macau	Philippines
Gunshu	Philippines	Park Chan-dea  South Korea	South Korea
Jianshu	Hong Kong	Cheung Man Keung  Hong Kong	Malaysia
Qiangshu	Wu Gang  China	Macau	Vietnam
Nanquan	Chinese Taipei	Leung Yat Ho  Hong Kong	South Korea
Taijiquan	Chen Sitan  China	Chan Ming-shu  Chinese Taipei	Toshiya Watanabe  Japan

Men's sanda[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Egypt	Chinese Taipei	Israel
			Nguyễn Y.  Vietnam
52 kg	China	Philippines	South Korea
			R. Vankah  India
56 kg	Vietnam	China	Romania
			Jeon M.  South Korea
60 kg	Kazakhstan	Romania	D. Malec  Philippines
			Italy
65 kg	Russia	Spain	Egypt
			Great Britain
70 kg	China	Azerbaijan	Algeria
			Philippines
75 kg	Hossein Ojaghi  Iran	Romania	M. Wu Fen  Chinese Taipei
			Russia
80 kg	Russia	Iran	Portugal
			Cung Le  United States
85 kg	Russia	Egypt	Iran
			Spain
90 kg	Kazakhstan	China	Portugal
			Brazil
+90 kg	Iran	Tajikistan	M. Baidullayev  Kazakhstan
			Italy

Women's taolu[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Changquan	China	Nguyễn Thúy Hiền  Vietnam	Lo Nga Ching  Hong Kong
Daoshu	China	Nguyễn Thúy Hiền  Vietnam	Lo Nga Ching  Hong Kong
Gunshu	China	Lo Nga Ching  Hong Kong	Vietnam
Jianshu	Ng Siu Ching  Hong Kong	Nguyễn Phương Lan  Vietnam	Japan
Qiangshu	Nguyễn Thúy Hiền  Vietnam	Ng Siu Ching  Hong Kong	Nguyễn Phương Lan  Vietnam
Nanquan	Ng Siu Ching  Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	Nguyễn Phương Lan  Vietnam
Taijiquan	South Korea	Japan	Chinese Taipei

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