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{{Short description|Wushu competition}}
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The '''2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament''' ([[Simplified Chinese characters|Chinese]]: 北京2008武术比赛; [[pinyin]]: ''Běijīng 2008 wǔshù bǐsài'') was a [[Wushu (sport)|wushu]] competition which was held from August 21 to 24, 2008 at the [[Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium]] in [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China|China]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Feng|first=Hui|date=2008-09-26|title=The road to the Olympic Games for Wushu|work=[[China Daily]]|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2008-09/26/content_11569251.htm|access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref> The tournament was organised by the [[Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games]] (BOCOG), the [[International Wushu Federation]] (IWUF), and the [[Chinese Wushu Association|Chinese Wushu Association (CWA)]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-08-05|title=武术比赛21日至24日举行 金牌不计入奥运奖牌榜-搜狐2008奥运|url=http://2008.sohu.com/20080805/n258612204.shtml|access-date=2021-03-12|website=[[Sohu]]|publisher=[[Xinhua News Agency]]}}</ref> and was held in tandem with the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2008-08-21|title=Beijing 2008 Wushu tournament kicks off|work=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|publisher=[[China Internet Information Center]]|url=http://www.china.org.cn/2008-08/21/content_16295092.htm|access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref>

The competition consisted of ten [[Chinese martial arts#forms|taolu]] events (5 male, 5 female), and five [[sanshou]] events (3 male, 2 female). The Chinese team dominated the competition with eight gold medals followed by Russia and Hong Kong which earned two gold medals each. [[Macau]], [[Iran]] and the [[Philippines]] each won a single gold.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=|title=Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008 Results|url=http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Wushu-Tournament-Beijing-2018_results.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-12|website=[[International Wushu Federation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812110809/http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Wushu-Tournament-Beijing-2018_results.pdf |archive-date=2021-08-12 }}</ref>

== Background ==
Wushu's first Olympic appearance was at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] as an unofficial exhibition event.<ref name="Watta 2022">{{cite web | last=Watta | first=Evelyn | title=The rise of wushu in Senegal and Africa ahead of Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics | website=Olympics.com | date=2022-11-02 | url=https://olympics.com/en/news/how-senegalese-fighting-spirit-shines-through-wushu | access-date=2024-01-27}}</ref>

Starting in the 1970s, the government of the People's Republic of China started to consider sport as a possible medium for friendly international exchange. One sport the PRC was very interested in developing was modern [[Wushu (sport)|wushu]]. In 1982, the [[General Administration of Sport of China]] officially proclaimed that wushu practitioners had a duty 'to promote wushu to the world'<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brownell|first=S|date=2012|editor-last=Lo|editor-first=Vivienne|title=Wushu and the Olympic games: 'Combination of east and west' or clash of body cultures?|journal=The International Journal of the History of Sport|location=London|publisher=[[The British Museum|British Museum Research Publications]]|volume=188|pages=59–69|via=[[SAGE Publishing]]}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|date=2008-08-21|title="北京2008武术比赛"-武术何时走进奥运会国际在线奥运频道8月22日封面故事|language=zh|work=[[China Radio International]]|url=http://news.cri.cn/gb/beijing2008/other/cover/cover080822001.htm|access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref> with the ultimate goal of wushu becoming an official event at the [[Olympic Games]].

The International Wushu Federation (IWUF) was founded [[1990 Asian Games]], and over a decade later, it was fully recognised by the [[International Olympic Committee]] during the 113th IOC Congress at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About IWUF|url=http://www.iwuf.org/about-iwuf/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-31|website=[[International Wushu Federation]]|language=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307134044/http://www.iwuf.org:80/about-iwuf/ |archive-date=2019-03-07 }}</ref> This development along with [[Bids for the 2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing's successful bid]] in hosting the 2008 Olympics presented the opportunity for wushu to be included in the Games,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wood|first=Robert|date=2010|title=Olympic Wushu (Demonstration)|url=https://www.topendsports.com/events/demonstration/wushu.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2020-12-31|website=Topend Sports Website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330045332/http://www.topendsports.com:80/events/demonstration/wushu.htm |archive-date=2015-03-30 }}</ref> but as [[Jacques Rogge]] became the new president of the IOC in 2002, he announced the IOC's plans to reduce the number of the events at the Games.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Carraro|first=Franco|date=2002-08-29|title=Olympic Programme Commission - Review of the Olympic Programme and the Recommendations on the Programme of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reports/EN/en_report_527.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219113055/https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reports/EN/en_report_527.pdf |archive-date=2016-12-19 |access-date=|website=[[International Olympic Committee]]}}</ref> This led to the creation of the Olympic Programme Commission which called for changes and reevaluations within the Olympic programme. Despite this, the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), the IWUF, and the Chinese Wushu Association (CWA) began to lobby extensively for the official inclusion of wushu. Athletes and organisations argued that the inclusion of the sport would help culturally diversify the Games<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=E. Price|first1=Monroe|last2=Dayan|first2=Daniel|editor-first1=Monroe |editor-first2=Daniel |editor-last1=Price |editor-last2=Dayan |date=2008|title=Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China|url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/n/nmw/5646196.0001.001/1:4.4/--owning-the-olympics-narratives-of-the-new-china?g=dculture;rgn=div1;view=fulltext;xc=1|journal=New Media World|language=en|publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]]|doi=10.3998/nmw.5646196.0001.001|issn=|via=[[JSTOR]]|hdl=2027/spo.5646196.0001.001|isbn=9780472070329 |hdl-access=free}}</ref> and hoped that wushu would follow the same Olympic path as [[judo]] and [[taekwondo]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last1=Han|first1=Qing-song|last2=Theeboom|first2=Marc|last3=Zhu|first3=Dong|date=2020-09-20|title=Chinese martial arts and the Olympics: Analysing the policy of the International Wushu Federation|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1012690220957177#|journal=[[International Review for the Sociology of Sport]]|volume=56 |issue=5 |pages=603–624 |doi=10.1177/1012690220957177|s2cid=224984229 |via=[[SAGE Publishing]]}}</ref>

In August 2002, the Olympic Programme Commission under Chairman [[Franco Carraro]] recommended to the IOC executive board that wushu should not be admitted to the 2008 Summer Olympics, and reasoned that it was not a sport of global appeal and that it would add no substantial value to the Games.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Shortly after this meeting though, the IOC reversed their decision and stated that the sport of wushu was once again under consideration.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2002-08-26|title=Wushu Goes for Olympics|work=EastDay (东方网)|publisher=[[China Internet Information Center]]|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/2002/Aug/40366.htm|access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref> In 2004, the Olympic Programme Commission introduced new evaluation criteria for Olympic sports to ensure the events would be fair and of high quality.<ref name=":5" /> As a result, the IWUF switched to computerised scoring and the ''International Rules for Taolu Competition'' were significantly revised. Sanshou rules stayed relatively the same besides switching to computerised scoring.

In 2005, IOC President Rogge met with the IWUF President and IOC executive board member [[Yu Zaiqing]] at the [[Chinese Grand Prix]]<ref name=":2" /> and announced that wushu will have no place in the Olympic Games in Beijing, not even as a demonstration sport.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2005-10-16|title=Rogge Says Wushu No 'Olympic Sport' in 2008|work=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|publisher=[[China Internet Information Center]]|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/2005/Oct/145502.htm|access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref> After meeting again a few weeks later at the [[2005 National Games of China]], all parties involved came to a compromise. Despite the IOC's rule that no international or national sports competition is allowed in the Olympic host city during or one week before or after the Games and also despite the ban on demonstration events since the [[1992 Summer Olympics]], the IOC specifically permitted the IWUF to organise a wushu tournament alongside the Olympic Games due to wushu's place in traditional Chinese culture.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lei|first=Lei|date=2005-10-14|title=Wushu to be part of Beijing Olympic Games|work=[[China Daily]]|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/14/content_484782.htm|access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref> This collaboration was reaffirmed during a meeting at the 2006 World Traditional Wushu Championships, though the IOC did not specify if wushu had demonstration sport status, but referred to it as a 'representation sport.'<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-10-17|title=Wushu likely to be a "specially-set" sport at Olympics|url=http://en.olympic.cn/08beijing/bocog/2006-10-17/945504.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-13|website=[[Chinese Olympic Committee]]|publisher=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311001132/http://en.olympic.cn:80/08beijing/bocog/2006-10-17/945504.html |archive-date=2007-03-11 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2006-08-03|title=Wushu Ready for Olympic Debut|work=[[China Daily]]|url=http://www.china.org.cn/sports/news/2006-08/03/content_1176800.htm|access-date=2021-03-12}}</ref>

Other than substituting the Olympic rings with the logo of the IWUF, all other elements (e.g. medal design, award presentation & ceremony, graphic elements and colours, volunteers of the tournament, etc.) were identical to the Olympics. Athletes were also allowed to stay in the athletes' village though were only allowed to arrive only a few days before the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-08-20|title=Ninth IOC/BOCOG press conference|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/live/pressconference/mpc/n214565643.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906153355/http://en.beijing2008.cn/live/pressconference/mpc/n214565643.shtml|archive-date=2008-09-06|access-date=2021-02-21|website=[[Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games]]}}</ref> The official BOCOG website also included the schedule, results, and profiles of the athletes.<ref>{{Cite news|last=王|first=拓|date=2008-08-22|title=组图：北京2008武术比赛|language=zh|work=[[People's Daily]]|url=http://2008.people.com.cn/GB/116565/7710117.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719143701/http://2008.people.com.cn/GB/116565/7710117.html|archive-date=2011-07-19}}</ref> Day two of the competition was broadcast on [[China Central Television|China Central Television (CCTV)]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Matthew|date=2014-05-10|title=No Medal for You: Why (I Feel) Olympic Wushu is No Longer worth It|url=https://jiayoowushu.com/no-medal/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Jiayoo Wushu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004003404/http://jiayoowushu.com:80/no-medal/ |archive-date=2015-10-04 }}</ref> but other international channels provided live streaming for other days. The taolu and sanda events took place at the [[Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium (Beijing)|Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium]], which was the site for the [[Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Handball competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics]].

== Events ==
The Beijing Wushu Tournament borrowed the same combined-event format which was seen at wushu competitions such as the [[Asian Games]], [[Southeast Asian Games]], and the [[National Games of China]]. The events contested were:
* [[Changquan]]
* [[Dao (Chinese sword)|Daoshu]] and [[Gun (staff)|Gunshu]] combined
* [[Jian (sword)|Jianshu]] and [[Qiang (spear)|Qiangshu]] combined
* [[Nanquan (martial art)|Nanquan]] and [[Nangun]] combined <small>(men only)</small>
* [[Nanquan (martial art)|Nanquan]] and [[Nandao]] combined <small>(women only)</small>
* [[Taijiquan]] and [[Jian (sword)|Taijijian]] combined
* Men's [[Sanshou]]: 56, 70, 85&nbsp;kg
* Women's Sanshou: 52, 60&nbsp;kg

=== Schedule ===
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| align="left" |[[2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's sanshou 56 kg|Men's sanda 56&nbsp;kg]]
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| align="left" |[[2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's sanshou 70 kg|Men's sanda 70&nbsp;kg]]
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| align="left" |[[2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's sanshou 85 kg|Men's sanda 85&nbsp;kg]]
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| align="left" |[[2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Women's sanshou 52 kg|Women's sanda 52&nbsp;kg]]
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| align="left" |[[2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Women's sanshou 60 kg|Women's sanda 60&nbsp;kg]]
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== Qualification ==
{{Mainarticle|2007 World Wushu Championships}}
128 athletes from 43 countries took part in the Beijing Wushu Tournament. National federations were not allowed to send more than eight taolu and sanshou athletes to the competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BCK/WS/list.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810123706/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BCK/WS/list.shtml|title=Wushu - Background - The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games|author=The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games|archive-date=10 August 2008|work=beijing2008.cn}}</ref> Since China was the hosting nation, any of its athletes which competed at the 2007 world championships would qualify. Unlike the IOC, the IWUF recognises the [[Macau Olympic Committee]] and athletes representing Macau were allowed to compete in the competition.

=== Taolu ===
Besides the typical awarding of medals per each taolu event at the 2007 world championships, all athletes were ranked based on their combined scores from the proposed events at the Beijing Wushu Tournament (ie. daoshu and gunshu; jianshu and qiangshu; etc.).<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2007-11-16|title=9th World Wushu Championships 2007 Beijing China Results|url=http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/9th-World-Wushu-Championships-2007-Beijing-China-Results.pdf|url-status=live|website=[[International Wushu Federation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024011310/http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/9th-World-Wushu-Championships-2007-Beijing-China-Results.pdf |archive-date=2019-10-24 }}</ref> All athletes which ranked within the top six of a combined category or changquan (as ranking was done based only on the singular event) qualified for the Beijing Wushu Tournament.<ref name=":6" /> The IWUF then distributed 20 wild cards to various national federations to send more athletes. A national federation could enter only one athlete per each event and all athletes could compete in only one event.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2008-09-15|title=Wushu - Background - The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BCK/WS/37871.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915224126/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BCK/WS/37871.shtml|archive-date=2008-09-15|access-date=2021-02-13|website=[[Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games]]}}</ref>

As Chinese athletes at the 2007 world championships would automatically qualify for the Beijing Wushu Tournament, all of them opted not to participate in their second events after winning gold medals in their first events.<ref name=":3" />

=== Sanshou ===
All sanshou athletes who placed in the top eight in the selected events for this competition (men's 56&nbsp;kg, 70&nbsp;kg or 80&nbsp;kg; women's 52&nbsp;kg or 60&nbsp;kg) at the 2007 world championships qualified for the tournament. Vacancies due to illness, injury, or nonavailability were not filled, hence the unusual distribution of participants and rounds.<ref name=":0" />

==Medal summary==
Since the Beijing Wushu Tournament was not officially connected to the Olympic Games, medals earned were not added to the official Olympics medal tally.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Olympedia – Wushu|url=https://www.olympedia.org/sports/WUS|access-date=2021-01-25|website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref>

===Medal table===
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 | gold_HKG = 2 | silver_HKG = 1 | bronze_HKG = 1
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 | gold_IRI = 1 | silver_IRI = 1 | bronze_IRI = 2
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 | gold_MAS = 0 | silver_MAS = 2 | bronze_MAS = 3
 | gold_VIE = 0 | silver_VIE = 1 | bronze_VIE = 3
 | gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 2
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 0
 | gold_TPE = 0 | silver_TPE = 1 | bronze_TPE = 0
 | gold_EGY = 0 | silver_EGY = 0 | bronze_EGY = 2
 | gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 1
 | gold_INA = 0 | silver_INA = 0 | bronze_INA = 1
 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1
 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 1
}}

== Medalists ==

===Men's taolu===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-
|Changquan <br />{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's changquan}}
|[[Jayden Yuan|Yuan Xiaochao]]<br>{{CHN}}
|[[Semen Udelov]]<br>{{RUS}}
|[[Ehsan Peighambari]]<br>{{IRI}}
|-
|Daoshu / Gunshu <br />{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's daoshu and gunshu}}
|[[Zhao Qingjian]]<br>{{CHN}}
|[[Jia Rui]]<br>{{MAC}}
|[[Cheng Chung Hang]]<br>{{HKG}}
|-
|Jianshu / Qiangshu <br />{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's jianshu and qiangshu}}
|[[Liu Yang (wushu)|Liu Yang]]<br>{{HKG}}
|[[Lim Yew Fai]]<br>{{MAS}}
|[[Nguyễn Huy Thành]]<br>{{VIE}}
|-
|Nanquan / Nangun <br />{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's nanquan}}
|[[Willy Wang (wushu athlete)|Willy Wang]]<br>{{PHI}}
|[[Peng Wei-Chua]]<br>{{TPE}}
|[[Pui Fook Chien]]<br>{{MAS}}
|-
|Taijiquan / Taijijian <br />{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's taijiquan}}
|[[Wu Yanan (wushu)|Wu Yanan]]<br>{{CHN}}
|[[Hei Zhi Hong]]<br>{{HKG}}
|[[Yoshihiro Shimoda]]<br>{{JPN}}
|}

=== Men's sanshou ===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
|rowspan=2|56&nbsp;kg <br>{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's sanshou 56 kg}}
|rowspan=2|[[Zhang Shuaike]]<br>{{CHN}}
|rowspan=2|[[Nazir Shandulaev]]<br>{{RUS}}
|[[Qin Zhi Jian]]<br>{{MAC}}
|-
|[[Benjie Rivera]]<br>{{PHI}}
|-
|rowspan=2|70&nbsp;kg <br>{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's sanshou 70 kg}}
|rowspan=2|[[Cai Liang Chan]]<br>{{MAC}}
|rowspan=2|[[Murad Akhadov]]<br>{{RUS}}
|[[Ahmad Ibrahim (sanda)|Ahmad Ibrahim]]<br>{{EGY}}
|-
|[[Yoon Soon-Myung]]<br>{{KOR}}
|-
|rowspan=2|85&nbsp;kg <br>{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Men's sanshou 85 kg}}
|rowspan=2|[[Muslim Salihov]]<br>{{RUS}}
|rowspan=2|[[Hossein Ojaghi]]<br>{{IRI}}
|[[Emerson Almeida]]<br>{{BRA}}
|-
|[[Nicholas Evagorou]]<br>{{GBR}}
|}

=== Women's taolu ===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-
|Changquan <br />{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Women's changquan}}
|[[Daria Tarasova]]<br>{{RUS}}
|[[Xi Cheng Qing]]<br>{{MAC}}
|[[Susyana Tjhan]]<br>{{INA}}
|-
|Daoshu / Gunshu <br />{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Women's daoshu and gunshu}}
|[[Geng Xiaoling]]<br>{{HKG}}
|[[Jade Xu]]<br>{{ITA}}
|[[Chai Fong Wei]]<br>{{MAS}}
|-
|Jianshu / Qiangshu <br />{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Women's jianshu and qiangshu}}
|[[Ma Lingjuan]]<br>{{CHN}}
|[[Han Jing (wushu)|Han Jing]]<br>{{MAC}}
|[[Nguyễn Mai Phương]]<br>{{VIE}}
|-
|Nanquan / Nandao <br />{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Women's nanquan}}
|[[Lin Fan (wushu)|Lin Fan]]<br>{{CHN}}
|[[Erika Kojima]]<br>{{JPN}}
|[[Diana Bong Siong Lin]]<br>{{MAS}}
|-
|Taijiquan / Taijijian <br />{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Women's taijiquan}}
|[[Cui Wenjuan]]<br>{{CHN}}
|[[Chai Fong Ying]]<br>{{MAS}}
|[[Ai Miyaoka]]<br>{{JPN}}
|}

=== Women's sanshou ===

{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
|rowspan=2| 52&nbsp;kg <br>{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Women's sanshou 52 kg}}
|rowspan=2|[[Qin Lizi]]<br>{{CHN}}
|rowspan=2|[[Mary Jane Estimar]]<br>{{PHI}}
|[[Nguyễn Thúy Ngân]]<br>{{VIE}}
|-
|[[Farzaneh Dehghani]]<br>{{IRI}}
|-
|rowspan=2|60&nbsp;kg <br>{{DetailsLink|2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament – Women's sanshou 60 kg}}
|rowspan=2|[[Zahra Karimi (wushu)|Zahra Karimi]]<br>{{IRI}}
|rowspan=2|[[Lương Thị Hoa]]<br>{{VIE}}
|[[Walaa Abdelrazek]]<br>{{EGY}}
|-
|[[Mariane Mariano]]<br>{{PHI}}
|}

== Participating nations ==
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* {{flagIOC|ARG|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|ARM|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|AZE|2008 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|AUS|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|BRA|2008 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|CAN|2008 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|CHN|2008 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|CUB|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|EGY|2008 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|ESP|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|2008 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|HKG|2008 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|INA|2008 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|IRI|2008 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|ISR|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|ITA|2008 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|JPN|2008 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|KAZ|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|KOR|2008 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|LIB|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{MAC}} <small>(7)</small>
* {{flagIOC|MAS|2008 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|MEX|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|MYA|2008 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|NED|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|NZL|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|PHI|2008 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|POL|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|ROU|2008 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|RSA|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|RUS|2008 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|SIN|2008 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|SRI|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|SUI|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|SWE|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|THA|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|TPE|2008 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|TUN|2008 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|TUR|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|UKR|2008 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|2008 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|VIE|2008 Summer|8}}
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== See also ==
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* [[2007 World Wushu Championships]] - hosted in Beijing
* [[2014 Nanjing Youth Wushu Tournament]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080810123706/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BCK/WS/list.shtml Official Website - Wushu]
* [http://www.iwuf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Wushu-Tournament-Beijing-2018_results.pdf IWUF - Results]

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