China at the 1996 Summer Olympics

China at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CHN
NOC	Chinese Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.cn (in Chinese and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	294 (111 men and 183 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer	Liu Yudong
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 16 Silver 22 Bronze 12 Total 50
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The People's Republic of China competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 294 competitors, 111 men and 183 women, took part in 155 events in 25 sports.^[1]

Medalists[]

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Table Tennis	4	3	1	8
Diving	3	1	1	5
Shooting	2	2	1	5
Weightlifting	2	1	1	4
Gymnastics	1	4	1	6
Swimming	1	3	2	6
Athletics	1	2	1	4
Badminton	1	1	2	4
Judo	1	0	1	2
Archery	0	1	0	1
Football	0	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	0	1
Softball	0	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	1	0	1
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	16	22	12	50

Medal	Name	Event
Gold	Wang Junxia	Athletics, Women's 5000 m
Gold	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Badminton, Women's doubles
Gold	Xiong Ni	Diving, Men's 3 m springboard
Gold	Fu Mingxia	Diving, Women's 3 m springboard
Gold	Fu Mingxia	Diving, Women's 10 m platform
Gold	Li Xiaoshuang	Gymnastics, Men's Individual all-around
Gold	Sun Fuming	Judo, Women's +72 kg
Gold	Yang Ling	Shooting, Men's 10 m Running Target
Gold	Li Duihong	Shooting, Women's 25 m Pistol
Gold	Le Jingyi	Swimming, Women's 100 m freestyle
Gold	Liu Guoliang	Table Tennis, Men's singles
Gold	Liu Guoliang Kong Linghui	Table Tennis, Men's doubles
Gold	Deng Yaping	Table Tennis, Women's singles
Gold	Deng Yaping Qiao Hong	Table Tennis, Women's doubles
Gold	Tang Ningsheng	Weightlifting, Men's 59 kg
Gold	Zhan Xugang	Weightlifting, Men's 70 kg
Silver	He Ying	Archery, Women's Individual Competition
Silver	Wang Junxia	Athletics, Women's 10000 m
Silver	Sui Xinmei	Athletics, Women's Shot put
Silver	Dong Jiong	Badminton, Men's singles
Silver	Yu Zhuocheng	Diving, Men's 3 m springboard
Silver	Chen Yufeng Fan Yunjie Gao Hong Liu Ailing Liu Ying Shi Guihong Shui Qingxia Sun Qingmei Sun Wen Wang Liping Wei Haiying Wen Lirong Xie Huilin Yu Hongqi Zhao Lihong Zhong Honglian	Football, Women's team competition
Silver	Li Xiaoshuang	Gymnastics, Men's Floor exercise
Silver	Li Xiaoshuang Fan Bin Fan Hongbin Huang Huadong Huang Liping Shen Jian Zhang Jinjing	Gymnastics, Men's team competition
Silver	Mo Huilan	Gymnastics, Women's Vault
Silver	Bi Wenjing	Gymnastics, Women's Uneven bars
Silver	Xiuyun Zhang Cao Mianyin	Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
Silver	Wang Yifu	Shooting, Men's 10 m Air Pistol
Silver	Xiao Jun	Shooting, Men's 10 m Running Target
Silver	Wei Qiang Tao Hua Xu Jian Zhang Chunfang Yan Fang Wang Ying An Zhongxin Wang Lihong Chen Hong He Liping Lei Li Liu Xuqing Liu Yaju Ma Ying Ou Jingbai	Softball, Women's team competition
Silver	Le Jingyi	Swimming, Women's 50 m freestyle
Silver	Liu Limin	Swimming, Women's 100 m butterfly
Silver	Le Jingyi Chao Na Nian Yun Shan Ying	Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Silver	Wang Tao	Table Tennis, Men's singles
Silver	Wang Tao Lü Lin	Table Tennis, Men's doubles
Silver	Liu Wei Qiao Yunping	Table Tennis, Women's doubles
Silver	Yong-Mei Cui Yue Sun Yan Li Wang Lina Yi Wang	Volleyball, Women's team competition
Silver	Zhang Xiangsen	Weightlifting, Men's 56 kg
Bronze	Wang Yan	Athletics, Women's 10 km walk
Bronze	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	Badminton, Women's doubles
Bronze	Liu Jianjun Sun Man	Badminton, Mixed doubles
Bronze	Xiao Hailiang	Diving, Men's 10 metre platform
Bronze	Fan Bin	Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal bar
Bronze	Wang Xianbo	Judo, Women's 66 kg
Bronze	Zhang Bing	Shooting, Men's Double Trap
Bronze	Chen Yan Han Xue Cai Huijue Shan Ying	Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
Bronze	Lin Li	Swimming, Women's 200 m IM
Bronze	Qiao Hong	Table Tennis, Women's singles
Bronze	Xiao Jiangang	Weightlifting, Men's 64 kg
Bronze	Sheng Zetian	Wrestling, Men's 57 kg Greco-Roman

Archery[]

The People's Republic of China sent three men and three women to Atlanta for archery. As usual, the Chinese women were the more successful squad, with He Ying winning a silver medal. They went a combined 9-3 in individual competition as opposed the men's 1-3 record. They also won their first team match before being defeated.

Women's Individual Competition:

• He Ying → Final, Silver Medal (5-1)
• Wang Xiaozhu → Quarterfinal, 7th place (3-1)
• Yang Jianping → Round of 32, 29th place (1-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Tang Hua → Round of 32, 23rd place (1-1)
• Luo Hengyu → Round of 64, 36th place (0-1)
• Shen Jun → Round of 64, 40th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:

• He, Wang, and Yang → Quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)

Men's Team Competition:

• Tang, Luo, and Shen → Round of 16, 12th place (0-1)

Athletics[]

Men's 100 metres

• Chen Wenzhong

Men's 200 metres

• Chen Wenzhong

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

• Li Tong
• Chen Yanhao

Men's 20 km Walk

• Yu Guohui
• Li Zewen
• Li Mingcai

Men's 50 km Walk

• Zhang Huiqiang
  • Final — 3:53:10 (→ 14th place)
• Mao Xinyuan
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
• Zhao Yongsheng
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's Long Jump

• Huang Geng
  • Qualification — 8.12 m
  • Final — 7.99 m (→ 9th place)
• Chen Jing
  • Qualification — 7.70 m (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's triple jump

• Zou Sixin
  • Qualification — 16.53 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Li Shaojie
  • Qualification — 60.20 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Zhang Lianbiao
  • Qualification — 79.88 m
  • Final — 80.96 m (→ 11th place)

Women's 400 metres

• Du Xiujie
  • Heat — 53.95 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 metres

• Wang Junxia
  • Qualification — 32:36.53
  • Final — 31:02.58 (→ Silver Medal)
• Wang Mingxia
  • Qualification — 32:10.26
  • Final — 32:38.98 (→ 15th place)
• Yang Siju
  • Qualification — 32:22.77
  • Final — 33:15.29 (→ 19th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Li Lei
  • Qualification — 61.48 m
  • Final — 60.74 m (→ 8th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Xiao Yanling
  • Qualification — 65.10m
  • Final — 64.72m (→ 5th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Sui Xinmei
  • Qualification — 19.36m
  • Final — 19.88m (→ Silver Medal)
• Li Meisu
  • Qualification — 18.39m (→ did not advance)
• Huang Zhihong
  • Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Ren Ruiping
  • Qualification — 14.56m
  • Final — 14.30m (→ 7th place)
• Wang Xiangrong — 13.32m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Ren Xiujuan — 2:31.21 (→ 9th place)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Wang Yan — 42:19 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Gu Yan — 42:34 (→ 4th place)
• Gao Hongmiao — dsq (→ no ranking)

Badminton[]

Basketball[]

Men's Team Competition[]

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Angola (70-67)
  • Lost to Croatia (78-109)
  • Defeated Argentina (87-77)
  • Lost to the United States (70-133)
  • Lost to Lithuania (55-116)
• Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (61-128)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Greece (75-115)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Croatia (85-99) → 8th place
• Team Roster
  • Mengke Bateer
  • Gong Xiaobin
  • Hu Weidong
  • Li Nan
  • Li Xiaoyong
  • Liu Yudong
  • Shan Tao
  • Sun Jun
  • Wang Zhizhi
  • Wu Naiqun
  • Wu Qinglong
  • Zheng Wu

Women's Team Competition[]

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Italy (53-62)
  • Lost to Japan (72-75)
  • Defeated Canada (61-49)
  • Lost to Brazil (83-98)
  • Lost to Russia (78-94)
• Classification Matches
  • 9th/12th place: Defeated Zaire (91-67)
  • 9th/10th place: Defeated South Korea (85-71) → 9th place
• Team Roster
  • Zheng Dongmei
  • Liang Xin
  • Zheng Haixia
  • He Jun
  • Ma Zongqing
  • Miao Bo
  • Li Xin
  • Liu Jun
  • Shen Li
  • Chu Hui
  • Li Dongmei
  • Ma Chengqing

Boxing[]

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Yang Xiangzhong
  • First Round — Defeated Alberto Rossel (Peru), 16-7
  • Second Round — Lost to Hamid Berhili (Morocco), 9-14

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Chen Tao
  • First Round — Lost to Hirokuni Moto (Japan), 10-15

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Jiang Tao
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Charles Kizza (Uganda), 10-7
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Nate Jones (United States), 4-21

Canoeing[]

Cycling[]

Women's Individual Road Race

• Guo Xinghong
  • Final — 02:49:47 (→ 41st place)
• Zhao Haijuan
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Mountainbike Cross Country

• Gao Hongying
  • Final — 2:09.08 (→ 25th place)

Diving[]

Men's 3m Springboard

• Xiong Ni
  • Preliminary Heat — 463.02
  • Semi Final — 231.45
  • Final — 470.01 (→ Gold Medal)
• Yu Zhuocheng
  • Preliminary Heat — 438.93
  • Semi Final — 223.41
  • Final — 467.52 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 3m Springboard

• Fu Mingxia
  • Preliminary Heat — 284.28
  • Semi Final — 221.49
  • Final — 326.19 (→ Gold Medal)
• Tan Shuping
  • Preliminary Heat — 212.49 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Fu Mingxia
  • Preliminary Heat — 329.25
  • Semi Final — 179.94
  • Final — 341.64 (→ Gold Medal)
• Guo Jingjing
  • Preliminary Heat — 315.39
  • Semi Final — 177.30
  • Final — 269.91 (→ 5th place)

Fencing[]

Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented China in 1996.

Men's foil

• Ye Chong
• Wang Haibin
• Dong Zhaozhi

Men's team foil

• Ye Chong, Dong Zhaozhi, Wang Haibin

Men's épée

• Zhao Gang

Men's sabre

• Yan Xiandong

Women's foil

• Xiao Aihua
• Liang Jun
• Wang Huifeng

Women's team foil

• Liang Jun, Wang Huifeng, Xiao Aihua

Women's épée

• Yan Jing

Football[]

Gymnastics[]

• Li Xiaoshuang
  • Gold Medal, Individual All-around, China's first in this category

Handball[]

Judo[]

Rhythmic gymnastics[]

Rowing[]

Sailing[]

Shooting[]

Softball[]

Women's Team Competition[]

• Preliminary Round Robin
  • Defeated Australia (6:0)
  • Lost to Japan (0:3)
  • Defeated Canada (2:1)
  • Defeated Puerto Rico (10:0)
  • Defeated Netherlands (8:0)
  • Defeated Chinese Taipei (1:0)
  • Lost to United States (2:3)
• Semifinals
  • Lost to United States (0:1)
• Bronze Medal Match
  • Defeated Australia (4:2)
• Final
  • Lost to United States (1:3) → Silver Medal
• Team Roster
  • Wei Qiang
  • Tao Hua
  • Xu Jian
  • Zhang Chunfang
  • Yan Fang
  • Wang Ying
  • An Zhongxin
  • Wang Lihong
  • Chen Hong
  • He Liping
  • Lei Li
  • Liu Xuqing
  • Liu Yaju
  • Ma Ying
  • Ou Jingbai
• Head Coach:

Swimming[]

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Jiang Chengji
  1. Heat – 22.55
  2. Final – 22.33 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Zhao Lifeng
  1. Heat – 51.70 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Zhao Yi
  1. Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Zeng Qiliang
  1. Heat – 1:02.26
  2. Final – 1:02.01 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Wang Yiwu
  1. Heat – 1:02.26 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Jiang Chengji
  1. Heat – 53.40
  2. Final – 53.20 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Zhao Yi, Zeng Qiliang, Jiang Chengji, and Zhao Lifeng
  1. Heat – 3:43.50 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Le Jingyi
  1. Heat – 25.10
  2. Final – 24.90 (→ Silver Medal)
• Shan Ying
  1. Heat – 25.71
  2. Final – 25.70 (→ 7th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Le Jingyi
  1. Heat – 54.90
  2. Final – 54.50 (→ Gold Medal)
• Shan Ying
  1. Heat – 56.10
  2. B-Final – 55.74 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Chen Yan
  1. Heat – 2:03.32
  2. B-Final – scratched
• Shan Ying
  1. Heat – 2:04.29 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Chen Yan
  1. Heat – 4:22.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Pu Yiqi
  1. Heat – 8:45.32 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Chen Yan
  1. Heat – 1:02.62
  2. Final – 1:02.50 (→ 5th place)
• He Cihong
  1. Heat – 1:05.87 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Chen Yan
  1. Heat – 2:14.74
  2. B-Final – 2:14.37 (→ 11th place)
• Wu Yanyan
  1. Heat – 2:20.89 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Han Xue
  1. Heat – 1:10.40
  2. B-Final – 1:09.90 (→ 11th place)
• Yuan Yuan
  1. Heat – 1:11.65 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Lin Li
  1. Heat – 2:30.64
  2. B-Final – 2:33.45 (→ 16th place)
• Yuan Yuan
  1. Heat – 2:33.89 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Liu Limin
  1. Heat – 1:00.18
  2. Final – 59.14 (→ Silver Medal)
• Cai Huijue
  1. Heat – 1:00.89
  2. Final – 1:00.46 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Qu Yun
  1. Heat – 2:11.35
  2. Final – 2:10.26(→ 4th place)
• Liu Limin
  1. Heat – 2:13.12
  2. Final – 2:10.70 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Lin Li
  1. Heat – 2:16.31
  2. Final – 2:14.74 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Wu Yanyan
  1. Heat – 2:16.55
  2. B-Final – 2:16.61 (→ 10th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Chen Yan
  1. Heat – 4:53.87 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
• Wu Yanyan
  1. Heat – 4:54.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Shan Ying, Chao Na, Nian Yun, and Le Jingyi
  1. Heat – 3:44.06
• Le Jingyi, Chao Na, Nian Yun, and Shan Ying
  1. Final – 3:40.48 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Chen Yan, Pu Yiqi, Wang Luna, and Nian Yun
  1. Heat – 8:13.29
• Nian Yun, Wang Luna, Chen Yan, and Shan Ying
  1. Final – 8:15.38 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Chen Yan, Han Xue, Cai Huijue, and Shan Ying
  1. Heat – 4:09.23
• Chen Yan, Han Xue, Cai Huijue, and Shan Ying
  1. Final – 4:07.34 (→ Bronze Medal)

Synchronized swimming[]

Table tennis[]

Tennis[]

Women's Singles Competition

• Yi Jingqian
  1. First round — Lost to Inés Gorrochategui (Argentina) 2-6 6-1 1-6
• Chen Li-Ling
  1. First round — Lost to Monica Seles (United States) 0-6 4-6

Volleyball[]

Women's Indoor Team Competition[]

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Netherlands (3-0)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-2)
  • Defeated United States (3-1)
  • Defeated Ukraine (3-0)
  • Defeated Japan (3-0)
• Quarterfinals
  • Defeated Germany (3-0)
• Semifinals
  • Defeated Russia (3-1)
• Final
  • Lost to Cuba (1-3) (→ Silver Medal)
• Team Roster
  • Cui Yongmei
  • He Qi
  • Lai Yawen
  • Liu Xiaoning
  • Pan Wenli
  • Sun Yue
  • Wang Lina
  • Wang Yi
  • Wang Ziling
  • Wu Yongmei
  • Zhu Yunying
• Head Coach: Lang Ping

Weightlifting[]

Men's 108 kg

• Cui Wenhua
  • Snatch — 190.0 kg
  • Clean & Jerk — 215.0 kg
  • Total — 405.0 kg (→ 5th place)

Wrestling[]

References[]

External links[]

• (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.