China at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained
| Noc: | CHN |
| Nocname: | Chinese Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Games Link: | 1984 Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1984 |
| Website: | |
| Date: | 28 July–12 August 1984 |
| Location: | Los Angeles, United States |
| Competitors: | 215 (132 men and 83 women) |
| Sports: | 19 |
| Flagbearer: | Wang Libin |
| Rank: | 4 |
| Gold: | 15 |
| Silver: | 8 |
| Bronze: | 9 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | (1924–1972) |
The People's Republic of China competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.It was the first appearance at the Summer Games for the country after its mostly symbolic presence at the Summer Games in 1952 during which the dispute between the Republic of China and the PRC resulted in the former withdrawing all its athletes. After 1952 and until these games, the PRC boycotted the Olympics due to the Taiwan's presence as the Republic of China. In 1984, the Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei and the PRC competed as China. Due to the then ongoing Sino-Soviet split, China did not participate in the Soviet-led boycott. In the previous games, China participated the United States-led boycott to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
215 competitors, 132 men and 83 women, took part in 105 events in 19 sports.[1] The first gold medal to be awarded at the Los Angeles Olympics was also the first-ever medal to be won by an athlete from China when Xu Haifeng won the 50 m Pistol event. Li Ning won also 6 medals in gymnastics, 3 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze, earning him the nickname "Prince of Gymnasts" in China.[2]
Medalists
| Medals by sport |
|---|
| Sport | | | | Total |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 9 | 32 | |
|---|
The following Chinese competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
Gold
- Xu Haifeng
- Zeng Guoqiang
- Wu Shude
- Li Yuwei
- Chen Weiqiang
- Yao Jingyuan
- Wu Xiaoxuan
- Luan Jujie
- Li Ning (3)
- Lou Yun
- Ma Yanhong
- Volleyball, Women's team competition (Hou Yuzhu, Jiang Ying, Lang Ping, Li Yanjun, Liang Yan, Su Huijuan, Yang Xiaojun, Yang Xilan, Zhang Rongfang, Zheng Meizhu, Zhou Xiaolan, and Zhu Ling)
- Zhou Jihong.
Silver
Bronze
- Zhu Jianhua
- Li Kongzheng
- Li Ning
- Huang Shiping
- Wang Yifu
- Wu Xiaoxuan
- Women's Gymnastics Team (Ma Yanhong, Zhou Qiurui, Zhou Ping, Chen Yongyan, Huang Qun, Wu Jiani, and Ming Guixiu)
- Women's Basketball Team Competition (Song Xiaobo, Lijuan Xiu, Chen Yuefang, Zheng Haixia, Qiu Chen, Li Xiaoqin, Zhang Hui, Cong Xuedi, Zhang Yueqin, Ba Yan, Wang Jun, and Liu Qing)
- Women's Handball Team (Wu Xinjiang, Liu Yumei, Chen Jing, Zhang Weihong, Gao Xiumin, Wang Linwei, Liu Liping, Zhang Peijun, Sun Xiulan, Li Lan, Wang Mingxing, Chen Zheng, Guo Yingze, He Jianping, and Zhu Juefeng).
Archery
See main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The PRC sent six archers to the Olympics. The women's team was more successful than the men's, earning a silver medal and an additional top eight finish.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Li Lingjuan - 2559 points (→ Silver Medal)
- Wu Yanan - 2493 points (→ 8th place)
- Wang Jin - 2445 points (→ 18th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Athletics
See main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
- Men's CompetitionMen's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 110 metres Hurdles
Men's 20 km Walk
Men's 50 km Walk
Men's High Jump
- Zhu Jianhua
- Qualification - 2.24m
- Final - 2.31m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Liu Yunpeng
- Qualification - 2.24m
- Final - 2.29m (→ 7th place)
- Cai Shu
- Qualification - 2.24m
- Final - 2.27m (→ 8th place)
Men's Long Jump
- Liu Yuhuang
- Qualification - 7.83m
- Final - 7.99m (→ 5th place)
- Wang Shijie
- Qualification - 7.36m (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's Triple Jump
Men's Pole Vault
- Yang Weimin
- Qualifying Round - 5.30m
- Final - 5.10m (→ 10th place)
- Ji Zebiao
- Qualifying Round - 5.10m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
- Women's CompetitionWomen's 100 metres Hurdles
Women's High Jump
-
- Final - 1.91 m (→ 7th place)
- Final - 1.88 m (→ 9th place)
- Ge Ping Qualification - 1.84 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's Long Jump
- Liao Wenfen
- Qualification - 6.16 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's Discus Throw
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- Final - 53.32 m (→ 11th place)
Women's Shot Put
Women's Javelin Throw
Basketball
See main article: Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to United States (49-97)
- Defeated France (85-83)
- Lost to Canada (80-121)
- Lost to Spain (83-102)
- Lost to Uruguay (67-74)
- Classification Matches
- 9th/12th place: Defeated Egypt (76-73)
- 9th/10th place: Lost to Brazil (76-86) → Tenth place
- Team Roster
- Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- Defeated Australia (67-64)
- Lost to Canada (61-66)
- Defeated Yugoslavia (79-58)
- Lost to United States (55-91)
- Lost to South Korea (56-69)
- Bronze Medal Match
- Defeated Canada (62-57) → Bronze Medal
- Team Roster
Canoeing
See main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Cycling
See main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Seven cyclists, four men and three women, represented China in 1984.
- Team time trial
- Women's individual road race
Diving
See main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's 3m Springboard
- Tan Liangde
- Preliminary Round - 600.99
- Final - 662.31 (→ Silver Medal)
- Li Hongping
- Preliminary Round - 611.55
- Final - 646.35 (→ 4th place)
Men's 10m Platform
Fencing
See main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. 18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented China in 1984.
- Men's foil
- Men's team foil
- Men's épée
- Men's team épée
- Men's sabre
- Men's team sabre
- Women's foil
- Women's team foil
Gymnastics
See main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Men
- Lou Yun - Vault, Gold Medal
- Li Ning - Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Rings, Gold Medals; Vault, Silver Medal; All-Around, Bronze Medal
- Tong Fei - Horizontal Bar, Silver Medal
Women
Handball
See main article: Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
- Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- Lost to the United States (22-25)
- Defeated West Germany (20-19)
- Tied with South Korea (24-24)
- Defeated Austria (21-16)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (25-31) → Bronze Medal
- Team Roster
Judo
See main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Rhythmic gymnastics
See main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Rowing
See main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Sailing
See main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Shooting
See main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Swimming
See main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Mu Lati
- Heat - 52.82 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
- Shen Jianqiang
- Heat - 52.84 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Wang Hao
- Heat - 59.13 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
- Li Zhongyi
- Heat - 1:00.66 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
- Wang Hao
- Heat - 2:12.28 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Jin Fu
- Heat - 1:05.05 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
- Wang Lin
- Heat - DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Jin Fu
- Heat - 2:26.?? (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Zheng Jian
- Heat - 56.58 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Chen Qin
- Heat - 2:10.30 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
- Feng Dawei
- Heat - 2:11.30 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Women's 100m Freestyle
- Ding Jilian
- Heat - 59.11 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
- Guo Huaying
- Heat - 1:08.21 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
- Yan Hong
- Heat - 2:32.33 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
- Yan Hong
- Heat - 2:27.95 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 4x100 Medley Relay
Volleyball
See main article: Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to Japan (0-3)
- Lost to Italy (0-3)
- Defeated Egypt (3-0)
- Lost to Canada (0-3)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Lost to South Korea (1-3)
- 7th/8th place: Lost to Japan (0-3) → 8th place
- Team Roster
- Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Defeated Brazil (3-0)
- Defeated West Germany (3-0)
- Lost to United States (1-3)
- Semi Finals
- Final
- Defeated United States (3-0) → Gold Medal
Water polo
See main article: Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to Netherlands (8-10)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (7-12)
- Defeated Canada (6-5)
- Final Round (Group E)
- Defeated Japan (10-4)
- Lost to Italy (8-11)
- Defeated Brazil (11-9)
- Lost to Greece (9-10) → 9th place
- Team Roster
Weightlifting
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Wrestling
See main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Notes and References
- Web site: China at the 1984 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CHN/summer/1984/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 25 May 2015 . Sports Reference.
- https://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSSP4750620080808 Reuters - Li Ning, "Prince of Gymnasts" and businessman - 8 Aug 2008
