China at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	CHN
Nocname:	Chinese Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Website:
Location:	Atlanta
Competitors:	294 (111 men and 183 women)
Sports:	25
Flagbearer:	Liu Yudong
Rank:	4
Gold:	16
Silver:	22
Bronze:	12
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1924–1972)

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
	4	3	1	8
	3	1	1	5
	2	2	1	5
	2	1	1	4
	1	4	1	6
	1	3	2	6
	1	2	1	4
	1	1	2	4
	1	0	1	2
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	1	1
Total	16	22	12	50

Medal	Name	Event
		Athletics, Women's 5000 m
		Badminton, Women's doubles
		Diving, Men's 3 m springboard
		Diving, Women's 3 m springboard
		Diving, Women's 10 m platform
		Gymnastics, Men's Individual all-around
		Judo, Women's +72 kg
		Shooting, Men's 10 m Running Target
		Shooting, Women's 25 m Pistol
		Swimming, Women's 100 m freestyle
		Table Tennis, Men's singles
		Table Tennis, Men's doubles
		Table Tennis, Women's singles
		Table Tennis, Women's doubles
		Weightlifting, Men's 59 kg
		Weightlifting, Men's 70 kg
		Archery, Women's Individual Competition
		Athletics, Women's 10000 m
		Athletics, Women's Shot put
		Badminton, Men's singles
		Diving, Men's 3 m springboard
		Football, Women's team competition
		Gymnastics, Men's Floor exercise
		Gymnastics, Men's team competition
		Gymnastics, Women's Vault
		Gymnastics, Women's Uneven bars
		Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
		Shooting, Men's 10 m Air Pistol
		Shooting, Men's 10 m Running Target
		Softball, Women's team competition
		Swimming, Women's 50 m freestyle
		Swimming, Women's 100 m butterfly
		Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
		Table Tennis, Men's singles
		Table Tennis, Men's doubles
		Table Tennis, Women's doubles
		Volleyball, Women's team competition
		Weightlifting, Men's 56 kg
		Athletics, Women's 10 km walk
		Badminton, Women's doubles
		Badminton, Mixed doubles
		Diving, Men's 10 metre platform
		Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal bar
		Judo, Women's 66 kg
		Shooting, Men's Double Trap
		Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
		Swimming, Women's 200 m IM
		Table Tennis, Women's singles
		Weightlifting, Men's 64 kg
		Wrestling, Men's 57 kg Greco-Roman

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

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

Preliminary round

Quarterfinals

Classification Round 5–8th Place

7th Place match

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

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

Preliminary round

Classification Round 9th−12th place

9th place match

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Softball

See main article: Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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: Li Minkuan

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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

• • 1. Shan Ying, Chao Na, Nian Yun, and Le Jingyi 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

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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 Li Yan Liu Xiaoning Pan Wenli Sun Yue Wang Lina Wang Yi Wang Ziling Wu Yongmei Zhu Yunying Head coach: Lang Ping

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's 108 kg

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

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results . (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta . 1997 . 1-56145-150-9 . PDF . 2008-02-13.
• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2008-02-13.

Notes and References

1. Web site: China at the 1996 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043609/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CHN/summer/1996/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-02-06 . sports-reference.com.