China at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	CHN
Nocname:	Chinese Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Flagcaption:	Flag of China
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	639
Sports:	28
Flagbearer:	Yao Ming^[1] (opening) Zhang Ning (closing)
Rank:	1
Gold:	48
Silver:	22
Bronze:	30
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1924–1972)

China was the host nation of the 2008 Summer Olympics.China was represented by the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), and the team of selected athletes were officially known as Team China.

As the host country, China had a total of 639 athletes qualified for places on the national team, being the largest in its Olympic history. Chinese athletes qualified to compete in all 28 Olympic sports for the first time. Among these athletes, 469 had competed at their first Olympics, 165 in Athens 2004, and 37 in Sydney 2000. Diver Guo Jingjing, shooter Tan Zongliang and basketballer Li Nan, made their fourth Olympic appearances, having first competed in Atlanta 1996. China also included 460 officials, making a total of 1,099 delegates.^{[2] [3]} According to Olympic protocol, China entered as the last nation into the Beijing National Stadium during the opening ceremony, and was led by basketballer Yao Ming and Lin Hao, a 9-year-old primary school student who had rescued two schoolmates during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

China dominated the rankings for the first time with 51 gold medals (China was later stripped of 3 golds in weightlifting for doping violations). In 2009, Team China won the Laureus World Sports Awards for the Best Team of the Year. The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, which competed separately as Hong Kong, China.

Medalists

China won a total of 100 medals, 48 gold, 22 silver, and 30 bronze, which became its largest ever medal tally in Olympic history.^[4] On August 17, 2008, China achieved its greatest ever Olympic performance when the women's table tennis team defeated Singapore in the final to claim the nation's 33rd gold medal, surpassing the previous best tally of 32 at Athens 2004.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Gymnastics
	China women's national field hockey team
	China women's national volleyball team
	Gu Beibei Huang Xuechen Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen Liu Ou Luo Xi Sun Qiuting Wang Na Zhang Xiaohuan

Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	11	bgcolor=#dce5e5	2	bgcolor=#ffdab9	5	18
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	5	bgcolor=#dce5e5	1	bgcolor=#ffdab9	0	6
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	7	bgcolor=#dce5e5	1	bgcolor=#ffdab9	3	11
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	5	bgcolor=#dce5e5	2	bgcolor=#ffdab9	1	8
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	4	bgcolor=#dce5e5	2	bgcolor=#ffdab9	2	8
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	3	bgcolor=#dce5e5	2	bgcolor=#ffdab9	3	8
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	3	bgcolor=#dce5e5	0	bgcolor=#ffdab9	1	4
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	2	bgcolor=#dce5e5	1	bgcolor=#ffdab9	1	4
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	1	bgcolor=#dce5e5	3	bgcolor=#ffdab9	3	7
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	1	bgcolor=#dce5e5	2	bgcolor=#ffdab9	1	4
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	1	bgcolor=#dce5e5	1	bgcolor=#ffdab9	1	3
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	1	bgcolor=#dce5e5	1	bgcolor=#ffdab9	0	2
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	1	bgcolor=#dce5e5	1	bgcolor=#ffdab9	0	2
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	1	bgcolor=#dce5e5	0	bgcolor=#ffdab9	1	2
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	1	bgcolor=#dce5e5	0	bgcolor=#ffdab9	1	2
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	1	bgcolor=#dce5e5	0	bgcolor=#ffdab9	0	1
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	0	bgcolor=#dce5e5	1	bgcolor=#ffdab9	2	3
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	0	bgcolor=#dce5e5	1	bgcolor=#ffdab9	0	1
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	0	bgcolor=#dce5e5	1	bgcolor=#ffdab9	3	4
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	0	bgcolor=#dce5e5	0	bgcolor=#ffdab9	1	1
	bgcolor=#f7f6a8	0	bgcolor=#dce5e5	0	bgcolor=#ffdab9	1	1
Total	48	22	30	100

Medals by date
Day	Date	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Day 1	9th	1	0	0	1
Day 2	10th	4	2	0	6
Day 3	11th	3	1	2	6
Day 4	12th	4	1	2	7
Day 5	13th	3	2	1	6
Day 6	14th	5	3	0	8
Day 7	15th	3	0	2	5
Day 8	16th	1	4	2	7
Day 9	17th	8	0	6	14
Day 10	18th	4	1	2	7
Day 11	19th	4	0	5	9
Day 12	20th	2	1	0	3
Day 13	21st	1	1	2	4
Day 14	22nd	1	2	3	6
Day 15	23rd	2	2	3	7
Day 16	24th	2	2	0	4
Total		bgcolor=gold	48	bgcolor=silver	22	bgcolor=#c96	30	100

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Zou Kai	Gymnastics	3	0	0	3
Yang Wei	Gymnastics	2	1	0	3
He Kexin	Gymnastics	2	0	0	2
Chen Yibing	Gymnastics	2	0	0	2
Li Xiaopeng	Gymnastics	2	0	0	2
Xiao Qin	Gymnastics	2	0	0	2
Guo Jingjing	Diving	2	0	0	2
Chen Ruolin	Diving	2	0	0	2
Zhang Yining	Table tennis	2	0	0	2
Ma Lin	Table tennis	2	0	0	2
Wang Nan	Table tennis	1	1	0	2
Wang Hao	Table tennis	1	1	0	2
Zhang Juanjuan	Archery	1	1	0	2
Cheng Fei	Gymnastics	1	0	2	3
Yang Yilin	Gymnastics	1	0	2	3
Qin Kai	Diving	1	0	1	2
Wu Minxia	Diving	1	0	1	2
Wang Xin	Diving	1	0	1	2
Guo Yue	Table tennis	1	0	1	2
Wang Liqin	Table tennis	1	0	1	2
Yu Yang	Badminton	1	0	1	2
Pang Jiaying	Swimming	0	1	2	3

Won all medals in one event

• Women's singles table tennis
• Men's singles table tennis

Won all gold medals in one sport

• Table tennis (4 gold)
• Trampoline (2 gold)

Won gold medals in both men's and women's events where only one entry is allowed

• Synchronized 3 metre springboard diving
• Synchronized 10 metre platform diving
• Team all-around gymnastics
• Team table tennis

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. As the host nation, China automatically received a full complement of six quota spots (three for men, three for women) for the archery competitions. China's national selection competition resulted in Xue Haifeng, Jiang Lin and Li Wenquan taking the three men's spots, while Zhang Juanjuan, Chen Ling and Guo Dan earned the women's spots.^[5] Xue and Zhang were both veteran athletes from 2004 Athens, with the latter taking China's fourth silver medal in archery. On August 14, Zhang Juanjuan became the first Chinese archer to win a gold medal in the women's individual event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jiang Lin	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	632	55	(10) L 108–112	Did not advance
Li Wenquan	646	46	(19) L 111–116	Did not advance
Xue Haifeng	663	18	(47) L 106–111	Did not advance
Jiang Lin Li Wenquan Xue Haifeng	Team	1941	12	(5) W 214–210	(4) W 217–209	(1) L 221–218	(2) W 222–219

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chen Ling	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	645	15	(50) W 109–79	(47) W 106–105	(2) L 103–113	Did not advance
Guo Dan	636	25	(40) L 104–106	Did not advance
Zhang Juanjuan	635	27	(38) W 109–97	(6) W 110–105	(11) W 110–98	(3) W 106–101	(2) W 115–109	(1) W 110–109
Chen Ling Guo Dan Zhang Juanjuan	Team	1916	3		(6) W 211–206	(2) W 208–202	(1) L 215– 224

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hu Kai	100 m	10.39	4 q	10.40	8	Did not advance
Zhang Peimeng	200 m	21.06	7	Did not advance
Liu Xiaosheng	400 m	53.11	8	Did not advance
Li Xiangyu	800 m	1:48.44	5	Did not advance
Ji Wei	align=left rowspan=3	110 m hurdles	13.57	3 Q	13.80	6	Did not advance
Liu Xiang			Did not advance
Shi Dongpeng	13.53	4 Q	13.42	3 Q	13.42	5	Did not advance
Meng Yan	400 m hurdles	49.73	5	Did not advance
Hu Kai Liang Jiahong Lu Bin Wen Yongyi Xing Yanan Zhang Peimeng	4 × 100 m relay	39.13	4 q
Deng Haiyang	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	2:16:17	25
Li Zhuhong	2:24:08	51
Ren Longyun
Chu Yafei	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:21:17	10
Dong Jimin	1:24:34	30
Wang Hao	1:19:47	4
Li Jianbo	align=left rowspan=3	50 km walk	3:52:20	14
Si Tianfeng	3:52:58	17
Zhao Chengliang	3:56:47	21

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Li Runrun	align=left rowspan=2	Long jump	7.70	28	Did not advance
Zhou Can		—	Did not advance
Gu Junjie	align=left rowspan=3	Triple jump	15.94	34	Did not advance
Li Yanxi	17.30	3 Q	16.77	10
Zhong Minwei	15.59	36	Did not advance
Huang Haiqiang	High jump		—	Did not advance
Liu Feiliang	Pole vault	5.55	=20	Did not advance
Chen Qi	Javelin throw	73.50	23	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Qi Haifeng	Result	11.15	7.22	13.40	1.93	49.39	14.60	46.46	4.30	63.09	4:39.32	7835	17
Points	827	866	692	740	843	899	797	702	784	685

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wang Jing	100 m	11.87	5	Did not advance
Liu Qing	1500 m	4:09.27	9	Did not advance
Xue Fei	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	15:13.25	9 q	16:09.84	13
Zhang Yingying	15:23.81	11	Did not advance
He Pan	^[6]		Did not advance
Bai Xue	align=left rowspan=3	10000 m	32:20.27	21
Dong Xiaoqin	33:03.14	28
Zhang Yingying	31:31.12	16
Li Zhenzhu	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m steeplechase	10:04.05	13	Did not advance
Zhao Yanni	10:36.77	16	Did not advance
Zhu Yanmei	9:29.63	7	Did not advance
Chen Jue Han Ling Jiang Lan Qin Wangping Tao Yujia Wang Jing	4 × 100 m relay	43.78	4	Did not advance
Chen Jingwen Han Ling Wang Jinping Tang Xiaoyin	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.77	8	Did not advance
Zhang Shujing	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	2:35:35	41
Zhou Chunxiu	2:27:07
Zhu Xiaolin	2:27:16	4
Liu Hong	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:27:17	4
Shi Na	1:29:08	13
Yang Mingxia

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Xie Limei	Triple jump	14.27	10 q	14.09	12
Zheng Xingjuan	High jump	1.89	22	Did not advance
Gao Shuying	align=left rowspan=3	Pole vault	4.50	=2 q	4.45	12
Li Ling^1	4.15	=27	Did not advance
Zhou Yang	4.15	25	Did not advance
Gong Lijiao	align=left rowspan=3	Shot put	19.46	2 Q	19.20
Li Ling^2	18.60	10 Q	17.94	14
Li Meiju	19.18	3 Q	19.00	8
Li Yanfeng	align=left rowspan=3	Discus throw	61.29	10 q	60.68	7
Song Aimin	61.67	8 Q	62.20
Ma Xuejun	58.45	23	Did not advance
Chang Chunfeng	align=left rowspan=3	Javelin throw	58.42	18	Did not advance
Song Dan	54.32	42	Did not advance
Zhang Li	61.77	8 Q	56.14	10
Wang Zheng	align=left rowspan=2	Hammer throw	65.64	32	Did not advance
Zhang Wenxiu	73.36	2 Q	74.32

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Liu Haili	Result	13.56	1.77	12.71	24.47	6.08	41.79	2:18.84	6041	20*
Points	1041	941	708	936	874	702	839

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[7] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Liu Haili moved up a position.

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bao Chunlai	align=left rowspan=3	Singles		W 21–17, 21–16	W 21–11, 19–21, 21–13	L 21–23, 11–21	Did not advance
Chen Jin		W 21–9, 21–11	W 21–10, 21–6	W 21–8, 21–14	L 12–21, 18–21	W 21–16, 12–21, 21–14
Lin Dan		W 21–16, 21–13	W 21–8, 21–11	W 21–13, 21–16	W 21–12, 21–18	W 21–12, 21–8
Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	W 21–12, 21–11	W 21–9, 21–10	W 22–20, 21–8	L 21–12, 11–21, 16–21
Guo Zhendong Xie Zhongbo	L 20–22, 21–10, 17–21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lu Lan	align=left rowspan=3	Singles		W 21–1, 21–3	W 21–7, 21–12	W 21–7, 29–27	L 21–7, 10–21, 12–21	L 21–11, 13–21, 15–21	4
Xie Xingfang		W 21–1, 21–9	W 21–16, 21–15	W 21–19, 22–20	W 7–21, 21–10, 21–12	L 12–21, 21–10, 18–21
Zhang Ning		W 21–23, 21–17, 21–7	W 21–11, 21–12	W 21–8, 19–21, 21–19	W 21–15, 21–15	W 21–12, 10–21, 21–18
Du Jing Yu Yang	align=left rowspan=3	Doubles	W 21–11, 16–21, 21–15	W 21–8, 21–5	W 21–19, 21–12	W 21–15, 21–13
Wei Yili Zhang Yawen	W 21–19, 21–13	W 21–14, 21–18	L 19–21, 12–21	W 21–17, 21–10
Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	W 21–19, 21–15	L 21–8, 21–23, 14–21	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
He Hanbin Yu Yang	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	W 21–15, 21–8	W 22–20, 23–21	L 21–15, 11–21, 21–23	W 19–21, 21–17, 23–21
Zheng Bo Gao Ling	L 16–21, 21–16, 19–21	Did not advance

Baseball

See main article: article and Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The China national baseball team secured automatic qualification as host nation of the Olympics and makes its first appearance at the Olympics. The team's coach is American Jim Lefebvre.

A team of 24 players competed.

Group stageAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

width=170	Team	width=20	G	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	RS	width=20	RA	width=20	WIN%	width=20	GB	width=40	Tiebreaker
	7	7	0	41	22	1.000	-	-
	7	6	1	52	23	.857	1	-
	7	5	2	40	22	.714	2	-
	7	4	3	30	14	.571	3	-
	7	2	5	29	33	.286	5	1-0
	7	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0-1
	7	1	6	9	50	.143	6	1-0
	7	1	6	14	60	.143	6	0-1

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Women's tournament

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. China qualified ten boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament, far surpassing its guaranteed quota of at least six spots. The flyweight class was the only in which China did not qualify a boxer. Seven of the ten Chinese qualifiers did so at the world championships.^[8] Hu, Maimaitituersun and Zhang Xiaoping qualified at the first Asian continental qualifying tournament.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zou Shiming	Light flyweight	W 15–2	W 3^+–3	W 9–4	W 15–0	W
Gu Yu	Bantamweight	W 17–7	L 6–13	Did not advance
Li Yang	Featherweight	W 12–4	W 6–5	L 3–13	Did not advance
Hu Qing	Lightweight	W 10–8	W 11–7	L 6–9	Did not advance
Maimaitituersun Qiong	Light welterweight	L 8–15	Did not advance
Hanati Silamu	Welterweight	W 21–2	W 9–4	W 14–4	L 4–7	Did not advance
Wang Jianzheng	Middleweight	L 6–16	Did not advance
Zhang Xiaoping	Light heavyweight	W 3–1	W 8–2	W 12–7	W 3^+–3	W 11–7
Yushan Nijiati	Heavyweight		L 4–23	Did not advance
Zhang Zhilei	Super heavyweight		W 15–0	W 12–2	W	L 4–14

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Ding Fuxue	Men's K-1	87.47	15	140.92	21	228.39	21	Did not advance
Feng Liming	Men's C-1	91.44	9	90.55	12	181.99	11 Q	94.64	11	Did not advance
Hu Minghai Shu Junrong	Men's C-2	97.30	5	93.34	3	190.64	3 Q	164.08	10	Did not advance
Li Jingjing	Women's K-1	94.30	3	93.26	4	187.56	2 Q	161.79	13	Did not advance

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Li Qiang	C-1 500 m	1:49.164	2 QS	1:52.887	3 Q	1:49.287	6
align=left rowspan=2	Pan Yao	K-1 500 m	1:44.757	6 QS	1:55.242	8	Did not advance
K-1 1000 m	3:40.774	5 QS	3:41.539	6	Did not advance
Chen Zhongyun Zhang Zhiwu	C-2 1000 m	3:41.658	4 QS	3:42.619	3 Q	3:40.593	5
align=left rowspan=2	Huang Zhipeng Shen Jie	K-2 500 m	1:34.432	8	Did not advance
K-2 1000 m	3:26.443	5 QS	3:24.031	3 Q	3:22.058	8
Meng Guanliang Yang Wenjun	C-2 500 m	1:41.218	1 QF	1:41.025
Li Zhen Lin Miao Liu Haitao Zhou Peng	K-4 1000 m	2:59.271	4 QS	3:01.787	2 Q	3:00.078	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zhong Hongyan	K-1 500 m	1:49.440	2 QS	1:53.163	1 Q	1:52.220	5
Wang Feng Xu Linbei	K-2 500 m	1:47.645	8	Did not advance
Liang Peixing Xu Yaping Yu Lamei Zhong Hongyan	K-4 500 m	1:36.971	2 QF	1:37.418	9

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Zhang Liang	Men's road race	Did not finish
align=left rowspan=2	Gao Min	Women's road race	3:32:52	16
Women's time trial	37:15.23	17
align=left rowspan=2	Meng Lang	Women's road race	3:37:42	48
Women's time trial	40:51.61	25

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Zhang Lei	Men's sprint	10.497 68.591	16	L	L	Did not advance
Feng Yong Li Wenhao Zhang Lei	Men's team sprint	45.556 59.267	9	Did not advance
Guo Shuang	Women's sprint	11.106 64.829	2	W 11.410 63.102		W 11.501, W 11.627	W 11.629, L, L	W 11.420, W 11.617

Keirin

Omnium

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ji Jianhua	Men's cross-country	1:57:31	22
Liu Ying	align=left rowspan=2	Women's cross-country	1:52:01	12
Ren Chengyuan	1:47:40	5

BMX

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
He Chong	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	515.50	1 Q	547.25	1 Q	572.90
Qin Kai	502.95	2 Q	508.50	2 Q	530.10
Huo Liang	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	472.95	8 Q	549.95	1 Q	508.40	4
Zhou Lüxin	539.80	1 Q	526.20	3 Q	533.15
Qin Kai Wang Feng	3 m synchronized springboard	469.08
Huo Liang Lin Yue	10 m synchronized platform	468.18

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Guo Jingjing	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	373.90	1 Q	398.55	1 Q	415.35
Wu Minxia	349.45	4 Q	345.30	3 Q	389.85
Chen Ruolin	align=left rowspan=2	10 m platform	428.80	1 Q	444.60	1 Q	447.70
Wang Xin	420.30	3 Q	388.55	3 Q	429.90
Guo Jingjing Wu Minxia	3 m synchronized springboard	343.50
Chen Ruolin Wang Xin	10 m synchronized platform	363.54

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Huang Zuping	Pablo II	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	10	56	36	46	66	Did not advance
Li Zhenqiang	Jumpy Des Fontaines	9	52	39	48	67	Did not advance
Zhang Bin	Coertis	30	74	31	61	69	Did not advance
Zhao Zhiwen	Tadonia	17	69	32	49	68	Did not advance
Huang Zuping Li Zhenqiang Zhang Bin Zhao Zhiwen	See above	Team	99	16	Did not advance			99	15

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Li Guojie	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée	W 15–11	L 6–15	Did not advance
Wang Lei		L 10–15	Did not advance
Yin Lianchi		W 15–9	L 13–15	Did not advance
Dong Guotao Li Guojie Wang Lei Yin Lianchi	Team épée	W 45–28	W 45–43	L 44–45	L 35–45	4
Lei Sheng	align=left rowspan=2	Individual foil			W 15–8	L 7–15	Did not advance
Zhu Jun		W 15–2	W 15–9	W 15–14	L 4–15	L 14–15	4
Wang Jingzhi	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre		L 14–15	Did not advance
Zhong Man		W 15–7	W 15–14	W 15–13	W 15–12	W 15–9
Zhou Hanming		W 15–13	L 12–15	Did not advance
Huang Yaojiang Wang Jingzhi Zhong Man Zhou Hanming	Team sabre	L 36–45	Classification semi-final W 45–38	5th place final L 39–45	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Li Na	align=left rowspan=2	Individual épée			W 15–10	W 15–10	L 13–15	L 11–15	4
Zhong Weiping		L 11–13	Did not advance
Su Wanwen	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil	W 15–4	W 15–7	L 10–15	Did not advance
Sun Chao		L 13–15	Did not advance
Zhang Lei		W 15–8	L 7–10	Did not advance
Huang Jialing Su Wanwen Sun Chao Zhang Lei	Team foil	L 24–37	Classification semi-final W 45–24	5th place final W 28–34	6
Bao Yingying	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre		W 15–5	W 15–6	L 9–15	Did not advance
Huang Haiyang		L 12–15	Did not advance
Tan Xue		W 15–6	W 15–8	L 9–15	Did not advance
Bao Yingying Huang Haiyang Ni Hong Tan Xue	Team sabre	W 45–25	W 45–38	L 44–45

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. China's men's team competed in Pool A. Sixteen players were officially enrolled in the squad.^[10] Two reserve players were also nominated to be available should a player enrolled in the official squad become injured during the tournament.^[10]

Roster

Group play

11th–12th place

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. China's women's team competed in Pool A. Sixteen players were officially enrolled in the squad.^[10] Two reserve players were also nominated to be available should a player enrolled in the official squad become injured during the tournament.^[10]

Roster

Group play

Semifinal

Gold medal match

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. A squad of 18 players, 15 of which must have been born on or after 1 January 1985, and 3 of which can be older dispensation players, was selected to represent China at the Games.^[11] A minimum of two goalkeepers (plus one optional dispensation goalkeeper) had to be included in the squad.^[11]

Roster

Group play

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. A squad of 18 players competed for China in the women's competition.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Chen Yibing	Team	14.725	14.475	16.525 Q	16.275	15.075	14.525	91.600	9 Q	14.575		16.575	15.950	colspan=4
Huang Xu		15.300	15.300		16.075 Q		14.750	16.000		16.475	colspan=3
Li Xiaopeng	15.100		14.800	16.775	16.425 Q	15.400	16.775	16.450	15.725	colspan=2
Xiao Qin	14.375	16.000 Q		15.725	15.450	15.150		16.100	15.250	colspan=2
Yang Wei	15.400	15.425 Q	16.225 Q	16.550	15.350	14.925	93.875	1 Q	15.425	15.175	16.300	16.600	16.100	colspan=3
Zou Kai	15.700 Q	15.700		15.600 Q	15.925	15.975	colspan=2
Total	60.925	61.200	62.850	65.325	63.300	61.075	374.675	1 Q	45.925	46.025	48.875	49.325	49.025	46.950	286.125

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Chen Yibing	All-around	0.000	13.750	16.650	15.900	14.950	12.975	74.225	24
Rings	16.600	16.600
Huang Xu	align=left rowspan=2	Parallel bars	15.700		15.700	6
Li Xiaopeng	16.450		16.450
Xiao Qin	Pommel horse		15.875	15.875
align=left rowspan=3	Yang Wei	All-around	15.250	15.275	16.625	16.550	16.100	14.775	94.575
Pommel horse		15.450	15.450	4
Rings	16.425	16.425
align=left rowspan=2	Zou Kai	Floor	16.050	16.050
Horizontal bar	16.200	16.200

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Cheng Fei	Team	15.750 Q	16.150 Q		15.875 Q	15.450	16.000		15.150	colspan=2
Deng Linlin	14.950	15.225	14.725	15.550	60.450	9*	15.250		15.925	15.150	colspan=2
He Kexin		15.250	15.725 Q	16.850	colspan=3
Jiang Yuyan	15.050 Q	14.775	15.550	15.250	60.625	7 Q	15.200		15.975	colspan=3
Li Shanshan	14.200	16.125 Q	16.050	colspan=2
Yang Yilin	15.000	15.200	16.650 Q	15.500	62.350	3 Q		15.100	16.800	colspan=3
Total	60.750	61.825	62.650	63.050	248.275	1 Q	45.800	46.350	49.625	47.125	188.900

* Only two gymnasts per country may advance to a final.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Cheng Fei	Floor	14.550	14.550	7
Vault		15.852	15.852
Balance beam	15.950	15.950
align=left rowspan=2	Jiang Yuyuan	All-around	14.775	14.825	15.875	15.425	60.900	6
Floor	15.350	15.350	4
He Kexin	Uneven bars	16.725		16.725
Li Shanshan	Balance beam	15.300	15.300	6
align=left rowspan=2	Yang Yilin	All-around	15.000	15.175	16.725	15.750	62.650
Uneven bars	16.650		16.650

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Dong Dong	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	71.70	3 Q	40.60
Lu Chunlong	72.40	1 Q	41.00
He Wenna	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	67.20	1 Q	37.80
Huang Shanshan	69.00	15	Did not advance

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. The men's handball team had competed for the first time at the Olympics. China was drawn in Group A with Poland, France, Croatia, Brazil and Spain.

Roster

Group play

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Classification semifinal

5th–6th place

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liu Renwang	−60 kg		W 0001–0000	L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Wu Ritubilige	−66 kg		L 0001–0011	Did not advance
Si Rijigawa	−73 kg		W 0001–0000	W 0010–0001	L 0001–1110	Did not advance		L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Guo Lei	−81 kg		W 1100–0000	L 0001–0111	Did not advance
He Yanzhu	−90 kg		L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Shao Ning	−100 kg		L 0000–1101	Did not advance
Pan Song	+100 kg		W 1001–0001	L 0000–0200	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wu Shugen	−48 kg	L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Xian Dongmei	−52 kg		W 1000–0000	W 1011–0010	W 1001–0000	W 0011–0001
Xu Yan	−57 kg	W 1001–0001	W 0020–0000	W 0010–0002	L 0001–0100	W 0011–0001
Xu Yuhua	−63 kg	L 0100–0012	Did not advance
Wang Juan	−70 kg		L 0001–1011	Did not advance		W 0010–0000	L 0000–1010	Did not advance
Yang Xiuli	−78 kg	W 1000–0000	W 1021–0000	W 1000–0000	W 1031–0000	W 0000–0000
Tong Wen	+78 kg	W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	W 1001–0000	W 0010–0000	W 1001–0010

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Cao Zhongrong	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	160	36	856	21–14	5	904	2:01.53	4	1344	488	29	712	9:57.67	29	1012	4828	31
Qian Zhenhua	189	2	1204	26–9	1	1024	2:07.46	22	1272	168	19	1032	10:04.40	34	984	5516	4
Chen Qian	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	177	19	1060	20–15	=11	880	2:18.58	15	1260	0	3	1200	10:27.41	8	1212	5612	5
Xiu Xiu	183	11	1132	19–16	=14	856	2:17.17	=13	1276	56	12	1144	11:06.31	27	1056	5464	10

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. China qualified for 11 of the total 14 rowing events. Zhang Liang was disqualified from the men's single sculls after he forgot the time of his race and failed to turn to the right heat. When Liang finally arrived to take part in the single scull the competition had already finished. "I wrongly remembered my time as that of the third group, but actually it was the second group", he explained. The rules of the International Rowing Federation say if an athlete fails to attend a race he forfeits his right to compete in further races. Therefore, Zhang not only missed the single sculls but also forfeited his right to compete in the double sculls. This meant his action had also automatically disqualified his teammate Su Hui. The China Water Sports Administration appealed the decision but the plea was rejected. "This shows we still have some problems in team organization", commented Wei Di, the director of China's water sports programs.^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zhang Liang	Single sculls			Did not advance
Su Hui Zhang Liang	Double sculls	Excluded				Did not advance
Sun Jie Zhang Guolin	Lightweight double sculls	6:17.62	2 SA/B	6:29.29	3 FA	6:16.69	5
Guo Kang Song Kai Zhang Xingbo Zhao Linquan	Four	6:09.64	4 R	6:02.37	4	Did not advance
Huang Zhongming Tian Jun Wu Chongkui Zhang Lin	Lightweight four	5:51.30	1 SA/B	6:12.55	5 FB	6:04.48	8
Liu Zhen Qu Xiaoming Wang Jingfeng Wang Xiangdang Zhang Dechang Zhang Shunyin Zhang Yongqiang Zheng Chuanqi Zhou Yinan	Eight	5:35.09	3 R	5:42.97	5 FA	5:34.59	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zhang Xiuyun	Single sculls	7:38.16	1 QF	7:23.30	2 SA/B	7:31.33	1 FA	7:25.48	4
Wu You Gao Yulan	Pair	7:32.50	3 R	7:23.71	1 FA	7:22.28
Li Qin Tian Liang	Double sculls	7:03.13	1 FA	7:15.85	4
Xu Dongxiang Yu Hua	Lightweight double sculls	6:57.58	1 SA/B	7:11.59	2 FA	7:01.90	5
Jin Ziwei Tang Bin Xi Aihua Zhang Yangyang	Quadruple sculls	6:11.83	1 SA/B	6:16.06

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. China has qualified for all 11 sailing events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Wang Aichen	RS:X	2	8	9	16	2	14	22	14	19	1	10	95	7
Shen Sheng	Laser	40	35	6	4	37	14	10	28	25	CAN	EL	159	20
Deng Daokun Wang Weidong	470	12	DSQ	23	16	21	26	OCS	22	8	28	EL	186	26
Li Hongquan Wang He	Star	16	16	16	14	16	16	15	15	16	16	EL	140	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Yin Jian	RS:X	1	1	1	3	3	13	7	8	8	1	6	39
Xu Lijia	Laser Radial	24	3	10	6	5	2	1	16	6	CAN	6	50
Wen Yimei Yu Chunyan	470	5	10	19	17	16	14	OCS	12	16	10	EL	119	18
Li Xiaoni Song Xiaqun Yu Yanli	Yngling	7	5	DSQ	4	13	6	8	4	CAN	CAN	8	65	8

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Zhang Peng	Finn	25	23	24	20	5	26	23	11	CAN	CAN	EL	131	24
Hu Xianqiang Li Fei	49er	18	19	19	19	16	17	15	17	15	14	18	9	CAN	CAN	CAN	EL	176	19
Chen Xiuke Luo Youjia	Tornado	9	14	OCS	DNF	13	5	14	13	12	14	EL	102	14

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cao Yifei	10 m air rifle	593	14	Did not advance
Hu Binyuan	Double trap	138	3 Q	184
align=left rowspan=2	Jia Zhanbo	50 m rifle prone	591	27	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1163	24	Did not advance
Jin Di	Skeet	118	7	Did not advance
Li Yajun	align=left rowspan=2	Trap	113	21	Did not advance
Li Yang	115	16	Did not advance
Lin Zhongzai	50 m pistol	555	16	Did not advance
Liu Zhongsheng	25 m rapid fire pistol	572	9	Did not advance
Pang Wei	10 m air pistol	586	1 Q	688.2
align=left rowspan=2	Qiu Jian	50 m rifle prone	593	19	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1173	4	1272.5
Qu Ridong	Skeet	118	6 Q	142	6
align=left rowspan=2	Tan Zongliang	10 m air pistol	580	11	Did not advance
50 m pistol	565	1 Q	659.5
Wang Nan	Double trap	134	12	Did not advance
Zhang Penghui	25 m rapid fire pistol			Did not advance
Zhu Qinan	10 m air rifle	597	2 Q	699.7

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chen Ying	25 m pistol	585	3 Q	793.4
align=left rowspan=2	Du Li	10 m air rifle	399	4 Q	499.6	5
50 m rifle 3 positions	589	1 Q	690.3
Fei Fengji	25 m pistol	582	7 Q	787.9	4
Guo Wenjun	10 m air pistol	390	2 Q	492.3
Liu Yingzi	Trap	63	12	Did not advance
Ren Jie	10 m air pistol	381	19	Did not advance
Wei Ning	Skeet	70	5 Q	91	6
Wu Liuxi	50 m rifle 3 positions	585	7 Q	685.9	8
Zhao Yinghui	10 m air rifle	389	37	Did not advance

Softball

See main article: article and Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. A squad of 15 players made up China's women's team at the Games. The team finished sixth in the group stage and did not advance to the medal matches.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

width=170	Team	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	RS	width=20	RA	width=20	WIN%	width=20	GB	width=120	Tiebreaker
	7	0	53	1	1.000	-	-
	6	1	23	13	.857	1	-
	5	2	30	11	.714	2	-
	3	4	17	23	.429	4	-
	2	5	10	23	.286	5	2-0 vs. CHN/VEN
	2	5	19	21	.286	5	1-1 vs. TPE/VEN
	2	5	15	35	.286	5	0-2 vs. CHN/TPE
	1	6	8	48	.143	6	-

ResultsGroup stage All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cai Li	50 m freestyle	22.50	30	Did not advance
Chen Yin	200 m butterfly	1:56.55	15 Q	1:55.88	11	Did not advance
Chen Zuo	100 m freestyle	49.08	25	Did not advance
Deng Jian	200 m backstroke	2:03.34	37	Did not advance
Lai Zhongjian	200 m breaststroke	2:16.28	44	Did not advance
Qu Jingyu	200 m individual medley	2:03.15	34	Did not advance
Shi Feng	100 m butterfly	51.87	12 Q	51.68	9	Did not advance
Sun Xiaolei	100 m backstroke	56.44	37	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sun Yang	400 m freestyle	3:50.90	28	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	14:48.39	7 Q	15:05.12	8
Wu Peng	200 m butterfly	1:55.39	7 Q	1:54.93	5 Q	1:54.35	4
Xin Tong	10 km open water	2:09:13.4	23
Xue Ruipeng	100 m breaststroke	1:02.48	46	Did not advance
Zhang Enjian	200 m freestyle	1:49.15	33	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Zhang Lin	400 m freestyle	3:43.32	2 Q	3:42.44
1500 m freestyle	14:45.84	4 Q	14:55.20	7
Cai Li Chen Zuo Huang Shaohua Lü Zhiwu	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:16.16	12	Did not advance
Shi Haoran Sun Yang Zhang Enjian Zhang Lin	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:13.57	10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chen Huijia	100 m breaststroke	1:08.24	12 Q	1:08.60	12	Did not advance
Chen Yanyan	200 m backstroke	2:11.95	19	Did not advance
Jiao Liuyang	200 m butterfly	2:06.89	4 Q	2:06.42	3 Q	2:04.72
Li Jiaxing	200 m individual medley	2:12.53	12 Q	2:13.47	15	Did not advance
Li Mo	400 m freestyle	4:15.50	26	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Li Xuanxu	800 m freestyle	8:24.37	7 Q	8:26.34	5
400 m individual medley	4:36.35	6 Q	4:42.13	8
Li Zhesi	50 m freestyle	25.00	12 Q	24.90	13	Did not advance
Liu Jing	400 m individual medley	4:44.96	25	Did not advance
Liu Zige	200 m butterfly	2:06.46	1 Q	2:06.25	1 Q	2:04.18
Luo Nan	200 m breaststroke	2:29.67	26	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Pang Jiaying	100 m freestyle	54.01	=7 Q			Did not advance
200 m freestyle	1:57.37	6 Q	1:57.34	4 Q	1:55.05
align=left rowspan=2	Qi Hui	200 m breaststroke	2:26.16	13 Q	2:27.63	13	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:14.25	20	Did not advance
Sun Ye	100 m breaststroke	1:07.81	6 Q	1:07.72	6 Q	1:08.08	7
Tan Miao	400 m freestyle	4:12.35	22	Did not advance
Xu Tianlongzi	100 m backstroke	1:00.82	17	Did not advance
Xu Yanwei	100 m butterfly	59.43	32	Did not advance
Yanqiao Fang	10 km open water	2:01:07.9	19
You Meihong	800 m freestyle	8:31.11	15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Zhao Jing	100 m backstroke			Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:08.97	4 Q	2:09.59	10	Did not advance
Zhou Yafei	100 m butterfly	57.70	2 Q	57.68	5 Q	57.84	4
Zhu Qianwei	200 m freestyle	1:59.52	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Zhu Yingwen	50 m freestyle	24.91	7 Q	24.76	9	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	54.01	=7 Q	53.84	3 Q	54.21	6
Pang Jiaying Tang Yi Xu Yanwei Zhu Yingwen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:36.78	1 Q	3:35.64	4
Pang Jiaying Tan Miao Tang Jingzhi Yang Yu Zhu Qianwei	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:53.77	4 Q	7:45.93
Pang Jiaying Sun Ye Xu Tianlongzi Zhao Jing Zhou Yafei	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.21	4 Q	3:56.11

*Participated in the heats only and received medal.

Synchronized swimming

See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics. China finished fourth at the 2007 world championships and hoped to medal in the event for the first time ever at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Chinese were coached by Masayo Imura, the legendary Japanese synchronized swimming instructor.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen	Duet	48.084	4	48.500	96.584	4 Q	48.250	96.334	4
Gu Beibei Huang Xuechen Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen Liu Ou Luo Xi Sun Qiuting Wang Na Zhang Xiaohuan	Team	48.584	3	48.750	97.334

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ma Lin	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	W 4–1	W 4–0	W 4–0	W 4–2	W 4–1
Wang Hao	W 4–0	W 4–1	W 4–1	W 4–1	L 1–4
Wang Liqin	W 4–0	W 4–0	W 4–0	L 2–4	W 4–0

Women's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Guo Yue	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	W 4–0	W 4–0	W 4–0	L 2–4	W 4–2
Wang Nan	W 4–0	W 4–2	W 4–1	W 4–2	L 1–4
Zhang Yining	W 4–0	W 4–1	W 4–1	W 4–1	W 4–1

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin	Men's team	Group A W 3 – 0 W 3 – 0 W 3 – 0	1 Q	W 3 – 0	W 3 – 0
Guo Yue Wang Nan Zhang Yining	Women's team	Group A W 3 – 0 W 3 – 0 W 3 – 0	1 Q	W 3 – 0	W 3 – 0

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zhu Guo	Men's −80 kg	W 3–1	L 2–3	Did not advance	W 6–2	W 4–1	Did not advance
Liu Xiaobo	Men's +80 kg	W 4–1	L 1–2	Did not advance
Wu Jingyu	Women's −49 kg	W 7–0	W 8–1	W 4–1	W 1–(–1)
Chen Zhong	Women's +67 kg	W 3–1	L 1–2*	Did not advance

* After a successful appeal by the British, judges reversed the result of the match, granting Sarah Stevenson two points for a final round kick to her opponent's head which the judges had previously missed. The reversal of the decision, after video footage was considered, is thought to be a first for the sport.^[13]

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sun Peng	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Yu Xinyuan	L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Zeng Shaoxuan	L 2–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan	Doubles		L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Li Na	align=left rowspan=4	Singles	W 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	W 6–2, 7–5	W 4–6, 6–2, 6–0	W 7–5, 7–5	L 6–7^(3–7), 5–7	L 0–6, 5–7	4
Peng Shuai	W 7–5, 7–6^(7–2)	L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Yan Zi	L 2–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Zheng Jie	W 4–6, 6–3, 7–5	W 6–7^(7–9), 6–1, 6–4	L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		L 6–7^(1–7), 6–7^(3–7)	Did not advance
Yan Zi Zheng Jie		W 6–1, 7–6^(11–9)	W 6–3, 7–6^(7–2)	W 6–3, 7–5, 10–8	L 4–6, 6–7^(5–7)	W 6–2, 6–2

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Wang Daqing	Men's	18:06	0:30	59:15	0:33	37:17	1:55:41.87	46
Xing Lin	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	20:03	0:28	1:06:22	0:36	40:05	2:07:34.99	40
Zhang Yi	19:58	0:31	1:07:10	0:37	40:21	2:08:37.56	42

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Wu Penggen Xu Linyin	Men's	Pool A W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–15) W 2 – 1 (15–21, 21–11, 15–13) W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–15)	1 Q	W 2 – 0 (15–21, 18–21)	Did not advance
Tian Jia Wang Jie	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	Pool A W 2 – 0 (21–12, 21–18) W 2 – 1 (18–21, 21–19, 15–13) W 2 – 1 (17–21, 21–14, 15–8)	1 Q	W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–15)	W 2 – 0 (21–12, 21–12)	W 2 – 1 (22–24, 29–27, 15–8)	L 0 – 2 (18–21, 18–21)
Xue Chen Zhang Xi	Pool D W 2 – 1 (21–18, 19–21, 15–12) W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–18) W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–9)	1 Q	W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–13)	W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–13)	L 1 – 2 (24–22, 27–29, 8–15)	W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–17)

Indoor

China qualified a team in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team won two of their five group matches, and advanced to the final round, where they lost in the quarterfinal. The women's team won three of their five group matches, and also advanced to the final round. There, they won the quarterfinal, but lost the semifinal. They managed to win their last match, thereby securing the bronze medal.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Preliminary round

Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Preliminary round

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics. China participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team finished in 12th place, while the women's team finished in 5th place.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group playAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Classification quarter-final

Classification 11th–12th

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group playAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Quarterfinal

Classification 5th–6th

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. China automatically qualifies for 6 men's and 4 women's places.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long Qingquan	−56 kg	132	1	160	1	292
Zhang Xiangxiang	−62 kg	143	1	176	1	319
Liao Hui	align=left rowspan=2	−69 kg	158	1	190	1	348
Shi Zhiyong	152	4	—	—	152
Li Hongli	−77 kg	168	1	198	2	366
Lu Yong	−85 kg	180	2	214	1	394

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chen Xiexia	−48 kg	95	1	117	1	212	DSQ^[14]
Chen Yanqing	−58 kg	106	1	138	1	244
Liu Chunhong	−69 kg	128	1	158	1	286	DSQ
Cao Lei	−75 kg	128	1	154	1	282	DSQ

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Qin He	−60 kg	L 1–3	Did not advance						13
Wang Qiang	−66 kg	L 1–3	Did not advance						20
Si Riguleng	−74 kg	L 1–3	Did not advance						13
Wang Ying	−84 kg	L 1–3	Did not advance						14
Liang Lei	−120 kg	W 3–1	L 0–3	Did not advance					10

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jiao Huafeng	−55 kg		L 0–3	Did not advance					17
Sheng Jiang	−60 kg	L 1–3	Did not advance			W 3–1	W 3–1	L 1–3
Li Yanyan	−66 kg		W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance				10
Chang Yongxiang	−74 kg		W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1	L 0–3
Ma Sanyi	−84 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance			W 3–1	L 1–3	5
Jiang Huachen	−96 kg		W 3–0	L 1–3	Did not advance				9
Liu Deli	−120 kg	W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance					9

• Sheng Jiang originally finished fifth, but in November 2016, he was promoted to bronze due to disqualification of Vitaliy Rahimov.

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Li Xiaomei	−48 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance					13
Xu Li	−55 kg		W 3–0	W 3–1	W 5–0	L 0–5
Xu Haiyan	−63 kg		W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance				9
Wang Jiao	−72 kg		W 3–1	W 3–1	W 5–0	W 5–0

Media coverage

The main rights to Olympic coverage in China are held by China Central Television (CCTV). The 2008 Summer Olympics were the first ever to be broadcast in high definition (HDTV). Besides HDTV, CCTV will broadcast in digital cable TV. Live broadcasts will run on CCTV-1, CCTV-5 and CCTV-12, with re-run broadcasts on CCTV-2 and CCTV-7. CCTV.com, the only official Beijing Olympic Games mobile phone and Internet broadcast platform on the mainland and Macao, will broadcast 3,800 hours of the Olympic Games. CCTV will follow the homegrown mobile TV China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) standard. China Telecom, China Netcom and Shanghai Media Group will broadcast using Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services. Radio coverage will be provided by China National Radio (CNR). China Mobile will also enable subscribers to catch live results and data.

Major Chinese Internet portals have signed coverage deals with CCTV.com to be Internet Content Services Sponsors: Sina.com, Netease.com, Tencent and Sohu.com. CCTV has joined with these online partners to run an interactive website offering streaming video broadcasts of events, which will be viewable only in China, and web profiles through which users can contact Olympic athletes. Officials expect 10m to 20m internet users to watch the Olympic Games in China via video streaming. 102m people had watched the games online in China, according to Timo Lumme, marketing director for the IOC.^[15] Phoenix TV broadcast the Opening Ceremony

Kit sponsorship

China competed in all 28 Olympic sports. US sportswear company Nike has a sponsorship deal with 22 Chinese sports associations to provide outfits for those Olympic teams at the Beijing Games. Germany's Adidas has the endorsement rights for China's volleyball and football teams while Chinese company Li-Ning is the provider of the shooting, gymnastics, diving and table tennis teams.^[16] Yonex is the main sponsor of the China Badminton Team.

See also

• China at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• China at the Olympics
• Sports in China
• Project 119

External links

• General Sports Administration - Team China - official
• 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing - official website
• Chinese Olympic Committee - official website
• The Games of the XXIX Olympiad - Sina.com
• Beijing 2008 - China Daily
• Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Chinese Sports Delegation Roster - China Interactive Sports

Notes and References

1. News: Yao to carry China flag at opening ceremony. Mulvenney. Nick. 2008-08-07. Reuters. 2008-08-07.
2. Web site: China's team by the numbers . En.beijing2008.cn . 2010-05-15.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20080726225511/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/25/content_8767561.htm "Host China announces biggest-ever Olympic team of 639 athletes"
4. Web site: 2008-09-13. Overall Medal Standings - The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games. 2021-11-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913211742/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml. 2008-09-13.
5. Web site: FITA press release . Archery.org . 2008-05-08 . 2010-05-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720130136/http://www.archery.org/content.asp?me_id=1250&cnt_id=2686 . 2011-07-20 .
6. Web site: Team China 2008 . 2023-12-28 . 2012-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120312064619/http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/5508 . dead .
7. News: Blonska thrown out of long jump . 2008-08-21 . . 2008-08-21 .
8. Web site: World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 . 2010-05-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080911022843/http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/World%20Championships/2007/2008%20Olympic%20Qualified%20Boxers.pdf . 2008-09-11 .
9. Web site: 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament . Aiba.org . 2010-05-15.
10. http://www.fihockey.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,1181-190318-207541-137557-0-file,00.pdf XXIXth Olympic Games Tournament Regulations - Men's and Women's Hockey Competitions
11. Web site: Regulations of the Olympic Football Tournaments . . Zurich . January 2007 . 2021-11-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080227032239/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/regulations_olympics_beijing_2008_en_6198.pdf . 2008-02-27.
12. Web site: Summer Games Blog - The New York Times. 2021-11-22. london2012.blogs.nytimes.com. en.
13. News: Reprieved Stevenson takes bronze. 2008-08-23 . . 2008-08-23.
14. Web site: 2021-07-14. Beijing 2008 and London 2012 reanalysis programme demonstrates IOC's commitment to clean Olympic Games. 2021-11-22. International Olympic Committee. en.
15. Web site: Broadcasters to pay for China's success . Ft.com . 2008-08-20 . 2010-05-15.
16. Web site: Nike a major player in Team China's show . Chinadaily.com.cn . 2008-07-16 . 2010-05-15.