China at the Asian Games explained

Noc:	CHN
Nocname:	Chinese Olympic Committee
Games:	Asian Games
Gold:	1674
Silver:	1105
Bronze:	791
Rank:	1
Summerappearances:	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Winterappearances:	1986 1990 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2017

People's Republic of China first competed at the Asian Games in 1974.^[1] China has also participated at the Asian Winter Games since the first games held in 1986 in Sapporo.

During the 1974 Asian Games, China became the second nation in the history of Asian Games after Japan to cross the 100 medal-mark in one edition.^[2]

China has led the gold medal count in each Asian Games since 1982.

In 1986, China, together with Japan and South Korea became the first three countries in the history of Asian Games to cross the total 200 medal-mark in one edition, having become the only three countries with three-digit medal tally as well in that year.^[3]

In 1990, China achieved a significant milestone by being the first nation to surpass the threshold of 100 gold medals and 300 total medals in a single edition.^[4]

In 2010, China became the first nation in the history of Asian Games to cross the 400 medal-mark in one edition.^[5]

At the 2022 Asian Games, China became the first nation to reach 200 gold medals in one edition.^[6]

Asian Games

See also: Asian Games and All-time Asian Games medal table.

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	did not participate
1974 Tehran^[7]	3	33	46	27	106
1978 Bangkok^[8]	2	51	54	46	151
1982 New Delhi^[9]	1	61	51	41	153
1986 Seoul^[10]	1	94	82	46	222
1990 Beijing^[11]	1	183	107	52	342
1994 Hiroshima^[12]	1	126	83	57	266
1998 Bangkok^[13]	1	129	78	66	273
2002 Busan^[14]	1	150	84	73	307
2006 Doha^[15]	1	165	88	63	316
2010 Guangzhou^[16]	1	199	119	97	415
	1	151	109	85	345
	1	132	93	65	289
2022 Hangzhou	1	201	111	71	383
2026 Nagoya	Future event
2030 Doha	Future event
2034 Riyadh	Future event
Total	1	1,674	1,105	791	3,570

^[17]

Medals by sport

Sport	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	3	4	9	11	24
	1	199	179	123	501
	1	43	29	35	107
	1	9	6	5	20
	1	16	6	3	25
	1	8	8	5	21
	7	1	0	0	1
	14	0	1	4	5
	7	11	12	14	37
	1	56	24	18	98
	2	8	4	4	16
	2	45	36	36	117
	1	10	0	0	10
	1	10	3	2	15
	1	80	55	3	138
	7	2	3	3	8
	1	4	0	1	5
	2	49	46	37	132
	4	4	3	3	10
	4	3	3	3	9
	8	0	5	5	10
	1	142	90	41	273
	2	2	3	4	9
	3	21	17	39	77
	9	3	4	3	10
	3	2	0	0	2
	2	9	7	6	22
	4	2	6	5	13
	1	103	6	2	111
	3	2	2	1	5
	1	36	21	12	69
	7	0	3	9	12
	1	221	134	84	439
	4	0	2	4	6
	2	3	3	3	9
	3	2	4	5	11
	2	184	167	96	447
	1	10	3	3	16
	1	72	39	27	138
	2	15	13	22	50
	2	15	19	20	54
	2	1	1	4	6
	2	11	6	3	20
	1	8	3	3	14
	1	81	35	13	129
	8	9	23	22	54
	1	74	10	4	88
Total	1	1590	1053	749	3392

Medals by individual

Athlete	Sport	Years	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
		1986–2002	M	14	8	3	25
		2014–2022	M	11	2	1	14
		2010–2018	M	9	5	0	14
		2014–2022	F	9	1	0	10
		1986–1994	M	9	0	0	9
		1982–1986	M	8	3	0	11
		2002–2006	F	8	3	0	11
		1998–2006	M	8	2	1	11
		1998–2010	M	7	5	0	12
		2006–2010	F	7	3	2	12
		1998–2006	F	7	2	0	9
		1990–2002	F	7	1	1	9
		1974–1978	F	7	0	0	7
		2018–2022	F	6	4	0	10
		2002–2006	F	6	2	4	12
		1986–1990	M	6	2	1	9
		1986–1990	F	6	2	0	8
		2002–2014	F	6	2	0	8
		1998–2006	F	6	2	0	8
		2018–2022	M	6	1	2	9
		2010–2022	F	6	1	0	7
		2002–2010	M	6	0	1	7
		2006–2022	M	6	0	1	7
		2002–2006	F	6	0	0	6
		2018–2022	M	6	0	0	6
		1986–1994	F	5	6	2	13
		1974–1978	M	5	4	0	9
		2014–2022	M	5	3	3	11
		1990–1994	F	5	3	0	8
		2014–2022	M	5	3	0	8
		1974–1978	M	5	2	1	8
		2002–2006	F	5	2	0	7
		2002–2010	M	5	2	0	7
		1990–1994	M	5	1	3	9
		2006–2010	F	5	1	2	8
		1998–2002	M	5	1	1	7
		1990–1994	M	5	1	1	7
		1998–2002	M	5	1	1	7
		1990–1994	M	5	1	1	7
		2006–2010	F	5	1	1	7
		2006–2010	F	5	1	0	6
		1990–1994	F	5	1	0	6
		1994–1998	F	5	1	0	6
		1990–1994	F	5	1	0	6
		1986–1990	F	5	1	0	6
		1994–2002	M	5	0	3	8
		1978–1982	F	5	0	1	6
		1994	F	5	0	1	6
		1994–2002	M	5	0	1	6
		2002–2006	F	5	0	0	5
		2006–2010	F	5	0	0	5
		2006–2010	F	5	0	0	5
		2006–2010	F	5	0	0	5
		1982–1986	M	5	0	0	5
		2018–2022	F	5	0	0	5

Asian Winter Games

See also: Asian Winter Games and All-time Asian Winter Games medal table.

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1986 Sapporo^[18]	2	4	5	12	21
1990 Sapporo^[19]	2	9	9	8	26
1996 Harbin^[20]	1	15	7	15	37
1999 Gangwon^[21]	1	15	10	11	36
2003 Aomori^[22]	3	9	11	13	33
2007 Changchun^[23]	1	19	19	23	61
2011 Astana & Almaty^[24]	4	11	10	14	35
	3	12	14	9	35
	Future event
2029 Trojena
Total	2	94	85	105	284

Asian Para Games

See also: Asian Para Games and All-time Asian Para Games medal table.

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	1	185	118	88	391
	1	174	95	48	317
	1	172	88	59	319
	1	214	167	140	521
Total	1	745	468	335	1548

Asian Beach Games

See also: Asian Beach Games.

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2008 Bali^[25]	3	6	10	7	23
	2	12	6	5	23
	1	14	10	12	36
	2	16	11	21	48
	3	12	18	19	49
Total	3	60	55	64	179

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

See also: Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and Asian Indoor Games.

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Asian Indoor Games
2005 Bangkok^[26]	1	24	18	15	57
	1	52	26	24	102
	1	48	25	19	92
Asian Martial Arts Games
2009 Bangkok^[27]	4	9	5	5	19
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2013 Incheon^[28]	1	29	13	10	52
	2	42	32	23	97
Total	1	204	120	95	419

Asian Youth Games

See also: Asian Youth Games.

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2009 Singapore^[29]	1	25	16	11	52
2013 Nanjing^[30]	1	46	23	24	93
2021 Shantou	Future event
Total	1	71	39	35	145

Asian Youth Para Games

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	3	23	5	0	28
	3	25	8	5	38
	3	27	9	5	41
	did not participate
Total	3	75	22	10	107

East Asian Games

See also: East Asian Games.

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	1	105	74	34	213
	1	62	59	64	185
	1	85	48	58	191
	1	127	63	33	223
2009 Hong Kong^[31]	1	113	73	46	232
	1	134	79	51	264
Total	1	626	396	285	1307

Doping

See main article: Doping in China. Systematic doping of Chinese athletes in Olympic Games (and other international sport events) revealed by Xue Yinxian in 2012 and 2017. He claimed more than 10,000 athletes in China were doped in the systematic Chinese government doping program and that they received performance enhancing drugs in the 1980s and 1990s. He stated that all international medals (Both in the Olympics and other international competitions) that were won by Chinese athletes in the 1980s and 1990s (1980 to 2000) should be taken back. This is contrary to previous statements made by the Chinese government that denied involvement in systematic doping, claiming that athletes doped individually. The International Olympic Committee and World Anti-Doping Agency investigated these allegations with no conclusions given.^{[32] [33] [34] [35] [36]}

Medals by Asian Games in 1980 to 2000

See also: All-time Asian Games medal table.

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1982 New Delhi^[37]		61	51	41	153	1
1986 Seoul^[38]		94	82	46	222	1
1990 Beijing^[39]		183	107	51	341	1
1994 Hiroshima^[40]		125	83	58	266	1
1998 Bangkok^[41]		129	78	67	274	1
Total		592	401	263	1,256	1

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1986 Sapporo^[42]		4	5	12	21	2
1990 Sapporo^[43]		9	9	8	26	2
1996 Harbin^[44]		15	7	15	37	1
1999 Gangwon^[45]		15	10	11	36	1
Total		43	31	46	120	2

Disqualified Medalists

See main article: Doping at the Asian Games.

Name	NOC	Sport	Banned substance	Medals	Ref
		Athletics	Dihydrotestosterone	(Women's 400 m hurdles)
		Canoeing	Dihydrotestosterone	(Men's C-1 500 m) (Men's C-1 1000 m) (Men's C-2 500 m)	^[46]
		Canoeing	Dihydrotestosterone	(Men's C-2 1000 m)
		Cycling	Dihydrotestosterone	(Women's sprint)
		Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Men's 400 m individual medley)
		Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Men's 50 m freestyle)
		Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Women's 50 m freestyle) (Women's 200 m freestyle) (Women's 200 m individual medley) (Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay) (Women's 100 m freestyle) (Women's 100 m backstroke)	^[47]
		Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Men's 200 m freestyle) (Men's 200 m individual medley) (Men's 400 m individual medley) (Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay) (Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay)
		Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Women's 400 m freestyle)
		Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Men's 200 m butterfly)
		Swimming	Dihydrotestosterone	(Women's 400 m freestyle) (Women's 800 m freestyle)

See also

• China at the Olympics
• Sports in China

Notes and References

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5. News: November 27, 2010 . China ends Asian Games on high note . . live . November 28, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023005233/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/11/27/asian.games.final.day/ . October 23, 2012.
6. News: Azharie . Farah . 2023-10-07 . China hit humongous 200-gold mark at Asian Games . New Strait Times .
7. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Tehran 1974 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308142701/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=11&GCode=1 . 2012-03-08 . dead .
8. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1978 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100617000120/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=12&GCode=1 . 2010-06-17 . dead .
9. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - New Delhi 1982 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616235056/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=13&GCode=1 . 2010-06-16 . dead .
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14. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Busan 2002 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308142630/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=18&GCode=1 . 2012-03-08 . dead .
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16. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Guangzhou 2010 . 2010-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101119051856/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=31&GCode=1 . 2010-11-19 . dead .
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19. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1990 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616214522/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=23&GCode=2 . 2010-06-16 . dead .
20. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Harbin 1996 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100613161149/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=24&GCode=2 . 2010-06-13 . dead .
21. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Kangwon 1999 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100617024924/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=25&GCode=2 . 2010-06-17 . dead .
22. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Aomori 2003 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616214852/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=27&GCode=2 . 2010-06-16 . dead .
23. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Changchun 2007 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100613162543/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=28&GCode=2 . 2010-06-13 . dead .
24. http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?GPCode=33 Overall Medal Standings - Astana-Almaty 2011
25. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Bali 2008 . 2009-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616225930/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=36&GCode=4 . 2010-06-16 . dead .
26. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 2005 . 2009-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616232505/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=29&GCode=3 . 2010-06-16 . dead .
27. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 2009 . 2009-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100617021525/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=108&GCode=9 . 2010-06-17 . dead .
28. http://www.aimag2013.org/en/Medal/MedalStanding Overall Medal Standings - Incheon 2013
29. http://www.ayg2009.sg/page/medalTally/0,,12804,00.html Overall Medal Standings - Singapore 2009
30. http://www.nanjing2013.org/en/89/medal.html Overall Medal Standings - Nanjing 2013
31. http://results.2009eastasiangames.hk/en/Root.mvc/Medals Overall Medal Standings - Hong Kong 2009
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34. Web site: China to make doping a criminal offence and warns athletes who test positive could be sent to prison. 29 December 2018 .
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36. Web site: Former doctor reveals more than 10,000 Chinese athletes were doping. 24 October 2017 .
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38. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Seoul 1986 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100617001537/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=14&GCode=1 . 2010-06-17 . dead .
39. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Beijing 1990 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100613162120/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=15&GCode=1 . 2010-06-13 . dead .
40. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Hiroshima 1994 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308142754/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=16&GCode=1 . 2012-03-08 . dead .
41. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1998 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616235841/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=17&GCode=1 . 2010-06-16 . dead .
42. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1986 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616214619/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=22&GCode=2 . 2010-06-16 . dead .
43. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1990 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616214522/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=23&GCode=2 . 2010-06-16 . dead .
44. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Harbin 1996 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100613161149/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=24&GCode=2 . 2010-06-13 . dead .
45. Web site: Overall Medal Standings - Kangwon 1999 . 2009-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100617024924/http://ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=25&GCode=2 . 2010-06-17 . dead .
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47. Web site: China ban seven swimmers for two years. 8 December 1994. New Straits Times. 14 April 2013.