Hong Kong at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	HKG
Nocname:	Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Website:
Location:	Atlanta
Competitors:	23
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Chan Sau Ying (Opening) Lee Lai Shan (Closing)
Rank:	49
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Officials:	?
Appearances:	auto

Hong Kong competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, for the last time as a British territory.

At these Games, Hong Kong won its first Olympic medal. Lee Lai Shan won a gold medal in sailing, in the board (mistral) event.^[1]

Athletes

Hong Kong sent 23 athletes to compete in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. ^[2]

• Chan Sau Ying - Athletics
• Chan Siu Kwong - Badminton
• Tim He - Badminton
• Emmy Chan - Badminton
• Wong Kam Po - Cycling
• Ng Sui - Diving
• Wu Ching Hui - Judo
• Michael Andrew Tse - Rowing
• Sam Wong - Windsurfing
• Lee Lai Shan - Windsurfing
• Chan Yuk Wah - Sailing
• Andrew Service - Sailing
• Yang Fung - Sailing
• Cheung Mei Han - Sailing
• Tung Chun Mei - Sailing
• Micky Cheng - Shooting
• Arthur Li - Swimming
• Mark Kwok - Swimming
• Snowie Pang - Swimming
• Lo Chuen Tsung - Table Tennis
• Chan Kong Wah - Table Tennis
• Chan Tan Lui - Table Tennis
• Chai Po Wah - Table Tennis

Medalists

Gold

• Lee Lai Shan — sailing, Women's Mistral

Results by event

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Arthur Li
  1. Heat  - 23.77 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Arthur Li
  1. Heat  - 51.84 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• • 1. Heat  - 4:02.68 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Mark Kwok
  1. Heat  - 2:04.01 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Mark Kwok
  1. Heat  - 2:07.61 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Mark Kwok
  1. Heat  - 4:31.13 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

References

• 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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222634/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf . dead . 2007-09-27 . 2008-02-13 .
• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2008-02-13.

External links

• Hong Kong

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympic fencing champ says Hong Kong 'insane' after first gold for 25 years . France24 . 27 July 2021 . 9 August 2021.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/HKG/editions/24