Hong Kong at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	HKG
Nocname:	Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	34
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Wong Kam-Po (opening) Lau Hiu Fung (closing)
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

Hong Kong competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Hong Kong was also the host of the equestrian competitions at the Hong Kong Equestrian Venues.^[1] ^[2]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ng Wei	Men's singles	L 11–21, 12–21	Did not advance
Wang Chen	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles		W 21–7, 21–7	L 19–21, 21–11, 11–21	Did not advance
Yip Pui Yin	L 15–21, 17–21	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Wu Kin San is the first Hong Kong athlete to successfully complete the cycling road race.^[3]

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Wong Kam-Po	Men's points race	5	0	15
Wan Yiu Jamie Wong	Women's points race	0	0	15

Mountain biking

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Hong Kong competitors will themselves be taking part in the Olympic Equestrian Events for the first time.^[4] Jennifer Lee withdrew due to health problems with her horse, Mr Burns.^[5]

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
Kenneth Cheng	Can Do	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	6	=46 Q	21	27	57	Did not advance								27	57
Patrick Lam	Urban	0	=1 Q	9	9	=22 Q	36	45	46	Did not advance					45	46
Samantha Lam	Tresor	14	=66 Q	29	43	=63	Did not advance								43	=63
Kenneth Cheng Patrick Lam Samantha Lam	See above	Team	59	15	Did not advance			59	15

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yeung Chui Ling	Individual épée		L 11–15	Did not advance
Chow Tsz Ki	Individual sabre		L 5–15	Did not advance

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Law Hiu Fung	Single sculls	7:45.96	3 QF	7:29.21	6 SC/D	7:32.61	6 FD	7:06.17	20
Chow Kwong Wing So Sau Wah	Lightweight double sculls	6:34.51	4 R	6:58.71	5 SC/D	6:33.79	3 FC	6:34.48	16

Women

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: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

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

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Hoi Shun Stephanie Au	200 m freestyle	2:00.85 NR	31	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	4:14.82	24	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:41.66	29	Did not advance
Yu Ning Elaine Chan	50 m freestyle	26.54	44	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai	100 m backstroke	1:02.68	34	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:18.91 NR	33	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson	100 m freestyle	55.32 NR	26	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	59.35 NR	30	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: 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 /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cheung Yuk	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	L 1–4	Did not advance
Ko Lai Chak	W 4–3	W 4–2	W 4–1	L 1–4	Did not advance
Li Ching	W 4–1	L 2–4	Did not advance

Women's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lau Sui Fei	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	W 4–1	L 0–4	Did not advance
Lin Ling	W 4–0	L 3–4	Did not advance
Tie Ya Na	W 4–1	W 4–3	L 1–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cheung Yuk Ko Lai Chak Li Ching	Men's team	Group D L 0 – 3 W 3 – 0 W 3 – 1	2	Did not advance	W 3 – 0	L 1 – 3	Did not advance
Lau Sui Fei Lin Ling Tie Ya Na	Women's team	Group C W 3 – 0 W 3 – 0 W 3 – 0	1 Q	L 0 – 3		L 2 – 3	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: 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
Daniel Chi Wo Lee	Men's	18:54	0:28	58:24	0:32	36:22	1:54:40.78	43
Tania So Ning Mak	Women's	21:18	Lapped

Officials

IOC Member & NOC President: Timothy Fok
Hon. Secretary General: Pang, Chung
Chef de Mission: Hui, Victor
Deputy Chef de Mission - Sailing: Kwok, Chi Leung Karl
Headquarters Official: Lau, Chiang Chu Vivien
Headquarters Official: Leung, Mee Lee
Chief Medical Officer: Chang, Wai Julian
Deputy Chef de Mission - Equestrian: Eckgans, Sacha Johannes
NOC Guest: Conway, Anthony Francis Martin
Medical Officials: Yeung, Sai Mo Simon
Medical Officials: Look, Ka Mei Debbie
Medical Officials: Cheuk, Wai Ling Phoebe
Medical Officials: Long, Qinyan
Medical Officials: Xu, Zhengzheng
Youth Camp Participants: Li, Chung Him Samuel
Youth Camp Participants: Woo, Wing Tung

External links

Hong Kong, China Delegation 2008 Beijing - List

Notes and References

http://en.beijing2008.cn/cptvenues/venues/equ/ Official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/expat-in-hong--kong.xml "Hong Kong saddles up for the Olympics"
Web site: 明報:胡健燊踩完公路賽超越阿寶成就 . 2008-08-12 . 2008-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080830051112/http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/52/1/1/834588/1.html . dead .
https://web.archive.org/web/20080824183019/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/03/content_8485073.htm "Hong Kong Jockey Club, IOC reaffirm partnership"
Web site: Ailing horse crushes Lee's dream. 2008-08-12. South China Morning Post. 2008. Melanie Ho. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213133942/http://olympics.scmp.com/Article.aspx?id=1673&section=events. 2012-02-13.