China at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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]
| China at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | CHN |
| NOC | Chinese Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Atlanta | |
| Competitors | 294 (111 men and 183 women) in 25 sports |
| Flag bearer | Liu Yudong |
| Medals Ranked 4th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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Medalists
| Medal | Name | Event |
|---|---|---|
 | Wang Junxia | Athletics, Women's 5000 m |
| Ge Fei Gu Jun | Badminton, Women's doubles |
| Xiong Ni | Diving, Men's 3 m springboard |
| Fu Mingxia | Diving, Women's 3 m springboard |
| Fu Mingxia | Diving, Women's 10 m platform |
| Li Xiaoshuang | Gymnastics, Men's Individual all-around |
| Sun Fuming | Judo, Women's +72 kg |
| Yang Ling | Shooting, Men's 10 m Running Target |
| Li Duihong | Shooting, Women's 25 m Pistol |
| Le Jingyi | Swimming, Women's 100 m freestyle |
| Liu Guoliang | Table Tennis, Men's singles |
| Liu Guoliang Kong Linghui | Table Tennis, Men's doubles |
| Deng Yaping | Table Tennis, Women's singles |
| Deng Yaping Qiao Hong | Table Tennis, Women's doubles |
| Tang Ningsheng | Weightlifting, Men's 59 kg |
| Zhan Xugang | Weightlifting, Men's 70 kg |
 | He Ying | Archery, Women's Individual Competition |
| Wang Junxia | Athletics, Women's 10000 m |
| Sui Xinmei | Athletics, Women's Shot put |
| Dong Jiong | Badminton, Men's singles |
| Yu Zhuocheng | Diving, Men's 3 m springboard |
| Chen Yufeng Fan Yunjie Gao Hong Liu Ailing Liu Ying Shi Guihong Shui Qingxia Sun Qingmei Sun Wen Wang Liping Wei Haiying Wen Lirong Xie Huilin Yu Hongqi Zhao Lihong Zhong Honglian | Football, Women's team competition |
| Li Xiaoshuang | Gymnastics, Men's Floor exercise |
| Li Xiaoshuang Fan Bin Fan Hongbin Huang Huadong Huang Liping Shen Jian Zhang Jinjing | Gymnastics, Men's team competition |
| Mo Huilan | Gymnastics, Women's Vault |
| Bi Wenjing | Gymnastics, Women's Uneven bars |
| Xiuyun Zhang Cao Mianyin | Rowing, Women's Double Sculls |
| Wang Yifu | Shooting, Men's 10 m Air Pistol |
| Xiao Jun | Shooting, Men's 10 m Running Target |
| 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 Sarah Ford | Softball, Women's team competition |
| Le Jingyi | Swimming, Women's 50 m freestyle |
| Liu Limin | Swimming, Women's 100 m butterfly |
| Le Jingyi Chao Na Nian Yun Shan Ying | Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
| Wang Tao | Table Tennis, Men's singles |
| Wang Tao Lü Lin | Table Tennis, Men's doubles |
| Liu Wei Qiao Yunping | Table Tennis, Women's doubles |
| Yawen Lai Yong-Mei Cui Wenli Pan Ziling Wang Yue Sun Yan Li Qi He Xiaoning Liu Yongmei Wu Yunying Zhu Wang Lina Yi Wang | Volleyball, Women's team competition |
| Zhang Xiangsen | Weightlifting, Men's 56 kg |
 | Wang Yan | Athletics, Women's 10 km walk |
| Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu | Badminton, Women's doubles |
| Liu Jianjun Sun Man | Badminton, Mixed doubles |
| Xiao Hailiang | Diving, Men's 10 metre platform |
| Fan Bin | Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal bar |
| Wang Xianbo | Judo, Women's 66 kg |
| Zhang Bing | Shooting, Men's Double Trap |
| Chen Yan Han Xue Cai Huijue Shan Ying | Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay |
| Lin Li | Swimming, Women's 200 m IM |
| Qiao Hong | Table Tennis, Women's singles |
| Xiao Jiangang | Weightlifting, Men's 64 kg |
| Sheng Zetian | Wrestling, Men's 57 kg Greco-Roman |
Archery
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
Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 110 metres Hurdles
Men's 20 km Walk
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 (→
- 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 (→
- 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 (→
- Gu Yan — 42:34 (→ 4th place)
- Gao Hongmiao — dsq (→ no ranking)
Badminton
Basketball
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Defeated Angola (70-67)
- Lost to Croatia (78-109)
- Defeated Argentina (87-77)
- Lost to the United States (70-133)
- Lost to Lithuania (55-116)
- Quarterfinals
- Lost to Yugoslavia (61-128)
- Classification Matches
- 5th/8th place: Lost to Greece (75-115)
- 7th/8th place: Lost to Croatia (85-99) → 8th place
- Team Roster
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to Italy (53-62)
- Lost to Japan (72-75)
- Defeated Canada (61-49)
- Lost to Brazil (83-98)
- Lost to Russia (78-94)
- Classification Matches
- 9th/12th place: Defeated Zaire (91-67)
- 9th/10th place: Defeated South Korea (85-71) → 9th place
- Team Roster
Boxing
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
Cycling
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
Men's 3m Springboard
- Xiong Ni
- Preliminary Heat — 463.02
- Semi Final — 231.45
- Final — 470.01 (→
- Yu Zhuocheng
- Preliminary Heat — 438.93
- Semi Final — 223.41
- Final — 467.52 (→
Women's 3m Springboard
- Fu Mingxia
- Preliminary Heat — 284.28
- Semi Final — 221.49
- Final — 326.19 (→
- 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 (→
- Guo Jingjing
- Preliminary Heat — 315.39
- Semi Final — 177.30
- Final — 269.91 (→ 5th place)
Fencing
Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented China in 1996.
Football
Gymnastics
- Li Xiaoshuang
- Gold Medal, Individual All-around, China's first in this category
Handball
Judo
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
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) →
- Lost to United States (1:3) →
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Li Minkuan
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle
- Jiang Chengji
- Heat – 22.55
- Final – 22.33 (→ 4th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Zhao Lifeng
- Heat – 51.70 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Zhao Yi
- Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Zeng Qiliang
- Heat – 1:02.26
- Final – 1:02.01 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Wang Yiwu
- Heat – 1:02.26 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Jiang Chengji
- Heat – 53.40
- Final – 53.20 (→ 4th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Zhao Yi, Zeng Qiliang, Jiang Chengji, and Zhao Lifeng
- Heat – 3:43.50 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Le Jingyi
- Heat – 25.10
- Final – 24.90 (→
- Shan Ying
- Heat – 25.71
- Final – 25.70 (→ 7th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Le Jingyi
- Heat – 54.90
- Final – 54.50 (→
- Shan Ying
- Heat – 56.10
- B-Final – 55.74 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Chen Yan
- Heat – 2:03.32
- B-Final – scratched
- Shan Ying
- Heat – 2:04.29 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Chen Yan
- Heat – 4:22.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Pu Yiqi
- Heat – 8:45.32 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Chen Yan
- Heat – 1:02.62
- Final – 1:02.50 (→ 5th place)
- He Cihong
- Heat – 1:05.87 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Chen Yan
- Heat – 2:14.74
- B-Final – 2:14.37 (→ 11th place)
- Wu Yanyan
- Heat – 2:20.89 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Han Xue
- Heat – 1:10.40
- B-Final – 1:09.90 (→ 11th place)
- Yuan Yuan
- Heat – 1:11.65 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Lin Li
- Heat – 2:30.64
- B-Final – 2:33.45 (→ 16th place)
- Yuan Yuan
- Heat – 2:33.89 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Liu Limin
- Heat – 1:00.18
- Final – 59.14 (→
- Cai Huijue
- Heat – 1:00.89
- Final – 1:00.46 (→ 7th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Qu Yun
- Heat – 2:11.35
- Final – 2:10.26(→ 4th place)
- Liu Limin
- Heat – 2:13.12
- Final – 2:10.70 (→ 5th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Lin Li
- Heat – 2:16.31
- Final – 2:14.74 (→
- Wu Yanyan
- Heat – 2:16.55
- B-Final – 2:16.61 (→ 10th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Chen Yan
- Heat – 4:53.87 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
- Wu Yanyan
- Heat – 4:54.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Shan Ying, Chao Na, Nian Yun, and Le Jingyi
- Heat – 3:44.06
- Le Jingyi, Chao Na, Nian Yun, and Shan Ying
- Final – 3:40.48 (→
- Final – 3:40.48 (→
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Chen Yan, Pu Yiqi, Wang Luna, and Nian Yun
- Heat – 8:13.29
- Nian Yun, Wang Luna, Chen Yan, and Shan Ying
- Final – 8:15.38 (→ 8th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Chen Yan, Han Xue, Cai Huijue, and Shan Ying
- Heat – 4:09.23
- Chen Yan, Han Xue, Cai Huijue, and Shan Ying
- Final – 4:07.34 (→
- Final – 4:07.34 (→
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Tennis
Women's Singles Competition
- Yi Jingqian
- First round — Lost to Inés Gorrochategui (Argentina) 2-6 6-1 1-6
- Chen Li-Ling
- First round — Lost to Monica Seles (United States) 0-6 4-6
Volleyball
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) (→
- Lost to Cuba (1-3) (→
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Lang Ping
Weightlifting
Men's 108 kg
- Cui Wenhua
- Snatch — 190.0 kg
- Clean & Jerk — 215.0 kg
- Total — 405.0 kg (→ 5th place)
Wrestling
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References
- "China at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
External links
- (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
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