| China at the Deaflympics | |
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| IPC code | CHN |
| NPC | Chinese Deaflympic Committee |
| Website | www |
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| Winter appearances | |
China completed at the Deaflympics for the first time way back in 1989. Since then, China has been regularly participating at the Deaflympics. China won its first Deaflympics medal also in 1989. [1] China has competed at the Winter Deaflympics in 2007 and in 2015.
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1924 Paris | Did Not Participate | |||||
 1928 Amsterdam | ||||||
 1931 Nuremberg | ||||||
 1935 London | ||||||
 1939 Stockholm | ||||||
 1949 Copenhagen | ||||||
 1953 Brussels | ||||||
 1957 Milan | ||||||
 1961 Helsinki | ||||||
 1965 Washington | ||||||
 1969 Belgrade | ||||||
| 1973 Malmö | ||||||
 1977 Bucharest | ||||||
| 1981 Cologne | ||||||
| 1985 Los Angeles | ||||||
 1989 Christchurch | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
 1993 Sofia | Did Not Participate | |||||
| 1997 Copenhagen | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
| 2001 Rome | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
 2005 Melbourne | 69 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 9 |
 2009 Taipei | 78 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 38 | 4 |
| 2013 Sofia | 67 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 5 |
 2017 Samsun | 107 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 5 |
 2021 Caxias do Sul | Did Not Participate | |||||
| Total | 46 | 34 | 44 | 124 | 17 | |
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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 1949 Seefeld | Did Not Participate | |||||
 1953 Oslo | ||||||
| 1955 Oberammergau | ||||||
 1959 Montana-Vermala | ||||||
| 1963 Åre | ||||||
| 1967 Berchtesgaden | ||||||
| 1971 Adelboden | ||||||
| 1975 Lake Placid | ||||||
| 1979 Méribel | ||||||
| 1983 Madonna di Campiglio | ||||||
| 1987 Oslo | ||||||
 1991 Banff | ||||||
| 1995 Ylläs | ||||||
| 1999 Davos | ||||||
| 2003 Sundsvall | ||||||
| 2007 Salt Lake City | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
 2011 Vysoké Tatry | Games Cancelled | |||||
 2015 Khanty-Mansiysk | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2019 Valtellina-Valchiavenna | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 Erzurum | 27 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |
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