China at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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China at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
IOC code CHN
NOC Chinese Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.cn  (in Chinese and English)
in Seoul, South Korea
17 September–2 October 1988
Competitors273 (149 men and 124 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Song Tao
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
5
Silver
11
Bronze
12
Total
28
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China (1924–1948)

The People's Republic of China competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 273 competitors, 149 men and 124 women, took part in 150 events in 25 sports. [1]

Contents

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 336
Athletics 162844
Basketball 121022
Boxing 22
Canoeing 404
Cycling 448
Diving 448
Fencing 10515
Football 1414
Gymnastics 6814
Handball 01212
Judo 55
Modern pentathlon 11
Rowing 01111
Sailing 325
Shooting 12820
Swimming 131225
Synchronized swimming 33
Table tennis 437
Tennis 202
Volleyball 01111
Water polo 1313
Weightlifting 1010
Wrestling 1111
Total149124273


Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Xu Yanmei Diving Women's 10 metre platform 18 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lou Yun Gymnastics Men's vault 24 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Gao Min Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 25 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Chen Longcan
Qingguang Wei
Table tennis Men's doubles 30 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Chen Jing Table tennis Women's singles 1 October
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Zhuang Yong Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 19 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver He Yingqiang Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 19 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tan Liangde Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 20 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Huang Xiaomin Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 21 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Huang Shiping Shooting Men's 50 metre running target 23 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hu Yadong
Li Ronghua
Yang Xiao
Zhang Xianghua
Zhou Shouying
Rowing Women's coxed four 24 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Li Qing Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 25 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yang Wenyi Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 25 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Xiong Ni Diving Men's 10 metre platform 27 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chen Jing
Jiao Zhimin
Table tennis Women's doubles 30 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Li Huifen Table tennis Women's singles 1 October
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze He Zhuoqiang Weightlifting Men's 52 kg 18 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Liu Shoubin Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 19 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Li Deliang Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 20 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ye Huanming Weightlifting Men's 60 kg 20 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Li Jinhe Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 21 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Qian Hong Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 23 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lou Yun Gymnastics Men's floor 24 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Xu Haifeng Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol 24 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Han Yaqin
He Yanwen
Hu Yadong
Li Ronghua
Yang Xiao
Zhang Xianghua
Zhang Yali
Zhou Shouying
Zhou Xiuhua
Rowing Women's eight 25 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze China women's national volleyball team
Volleyball Women's tournament 29 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Li Meisu Athletics Women's shot put 1 October
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jiao Zhimin Table tennis Women's singles 1 October

Archery

The People's Republic of China sent three men and three women to Seoul for archery. The women were the more successful squad, taking ninth place in the team round.

Men

AthleteEventRanking roundEighth-finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Qoiying Doje Individual 122046Did not advance
Qiuzhong Liang Individual 122047Did not advance
Guang Ri Individual 120455Did not advance
Qoiying Doje
Qiuzhong Liang
Guang Ri
Team 364419Did not advance

Women

AthleteEventRanking roundEighth-finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Shaorong Ma Individual 12332229822Did not advance
Xiangjun Ma Individual 12332132243181030911Did not advance
Yawen Yao Individual 121735Did not advance
Shaorong Ma
Xiangjun Ma
Yawen Yao
Team 368389489Did not advance

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Men's Long Jump

Men's Shot Put

Men's Decathlon

  1. 100 metres — 11.43s
  2. Long Jump — 6.22m
  3. Shot Put — 13.98m
  4. High Jump — 1.91m
  5. 400 metres — 51.25s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 15.88s
  7. Discus Throw — 46.18m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.60m
  9. Javelin Throw — 57.84m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:54.99s

Men's 50 km Walk


Women's Marathon

Women's Discus Throw

Women's Javelin Throw

Women's Shot Put

Women's Heptathlon

Basketball

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the China roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics. [3]

China men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
4 Gong Luming 31 – (1957-08-29)29 August 19571.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
5 Wang Fei 25 – (1963-03-25)25 March 19631.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
6 Huang Yunlong 28 – (1960-07-10)10 July 19602.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
7 Sha Guoli 28 – (1960-08-30)30 August 19601.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
8 Zhang Xuelei 25 – (1963-05-15)15 May 19632.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
9 Song Ligang 21 – (1967-06-08)8 June 19672.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
10 Li Yaguang 30 – (1958-06-08)8 June 19581.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
11 Sun Fengwu 26 – (1962-03-19)19 March 19621.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
C 12 Wang Libin 25 – (1963-03-31)31 March 19632.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
13 Zhang Yongjun 25 – (1963-01-04)4 January 19631.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
14 Xu Xiaoliang 26 – (1962-01-30)30 January 19622.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
15 Zhang Bin 26 – (1961-12-28)28 December 19611.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Head coach
Qian Chenghai
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 550485302+18310 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 541484435+499
3Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 532590522+688
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 523479455+247
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 514433527946 9th–12th classification round
6Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 5053385682305
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
17 September 1988
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg9884Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Scoring by half:47–43, 51–41

20 September 1988
Brazil  Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg130108Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by half:72–61, 58–47

21 September 1988
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg74106Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by half: 43–59, 31–57

23 September 1988
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg57108Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by half: 26–59, 31–49

24 September 1988
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg9996Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by half:56–52, 43–44
Classification round 9–12
26 September 1988
09:45
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg9093Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Scoring by half:48–47, 42–46
Pts: Li 22
Rebs: Wang L. 7
Asts: Li 2
Pts: Kim HJ 17
Rebs: Kim YT 12
Asts: Kim HJ, Kim YT, Yoo 2
Classification round 11/12
29 September 1988 (1988-09-29)
14:30
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg7597Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by half: 42–56, 33–41
Pts: Khalil 26
Rebs: Moussa 6
Asts: Moussa, Sedky 1
Pts: Zhang Y. 33
Rebs: Song 12
Asts: Sun, Wang L., Zhang Y. 3

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the China roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics. [4]

China women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
4 Han Qingling 27 – (1960-12-16)16 December 1960
5 Ling Guang 22 – (1966-03-01)1 March 1966
6 Li Xiaoqin 26 – (1961-12-07)7 December 1961
7 Zhao Wei 25 – (1963-06-06)6 June 1963
8 Zhang Taohua 18 – (1970-03-10)10 March 1970
9 Zhan Shuping 24 – (1964-04-24)24 April 1964
10 Peng Ping 21 – (1967-01-14)14 January 1967
C 11 Zheng Haixia 21 – (1967-03-07)7 March 1967
PG 12 Cong Xuedi 25 – (1963-05-13)13 May 19631.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
13 Xue Cuilan 25 – (1963-04-30)30 April 1963
14 Liu Qing 24 – (1964-08-06)6 August 1964
15 Xu Chunmei 22 – (1966-03-22)22 March 1966

Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 330282234+486 Semifinals
2Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 321199211125
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 312200214144 Classification round
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 303202224223
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
19 September 1988
21:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg5356Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32–35, 21–21
Pts: Zheng 13
Rebs: Zheng 7
Asts: Xue 3
Pts: Nakić 13
Rebs: Golić 9
Asts: Vangelovska 4

22 September 1988 (1988-09-22)
21:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg6864Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 36–36, 32–28
Pts: Zheng 12
Rebs: Han 7
Asts: Xue 3
Pts: Dobrovičová 21
Rebs: Dobrovičová 5
Asts: Kalužáková 4

25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)
11:45
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg7994Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by half: 37–46, 42–48
Pts: Zheng 32
Rebs: Zheng 8
Asts: Cong 5
Pts: McClain 27
Rebs: McClain 13
Asts: Edwards 5
Classification 5–8
27 September 1988
21:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg9795 (OT)Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Scoring by half:43–38, 42–47  Overtime:12–10
Pts: Liu 24
Rebs: Liu 6
Asts: Xue 5
Pts: Choi 21
Rebs: Sung 7
Asts: Jeong, Park CM, Sung 2
Classification 5/6
29 September 1988
9:45
Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg10274Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by half:53–19, 49–55
Pts: Slavcheva 22
Rebs: Staneva 8
Asts: Radkova 2
Pts: Zheng 23
Rebs: Cong, Peng 5
Asts: Cong, Liu, Xue 1

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Dong Liu Featherweight Flag of India.svg  John William Francis  (IND)
W3-2
Flag of Gabon.svg  Serge Bouemba  (GAB)
W5-0
Flag of Morocco.svg  Abdelhad Achik  (MAR)
LKOH
Did not advance
Weiping Wang Flyweight Flag of East Germany.svg  Andreas Tews  (GDR)
L0-5
Did not advance

Canoeing

Men

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Daen Guo
Hua Ke
C-2 500m 1:56.0216Did not advance
C-2 1000m 4:15.50134:06.4914Did not advance
Fullian Ma
Bing Xue
K-2 500m 1:41.1017Did not advance
K-2 1000m 3:31.2493:42.9114Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Men

AthleteEventTimeRank
Hong Liu Road race 4:32:56 (+0:34)53
Tang Xuezhong Road race 4:32:56 (+0:34)44
Yingquan Cai Road race DNF
Guo Longchen
Hong Liu
Tang Xuezhong
Wu Weipei
Team time trial 2:06:22.5 (+8:35)17

Women

AthleteEventTimeRank
Chen Weixiu Road race 2:01:50 (+0:58)47
Lu Suyan Road race 2:00:52 (+0:00)24
Yan Yinhua Road race 2:00:52 (+0:00)33

Track

Sprints

AthleteEventQualifying1st round
(Repechage)
2nd roundSemifinalFinal
Time
Speed
RankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time/Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Zhou Suying Women's sprint 12.47711Flag of East Germany.svg  Christa Luding Rothenburg  (GDR)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Louise Jones  (GBR)
12.24 L
Rep WFlag of Italy.svg  Elisabetta Fanton  (ITA)
Flag of the United States.svg  Connie Paraskevin-Young  (USA)
12.94 L
(2nd in 5-8th classification race)
Did not advance

Diving

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Tan Liangde 3 m springboard 682.651 Q704.88Silver medal icon.svg
Li Deliang 607.774 Q665.28Bronze medal icon.svg
Xiong Ni 10 m platform 601.502 Q637.47Silver medal icon.svg
Li Kongzheng 578.313 Q543.816
Women
AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Gao Min 3 m springboard 539.671 Q580.23Gold medal icon.svg
Li Qing 501.392 Q534.33Silver medal icon.svg
Xu Yanmei 10 m platform 426.273 Q445.20Gold medal icon.svg
Chen Xiaodan 456.451 Q384.155

Fencing

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented China in 1988.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented China in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Women's 200 m Butterfly

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented China in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Doubles Competition

Volleyball

Women's Team Competition

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "China at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  2. People's Republic of China at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  3. "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA. Archived from the original on 19 December 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Women". FIBA. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2018.