China at the 1996 Summer Olympics

China at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CHN
NOC	Chinese Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.cn  (in Chinese and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	294 (111 men and 183 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer	Liu Yudong
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 16 Silver 22 Bronze 12 Total 50
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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]

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Table Tennis	4	3	1	8
Diving	3	1	1	5
Shooting	2	2	1	5
Weightlifting	2	1	1	4
Gymnastics	1	4	1	6
Swimming	1	3	2	6
Athletics	1	2	1	4
Badminton	1	1	2	4
Judo	1	0	1	2
Archery	0	1	0	1
Football	0	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	0	1
Softball	0	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	1	0	1
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	16	22	12	50

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sun Fuming	Judo	Women's +72 kg	20 July
Gold	Le Jingyi	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle	20 July
Gold	Tang Lingsheng	Weightlifting	Men's –59 kg	21 July
Gold	Zhan Xugang	Weightlifting	Men's –70 kg	23 July
Gold	Li Xiaoshuang	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around	24 July
Gold	Li Duihong	Shooting	Women's 25 metre pistol	26 July
Gold	Yang Ling	Shooting	Men's 10 metre running target	26 July
Gold	Fu Mingxia	Diving	Women's 10 metre platform	27 July
Gold	Wang Junxia	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres	28 July
Gold	Deng Yaping Qiao Hong	Table tennis	Women's doubles	29 July
Gold	Xiong Ni	Diving	Men's 3 metre springboard	29 July
Gold	Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang	Table tennis	Men's doubles	30 July
Gold	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Badminton	Women's doubles	31 July
Gold	Deng Yaping	Table tennis	Women's singles	31 July
Gold	Fu Mingxia	Diving	Women's 3 metre springboard	31 July
Gold	Liu Guoliang	Table tennis	Men's singles	1 August
Silver	Wang Yifu	Shooting	Men's 10 metre air pistol	20 July
Silver	Zhang Xiangsen	Weightlifting	Men's –54 kg	20 July
Silver	Li Xiaoshuang Zhang Jinjing Shen Jian Fan Bin Huang Huadong Huang Liping Fan Hongbin	Gymnastics	Men's artistic team all-around	22 July
Silver	Le Jingyi Chao Na Nian Yun Shan Ying	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	22 July
Silver	Liu Limin	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly	23 July
Silver	Xiao Jun	Shooting	Men's 10 metre running target	26 July
Silver	Le Jingyi	Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle	26 July
Silver	Cao Mianying Zhang Xiuyun	Rowing	Women's double sculls	27 July
Silver	Li Xiaoshuang	Gymnastics	Men's floor	28 July
Silver	Liu Wei Qiao Yunping	Table tennis	Women's doubles	29 July
Silver	Mo Huilan	Gymnastics	Women's vault	29 July
Silver	Bi Wenjing	Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars	29 July
Silver	Yu Zhuocheng	Diving	Men's 3 metre springboard	29 July
Silver	Lu Lin Wang Tao	Table tennis	Men's doubles	30 July
Silver	China women's national softball team An Zhongxin Chen Hong He Liping Lei Li Liu Xuqing Liu Yaju Ma Ying Ou JIngbai Tao Hua Wang Lihong Wang Ying Wei Qiang Xu Jian Yan Fang Zhang Chunfang	Softball	Women's tournament	30 July
Silver	He Ying	Archery	Women's individual	31 July
Silver	Dong Jiong	Badminton	Men's singles	1 August
Silver	Wang Tao	Table tennis	Men's singles	1 August
Silver	China women's national football team Wang Liping Fan Yunjie Yu Hongqi Chen Yufeng Wei Haiying Zhao Lihong Shi Guihong Shui Qingxia Sun Wen Xie Huilin Wen Lirong Gao Hong Sun Qingmei Liu Ying Liu Ailing	Football	Women's tournament	1 August
Silver	Sui Xinmei	Athletics	Women's shot put	2 August
Silver	Wang Junxia	Athletics	Women's 10,000 metres	2 August
Silver	China women's national volleyball team Lai Yawen Li Yan Cui Yongmei Wu Yongmei Wang Yi He Qi Wang Ziling Sun Yue Wang Lina	Volleyball	Women's tournament	3 August
Bronze	Sheng Zetian	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman –57 kg	21 July
Bronze	Wang Xianbo	Judo	Women's –66 kg	22 July
Bronze	Xiao Jiangang	Weightlifting	Men's –64 kg	22 July
Bronze	Zhang Bing	Shooting	Men's double trap	24 July
Bronze	Lin Li	Swimming	Women's 200 metre individual medley	24 July
Bronze	Chen Yan Han Xue Cai Huijue Shan Ying	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	24 July
Bronze	Wang Yan	Athletics	Women's 10 kilometres walk	29 July
Bronze	Fan Bin	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	29 July
Bronze	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	Badminton	Women's doubles	30 July
Bronze	Qiao Hong	Table tennis	Women's singles	31 July
Bronze	Sun Man Liu Jianjun	Badminton	Mixed doubles	31 July
Bronze	Xiao Hailiang	Diving	Men's 10 metre platform	2 August

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	14	17	31
Badminton	9	11	20
Basketball	12	12	24
Boxing	3	–	3
Canoeing	2	6	8
Cycling	0	5	5
Diving	4	3	7
Fencing	5	4	9
Football	0	15	15
Gymnastics	7	14	21
Handball	0	12	12
Judo	4	7	11
Rowing	4	9	13
Sailing	2	3	5
Shooting	16	8	24
Softball	–	15	15
Swimming	5	16	21
Synchronized swimming	–	8	8
Table tennis	4	4	8
Tennis	2	2	4
Volleyball	0	9	9
Weightlifting	10	–	10
Wrestling	5	–	5
Total	111	183	294

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Luo Hengyu	Individual	627	58	Petersson  (SWE) L 161–167	Did not advance
Shen Jun		644	47	Gray  (AUS) L 158–162	Did not advance
Tang Hua		664	14	Podlazov  (RUS) W 157–154	Grov  (NOR) L 159–161	Did not advance
Luo Hengyu Shen Jun Tang Hua	Team	1935	13	—	Australia  (AUS) L 240–243	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
He Ying	Individual	669	2	Reyes  (PUR) W 158–123	Hess  (NOR) W 163–163	Williamson  (GBR) W 165–159	Mensing  (GER) W 103–93	Altınkaynak  (TUR) W 101–100	Kim  (KOR) L 107–113
Wang Xiaozhu		636	32	Fantato  (ITA) W 152–143	Herasymenko  (UKR) W 156–152	Dykman  (USA) W 156–149	Kim  (KOR) L 103–106	Did not advance
Yang Jianping		648	16	Matthews  (AUS) W 159–150	Dykman  (USA) L 148–154	Did not advance
He Ying Wang Xiaozhu Yang Jianping	Team	1953	3	—	Japan  (JPN) W 222–217	Germany  (GER) L 231–232	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chen Wenzhong	100 metres	10.37	33 Q	10.29	23	Did not advance
	200 metres	21.05	55	Did not advance
Chen Yanhao	110 metres hurdles	13.76	33	Did not advance
Li Tong		13.57	13 Q	13.43	9 Q	13.60	15	Did not advance
Li Mingcai	20 kilometres walk	—	DQ
Li Zewen		—	1:25:28	27
Yu Guohui		—	1:24:30	20
Mao Xinyuan	50 kilometres walk	—	DQ
Zhang Huiqiang		—	3:53:10	14
Zhao Yongsheng		—	DQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Chen Jing	Long jump	7.70	29	Did not advance
Huang Geng		8.12	6 Q	7.99	9
Zou Sixin	Triple jump	16.53	21	Did not advance
Li Shaojie	Discus throw	60.20	18	Did not advance
Zhang Lianbiao	Javelin throw	79.88	12 q	80.96	11

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yan Jiankui	100 metres	11.46	33	Did not advance
Du Xiujie	200 metres	23.69	38	Did not advance
Yan Jiankui		23.21	23 q	23.30	22	Did not advance
Du Xiujie	400 metres	53.95	41	Did not advance
Zhang Jian	800 metres	2:04.17	27	—	Did not advance
Wang Junxia	5000 metres	15:24.28	13 Q	—	14:59.88 OR
Wei Li		15:33.49	17	—	Did not advance
Yang Siju		15:40.41	20	—	Did not advance
Wang Junxia	10,000 metres	32:36.53	19 Q	—	31:02.58
Wang Mingxia		32:10.26	10 q	—	32:38.98	15
Yang Siju		32:22.27	13 q	—	33:15.29	19
Ren Xiujuan	Marathon	—	2:31:21	9
Gao Hongmiao	10 kilometres walk	—	DQ
Gu Yan		—	42:34	4
Wang Yan		—	42:19

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ren Ruiping	Triple jump	14.56	4 Q	14.30	6
Wang Xiangrong		13.32	22	Did not advance
Li Meisu	Shot put	18.39	14	Did not advance
Sui Xinmei		19.36	2 Q	19.88
Xiao Yanling	Discus throw	65.10	2 Q	64.72	5
Li Lei	Javelin throw	61.48	7 q	60.74	8

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dong Jiong	Singles	Bye	van Soerland  (NED) W 15–9, 15–4	Stuer-Lauridsen  (DEN) W 15–6, 18–15	Park  (KOR) W 15–6, 15–6	Sidek  (MAS) W 15–6, 18–16	Høyer Larsen  (DEN) L 12–15, 10–15
Sun Jun		Thobois  (FRA) W 15–5, 15–6	Kim  (KOR) W 15–5, 17–4	Budikusuma  (INA) L 5–15, 6–15	Did not advance
Yu Lizhi		Pongratz  (GER) W 15–5, 12–15, 15–1	Dawson  (CAN) W 15–10, 15–11	Sidek  (MAS) L 5–15, 2–15	Did not advance
Ge Cheng Tao Xiaoqiang	Doubles	—	Hall / Knowles  (GBR) W 15–2, 15–3	Cheah / Yap  (MAS) L 8–15, 2–15	Did not advance
Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin		—	Bye	Blackburn / Staight  (AUS) W 15–7, 15–9	Mainaky / Subagja  (INA) L 7–15, 7–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Han Jingna	Singles	Bye	Ódor  (HUN) W 11–0, 11–1	Plungwech  (THA) W 11–3, 11–6	Susanti  (INA) L 11–3, 4–11, 8–11	Did not advance
Yao Yan		Bye	Yakusheva  (RUS) W 11–4, 11–4	Santosa  (INA) W 11–6, 11–5	Bang  (KOR) L 3–11, 2–11	Did not advance
Ye Zhaoying		Bye	Chan  (MAS) W 11–4, 11–1	Borg  (SWE) W 11–4, 11–4	Kim  (KOR) L 5–11, 11–12	Did not advance
Chen Ying Peng Xingyong	Doubles	—	Evtoushenko / Nozdran  (UKR) W 15–2, 11–15, 15–1	Coene / van den Heuvel  (NED) W 15–8, 15–13	Kirkegaard / Olsen  (DEN) L 6–15, 15–8, 5–15	Did not advance
Ge Fei Gu Jun		—	Bye	Schmidt / Ubben  (GER) 'W 15–3, 15–6	Nathanael / Resiana  (INA) W 15–7, 15–3	Kirkegaard / Olsen  (DEN) W 15–8, 15–2	Gil / Jang  (KOR) W 15–5, 15–5
Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu		—	Bye	Finarsih / Tampi  (INA) W 15–1, 4–15, 15–6	Stuer-Lauridsen / Thomsen  (DEN) W 15–8, 15–3	Gil / Jang  (KOR) L 12–15, 15–10, 16–18	Kirkegaard / Olsen  (DEN) W 7–15, 15–4, 15–8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Peng Xingyong Chen Xingdong	Doubles	Wibowo / Wapp  (SUI) W 15–5, 15–2	Julien / Yung  (CAN) W 15–11, 15–6	Olsen / Søgaard  (DEN) W 15–10, 6–15, 18–15	Gil / Kim  (KOR) L 6–15, 8–15	Sun / Liu  (CHN) L 15–13, 15–17, 4–15	4
Sun Man Liu Jianjun		Deng / Kaul  (CAN) W 15–12, 15–3	Cator / Blackburn  (AUS) W 15–4, 7–15, 15–4	Riseu / Limpele  (INA) W 15–2, 5–15, 15–7	Ra / Park  (KOR) L 10–15, 4–15	Peng / Chen  (CHN) W 13–15, 17–15, 15–4
Wang Xiaoyuan Tao Xiaoqiang		Campbell / Hocking  (AUS) W 15–5, 15–4	Olsen / Jakobsen  (DEN) W 16–17, 15–6, 15–5	Ra / Park  (KOR) L 7–15, 9–15	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
China men's	Men's tournament	Angola W 70–67	Croatia L 78–109	Argentina W 87–77	United States L 70–133	Lithuania L 55–116	4 Q	FR Yugoslavia L 61–128	Greece L 75–115	Croatia L 85–99	8
China women's	Women's tournament	Italy L 56–69	Japan L 72–75	Canada W 61–49	Brazil L 83–98	Russia L 78–94	5	—	Zaire W 91–67	South Korea W 85–71	9

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

• Mengke Bateer
• Gong Xiaobin
• Hu Weidong
• Li Nan
• Li Xiaoyong
• Liu Yudong
• Shan Tao
• Sun Jun
• Wang Zhizhi
• Wu Naiqun
• Wu Qinglong
• Zheng Wu

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	5	5	0	522	345	+177	10	Quarterfinals
2	Lithuania	5	3	2	427	354	+73	8 [a]
3	Croatia	5	3	2	422	386	+36	8 [a]
4	China	5	2	3	360	502	−142	7 [b]
5	Argentina	5	2	3	351	396	−45	7 [b]	9th place playoff
6	Angola	5	0	5	280	379	−99	5	11th place playoff

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.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Croatia
2. Head-to-head record: China 1–0 Argentina

20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)

Report

China	70–67	Angola
Scoring by half: 36–36, 34–31
Pts: Wang 17 Rebs: Wang 11 Asts: Hu 3		Pts: Â. Victoriano, Carvalho 13 Rebs: Â. Victoriano 6 Asts: Avô 5

Atlanta Referees: Jose Piovesan Neto (BRA), Juan Brea Diaz (CUB)

22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)

Report

Croatia	109–78	China
Scoring by half:56–44, 53–34
Pts: Komazec 36 Rebs: Vranković 9 Asts: Kukoč 12		Pts: Wang, Zheng 15 Rebs: Gong 8 Asts: Sun 6

Atlanta Referees: Jose Pelissari (BRA), Kim Chul-Hwan (KOR)

24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)

Report

China	87–77	Argentina
Scoring by half:51–38, 36–39
Pts: Zheng, Hu 22 Rebs: Zheng 9 Asts: Li 5		Pts: Espil 25 Rebs: Pérez 7 Asts: Milanesio 8

Atlanta Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Roman Ryzhyk (UKR)

26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)

Report

United States	133–70	China
Scoring by half:65–28, 68–42
Pts: Pippen 24 Rebs: O'Neal 10 Asts: Hardaway 10		Pts: Liu 18 Rebs: Bateer 6 Asts: Li 5

Atlanta Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN)

28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)

Report

China	55–116	Lithuania
Scoring by half: 23–53, 32–63
Pts: Wang 18 Rebs: Wang 5 Asts: Li 4		Pts: Štombergas 19 Rebs: Einikis 9 Asts: Marčiulionis 7

Atlanta Referees: Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

Quarterfinals

30 July 1996 (1996-07-30) 12:00

Report

FR Yugoslavia	128–61	China
Scoring by half:63–29, 65–32
Pts: Rebrača 22 Rebs: Topić 8 Asts: Berić, Đorđević 6		Pts: Wang 13 Rebs: Wang, Wu 4 Asts: Li 3

Atlanta Referees: Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN), Gennaro Colucci ITA

Classification Round 5–8th Place

1 August 1996 (1996-08-01) 10:00

Report

China	75–115	Greece
Scoring by half: 24–50, 51–65
Pts: Wu 20 Rebs: Liu 8 Asts: Li 7		Pts: Fasoulas 19 Rebs: Christodoulou 12 Asts: Christodoulou 8

Atlanta Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)

7th Place match

2 August 1996 (1996-08-02) 20:00

Report

China	85–99	Croatia
Scoring by half: 39–49, 46–50
Pts: Hu 22 Rebs: Gong 9 Asts: Li, Sun 5		Pts: Kukoč 26 Rebs: Kukoč 10 Asts: Kukoč 8

Atlanta Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Team roster

• Zheng Dongmei
• Liang Xin
• Zheng Haixia
• He Jun
• Ma Zongqing
• Miao Bo
• Li Xin
• Liu Jun
• Shen Li
• Chu Hui
• Li Dongmei
• Ma Chengqing

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	424	360	+64	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	378	342	+36	9
3	Italy	5	3	2	330	309	+21	8
4	Japan	5	2	3	365	396	−31	7
5	China	5	1	4	347	378	−31	6
6	Canada	5	0	5	293	352	−59	5

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.

21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)

Boxscore

Italy	62–53	China
Pts: Caselin 16 Rebs: Schiesaro 5 Asts: Caselin, Ballabio 3		Pts: Li X, Liu J 15 Rebs:three players 5 Asts: Li X, Li D 4

Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)

Boxscore

China	72–75	Japan
Pts: Zheng H 31 Rebs: Zheng H 16 Asts: Li X 6		Pts: Hagiwara 23 Rebs: Kato 10 Asts: Murakami 4

Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)

Boxscore

Canada	49–61	China
Pts:three players 8 Rebs: Norman 9 Asts: Evans 5		Pts: Zheng H 19 Rebs: Zheng H 16 Asts: Zheng D 4

Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)

Boxscore

China	83–98	Brazil
Pts: He J 22 Rebs: Liang X 5 Asts: Zheng D, Liu J 6		Pts: Janeth 26 Rebs:three players 9 Asts: Paula 8

Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)

Boxscore

Russia	94–78	China
Pts: Baranova 26 Rebs: Baranova 18 Asts: Sumnikova 10		Pts: Zheng D, Ma Z 14 Rebs: Liang X 6 Asts: Zheng D 5

Morehouse College Gymnasium, Atlanta

Classification Round 9th−12th place

31 July 1996 (1996-07-31) 10:00

Boxscore

Zaire	67–91	China
Scoring by half: 36–47, 31–44
Pts: Mabika 30 Rebs: Lobela 9 Asts: Ngalula 3		Pts: Zheng H 26 Rebs: Zheng H 10 Asts: Ma Z 6

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

9th place match

3 August 1996 (1996-08-03) 12:00

Boxscore

China	85–71	South Korea
Scoring by half:48–39, 37–32
Pts: Zheng H 29 Rebs: Zheng H 10 Asts: Zheng D 10		Pts: Chun J-w 20 Rebs: Yoo Y-j 6 Asts: Han H-s 5

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yang Xiangzhong	Light flyweight	Rossel  (PER) W 16–7	Berhili  (MAR) L 9–14	Did not advance
Chen Tao	Middleweight	Moto  (JPN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Jiang Tao	Heavyweight	Bye	Kizza  (UGA) W 10–7	Jones  (USA) L 4–21	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Xu Haifeng Wu Yubiao	K-2 500 metres	1:37.677	7 R	1:41.035	7	Did not advance
	K-2 1000 metres	3:50.978	8 R	3:41.196	7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gao Beibei	K-1 500 metres	1:59.543	7 R	1:59.095	4 SF	1:57.498	9	Did not advance
Ning Menghua Hu Dongmei	K-2 500 metres	1:50.721	5 R	1:53.544	2 SF	1:49.189	8	Did not advance
Xian Bangdi Gao Beibei Dong Ying Zhang Qin	K-4 500 metres	1:40.145	1 F	—	Bye	1:33.089	4

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Guo Xinghong	Road race	2:49:47	41
Zhao Haijuan		DNF

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round of 16	rRepechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Wang Yan	Women's sprint	11.519	5 Q	Dubnicoff  (CAN) L	Larreal  (VEN),   Kasslin  (FIN) W 12.067	—	Ferris  (AUS) L, L	Did not advance	Grishina  (RUS),   Salumäe  (EST),   Dubnicoff  (CAN) L	7

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Wang Qingzhi	Women's individual pursuit	3:49.823	11	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Laps	Points	Rank
Wang Yan	Women's points race	DNF

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gao Hongying	Women's cross-country	2:09:08	25

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Xiong Ni	3 metre springboard	463.02	1 Q	694.47	1 Q	701.46
Yu Zhuocheng		438.93	2 Q	662.34	2 Q	690.93
Tian Liang	10 metre platform	425.73	3 Q	611.49	3 Q	648.18	4
Xiao Hailiang		445.86	2 Q	625.41	2 Q	658.20

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fu Mingxia	3 metre springboard	284.28	4 Q	505.77	4 Q	547.68
Tan Shuping		212.49	23	Did not advance
Fu Mingxia	10 metre platform	329.25	1 Q	509.19	1 Q	521.58
Guo Jingjing		315.39	4 Q	492.69	2 Q	447.21	5

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented China in 1996.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dong Zhaozhi	Foil	Kim  (KOR) L 12–15	Did not advance
Wang Haibin		Devine  (USA) W 15–12	Tucker  (CUB) L 11–15	Did not advance
Ye Chong		Ruziyev  (UZB) W 15–4	Koch  (GER) W 15–13	Holubytskyi  (UKR) L 14–15	Did not advance
Dong Zhaozhi Wang Haibin Ye Chong	Team foil	—	South Korea  (KOR) L 42–45	—	Bye	United States  (USA) W 45–42	9
Zhao Gang	Épée	Mechkov  (BUL) W 15–12	Kaaberma  (EST) L 6–15	Did not advance
Yan Xiandong	Sabre	Plourde  (CAN) L 9–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liang Jun	Foil	Salhi  (ALG) W 15–7	Fichtel-Mauritz  (GER) L 10–15	Did not advance
Wang Huifeng		Carbone  (ARG) W 15–4	Bianchedi  (ITA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Xiao Aihua		Bye	Angelova  (BUL) W 15–4	Jánosi-Németh  (HUN) W 15–7	Trillini  (ITA) L 7–15	Did not advance
Liang Jun Wang Huifeng Xiao Aihua	Team foil	—	Israel  (ISR) W 45–29	Italy  (ITA) L 24–45	France  (FRA) L 44–45	Poland  (POL) W 45–32	7
Yan Jing	Épée	Kubo  (JPN) W 15–10	Moressée-Pichot  (FRA) L 14–15	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
China women's	Women's tournament	Sweden W 2–0	Denmark W 5–1	United States D 0–0	1 Q	Brazil W 3–2	United States L 1–2

Women's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Ma Yuanan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Zhong Honglian	(1967-10-27)27 October 1967 (aged 28)
2	2 DF	Wang Liping	(1973-11-12)12 November 1973 (aged 22)
3	2 DF	Fan Yunjie	(1972-04-29)29 April 1972 (aged 24)
4	2 DF	Yu Hongqi	(1973-02-02)2 February 1973 (aged 23)
5	2 DF	Xie Huilin	(1975-01-17)17 January 1975 (aged 21)
6	3 MF	Zhao Lihong	(1972-12-25)25 December 1972 (aged 23)
7	4 FW	Wei Haiying	(1971-05-01)1 May 1971 (aged 25)
8	3 MF	Shui Qingxia	(1966-12-18)18 December 1966 (aged 29)
9	3 MF	Sun Wen (captain)	(1973-04-06)6 April 1973 (aged 23)
10	3 MF	Liu Ailing	(1967-05-02)2 May 1967 (aged 29)
11	4 FW	Sun Qingmei	(1966-06-19)19 June 1966 (aged 30)
12	2 DF	Wen Lirong	(1969-10-02)2 October 1969 (aged 26)			Prima Ham FC Ku-No-Ichi
13	3 MF	Liu Ying	(1974-06-11)11 June 1974 (aged 22)
14	3 MF	Chen Yufeng	(1970-01-17)17 January 1970 (aged 26)
15	4 FW	Shi Guihong	(1968-02-13)13 February 1968 (aged 28)
16	1 GK	Gao Hong	(1967-11-27)27 November 1967 (aged 28)

Unenrolled alternate players

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
17		Li Yating
18	4 FW	Zhang Yan	(1972-08-06)6 August 1972 (aged 23)
19	1 GK	Zhao Yan	(1972-05-07)7 May 1972 (aged 24)
20	2 DF	Niu Lijie	(1969-04-12)12 April 1969 (aged 27)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Semi-finals
2	United States (H)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)

16:00

Sweden	0–2	China
	Report (FIFA)	Shi Guihong 31' Zhao Lihong 32'

Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Attendance: 46,724 ^[3]

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

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23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)

16:00

Denmark	1–5	China
Madsen 55'	Report (FIFA)	Shi Guihong 10' Liu Ailing 49' Sun Qingmei 29', 59' Fan Yunjie 36'

Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Attendance: 34,871 ^[4]

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)

18:30

United States	0–0	China
	Report (FIFA)

Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Attendance: 55,650 ^[5]

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Semi-final

28 July 1996

China	3–2	Brazil
Qingmei 5' Haiying 83', 90'	Report	Roseli 67' Pretinha 72'

Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia

Attendance: 64,196

Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Gold medal match

1 August 1996

China	1–2	United States
Sun 32'	Report	MacMillan 19' Milbrett 68'

Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia

Attendance: 76,489

Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Fan Bin	Team	9.625	19.549 Q	18.987	18.675	19.012	19.375 Q	105.223	64
Fan Hongbin		19.187	—	19.287 Q	9.650	—	48.124	109
Huang Huadong		18.962	19.425 Q	18.500	9.537	18.912	18.200	103.536	71
Huang Liping		9.400	18.875	—	19.250	19.387 Q	18.925	85.837	90
Li Xiaoshuang		19.350 Q	19.400	18.150	19.337 Q	19.262	19.287	114.786	6 Q
Shen Jian		18.775	19.187	19.162	19.249	19.200	18.650	114.223	13 Q
Zhang Jinjing		18.849	19.099	18.900	19.212	19.299 Q	19.237	114.596	8 Q
Total		95.561	96.685	95.336	96.273	96.210	95.474	575.539

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Fan Bin	Pommel horse	—	9.300	—	9.300	8
	Horizontal bar	—	9.800	9.800
Fan Hongbin	Rings	—	9.762	—	9.762	5
Huang Huadong	Pommel horse	—	9.712	—	9.712	5
Huang Liping	Parallel bars	—	9.737	—	9.737	6
Li Xiaoshuang	All-around	9.687	9.712	9.775	9.812	9.650	9.787	58.423
	Floor	9.837	—	9.837
	Vault	—	9.643	—	9.643	5
Shen Jian	All-around	9.537	9.650	9.637	9.662	9.700	9.675	57.861	5
Zhang Jinjing	All-around	9.637	9.750	9.562	9.650	9.762	9.787	58.148	4
	Parallel bars	—	9.750	—	9.750	4

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Bi Wenjing	Team	9.625	19.575 Q	18.912	—	48.112	91
Ji Liya		19.400	19.299	—	19.587 Q	58.286	81
Kui Yuanyuan		19.150	—	18.800	19.449	57.399	84
Liu Xuan		9.650	18.987	18.825	19.125	66.587	75
Mao Yanling		18.974	19.287	19.150	19.287	76.698	18 Q
Mo Huilan		19.537 Q	19.237	18.962	19.525 Q	77.261	13 Q
Qiao Ya		19.112	18.550	19.049	19.124	75.835	29 Q
Total		96.474	96.785	95.498	97.110	385.867	4

Individual finals

Athlete	Event
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Bi Wenjing	Uneven bars	—	9.837	—	9.837
Ji Liya	Floor	—	9.637	9.637	8
Mao Yanling	All-around	9.693	9.700	9.200	9.650	38.243	19
Mo Huilan	All-around	9.799	9.800	9.800	9.650	39.049	5
	Vault	9.768	—	9.768
	Floor	—	9.700	9.700	6
Qiao Ya	All-around	9.718	9.600	9.725	9.675	38.718	11

Rhythmic

Group all-around

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Hoop	Ball + Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball + Ribbon	Total	Rank
Cai Yingying Huang Ting Huang Ying Zheng Ni Zhong Li	Group	19.133	18.999	38.132	6 Q	19.199	18.800	37.999	5

Individual all-around

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Semifinal						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Wu Bei	Individual	9.216	9.249	8.933	8.899	36.297	35	Did not advance
Zhou Xiaojing		9.333	9.416	9.416	9.383	37.548	16 Q	9.200	9.266	9.250	9.400	37.116	17	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
China women's	Women's tournament	Hungary L 19–29	Denmark L 22–31	United States W 31–21	3	—	5th Place Match   Germany W 28–26	5

Women's tournament

Team roster

• Che Zhihong
• Chen Bangping
• Chen Haiyun
• Cong Yanxia
• Li Jianfang
• Shi Wei
• Wang Tao
• Yu Geli
• Zhai Chao
• Zhang Li
• Zhang Limei
• Zhao Ying

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	89	62	+27	6	Semifinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	81	70	+11	4
3	China	3	1	0	2	71	83	−12	2	Fifth place game
4	United States (H)	3	0	0	3	64	90	−26	0	Seventh place game

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

26 July 1996 10:00	Hungary	29–19	China	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Mátéfi 11	(14–11)	Shi 5

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28 July 1996 12:00	China	21–33	Denmark	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
	Shi 6	(9–19)	Madsen 7

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30 July 1996 16:30	China	31–21	United States	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Guterman, Gedvilas (LTU)
	Zhai 11	(16–11)	Hires 6

5th place match

1 August 1996 14:30	Germany	26–28	China	Georgia World Congress Center Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
	Heinz 7	(12–16)	Shi 12

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zhang Guangjun	–65 kg	Bye	Tan  (CAN) L	Did not advance
Yuan Chao	–78 kg	Bye	Gevorgyan  (ARM) W	Bouras  (FRA) L	Did not advance		Savchishkin  (RUS) L	Did not advance
Ao Tegen	–86 kg	Pisula  (POL) W	Maltsev  (RUS) L	Did not advance
Liu Shenggang	+95 kg	Bye	Lungu  (ROU) W	Sergeyev  (KGZ) W	Kosorotov  (RUS) W	Pérez  (ESP) L	—	Van Barneveld  (BEL) L	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Li Aiyue	–48 kg	Nichilo  (FRA) L	Did not advance
Wang Jin	–52 kg	Sugawara  (JPN) L	Did not advance
Liu Chuang	–56 kg	Garipova  (RUS) W	West  (USA) W	Huang  (TPE) W	González  (CUB) L	—	Lomba  (BEL) L	5
Liu Lizhe	–61 kg	Bye	Kobaş  (TUR) L	Did not advance
Wang Xianbo	–66 kg	Bye	Cho  (KOR) L	Did not advance		Campos  (BRA) W	Piña  (DOM) W	Ogasawara  (USA) W	Dubois  (FRA) W
Leng Chunhui	–72 kg	Chen  (TPE) W	Scapin  (ITA) L	Did not advance
Sun Fuming	+72 kg	Bye	Rogers  (GBR) W	Hagn  (GER) W	Gundarenko  (RUS) W	—	Rodríguez  (CUB) W

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Huang Xiaoping Sun Jun Liang Hongming Liu Xianbin	Coxless four	6:30.16	5 R	6:29.95	2 SA/B	6:25.79	6 FB	5:58.22	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Liu Xiaochun	Single sculls	8:12.82	3 R	8:37.01	3 SA/B	8:15.83	6 FB	7:33.67	11
Cao Mianying Zhang Xiuyun	Double sculls	7:26.47	2 SA/B	Bye	7:15.47	1 FA	6:58.35
Li Fei Ou Shaoyan	Lightweight double sculls	7:36.71	4 R	7:10.96	3 SA/B	7:23.46	4 FB	7:07.81	9
Cao Mianying Zhang Xiuyun Liu Xirong Gu Xiaoli	Quadruple sculls	6:46.00	3 R	6:21.23	2 FA	—	6:31.10	5
Liang Xiling Jing Yanhua	Coxless pair	7:46.80	3 SA/B	Bye	7:36.40	4 FB	7:15.41	7

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race									Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Qian Hong	Mistral One Design	27	12	19	10	11	13	10	6	12	74	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Li Ke	Mistral One Design	4	14	5	9	2	7	6	2	3	—	29	4
Liu Haimei Ji Fengqin	470	15	14	23	21	21	22	21	15	20	23	20.5	169.5	21

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Cao Xiaobo	Laser	30	24	32	28	28	29	30	27	38	32	13	241	32

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chen Dongjie	Skeet	121	9	Did not advance
Chen Xianjun	50 m rifle three positions	1148	42	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	594	20	Did not advance
Li Bo	Double trap	138	7	Did not advance
Li Haicong	10 m air rifle	587	22	Did not advance
Li Wenjie	50 m rifle prone	595	11	Did not advance
Meng Gang	25 m rapid fire pistol	587	5 Q	687.1	5
Ning Lijia	50 m rifle three positions	1165	10	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	588	18	Did not advance
Tan Zongliang	10 m air pistol	581	8 Q	682.0	6
Wang Yifu	50 m pistol	564	5 Q	659.3	6
	10 m air pistol	587	1 Q	684.1
Xiao Jun	10 m running target	577	6 Q	679.8
Xu Dan	50 m pistol	552	30	Did not advance
Yang Ling	10 m running target	585	1 Q	685.8
Zhang Bing	Trap	122	6 Q	146	5
	Double trap	140	3 Q	183
Zhang Yongjie	Trap	121	9	Did not advance
Zhang Xindong	Skeet	121	9	Did not advance
Zhao Guisheng	Trap	118	31	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chen Muhua	50 m rifle three positions	576	20	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	390	20	Did not advance
Gao E	Double trap	103	8	Did not advance
Li Duihong	25 m pistol	589	1 Q	687.9
	10 m air pistol	379	15	Did not advance
Lu Fang	10 m air pistol	380	14	Did not advance
Ma Ge	25 m pistol	578	9	Did not advance
Xu Xiang	Double trap	100	11	Did not advance
Xu Yanhua	10 m air rifle	393	9	Did not advance
Zhang Qiuping	50 m rifle three positions	577	17	Did not advance

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Round robin								Semi-final	Bronze medal game	Gold medal game
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
China women's	Women's tournament	Australia W 6–0	Japan L 0–3	Canada W 2–1	Puerto Rico W 10–0	Netherlands W 8–0	Chinese Taipei W 1–0	United States L 2–3	2 Q	United States L 0–1	Australia W 4–2	United States L 1–3

Team roster

• 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
• Head coach: Li Minkuan

Group play

Team	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
United States	6	1	37	7	.857	-	-
China	5	2	29	9	.714	1	3 RA vs. AUS/JPN
Australia	5	2	22	11	.714	1	6 RA vs. CHN/JPN
Japan	5	2	24	18	.714	1	10 RA vs. CHN/AUS
Canada	3	4	15	17	.429	3	-
Chinese Taipei	2	5	19	19	.286	4	-
Netherlands	1	6	4	32	.143	5	1–0 vs. PUR
Puerto Rico	1	6	5	44	.143	5	0–1 vs. NED

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   China 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 6 0   Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 WP: Wang L (1–0)   LP: Roche (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0   Japan 0 0 0 0 0 3 – 3 5 1 WP: T Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Wang L (1–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   China 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1   Canada 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 WP: Wang L (2–1)   LP: Sippel (1–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E   China 0 5 1 4 0 10 11 0   Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 WP: Ma (1–0)   LP: Mize (0–1)

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3   China 2 0 0 3 2 1 – 8 13 1 WP: He (1–0)   LP: Pannen (0–1) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   China 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2   Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 WP: Wang L (3–1)   LP: Tu HM (1–2) Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E   China 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0   United States 0 1 0 0 0 2 – 3 8 1 WP: M Smith (2–0)   LP: Wang L (3–2)

Semi-final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
WP: Fernandez (1-1)   LP: Wang L (3-2)

Bronze medal game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	5	2
Australia	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	2
WP: Wang L (4-2)   LP: Roche (2-2)

Gold medal game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	2
United States	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	4	0
WP: Michele Granger (2-0)   LP: Liu Y (0-1)   Sv: Fernandez (1)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jiang Chengji	50 m freestyle	22.55	3 FA	22.33	4
	100 m butterfly	53.40	4 FA	53.20	4
Wang Yiwu	200 m breaststroke	2:19.13	24	Did not advance
Zeng Qiliang	100 m breaststroke	1:02.26	8 FA	1:02.01	7
Zhao Lifeng	100 m freestyle	51.70	39	Did not advance
Zhao Yi	100 m backstroke	57.17	26	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:13.31	39	Did not advance
Jiang Chengji Zeng Qiliang Zhao Yi Zhao Lifeng	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:43.50	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cai Huijue	100 m butterfly	1:00.89	7 FA	1:00.46	7
Chen Yan	100 m backstroke	1:02.62	6 FA	1:02.50	5
	200 m backstroke	2:14.74	12 FB	2:14.37	11
Chen Yan	200 m freestyle	2:03.32	16 FB	Withdrew
	400 m freestyle	4:22.55	29	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:53.87	17	Did not advance
Han Xue	100 m breaststroke	1:10.40	13 FB	1:09.90	9
He Cihong	100 m backstroke	1:05.87	26	Did not advance
Le Jingyi	50 m freestyle	25.10	1 FA	24.90
	100 m freestyle	54.90	1 FA	54.50
Lin Li	200 m breaststroke	2:30.64	9 FB	2:33.45	16
	200 m individual medley	2:16.31	4 FA	2:14.74
Liu Limin	100 m butterfly	1:00.18	3 FA	59.14
	200 m butterfly	2:13.12	8 FA	2:10.70	5
Pu Yiqi	800 m freestyle	8:45.32	12	Did not advance
Qu Yun	200 m butterfly	2:11.35	4 FA	2:10.26	4
Shan Ying	50 m freestyle	25.71	5 FA	25.70	7
	100 m freestyle	56.10	9 FB	55.74	9
	200 m freestyle	2:04.29	23	Did not advance
Wu Yanyan	200 m backstroke	2:20.89	28	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:16.55	10 FB	2:16.61	10
	400 m individual medley	4:54.07	18	Did not advance
Yuan Yuan	100 m breaststroke	1:11.65	24	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:33.89	24	Did not advance
Le Jingyi Chao Na Nian Yun Shan Ying	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:44.06	3 FA	3:40.48
Nian Yun Wang Luna Chen Yan Shan Ying Pu Yiqi (*)	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:13.29	8 FA	8:15.38	8
Chen Yan Han Xue Cai Huijue Shan Ying	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:09.23	4 FA	4:07.34

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Long Yan Li Min Li Yuanyuan Wu Chunlan Chen Xuan Guo Cui Fu Yuling Pan Yan	Team	94.600	6	93.867	7	94.124	7

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kong Linghui	Singles	Osama  (SUD) W 2–0	Tasaki  (JPN) W 2–0	Chiang  (TPE) W 2–0	1 Q	Kim  (KOR) L 1–3	Did not advance
Liu Guoliang		Smythe  (AUS) W 2–0	Saive  (BEL) W 2–0	Grujić  (YUG) W 2–1	1 Q	Matsushita  (JPN) W 3–0	Huang  (CAN) W 3–1	Roßkopf  (GER) W 3–1	Wang  (CHN) W 3–2
Wang Tao		Mutambuze  (UGA) W 2–0	Heister  (NED) W 2–1	Tsiokas  (GRE) W 2–0	1 Q	Yoo  (KOR) W 3–0	Samsonov  (BLR) W 3–2	Korbel  (CZE) W 3–0	Liu  (CHN) L 2–3
Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang	Doubles	Opoku / Addy  (GHA) W 2–0	von Scheele / Karlsson  (SWE) W 2–0	Legoût / Chila  (FRA) W 2–0	1 Q	—	Matsushita / Shibutani  (JPN) W 3–0	Lee / Yoo  (KOR) W 3–0	Lu / Wang  (CHN) W 3–1
Lu Lin Wang Tao		Langley / Lavale  (AUS) W 2–0	Atiković / Primorac  (CRO) W 2–0	Qian / Ding  (AUT) W 2–0	1 Q	—	Kang / Kim  (KOR) W 3–2	Roßkopf / Fetzner  (GER) W 3–0	Kong / Liu  (CHN) L 1–3

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Deng Yaping	Singles	Kyakobye  (UGA) W 2–0	Lomas  (GBR) W 2–0	Svensson  (SWE) W 2–0	1 Q	Park  (KOR) W 3–0	Struse  (GER) W 3–0	Liu  (CHN) W 3–1	Chen  (TPE) W 3–2
Liu Wei		Rodríguez  (CHI) W 2–0	Popovová  (SVK) W 2–1	Feng  (USA) W 2–1	1 Q	Bădescu  (ROU) W3–0	Kim  (PRK) W 3–0	Deng  (CHN) L 1–3	Qiao  (CHN) L 1–3	4
Qiao Hong		Musoke  (UGA) W 2–0	Wang-Dréchou  (FRA) W 2–0	Sato  (JPN) W 2–0	1 Q	Jing  (SGP) W 3–0	Koyama  (JPN) W 3–0	Chen  (TPE) L 0–3	Liu  (CHN) W 3–1
Deng Yaping Qiao Hong	Doubles	Coubat / Wang-Dréchou  (FRA) W 2–0	Geng Lijuan / Chiu  (CAN) W 2–0	—	1 Q	—	Chen / Chen  (TPE) W 3–2	Kim / Park  (KOR) W 3–1	Liu / Qiao  (CHN) W 3–1
Liu Wei Qiao Yunping		Rodríguez / Tepes  (CHI) W 2–0	Holt / Lomas  (GBR) W 2–0	Nemeș / Schöpp  (GER) W 2–1	1 Q	—	Koyama / Todo  (JPN) W 3–0	Park / Ryu  (KOR) W 3–1	Deng / Qiao  (CHN) L 1–3

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pan Bing Xia Jiaping	Doubles	—	Bhupathi / Paes  (IND) L 6–4, 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chen Li	Singles	Seles  (USA) L 0–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Yi Jingqian		Gorrochategui  (ARG) L 2–6, 6–1, 1–6	Did not advance
Chen Li Yi Jingqian	Doubles	—	Bradtke / Stubbs  (AUS) W walkover	Sangaram / Tanasugarn  (THA) L 6–2, 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
China women's	Women's tournament	Netherlands W 3–0	South Korea W 3–2	United States W 3–1	Ukraine W 3–0	Japan W 3–0	1 Q	Germany W 3–0	Russia W 3–1	Cuba L 1–3

Women's tournament

Team roster

• Cui Yongmei
• He Qi
• Lai Yawen
• Li Yan
• Liu Xiaoning
• Pan Wenli
• Sun Yue
• Wang Lina
• Wang Yi
• Wang Ziling
• Wu Yongmei
• Zhu Yunying
• Head coach: Lang Ping

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	256	181	1.414	Quarterfinals
2	United States	5	4	1	9	13	5	2.600	241	198	1.217
3	Netherlands	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	211	179	1.179
4	South Korea	5	2	3	7	10	9	1.111	249	222	1.122
5	Japan	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	158	199	0.794
6	Ukraine	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	89	225	0.396

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20 July 1996	Netherlands	0–3	China
	(10–15 ,5–15, 7–15) Report

22 July 1996	China	3–2	South Korea
	(17–16, 16–14, 2–15, 13–15, 15–13) Report

24 July 1996	United States	1–3	China
	(8–15, 2–15, 15–12, 12–15) Report

26 July 1996	China	3–0	Ukraine
	(15–4, 15–4, 15–6) Report

28 July 1996	Japan	0–3	China
	(14–16, 11–15, 10–15) Report

Quarterfinal

30 July 1996	China	3–0	Germany
	(15–12 ,15–8 ,15–8) Report

Semifinal

1 August 1996	China	3–1	Russia
	(12–15, 15–5, 15–8, 15–12) Report

Gold medal match

3 August 1996	China	1–3	Cuba
	(16–14, 12–15, 16–17, 6–15) Report

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lan Shizhang	–54 kg	125.0	3	150.0	3	275.0	4
Zhang Xiangsen		130.0	2	150.0	3	280.0
Tang Lingsheng	–59 kg	137.5 OR	1	170.0 OR	1	307.5 WR
Xu Dong		132.5	7	162.5	5	295.0	6
Wang Guohua	–64 kg	NVL		DNF
Xiao Jiangang		145.0	2	177.5	3	322.5
Wan Jianhui	–70 kg	152.5	4	180.0	7	332.5	7
Zhan Xugang		162.5 WR	1	195.0 WR	1	357.5 WR
Lin Shoufeng	–76 kg	157.5	9	195.0	3	352.5	5
Cui Wenhua	–108 kg	190.0	4	215.0	6	405.0	5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage					Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sheng Zetian	–57 kg	Aghayev  (AZE) W 5–4	Jansons  (LAT) W 7–1	Bye	Hall  (USA) L 0–1	—	Sarmiento  (CUB) W 8–2	Khakymov  (UKR) W 4–0
Hu Guohong	–62 kg	Manukyan  (ARM) L 0–11	Did not advance			Sánchez  (PUR) W 8–3	Pirim  (TUR) L 1–3	Did not advance
Ba Yanchuan	–100 kg	Gleasman  (USA) L 2–15	Did not advance			Manov  (BUL) L 0–4	Did not advance
Liu Guoke	–130 kg	Schiekel  (GER) L 0–3	Did not advance			Kuziev  (UZB) L 1–6	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage					Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Feng Aigang	–130 kg	Far  (PAN) W 11–0	Thiele  (GER) L 1–1	Did not advance		—	Bye	Valiyev  (UKR) L 1–3	Did not advance

References

1. "China at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
2. People's Republic of China at the 1996 Summer Olympics
3. "Sweden - China PR". FIFA. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
4. "Denmark - China PR". FIFA. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
5. "USA - China PR". FIFA. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

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.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2008-02-13.