Hong Kong at the 2022 World Games

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Hong Kong at the
2022 World Games
Flag of Hong Kong.svg
IOC code HKG
NOC Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
in Birmingham, United States
7 July 2022 (2022-07-07) – 17 July 2022 (2022-07-17)
Competitors17 (6 men and 11 women) in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 43rd
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
4
Total
5
World Games appearances

Hong Kong competed at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States from 7 to 17 July 2022. [1] Athletes representing Hong Kong won one gold medal and four bronze medals. The country finished in 43rd place in the medal table.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cheung Ka Wai Cue sports Men's snooker 17 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Grace Lau Karate Women's kata 8 July

Invitational sports

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yeung Chung Hei Wushu Men's taijiquan & taijijian13 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lee Wing Yung Wushu Women's nanquan & nandao13 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Michelle Yeung Wushu Women's daoshu & gunshu13 July

Competitors

The following list specifies the number of competitors for Hong Kong in each sport.

SportMenWomenTotal
Air sports 011
Billiards sports 101
Karate 011
Muaythai 011
Orienteering 224
Road speed skating
Track speed skating
022
Squash 123
Wushu 224
Total61117

Air sports

Hong Kong competed in drone racing. [2]

Drone racing

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Repechage 4Repechage quarterfinalRepechage semifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lai Ka Ki Drone racing 40.10052330DNF3 RDid not advanceDNF4Did not advance30

Cue sports

Hong Kong won one gold medal in cue sports. [3] [4] [5]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Cheung Ka Wai Men's snooker Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Brown  (GBR)
W 3–0
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Ramzan  (PAK)
W 3–1
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Al-Obaidli  (BHR)
W 3–0
Flag of Egypt.svg  Shahin  (EGY)
W 3-1
Gold medal icon.svg

Karate

Hong Kong won one bronze medal in karate. [6] [7]

AthleteEventElimination roundSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Grace Lau Women's kata Flag of the United States.svg  Kokumai  (USA)
W 24.94–24.32
Flag of Egypt.svg  Ismail  (EGY)
W 24.68–24.54
Flag of Japan.svg  Ono  (JPN)
L 25.06–25.52
2 QFlag of Spain.svg  Sánchez  (ESP)
L 25.66–26.92
Flag of Italy.svg  Casale  (ITA)
W 26.28–25.54
Bronze medal icon.svg

Muaythai

Hong Kong competed in muaythai. [8]

AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Alex Tsang –57 kg ByeFlag of the United States.svg  Brandt  (USA)
L 27–30
Bronze medal final
Flag of Sweden.svg  Axling  (SWE)
L 17–20
4

Orienteering

Hong Kong competed in orienteering. [9]

Men

AthleteEventTimeRank
Li Chun Ho Men's sprint 19:09.0037
Yu Tsz Wai 18:51.0035
Li Chun Ho Men's middle distance 1:00:17.0034
Yu Tsz Wai 58:52.0032

Women

AthleteEventTimeRank
Lam Cho Yu Women's sprint 19:20.0026
Leung Ka Ki 20:24.0030
Lam Cho Yu Women's middle distance 1:03:26.0028
Leung Ka Ki 1:08:16.0029

Mixed

AthleteEventTimeRank
Li Chun Ho
Yu Tsz Wai
Lam Cho Yu
Leung Ka Ki
Mixed team relay 59:17.0012

Roller skating

Road

Hong Kong competed in road speed skating. [10]

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankResultRank
Karinne Tsz Ching Tam Women's 100 m 11.8612Did not advance12
Women's 1 lap 1:18.983Did not advance12
Vanessa Natalie Wong Women's 10,000 m point race DNF
Women's 15,000 m elimination race EL15

Track

Hong Kong competed in track speed skating. [11]

AthleteEventQualificationHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankResultRank
Karinne Tsz Ching Tam 200 m time trial 20.81314Did not advance14
500 m sprint 49.3244Did not advance14
1000 m sprint 1:37.4206Did not advance25
Vanessa Natalie Wong 1:33.1285Did not advance20
10,000 elimination race EL14
10,000 m points race DNF

Squash

Hong Kong competed in squash. [12]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16 / CRQuarterfinal / CQSemifinal / CSFinal / BM / CF
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lam Yat Ting Men's singles Flag of Switzerland.svg  Wilhelmi  (SUI)
L 11–9, 10–12, 3–11
Did not advanceClassification round
Flag of Germany.svg  Omlor  (GER)
L 7–11, 11–2, 3–11
Did not advance=17

Wushu

Hong Kong won three medals in wushu. [13] [14]

AthleteEventApparatus 1Apparatus 2Total
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Ngan Lok Man Men's nanquan / nangun 8.71758.720517.4375
Yeung Chung Hei Men's taijiquan / taijijian 9.25339.650118.903Bronze medal icon.svg
Michelle Yeung Women's daoshu / gunshu 9.22039.360218.580Bronze medal icon.svg
Lee Wing Yung Women's nanquan / nandao 8.97739.117318.094Bronze medal icon.svg

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