China at the 1998 Winter Olympics

China at the; 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CHN
NOC	Chinese Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.cn (in Chinese and English)
in Nagano
Competitors	57 (15 men, 42 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Zhao Hongbo (figure skating)
Medals ; Ranked 16th	Gold0Silver6Bronze2Total8
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Last updated July 08, 2020

The People's Republic of China competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Xu Nannan	Freestyle skiing	Women's aerials
Silver	An Yulong	Short track speed skating	Men's 500 m
Silver	Li Jiajun	Short track speed skating	Men's 1000 m
Silver	Yang Yang (S)	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 m
Silver	Yang Yang (S)	Short track speed skating	Women's 1000 m
Silver	Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 m relay
Bronze	Chen Lu	Figure skating	Women's singles
Bronze	Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong	Short track speed skating	Men's 5000 m relay

Biathlon

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Sun Ribo	3	25:29.0	39
7.5 km Sprint	Yu Shumei	0	23:44.0	5

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Sun Ribo	52:19.2	6	58:19.2	21
15 km	Yu Shumei	54:41.3	2	56:41.3	9

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Yu Shumei Sun Ribo Liu Jinfeng Liu Xianying	1	1'43:32.6	7

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Qu Donghai	DNF	–
10 km C	Wu Jintao	32:57.7	81
15 km pursuit¹ F	Wu Jintao	52:28.1	68
30 km C	Wu Jintao	DNF	–
50 km F	Qu Donghai	2'16:42.3	29

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Guo Dongling	20:58.0	72
5 km C	Luan Zhengrong	20:30.0	68
10 km pursuit² F	Guo Dongling	36:58.2	65
10 km pursuit² F	Luan Zhengrong	35:47.3	62
15 km C	Guo Dongling	54:50.6	55
15 km C	Luan Zhengrong	53:48.4	51

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Zhengxin Guo	10	9	14.0	8

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Chen Lu	4	3	5.0

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo	8	5	9.0	5

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Ou Xiaotao	Aerials		183.84	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Yin Hong	Aerials		90.73	24	Did not advance
Guo Dandan			163.95	8 Q		159.74	7
Ji Xiaoou			167.42	6 Q		?	12
Xu Nannan			182.01	1 Q		186.97

Ice hockey

Women's Tournament

Group Stage

The First 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
United States	5	5	0	33	7	10
Canada	5	4	1	28	12	8
Finland	5	3	2	27	10	6
China	5	2	3	10	15	4
Sweden	5	1	4	10	21	2
Japan	5	0	5	2	45	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
China	0–5	United States
Canada	2–0	China
Japan	1–6	China
China	3–1	Sweden
Finland	6–1	China

Bronze Medal Game


17 February
	Finland	4 – 1	China 4th	Big Hat (7,412)
		First period		Ref: Laurie Taylor-Boulton
			Yang X. 9:27
		Second period
	S. Fisk (R. Nieminen, K. Lehto) 3:07
	J. Ikonen (P. Vaarakallio, K. Rantamäki) 7:08
	S. Lankosaari (K. Riipi, S. Krooks) 10:15
		Third period
	R. Nieminen (M. Lehtimäki) (en) 19:52
		Game stats

Short track speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
An Yulong	500 m	43.748	1 Q	43.384	1 Q	43.796	2 QA	43.022
Feng Kai		44.817	2 Q	44.384	3	Did not advance
Li Jiajun		43.831	1 Q	42.861	1 Q	DSQ	–	Did not advance
Feng Kai	1000 m	1:31.724	3	Did not advance
An Yulong		1:32.731	2 Q	1:29.784	3	Did not advance
Li Jiajun		1:34.023	2 Q	1:34.510	1 Q	1:32.183	2 QA	1:32.428
Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong	5000 m relay					7:05.797	2 QA	7:11.559

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Wang Chunlu	500 m	45.655	1 Q	46.091	1 Q	46.655	2 QA	DNF	–
Yang Yang (A)		46.815	1 Q	DSQ	–	Did not advance
Yang Yang (S)		46.136	1 Q	46.578	2 Q	45.101	2 QA	46.627
Yang Yang (S)	1000 m	1:35.244	1 Q	1:37.252	2 Q	1:35.721	2 QA	1:43.343
Wang Chunlu		DSQ	–	Did not advance
Yang Yang (A)		1:37.062	1 Q	1:31.991 WR	1 Q	1:34.688	1 QA	DSQ	–
Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan	3000 m relay					4:22.342	2 QA	4:16.383

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Dai Dengwen	37.03	33	36.95	32	73.98	31
	Li Yu	36.79	27	36.79	26	73.58	27
	Liu Hongbo	36.77	25	36.95	32	73.72	28
1000 m	Wu Fenglong					DNF	–
	Liu Hongbo					1:15.06	40
	Li Yu					1:14.50	38
	Dai Dengwen					1:14.20	36
1500 m	Feng Qingbo					1:56.45	43
1500 m	Wan Chunbo					1:54.64	36

Women

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Jin Hua	1:04.07	37	40.32	25	104.39	36
	Wang Manli	40.01	22	40.06	22	80.07	22
	Yang Chunyuan	39.92	19	40.24	24	80.16	23
	Xue Ruihong	39.49	13	39.53	13	79.02	14
1000 m	Yang Chunyuan					1:22.20	32
	Wang Manli					1:22.13	31
	Xue Ruihong					1:21.84	28
	Li Xuesong					1:21.54	26
1500 m	Li Xuesong					2:08.05	31
1500 m	Song Li					2:05.98	28
3000 m	Song Li					4:28.99	26

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