China at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | CHN |
NOC | Chinese Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Atlanta | |
Competitors | 294 (111 men and 183 women) in 25 sports |
Flag bearer | Liu Yudong |
Medals Ranked 4th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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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
[edit]Medals by sport | ||||||
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Sport | ![]() |
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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 |
Archery
[edit]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.
Women's Individual Competition:
- He Ying → Final, Silver Medal (5-1)
- Wang Xiaozhu → Quarterfinal, 7th place (3-1)
- Yang Jianping → Round of 32, 29th place (1-1)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Tang Hua → Round of 32, 23rd place (1-1)
- Luo Hengyu → Round of 64, 36th place (0-1)
- Shen Jun → Round of 64, 40th place (0-1)
Women's Team Competition:
- He, Wang, and Yang → Quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)
Men's Team Competition:
- Tang, Luo, and Shen → Round of 16, 12th place (0-1)
Athletics
[edit]Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 110 metres Hurdles
Men's 20 km Walk
Men's 50 km Walk
- Zhang Huiqiang
- Final — 3:53:10 (→ 14th place)
- Mao Xinyuan
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
- Zhao Yongsheng
- Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's Long Jump
- Huang Geng
- Qualification — 8.12 m
- Final — 7.99 m (→ 9th place)
- Chen Jing
- Qualification — 7.70 m (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Men's triple jump
- Zou Sixin
- Qualification — 16.53 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's Discus Throw
- Li Shaojie
- Qualification — 60.20 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Zhang Lianbiao
- Qualification — 79.88 m
- Final — 80.96 m (→ 11th place)
Women's 400 metres
- Du Xiujie
- Heat — 53.95 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 metres
- Wang Junxia
- Wang Mingxia
- Qualification — 32:10.26
- Final — 32:38.98 (→ 15th place)
- Yang Siju
- Qualification — 32:22.77
- Final — 33:15.29 (→ 19th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Li Lei
- Qualification — 61.48 m
- Final — 60.74 m (→ 8th place)
Women's Discus Throw
- Xiao Yanling
- Qualification — 65.10m
- Final — 64.72m (→ 5th place)
Women's Shot Put
- Sui Xinmei
- Li Meisu
- Qualification — 18.39m (→ did not advance)
- Huang Zhihong
- Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump
- Ren Ruiping
- Qualification — 14.56m
- Final — 14.30m (→ 7th place)
- Wang Xiangrong — 13.32m (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
- Ren Xiujuan — 2:31.21 (→ 9th place)
Women's 10 km Walk
- Wang Yan — 42:19 (→
Bronze Medal)
- Gu Yan — 42:34 (→ 4th place)
- Gao Hongmiao — dsq (→ no ranking)
Badminton
[edit]Basketball
[edit]Men's tournament
[edit]- 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 | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 522 | 345 | +177 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 427 | 354 | +73 | 8[a] | |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 422 | 386 | +36 | 8[a] | |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 3 | 360 | 502 | −142 | 7[b] | |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 3 | 351 | 396 | −45 | 7[b] | 9th place playoff |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 5 | 280 | 379 | −99 | 5 | 11th place playoff |
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:
20 July 1996
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China ![]() |
70–67 | ![]() |
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 |
22 July 1996
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Croatia ![]() |
109–78 | ![]() |
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 |
24 July 1996
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China ![]() |
87–77 | ![]() |
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 |
26 July 1996
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United States ![]() |
133–70 | ![]() |
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 |
28 July 1996
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China ![]() |
55–116 | ![]() |
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 |
- Quarterfinals
30 July 1996
12:00 |
FR Yugoslavia ![]() |
128–61 | ![]() |
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 |
- Classification Round 5–8th Place
1 August 1996
10:00 |
China ![]() |
75–115 | ![]() |
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 |
- 7th Place match
2 August 1996
20:00 |
China ![]() |
85–99 | ![]() |
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 |
Women's tournament
[edit]- 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 | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 424 | 360 | +64 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 1 | 378 | 342 | +36 | 9 | |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 2 | 330 | 309 | +21 | 8 | |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 3 | 365 | 396 | −31 | 7 | |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 4 | 347 | 378 | −31 | 6 | |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 5 | 293 | 352 | −59 | 5 |
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
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Italy ![]() |
62–53 | ![]() |
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 |
23 July 1996
|
China ![]() |
72–75 | ![]() |
Pts: Zheng H 31 Rebs: Zheng H 16 Asts: Li X 6 |
Pts: Hagiwara 23 Rebs: Kato 10 Asts: Murakami 4 |
25 July 1996
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Canada ![]() |
49–61 | ![]() |
Pts: three players 8 Rebs: Norman 9 Asts: Evans 5 |
Pts: Zheng H 19 Rebs: Zheng H 16 Asts: Zheng D 4 |
27 July 1996
|
China ![]() |
83–98 | ![]() |
Pts: He J 22 Rebs: Liang X 5 Asts: Zheng D, Liu J 6 |
Pts: Janeth 26 Rebs: three players 9 Asts: Paula 8 |
29 July 1996
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Russia ![]() |
94–78 | ![]() |
Pts: Baranova 26 Rebs: Baranova 18 Asts: Sumnikova 10 |
Pts: Zheng D, Ma Z 14 Rebs: Liang X 6 Asts: Zheng D 5 |
- Classification Round 9th−12th place
31 July 1996
10:00 |
Zaire ![]() |
67–91 | ![]() |
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 |
- 9th place match
3 August 1996
12:00 |
China ![]() |
85–71 | ![]() |
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 |
Boxing
[edit]Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Yang Xiangzhong
- First Round — Defeated Alberto Rossel (Peru), 16-7
- Second Round — Lost to Hamid Berhili (Morocco), 9-14
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
- Chen Tao
- First Round — Lost to Hirokuni Moto (Japan), 10-15
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
- Jiang Tao
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Charles Kizza (Uganda), 10-7
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Nate Jones (United States), 4-21
Canoeing
[edit]Cycling
[edit]Women's Individual Road Race
- Guo Xinghong
- Final — 02:49:47 (→ 41st place)
- Zhao Haijuan
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Mountainbike Cross Country
- Gao Hongying
- Final — 2:09.08 (→ 25th place)
Diving
[edit]Men's 3m Springboard
Women's 3m Springboard
- Fu Mingxia
- Tan Shuping
- Preliminary Heat — 212.49 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 10m Platform
- Fu Mingxia
- Guo Jingjing
- Preliminary Heat — 315.39
- Semi Final — 177.30
- Final — 269.91 (→ 5th place)
Fencing
[edit]Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented China in 1996.
Football
[edit]Gymnastics
[edit]- Li Xiaoshuang
- Gold Medal, Individual All-around, China's first in this category
Handball
[edit]Judo
[edit]Rhythmic gymnastics
[edit]Rowing
[edit]Sailing
[edit]Shooting
[edit]Softball
[edit]Women's Team Competition
[edit]- Preliminary Round Robin
- Defeated Australia (6:0)
- Lost to Japan (0:3)
- Defeated Canada (2:1)
- Defeated Puerto Rico (10:0)
- Defeated Netherlands (8:0)
- Defeated Chinese Taipei (1:0)
- Lost to United States (2:3)
- Semifinals
- Lost to United States (0:1)
- Bronze Medal Match
- Defeated Australia (4:2)
- Final
- Team Roster
- Head coach: Li Minkuan
Swimming
[edit]Men's 50 m Freestyle
- Jiang Chengji
- Heat – 22.55
- Final – 22.33 (→ 4th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Zhao Lifeng
- Heat – 51.70 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Zhao Yi
- Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Zeng Qiliang
- Heat – 1:02.26
- Final – 1:02.01 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Wang Yiwu
- Heat – 1:02.26 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Jiang Chengji
- Heat – 53.40
- Final – 53.20 (→ 4th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Zhao Yi, Zeng Qiliang, Jiang Chengji, and Zhao Lifeng
- Heat – 3:43.50 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Chen Yan
- Heat – 2:03.32
- B-Final – scratched
- Shan Ying
- Heat – 2:04.29 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Chen Yan
- Heat – 4:22.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Pu Yiqi
- Heat – 8:45.32 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Chen Yan
- Heat – 1:02.62
- Final – 1:02.50 (→ 5th place)
- He Cihong
- Heat – 1:05.87 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Chen Yan
- Heat – 2:14.74
- B-Final – 2:14.37 (→ 11th place)
- Wu Yanyan
- Heat – 2:20.89 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Han Xue
- Heat – 1:10.40
- B-Final – 1:09.90 (→ 11th place)
- Yuan Yuan
- Heat – 1:11.65 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Lin Li
- Heat – 2:30.64
- B-Final – 2:33.45 (→ 16th place)
- Yuan Yuan
- Heat – 2:33.89 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Liu Limin
- Cai Huijue
- Heat – 1:00.89
- Final – 1:00.46 (→ 7th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Qu Yun
- Heat – 2:11.35
- Final – 2:10.26(→ 4th place)
- Liu Limin
- Heat – 2:13.12
- Final – 2:10.70 (→ 5th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Chen Yan
- Heat – 4:53.87 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
- Wu Yanyan
- Heat – 4:54.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Shan Ying, Chao Na, Nian Yun, and Le Jingyi
- Heat – 3:44.06
- Le Jingyi, Chao Na, Nian Yun, and Shan Ying
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Chen Yan, Pu Yiqi, Wang Luna, and Nian Yun
- Heat – 8:13.29
- Nian Yun, Wang Luna, Chen Yan, and Shan Ying
- Final – 8:15.38 (→ 8th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Chen Yan, Han Xue, Cai Huijue, and Shan Ying
- Heat – 4:09.23
- Chen Yan, Han Xue, Cai Huijue, and Shan Ying
Synchronized swimming
[edit]Table tennis
[edit]Tennis
[edit]Women's Singles Competition
- Yi Jingqian
- First round — Lost to Inés Gorrochategui (Argentina) 2-6 6-1 1-6
- Chen Li-Ling
- First round — Lost to Monica Seles (United States) 0-6 4-6
Volleyball
[edit]Women's Indoor Team Competition
[edit]- Preliminary round (group A)
- Defeated Netherlands (3-0)
- Defeated South Korea (3-2)
- Defeated United States (3-1)
- Defeated Ukraine (3-0)
- Defeated Japan (3-0)
- Quarterfinals
- Defeated Germany (3-0)
- Semifinals
- Defeated Russia (3-1)
- Final
- Team Roster
- Head coach: Lang Ping
Weightlifting
[edit]Men's 108 kg
- Cui Wenhua
- Snatch — 190.0 kg
- Clean & Jerk — 215.0 kg
- Total — 405.0 kg (→ 5th place)
Wrestling
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "China at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
External links
[edit]- (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.
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has generic name (help) - "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.