China at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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China at the Olympic Games

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IOC code:   CHN
1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Medals Gold
16
Silver
22
Bronze
12
Total
50
Summer Olympic Games appearances
198419881992199620002004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
19801984198819921994199820022006

The People's Republic of China competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Silver

  • He Ying - Archery, Women's Individual Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

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)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Discus Throw

  • Shaojie Li
  • Qualification — 60.20m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Lei Li
  • Qualification — 61.48m
  • Final — 60.74m (→ 8th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Yanling Xiao
  • Qualification — 65.10m
  • Final — 64.72m (→ 5th place)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 14.56m
  • Final — 14.30m (→ 7th place)
  • Xiangrong Wang — 13.32m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Ren Xiujuan — 2:31.21 (→ 9th place)

Women's 10km Walk

  • Yan Wang — 42:19 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
  • Yan Gu — 42:34 (→ 4th place)
  • Hongmiao Gao — dsq (→ no ranking)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Yang Xiangzhong
    1. First Round — Defeated Alberto Rossell (Peru), 16-7
    2. Second Round — Lost to Hamid Berhili (Morocco), 9-14

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

  • Tao Chen
    1. First Round — Lost to Hirokuni Moto (Japan), 10-15

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

  • Tao Jiang
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Charles Kizza (Uganda), 10-7
    3. Qurterfinals — Lost to Nate Jones (United States), 4-21

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Lifeng Zhao
    1. Heat – 51.70 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Yi Zhao
    1. Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Qiliang Zeng
    1. Heat – 1:02.26
    2. Final – 1:02.01 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Yiwu Wang
    1. Heat – 1:02.26 (→ did not advance, 23th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

  • Yi Zhao, Qiliang Zeng, Chengji Jiang, and Lifeng Zhao
    1. Heat – 3:43.50 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Jingyi Le
    1. Heat – 25.10
    2. Final – 24.90 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Ying Shan
    1. Heat – 25.71
    2. Final – 25.70 (→ 7th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Jingyi Le
    1. Heat – 54.90
    2. Final – 54.50 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Ying Shan
    1. Heat – 56.10
    2. B-Final – 55.74 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Yan Chen
    1. Heat – 2:03.32
    2. B-Final – scratched
  • Ying Shan
    1. Heat – 2:04.29 (→ did not advance, 23th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Yan Chen
    1. Heat – 4:22.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Yiqi Pu
    1. Heat – 8:45.32 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Yan Chen
    1. Heat – 1:02.62
    2. Final – 1:02.50 (→ 5th place)
  • Cihong He
    1. Heat – 1:05.87 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Yan Chen
    1. Heat – 2:14.74
    2. B-Final – 2:14.37 (→ 11th place)
  • Yanyan Wu
    1. Heat – 2:20.89 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Xue Han
    1. Heat – 1:10.40
    2. B-Final – 1:09.90 (→ 11th place)
  • Yuan Yuan
    1. Heat – 1:11.65 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Li Lin
    1. Heat – 2:30.64
    2. B-Final – 2:33.45 (→ 16th place)
  • Yuan Yuan
    1. Heat – 2:33.89 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Limin Liu
    1. Heat – 1:00.18
    2. Final – 59.14 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Huijue Cai
    1. Heat – 1:00.89
    2. Final – 1:00.46 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Yun Qu
    1. Heat – 2:11.35
    2. Final – 2:10.26(→ 4th place)
  • Limin Liu
    1. Heat – 2:13.12
    2. Final – 2:10.70 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Li Lin
    1. Heat – 2:16.31
    2. Final – 2:14.74 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Yanyan Wu
    1. Heat – 2:16.55
    2. B-Final – 2:16.61 (→ 10th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Yan Chen
    1. Heat – 4:53.87 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  • Yanyan Wu
    1. Heat – 4:54.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Ying Shan, Na Chao, Yun Nian, and Jingyi Le
    1. Heat – 3:44.06
  • Jingyi Le, Na Chao, Yun Nian, and Ying Shan
    1. Final – 3:40.48 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Yan Cheim, Yiqi Pu, Luna Wang, and Yun Nian
    1. Heat – 8:13.29
  • Yun Nian, Luna Wang, Yan Chen, and Ying Shan
    1. Final – 8:15.38 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

  • Yan Chen, Xue Han, Huijue Cai, and Ying Shan
    1. Heat – 4:09.23
  • Yan Chen, Xue Han, Huijue Cai, and Ying Shan
    1. Final – 4:07.34 (→ Bronze Medal)

[edit] Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

  • Li Chen
    1. First round — Lost to Monica Seles (United States) 0-6 4-6