China at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	407 in 26 sports
Flag bearer	Yao Ming (opening) Liu Xiang (closing)
Medals Rank: 2	Gold 32	Silver 17	Bronze 14	Total 63
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China competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team won 32 gold medals (ranked second) and 63 medals in total (ranked third).

The delegation consisted of 633 people, including 407 athletes, 226 officers, attending 26 events. The average age of the athletes was 22.3 years old. The youngest was a 14-year-old swimmer Zhang Tianyi; and the oldest was the shooter Wang Yifu. There were 138 sportsmen and 269 sportswomen. Of those, 84 previously attended another Olympiad; 23 people attended the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the United States and 79 attended the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The team excludes athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, which competed separately as Hong Kong, China.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Badminton 2.4 Basketball 2.5 Boxing 2.6 Canoeing 2.6.1 Flatwater canoe 2.6.2 Flatwater kayak 2.6.3 Slalom 2.7 Cycling 2.7.1 Road cycling 2.7.2 Track cycling 2.7.3 Mountain biking 2.8 Diving 2.9 Fencing 2.10 Football (soccer) 2.11 Gymnastics 2.12 Handball 2.13 Hockey 2.14 Judo 2.15 Modern pentathlon 2.16 Shooting 2.17 Softball 2.18 Swimming 2.19 Table tennis 2.20 Taekwondo 2.21 Tennis 2.22 Triathlon 2.23 Volleyball 2.24 Weightlifting 2.25 Wrestling 3 Officials

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Liu Xiang	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles
1 Gold	Xing Huina	Athletics	Women's 10000 m
1 Gold	Zhang Ning	Badminton	Women's singles
1 Gold	Zhang Jun, Gao Ling	Badminton	Mixed doubles
1 Gold	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Badminton	Women's doubles
1 Gold	Meng Guanliang Yang Wenjun	Canoeing	Men's C-2 500 m
1 Gold	Tian Liang Yang Jinghui	Diving	Men's synchronized 10 m platform
1 Gold	Lao Lishi Li Ting	Diving	Women's synchronized 10 m platform
1 Gold	Wu Minxia Guo Jingjing	Diving	Women's synchronized 3 m springboard
1 Gold	Guo Jingjing	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard
1 Gold	Peng Bo	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
1 Gold	Hu Jia	Diving	Men's 10 m platform
1 Gold	Teng Haibin	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse
1 Gold	Xian Dongmei	Judo	Women's 52 kg
1 Gold	Wang Yifu	Shooting	Men's 10 m air pistol
1 Gold	Du Li	Shooting	Women's 10 m air rifle
1 Gold	Zhu Qinan	Shooting	Men's 10 m air rifle
1 Gold	Jia Zhanbo	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle, three positions
1 Gold	Luo Xuejuan	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke
1 Gold	Luo Wei	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg
1 Gold	Chen Zhong	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg
1 Gold	Wang Nan Zhang Yining	Table tennis	Women's doubles
1 Gold	Ma Lin Chen Qi	Table tennis	Men's doubles
1 Gold	Zhang Yining	Table tennis	Women's singles
1 Gold	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	Tennis	Women's doubles
1 Gold	National team: Chen Jing Feng Kun Li Shan Liu Yanan, Song Nina Wang Lina Yang Hao Zhang Na Zhang Ping Zhang Yuehong Zhao Ruirui Zhou Suhong	Volleyball	Women's team competition
1 Gold	Chen Yanqing	Weightlifting	Women's 58 kg
1 Gold	Shi Zhiyong	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg
1 Gold	Zhang Guozheng	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg
1 Gold	Liu Chunhong	Weightlifting	Women's 69 kg
1 Gold	Tang Gonghong	Weightlifting	Women's +75 kg
1 Gold	Wang Xu	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 72 kg
2 Silver	He Ying Lin Sang Zhang Juanjuan	Archery	Women's team
2 Silver	Huang Sui Gao Ling	Badminton	Women's doubles
2 Silver	Jiang Yonghua	Cycling	Women's 500 m time trial
2 Silver	Wu Minxia	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard
2 Silver	Lao Lishi	Diving	Women's 10 m platform
2 Silver	Wang Lei	Fencing	Men's épée
2 Silver	Tan Xue	Fencing	Women's sabre
2 Silver	Dong Zhaozhi Wang Haibin Xu Hanxiong Ye Chong	Fencing	Men's team foil
2 Silver	Liu Xia	Judo	Women's 78 kg
2 Silver	Yin Jian	Sailing	Women's sailboard
2 Silver	Li Jie	Shooting	Men's 10 m air rifle
2 Silver	Wei Ning	Shooting	Women's skeet
2 Silver	Li Ji Pang Jiaying Xu Yanwei Yang Yu Zhu Yingwen	Swimming	Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay
2 Silver	Wang Hao	Table tennis	Men's singles
2 Silver	Wu Meijin	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
2 Silver	Le Maosheng	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg
2 Silver	Li Zhuo	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg
3 Bronze	Zhou Mi	Badminton	Women's singles
3 Bronze	Zou Shiming	Boxing	Men's light flyweight
3 Bronze	Tian Liang	Diving	Men's 10 m platform
3 Bronze	Li Xiaopeng	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars
3 Bronze	Zhang Nan	Gymnastics	Women's individual all-around
3 Bronze	Huang Shanshan	Gymnastics	Women's trampoline
3 Bronze	Gao Feng	Judo	Women's 48 kg
3 Bronze	Qin Dongya	Judo	Women's 70 kg
3 Bronze	Sun Fuming	Judo	Women's +78 kg
3 Bronze	Wang Zheng	Shooting	Men's double trap
3 Bronze	Wang Chengyi	Shooting	Women's 50 m rifle, three positions
3 Bronze	Gao E	Shooting	Women's double trap
3 Bronze	Wang Liqin	Table tennis	Men's singles
3 Bronze	Niu Jianfeng Guo Yue	Table tennis	Women's doubles

Results by event

Archery

• Coaches (2): Yang Chang-Hoon (Korea), Lian Guofu
• Interpreter: Guo Bei
• Archers (5):

Men's individual:

• Xue Haifeng - 12th place
• Yong Fujun - 42nd place

Women's individual:

• He Ying - 8th place
• Zhang Juanjuan - 10th place
• Lin Sang - 36th place

Women's team:

• He Ying, Lin Sang and Zhang Juanjuan - Silver

Athletics

• Coaches (11): Sun Haiping, Wang Dexian, Ou Xiyuan, Yang Ziwei, Yu Weili, Xing Fuguo, Sha Yingzheng, Li Jian, Ye Kuigang, He Zengsheng, Yao Wenjun
• Interpreter: Fei Jian
• Athletes (52):

Men's 100 metres:

• Chen Haijian - Round 1, 10.45 s (did not advance)

Women's 100 metres:

• Li Xuemei - Round 1, 12.21 s (did not advance)

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

• Liu Xiang - Final, 12.91 s (Gold Medal, Equal World Record and Olympic Record)
• Shi Dongpeng - Round 1, 13.68 s (did not advance)

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

• Su Yiping - Round 1, 13.53 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 metres:

• Yang Yaozu - Round 2, 21.03 s (did not advance)

Women's 400 metres:

• Bo Fanfang - Round 1: 56.01 s, Semifinal: 55.53 s

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

• Huang Xiaoxiao - Round 1: 54.83 s, Semifinal:

Men's 1500 metres:

• Dou Zhaobo - Round 1, 3:50.28 (did not advance)

Women's 5000 metres:

• Sun Yingjie - Round 1: 15:03.00, Final: 15:07.23 (8th place)
• Xing Huina - Round 1: 14:56.01, Final: 15:07.41 (9th place)

Women's 10000 metres:

• Xing Huina - (Gold), 30:24.36
• Sun Yingjie - 30:54.37 (6th place)

Men's decathlon:

• Qi Haifeng - 7934 points (18th place)

Women's heptathlon:

• Shen Shengfei - 4949 points (27th place)

Men's marathon:

• Li Zhuhong – 2:19:36 (31st place)
• Han Gang - 2:27:31 (66th place)
• Zhu Ronghua - 2:34:02 (76th place)

Women's marathon:

• Zhang Shujing - 2:34:34 (12th place)
• Li Helan - 2:37:53 (22nd place)
• Zhou Chunxiu - 2:42:54 (33rd place)

Men's 20 km walk:

• Zhu Hongjun - 1:21:40 (6th place)
• Liu Yunfeng - 1:27:21 (25th place)
• Han Yucheng - 1:32:18 (40th place)

Women's 20 km walk:

• Wang Liping - 1:30:16 (8th place)
• Song Hongjuan - 1:31:27 (14th place)
• Jiang Jing - 1:35:56 (32nd place)

Men's 50 km walk:

• Yu Chaohong - 3:43:45 (4th place)
• A Latangadasu - 3:51:55 (10th place)
• Han Yucheng - DNF

Men's long jump:

• Zhou Can - Round 1, 7.47 metres (did not advance)

Women's long jump:

• Wang Lina - Round 1: 6.53 metres
• Guan Yingnan - Round 1: 6.46 metres
• Liang Shuyan - Round 1: 5.92 metres

Men's triple jump:

• Li Yanxi - Round 1, 16.74 metres (did not advance)

Women's triple jump:

• Huang Qiuyan - Round 1: 14.66 metres, Final: 14.33 metres (12th place)
• Zhang Hao - Round 1: 13.30 metres

Men's high jump:

• Liu Yang - Round 1, 2.10 metres (did not advance)

Women's high jump:

• Jing Xuezhu - Round 1: 1.89 metres

Men's pole vault:

• Liu Feiliang - Round 1, no mark (did not advance)

Women's pole vault:

• Zhao Yingying - Round 1: 4.30 metres
• Gao Shuying - Round 1: 4.15 metres

Women's shot put:

• Li Meiju - Round 1: 18.16 metres, Final: 18.37 metres (9th place)
• Zhang Xiaoyu - Round 1: 17.22 metres
• Li Fengfeng - Round 1: 16.90 metres

Men's discus:

• Wu Tao - Round 1, 60.60 metres (did not advance)

Women's discus:

• Li Yanfeng - Round 1: 61.35 metres, Final: 61.05 metres (9th place)
• Song Aimin - Round 1: 58.19 metres
• Huang Qun - Round 1: 56.53 metres

Men's javelin:

• Li Rongxiang - Round 1, 79.94 metres (did not advance)

Women's javelin:

• Ma Ning - Round 1: 59.80 metres
• Xue Juan - Round 1: 52.97 metres

Women's hammer:

• Zhang Wenxiu - Round 1: 71.56 metres, Final: 72.03 metres (7th place)
• Gu Yuan - Round 1: 71.65 metres (OR), Final: 69.76 metres (10th place)
• Liu Yinghui - Round 1: 68.12 metres

Badminton

• Team Leader: Liu Fengyan
• Deputy Team Leader: Hai Xian
• Coaches (7): Li Yongbo, Tian Bingyi, Zhong Bo, Tang Xianhu, Tang Xuehua, Chen Xingdong, Lu Hengwen
• Interpreter: Bao Tong
• Badminton players (18):

Men's singles:

• Chen Hong - defeated in quarterfinals
• Bao Chunlai - defeated in round of 16
• Lin Dan - defeated in round of 32

Women's singles:

• Zhang Ning - Gold
• Zhou Mi - Bronze
• Gong Ruina - 4th place

Men's doubles:

• Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun - defeated in quarterfinals
• Zheng Bo and Sang Yang - defeated in quarterfinals

Women's doubles:

• Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei - Gold
• Huang Sui and Gao Ling - Silver
• Zhao Tingting and Wei Yili - 4th place

Mixed doubles:

• Zhang Jun and Gao Ling - Gold
• Chen Qiqiu & Zhao Tingting - defeated in quarterfinals

Basketball

Men's: 8th place

• Preliminary round: 2-3
• Quarterfinal: lost to Lithuania, 95-75
• Classification (7/8): lost to Spain, 92-76

Women's: 9th place

• Preliminary round: 1-4
• Classification (9/10): defeated Japan, 82-63

Boxing

The People's Republic of China sent six boxers to Athens. They won one bronze medal, with one other quarterfinalist. Their combined record was 6-6 as three boxers lost their first matches. They were in a five-way tie for 16th place in the medals board for boxing.

Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Zou Shiming - Bronze Medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Rau'shee Warren of United States, 22-9
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Endalkachew Kebede of Ethiopia, 31-8
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Aleksan Nalbandyan of Armenia, 20-12
  4. Semifinal - Lost to Yan Bhartelemy of Cuba, 17-29

Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Liu Yuan
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba, 21-7

Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Tongzhou Chen
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Murat Khrachev of Russia, 40-29

Welterweight (– 69 kg)

• Hanati Silamu
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Sadat Tebazaalwa of Uganda, 29-17
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan, 26-16

Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Ha Dabateer
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Andre Dirrell of United States, 25-18

Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Lei Yuping
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Pierre Celestin Yana of Cameroon, 24-16
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Andriy Fedchuk of Ukraine, 17-9
  3. Quarterfinal - Lost to Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus, 27-18

Canoeing

Flatwater canoe

Men's C1 500 metres:

• Wang Bing - final, 9th place

Men's C1 1000 metres:

• Jing Ying - semifinal, 14th place

Men's C2 500 metres:

• Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun - final, gold medal

Men's C2 1000 metres:

• Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun - final, 9th place

Flatwater kayak

Men's K1 500 metres:

• Liu Haitao - semifinal, 25th place

Women's K1 500 metres:

• Li Ting - final, 9th place

Men's K1 1000 metres:

• Liu Haitao - preliminary heats, 22nd place

Men's K2 500 metres:

• Yin Yijun and Wang Lei - semifinal, 19th place

Women's K2 500 metres:

• Xu Linbei and Zhong Hongyan - final, 4th place

Men's K2 1000 metres:

• Yin Yijun and Wang Lei - semifinal, 15th place (DSQ)

Women's K4 500 metres:

• Xu Linbei, Zhong Hongyan, He Jing and Gao Yi - final, 7th place

Slalom

Men's C2 slalom:

• Chen Fubin and Tian Qin - preliminary heats, 11th place

Women's K1 slalom:

• Li Jingjing - preliminary heats, 18th place

Cycling

Road cycling

Women's road race:

• Zhang Yunjuan - 44th place, 3:33:35
• Zhang Junying - 47th place, 3:33:35

Track cycling

Women's time trial:

• Jiang Yonghua - silver medal, 34.112

Women's points race:

• Meifang Li - 13th place, 1 point

Mountain biking

Men's cross country:

• Zhu Yongbiao - 42nd place, -2 laps

Women's cross country:

• Ma Yanping - 17th place, 2:13:18

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

• Bo Peng - Prelim: 495.45, Semifinal: 256.17, Final: 531.21 (gold medal)
• Wang Feng - Prelim: 444.96, Semifinal: 240.42, Final: 510.30 (4th place)

Women's 3 metre springboard:

• Guo Jingjing - Prelim: 319.71, Semifinal: 243.06, Final: 390.09 (gold medal)
• Wu Minxia - Prelim: 306.96, Semifinal: 240.39, Final: 371.61 (silver medal)

Men's 10 metre platform:

• Hu Jia - final, gold medal
• Tian Liang - final, bronze medal

Women's 10 metre platform:

• Lao Lishi - final, silver medal
• Li Ting - final, 6th place

Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard:

• Bo Peng and Wang Kenan - 8th place, 283.39 points

Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard:

• Wu Minxia and Guo Jingjing - gold medal, 336.90 points

Men's synchronized 10 metre platform:

• Tian Liang and Yang Jinghui - gold medal, 383.88 points

Women's synchronized 10 metre platform:

• Lao Lishi and Li Ting - gold medal, 352.14 points

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

• Wang Lei - silver medal
• Zhao Gang - defeated in round of 16
• Xie Yongjun - defeated in round of 32

Women's épée individual:

• Zhang Li - defeated in quarterfinals
• Li Na - defeated in round of 16
• Shen Weiwei - defeated in round of 32

Men's foil individual:

• Wu Hanxiong - defeated in quarterfinals
• Dong Zhaozhi - defeated in round of 32
• Wang Haibin - defeated in round of 32

Women's foil individual:

• Meng Jie - defeated in round of 16

Men's sabre individual:

• Chen Feng - defeated in round of 32
• Zhou Hanming - defeated in round of 32
• Huang Yaojiang - defeated in round of 32

Women's sabre individual:

• Tan Xue - silver medal
• Zhang Ying - defeated in quarterfinals

Men's épée team:

• Wang Lei, Xie Yongjun and Tuo Tong - 7th place

Women's épée team:

• Shen Weiwei, Zhong Weiping and Li Na - 6th place

Men's foil team:

• Ye Chong, Dong Zhaozhi and Wu Hanxiong - Silver medal - Lost 45-42 to Italy after dubious refereeing played a significant factor in the outcome of the match. The referee of the Final has been suspended by the Federation Internationale d'Escrime for two years til 2006.

Men's sabre team:

• Wang Jingzhi, Huang Yaojiang and Chen Feng - 7th place

Football (soccer)

• Team Leader: Xue Li
• Coaches (3): Zhang Haitao, Gao Rongming, Zhao Zhengchun
• Interpreter: Lu Ting
• Footballers (22):

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary round: 0-1-1

• lost to Germany 0-8
• drew with Mexico 1-1

• did not advance to the quarterfinals → 9th place

• Team Roster

• Bai Lili
• Bi Yan
• Fan Yunjie
• Gao Yingying
• Han Duan
• Ji Ting
• Jin Xiaomei
• Li Jie
• Liu Huana
• Liu Yali
• Ning Zhenyun
• Pu Wei
• Qu Feifei
• Ren Liping
• Shi Dan
• Teng Wei
• Wang Kun
• Wang Liping
• Xiao Zhen
• Zhang Ouying
• Zhang Ying
• Zhong Jinyu

Gymnastics

Men's artistic: 5th place team

• Teng Haibin - advanced in one exercise
  • Pommel horse - gold medal
• Li Xiaopeng - advanced in two exercises
  • Parallel bars - bronze medal
  • Vault - 7th place
• Huang Xu - advanced in one exercise
  • Pommel horse - 4th place
• Xiao Qin - advanced in one exercise
  • Horizontal bar - 6th place
• Yang Wei - advanced in one exercise
  • All-around - 7th place
• Xing Aowei - did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic: 7th place team

• Zhang Nan - advanced in two exercises
  • All-around - bronze medal
  • Beam - 6th place
• Cheng Fei - advanced in one exercise
  • Floor - 4th place
• Li Ya - advanced in two exercises
  • Uneven bars - 5th place
  • Beam - 7th place
• Wang Tiantian - advanced in two exercises
  • Vault - 7th place
  • All-around - 13th place
• Lin Li - advanced in one exercise
  • Uneven bars - 7th place
• Fan Ye - did not advance in any exercise

Women's rhythmic:

• Individual
  • Zhong Ling - 17th place
• Team - 6th place
  • Dai Yongjun
  • Hu Mei
  • Li Jia (hoops and balls)
  • Lu Yingna
  • Lu Yuanyang
  • Zhang Shuo (ribbons)

Men's trampoline:

• Mu Yongfeng - 10th place

Women's trampoline:

• Huang Shanshan - bronze medal

Handball

• Team Leader: Li Gaochao
• Coaches (2): Chung Hyung-Kyun (Korea), Liu Dedong
• Interpreter: Huang Songhu
• Handball players (15):

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary round: 2-0-2

• lost to Hungary 24-28
• lost to Ukraine 21-26
• defeated Greece 33-13
• defeated Brazil 28-23

• Quarterfinal: lost to Denmark 28-32
• Classification (5-8): lost to Spain 23-27
• Classification (7/8): lost to Brazil 25-26 → 8th place

• Team Roster

• Chen Ji
• Fen Jie
• Lei Sufen
• Li Bing
• Li Weiwei
• Liu Xiaomei
• Liu Yun
• Sun Laimiao
• Wang Min
• Wang Shasha
• Wu Yanan
• Yu Geli
• Zhai Chao
• Zhang Li
• Zhang Zhiqing

Hockey

• Team Leader: Hu Jianguo
• Deputy Team Leader: Hai Xian
• Coaches (2): Kim Chang-Back (Korea), Yang Hongbing
• Interpreter: Jin Shengai, Zhao Xiaoyu
• Field hockey players (16):

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary round: 4-0-0

• defeated Japan 3-0
• defeated New Zealand 2-0
• defeated Spain 3-0
• defeated Argentina 3-2

• Semifinal: lost to Germany 3-4
• Bronze medal match: lost to Argentina 0-1 → 4th place

• Team Roster

• Chen Qiuqi
• Chen Qunqing
• Chen Zhaoxia
• Cheng Hui
• Fu Baorong
• Gao Lihua
• Hou Xiaolan
• Huang Junxia
• Li Shuang
• Ma Yibo
• Mai Shaoyan
• Nie Yali
• Qiu Yingling
• Tang Chunling
• Zhang Yimeng
• Zhou Wanfeng

Judo

• Team Leader: Zhou Jinqiang
• Coaches (4): Liu Yongfu, Fu Guoyi, Xiong Fengshan, Xu Dianping
• Interpreter: Liu Zhen
• Judoka (9):

Men's

• Xie Jianhua: 73 kg - round of 32; repechage round of 32
• Pan Song: +100 kg - round of 16

Women's

• Gao Feng: 48 kg - Bronze
• Xian Dongmei: 52 kg - Gold
• Liu Yuxiang: 57 kg - round of 16
• Li Shufang: 63 kg - round of 16
• Qin Dongya: 70 kg - Bronze
• Liu Xia: 78 kg - Silver
• Sun Fuming: +78 kg - Bronze

Modern pentathlon

• Coaches (2): Gong Jixiang, Wang Zhongnian
• Modern pentathletes (3):

Men's:

• Qian Zhenhua - 16th place

Women's:

• Dong Lean - 24th place
• Liang Caixia - 29th place

Shooting

• Team Leader: Gao Zhidan
• Coaches (10): Xu Haifeng, Sun Shengwei, Shao Jianhua, Deng Guangwei, Yu Jiping, Jiang Zexiang, Sheng Haoming, Chang Jingchun, Wang Yuefang, Wang Xiao
• Interpreter: Li Feng
• Sport shooters (26):

Men's

10 metre air pistol

• Wang Yifu (Total: 690.0) - Gold
• Tan Zongliang (Total: 582) - 9th place (eliminated in the qualification)

25 metre rapid fire pistol

• Chen Yongqiang (Total: 683.8) - 6th place
• Zhang Penghui (Total: 585) - 7th place (eliminated in the qualification)

50 metre pistol

• Tan Zongliang (Total: 558) - 10th place (eliminated in the qualification)
• Xu Dan (Total: 553) - 18th place (eliminated in the qualification)

10 metre air rifle

• Zhu Qinan (Total: 702.7) - Gold
• Li Jie (Total: 701.3) - Silver

50 metre rifle prone

• Jia Zhanbo (Total: 696.6) - 8th place
• Yao Ye (Total: 590) - 32nd place (eliminated in the qualification)

50 metre rifle three positions

• Jia Zhanbo (Total: 1264.5) - Gold
• Liu Zhiwei (Total: 1157) - 19th place (eliminated in the qualification)

double trap

• Wang Zheng (Total: 178) - Bronze
• Hu Binyuan (Total: 177+2) - 4th place

10 metre running target

• Li Jie (Total: 675.8) - 6th place
• Geng Hongbin (Total: 572) - 11th place (eliminated in the qualification)

skeet

• Jin Di (Total: 120) - 15th place (eliminated in the qualification)

Women's

10 metre air pistol

• Ren Jie (Total: 482.3) - 4th place
• Tao Luna (Total: 366) - 38th place (eliminated in the qualification)

25 metre pistol

• Chen Ying (Total: 686.2) - 4th place
• Cao Ying (Total: 578) - 10th place (eliminated in the qualification)

10 metre air rifle

• Du Li (Total: 502.0) - Gold
• Zhao Yinghui (Total: 500.8) - 4th place

50 metre rifle three positions

• Wang Chengyi (Total: 685.4) - Bronze
• Wu Liuxi (Total: 578) - 9th place (eliminated in the qualification)

trap

• Gao E (Total: 48) - 17th place (eliminated in the qualification)

double trap

• Gao E (Total: 142+2) - Bronze
• Li Qingnian (Total: 142+1) - 4th place

skeet

• Wei Ning (Total: 93+2) - Silver

Softball

• Team Leader: Jiang Xiuyun
• Coaches (2): Treshan McDonald (USA), Chen Wenyuan
• Interpreter: Qi Yan
• Softball players (15):

Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• defeated Greece 5:0
• lost to Italy 5:7
• defeated Canada 4:2
• lost to United States 0:4
• lost to Australia 0:5
• defeated Chinese Taipei 1:0
• lost to Japan 0:2

In the final game of the preliminary round, China was the victim of the first perfect game in Olympic softball history, losing to Japan 2-0. Their defeat two days later in the semifinal, again to Japan, eliminated China from medal contention.

• Semifinals

• lost to Japan 0:1 → 4th place

• Team Roster

• Wei Qiang
• Tao Hua
• Deng Xiaoling
• Mu Xia
• Lu Wei
• Wang Xiaoyan
• Zhang Ai
• Li Chunxia
• Zhou Yi
• Guo Jia
• Li Qi
• Mi Renrong
• Wu Di
• Zhang Lixia
• Luo Lin

Swimming

• Women's 100 m Breaststroke: Luo Xuejuan, gold medal
• Women's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay: Yingwen Zhu, Yanwei Xu, Yang Yu, Jiaying Pang, silver medal

Table tennis

• Team Leader: Cai Zhenhua
• Coaches (6): Lu Yuansheng, Liu Guoliang, Shi Zhihao, Wu Jingping, Li Sun, Qiao Hong
• Interpreter: Liu Beijian
• Table tennis players (9):

Men's

Singles

• Wang Hao - Silver
• Wang Liqin - Bronze
• Ma Lin - eliminated in the round of 16

Doubles

• Chen Qi and Ma Lin - Gold
• Kong Linghui and Wang Hao - eliminated in the third round

Women's

Singles

• Zhang Yining - Gold
• Wang Nan - eliminated in the quarterfinals
• Niu Jianfeng - eliminated in the round of 16

Doubles

• Wang Nan and Zhang Yining - Gold
• Guo Yue and Niu Jianfeng - Bronze

Taekwondo

• Coaches (2): Chen Liren, Lu Xiudong
• Taekwondo practitioners (2):

Women's

• Luo Wei: 67 kg - Gold
• Chen Zhong: +67 kg - Gold

Tennis

China won its first Olympic tennis medal, a Gold, in Women's Doubles Tennis. With this win, China became the only country to win Gold medals in all three Olympic racquet sports (badminton, table tennis, tennis), and to also win the Women's Doubles events in all three sports.

• Team Leader: Sun Jinfang
• Coaches (1): Yu Liqiao
• Tennis players (4):

Women's Singles

• Zheng Jie: Eliminated First Round (Round of 64) by Ai Sugiyama (4-6, 6-3, 8-6)

Women's Doubles

• Li Ting & Sun Tiantian - Gold

• • Round of 32: Defeated Chanda Rubin & Venus Williams, United States (7-5, 1-6, 6-3)
  • Round of 16: Defeated Silvia Farina Elia & Francesca Schiavone, Italy (6-1, 7-6)
  • Quarter Final: Defeated Alicia Molik & Rennae Stubbs, Australia (6-2, 6-3)
  • Semi Final: Defeated Paola Suárez & Patricia Tarabini, Argentina (6-2, 2-6, 9-7)
  • Final: Defeated Conchita Martínez & Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain (6-3, 6-3)
• Yan Zi & Zheng Jie - eliminated in the quarterfinals
  • Round of 32: Defeated Maja Matevžič & Tina Pisnik, Slovenia (6-2, 6-1)
  • Round of 16: Defeated Myriam Casanova & Patty Schnyder, Switzerland (6-3, 6-3)
  • Quarter Final: Lost to Conchita Martínez & Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain (1-6, 1-6)

Triathlon

China was represented at the second Olympic triathlon by two women.

Women's:

• Wang Hongni - 2:18:40.07 (40th place)
• Xing Lin - DNF

Volleyball

Women's beach:

• Coaches (1): Miao Zhihong
• Interpreter: Zuo Zhiyong
• Volleyball players (4):

• Tian Jia and Wang Fei
  • Prelims: 1-2
  • Round of 16: Defeated 2-0 by Kerri Walsh and Misty May, United States
• Wang Lu and You Wenhui
  • Prelims: 0-3
  • Round of 16: Did not qualify

Women's Indoor:

• Team Leader: Xu Li
• Deputy Team Leader: Li Quanqiang
• Coaches (3): Chen Zhonghe, Lai Yawen, Zhang Jianzhang
• Interpreter: Dai Wanhua
• Volleyball players (12+1):
• Team Roster - Gold

• Chen Jing
• Feng Kun
• Li Shan
• Liu Yanan
• Song Nina
• Wang Lina
• Yang Hao
• Zhang Na
• Zhang Ping
• Zhang Yuehong
• Zhao Ruirui
• Zhou Suhong
• Li Yan (reserve player)

	Result	Sets	1	2	3	4	5	Total
Preliminary Pool B Match 6
China	Win	3	25	23	25	25	X	98
United States		1	21	25	22	18	X	86
Preliminary Pool B Match 8
China	Win	3	25	25	25	X	X	75
Dominican Republic		0	20	16	16	X	X	52
Preliminary Pool B Match 15
China	Loss	2	19	25	25	21	13	102
Cuba		3	25	22	15	25	15	103
Preliminary Pool B Match 19
China	Win	3	25	25	25	X	X	75
Germany		0	18	15	16	X	X	49
Preliminary Pool B Match 27
China	Win	3	25	25	28	X	X	78
Russia		0	15	16	26	X	X	57
Quarterfinal 04
China	Win	3	25	25	25	X	X	75
Japan		0	20	22	20	X	X	62
Semifinal 02
China	Win	3	25	25	17	13	15	105
Cuba		2	22	20	25	25	10	102
Final
China	Gold	3	28	25	25	25	15	118
Russia		2	30	27	20	23	12	112

Weightlifting

• Team Leader: Ma Wenguang
• Deputy Team Leader: Dong Shenghui
• Coaches (5): Chen Wenbin, Wang Guoxin, Li Shunzhu, Ma Wenhui, Guo Jianjun
• Interpreter: Wang Yan
• Weightlifters (10):

Men's

• Wu Meijin: 56 kg (BW:55.93, S: 130.0, C&J: 157.5, T: 287.5) - Silver
• Shi Zhiyong: 62 kg (BW: 61.96, S: 152.5, C&J: 172.5, T: 325.0) - Gold
• Le Maosheng: 62 kg (BW: 61.27, S: 140.0, C&J: 172.5, T: 312.5) - Silver
• Zhang Guozheng: 69 kg (BW: 68.74, S: 160, C&J: 187.5, T: 347.5) - Gold
• Zhan Xugang: 77 kg - DNF (missed all three snatch attempts)
• Yuan Aijun: 85 kg (BW: 83.97, S: 167.5, C&J: 205, T: 372.5) - 5th place

Women's

• Li Zhuo: 48 kg (BW: 47.65, S: 92.5, C&J: 112.5, T: 205.0) - Silver
• Chen Yanqing: 58 kg (BW: 57.17, S: 107.5(OR), C&J: 130.0, T: 237.5(OR)) - Gold
• Liu Chunhong: 69 kg (BW: 68.14, S: 122.5(WR), C&J: 152.5(WR), T: 275.0(WR)) - Gold
• Tang Gonghong: +75 kg (BW: 119.52, S: 122.5, C&J: 182.5(WR), T: 305.0(WR)) - Gold

Interestingly, Liu Chunhong would have also been able to win Gold in the Women's 75 kg (next highest) category, beating the Gold medal Total and Clean and Jerk by 2.5 kg.

- BW = Body Weight (kg), S = Snatch, C&J = Clean and Jerk, T = Total

Wrestling

• Team Leader: Qian Guangjian
• Coaches (4): Wang Zhongyi, Qu Zhongdong, Pan Jiaoli, Li Guo
• Interpreter: Peng Zhao
• Weightlifters (9):

Men's - Freestyle

• Li Zhengyu: 55 kg - 5th place
• Wang Yuanyuan: 96 kg - 6th place

Men's - Greco-Roman

• Sheng Jiang: 55 kg - 13th place (eliminated in the first round)
• Ai Linuer: 60 kg - 13th place (eliminated in the first round)
• Saiyinjiya: 74 kg - 11th place (eliminated in the first round)

Women's

• Li Hui: 48 kg - 9th place (eliminated in the first round)
• Sun Dongmei: 55 kg - 6th place
• Meng Lili: 63 kg - 9th place (eliminated in the first round)
• Wang Xu: 72 kg - Gold

Officials

• President: Yuan Weimin
• Secretary General: Gu Yaoming

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