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China at the 1996 Summer Olympics

China at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCHN
NOCChinese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.cn (in Chinese and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors294 (111 men and 183 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Liu Yudong
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
16
Silver
22
Bronze
12
Total
50
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Republic of China (1924–1948)

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

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Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Sun Fuming Judo Women's +72 kg 20 July
 Gold Le Jingyi Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 20 July
 Gold Tang Lingsheng Weightlifting Men's –59 kg 21 July
 Gold Zhan Xugang Weightlifting Men's –70 kg 23 July
 Gold Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 24 July
 Gold Li Duihong Shooting Women's 25 metre pistol 26 July
 Gold Yang Ling Shooting Men's 10 metre running target 26 July
 Gold Fu Mingxia Diving Women's 10 metre platform 27 July
 Gold Wang Junxia Athletics Women's 5000 metres 28 July
 Gold Deng Yaping
Qiao Hong		 Table tennis Women's doubles 29 July
 Gold Xiong Ni Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 29 July
 Gold Kong Linghui
Liu Guoliang		 Table tennis Men's doubles 30 July
 Gold Ge Fei
Gu Jun		 Badminton Women's doubles 31 July
 Gold Deng Yaping Table tennis Women's singles 31 July
 Gold Fu Mingxia Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 31 July
 Gold Liu Guoliang Table tennis Men's singles 1 August
 Silver Wang Yifu Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol 20 July
 Silver Zhang Xiangsen Weightlifting Men's –54 kg 20 July
 Silver Li Xiaoshuang
Zhang Jinjing
Shen Jian
Fan Bin
Huang Huadong
Huang Liping
Fan Hongbin		 Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 22 July
 Silver Le Jingyi
Chao Na
Nian Yun
Shan Ying		 Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 22 July
 Silver Liu Limin Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 23 July
 Silver Xiao Jun Shooting Men's 10 metre running target 26 July
 Silver Le Jingyi Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 26 July
 Silver Cao Mianying
Zhang Xiuyun		 Rowing Women's double sculls 27 July
 Silver Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics Men's floor 28 July
 Silver Liu Wei
Qiao Yunping		 Table tennis Women's doubles 29 July
 Silver Mo Huilan Gymnastics Women's vault 29 July
 Silver Bi Wenjing Gymnastics Women's uneven bars 29 July
 Silver Yu Zhuocheng Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 29 July
 Silver Lu Lin
Wang Tao		 Table tennis Men's doubles 30 July
 Silver China women's national softball team
 Softball Women's tournament 30 July
 Silver He Ying Archery Women's individual 31 July
 Silver Dong Jiong Badminton Men's singles 1 August
 Silver Wang Tao Table tennis Men's singles 1 August
 Silver China women's national football team
 Football Women's tournament 1 August
 Silver Sui Xinmei Athletics Women's shot put 2 August
 Silver Wang Junxia Athletics Women's 10,000 metres 2 August
 Silver China women's national volleyball team
 Volleyball Women's tournament 3 August
 Bronze Sheng Zetian Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman –57 kg 21 July
 Bronze Wang Xianbo Judo Women's –66 kg 22 July
 Bronze Xiao Jiangang Weightlifting Men's –64 kg 22 July
 Bronze Zhang Bing Shooting Men's double trap 24 July
 Bronze Lin Li Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley 24 July
 Bronze Chen Yan
Han Xue
Cai Huijue
Shan Ying		 Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 24 July
 Bronze Wang Yan Athletics Women's 10 kilometres walk 29 July
 Bronze Fan Bin Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 29 July
 Bronze Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		 Badminton Women's doubles 30 July
 Bronze Qiao Hong Table tennis Women's singles 31 July
 Bronze Sun Man
Liu Jianjun		 Badminton Mixed doubles 31 July
 Bronze Xiao Hailiang Diving Men's 10 metre platform 2 August

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Athletics 14 17 31
Badminton 9 11 20
Basketball 12 12 24
Boxing 3 – 3
Canoeing 2 6 8
Cycling 0 5 5
Diving 4 3 7
Fencing 5 4 9
Football 0 15 15
Gymnastics 7 14 21
Handball 0 12 12
Judo 4 7 11
Rowing 4 9 13
Sailing 2 3 5
Shooting 16 8 24
Softball – 15 15
Swimming 5 16 21
Synchronized swimming – 8 8
Table tennis 4 4 8
Tennis 2 2 4
Volleyball 0 9 9
Weightlifting 10 – 10
Wrestling 5 – 5
Total 111 183 294

Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Luo Hengyu Individual 627 58  Petersson (SWE)
L 161–167 		Did not advance
Shen Jun 644 47  Gray (AUS)
L 158–162 		Did not advance
Tang Hua 664 14  Podlazov (RUS)
W 157–154 		 Grov (NOR)
L 159–161 		Did not advance
Luo Hengyu
Shen Jun
Tang Hua 		Team 1935 13 —  Australia (AUS)
L 240–243 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
He Ying Individual 669 2  Reyes (PUR)
W 158–123 		 Hess (NOR)
W 163–163 		 Williamson (GBR)
W 165–159 		 Mensing (GER)
W 103–93 		 Altınkaynak (TUR)
W 101–100 		 Kim (KOR)
L 107–113 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Wang Xiaozhu 636 32  Fantato (ITA)
W 152–143 		 Herasymenko (UKR)
W 156–152 		 Dykman (USA)
W 156–149 		 Kim (KOR)
L 103–106 		Did not advance
Yang Jianping 648 16  Matthews (AUS)
W 159–150 		 Dykman (USA)
L 148–154 		Did not advance
He Ying
Wang Xiaozhu
Yang Jianping 		Team 1953 3 —  Japan (JPN)
W 222–217 		 Germany (GER)
L 231–232 		Did not advance

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Chen Wenzhong 100 metres 10.37 33 Q 10.29 23 Did not advance
200 metres 21.05 55 Did not advance
Chen Yanhao 110 metres hurdles 13.76 33 Did not advance
Li Tong 13.57 13 Q 13.43 9 Q 13.60 15 Did not advance
Li Mingcai 20 kilometres walk — DQ
Li Zewen — 1:25:28 27
Yu Guohui — 1:24:30 20
Mao Xinyuan 50 kilometres walk — DQ
Zhang Huiqiang — 3:53:10 14
Zhao Yongsheng — DQ
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Chen Jing Long jump 7.70 29 Did not advance
Huang Geng 8.12 6 Q 7.99 9
Zou Sixin Triple jump 16.53 21 Did not advance
Li Shaojie Discus throw 60.20 18 Did not advance
Zhang Lianbiao Javelin throw 79.88 12 q 80.96 11
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Yan Jiankui 100 metres 11.46 33 Did not advance
Du Xiujie 200 metres 23.69 38 Did not advance
Yan Jiankui 23.21 23 q 23.30 22 Did not advance
Du Xiujie 400 metres 53.95 41 Did not advance
Zhang Jian 800 metres 2:04.17 27 — Did not advance
Wang Junxia 5000 metres 15:24.28 13 Q — 14:59.88 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Wei Li 15:33.49 17 — Did not advance
Yang Siju 15:40.41 20 — Did not advance
Wang Junxia 10,000 metres 32:36.53 19 Q — 31:02.58 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Wang Mingxia 32:10.26 10 q — 32:38.98 15
Yang Siju 32:22.27 13 q — 33:15.29 19
Ren Xiujuan Marathon — 2:31:21 9
Gao Hongmiao 10 kilometres walk — DQ
Gu Yan — 42:34 4
Wang Yan — 42:19 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Ren Ruiping Triple jump 14.56 4 Q 14.30 6
Wang Xiangrong 13.32 22 Did not advance
Li Meisu Shot put 18.39 14 Did not advance
Sui Xinmei 19.36 2 Q 19.88 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Xiao Yanling Discus throw 65.10 2 Q 64.72 5
Li Lei Javelin throw 61.48 7 q 60.74 8

Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Dong Jiong Singles Bye  van Soerland (NED)
W 15–9, 15–4 		 Stuer-Lauridsen (DEN)
W 15–6, 18–15 		 Park (KOR)
W 15–6, 15–6 		 Sidek (MAS)
W 15–6, 18–16 		 Høyer Larsen (DEN)
L 12–15, 10–15 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sun Jun  Thobois (FRA)
W 15–5, 15–6 		 Kim (KOR)
W 15–5, 17–4 		 Budikusuma (INA)
L 5–15, 6–15 		Did not advance
Yu Lizhi  Pongratz (GER)
W 15–5, 12–15, 15–1 		 Dawson (CAN)
W 15–10, 15–11 		 Sidek (MAS)
L 5–15, 2–15 		Did not advance
Ge Cheng
Tao Xiaoqiang 		Doubles —  Hall /
Knowles (GBR)
W 15–2, 15–3 		 Cheah /
Yap (MAS)
L 8–15, 2–15 		Did not advance
Huang Zhanzhong
Jiang Xin 		— Bye  Blackburn /
Staight (AUS)
W 15–7, 15–9 		 Mainaky /
Subagja (INA)
L 7–15, 7–15 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Han Jingna Singles Bye  Ódor (HUN)
W 11–0, 11–1 		 Plungwech (THA)
W 11–3, 11–6 		 Susanti (INA)
L 11–3, 4–11, 8–11 		Did not advance
Yao Yan Bye  Yakusheva (RUS)
W 11–4, 11–4 		 Santosa (INA)
W 11–6, 11–5 		 Bang (KOR)
L 3–11, 2–11 		Did not advance
Ye Zhaoying Bye  Chan (MAS)
W 11–4, 11–1 		 Borg (SWE)
W 11–4, 11–4 		 Kim (KOR)
L 5–11, 11–12 		Did not advance
Chen Ying
Peng Xingyong 		Doubles —  Evtoushenko /
Nozdran (UKR)
W 15–2, 11–15, 15–1 		 Coene /
van den Heuvel (NED)
W 15–8, 15–13 		 Kirkegaard /
Olsen (DEN)
L 6–15, 15–8, 5–15 		Did not advance
Ge Fei
Gu Jun 		— Bye  Schmidt /
Ubben (GER)
'W 15–3, 15–6 		 Nathanael /
Resiana (INA)
W 15–7, 15–3 		 Kirkegaard /
Olsen (DEN)
W 15–8, 15–2 		 Gil /
Jang (KOR)
W 15–5, 15–5 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu 		— Bye  Finarsih /
Tampi (INA)
W 15–1, 4–15, 15–6 		 Stuer-Lauridsen /
Thomsen (DEN)
W 15–8, 15–3 		 Gil /
Jang (KOR)
L 12–15, 15–10, 16–18 		 Kirkegaard /
Olsen (DEN)
W 7–15, 15–4, 15–8 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Peng Xingyong
Chen Xingdong 		Doubles  Wibowo /
Wapp (SUI)
W 15–5, 15–2 		 Julien /
Yung (CAN)
W 15–11, 15–6 		 Olsen /
Søgaard (DEN)
W 15–10, 6–15, 18–15 		 Gil /
Kim (KOR)
L 6–15, 8–15 		 Sun /
Liu (CHN)
L 15–13, 15–17, 4–15 		4
Sun Man
Liu Jianjun 		 Deng /
Kaul (CAN)
W 15–12, 15–3 		 Cator /
Blackburn (AUS)
W 15–4, 7–15, 15–4 		 Riseu /
Limpele (INA)
W 15–2, 5–15, 15–7 		 Ra /
Park (KOR)
L 10–15, 4–15 		 Peng /
Chen (CHN)
W 13–15, 17–15, 15–4 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Wang Xiaoyuan
Tao Xiaoqiang 		 Campbell /
Hocking (AUS)
W 15–5, 15–4 		 Olsen /
Jakobsen (DEN)
W 16–17, 15–6, 15–5 		 Ra /
Park (KOR)
L 7–15, 9–15 		Did not advance

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
China men's Men's tournament  Angola
W 70–67 		 Croatia
L 78–109 		 Argentina
W 87–77 		 United States
L 70–133 		 Lithuania
L 55–116 		4 Q  FR Yugoslavia
L 61–128 		 Greece
L 75–115 		 Croatia
L 85–99 		8
China women's Women's tournament  Italy
L 56–69 		 Japan
L 72–75 		 Canada
W 61–49 		 Brazil
L 83–98 		 Russia
L 78–94 		5 —  Zaire
W 91–67 		 South Korea
W 85–71 		9

Men's tournament

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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Team roster
Preliminary round
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 5 5 0 522 345 +177 10 Quarterfinals
2  Lithuania 5 3 2 427 354 +73 8[a]
3  Croatia 5 3 2 422 386 +36 8[a]
4  China 5 2 3 360 502 −142 7[b]
5  Argentina 5 2 3 351 396 −45 7[b] 9th place playoff
6  Angola 5 0 5 280 379 −99 5 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Croatia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: China 1–0 Argentina
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
China  70–67  Angola
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
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Piovesan Neto (BRA), Juan Brea Diaz (CUB)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
Croatia  109–78  China
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
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Pelissari (BRA), Kim Chul-Hwan (KOR)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
China  87–77  Argentina
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
Atlanta
Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Roman Ryzhyk (UKR)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
United States  133–70  China
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
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
China  55–116  Lithuania
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
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX), Juan Figueroa (PUR)
Quarterfinals
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
12:00
FR Yugoslavia  128–61  China
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
Atlanta
Referees: Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN), Gennaro Colucci ITA
Classification Round 5–8th Place
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
10:00
China  75–115  Greece
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
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)
7th Place match
2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
20:00
China  85–99  Croatia
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
Atlanta
Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

Women's tournament

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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Team roster
Preliminary round
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 424 360 +64 10 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 5 4 1 378 342 +36 9
3  Italy 5 3 2 330 309 +21 8
4  Japan 5 2 3 365 396 −31 7
5  China 5 1 4 347 378 −31 6
6  Canada 5 0 5 293 352 −59 5
Source: FIBA archive
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 (1996-07-21)
Italy  62–53  China
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 (1996-07-23)
China  72–75  Japan
Pts: Zheng H 31
Rebs: Zheng H 16
Asts: Li X 6		 Pts: Hagiwara 23
Rebs: Kato 10
Asts: Murakami 4
25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
Canada  49–61  China
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 (1996-07-27)
China  83–98  Brazil
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 (1996-07-29)
Russia  94–78  China
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 (1996-07-31)
10:00
Zaire  67–91  China
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 (1996-08-03)
12:00
China  85–71  South Korea
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

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Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Yang Xiangzhong Light flyweight  Rossel (PER)
W 16–7 		 Berhili (MAR)
L 9–14 		Did not advance
Chen Tao Middleweight  Moto (JPN)
L 10–15 		Did not advance
Jiang Tao Heavyweight Bye  Kizza (UGA)
W 10–7 		 Jones (USA)
L 4–21 		Did not advance

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Xu Haifeng
Wu Yubiao 		K-2 500 metres 1:37.677 7 R 1:41.035 7 Did not advance
K-2 1000 metres 3:50.978 8 R 3:41.196 7 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gao Beibei K-1 500 metres 1:59.543 7 R 1:59.095 4 SF 1:57.498 9 Did not advance
Ning Menghua
Hu Dongmei 		K-2 500 metres 1:50.721 5 R 1:53.544 2 SF 1:49.189 8 Did not advance
Xian Bangdi
Gao Beibei
Dong Ying
Zhang Qin 		K-4 500 metres 1:40.145 1 F — Bye 1:33.089 4

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road

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Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Guo Xinghong Road race 2:49:47 41
Zhao Haijuan DNF

Track

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Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Repechage 2 Round of 16 rRepechage 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Wang Yan Women's sprint 11.519 5 Q  Dubnicoff (CAN)
L 		 Larreal (VEN),
 Kasslin (FIN)
W 12.067 		—  Ferris (AUS)
L, L 		Did not advance  Grishina (RUS),
 Salumäe (EST),
 Dubnicoff (CAN)
L 		7
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Wang Qingzhi Women's individual pursuit 3:49.823 11 Did not advance
Points race
Athlete Event Laps Points Rank
Wang Yan Women's points race DNF

Mountain biking

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Gao Hongying Women's cross-country 2:09:08 25

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Xiong Ni 3 metre springboard 463.02 1 Q 694.47 1 Q 701.46 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yu Zhuocheng 438.93 2 Q 662.34 2 Q 690.93 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tian Liang 10 metre platform 425.73 3 Q 611.49 3 Q 648.18 4
Xiao Hailiang 445.86 2 Q 625.41 2 Q 658.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Fu Mingxia 3 metre springboard 284.28 4 Q 505.77 4 Q 547.68 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tan Shuping 212.49 23 Did not advance
Fu Mingxia 10 metre platform 329.25 1 Q 509.19 1 Q 521.58 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Guo Jingjing 315.39 4 Q 492.69 2 Q 447.21 5

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented China in 1996.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Dong Zhaozhi Foil  Kim (KOR)
L 12–15 		Did not advance
Wang Haibin  Devine (USA)
W 15–12 		 Tucker (CUB)
L 11–15 		Did not advance
Ye Chong  Ruziyev (UZB)
W 15–4 		 Koch (GER)
W 15–13 		 Holubytskyi (UKR)
L 14–15 		Did not advance
Dong Zhaozhi
Wang Haibin
Ye Chong 		Team foil —  South Korea (KOR)
L 42–45 		— Bye  United States (USA)
W 45–42 		9
Zhao Gang Épée  Mechkov (BUL)
W 15–12 		 Kaaberma (EST)
L 6–15 		Did not advance
Yan Xiandong Sabre  Plourde (CAN)
L 9–15 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Liang Jun Foil  Salhi (ALG)
W 15–7 		 Fichtel-Mauritz (GER)
L 10–15 		Did not advance
Wang Huifeng  Carbone (ARG)
W 15–4 		 Bianchedi (ITA)
L 10–15 		Did not advance
Xiao Aihua Bye  Angelova (BUL)
W 15–4 		 Jánosi-Németh (HUN)
W 15–7 		 Trillini (ITA)
L 7–15 		Did not advance
Liang Jun
Wang Huifeng
Xiao Aihua 		Team foil —  Israel (ISR)
W 45–29 		 Italy (ITA)
L 24–45 		 France (FRA)
L 44–45 		 Poland (POL)
W 45–32 		7
Yan Jing Épée  Kubo (JPN)
W 15–10 		 Moressée-Pichot (FRA)
L 14–15 		Did not advance

Football

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Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

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Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
China women's Women's tournament  Sweden
W 2–0 		 Denmark
W 5–1 		 United States
D 0–0 		1 Q  Brazil
W 3–2 		 United States
L 1–2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's tournament

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Team roster

Head coach: Ma Yuanan

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Zhong Honglian (1967-10-27)27 October 1967 (aged 28)
2 2DF Wang Liping (1973-11-12)12 November 1973 (aged 22)
3 2DF Fan Yunjie (1972-04-29)29 April 1972 (aged 24)
4 2DF Yu Hongqi (1973-02-02)2 February 1973 (aged 23)
5 2DF Xie Huilin (1975-01-17)17 January 1975 (aged 21)
6 3MF Zhao Lihong (1972-12-25)25 December 1972 (aged 23)
7 4FW Wei Haiying (1971-05-01)1 May 1971 (aged 25)
8 3MF Shui Qingxia (1966-12-18)18 December 1966 (aged 29)
9 3MF Sun Wen (captain) (1973-04-06)6 April 1973 (aged 23)
10 3MF Liu Ailing (1967-05-02)2 May 1967 (aged 29)
11 4FW Sun Qingmei (1966-06-19)19 June 1966 (aged 30)
12 2DF Wen Lirong (1969-10-02)2 October 1969 (aged 26) Japan Prima Ham FC Ku-No-Ichi
13 3MF Liu Ying (1974-06-11)11 June 1974 (aged 22)
14 3MF Chen Yufeng (1970-01-17)17 January 1970 (aged 26)
15 4FW Shi Guihong (1968-02-13)13 February 1968 (aged 28)
16 1GK Gao Hong (1967-11-27)27 November 1967 (aged 28)
Unenrolled alternate players
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
17 Li Yating
18 4FW Zhang Yan (1972-08-06)6 August 1972 (aged 23)
19 1GK Zhao Yan (1972-05-07)7 May 1972 (aged 24)
20 2DF Niu Lijie (1969-04-12)12 April 1969 (aged 27)
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Semi-finals
2  United States (H) 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
3  Sweden 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Sweden 0–2 China
Report (FIFA) Shi Guihong 31'
Zhao Lihong 32'
Attendance: 46,724[3]
Denmark 1–5 China
Madsen 55' Report (FIFA) Shi Guihong 10'
Liu Ailing 49'
Sun Qingmei 29', 59'
Fan Yunjie 36'
Attendance: 34,871[4]
United States 0–0 China
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 55,650[5]
Semi-final
China 3–2 Brazil
Qingmei 5'
Haiying 83', 90'		 Report Roseli 67'
Pretinha 72'
Attendance: 64,196
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
Gold medal match
China 1–2 United States
Sun 32' Report MacMillan 19'
Milbrett 68'
Attendance: 76,489
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Artistic

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Men

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Team
Athlete Event Qualification
Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Fan Bin Team 9.625 19.549 Q 18.987 18.675 19.012 19.375 Q 105.223 64
Fan Hongbin 19.187 — 19.287 Q 9.650 — 48.124 109
Huang Huadong 18.962 19.425 Q 18.500 9.537 18.912 18.200 103.536 71
Huang Liping 9.400 18.875 — 19.250 19.387 Q 18.925 85.837 90
Li Xiaoshuang 19.350 Q 19.400 18.150 19.337 Q 19.262 19.287 114.786 6 Q
Shen Jian 18.775 19.187 19.162 19.249 19.200 18.650 114.223 13 Q
Zhang Jinjing 18.849 19.099 18.900 19.212 19.299 Q 19.237 114.596 8 Q
Total 95.561 96.685 95.336 96.273 96.210 95.474 575.539 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Fan Bin Pommel horse — 9.300 — 9.300 8
Horizontal bar — 9.800 9.800 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Fan Hongbin Rings — 9.762 — 9.762 5
Huang Huadong Pommel horse — 9.712 — 9.712 5
Huang Liping Parallel bars — 9.737 — 9.737 6
Li Xiaoshuang All-around 9.687 9.712 9.775 9.812 9.650 9.787 58.423 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Floor 9.837 — 9.837 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vault — 9.643 — 9.643 5
Shen Jian All-around 9.537 9.650 9.637 9.662 9.700 9.675 57.861 5
Zhang Jinjing All-around 9.637 9.750 9.562 9.650 9.762 9.787 58.148 4
Parallel bars — 9.750 — 9.750 4

Women

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Team
Athlete Event Qualification
Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F
Bi Wenjing Team 9.625 19.575 Q 18.912 — 48.112 91
Ji Liya 19.400 19.299 — 19.587 Q 58.286 81
Kui Yuanyuan 19.150 — 18.800 19.449 57.399 84
Liu Xuan 9.650 18.987 18.825 19.125 66.587 75
Mao Yanling 18.974 19.287 19.150 19.287 76.698 18 Q
Mo Huilan 19.537 Q 19.237 18.962 19.525 Q 77.261 13 Q
Qiao Ya 19.112 18.550 19.049 19.124 75.835 29 Q
Total 96.474 96.785 95.498 97.110 385.867 4
Individual finals
Athlete Event
Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F
Bi Wenjing Uneven bars — 9.837 — 9.837 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ji Liya Floor — 9.637 9.637 8
Mao Yanling All-around 9.693 9.700 9.200 9.650 38.243 19
Mo Huilan All-around 9.799 9.800 9.800 9.650 39.049 5
Vault 9.768 — 9.768 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Floor — 9.700 9.700 6
Qiao Ya All-around 9.718 9.600 9.725 9.675 38.718 11

Rhythmic

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Group all-around
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball + Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball + Ribbon Total Rank
Cai Yingying
Huang Ting
Huang Ying
Zheng Ni
Zhong Li 		Group 19.133 18.999 38.132 6 Q 19.199 18.800 37.999 5
Individual all-around
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Wu Bei Individual 9.216 9.249 8.933 8.899 36.297 35 Did not advance
Zhou Xiaojing 9.333 9.416 9.416 9.383 37.548 16 Q 9.200 9.266 9.250 9.400 37.116 17 Did not advance

Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

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Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
China women's Women's tournament  Hungary
L 19–29 		 Denmark
L 22–31 		 United States
W 31–21 		3 — 5th Place Match
 Germany
W 28–26 		5

Women's tournament

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Team roster
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 3 3 0 0 89 62 +27 6 Semifinals
2  Hungary 3 2 0 1 81 70 +11 4
3  China 3 1 0 2 71 83 −12 2 Fifth place game
4  United States (H) 3 0 0 3 64 90 −26 0 Seventh place game
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts


26 July 1996
10:00 		Hungary  29–19  China Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Mátéfi 11 (14–11) Shi 5
28 July 1996
12:00 		China  21–33  Denmark Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Moelle Mabounda, Mvoula (CGO)
Shi 6 (9–19) Madsen 7
30 July 1996
16:30 		China  31–21  United States Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Guterman, Gedvilas (LTU)
Zhai 11 (16–11) Hires 6
5th place match
1 August 1996
14:30 		Germany  26–28  China Georgia World Congress Center
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Heinz 7 (12–16) Shi 12

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Zhang Guangjun –65 kg Bye  Tan (CAN)
L 		Did not advance
Yuan Chao –78 kg Bye  Gevorgyan (ARM)
W 		 Bouras (FRA)
L 		Did not advance  Savchishkin (RUS)
L 		Did not advance
Ao Tegen –86 kg  Pisula (POL)
W 		 Maltsev (RUS)
L 		Did not advance
Liu Shenggang +95 kg Bye  Lungu (ROU)
W 		 Sergeyev (KGZ)
W 		 Kosorotov (RUS)
W 		 Pérez (ESP)
L 		—  Van Barneveld (BEL)
L 		5
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Li Aiyue –48 kg  Nichilo (FRA)
L 		Did not advance
Wang Jin –52 kg  Sugawara (JPN)
L 		Did not advance
Liu Chuang –56 kg  Garipova (RUS)
W 		 West (USA)
W 		 Huang (TPE)
W 		 González (CUB)
L 		—  Lomba (BEL)
L 		5
Liu Lizhe –61 kg Bye  Kobaş (TUR)
L 		Did not advance
Wang Xianbo –66 kg Bye  Cho (KOR)
L 		Did not advance  Campos (BRA)
W 		 Piña (DOM)
W 		 Ogasawara (USA)
W 		 Dubois (FRA)
W 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Leng Chunhui –72 kg  Chen (TPE)
W 		 Scapin (ITA)
L 		Did not advance
Sun Fuming +72 kg Bye  Rogers (GBR)
W 		 Hagn (GER)
W 		 Gundarenko (RUS)
W 		—  Rodríguez (CUB)
W 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Huang Xiaoping
Sun Jun
Liang Hongming
Liu Xianbin 		Coxless four 6:30.16 5 R 6:29.95 2 SA/B 6:25.79 6 FB 5:58.22 10
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Liu Xiaochun Single sculls 8:12.82 3 R 8:37.01 3 SA/B 8:15.83 6 FB 7:33.67 11
Cao Mianying
Zhang Xiuyun 		Double sculls 7:26.47 2 SA/B Bye 7:15.47 1 FA 6:58.35 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Li Fei
Ou Shaoyan 		Lightweight double sculls 7:36.71 4 R 7:10.96 3 SA/B 7:23.46 4 FB 7:07.81 9
Cao Mianying
Zhang Xiuyun
Liu Xirong
Gu Xiaoli 		Quadruple sculls 6:46.00 3 R 6:21.23 2 FA — 6:31.10 5
Liang Xiling
Jing Yanhua 		Coxless pair 7:46.80 3 SA/B Bye 7:36.40 4 FB 7:15.41 7

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Qian Hong Mistral One Design 27 12 19 10 11 13 10 6 12 74 12
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Li Ke Mistral One Design 4 14 5 9 2 7 6 2 3 — 29 4
Liu Haimei
Ji Fengqin 		470 15 14 23 21 21 22 21 15 20 23 20.5 169.5 21
Open
Fleet racing
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Cao Xiaobo Laser 30 24 32 28 28 29 30 27 38 32 13 241 32

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Chen Dongjie Skeet 121 9 Did not advance
Chen Xianjun 50 m rifle three positions 1148 42 Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 594 20 Did not advance
Li Bo Double trap 138 7 Did not advance
Li Haicong 10 m air rifle 587 22 Did not advance
Li Wenjie 50 m rifle prone 595 11 Did not advance
Meng Gang 25 m rapid fire pistol 587 5 Q 687.1 5
Ning Lijia 50 m rifle three positions 1165 10 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 588 18 Did not advance
Tan Zongliang 10 m air pistol 581 8 Q 682.0 6
Wang Yifu 50 m pistol 564 5 Q 659.3 6
10 m air pistol 587 1 Q 684.1 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Xiao Jun 10 m running target 577 6 Q 679.8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Xu Dan 50 m pistol 552 30 Did not advance
Yang Ling 10 m running target 585 1 Q 685.8 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Zhang Bing Trap 122 6 Q 146 5
Double trap 140 3 Q 183 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Zhang Yongjie Trap 121 9 Did not advance
Zhang Xindong Skeet 121 9 Did not advance
Zhao Guisheng Trap 118 31 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Chen Muhua 50 m rifle three positions 576 20 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 390 20 Did not advance
Gao E Double trap 103 8 Did not advance
Li Duihong 25 m pistol 589 1 Q 687.9 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10 m air pistol 379 15 Did not advance
Lu Fang 10 m air pistol 380 14 Did not advance
Ma Ge 25 m pistol 578 9 Did not advance
Xu Xiang Double trap 100 11 Did not advance
Xu Yanhua 10 m air rifle 393 9 Did not advance
Zhang Qiuping 50 m rifle three positions 577 17 Did not advance

Softball

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Main article: Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Summary
Team Event Round robin Semi-final Bronze medal game Gold medal game
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
China women's Women's tournament  Australia
W 6–0 		 Japan
L 0–3 		 Canada
W 2–1 		 Puerto Rico
W 10–0 		 Netherlands
W 8–0 		 Chinese Taipei
W 1–0 		 United States
L 2–3 		2 Q  United States
L 0–1 		 Australia
W 4–2 		 United States
L 1–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Team roster
Group play
Team W L RS RA WIN% GB Tiebreaker
 United States 6 1 37 7 .857 - -
 China 5 2 29 9 .714 1 3 RA vs. AUS/JPN
 Australia 5 2 22 11 .714 1 6 RA vs. CHN/JPN
 Japan 5 2 24 18 .714 1 10 RA vs. CHN/AUS
 Canada 3 4 15 17 .429 3 -
 Chinese Taipei 2 5 19 19 .286 4 -
 Netherlands 1 6 4 32 .143 5 1–0 vs. PUR
 Puerto Rico 1 6 5 44 .143 5 0–1 vs. NED
Semi-final
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
 United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
WP: Fernandez (1-1)   LP: Wang L (3-2)
Bronze medal game
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 China 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 5 2
 Australia 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2
WP: Wang L (4-2)   LP: Roche (2-2)
Gold medal game
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
 China 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2
 United States 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
WP: Michele Granger (2-0)   LP: Liu Y (0-1)   Sv: Fernandez (1)

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank
Jiang Chengji 50 m freestyle 22.55 3 FA 22.33 4
100 m butterfly 53.40 4 FA 53.20 4
Wang Yiwu 200 m breaststroke 2:19.13 24 Did not advance
Zeng Qiliang 100 m breaststroke 1:02.26 8 FA 1:02.01 7
Zhao Lifeng 100 m freestyle 51.70 39 Did not advance
Zhao Yi 100 m backstroke 57.17 26 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:13.31 39 Did not advance
Jiang Chengji
Zeng Qiliang
Zhao Yi
Zhao Lifeng 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:43.50 13 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank
Cai Huijue 100 m butterfly 1:00.89 7 FA 1:00.46 7
Chen Yan 100 m backstroke 1:02.62 6 FA 1:02.50 5
200 m backstroke 2:14.74 12 FB 2:14.37 11
Chen Yan 200 m freestyle 2:03.32 16 FB Withdrew
400 m freestyle 4:22.55 29 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:53.87 17 Did not advance
Han Xue 100 m breaststroke 1:10.40 13 FB 1:09.90 9
He Cihong 100 m backstroke 1:05.87 26 Did not advance
Le Jingyi 50 m freestyle 25.10 1 FA 24.90 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 m freestyle 54.90 1 FA 54.50 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lin Li 200 m breaststroke 2:30.64 9 FB 2:33.45 16
200 m individual medley 2:16.31 4 FA 2:14.74 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Liu Limin 100 m butterfly 1:00.18 3 FA 59.14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m butterfly 2:13.12 8 FA 2:10.70 5
Pu Yiqi 800 m freestyle 8:45.32 12 Did not advance
Qu Yun 200 m butterfly 2:11.35 4 FA 2:10.26 4
Shan Ying 50 m freestyle 25.71 5 FA 25.70 7
100 m freestyle 56.10 9 FB 55.74 9
200 m freestyle 2:04.29 23 Did not advance
Wu Yanyan 200 m backstroke 2:20.89 28 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:16.55 10 FB 2:16.61 10
400 m individual medley 4:54.07 18 Did not advance
Yuan Yuan 100 m breaststroke 1:11.65 24 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:33.89 24 Did not advance
Le Jingyi
Chao Na
Nian Yun
Shan Ying 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:44.06 3 FA 3:40.48 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nian Yun
Wang Luna
Chen Yan
Shan Ying
Pu Yiqi (*) 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:13.29 8 FA 8:15.38 8
Chen Yan
Han Xue
Cai Huijue
Shan Ying 		4 × 100 m medley relay 4:09.23 4 FA 4:07.34 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Synchronized swimming

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Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Long Yan
Li Min
Li Yuanyuan
Wu Chunlan
Chen Xuan
Guo Cui
Fu Yuling
Pan Yan 		Team 94.600 6 93.867 7 94.124 7

Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kong Linghui Singles  Osama (SUD)
W 2–0 		 Tasaki (JPN)
W 2–0 		 Chiang (TPE)
W 2–0 		1 Q  Kim (KOR)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Liu Guoliang  Smythe (AUS)
W 2–0 		 Saive (BEL)
W 2–0 		 Grujić (YUG)
W 2–1 		1 Q  Matsushita (JPN)
W 3–0 		 Huang (CAN)
W 3–1 		 Roßkopf (GER)
W 3–1 		 Wang (CHN)
W 3–2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Wang Tao  Mutambuze (UGA)
W 2–0 		 Heister (NED)
W 2–1 		 Tsiokas (GRE)
W 2–0 		1 Q  Yoo (KOR)
W 3–0 		 Samsonov (BLR)
W 3–2 		 Korbel (CZE)
W 3–0 		 Liu (CHN)
L 2–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kong Linghui
Liu Guoliang 		Doubles  Opoku /
Addy (GHA)
W 2–0 		 von Scheele /
Karlsson (SWE)
W 2–0 		 Legoût /
Chila (FRA)
W 2–0 		1 Q —  Matsushita /
Shibutani (JPN)
W 3–0 		 Lee /
Yoo (KOR)
W 3–0 		 Lu /
Wang (CHN)
W 3–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lu Lin
Wang Tao 		 Langley /
Lavale (AUS)
W 2–0 		 Atiković /
Primorac (CRO)
W 2–0 		 Qian /
Ding (AUT)
W 2–0 		1 Q —  Kang /
Kim (KOR)
W 3–2 		 Roßkopf /
Fetzner (GER)
W 3–0 		 Kong /
Liu (CHN)
L 1–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Deng Yaping Singles  Kyakobye (UGA)
W 2–0 		 Lomas (GBR)
W 2–0 		 Svensson (SWE)
W 2–0 		1 Q  Park (KOR)
W 3–0 		 Struse (GER)
W 3–0 		 Liu (CHN)
W 3–1 		 Chen (TPE)
W 3–2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Liu Wei  Rodríguez (CHI)
W 2–0 		 Popovová (SVK)
W 2–1 		 Feng (USA)
W 2–1 		1 Q  Bădescu (ROU)
W3–0 		 Kim (PRK)
W 3–0 		 Deng (CHN)
L 1–3 		 Qiao (CHN)
L 1–3 		4
Qiao Hong  Musoke (UGA)
W 2–0 		 Wang-Dréchou (FRA)
W 2–0 		 Sato (JPN)
W 2–0 		1 Q  Jing (SGP)
W 3–0 		 Koyama (JPN)
W 3–0 		 Chen (TPE)
L 0–3 		 Liu (CHN)
W 3–1 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Deng Yaping
Qiao Hong 		Doubles  Coubat /
Wang-Dréchou (FRA)
W 2–0 		 Geng Lijuan /
Chiu (CAN)
W 2–0 		— 1 Q —  Chen /
Chen (TPE)
W 3–2 		 Kim /
Park (KOR)
W 3–1 		 Liu /
Qiao (CHN)
W 3–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Liu Wei
Qiao Yunping 		 Rodríguez /
Tepes (CHI)
W 2–0 		 Holt /
Lomas (GBR)
W 2–0 		 Nemeș /
Schöpp (GER)
W 2–1 		1 Q —  Koyama /
Todo (JPN)
W 3–0 		 Park /
Ryu (KOR)
W 3–1 		 Deng /
Qiao (CHN)
L 1–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Pan Bing
Xia Jiaping 		Doubles —  Bhupathi /
Paes (IND)
L 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Chen Li Singles  Seles (USA)
L 0–6, 4–6 		Did not advance
Yi Jingqian  Gorrochategui (ARG)
L 2–6, 6–1, 1–6 		Did not advance
Chen Li
Yi Jingqian 		Doubles —  Bradtke /
Stubbs (AUS)
W walkover 		 Sangaram /
Tanasugarn (THA)
L 6–2, 4–6, 4–6 		Did not advance

Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Indoor

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Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
China women's Women's tournament  Netherlands
W 3–0 		 South Korea
W 3–2 		 United States
W 3–1 		 Ukraine
W 3–0 		 Japan
W 3–0 		1 Q  Germany
W 3–0 		 Russia
W 3–1 		 Cuba
L 1–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women's tournament

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Team roster
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  China 5 5 0 10 15 3 5.000 256 181 1.414 Quarterfinals
2  United States 5 4 1 9 13 5 2.600 241 198 1.217
3  Netherlands 5 3 2 8 10 7 1.429 211 179 1.179
4  South Korea 5 2 3 7 10 9 1.111 249 222 1.122
5  Japan 5 1 4 6 3 12 0.250 158 199 0.794
6  Ukraine 5 0 5 5 0 15 0.000 89 225 0.396
Source: [citation needed]


20 July 1996 Netherlands  0–3  China
(10–15 ,5–15, 7–15)
Report
22 July 1996 China  3–2  South Korea
(17–16, 16–14, 2–15, 13–15, 15–13)
Report
24 July 1996 United States  1–3  China
(8–15, 2–15, 15–12, 12–15)
Report
26 July 1996 China  3–0  Ukraine
(15–4, 15–4, 15–6)
Report
28 July 1996 Japan  0–3  China
(14–16, 11–15, 10–15)
Report
Quarterfinal
30 July 1996 China  3–0  Germany
(15–12 ,15–8 ,15–8)
Report
Semifinal
1 August 1996 China  3–1  Russia
(12–15, 15–5, 15–8, 15–12)
Report
Gold medal match
3 August 1996 China  1–3  Cuba
(16–14, 12–15, 16–17, 6–15)
Report

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Lan Shizhang –54 kg 125.0 3 150.0 3 275.0 4
Zhang Xiangsen 130.0 2 150.0 3 280.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tang Lingsheng –59 kg 137.5 OR 1 170.0 OR 1 307.5 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Xu Dong 132.5 7 162.5 5 295.0 6
Wang Guohua –64 kg NVL DNF
Xiao Jiangang 145.0 2 177.5 3 322.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Wan Jianhui –70 kg 152.5 4 180.0 7 332.5 7
Zhan Xugang 162.5 WR 1 195.0 WR 1 357.5 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lin Shoufeng –76 kg 157.5 9 195.0 3 352.5 5
Cui Wenhua –108 kg 190.0 4 215.0 6 405.0 5

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sheng Zetian –57 kg  Aghayev (AZE)
W 5–4 		 Jansons (LAT)
W 7–1 		Bye  Hall (USA)
L 0–1 		—  Sarmiento (CUB)
W 8–2 		 Khakymov (UKR)
W 4–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hu Guohong –62 kg  Manukyan (ARM)
L 0–11 		Did not advance  Sánchez (PUR)
W 8–3 		 Pirim (TUR)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Ba Yanchuan –100 kg  Gleasman (USA)
L 2–15 		Did not advance  Manov (BUL)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Liu Guoke –130 kg  Schiekel (GER)
L 0–3 		Did not advance  Kuziev (UZB)
L 1–6 		Did not advance
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Feng Aigang –130 kg  Far (PAN)
W 11–0 		 Thiele (GER)
L 1–1 		Did not advance — Bye  Valiyev (UKR)
L 1–3 		Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "China at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  2. ^ People's Republic of China at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  3. ^ "Sweden - China PR". FIFA. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Denmark - China PR". FIFA. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. ^ "USA - China PR". FIFA. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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