China participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, sending its largest delegation at a Winter Olympics with 94 athletes. China had its best ever Winter Olympics medal finish, winning five gold medals and eleven in total, finishing seventh in the medal standings.
China won its first ever gold medal in figure skating when Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo set a new world record for the overall combined score in pair figure skating. It was the first time since 1960 that a Russian, Soviet, or Unified Team flagged team did not win the gold medal.Los Angeles Times, "Fourth time is their charm", Philip Hersh, 16 February 2010 (accessed 16 February 2010) China also won its first ever team Winter Olympic medal in the women's curling event with a bronze. The women's short track speed skating team swept the gold medals in all four events. China also won three medals in freestyle skiing aerials.
Wang Meng won three gold medals in short track speed skating and became the most decorated Chinese Winter Olympics athlete ever. Zhou Yang won two gold medals at these Games.
Xiao Tian, deputy chef de mission of the Chinese delegation, described the outcome as an "important breakthrough" for China in winter sports."China makes historic breakthrough in winter sports at Vancouver Olympics", Xinhua, March 1, 2010
Target At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, 76 athletes competed in 48 events within nine disciplines and won two gold, four silver and five bronze medals. In an attempt to surpass that achievement, China sent 94 athletes to Vancouver, its largest delegation ever (record broken by the Chinese delegation at their home olympics - Beijing 2022).China eyeing better results at Vancouver Games from China Daily
According to He Zhenliang, China's senior International Olympic Committee member and the honorary president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, the insufficient participation in Winter Olympic sports by "ordinary [Chinese] people" is still limiting the country's success in the Winter Games and is also discouraging any attempt to bid to host a future Winter Olympics.
The Chinese Olympic Committee had high expectations in particular for the country's men's and women's aerials teams; in 2003 they hired two coaches, American Peter Judge and Canadian Dustin Wilson, to lead an effort to revamp China's aerial training program, and by January 2010, the top four women and five of the top seven men in the sport were Chinese. Only two teams—those from China and the United States—qualified four male and four female skiers in the event. Aerials skier Han Xiaopeng, winner of the gold medal in his sport at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, was chosen as China's national flag bearer for the 2010 opening ceremony.
One potential competitor, speed skater Wang Manli, the 2006 silver medal winner at 500 metres, vowed in January 2007 to win gold in 2010, however, a chronic knee injury forced her to announce retirement in early 2008.
Records
In the sport of figure skating, Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo set a new world record for the overall combined score of 216.57 points in pair figure skating. It was the first time since 1960 that a Russian, Soviet, or Unified Team flagged team did not win the gold medal. Shen and Zhao set a new world record for the short program with 76.66 points. Meanwhile, in the same event, the pair skating team of Pang Qing and Tong Jian set a new world record for the free skate with a score of 141.81 points.Agence France Presse, "Shen, Zhao claim China's first figure skating gold", Emmeline Moore, 16 February 2010 (accessed 16 February 2010)
Wang Meng and Zhou Yang set Olympic records in the 500 m and 1,500 m short track speed skating events. China set a new world record in the 3000 metre relay race. Zhou Yang also set a new world record in the 1,000 m event.
Medalists
The following Chinese athletes won medals at the games: Medal Name Sport Event Date Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo Figure skating Pair skating Feb 15 Wang Meng Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres Feb 17 Zhou Yang Short track speed skating Women's 1500 metres Feb 20 Sun Linlin / Wang Meng / Zhang Hui / Zhou Yang Short track speed skating Women's 3000 metre relay Feb 24 Wang Meng Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres Feb 26 Pang Qing / Tong Jian Figure skating Pair skating Feb 15 Li Nina Freestyle skiing Women's aerials Feb 24 Wang Beixing Speed skating Women's 500 metres Feb 16 Guo Xinxin Freestyle skiing Women's aerials Feb 24 Liu Zhongqing Freestyle skiing Men's aerials Feb 25 Wang Bingyu / Liu Yin / Yue Qingshuang / Zhou Yan / Liu Jinli Curling Women's Feb 26
Medals by sportSportTotal Short track speed skating 4 0 0 4 Figure skating 1 1 0 2 Freestyle skiing 0 1 2 3 Curling 0 0 1 1 Speed skating 0 0 1 1 Total 5 2 4 11Medals by dateCumulativeDayDateTotalTotalDay 113th00000000Day 214th00000000Day 315th11021102Day 416th00111113Day 517th10012114Day 618th00002114Day 719th00002114Day 820th10013115Day 921st00003115Day 1022nd00003115Day 1123rd00003115Day 1224th11134228Day 1325th00114239Day 1426th101252411Day 1527th000052411Day 1628th000052411Total5241152411Multiple medalistsNameSportTotalWang MengShort track speed skating3003Zhou YangShort track speed skating2002
Alpine skiing
Men AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRankLi LeiGiant slalom1:30.361:36.903:07.2675Slalom59.431:01.432:00.8643
Women AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRankXia LinaGiant slalom1:30.411:28.482:58.8959Slalom1:10.60Did not finish
Biathlon
Men AthleteEventTimeRankZhang Chengye20 km individual51:31.01910 km sprint26:19.93212.5 km pursuit36:28.735
Women AthleteEventTimeRankSong Chaoqing15 km individual46:30.3537.5 km sprint21:38.23210 km pursuit34:46.643Wang Chunli15 km individual44:18.0337.5 km sprint22:13.45010 km pursuit34:01.835Liu Xianying15 km individual43:16.2207.5 km sprint22:14.65110 km pursuit33:41.230Kong Yingchao15 km individual46:46.2587.5 km sprint22:30.961Wang ChunliLiu XianyingKong YingchaoSong Chaoqing4 x 6 km relay1:12:16.99Liu YuanyuanNo show
Cross-country skiing
Men AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankXu Wenlong15 km freestyle37:39.568Sun QinghaiSprint classic 3:38.52 12 3:43.1 5Did not advanceSun QinghaiXu WenlongTeam sprint free 19:43.6 10Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLi Hongxue10 km freestyle27:05.73515 km pursuit43:24.337Li Xin10 km freestyle29:38.565Man DandanSprint classic4:08.5551Did not advanceMan DandanLi HongxueTeam sprint free20:02.79Did not advance
Curling
Men's tournament
Standings
Team Name PositionWang Fengchun*SkipLiu RuiFourthXu XiaomingSecondLi HongchenLeadZang JialiangAlternate *Throws third rocks
Round-robin
Draw 2
Draw 3
Draw 5
Draw 6
Draw 7
Draw 8
Draw 10
Draw 11
Draw 12
Women's tournament
Standings
Team Name PositionWang BingyuSkipLiu YinThirdYue QingshuangSecondZhou YanLeadLiu JinliAlternate
Round-robin
Draw 2
Draw 3
Draw 4
Draw 5
Draw 6
Draw 7
Draw 9
Draw 10
Draw 11
Semifinal
Bronze medal final
Figure skating
China has qualified one entrant in ladies singles, three in pair skating, and one in ice dancing for a total of nine athletes. Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo set a new world record in both the overall combined score and the short program while teammates Pang Qing and Tong Jian set a new world record in the free skate.
Athlete Event / / Total Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Liu Yan Ladies' 51.74 19 91.73 18 143.47 19 Shen Xue, Zhao HongboPairs 76.66 WR 1 139.91 2 216.57 WR Pang Qing, Tong JianPairs 71.50 4 141.81 WR 1 213.31 Zhang Dan, Zhang HaoPairs 71.28 5 123.06 4 194.34 5 Huang Xintong, Zheng Xun Ice dancing 29.22 19 45.03 20 71.27 20 145.52 19
Freestyle skiing
Men EventAthleteQualifyingFinalPointsRankPointsRankAerialsHan Xiaopeng192.5221Did not advanceJia Zongyang242.521 Q237.576Liu Zhongqing229.6711 Q242.53Qi Guangpu230.2810 Q234.857
Women EventAthleteQualifyingFinalPointsRankPointsRankAerialsCheng Shuang 180.91 4 Q 187.87 7Guo Xinxin 189.16 3 Q 205.22 Li Nina 192.10 2 Q 207.23 Xu Mengtao 168.55 8 Q 191.61 6
Ice hockey
Women's tournament See also China women's national ice hockey team
Roster
Group play China played in Group B. Round-robin All times are local (UTC-8).
Standings
Classification round Fifth place semifinal
Seventh place game
Short track speed skating
China has 10 qualified teams to this sporting event.
Men EventAthleteHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimePositionTimePositionTimePositionTimePosition500 mHan Jialiang 41.869 1 Q 41.443 3 did not advanceLiang Wenhao DSQMa Yunfeng 41.954 3 did not advance1000 mHan Jialiang 1:26.479 1 Q 1:25.856 2 Q 1:25.462 4 QB 1:32.023 6Liang Wenhao 1:26.249 2 Q 1:25.060 3 did not advanceMa Yunfeng 1:25.814 4 did not advance1500 mLiu Xianwei 2:14.354 3 Q 2:14.500 5 Q did not advanceLiang Wenhao 2:16.152 1 Q 2:15.453 2 Q 2:48.192 6Song Weilong 2:20.095 6 did not advance5000 m relayHan JialiangLiu XianweiMa YunfengSong Weilong6:43.6011 QA6:44.6304
Women Liu Qiuhong Zhang Hui EventAthleteHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimePositionTimePositionTimePositionTimePosition500 mWang Meng 43.926 1 Q 43.284 1 Q 42.985 1 QA OR 43.048 Zhou Yang 44.115 1 Q 44.106 1 Q 43.992 3 QB 44.725 5Zhao Nannan 1:02.132 4 did not advance1000 mWang Meng 1:30.958 1 Q 1:32.267 1 Q 1:30.573 2 QA 1:29.213 Zhou Yang 1:30.781 1 Q 1:29.849 1 Q 1:29.049 1 QA DSQSun Linlin 1:30.629 2 Q 1:30.589 3 did not advance1500 mWang Meng 2:29.199 1 QDSQZhou Yang 2:24.246 1 Q 2:21.049 2 QA 2:16.993 Sun Linlin 2:24.031 2 Q 2:24.777 3 QB 2:42.960 103000 m relaySun LinlinWang MengZhang HuiZhou Yang 4:08.797 1 Q 4:06.610 WR
Snowboarding
Men EventAthleteQualificationSemifinalFinalsRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2Rank HalfpipeShi Wancheng 15.8 18.0 19 did not advanceZeng Xiaoye 14.0 32.8 5 Q 32.9 16.2 10 did not advance
Women EventAthleteQualificationSemifinalFinalsRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2Rank HalfpipeCai Xuetong 14.1 19.3 23 did not advanceLiu Jiayu 26.3 33.3 12 Q 41.1 36.2 2 Q 39.3 34.9 4Sun Zhifeng 38.2 39.9 6 QFn/a 29.8 33.0 7
Key: Q=Qualified for next round, QF=Qualified directly for the final
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRace 1Race 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank500 metresWang Nan 35.915 26 35.928 25 71.84 25Yu Fengtong 35.116 7 35.120 7 70.23 7Zhang Zhongqi 35.175 14 35.113 6 70.288 10Liu Fangyi 36.193 34 36.047 27 72.24 281000 metresWang Nan 1:11.82 311500 metresSun Longjiang 1:51.30 35Gao Xuefeng 1:50.78 34
Women EventAthleteRace 1Race 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank500 metresJin Peiyu 38.68 6 38.771 11 77.45 8Wang Beixing 38.48 3 38.144 3 76.63 Xing Aihua 38.79 11 38.849 16 77.64 13Zhang Shuang 38.53 5 38.807 13 77.33 71000 metresJin Peiyu 1:17.97 18Ren Hui 1:19.18 33Wang Beixing 1:18.30 24Yu Jing 1:19.13 321500 metresWang Fei 2:00.65 203000 metresFu Chunyan4:20.6225Wang Fei4:18.4222
Related teams Athletes from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region compete separately as "Hong Kong, China".
See also China at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
References
External links Team China at olympic.cn and vancouver2010.com Team coverage at CTV Olympics and NBC Olympics