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. The Chinese swim team reportedly had widespread doping throughout the 1990s.
Medalists Medals by sportSport TotalTable Tennis 4 3 1 8Diving 3 1 1 5Shooting 2 2 1 5Weightlifting 2 1 1 4Gymnastics 1 4 1 6Swimming 1 3 2 6Athletics 1 2 1 4Badminton 1 1 2 4Judo 1 0 1 2Archery 0 1 0 1Football 0 1 0 1Rowing 0 1 0 1Softball 0 1 0 1Volleyball 0 1 0 1Wrestling 0 0 1 1Total 16 22 12 50
MedalNameSportEventDate Sun Fuming Judo Women's +72 kg 20 July Le Jingyi Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 20 July Tang Lingsheng Weightlifting Men's –59 kg 21 July Zhan Xugang Weightlifting Men's –70 kg 23 July Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 24 July Li Duihong Shooting Women's 25 metre pistol 26 July Yang Ling Shooting Men's 10 metre running target 26 July Fu Mingxia Diving Women's 10 metre platform 27 July Wang Junxia Athletics Women's 5000 metres 28 July Deng YapingQiao Hong Table tennis Women's doubles 29 July Xiong Ni Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 29 July Kong LinghuiLiu Guoliang Table tennis Men's doubles 30 July Ge FeiGu Jun Badminton Women's doubles 31 July Deng Yaping Table tennis Women's singles 31 July Fu Mingxia Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 31 July Liu Guoliang Table tennis Men's singles 1 August Wang Yifu Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol 20 July Zhang Xiangsen Weightlifting Men's –54 kg 20 July Li XiaoshuangZhang JinjingShen JianFan BinHuang HuadongHuang LipingFan Hongbin Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 22 July Le JingyiChao NaNian YunShan Ying Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 22 July Liu Limin Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 23 July Xiao Jun Shooting Men's 10 metre running target 26 July Le Jingyi Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 26 July Cao MianyingZhang Xiuyun Rowing Women's double sculls 27 July Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics Men's floor 28 July Liu WeiQiao Yunping Table tennis Women's doubles 29 July Mo Huilan Gymnastics Women's vault 29 July Bi Wenjing Gymnastics Women's uneven bars 29 July Yu Zhuocheng Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 29 July Lu LinWang Tao Table tennis Men's doubles 30 July China women's national softball team Softball Women's tournament 30 July He Ying Archery Women's individual 31 July Dong Jiong Badminton Men's singles 1 August Wang Tao Table tennis Men's singles 1 August China women's national football team Football Women's tournament 1 August Sui Xinmei Athletics Women's shot put 2 August Wang Junxia Athletics Women's 10,000 metres 2 August China women's national volleyball team Volleyball Women's tournament 3 August Sheng Zetian Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman –57 kg 21 July Wang Xianbo Judo Women's –66 kg 22 July Xiao Jiangang Weightlifting Men's –64 kg 22 July Zhang Bing Shooting Men's double trap 24 July Lin Li Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley 24 July Chen YanHan XueCai HuijueShan Ying Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 24 July Wang Yan Athletics Women's 10 kilometres walk 29 July Fan Bin Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 29 July Qin YiyuanTang Yongshu Badminton Women's doubles 30 July Qiao Hong Table tennis Women's singles 31 July Sun ManLiu Jianjun Badminton Mixed doubles 31 July Xiao Hailiang Diving Men's 10 metre platform 2 August
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.People's Republic of China at the 1996 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 14 17 31Badminton 9 11 20Basketball 12 12 24Boxing 3 – 3Canoeing 2 6 8 Cycling 0 5 5Diving 4 3 7Fencing 5 4 9Football 0 15 15Gymnastics 7 14 21 Handball 0 12 12Judo 4 7 11Rowing 4 9 13Sailing 2 3 5Shooting 16 8 24Softball – 15 15Swimming 5 16 21Synchronized swimming – 8 8Table tennis 4 4 8Tennis 2 2 4Volleyball 0 9 9Weightlifting 10 – 10Wrestling 5 – 5 Total 111 183 294
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.
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankLuo HengyuIndividual62758L 161–167Did not advanceShen Jun64447L 158–162Did not advanceTang Hua66414W 157–154L 159–161Did not advanceLuo HengyuShen JunTang HuaTeam193513colspan=2L 240–243Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankHe YingIndividual6692W 158–123W 163–163W 165–159W 103–93W 101–100L 107–113 Wang Xiaozhu63632W 152–143W 156–152W 156–149L 103–106Did not advanceYang Jianping64816W 159–150L 148–154Did not advanceHe YingWang XiaozhuYang JianpingTeam19533colspan=2W 222–217L 231–232Did not advance
Athletics
Men Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankChen Wenzhong100 metres10.3733 Q10.2923Did not advance200 metres21.0555Did not advanceChen Yanhao110 metres hurdles13.7633Did not advanceLi Tong13.5713 Q13.439 Q13.6015Did not advanceLi Mingcai20 kilometres walkcolspan=6Li Zewencolspan=61:25:2827Yu Guohuicolspan=61:24:3020Mao Xinyuan50 kilometres walkcolspan=6Zhang Huiqiangcolspan=63:53:1014Zhao Yongshengcolspan=6
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionChen JingLong jump7.7029Did not advanceHuang Geng8.126 Q7.999Zou SixinTriple jump16.5321Did not advanceLi ShaojieDiscus throw60.2018Did not advanceZhang LianbiaoJavelin throw79.8812 q80.9611
Women Track and road events
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankYan Jiankui100 metres11.4633Did not advanceDu Xiujie200 metres23.6938Did not advanceYan Jiankui23.2123 q23.3022Did not advanceDu Xiujie400 metres53.9541Did not advanceZhang Jian800 metres2:04.1727colspan=2Did not advanceWang Junxia5000 metres15:24.2813 Qcolspan=414:59.88 ORWei Li15:33.4917colspan=4Did not advanceYang Siju15:40.4120colspan=4Did not advanceWang Junxia10,000 metres32:36.5319 Qcolspan=431:02.58Wang Mingxia32:10.2610 qcolspan=432:38.9815Yang Siju32:22.2713 qcolspan=433:15.2919Ren XiujuanMarathoncolspan=62:31:219Gao Hongmiao10 kilometres walkcolspan=6Gu Yancolspan=642:344Wang Yancolspan=642:19
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionRen RuipingTriple jump14.564 Q14.306Wang Xiangrong13.3222Did not advanceLi MeisuShot put18.3914Did not advanceSui Xinmei19.362 Q19.88Xiao YanlingDiscus throw65.102 Q64.725Li LeiJavelin throw61.487 q60.748
Badminton
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDong JiongSinglesW 15–9, 15–4W 15–6, 18–15W 15–6, 15–6W 15–6, 18–16L 12–15, 10–15Sun JunW 15–5, 15–6W 15–5, 17–4L 5–15, 6–15Did not advanceYu LizhiW 15–5, 12–15, 15–1W 15–10, 15–11L 5–15, 2–15Did not advanceGe ChengTao XiaoqiangDoublesW 15–2, 15–3L 8–15, 2–15Did not advanceHuang ZhanzhongJiang XinW 15–7, 15–9L 7–15, 7–15Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHan JingnaSinglesW 11–0, 11–1W 11–3, 11–6L 11–3, 4–11, 8–11Did not advanceYao YanW 11–4, 11–4W 11–6, 11–5L 3–11, 2–11Did not advanceYe ZhaoyingW 11–4, 11–1W 11–4, 11–4L 5–11, 11–12Did not advanceChen YingPeng XingyongDoublesW 15–2, 11–15, 15–1W 15–8, 15–13L 6–15, 15–8, 5–15Did not advanceGe FeiGu Jun'W 15–3, 15–6W 15–7, 15–3W 15–8, 15–2W 15–5, 15–5Qin YiyuanTang YongshuW 15–1, 4–15, 15–6W 15–8, 15–3L 12–15, 15–10, 16–18W 7–15, 15–4, 15–8
Mixed AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPeng XingyongChen XingdongDoublesW 15–5, 15–2W 15–11, 15–6W 15–10, 6–15, 18–15L 6–15, 8–15L 15–13, 15–17, 4–154Sun ManLiu JianjunW 15–12, 15–3W 15–4, 7–15, 15–4W 15–2, 5–15, 15–7L 10–15, 4–15W 13–15, 17–15, 15–4Wang XiaoyuanTao XiaoqiangW 15–5, 15–4W 16–17, 15–6, 15–5L 7–15, 9–15Did not advance
Basketball
Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankChina men'sMen's tournamentW 70–67L 78–109W 87–77L 70–133L 55–1164 QL 61–128L 75–115L 85–998China women'sWomen's tournamentL 56–69L 72–75W 61–49L 83–98L 78–945W 91–67W 85–719
Men's tournament
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
Quarterfinals
Classification Round 5–8th Place
7th Place match
Women's tournament
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
Classification Round 9th−12th place
9th place match
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYang XiangzhongLight flyweightW 16–7L 9–14Did not advanceChen TaoMiddleweightL 10–15Did not advanceJiang TaoHeavyweightW 10–7L 4–21Did not advance
Canoeing
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankXu HaifengWu YubiaoK-2 500 metres1:37.6777 R1:41.0357Did not advanceK-2 1000 metres3:50.9788 R3:41.1967Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGao BeibeiK-1 500 metres1:59.5437 R1:59.0954 SF1:57.4989Did not advanceNing MenghuaHu DongmeiK-2 500 metres1:50.7215 R1:53.5442 SF1:49.1898Did not advanceXian BangdiGao BeibeiDong YingZhang QinK-4 500 metres1:40.1451 Fcolspan=2colspan=21:33.0894
Cycling
Road
Women AthleteEventTimeRankGuo XinghongRoad race2:49:4741Zhao Haijuan
Track
Sprint AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage Round 2Repechage 2Round of 16rRepechage 3QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankWang YanWomen's sprint11.5195 QL ,W 12.067colspan=4L, LDid not advance,,L 7
Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankWang QingzhiWomen's individual pursuit3:49.82311Did not advance
Points race AthleteEventLapsPointsRankWang YanWomen's points race
Mountain biking
AthleteEventTimeRankGao Hongying Women's cross-country2:09:0825
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankXiong Ni3 metre springboard463.021 Q694.471 Q701.46Yu Zhuocheng438.932 Q662.342 Q690.93Tian Liang10 metre platform425.733 Q611.493 Q648.184Xiao Hailiang445.862 Q625.412 Q658.20
Women AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankFu Mingxia3 metre springboard284.284 Q505.774 Q547.68Tan Shuping212.4923Did not advanceFu Mingxia10 metre platform329.251 Q509.191 Q521.58Guo Jingjing315.394 Q492.692 Q447.215
Fencing
Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented China in 1996.
Men