China hosted the 2026 Asian Beach Games in Sanya, Hainan from 22 to 30 April 2026. This marks the return of the Asian Beach Games, ten years since the 2016 edition in Da Nang, Vietnam. This is the second time China has hosted the tournament, the first being the 2012 edition which was held in.Haiyang, Shandong.
As host, China fielded 171 athletes competing in 13 sports, the largest ever Chinese delegation in the Asian Beach Games. China did not field a team in beach kabaddi. Beach handball athlete Shen Ping and 3x3 basketballer Yan Peng were the flagbearers of China for the opening ceremony.
Competitors The following is the list of the number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. SportMenWomenTotal3x3 basketball 4 4 8Aquathlon 2 3 5Beach athletics 12 11 23Beach handball 10 10 20Beach soccer 11 0 11Beach volleyball 4 4 8Beach water polo 7 7 14Beach wrestling 4 4 8Dragon boat 14 14 28Ju-jitsu 4 6 10Open water swimming 2 2 4Sailing 8 8 16Sport climbing 4 4 8Teqball 3 3 6 Total 89 80 169
Medal summary
Medal by sport SportTotal Sailing5229 Dragon boat5106 Sport climbing3126 Aquathlon3115 Open water swimming3104 Beach athletics28313 Beach wrestling1225 Beach water polo1102 3x3 basketball1012 Beach handball0101 Beach volleyball0011 Teqball0011 Total 24 18 13 55
Medal by date Medals by dateDate Total22 April Opening ceremony23 April211424 April310325 April4611126 April432927 April402628 April432929 April3351130 April0101 Total 24 18 13 55
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Fan Junjie Aquathlon Men's individual 23 April Lin Xinyu Aquathlon Women's individual 23 April Dragon boat Men's 100 m 24 April Dragon boat Women's 100 m 24 April China women's national water polo team Beach water polo Women's team 24 April Song Jiayuan Beach athletics Women's shot put 25 April Dragon boat Women's 200 m 25 April Li Xinxuan Open water swimming Women's 5 km 25 April Teng YunfengLuo YunkangLu MeiyiLin Xinyu Aquathlon Mixed relay 25 April Zhang Ziyang Open water swimming Men's 5 km 26 April Huang YouchaoLi MengyuanWang XinkaiAilikuti Yishake Beach athletics Men's 4×60 m 26 April Dragon boat Men's 400 m 26 April Dragon boat Women's 400 m 26 April Liu PeixinZhang ZiyangLi XinxuanChen Yijing Open water swimming Mixed 4×1.5 km relay 27 April Wang Yiguo Sailing Men's Foil windsurfing 27 April Chen Yimin Sailing Women's Foil windsurfing 27 April Yan Guoguo Sailing Women's ILCA4 27 April Cheng Wenyu Sailing Women's optimist 28 April Ma Zilin Sailing Women's formula kite 28 April Zhou Yafei Sport climbing Women's individual 28 April Zhao Yicheng Sport climbing Men's individual 28 April China women's national 3x3 teamSun FengyiYang HengyuCao JunweiWang Lili 3x3 basketball Women's team 29 April Zhao YichengLong Jianguo Sport climbing Men's relay 29 April Long Jia Beach wrestling Women's 70 kg 29 April Teng Yunfeng Aquathlon Men's individual 23 April Zhang Hao Beach athletics Men's high jump 24 April Huang Youchao Beach athletics Men's 60 m 25 April Xu Jialu Beach athletics Women's 60 m 25 April Tao Yege Beach athletics Men's long jump 25 April Zhang Linru Beach athletics Women's shot put 25 April Dragon boat Men's 200 m 25 April Chen Yijing Open water swimming Women's 5 km 25 April Hu Linpeng Beach athletics Women's high jump 26 April Shao Yuqi Beach athletics Women's high jump 26 April Chen Chengyu Beach athletics Men's shot put 26 April Xue Shiming Sailing Men's formula kite 28 April Li Shuxuan Sailing Women's formula kite 28 April Deng Lijuan Sport climbing Women's individual 28 April China men's national water polo team Beach water polo Men's team 29 April Xie Mengyu Beach wrestling Women's 60 kg 29 April Lu Da Beach wrestling Men's +90 kg 29 April China women's national beach handball team Beach handball Women's team 30 April Lu Meiyi Aquathlon Women's individual 23 April Liu Yang Beach athletics Men's 60 m 25 April Zhang Haochen Beach athletics Men's shot put 26 April Li HeZhou JingDong YuehuaFeng Lulu Beach athletics Women's 4×60 m 26 April Li Qing Sailing Women's Foil windsurfing 27 April Mao ZemingGong Fulei Teqball Mixed doubles 27 April Yang Xinnuo Sailing Men's formula kite 28 April Zhang Shaoqin Sport climbing Women's individual 28 April China men's national 3x3 teamMa DianchengQi HaotongYan PengLuo Xudong 3x3 basketball Men's team 29 April Zhou YafeiDeng Lijuan Sport climbing Women's relay 29 April Jiang KaiyueDong Jie Beach volleyball Women's tournament 29 April Lu Feng Beach wrestling Men's 80 kg 29 April Li Wenji Beach wrestling Women's +70 kg 29 April
3x3 basketball
TeamEventGroup StageQualifiersQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChina men'sMen's teamL 18–21W 14–13W 21–93 QW 21–15W 22–15L 16–18W 21–13China women'sWomen's teamW 22–8W 21–51 QW 21–9W 18–16W 21–13
Beach athletics
Track AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankLiu YangMen's 60 m6.901 Q6.74Huang Youchao6.751 Q6.67Ailikuti YishakeChang JiLi MengyuanWang XinkaiMen's 4x60 mcolspan=2 26.06Li HeWomen's 60 m7.651 Q7.645Xu Jialu7.602 Q7.49Zhou JingDong YuehuaFeng LuluXu JialuWomen's 4x60 mcolspan=2 30.42
Field AthleteEventFinalResultRankZhang HaoMen's high jump 2.05Li Jialun2.004Zheng ChengzhuoMen's long jump 7.135Tao Yege7.41Chen ChengyuMen's shot put19.95Zhang Haochen19.69Hu LinpengWomen's high jump 1.83Shao Yuqi1.83Chen LiwenWomen's long jump 5.725Li Zhishuang5.1710Song JiayuanWomen's shot put 19.15Zhang Linru18.27
Aquathlon
2 male and 3 female athletes represented China in the sport. AthleteEventResultTimeRankFan JunjieMen's individual28:20Teng Yunfeng28:30Lin XinyuWomen's individual31:34Lu Meiyi32:32Teng YunfengLuo YunkangLu MeiyiLin XinyuMixed relay1:01:44
Beach handball
Summary EventGroup StageSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMen's teamL 0–2W 2–0W 2–0W 2–1L 0–23colspan=3 Women's teamW 2–0W 2–0W 2–0colspan=2 1 QW 2–1L 1–2
Beach soccer
TeamEventGroup StageSemifinalsFinal OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChina men'sMen's teamL 3–4L 1–43colspan=3
Beach volleyball
AthleteEventPreliminary round Round of 16 Quarterfinals SemifinalFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankZhang TaiZhou ChaoweiMen'sW 2–0(21–12, 21–11)W 2–0(21–12, 21–17)W 2–0(21–11, 21–13)L 0–2(18–21, 17–21)2 QW 2–1(18–21, 21–17, 15–12)L 0–2(10–21, 19–21)colspan=3 Wang YanweiWu JiaxinW 2–0(21–9, 21–9)W 2–0(21–12, 21–12)W 2–0(21–19, 21–17)1 QL 0–2(18–21, 15–21)colspan=4 Dong JieJiang KaiyueWomen'sW 2–0(21–4, 21–5)W 2–0(21–8, 21–3) colspan=2 1 QW 2–0(21–11, 21–9)W 2–0(28–26, 21–17)L 1–2(21–19, 16–21, 11–15)W 2–1(21–14, 18–21, 15–13)Zhou MingliKadeliye HalaitiW 2–0(21–12, 21–11)W 2–0(21–11, 21–11)colspan="2" 1 QW 2–0(21–11, 21–11)L 1–2(21–15, 17–21, 11–15)colspan=4
Beach water polo
TeamEventRound RobinOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChina men'sMen's Team W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 L 2–3 (PSO)China women'sWomen's Team W 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–1 colspan=2
Beach wrestling
AthleteEventKnockoutGroup stageQuarterfinalsSemifinals Final OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOu XuexianMen's 70kgL 0–2colspan=8 Lu FengMen's 80 kgW 3–0W FallW 2–01 QW 3–0L 0–4W 3–0Li PeilongMen's 90 kgL 0–2W 4–0W 3–22 QW 3–0L 0–3L 1–34Lu DaMen's +90 kgW 3–1W 3–0W 3–01 QW 1–0W FallL 0–3Liang JinyueWomen's 50 kgW FallW 2–0L 0–32colspan=4 Xie MenyuWomen's 60 kgW 3–0W 3–0W 3–11 QW 3–2L 0–3Long JiaWomen's 70 kgW 2–0W 1–0W 3–01 QW 3–1W FallLi WenjiWomen's +70 kgW 2–0W 3–0L 0–32 QL 0–2W 2–0
Dragon boat
AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankDeng ZhifangFeng JiadongGuo BiaoLi GuisenLi QixuLi YupengLi ZhanhongPi JianxinSu YongqiWen GuanglunWu HaoZhao ZhianZhou GuichaoZhu JinglinMen's 100 m 24.5551 Q24.076Men's 200 m 45.6761 Q45.801Men's 400 m 1:37.8841 Q1:34.990Cai XintongCui LuFan QingqingGuan PeishiHu XiaoLi WenLin LinLiu XuelianOu ShihuaQi LalaSun ShijieYang LizhiZhang XiaofangZhou JialuWomen's 100 m 26.5621 Q28.260Women's 200 m 54.3751 Q51.964Women's 400 m 1:46.2971 Q1:48.899
Ju-jitsu
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLan YouzheMen's −62 kgL 0–50 colspan=5 Wang YayongMen's −69 kgL 0–50 colspan=6 Tu BuxinL 0–0 colspan=6 Wang ZhiyuMen's −77 kgL 0–8 colspan=6 Lu YueWomen's −52 kgW 50–0 L 0–50 colspan=5 Huang YuL 0–50 colspan=5 Zhang MengqiWomen's −57 kgW 0–0 L 0–50 colspan=5 Zhang ShiyingL 0–50 colspan=5 Guan ChunmingWomen's −63 kgL 0–0 colspan=5 Xu XintongL 0–50 colspan=5
Open water swimming
4 swimmers represented China in three events. AthleteEventResultTimeRankLiu PeixinMen's 5 km55:41.66Zhang Ziyang53:46.0Chen YijingWomen's 5 km1:01:43.2Li Xinxuan1:01:33.6Liu PeixinZhang ZiyangChen YijingLi XinxuanMixed 4x1.5 km relay1:05:26.8
Sailing
16 sailors from China qualified for the games. Men AthleteEventRaceTotal123456789101112131415PointsRankWang YaxuanOptimist84 1()71378121 colspan=5 rowspan=4 617Xu Youjia58143()1910410648Fu FengziyiILCA48217(18)331212X485Zhuang Jiahao111053164(17)X9914Lu XibinFoil windsurfing()()38211248XX655Wang Yiguo(2)111111(2)21111XX12Xue ShimingFormula kite2()322()1211212231Yang Xinnuo()()13123321331336
Women AthleteEventRaceTotal123456789101112131415PointsRankCheng WenyuOptimist(7)111111121 colspan=5 rowspan=4 10Ni Yijia444(12)372254354Wang YageILCA49()39713117X507Yan Guoguo4(7)1224141X19Chen YiminFoil windsurfing121()2(4)114231XXX18Li Qing25()21132215()XXX24Li ShuxuanFormula kite1(2)(2)22212122211X19Ma Zilin(2)1111121211122X15
Sport climbing
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankTimeRankZhao YichengMen's individual4.58 1 QW 4.69–5.04W 4.66–4.87W 4.62–4.87W Long Jianguo4.813 QW 4.92–FallL 10.00–4.84Did not advanceWu Peng 4.978 QL Fall–5.16Did not advanceChu Shouhong 5.05612 QW 4.94–4.97W 5.20–6.57L 4.87–4.62L 4.84–4.814Zhou YafeiWomen's individual6.342 QW 6.65–7.71W 6.44–6.70W 6.39–6.42W 6.35–6.43Deng Lijuan6.705 QW 6.87–7.62W 6.55–6.58W 6.45–FallL 6.43–6.35Zhang Shaoqin6.806 QW 6.69–7.30W 6.68–7.44L 6.42–6.39W 6.54–6.67Qin Yumei6.948 QW 6.80–7.14W 11.96–FallL Fall–6.45L 6.67–6.544Zhao YichengLong JianguoMen's relay10.353 QW 12.00–W 10.04–11.17W W 9.75–9.80 Wu PengChu Shouhong11.128 QW 10.90–14.17L Did not advanceZhou YafeiDeng LijuanWomen's relay13.501 QW 13.98–18.32L 13.178–13.174W 13.21–17.85Zhang ShaoqinQin Yumei13.922 QL Fall–17.07Did not advance
Teqball
AthleteEventPreliminary roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSun ZhixuZhang JunmingMen's doublesW 2–0(12–11, 12–5)W 2–0(12–10, 12–11)colspan="2" 1 QL 1–2(9–12, 12–11, 9–12)colspan="3" Cui YazhenShi HuhongWomen's doublesW 2–0(12–1, 12–5)W 2–0(12–7, 12–6)L 0–2(5–12, 10–12)L 0–2(8–12, 5–12)3colspan="4" Mao ZhemingGong FuleiMixed doublesW 2–0(12–1, 12–2)W 2–0(12–9, 12–10)colspan="2" 1 QW 2–0(12–9, 12–10)L 0–2(8–12, 3–12)
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