China at the 2006 Winter Olympics

China competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Yang Yang (A), a short track speed skater, served as flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies. Like most previous Olympics, coverage was via CCTV-5. The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, which competed separately as Hong Kong, China.

Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Wang Meng Short track speed skating Women's 500 m 15 Feb Freestyle skiing Men's aerials 23 Feb Zhang Dan Zhang Hao Figure skating Pairs 13 Feb Wang Manli Speed skating Women's 500 m 14 Feb Li Nina Freestyle skiing Women's aerials 22 Feb Wang Meng Short track speed skating Women's 1000 m 25 Feb Li Jiajun Short track speed skating Men's 1500 m 12 Feb Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo Figure skating Pairs 13 Feb Ren Hui Speed skating Women's 500 m 14 Feb Wang Meng Short track speed skating Women's 1500 m 18 Feb Yang Yang (A) Short track speed skating Women's 1000 m 25 Feb

Medals by sportSportTotal Short track speed skating 1 1 3 5 Freestyle skiing 1 1 0 2 Figure skating 0 1 1 2 Speed skating 0 1 1 2 Total 2 4 5 11Medals by dateCumulativeDayDateTotalTotalDay 111th00000000Day 212th00110011Day 313th01120123Day 414th01120235Day 515th10011236Day 616th00001236Day 717th00001236Day 818th00111247Day 919th00001247Day 1020th00001247Day 1121st00001247Day 1222nd01011348Day 1323rd10012349Day 1424th00002349Day 1525th011224511Day 1626th000024511Total2451124511Multiple medalistsNameSportTotalWang MengShort track speed skating1113

Alpine skiing

AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalRankDong JinzhiWomen's giant slalom1:11.611:24.11n/a2:35.7238Women's slalom55.4058.66n/a1:54.0650Li GuangxuMen's giant slalom1:32.631:35.44n/a3:08.0740Men's slalom1:08.84did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

AthleteEventFinalTimeMissesRankHou YuxiaWomen's sprint25:25.8554Women's pursuitdid not startWomen's mass start45:40.11028Women's individual58:35.7958Kong YingchaoWomen's sprint24:07.0124Women's pursuit40:41.9417Women's mass start44:45.0323Women's individual54:03.5325Liu XianyingWomen's sprint23:17.5111Women's pursuit39:25.349Women's mass start41:57.227Women's individual53:55.6523Sun RiboWomen's sprint23:57.6221Women's pursuit41:28.8922Women's mass start44:29.3722Yin QiaoWomen's individual55:06.2431Zhang ChengyeMen's sprint27:50.9317Men's pursuit39:04.71034Men's individual1:00:49.1750Kong YingchaoSun RiboLiu XianyingYin QiaoWomen's relay1:21:43.72+139

Cross-country skiing

Zhang Chengye competed in both the biathlon and cross-country skiing for China.

Distance

Men AthleteEventFinalTotalRankHan Dawei30 km pursuit Did not finishLi Geilang15 km classical 43:14.7 6250 km freestyle 2:10:36.9 48Li Zhiguang30 km pursuit Did not finishRen Long30 km pursuit 1:26:26.4 6250 km freestyle 2:16:15.0 63Tian Ye15 km classical 43:32.2 64Wang Songtao15 km classical 44:12.2 70Xia Wan15 km classical 41:48.0 4930 km pursuit 1:22:31.7 5150 km freestyle Did not finishZheng Qing50 km freestyle 2:12:13.0 53Xia WanLi GeilangZhang ChengyeZheng Qing4 x 10 km relay 1:50:40.5 15

Women AthleteEventFinalTotalRankHuo Li10 km classical 31:58.7 5530 km freestyle 1:32:28.8 46Jiang Chunli10 km classical 32:22.1 58Li Hongxue10 km classical 30:33.9 3615 km pursuit 45:56.4 2730 km freestyle 1:28:49.8 33Liu Yuanyuan15 km pursuit 46:18.5 3230 km freestyle 1:32:00.9 45Man Dandan30 km freestyle Did not finishWang Chunli10 km classical 29:34.6 1815 km pursuit 45:09.6 21Xu Yinghui15 km pursuit 49:47.3 58Wang ChunliLi HongxueLiu YuanyuanSong Bo4 x 5 km relay 58:42.5 16

Sprint

Men AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTotalRankTotalRankTotalRankTotalRankChen HaibinSprint 2:32.01 70 Did not advance 70Tian YeSprint 2:25.85 53 Did not advance 53Zhang ChengyeSprint 2:24.18 48 Did not advance 48Zhang QingSprint 2:27.90 58 Did not advance 58Li GeilangTian YeTeam sprint n/a 18:57.4 10 Did not advance

Women AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTotalRankTotalRankTotalRankTotalRankJia YupingSprint 2:30.03 61 Did not advance 61Liu LimingSprint 2:35.76 65 Did not advance 65Man DandanSprint 2:25.16 56 Did not advance 56Song BoSprint 2:27.07 57 Did not advance 57Jiang ChunliWang ChunliTeam sprint n/a 18:18.4 7 Did not advance

Figure skating

The pairs event in figure skating captured sports headlines in China on Valentine's Day. Although the Russian pair captured the gold medal, the Chinese performances that earned the silver and bronze received significant praise from the media. China's Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao finished an almost flawless free skate after falling some 40 seconds into the program with a failed quadruple throw attempt. Many media outlets characterized the performance as the pinnacle of Chinese hard work and discipline. Sohu's official headline was "Pairs skaters capture silver, inspires world". Meanwhile, veteran Zhao Hongbo, who was nursing an ankle injury, and his partner Shen Xue finished on the podium after a slightly disappointing performance in the short program.

AthleteEventCDSP/ODFS/FDTotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankLi ChengjiangMen'sn/a60.2321 Q121.9813182.2116Liu YanLadies'n/a49.8415 Q95.4611145.3011Zhang MinMen'sn/a67.3911 Q128.8811196.2710Pang Qing Tong JianPairsn/a63.194123.484186.674Shen Xue Zhao HongboPairsn/a62.325124.593186.91Zhang DanZhang HaoPairsn/a64.722125.012189.73

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

AthleteEventQualifyingFinalPointsRankPointsRankGuo XinxinWomen's aerials204.872 Q174.856Han XiaopengMen's aerials250.451 Q250.77Li NinaWomen's aerials188.933 Q197.39Liu ZhongqingMen's aerials201.2618did not advance18Ou XiaotaoMen's aerials180.3123did not advance23Qiu SenMen's aerials236.506 Q186.5611Wang JiaoWomen's aerials160.2212 Q132.5311Xu NannanWomen's aerials172.017 Q191.234

Short track speed skating

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCheng XiaoleiWomen's 1500 m2:50.0175did not advance27Fu TianyuWomen's 500 m45.6361 Q44.7601 Q45.1301 QdisqualifiedLi HaonanMen's 500 m42.7032 QdisqualifiedLi JiajunMen's 500 m42.7032 QdisqualifiedMen's 1000 m1:27.0481 Q1:28.1791 Q1:47.9653Final Bnot contested6Men's 1500 m2:19.6312 Qn/a2:17.8362 Q2:26.005Li YeMen's 1000 m1:27.048 1 Q1:27.0782 Q1:47.9653 Adv1:29.9185Men's 1500 m2:27.6221 Qn/a2:19.3861 QdisqualifiedWang MengWomen's 500 m45.0111 Q45.2571 Q44.6501 Q44.345Women's 1000 m1:37.1611 Q1:33.4532 Q1:31.7831 Q1:33.079Women's 1500 m2:41.3841 Qn/a2:27.0952 Q2:24.469Yang Yang (A)Women's 1000 m1:34.8781 Q1:59.3384 ADV1:33.0802 Q1:33.937Women's 1500 m2:37.7541 Qn/a2:23.0483Final B 2:32.09711Li HaonanLi JiajunLi YeSui BaokuMen's 5000 m relayn/a6:55.4762 Q6:53.9895Cheng XiaoleiFu TianyuWang MengYang Yang (A)Women's 3000 m relayn/a4:16.7391 Qdisqualified

Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.

Ski jumping

AthleteEventQualifyingFirst RoundFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsTotalRankLi YangNormal hill109.026 Q102.544did not advance44Large hill64.840did not advance40Zhandong TianNormal hill102.039did not advance39Large hill67.438did not advance38Li YangZhandong TianWang JianxunYang GuangTeam206.116did not advance16

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Halfpipe AthleteEventQualifying Run 1Qualifying Run 2FinalPointsRankPointsRankRun 1Run 2RankPan LeiWomen's halfpipe15.62516.022did not advance28Sun ZhifangWomen's halfpipe11.32810.225did not advance31

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Speed skating

Men AthleteEventRace 1FinalTimeRankTimeRankAn Weijiang500 m35.8935.671:11.56191000 mn/a1:11.8033Gao Xuefeng1500 mn/a1:49.91305000 mn/a6:44.7825Li Changyu1500 mn/a1:53.3240Li Yu500 m36.5736.561:13.1333Lu Zhuo500 m36.3935.961:12.35281000 mn/a1:12.6938Yu Fengtong500 m35.3935.291:10.6851000 mn/a1:11.9034Zhang Zhongqi1000 mn/a1:12.2935

Women AthleteEventRace 1FinalTimeRankTimeRankJi Jia1500 mn/a2:01.85223000 mn/a4:21.0625Ren Hui500 m38.6038.271:16.871000 mn/adid not finishWang Beixing500 m38.7138.561:17.2771000 mn/a1:19.0329Wang Fei1500 mn/a2:00.13123000 mn/a4:10.55125000 mn/a7:22.9015Wang Manli500 m38.3138.471:16.781000 mn/a1:17.9020Xing Aihua500 m39.2039.151:18.3513Zhang Shuang1000 mn/a1:19.9131Zhang Xiaolei1500 mn/a2:05.7534

Team pursuit AthleteEventSeedingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankOpposition TimeOpposition TimeOpposition TimeRankFrom: Ji Jia,Wang Fei,Zhang XiaoleiWomen's team pursuit3:18.248 (1)L 3:08.29did not advance7th place Final (2)L 3:06.918

References

Yahoo China's Turin Olympics Page (Chinese)