China at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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China at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	639 in 28 (38 disciplines) sports
Officials	460
Flag bearer	Yao Ming[1] (opening) Zhang Ning (closing)
Medals Rank: 1[2]	Gold 51	Silver 21	Bronze 28	Total 100
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1952 • 1956–1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
Other related appearances
Republic of China (1932 • 1936 • 1948)

China was the host nation of the 2008 Summer Olympics. China ranks on average third in the tallies of medals at the last three Olympic Games. Chinese athletes have won 1,317 world championships and set 1,026 world records.^[3] China debuted at the Summer Games in 1984 and was appearing in its 7th Summer Games in 2008. At the Athens games in 2004, China won 63 medals, including 32 golds, 17 silvers and 14 bronzes.

China is represented by the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), and the team of selected athletes were officially known as Team China. As the host country, China received an automatic quota for every competition, though athletes had to meet the qualification standards set by the country's national Olympics committee. A total of 639 athletes qualified for places on the national team, the 2008 game's largest and significantly more than the 407-strong Chinese team that went to Athens in 2004. Chinese athletes from every province qualified to compete in all 28 Olympic sports, marking the first time that Chinese athletes were represented in every sport at an Olympics. Of the total 639 athletes, 469 were competing in their first Olympics, 165 competed in Athens 2004, 37 took part in Sydney 2000 and the average age is 24.2 years old. Three athletes, diver Guo Jingjing, shooter Tan Zongliang and basketballer Li Nan, were making their fourth Olympic appearances, having first competed in Atlanta 1996. China's Olympic delegation totaled 1,099, which included 460 officials.^[4][5]

According to Olympic protocol, China entered as the last country into the Beijing National Stadium during the Opening Ceremony. They were led by basketballer Yao Ming and Lin Hao, a 9-year-old primary school student who had rescued two schoolmates during the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, which killed around 70,000 people and left 15 million homeless.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Archery 3 Athletics 4 Badminton 5 Baseball 6 Basketball 6.1 Men 6.2 Women 7 Boxing 8 Canoeing and Kayaking 8.1 Canoe-Kayak Flatwater 8.2 Canoe-Kayak Slalom 9 Cycling 9.1 BMX 9.2 Mountain Bike 9.3 Road 9.4 Track 10 Diving 11 Equestrian 12 Fencing 13 Football 13.1 Men's competition 13.2 Women's competition 14 Gymnastics 14.1 Artistic 14.2 Rhythmic 14.3 Trampoline 15 Handball 15.1 Men 15.2 Women 16 Hockey 16.1 Men 16.2 Women 17 Judo 18 Modern pentathlon 19 Rowing 20 Sailing 21 Shooting 22 Softball 23 Swimming 24 Synchronized swimming 25 Table tennis 26 Taekwondo 27 Tennis 28 Triathlon 29 Volleyball 29.1 Beach 29.1.1 Men 29.1.2 Women 29.2 Indoor 29.2.1 Men 29.2.2 Women 30 Water polo 30.1 Men 30.2 Women 31 Weightlifting 32 Wrestling 33 Records 34 Media coverage 35 Officials 36 Ambassadors 37 Kit sponsorship 38 Related teams 39 See also 40 References 41 External links

[edit] Medalists

Further information: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table, List of 2008 Summer Olympics medal winners, and 2008 Summer Olympics highlights

China won 51 gold medals, 21 silvers, and 28 bronzes making this the largest ever medals tally in China's Olympic history and marking the first time China has ranked first.^[2]They had entered the biggest team into the Olympics with a huge number of over 600.

On Sunday August 17, China achieved its greatest ever Olympic performance when the women's table tennis team defeated Singapore 3-0 in the final to win the country's 33rd gold medal, surpassing the previous best tally of 32 at Athens 2004. That day's gain of eight gold medals is also the largest single-day gain by a national team since the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Medal Name Sport Event Date 1 Gold Chen Xiexia Weightlifting Women's 48 kg 9 Aug 1 Gold Pang Wei Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol 9 Aug 1 Gold Guo Wenjun Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol 10 Aug 1 Gold Guo Jingjing, Wu Minxia Diving Women's synchronized 3 m springboard 10 Aug 1 Gold Xian Dongmei Judo Women's 52 kg 10 Aug 1 Gold Long Qingquan Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 10 Aug 1 Gold Huo Liang, Lin Yue Diving Men's 10 m synchronized platform 11 Aug 1 Gold Chen Yanqing Weightlifting Women's 58 kg 11 Aug 1 Gold Zhang Xiangxiang Weightlifting Men's 62 kg 11 Aug 1 Gold Huang Xu, Chen Yibing, Li Xiaopeng Xiao Qin, Yang Wei, Zou Kai Gymnastics Artistic Men's artistic team all-around 12 Aug 1 Gold Chen Ruolin, Wang Xin Diving Women's synchronized 10 m platform 12 Aug 1 Gold Zhong Man Fencing Men's sabre 12 Aug 1 Gold Liao Hui Weightlifting Men's 69 kg 12 Aug 1 Gold Yang Yilin, Cheng Fei, Jiang Yuyuan Deng Linlin, He Kexin, Li Shanshan Gymnastics Artistic Women's artistic team all-around 13 Aug 1 Gold Chen Ying Shooting Women's 25 metre pistol 13 Aug 1 Gold Wang Feng, Qin Kai Diving Men's synchronized 3 m springboard 13 Aug 1 Gold Liu Chunhong Weightlifting Women's 69 kg 13 Aug 1 Gold Liu Zige Swimming Women's 200 m butterfly 14 Aug 1 Gold Du Li Shooting Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions 14 Aug 1 Gold Yang Wei Gymnastics Artistic Men's artistic individual all-around 14 Aug 1 Gold Zhang Juanjuan Archery Women's individual 14 Aug 1 Gold Yang Xiuli Judo Women's 78 kg 14 Aug 1 Gold Cao Lei Weightlifting Women's 75 kg 15 Aug 1 Gold Tong Wen Judo Women's +78 kg 15 Aug 1 Gold Lu Yong Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 15 Aug 1 Gold Du Jing, Yu Yang Badminton Women's doubles 15 Aug 1 Gold Zhang Ning Badminton Women's singles 16 Aug 1 Gold Qiu Jian Shooting Men's 50 m rifle three positions 17 Aug 1 Gold Tang Bin, Xi Aihua, Jin Ziwei, Feng Guixin Rowing Women's quadruple sculls 17 Aug 1 Gold Wang Jiao Wrestling Women's freestyle 72 kg 17 Aug 1 Gold Zou Kai Gymnastics Artistic Men's floor 17 Aug 1 Gold Xiao Qin Gymnastics Artistic Men's pommel horse 17 Aug 1 Gold Guo Yue, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, Li Xiaoxia Table tennis Women's team 17 Aug 1 Gold Lin Dan Badminton Men's singles 17 Aug 1 Gold Guo Jingjing Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 17 Aug 1 Gold Chen Yibing Gymnastics Artistic Men's rings 18 Aug 1 Gold He Kexin Gymnastics Artistic Women's uneven bars 18 Aug 1 Gold He Wenna Trampoline Women's trampoline 18 Aug 1 Gold Ma Lin, Wang Hao, Wang Liqin, Chen Qi Table tennis Men's team 18 Aug 1 Gold Li Xiaopeng Gymnastics Artistic Men's parallel bars 19 Aug 1 Gold Zou Kai Gymnastics Artistic Men's horizontal bar 19 Aug 1 Gold Lu Chunlong Trampoline Men's trampoline 19 Aug 1 Gold He Chong Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 19 Aug 1 Gold Yin Jian Sailing Women's sailboard 20 Aug 1 Gold Wu Jingyu Taekwondo Women's 49 kg 20 Aug 1 Gold Chen Ruolin Diving Women's 10 metre platform 21 Aug 1 Gold Zhang Yining Table tennis Women's singles 22 Aug 1 Gold Meng Guanliang, Yang Wenjun Canoeing - Flatwater Men's C-2 500 metres 23 Aug 1 Gold Ma Lin Table tennis Men's singles 23 Aug 1 Gold Zou Shiming Boxing Light flyweight 24 Aug 1 Gold Zhang Xiaoping Boxing Light heavyweight 24 Aug 2 Silver Zhang Lin Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle 10 Aug 2 Silver Zhang Juanjuan, Chen Ling, Guo Dan Archery Women's team 10 Aug 2 Silver Zhu Qinan Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle 11 Aug 2 Silver Tan Zongliang Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol 12 Aug 2 Silver Chang Yongxiang Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 13 Aug 2 Silver Li Hongli Weightlifting Men's 77 kg 13 Aug 2 Silver Jiao Liuyang Swimming Women's 200 m butterfly 14 Aug 2 Silver Yang Yu, Zhu Qianwei, Tan Miao Pang Jiaying, Tang Jingzhi Swimming Women's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay 14 Aug 2 Silver Bao Yingying, Huang Haiyang, Ni Hong, Tan Xue Fencing Women's team sabre 14 Aug 2 Silver Xie Xingfang Badminton Women's singles 16 Aug 2 Silver Wu You, Gao Yulan Rowing Women's coxless pair 16 Aug 2 Silver Xu Li Wrestling Women's freestyle 55 kg 16 Aug 2 Silver Cai Yun, Fu Haifeng Badminton Men's doubles 16 Aug 2 Silver Yang Wei Gymnastics Artistic Men's rings 18 Aug 2 Silver Tian Jia, Wang Jie Volleyball Women's beach volleyball 21 Aug 2 Silver Wang Nan Table tennis Women's singles 22 Aug 2 Silver China women's national field hockey team Cheng Hui   Ma Yibo Chen Qiuqi   Pan Fengzhen Chen Zhaoxia   Ren Ye Fu Baorong   Song Qungling Gao Lihua   Tang Chunling Huang Junxia   Zhao Yudiao Li Hongxia   Zhang Yimeng Li Shuang   Zhou Wanfeng Field hockey Women's tournament 22 Aug 2 Silver Wang Hao Table tennis Men's singles 23 Aug 2 Silver Zhou Lüxin Diving Men's 10 metre platform 23 Aug 2 Silver Cai Tongtong, Chou Tao, Lu Yuanyang Sui Jianshuang, Sun Dan, Zhang Shuo Gymnastics Rhythmic Women's rhythmic team all-around 24 Aug 2 Silver Zhang Zhilei Boxing Super heavyweight 24 Aug 3 Bronze Xue Haifeng, Jiang Lin, Li Wenquan Archery Men's team 11 Aug 3 Bronze Xu Yan Judo Women's 57 kg 11 Aug 3 Bronze Hu Binyuan Shooting Double Trap 12 Aug 3 Bronze Pang Jiaying Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle 13 Aug 3 Bronze Yang Yilin Gymnastics Artistic Women's artistic individual all-around 15 Aug 3 Bronze Zhang Yawen, Wei Yili Badminton Women's doubles 15 Aug 3 Bronze Chen Jin Badminton Men's singles 16 Aug 3 Bronze Zhao Jing, Sun Ye, Zhou Yafei Pang Jiaying, Xu Tianlongzi Swimming Women's 4 x 100 m medley relay 17 Aug 3 Bronze Zhou Chunxiu Athletics Women's marathon 17 Aug 3 Bronze Yan Zi, Zheng Jie Tennis Women's Doubles 17 Aug 3 Bronze He Hanbin, Yu Yang Badminton Mixed doubles 17 Aug 3 Bronze Cheng Fei Gymnastics Artistic Women's vault 17 Aug 3 Bronze Wu Minxia Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 17 Aug 3 Bronze Yang Yilin Gymnastics Artistic Women's uneven bars 18 Aug 3 Bronze Xu Lijia Sailing Women's Laser Radial class 19 Aug 3 Bronze Cheng Fei Gymnastics Artistic Women's balance beam 19 Aug 3 Bronze Guo Shuang Cycling - Track Women's sprint 19 Aug 3 Bronze Dong Dong Trampoline Men's trampoline 19 Aug 3 Bronze Qin Kai Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 19 Aug 3 Bronze Zhang Wenxiu Athletics Women's hammer throw 20 Aug 3 Bronze Xue Chen, Zhang Xi Volleyball Women's beach volleyball 21 Aug 3 Bronze Wang Xin Diving Women's 10 metre platform 21 Aug 3 Bronze Zhu Guo Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 22 Aug 3 Bronze Guo Yue Table tennis Women's singles 22 Aug 3 Bronze Hanati Silamu Boxing Welterweight 22 Aug 3 Bronze China Women's National Volleyball Team Volleyball Women's volleyball 23 Aug 3 Bronze Gu Beibei, Huang Xuechen, Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen, Liu Ou, Luo Qian, Sun Qiuting Wang Na, Zhang Xiaohuan