China at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

China at the
1992 Summer Olympics

IOC code| CHN
NOC| Chinese Olympic Committee
Website| www.olympic.cn (in Chinese and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors| 244 (117 men and 127 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer | Song Ligang
Medals
Ranked 4th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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The People's Republic of China competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 244 competitors, 117 men and 127 women, took part in 144 events in 23 sports.[1]

## Medalists

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Medals by sport

Sport |  |  |  | Total
Swimming | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9
Table tennis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6
Diving | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5
Gymnastics | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8
Shooting | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4
Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4
Judo | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3
Weightlifting | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4
Badminton | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5
Archery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Basketball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Fencing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Sailing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Rowing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Total | 16 | 22 | 16 | 54

After the olympics, the name "Five Golden Flowers" was given to the five medalist swimmers Yang Wenyi (50 meter Freestyle champion), Zhuang Yong (100 meter Freestyle champion), Lin Li (200 meter Individual Medley champion), Qian Hong (100 meter Butterfly champion) and Wang Xiaohong (200 meter Butterfly silver medalist).[2]

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Zhuang Yong | Swimming | Women's 100 metre freestyle | 26 July
Gold | Fu Mingxia | Diving | Women's 10 metre platform | 27 July
Gold | Zhuang Xiaoyan | Judo | Women's +72 kg | 27 July
Gold | Wang Yifu | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air pistol | 28 July
Gold | Zhang Shan | Shooting | Skeet | 28 July
Gold | Qian Hong | Swimming | Women's 100 metre butterfly | 29 July
Gold | Lin Li | Swimming | Women's 200 metre individual medley | 30 July
Gold | Yang Wenyi | Swimming | Women's 50 metre freestyle | 31 July
Gold | Lu Li | Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars | 1 August
Gold | Gao Min | Diving | Women's 3 metre springboard | 2 August
Gold | Li Xiaoshuang | Gymnastics | Men's floor | 2 August
Gold | Deng Yaping
Qiao Hong | Table tennis | Women's doubles | 3 August
Gold | Sun Shuwei | Diving | Men's 10 metre platform | 3 August
Gold | Chen Yueling | Athletics | Women's 10 kilometres walk | 3 August
Gold | Lu Lin
Wang Tao | Table tennis | Men's doubles | 4 August
Gold | Deng Yaping | Table tennis | Women's singles | 5 August
Silver | Wang Yifu | Shooting | Men's 50 metre pistol | 26 July
Silver | Lin Li | Swimming | Women's 400 metre individual medley | 26 July
Silver | Lin Qisheng | Weightlifting | Men's 52 kg | 26 July
Silver | Li Duihong | Shooting | Women's 25 metre pistol | 27 July
Silver | Lin Li | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke | 27 July
Silver | Liu Shoubin | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 27 July
Silver | Le Jingyi
Lu Bin
Yang Wenyi
Zhao Kun
Zhuang Yong | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 28 July
Silver | Tan Liangde | Diving | Men's 3 metre springboard | 29 July
Silver | Guo Linyao
Li Chunyang
Li Dashuang
Li Ge
Li Jing
Li Xiaoshuang | Gymnastics | Men's artistic team all-around | 29 July
Silver | Wang Huifeng | Fencing | Women's foil | 30 July
Silver | Wang Xiaohong | Swimming | Women's 200 metre butterfly | 31 July
Silver | Zhuang Yong | Swimming | Women's 50 metre freestyle | 31 July
Silver | Lu Li | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam | 1 August
Silver | Zhang Xiaodong | Sailing | Women's Lechner A-390 | 2 August
Silver | Li Jing | Gymnastics | Men's rings | 2 August
Silver | Li Jing | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | 2 August
Silver | Chen Zihe
Jun Gao | Table tennis | Women's doubles | 3 August
Silver | Ma Xiangjun
Wang Xiaozhu
Wang Hong | Archery | Women's team | 4 August
Silver | Guan Weizhen
Nong Qunhua | Badminton | Women's doubles | 4 August
Silver | Qiao Hong | Table tennis | Women's singles | 5 August
Silver | Huang Zhihong | Athletics | Women's shot put | 7 August
Silver | China women's national basketball team

* Cong Xuedi
* He Jun
* Li Dongmei
* Li Xin
* Liu Jun
* Liu Qing
* Peng Ping
* Wang Fang
* Zhan Shuping
* Zheng Dongmei
* Zheng Haixia

| Basketball | Women's tournament | 7 August
Bronze | Luo Jianming | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 27 July
Bronze | He Yingqiang | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg | 28 July
Bronze | Sheng Zetian | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg | 30 July
Bronze | Zhang Di | Judo | Women's 61 kg | 30 July
Bronze | Gu Xiaoli
Lu Huali | Rowing | Women's double sculls | 1 August
Bronze | Li Zhongyun | Judo | Women's 52 kg | 1 August
Bronze | Li Xiaoshuang | Gymnastics | Men's rings | 2 August
Bronze | Guo Linyao | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | 2 August
Bronze | Xiong Ni | Diving | Men's 10 metre platform | 3 August
Bronze | Li Yongbo
Tian Bingyi | Badminton | Men's doubles | 3 August
Bronze | Huang Hua | Badminton | Women's singles | 3 August
Bronze | Tang Jiuhong | Badminton | Women's singles | 3 August
Bronze | Lin Yanfen
Yao Fen | Badminton | Women's doubles | 3 August
Bronze | Li Chunxiu | Athletics | Women's 10 kilometres walk | 3 August
Bronze | Ma Wenge | Table tennis | Men's singles | 5 August
Bronze | Qu Yunxia | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 8 August

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[3]

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Archery | 3 | 3 | 6
Athletics | 11 | 22 | 33
Badminton | 7 | 6 | 13
Basketball | 12 | 11 | 23
Boxing | 4 | – | 4
Canoeing | 0 | 4 | 4
Cycling | 4 | 2 | 6
Diving | 4 | 4 | 8
Fencing | 10 | 5 | 15
Gymnastics | 6 | 8 | 14
Judo | 4 | 6 | 10
Modern pentathlon | 1 | – | 1
Rowing | 9 | 13 | 22
Sailing | 1 | 2 | 3
Shooting | 13 | 7 | 20
Swimming | 4 | 12 | 16
Synchronized swimming | – | 3 | 3
Table tennis | 4 | 4 | 8
Tennis | 2 | 3 | 5
Volleyball | 0 | 12 | 12
Weightlifting | 10 | – | 10
Wrestling | 8 | – | 8
Total | 117 | 127 | 244

## Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The People's Republic of China sent three men and three women to Barcelona for archery. Just as in 1984, the women were the more successful squad, winning the team silver. All three qualified for the elimination rounds, with one falling in the first round, another dropping in the second, and Wang Xiaozhu making it all the way to the semifinals before being defeated. In contrast, the men lost their first team match and only one qualified for individual eliminations.

Women's Individual Competition:

* Wang Xiaozhu \- bronze medal match, 4th place (3-2)
* Ma Xiangjun \- round of 16, 12th place (1-1)
* Wang Hong \- round of 32, 31st place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

* Fu Shengjun \- round of 32, 29th place (0-1)
* Hao Wei \- ranking round, 51st place (0-0)
* Liang Qiang \- ranking round, 58th place (0-0)

Women's Team Competition

* Wang, Ma, and Wang - final, silver medal (3-1)

Men's Team Competition

* Fu, Hao, and Liang - round of 16, 12th place (0-1)

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

* Li Tong

Men's 20 km Walk

* Chen Shaoguo -- 1:24:06 (→ 5th place)
* Li Mingcai -- DNF (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

* Li Mingcai -- did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's Long Jump

* Huang Geng
* Qualification -- 8.22 m
* Final -- 7.87 m (→ 8th place)
* Chen Zunrong
* Qualification -- 7.93 m
* Final -- 7.75 m (→ 10th place)

Men's Triple Jump

* Zou Sixin
* Qualification -- 17.07 m
* Final -- 17.00 m (→ 8th place)
* Chen Yanping
* Qualification -- 15.66 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

* Zhang Lianbiao
* Qualification -- 73.86 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

* Bi Zhong
* Qualification -- 74.30 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

* Yu Wenge
* Qualification -- 59.42 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 metres

* Xiao Yehua
* Gao Han
* Tian Yumei

Women's 200 metres

* Chen Zhaojing

Women's 1,500 metres

* Qu Yunxia
* Liu Li

Women's 10,000 metres

* Zhong Huandi
* Heat -- 32:04.46
* Final -- 31:21.08 (→ 4th place)
* Wang Xiuting
* Heat -- 32:31.91
* Final -- 31:28.06 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 metres Hurdles

* Zhang Yu
* Zhu Yuqing

Women's 10 km Walk

* Chen Yueling
* Final -- 44:32 (→  Gold Medal)
* Li Chunxiu
* Final -- 44:41 (→  Bronze Medal)
* Cui Yingzi
* Final -- 45:15 (→ 5th place)

Women's Long Jump

* Yang Juan
* Heat -- 6.49 m (→ did not advance)
* Liu Shuzhen
* Heat -- 6.44 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

* Min Chunfeng
* Heat -- 62.48m
* Final -- 60.82m (→ 11th place)
* Qiu Qiaoping
* Heat -- 59.32m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

* Huang Zhihong
* Zhou Tianhua
* Zhen Wenhua

Women's Javelin Throw

* Xu Demei
* Ha Xiaoyan

Women's Heptathlon

* Zhu Yuqing

## Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

### Men's competition

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* Preliminary Round (Group B)
* Lost to Lithuania (75-112)
* Lost to Puerto Rico (68-100)
* Lost to Unified Team (84-100)
* Lost to Australia (66-88)
* Lost to Venezuela (88-96)
* Classification Matches
* 9th/12th place: Lost to Angola (69-79)
* 11th/12th place: Lost to Venezuela (97-100) → 12th place
* Team Roster
* Adiljan Jun
* Gong Xiaobin
* Hu Weidong
* Li Chunjiang
* Ma Jian
* Shan Tao
* Song Ligang
* Sun Fengwu
* Sun Jun
* Wang Zhidan
* Wu Qinglong
* Zhang Yongjun

### Women's competition

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* Preliminary Round (Group B)
* Defeated Spain (66-63)
* Lost to United States (67-93)
* Defeated Czechoslovakia (72-70)
* Semifinals
* Defeated Cuba (109-70)
* Final
* Lost to Unified Team (66-76) →  Silver Medal
* Team Roster
* Cong Xuedi
* He Jun
* Li Dongmei
* Li Xin
* Liu Jun
* Liu Qing
* Peng Ping
* Wang Fang
* Zhan Shuping
* Zheng Dongmei
* Zheng Haixia

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (- 51 kg)

* Liu Gang
* First Round -- Lost to Héctor Avila (DOM), RSC-2 (02:38)

Men's Bantamweight (- 54 kg)

* Zhang Guangping
* First Round -- Lost to Slimane Zengli (ALG), 0:4

Men's Middleweight (- 71 kg)

* Lu Chao
* First Round -- Bye
* Second Round -- Lost to Stefan Trendafilov (BUL), RSC-1 (01:45)

Men's Light-Heavyweight (- 81 kg)

* Bai Chongguang
* First Round -- Lost to Ko Yo-Da (KOR), 4:18

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Six cyclists, four men and two women, represented China in 1992.

Men's road race

* Tang Xuezhong
* Zhu Zhengjun
* Wang Shusen

Men's team time trial

* Li Wenkai
* Wang Shusen
* Zhu Zhengjun
* Tang Xuezhong

Men's points race

* Li Wenkai

Women's sprint

* Wang Yan

Women's individual pursuit

* Zhou Lingmei

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

* Tan Liangde
* Preliminary Round -- 426.39 points
* Final -- 645.57 points (→  Silver Medal)
* Wei Lan
* Preliminary Round -- 369.09 points (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 10m Platform

* Sun Shuwei
* Preliminary Round -- 447.96 points
* Final -- 677.31 points (→  Gold Medal)
* Xiong Ni
* Preliminary Round -- 453.87 points
* Final -- 600.15 points (→  Bronze Medal)

Women's 3m Springboard

* Gao Min
* Preliminary Round -- 309.75 points
* Final -- 572.40 points (→  Gold Medal)
* Tan Shuping
* Preliminary Round -- 269.10 points (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 10m Platform

* Fu Mingxia
* Final -- 461.43 points (→  Gold Medal)
* Zhou Jihong
* Final -- 400.56 points (→ 4th place)

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented China in 1992.

Men's foil

* Ye Chong
* Wang Haibin
* Wang Lihong

Men's team foil

* Ye Chong, Wang Haibin, Wang Lihong, Chen Biao, Lao Shaopei

Men's sabre

* Zheng Zhaokang
* Yang Zhen
* Jia Guihua

Men's team sabre

* Jia Guihua, Ning Xiankui, Yang Zhen, Jiang Yefei, Zheng Zhaokang

Women's foil

* Wang Huifeng
* Xiao Aihua
* E Jie

Women's team foil

* E Jie, Liang Jun, Wang Huifeng, Xiao Aihua, Ye Lin

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics

One male pentathlete represented China in 1992.

Men's Individual Competition

* Zhang Bin → 56th place (4670 points)

## Rhythmic gymnastics

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Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

* Chen Jiang
* Final Ranking -- 158.7 points (→ 14th place)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

* Zhang Xiaodong
* Final Ranking -- 65.8 points (→  Silver Medal)

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## Synchronized swimming

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Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Three synchronized swimmers represented China in 1992.

Women's solo

* Tan Min
* Guan Zewen
* Wang Xiaojie

Women's duet

* Guan Zewen
* Wang Xiaojie

## Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women's Singles Competition

* Li Fang
* First Round -- Lost to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Netherland) 5-7, 7-6, 4-6
* Chen Li-Ling
* First Round -- Lost to Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) 2-6, 3-6

## Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "China at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
2. ^ "Qian Hong kicks off torch relay at Tangshan - the Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games". Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
3. ^ United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* South Africa
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zaire
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

America|

* Antigua-Barbuda
* Argentina
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bermuda
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* British Virgin Islands
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Netherlands Antilles
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Vincent-Grenadines
* Suriname
* Trinidad-Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

Asia|

* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Chinese Taipei
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Europe|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia-Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* San Marino
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey

Oceania|

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Guam
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Vanuatu
* Western Samoa

Other|

* Unified Team
* Independent Olympic Participants

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