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China’s Olympic gold

The number of gold medals won by athletes from the People’s Republic of China (Zhonghua renmin gongheguo中華人

民共和國, abbrev. PRC) is as follows—1984: 15; 1988: 5; 1992: 16; 1996: 16; 2000: 28; 2004: 32; 2008: 51. So far,

athletes from Taiwan/Republic of China (Zhonghua minguo中華民國, abbrev. ROC) have won two gold medals, both

in 2004, and an athlete from the separate Hong Kong team garnered one gold medal in 1996.

China participated for the first time at the Olympics in 1932, when it sent one athlete—Liu Changchun劉長春 (1909-1983)—to the Summer Games in Los Angeles. Liu took part in the 100 m preliminary on July 31, 1932 but failed to get a place in the Final of Men’s 100 m. In 1952, the ROC Olympic team withdrew in protest from the Summer Games in Helsinki because athletes from the PRC were allowed to compete; however, the PRC athletes were delayed and arrived only 10 days after the games began. The PRC boycotted the 1956 Summer Games because the ROC had been allowed to compete under the name “Formosa”. In 1960, Taiwan-born Yang Chuan-kwang楊傳

廣 (1933-2007) was the first athlete from China ever to win an Olympic medal—silver in decathlon for the ROC.

From 1960 to 1972, ROC participated at the Olympics as “Republic of China”. Both the ROC and the PRC boycotted the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal over issues concerning the legitimacy of each other; in Nov. 1976 the IOC recognized the PRC as China’s sole legal representative. The PRC boycotted the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. Since 1984, the PRC has been participating at the Olympic Summer Games as “China” (Zhongguo中國), and Taiwan ROC has been doing so as “Chinese Taipei” (Zhonghua Taibei中華台北).

Hong Kong, which was a British crown colony until the UK handed it over to the PRC in 1997, has been sending athletes to the Olympics since 1952, missing only the 1980 Moscow Games, which it boycotted. After the handover, Hong Kong’s team was called “Hong Kong, China” (Zhongguo Xianggang中國香港).

1984 (Los Angeles): 15 gold medals for China

July 29: Xu Haifeng許海峰 (b. 1957, m)—Shooting, Men’s 50 m pistol
July 29: Zeng Guoqiang曾國強 (b. 1965, m)—Weightlifting, Men’s 52 kg
July 30: Wu Shude吳數德 (b. 1959, m)—Weightlifting, Men’s 56 kg
July 31: Li Yuwei李玉偉 (b. 1965, m)—Shooting, Men’s 50 m moving target
July 31: Chen Weiqiang陳偉強 (b. 1958, m)—Weightlifting, Men’s 60 kg
Aug. 1: Yao Jingyuan姚景遠 (b. 1958, m)—Weightlifting, Men’s 67.5 kg
Aug. 2: Wu Xiaoxuan吳小旋 (b. 1958, f)—Shooting, Women’s standard small-bore rifle
Aug. 3: Luan Jujie欒菊傑 (b. 1958, f)—Fencing, Women’s foil
Aug. 4: Li Ning李寧 (b. 1963, m)—Gymnastics, Men’s floor exercise
Aug. 4: Li Ning李寧 (b. 1963, m)—Gymnastics, Men’s pommel horse
Aug. 4: Li Ning李寧 (b. 1963, m)—Gymnastics, Men’s rings
Aug. 4: Lou Yun樓雲 (b. 1964, m)—Gymnastics, Men’s vault
Aug. 5: Ma Yanhong馬燕紅 (b. 1964, f)—Gymnastics, Women’s uneven bars

Aug. 7: Volleyball, Women’s team competition [Hou Yuzhu侯玉珠 (b. 1963), Jiang Ying姜英 (b. 1963), Lang Ping

郎平(b. 1960), Li Yanjun 李延軍(b. 1963), Liang Yan 梁豔(b. 1961), Su Huijuan 蘇惠娟(b. 1964), Yang

Xiaojun楊曉君 (b. 1963), Yang Xilan楊錫蘭 (b. 1961), Zhang Rongfang張蓉芳 (b. 1957), Zheng Meizhu鄭

美珠(b. 1962), Zhou Xiaolan 周曉蘭(b. 1957), and Zhu Ling 朱玲(b. 1957)]

Aug. 10: Zhou Jihong周繼紅 (b. 1965, f)—Diving, Women’s 10 m platform

1988 (Seoul): 5 gold medals for China

Sept. 18: Xu Yanmei許豔梅 (b. 1971, f)—Diving, Women’s 10 m platform
Sept. 24: Lou Yun樓雲 (b. 1964, m)—Gymnastics, Men’s vault
Sept. 25: Gao Min高敏 (b. 1970, f)—Diving, Women’s 3 m springboard
Sept. 30: Chen Longcan陳龍燦(b. 1965, m) and Wei Jingguang韋晴光(b. 1962, m)—Table Tennis, Men’s double
Oct. 1: Chen Jing陳靜 (b. 1968, f)—Table Tennis, Women’s singles

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1992 (Barcelona): 16 gold medals for China

July 26: Zhuang Yong莊泳 (b. 1972, f)—Swimming, Women’s 100 m freestyle
July 27: Fu Mingxia伏明霞 (b. 1978, f)—Diving, Women’s 10 m platform
July 28: Wang Yifu王義夫 (b. 1962, m)—Shooting, Men’s 10 m air pistol (60 Shots)
July 28: Zhang Shan張山 (b. 1968, f)—Shooting, Skeet (125 targets) mixed
July 29: Qian Hong錢紅 (b. 1971, f)—Swimming, Women’s 100 m butterfly
July 30: Lin Li林莉 (b. 1970, f)—Swimming, Women’s 200 m individual medley
July 31: Yang Wenyi楊文意 (b. 1972, f)—Swimming, Women’s 50 m freestyle
Aug. 1: Lu Li陸莉 (b. 1976, f)—Artistic Gymnastics, Women’s uneven bars
Aug. 2: Li Xiaoshuang李小雙 (b. 1973, m)—Artistic Gymnastics, Men’s floor exercises
Aug. 2: Zhuang Xiaoyan莊曉岩 (b. 1969, f)— Judo, Women’s +72 kg (heavyweight)
Aug. 3: Deng Yaping鄧亞萍 (b. 1973, f) and Qiao Hong喬紅 (b. 1968, f)—Table Tennis, Women’s doubles
Aug. 3: Gao Min高敏 (b. 1970, f)—Diving, Women’s 3 m springboard
Aug. 3: Chen Yueling陳躍玲 (b. 1969, f)—Athletics, Women’s 10,000 m walk
Aug. 4: Lu Lin呂林[Lü Lin] (b. 1969, m) and Wang Tao王濤 (b. 1967, m)—Table Tennis, Men’s doubles
Aug. 4: Sun Shuwei孫淑偉 (b. 1976, m)—Diving, Men’s 10 m platform
Aug. 6: Deng Yaping鄧亞萍 (b. 1973, f)—Table Tennis, Women’s singles

1996 (Atlanta): 16 gold medals for China, 1 gold medal for Hong Kong

China

July 20: Sun Fuming孫福明 (b. 1974, f)—Judo, Women’s +72 kg
July 20: Le Jingyi樂靖宜 (b. 1975, f)—Swimming, Women’s 100 m freestyle
July 21: Tang Lingsheng唐靈生 (b. 1971, m)—Weightlifting, Men’s 59 kg
July 23: Zhan Xugang占旭剛 (b. 1974, m)—Weightlifting, Men’s 70 kg
July 24: Li Xiaoshuang李小雙 (b. 1973, m)—Gymnastics, Men’s individual all-around
July 26: Li Duihong李對紅 (b. 1970, f)—Shooting, Women’s 25 m pistol
July 26: Yang Ling楊淩 (b. 1968, m)—Shooting, Men’s 10 m running target
July 27: Fu Mingxia伏明霞 (b. 1978, f)—Diving, Women’s 10 m platform
July 28: Wang Junxia王軍霞 (b. 1973, f)—Athletics, Women’s 5000 m
July 29: Xiong Ni熊倪 (b. 1974, m)—Diving, Men’s 3 m springboard
July 29: Deng Yaping鄧亞萍 (b. 1973, f) and Qiao Hong喬紅 (b. 1968, f)—Table Tennis, Women’s doubles
July 30: Kong Linghui孔令輝 (b. 1975, m) and Liu Guoliang劉國梁 (b. 1976, m)—Table Tennis, Men’s doubles
July 31: Ge Fei葛菲 (b. 1975, f) and Gu Jun顧俊 (b. 1975, f)—Badminton, Women’s doubles
July 31: Deng Yaping鄧亞萍 (b. 1973, f)—Table Tennis, Women’s singles
July 31: Fu Mingxia伏明霞 (b. 1978, f)— Diving, Women’s 3 m springboard
Aug. 1: Liu Guoliang劉國梁 (b. 1976, m)—Table Tennis, Men’s singles

Hong Kong

July 29: Lee Lai-shan李麗珊[Li Lishan] (b. 1970, f)—Sailing, Women’s board (mistral)

2000 (Sydney): 28 gold medals for China

Sept. 17: Tao Luna陶璐娜 (b. 1974, f)—Shooting, Women’s air pistol
Sept. 18: Cai Yalin蔡亞林 (b. 1977, m)—Shooting, Men’s air rifle
Sept. 18: Yang Xia楊霞 (b. 1977, f)—Weightlifting, Women’s –53 kg
Sept. 18: Artistic gymnastics, Men’s team [Huang Xu黃旭 (b. 1979), Li Xiaopeng李小鵬 (b. 1981), Xiao Junfeng肖

俊鋒(b. 1979), Xing Aowei 邢傲偉(b. 1982), Yang Wei 楊威(b. 1980), and Zheng Lihui 鄭李輝(b. 1980)]

Sept. 19: Chen Xiaomin陳曉敏 (b. 1977, f)—Weightlifting, Women’s –63 kg
Sept. 19: Lin Weining林偉寧 (b. 1979, f)—Weightlifting, Women’s –69 kg
Sept. 21: Zhang Jun張軍 (b. 1977, m) and Gao Ling高崚 (b. 1979, f)—Badminton, Mixed doubles
Sept. 21: Tang Lin唐琳 (b. 1976, f)—Judo, Women’s half heavyweight
Sept. 22: Yang Ling楊淩 (b. 1968, m)—Shooting, Men’s running target
Sept. 22: Ding Meiyuan丁美媛 (b. 1979, f)—Weightlifting, Women’s +75 kg

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Sept. 22: Zhan Xugang占旭剛 (b. 1974, m)—Weightlifting, Men’s middleweight
Sept. 22: Yuan Hua袁華 (b. 1974, f)—Judo, Women’s heavyweight
Sept. 22: Wang Nan王楠 (b. 1978, f) and Li Ju李菊 (b. 1976, f)—Table tennis, Women’s doubles
Sept. 22: Gong Zhichao龔智超 (b. 1977, f)—Badminton, Women’s singles
Sept. 23: Ge Fei葛菲 (b. 1975, f) and Gu Jun顧俊 (b. 1975, f)—Badminton, Women’s doubles
Sept. 23: Ji Xinpeng吉新鵬 (b. 1977, m)—Badminton, Men’s singles
Sept. 23: Wang Liqin王勵勤 (b. 1978, m) and Yan Sen閻森 (b. 1975, m)—Table tennis, Men’s doubles
Sept. 24: Wang Nan王楠 (b. 1978, f)—Table tennis, Women’s singles
Sept. 25: Liu Xuan劉璿 (b. 1979, f)—Artistic gymnastics, Women’s balance beam
Sept. 25: Li Xiaopeng李小鵬 (b. 1981, m)—Artistic gymnastics, Men’s parallel bars
Sept. 25: Kong Linghui孔令輝 (b. 1975, m)—Table tennis, Men’s singles
Sept. 26: Xiong Ni熊倪 (b. 1974, m)—Diving, Men’s 3 m springboard
Sept. 28: Li Na李娜 (b. 1984, f) and Sang Xue桑雪 (b. 1984, f)—Diving, Women’s 10 m synchronized platform
Sept. 28: Wang Liping王麗萍 (b. 1976, f)—Athletics, Women’s 20 km walk

Sept. 28: Xiong Ni熊倪 (b. 1974, m) and Xiao Hailiang肖海亮 (b. 1977, m)—Diving, Men’s synchronized 3 m

springboard
Sept. 28: Fu Mingxia伏明霞 (b. 1978, f)—Diving, Women’s 3 m springboard
Sept. 30: Chen Zhong陳中 (b. 1982, f)—Taekwondo, Women’s +67 kg
Sept. 30: Tian Liang田亮 (b. 1979, m)—Diving, Men’s 10 m platform

2004 (Athens): 32 gold medals for China, 2 gold medals for Chinese Taipei

China

Aug. 14: Du Li杜麗 (b. 1982, f)—Shooting, Women’s 10 m air rifle
Aug. 14: Wang Yifu王義夫 (b. 1962, m)—Shooting, Men’s 10 m air pistol
Aug. 14: Guo Jingjing郭晶晶 (b. 1981, f) and Wu Minxia吳敏霞 (b. 1985, f)—Diving, Women’s synchronized 3 m

springboard

Aug. 14: Tian Liang田亮 (b. 1979, m) and Yang Jinghui楊景輝 (b. 1983, m)—Diving, Men’s synchronized 10 m

platform

Aug. 15: Xian Dongmei冼東妹 (b. 1975, f)—Judo, Women’s 52 kg
Aug. 16: Zhu Qinan朱啟南 (b. 1984, m)—Shooting, Men’s 10 m air rifle
Aug. 16: Chen Yanqing陳艷青 (b. 1979, f)—Weightlifting, Women’s 58 kg
Aug. 16: Luo Xuejuan羅雪娟 (b. 1984, f)—Swimming, Women’s 100 m breaststroke
Aug. 16: Shi Zhiyong石智勇 (b. 1980, m)—Weightlifting, Men’s 62 kg
Aug. 16: Lao Lishi勞麗詩 (b. 1987, f) and Li Ting李婷 (b. 1987, f)—Diving, Women’s synchronized 10 m platform
Aug. 18: Zhang Guozheng張國政 (b. 1974, m)—Weightlifting, Men’s 69 kg
Aug. 19: Zhang Ning張寧 (b. 1975, f)—Badminton, Women’s singles
Aug. 19: Liu Chunhong劉春紅 (b. 1985, f)—Weightlifting, Women’s 69 kg
Aug. 19: Zhang Jun張軍 (b. 1977, m) and Gao Ling高崚 (b. 1979, f)—Badminton, Mixed doubles
Aug. 20: Zhang Yining張怡寧 (b. 1981, f) and Wang Nan王楠 (b. 1978, f)—Table tennis, Women’s doubles
Aug. 21: Ma Lin馬琳 (b. 1980, m) and Chen Qi陳杞 (b. 1984, m)—Table tennis, Men’s doubles
Aug. 21: Yang Wei楊維 (b. 1979, f) and Zhang Jiewen張潔雯 (b. 1981, f)—Badminton, Women’s doubles
Aug. 21: Tang Gonghong唐功紅 (b. 1979, f)—Weightlifting, Women’s +75 kg
Aug. 22: Jia Zhanbo賈占波 (b. 1974, m)—Shooting, Men’s 50 m rifle, three positions
Aug. 22: Zhang Yining張怡寧 (b. 1981, f)—Table tennis, Women’s singles
Aug. 22: Li Ting李婷 (b. 1980, f) and Sun Tiantian孫甜甜 (b. 1981, f)—Tennis, Women’s doubles
Aug. 22: Teng Haibin滕海濱 (b. 1985, m)—Gymnastics, Men’s pommel horse
Aug. 23: Wang Xu王旭 (b. 1985, f)—Wrestling, Women’s freestyle 72 kg
Aug. 24: Peng Bo彭勃 (b. 1981, m)—Diving, Men’s 3 m springboard
Aug. 26: Guo Jingjing郭晶晶 (b. 1981, f)—Diving, Women’s 3 m springboard
Aug. 27: Liu Xiang劉翔 (b. 1983, m)—Athletics, Men’s 110 m hurdles
Aug. 27: Xing Huina邢慧娜 (b. 1984, f)—Athletics, Women’s 10,000 m
Aug. 28: Meng Guanliang孟關良 (b. 1977, m) and Yang Wenjun楊文軍 (b. 1983, m)—Canoeing, Men’s C-2 500 m
Aug. 28: Luo Wei羅微 (b. 1983, f)—Taekwondo, Women’s 67 kg