China at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Rank of China by date in 2004 Summer Olympics
No.	Date	Place	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1st day	Aug. 14	1	4	1	1	6
2nd day	Aug. 15	1	5	2	1	8
3rd day	Aug. 16	1	10	4	1	15
4th day	Aug. 17	1	10	6	2	18
5th day	Aug. 18	1	11	7	4	22
6th day	Aug. 19	2	14	9	6	29
7th day	Aug. 20	2	15	11	10	36
8th day	Aug. 21	2	18	13	10	41
9th day	Aug. 22	1	22	14	10	46
10th day	Aug. 23	2	23	15	12	50
11th day	Aug. 24	2	24	15	12	51
12th day	Aug. 25	2	24	16	12	52
13th day	Aug. 26	2	25	17	12	54
14th day	Aug. 27	2	27	17	13	57
15th day	Aug. 28	2	31	17	14	62
16th day	Aug. 29	2	32	17	14	63

The People's Republic of China competed as China at the 2004 Summer Olympics. The team won 63 total medals (ranked third), including 32 gold medals (ranked second).

The delegation consisted of 633 people, including 407 athletes, 226 officers, attending 26 events. The average age of the athletes was 22.3 years old. The youngest was a 14-year-old swimmer Zhang Tianyi ; and the oldest was the shooter Wang Yifu . There were 138 sportsmen and 269 sportswomen. Of those, 84 previously attended an Olympics; 23 people attended 1996 Summer Olympics, 79 people attended 2000 Summer Olympics. The team included only athletes from mainland China as the Republic of China on Taiwan and Hong Kong competed separately as Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong, China, respectively.

Team

Archery Team

• Coaches(3): Yang Changxun (Korean), Lian Guofu
• Interpreter: Guo Bei
• Athletes(5):
  • Femail: He Ying, Lin Sang, Zhang Juanjuan
  • Male: Xue Haifeng, Yong Fujun

Athletics Team

• Coaches: Sun Haiping, Wang Dexian, Ou Xiyuan, Yang Ziwei, Yu Weili, Xing Fuguo, Sha Yingzheng, Li Jian, Ye Kuigang, He Zengsheng, Yao Wenjun;
• Interpreter: Fei Jian
• Athletes(52)
  • Female: Li Xuemei, Huang Xiaoxiao, Sun Yingjie, Xing Huina, Song Hongjuan, Jiang JIng, Wang Liping, Zhang Shujing, Zhou Chunxiu, Li Helan, Guan Yingnan, Huang Qiuyan, Gao Shuying, Zhao Yingying, Li Meiju, Li Fengfeng, Zhang Xiaoyu, Song Aimin, Li Yangfeng, Xue Juan, Ma Lin, Guan Yuan, Zhang Wenxiu, Liu Yinghui, Shen Shengfei, Huang Qun, Zhuang Hao, Bu Fanfang, Liang Shuyan, Su Yiping, Jing Xuezu, Wang Lina,
  • Male: Chen Haijian, Yang Yaozu, Liu Xiang, Shi Dongpeng, Zhu Hongjun, Yu Chaohong, Han Yucheng, Qi Haifeng, Li Zhuhong, Liu Feiliang, Zhoucan, Li Yanxi, Wu Tao, Liu Yunfeng, Zhu Ronghua, Han Gang, Dou Zhaobo, Li Rongxiang, Alatan Gadasu, Liu Yan

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
China	32	17	14	63

Results by medal

Gold

By Event

• Athletics
  • Men's 110 m hurdles: Liu Xiang
  • Women's 10,000 m: Xing Huina

• Badminton
  • Women's Singles: Zhang Ning
  • Mixed Doubles: Zhang Jun and Gao Ling
  • Women's Doubles: Yang Wei and Zhang Haowen

• Canoeing
  • Kayak Flatwater Racing Men C2 500 m: Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun

• Diving
  • Men's synchronized 10 meter platform: Tian Liang and Yang Jinghui
  • Women's synchronized 10 meter platform: Lao Lishi and Li Ting
  • Women's synchronized 3 meter springboard: Wu Minxia and Guo Jingjing
  • Women's 3 meter springboard: Guo Jingjing
  • Men's 3 meter springboard: Peng Bo
  • Men's 10 meter platform: Hu Jia

• Gymnastics
  • Men's pommel horse: Teng Haibin

• Judo
  • 52 kg women, Xian Dongmei

• Shooting
  • Men's 10 m Air Pistol: Wang Yifu
  • Women's 10 m Air Rifle: Du Li
  • Men's 10 m Air Rifle: Zhu Qinan
  • Men's 50 m Rifle Three Positions: Jia Zhanbo

• Swimming
  • Women 100 m Breaststroke: Luo Xuejuan

• Taekwondo
  • Women's 67 kg: Luo Wei
  • Women's 80 kg: Chen Zhong

• Table Tennis
  • Women's Doubles: Wang Nan and Zhang Yining
  • Men's Doubles: Ma Lin and Chen Ji
  • Women's Single: Zhang Yining

• Tennis
  • Women's doubles: Li Ting and Sun Tiantian

• Volleyball
  • Women's: China Team

• Weightlifting
  • 58 kg women: Chen Yanqing
  • 62 kg men: Shi Zhiyong
  • 69 kg men: Zhang Guozheng
  • 69 kg women: Liu Chunhong
  • Over 75 kg women: Tang Gonghong

• Wrestling
  • 72 kg women: Wang Xu

By Date

Silver

• Archery
  • Women's Team : He Ying, Lin Sang, and Zhang Juanjuan

• Badminton
  • Women's Doubles

• Cycling Track
  • Women's 500 m Time Trial: Jiang Yonghua

• Diving
  • Women's 3 m Springboard: Wu Minxia

• Diving
  • Women's 10 m Platform: Lao Lishi

• Fencing
  • Men's Individual Epee: Wang Lei
  • Women's Individual Sabre: Tan Xue
  • Men's Team Foil

• Judo
  • Women's -78 kg: Liu Xia

• Sailing
  • Women's Mistral

• Shooting
  • Men's 10 m Air Rifle: Li Jie
  • Women's Skeet: Wei Ning

• Swimming
  • Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Table Tennis
  • Men's Singles: Wang Hao

• Weightlifling
  • Men's 56 kg: Wu Meijin
  • Men's 62 kg: Le Maosheng
  • Women's 48 kg: Li Zhuo

Bronze

• Badminton
  • Women's Singles: Zhou Mi

• Shooting
  • 50 m Rifle Three Positions: Wang Chengyi
  • Women's Double Trap: Gao E

• Judo
  • 48 kg women, Gao Feng
  • 70 kg women, Qin Dongya
  • over 78 kg women, Fuming Sun

• Badminton
  • Women's Singles: Zhou Mi

• Boxing
  • Men's Light Fly (48 kg): Zou Shiming

• Diving
  • Men's 10 m Platform: Tian Liang

• Gymnastics Artistic
  • Men's Parallel Bars: Li Xiaopeng
  • Women's Individual All-Around: Zhang Nan

• Trampoline
  • Women: Huang Shanshan

• Judo
  • Women's -48 kg: Gao Feng
  • Women's -70 kg: Qin Dongya
  • Women's +78 kg: Sun Fuming

• Shooting
  • Men's Double Trap: Wang Zheng
  • Women's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions: Wang Chengyi
  • Women's Double Trap: Gao E

• Table Tennis
  • Men's Singles: Wang Liqin
  • Women's Doubles

Results by event

Archery

Men's individual:

• Xue Haifeng - 12th place
• Yong Fujun - 42nd place

Women's individual:

• He Ying - 8th place
• Zhang Juanjuan - 10th place
• Lin Sang - 36th place

Women's team:

• He Ying, Lin Sang, and Zhang Juanjuan - silver medal

Athletics

Men's 100 metres:

• Chen Haijian - Round 1, 10.45 s (did not advance)

Women's 100 metres:

• Li Xuemei - Round 1, 12.21 s (did not advance)

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

• Liu Xiang - Final, 12.91 s (Gold Medal, Equal World Record and Olympic Record)
• Shi Dongpeng - Round 1, 13.68 s (did not advance)

Women's 100 metre hurdles:

• Su Yiping - Round 1, 13.53 s (did not advance)

Men's 200 metres:

• Yang Yaozu - Round 2, 21.03 s (did not advance)

Women's 400 metres:

• Fanfang Bo - Round 1: 56.01 s, Semifinal: 55.53 s

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

• Xiaoxiao Huang - Round 1: 54.83 s, Semifinal:

Men's 1500 metres:

• Dou Zhaobo - Round 1, 3:50.28 (did not advance)

Women's 5000 metres:

• Sun Yingjie - Round 1: 15:03.00, Final: 15:07.23 (8th place)
• Xing Huina - Round 1: 14:56.01, Final: 15:07.41 (9th place)

Women's 10000 metres:

• Xing Huina - (Gold), 30:24.36
• Sun Yingjie - 30:54.37 (6th place)

Men's decathlon:

• Qi Haifeng - 7934 points (18th place)

Women's heptathlon:

• Shengfei Shen - 4949 points (27th place)

Men's marathon:

• Li Zhuhong – 2:19:36 (31st place)
• Han Gang - 2:27:31 (66th place)
• Zhu Ronghua - 2:34:02 (76th place)

Women's marathon:

• Zhang Shujing - 2:34:34 (12th place)
• Li Helan - 2:37:53 (22nd place)
• Zhou Chunxiu - 2:42:54 (33rd place)

Men's 20 km walk:

• Zhu Hongjun - 1:21:40 (6th place)
• Liu Yunfeng - 1:27:21 (25th place)
• Han Yucheng - 1:32:18 (40th place)

Women's 20 km walk:

• Wang Liping - 1:30:16 (8th place)
• Song Hongjuan - 1:31:27 (14th place)
• Jiang Jing - 1:35:56 (32nd place)

Men's 50 km walk:

• Yu Caohong - 3:43:45 (4th place)
• A Latangadasu - 3:51:55 (10th place)
• Han Yucheng - DNF

Men's long jump:

• Zhou Can - Round 1, 7.47 metres (did not advance)

Women's long jump:

• Lina Wang - Round 1: 6.53 metres
• Yingnan Guan - Round 1: 6.46 metres
• Shuyan Liang - Round 1: 5.92 metres

Men's triple jump:

• Li Yanxi - Round 1, 16.74 metres (did not advance)

Women's triple jump:

• Qiuyan Huang - Round 1: 14.66 metres, Final: 14.33 metres (12th place)
• Hao Zhang - Round 1: 13.30 metres

Men's high jump:

• Liu Yang - Round 1, 2.10 metres (did not advance)

Women's high jump:

• Xuezhu Jing - Round 1: 1.89 metres

Men's pole vault:

• Liu Feiliang - Round 1, no mark (did not advance)

Women's pole vault:

• Yingying Zhao - Round 1: 4.30 metres
• Shuying Gao - Round 1: 4.15 metres

Women's shot put:

• Meiju Lu - Round 1: 18.16 metres, Final: 18.37 metres (9th place)
• Xiaoyu Zhang - Round 1: 17.22 metres
• Fengfeng Li - Round 1: 16.90 metres

Men's discus:

• Wu Tao - Round 1, 60.60 metres (did not advance)

Women's discus:

• Yanfeng Li - Round 1: 61.35 metres, Final: 61.05 metres (9th place)
• Aimin Song - Round 1: 58.19 metres
• Qun Huang - Round 1: 56.53 metres

Men's javelin:

• Li Rongxiang - Round 1, 79.94 metres (did not advance)

Women's javelin:

• Ning Ma - Round 1: 59.80 metres
• Juan Xue - Round 1: 52.97 metres

Women's hammer:

• Wenxiu Zhang - Round 1: 71.56 metres, Final: 72.03 metres (7th place)
• Yuan Gu - Round 1: 71.65 metres (OR), Final: 69.76 metres (10th place)
• Yinghui Liu - Round 1: 68.12 metres

Badminton

Men's singles:

• Chen Hong - defeated in quarterfinals
• Bao Chunlai - defeated in round of 16
• Lin Dan - defeated in round of 32

Women's singles:

• Zhang Ning - gold medal
• Zhou Mi - bronze medal
• Gong Ruina - 4th place

Men's doubles:

• Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun - defeated in quarterfinals
• Zheng Bo and Sang Yang - defeated in quarterfinals

Women's doubles:

• Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei - gold medal
• Huang Sui and Gao Ling - silver medal
• Zhao Tingting and Wei Yili - 4th place

Mixed doubles:

• Zhang Jun and Gao Ling - gold medal
• Chen Qiqiu & Zhao Tingting - defeated in quarterfinals

Basketball

Men's: 8th place

• Preliminary round: 2-3
• Quarterfinal: lost to Lithuania, 95-75
• Classification (7/8): lost to Spain, 92-76

Women's: 9th place

• Preliminary round: 1-4
• Classification (9/10): defeated Japan, 82-63

Boxing

The People's Republic of China sent six boxers to Athens. They won one bronze medal, with one other quarterfinalist. Their combined record was 6-6 as three boxers lost their first matches. They were in a five-way tie for 16th place in the medals board for boxing.

Light Flyweight (48kg)

• Zou Shiming - bronze medal
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Rau Shee Warren of United States, 22-9
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Endalkachew Kebede of Ethiopia, 31-8
  3. Quarterfinal - Defeated Aleksan Nalbandyan of Armenia, 20-12
  4. Semifinal - Lost to Yan Bhartelemy Varela of Cuba, 29-17

Bantamweight (54kg)

• Liu Yuan
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz of Cuba, 21-7

Lightweight (60kg)

• Tongzhou Chen
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Murat Khrachev of Russia, 40-29

Welterweight (69kg)

• Hanati Silamu
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Sadat Tebazaalwa of Uganda, 29-17
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Ruslan Khairov of Azerbaijan, 26-16

Middleweight (75kg)

• Ha Dabateer
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Andre Dirrell of United States, 25-18

Light Heavyweight (81kg)

• Lei Yuping
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Pierre Celestin Yana of Cameroon, 24-16
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Andriy Fedchuk of Ukraine, 17-9
  3. Quarterfinal - Lost to Magomed Aripgadjiev of Belarus, 27-18

Diving

Men's 3 metre springboard:

• Bo Peng - Prelim: 495.45, Semifinal: 256.17, Final: 531.21 (gold medal)
• Wang Feng - Prelim: 444.96, Semifinal: 240.42, Final: 510.30 (4th place)

Women's 3 metre springboard:

• Guo Jingjing - Prelim: 319.71, Semifinal: 243.06, Final: 390.09 (gold medal)
• Wu Minxia - Prelim: 306.96, Semifinal: 240.39, Final: 371.61 (silver medal)

• Men's synchronized 10 meter platform: Tian Liang and Yang Jinghui
• Women's synchronized 10 meter platform: Lao Lishi and Li Ting
• Women's synchronized 3 meter springboard: Wu Minxia and Guo Jingjing

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

• Wang Lei - silver medal
• Zhao Gang - defeated in round of 16
• Xie Yongjun - defeated in round of 32

Women's épée individual:

• Zhang Li - defeated in quarterfinals
• Li Na - defeated in round of 16
• Shen Weiwei - defeated in round of 32

Men's foil individual:

• Wu Hanxiong - defeated in quarterfinals
• Dong Zhaozhi - defeated in round of 32
• Wang Haibin - defeated in round of 32

Women's foil individual:

• Meng Jie - defeated in round of 16

Men's sabre individual:

• Chen Feng - defeated in round of 32
• Zhou Hanming - defeated in round of 32
• Huang Yaojiang - defeated in round of 32

Women's sabre individual:

• Tan Xue - silver medal
• Zhang Ying - defeated in quarterfinals

Men's épée team:

• Wang Lei, Xie Yongjun, and Tuo Tong - 7th place

Women's épée team:

• Shen Weiwei, Zhong Weiping , and Li Na - 6th place

Men's foil team:

• Ye Chong , Dong Zhaozhi, and Wu Hanxiong - Silver medal - Lost 45-42 to Italy after dubious refereeing played a significant factor in the outcome of the match. The referee of the Final has been suspended by the Federation Internationale d'Escrime for two years til 2006.

Men's sabre team:

• Wang Jingzhi , Huang Yaojiang, and Chen Feng - 7th place

Football (Soccer)

Women's: 9th place

• Preliminary round: 0-1-1
• Quarterfinal: did not qualify

Handball

Women's: 8th place

• Preliminary round: 2-0-2
• Quarterfinal: lost to Denmark, 32-28
• Classification (5-8): lost to Spain, 27-23
• Classification (7/8): lost to Brazil, 26-25

Hockey

Women's: 4th place

• Preliminary round: 4-0-0
• Semifinal: lost to Germany, 4-3
• Bronze medal match: lost to Argentina, 1-0

Judo

• Gao Feng : 48 kg women, bronze medal
• Xian Dongmei : 52 kg women, gold medal
• Qin Dongya : 70 kg women, bronze medal
• Liu Xia : 78 kg women, silver medal
• Fuming Sun : over 78 kg women, bronze medal

Softball

Women's: 4th place

• Preliminary round: 3-4 (4th)
• Semifinal: lost to Japan, 1-0

In the final game of the preliminary round, China was the victim of the first perfect game in Olympic softball history, losing to Japan 2-0. Their defeat two days later in the semifinal, again to Japan, eliminated China from medal contention.

Swimming

• Women's 100 m Breaststroke: Xuejuan Luo, gold medal
• Women's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay: Yingwen Zhu , Yanwei Xu , Yu Yang , Jiaying Pang , silver medal

Tennis

China won its first Olympics Tennis medal, a Gold, in Women's Doubles Tennis. With this win, China became the only country to win Gold medals in all three Olympic racquet sports (Badminton, Table Tennis, Tennis), and to also win the Women's Doubles events in all three sports.

Women's Singles

• Zheng Jie : Eliminated First Round (Round of 64) by Ai Sugiyama (4-6, 6-3, 8-6)

Women's Doubles

• Li Ting & Sun Tiantian:

• • Round of 32: Defeated Chanda Rubin & Venus Williams, United States (7-5, 1-6, 6-3)
  • Round of 16: Defeated Silvia Farina Elia & Francesca Schiavone , Italy (6-1, 7-6)
  • Quarter Final: Defeated Alicia Molik & Rennae Stubbs , Australia (6-2, 6-3)
  • Semi Final: Defeated Paola Suárez & Patricia Tarabini , Argentina (6-2, 2-6, 9-7)
  • Final: Defeated Conchita Martínez & Virginia Ruano Pascual , Spain (6-3, 6-3)
• Yan Zi & Zheng Jie : Eliminated Quarter Final
  • Round of 32: Defeated Maja Matevžič & Tina Pisnik , Slovenia (6-2, 6-1)
  • Round of 16: Defeated Myriam Casanova & Patty Schnyder, Switzerland (6-3, 6-3)
  • Quarter Final: Lost to Conchita Martínez & Virginia Ruano Pascual , Spain (1-6, 1-6)

Triathlon

China was represented at the second Olympic triathlon by two women.

Women's:

• Wang Hong Ni - 2:18:40.07 (40th place)
• Lin Xing - DNF

Volleyball

Women's beach:

• Jia Tian and Fei Wang
  • Prelims: 1-2
  • Round of 16: Defeated 2-0 by Kerri Walsh and Misty May, United States
• Lu Wang and Wenhui You
  • Prelims: 0-3
  • Round of 16: Did not qualify

Women's Indoor

Weightlifting

Men

• Yuan Aijun : 85kg 5th (BW: 83.97, S: 167.5, C&J: 205, T: 372.5)
• Zhang Guozheng : 69kg Gold (BW: 68.74, S: 160, C&J: 187.5, T: 347.5)
• Shi Zhiyong : 62kg Gold (BW: 61.96, S: 152.5, C&J: 172.5, T: 325.0)
• Le Maosheng : 62kg Silver (BW: 61.27, S: 140.0, C&J: 172.5, T: 312.5)
• Wu Meijin : 56kg Silver (BW:55.93, S: 130.0, C&J: 157.5, T: 287.5)

Women

• Tang Gonghong : +75kg Gold (BW: 119.52, S: 122.5, C&J: 182.5(WR), T: 305.0(WR))
• Liu Chunhong : 69kg Gold (BW: 68.14, S: 122.5(WR), C&J: 152.5(WR), T: 275.0(WR))
• Chen Yanqing : 58kg Gold (BW: 57.17, S: 107.5(OR), C&J: 130.0, T: 237.5(OR))
• Li Zhuo : 48kg Silver (BW: 47.65, S: 92.5, C&J: 112.5, T: 205.0)

Interestingly, Liu Chunhong would have also been able to win Gold in the Women's 75kg (next highest) category, beating the Gold medal Total and Clean and Jerk by 2.5kg.

- BW = Body Weight (kg), S = Snatch, C&J = Clean and Jerk, T = Total

Results by date

August 14

• Du Li : Women 10 m Air Rifle, gold medal
• Wang Yifu : Mens 10 m Air Pistol, gold medal

August 27

• Liu Xiang: men's 110 m hurdles, gold medal

Officials

• President: Yuan Weimin
• Secretary General: Gu Yaoming