China at the 1992 Summer Olympics

China at the Olympic Games
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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors	244 (117 men and 127 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Song Ligang
Medals Rank: 4	Gold 16	Silver 22	Bronze 16	Total 54
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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.

Medalists

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).

Gold

• Li Xiaoshuang — Artistic Gymnastics, Floor Exercises Men
• Lu Li — Artistic Gymnastics, Uneven Bars Women
• Chen Yueling — Athletics, 10000m Walk Women
• Sun Shuwei — Diving 10m Platform, Men
• Fu Mingxia — Diving 10m Platform, Women
• Gao Min — Diving 3m, Springboard Women
• Zhuang Xiaoyan — Judo, + 72 kg (Heavyweight) Women
• Wang Yifu — Shooting, 10m Air Pistol (60 Shots) Men
• Zhang Shan — Shooting, Skeet (125 Targets) Mixed
• Qian Hong — Swimming, 100m Butterfly Women
• Zhuang Yong — Swimming, 100m Freestyle Women
• Lin Li — Swimming, 200m Individual Medley Women
• Yang Wenyi — Swimming, 50m Freestyle Women
• Lü Lin And Wang Tao — Table Tennis, Doubles Men
• Deng Yaping And Qiao Hong — Table Tennis, Doubles Women
• Deng Yaping — Table Tennis, Singles Women

Silver

• Wang Xiaozhu, Ma Xiangjun, And Wang Hong — Archery, Women's Team
• Lu Li — Artistic Gymnastics, Balance Beam Women
• Li Jing — Artistic Gymnastics, Parallel Bars Men
• Li Jing — Artistic Gymnastics, Rings Men
• Guo Linyao, Li Chunyang, Li Dashuang, Li Ge, Li Jing and Li Xiaoshuang — Artistic Gymnastics, Team Competition Men
• Huang Zhihong — Athletics, Shot Put Women
• Guan Weizhen, And Nong Qunhua — Badminton Doubles Women
• Cong Xuedi, Li Xin, Liu Jun, Wang Fang, Zheng Dongmei, He Jun, Peng Ping, Zheng Haixia, Zheng Xiulin, Li Dongmei, Liu Qing, Zhan Shuping — Basketball Women
• Tan Liangde — Diving 3m Springboard Men
• Wang Huifeng — Fencing, Foil Individual Women
• Zhang Xiaodong — Sailing, Board (Lechner) Women
• Li Duihong — Shooting, 25m Pistol (30+30 Shots) Women
• Wang Yifu — Shooting, 50m Pistol (60 Shots) Men
• Lin Li — Swimming, 200m Breaststroke Women
• Wang Xiaohong — Swimming, 200m Butterfly Women
• Lin Li — Swimming, 400m Individual Medley Women
• Le Jingyi, Lü Bin, Zhuang Yong, Yang Wenyi, and Zhao Kun (heats) — Swimming 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Women
• Zhuang Yong — Swimming, 50m Freestyle Women
• Chen Zihe, Gao Jun — Table Tennis, Doubles Women
• Qiao Hong — Table Tennis, Singles Women
• Lin Qisheng — Weightlifting, — 52 kg Men
• Liu Shoubin — Weightlifting, — 56 kg Men

Bronze

• Guo Linyao — Artistic Gymnastics, Parallel Bars Men
• Li Xiaoshuang — Artistic Gymnastics, Rings Men
• Li Chunxiu — Athletics, 10000m Walk Women
• Qu Yunxia — Athletics, 1500m Women
• Li Yongbo And Tian Bingyi — Badminton, Doubles Men
• Lin Yanfen And Yao Fen — Badminton, Doubles Women
• Huang Hua And Tang Jiuhong — Badminton, Singles Women
• Xiong Ni — Diving,10m Platform Men
• Li Zhongyun — Judo, — 52 kg Women
• Zhang Di — Judo, — 61 kg Women
• Gu Xiaoli And Lu Huali — Rowing, Double Sculls (2x) Women
• Ma Wenge — Table Tennis, Singles Men
• Luo Jianming — Weightlifting, — 56 kg Men
• He Yingqiang — Weightlifting, — 60 kg Men
• Sheng Zetian — Wrestling Greco-Roman, 57 kg Men

Archery

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

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

Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's competition

• 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

• 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

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

Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Diving

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

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

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

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

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sailing

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

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Synchronized swimming

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

Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Tennis

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
• Li Ling Chen
  • First Round — Lost to Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) 2-6, 3-6

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics