China at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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China at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
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Medals Rank: 4	Gold 16	Silver 22	Bronze 12	Total 50
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The People's Republic of China competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Silver 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Cycling 2.5 Softball 2.5.1 Women's Team Competition 2.6 Swimming 2.7 Tennis 2.8 Volleyball 2.8.1 Women's Indoor Team Competition 2.9 Weightlifting 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Silver

• He Ying — Archery, Women's Individual Competition
• Wei Qiang,Tao Hua,Xu Jian,Zhang Chunfang,Yan Fang, Wang Ying,An Zhongxin, Wang Lihong, Chen Hong, He Liping, Lei Li, Liu Xuqing, Liu Yaju, Ma Ying, and Ou Jingbai — Softball, Women's Team Competition
• Yawen Lai, Yong-Mei Cui, Wenli Pan, Ziling Wang, Yue Sun, Yan Li, Qi He, Xiaoning Liu, Yongmei Wu, Yunying Zhu, Lina Wang and Yi Wang — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

The People's Republic of China sent three men and three women to Atlanta for archery. As usual, the Chinese women were the more successful squad, with He Ying winning a silver medal. They went a combined 9-3 in individual competition as opposed the men's 1-3 record. They also won their first team match before being defeated.

Women's Individual Competition:

• He Ying → Final, Silver Medal (5-1)
• Wang Xiaozhu → Quarterfinal, 7th place (3-1)
• Yang Jianping → Round of 32, 29th place (1-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Tang Hua → Round of 32, 23rd place (1-1)
• Luo Hengyu → Round of 64, 36th place (0-1)
• Shen Jun → Round of 64, 40th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:

• He, Wang, and Yang → Quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)

Men's Team Competition:

• Tang, Luo, and Shen → Round of 16, 12th place (0-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Long Jump

• Jing Chen

• Qualification — 7.70m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Shaojie Li

• Qualification — 60.20m (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres

• Wang Junxia

• Qualification — 32:36.53
• Final — 31:02.58 (→ Silver Medal)

• Wang Mingxia

• Qualification — 32:10.26
• Final — 32:38.98 (→ 15th place)

• Yang Siju

• Qualification — 32:22.77
• Final — 33:15.29 (→ 19th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Lei Li

• Qualification — 61.48m
• Final — 60.74m (→ 8th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Yanling Xiao

• Qualification — 65.10m
• Final — 64.72m (→ 5th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Sui Xinmei

• Qualification — 19.36m
• Final — 19.88m (→ Silver Medal)

• Li Meisu

• Qualification — 18.39m (→ did not advance)

• Huang Zhihong

• Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Ruiping Ren

• Qualification — 14.56m
• Final — 14.30m (→ 7th place)

• Xiangrong Wang — 13.32m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Ren Xiujuan — 2:31.21 (→ 9th place)

Women's 10km Walk

• Yan Wang — 42:19 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Yan Gu — 42:34 (→ 4th place)
• Hongmiao Gao — dsq (→ no ranking)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Yang Xiangzhong
  1. First Round — Defeated Alberto Rossell (Peru), 16-7
  2. Second Round — Lost to Hamid Berhili (Morocco), 9-14

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

• Tao Chen
  1. First Round — Lost to Hirokuni Moto (Japan), 10-15

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

• Tao Jiang
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Charles Kizza (Uganda), 10-7
  3. Qurterfinals — Lost to Nate Jones (United States), 4-21

[edit] Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

• Guo Xinghong

• Final — 02:49:47 (→ 41st place)

• Zhao Haijuan

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Mountainbike Cross Country

• Gao Hongying

• Final — 2:09.08 (→ 25th place)

[edit] Softball

[edit] Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round Robin

• Defeated Australia (6:0)
• Lost to Japan (0:3)
• Defeated Canada (2:1)
• Defeated Puerto Rico (10:0)
• Defeated Netherlands (8:0)
• Defeated Chinese Taipei (1:0)
• Lost to United States (2:3)

• Semifinals

• Lost to United States (0:1)

• Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated Australia (4:2)

• Final

• Lost to United States (1:3) → Silver Medal

• Team Roster

• Wei Qiang
• Tao Hua
• Xu Jian
• Zhang Chunfang
• Yan Fang
• Wang Ying
• An Zhongxin
• Wang Lihong
• Chen Hong
• He Liping
• Lei Li
• Liu Xuqing
• Liu Yaju
• Ma Ying
• Ou Jingbai

• Head Coach: Li Minkuan

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Chengji Jiang
  1. Heat – 22.55
  2. Final – 22.33 (→ 4th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Lifeng Zhao
  1. Heat – 51.70 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Yi Zhao
  1. Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Qiliang Zeng
  1. Heat – 1:02.26
  2. Final – 1:02.01 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Yiwu Wang
  1. Heat – 1:02.26 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Chengji Jiang
  1. Heat – 53.40
  2. Final – 53.20 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Yi Zhao, Qiliang Zeng, Chengji Jiang, and Lifeng Zhao
  1. Heat – 3:43.50 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Jingyi Le
  1. Heat – 25.10
  2. Final – 24.90 (→ Silver Medal)

• Ying Shan
  1. Heat – 25.71
  2. Final – 25.70 (→ 7th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Jingyi Le
  1. Heat – 54.90
  2. Final – 54.50 (→ Gold Medal)

• Ying Shan
  1. Heat – 56.10
  2. B-Final – 55.74 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Yan Chen
  1. Heat – 2:03.32
  2. B-Final – scratched

• Ying Shan
  1. Heat – 2:04.29 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Yan Chen
  1. Heat – 4:22.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Yiqi Pu
  1. Heat – 8:45.32 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Yan Chen
  1. Heat – 1:02.62
  2. Final – 1:02.50 (→ 5th place)

• Cihong He
  1. Heat – 1:05.87 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Yan Chen
  1. Heat – 2:14.74
  2. B-Final – 2:14.37 (→ 11th place)

• Yanyan Wu
  1. Heat – 2:20.89 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Xue Han
  1. Heat – 1:10.40
  2. B-Final – 1:09.90 (→ 11th place)

• Yuan Yuan
  1. Heat – 1:11.65 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Li Lin
  1. Heat – 2:30.64
  2. B-Final – 2:33.45 (→ 16th place)

• Yuan Yuan
  1. Heat – 2:33.89 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Limin Liu
  1. Heat – 1:00.18
  2. Final – 59.14 (→ Silver Medal)

• Huijue Cai
  1. Heat – 1:00.89
  2. Final – 1:00.46 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Yun Qu
  1. Heat – 2:11.35
  2. Final – 2:10.26(→ 4th place)

• Limin Liu
  1. Heat – 2:13.12
  2. Final – 2:10.70 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Li Lin
  1. Heat – 2:16.31
  2. Final – 2:14.74 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Yanyan Wu
  1. Heat – 2:16.55
  2. B-Final – 2:16.61 (→ 10th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Yan Chen
  1. Heat – 4:53.87 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

• Yanyan Wu
  1. Heat – 4:54.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Ying Shan, Na Chao, Yun Nian, and Jingyi Le
  1. Heat – 3:44.06
• Jingyi Le, Na Chao, Yun Nian, and Ying Shan
  1. Final – 3:40.48 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Yan Cheim, Yiqi Pu, Luna Wang, and Yun Nian
  1. Heat – 8:13.29
• Yun Nian, Luna Wang, Yan Chen, and Ying Shan
  1. Final – 8:15.38 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Yan Chen, Xue Han, Huijue Cai, and Ying Shan
  1. Heat – 4:09.23
• Yan Chen, Xue Han, Huijue Cai, and Ying Shan
  1. Final – 4:07.34 (→ Bronze Medal)

[edit] Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

• Jing-Qian Yi
  1. First round — Lost to Ines Gorrochategui (Argentina) 2-6 6-1 1-6

• Li Chen
  1. First round — Lost to Monica Seles (United States) 0-6 4-6

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Women's Indoor Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated Netherlands (3-0)
• Defeated South Korea (3-2)
• Defeated United States (3-1)
• Defeated Ukraine (3-0)
• Defeated Japan (3-0)

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated Germany (3-0)

• Semifinals

• Defeated Russia (3-1)

• Final

• Lost to Cuba (1-3) (→ Silver Medal)

• Team Roster

• Cui Yongmei
• He Qi
• Lai Yawen
• Li Xan
• Liu Xiaoning
• Pan Wenli
• Sun Yue
• Wang Lina
• Wang Yi
• Wang Ziling
• Wu Yongmei
• Zhu Yunying

• Head Coach: Lang Ping

[edit] Weightlifting

Men's 108 kg

• Cui Wenhua

• Snatch — 190.0 kg
• Clean & Jerk — 215.0 kg
• Total — 405.0 kg (→ 5th place)

[edit] References

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