China at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The People's Republic of China competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 294 competitors, 111 men and 183 women, took part in 155 events in 25 sports.
Medalists
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
- Wang Xiaozhu → Quarterfinal, 7th place
- Yang Jianping → Round of 32, 29th place
- Tang Hua → Round of 32, 23rd place
- Luo Hengyu → Round of 64, 36th place
- Shen Jun → Round of 64, 40th place
- He, Wang, and Yang → Quarterfinal, 6th place
- Tang, Luo, and Shen → Round of 16, 12th place
Athletics
Men's 200 metres
- Chen Wenzhong
Men's 20 km Walk
Men's 50 km Walk
- Zhang Huiqiang
- * Final — 3:53:10
- Mao Xinyuan
- * Final — DSQ
- Zhao Yongsheng
- * Final — DSQ
- Huang Geng
- * Qualification — 8.12 m
- * Final — 7.99 m
- Chen Jing
- * Qualification — 7.70 m
- Zou Sixin
- * Qualification — 16.53 m
- Li Shaojie
- * Qualification — 60.20 m
- Zhang Lianbiao
- * Qualification — 79.88 m
- * Final — 80.96 m
- Du Xiujie
- * Heat — 53.95
- Wang Junxia
- * Qualification — 32:36.53
- * Final — 31:02.58
- Wang Mingxia
- * Qualification — 32:10.26
- * Final — 32:38.98
- Yang Siju
- * Qualification — 32:22.77
- * Final — 33:15.29
- Li Lei
- * Qualification — 61.48 m
- * Final — 60.74 m
- Xiao Yanling
- * Qualification — 65.10m
- * Final — 64.72m
- Sui Xinmei
- * Qualification — 19.36m
- * Final — 19.88m
- Li Meisu
- * Qualification — 18.39m
- Huang Zhihong
- * Qualification — did not start
- Ren Ruiping
- * Qualification — 14.56m
- * Final — 14.30m
- Wang Xiangrong — 13.32m
- Ren Xiujuan — 2:31.21
- Wang Yan — 42:19
- Gu Yan — 42:34
- Gao Hongmiao — dsq
Badminton
Basketball
Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- *Defeated Angola
- *Lost to Croatia
- *Defeated Argentina
- *Lost to the United States
- *Lost to Lithuania
- Quarterfinals
- *Lost to Yugoslavia
- Classification Matches
- *5th/8th place: Lost to Greece
- *7th/8th place: Lost to Croatia → 8th place
- Team Roster
- *Mengke Bateer
- *Gong Xiaobin
- *Hu Weidong
- *Li Nan
- *Li Xiaoyong
- *Liu Yudong
- *Shan Tao
- *Sun Jun
- *Wang Zhizhi
- *Wu Naiqun
- *Wu Qinglong
- *Zheng Wu
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- *Lost to Italy
- *Lost to Japan
- *Defeated Canada
- *Lost to Brazil
- *Lost to Russia
- Classification Matches
- *9th/12th place: Defeated Zaire
- *9th/10th place: Defeated South Korea → 9th place
- Team Roster
- *Zheng Dongmei
- *Liang Xin
- *Zheng Haixia
- *He Jun
- *Ma Zongqing
- *Miao Bo
- *Li Xin
- *Liu Jun
- *Shen Li
- *Chu Hui
- *Li Dongmei
- *Ma Chengqing
Boxing
- Yang Xiangzhong
- * First Round — Defeated Alberto Rossel, 16-7
- * Second Round — Lost to Hamid Berhili, 9-14
- Chen Tao
- * First Round — Lost to Hirokuni Moto, 10-15
- Jiang Tao
- * First Round — Bye
- * Second Round — Defeated Charles Kizza, 10-7
- * Quarterfinals — Lost to Nate Jones, 4-21
Canoeing
Cycling
Women's Individual Road Race- Guo Xinghong
- * Final — 02:49:47
- Zhao Haijuan
- * Final — did not finish
- Gao Hongying
- * Final — 2:09.08
Diving
- Xiong Ni
- * Preliminary Heat — 463.02
- * Semi Final — 231.45
- * Final — 470.01
- Yu Zhuocheng
- * Preliminary Heat — 438.93
- * Semi Final — 223.41
- * Final — 467.52
- Fu Mingxia
- * Preliminary Heat — 284.28
- * Semi Final — 221.49
- * Final — 326.19
- Tan Shuping
- * Preliminary Heat — 212.49
- Fu Mingxia
- * Preliminary Heat — 329.25
- * Semi Final — 179.94
- * Final — 341.64
- Guo Jingjing
- * Preliminary Heat — 315.39
- * Semi Final — 177.30
- * Final — 269.91
Fencing
;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
- Ye Chong, Dong Zhaozhi, Wang Haibin
;Men's sabre
;Women's foil
;Women's team foil
- Liang Jun, Wang Huifeng, Xiao Aihua
- Yan Jing
Football
Gymnastics
- Li Xiaoshuang
- * Gold Medal, Individual All-around, China's first in this category
Handball
Judo
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- *Defeated Australia
- *Lost to Japan
- *Defeated Canada
- *Defeated Puerto Rico
- *Defeated Netherlands
- *Defeated Chinese Taipei
- *Lost to United States
- Semifinals
- *Lost to United States
- Bronze Medal Match
- *Defeated Australia
- Final
- *Lost to United States → 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
Swimming
- Jiang Chengji
- # Heat - 22.55
- # Final - 22.33
- Zhao Lifeng
- # Heat - 51.70
- Zhao Yi
- # Heat - 57.17
- Zeng Qiliang
- # Heat - 1:02.26
- # Final - 1:02.01
- Wang Yiwu
- # Heat - 1:02.26
- Jiang Chengji
- # Heat - 53.40
- # Final - 53.20
- Zhao Yi, Zeng Qiliang, Jiang Chengji, and Zhao Lifeng
- # Heat - 3:43.50
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Le Jingyi
- # Heat - 54.90
- # Final - 54.50
- Shan Ying
- # Heat - 56.10
- # B-Final - 55.74
- Chen Yan
- # Heat - 2:03.32
- # B-Final - scratched
- Shan Ying
- # Heat - 2:04.29
- Chen Yan
- # Heat - 4:22.55
- Pu Yiqi
- # Heat - 8:45.32
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Chen Yan
- # Heat - 1:02.62
- # Final - 1:02.50
- He Cihong
- # Heat - 1:05.87
- Chen Yan
- # Heat - 2:14.74
- # B-Final - 2:14.37
- Wu Yanyan
- # Heat - 2:20.89
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Lin Li
- # Heat - 2:30.64
- # B-Final - 2:33.45
- Yuan Yuan
- # Heat - 2:33.89
- Liu Limin
- # Heat - 1:00.18
- # Final - 59.14
- Cai Huijue
- # Heat - 1:00.89
- # Final - 1:00.46
- Qu Yun
- # Heat - 2:11.35
- # Final - 2:10.26
- Liu Limin
- # Heat - 2:13.12
- # Final - 2:10.70
- Lin Li
- # Heat - 2:16.31
- # Final - 2:14.74
- Wu Yanyan
- # Heat - 2:16.55
- # B-Final - 2:16.61
- Chen Yan
- # Heat - 4:53.87
- Wu Yanyan
- # Heat - 4:54.07
- Shan Ying, Chao Na, Nian Yun, and Le Jingyi
- # Heat - 3:44.06
- Le Jingyi, Chao Na, Nian Yun, and Shan Ying
- # Final - 3:40.48
- Chen Yan, Pu Yiqi, Wang Luna, and Nian Yun
- # Heat - 8:13.29
- Nian Yun, Wang Luna, Chen Yan, and Shan Ying
- # Final - 8:15.38
- Chen Yan, Han Xue, Cai Huijue, and Shan Ying
- # Heat - 4:09.23
- Chen Yan, Han Xue, Cai Huijue, and Shan Ying
- # Final - 4:07.34
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Tennis
Women's Singles Competition- Yi Jingqian
- # First round — Lost to Inés Gorrochategui 2-6 6-1 1-6
- Chen Li-Ling
- # First round — Lost to Monica Seles 0-6 4-6
Volleyball
Women's Indoor Team Competition
- Preliminary Round
- * Defeated Netherlands
- * Defeated South Korea
- * Defeated United States
- * Defeated Ukraine
- * Defeated Japan
- Quarterfinals
- * Defeated Germany
- Semifinals
- * Defeated Russia
- Final
- * Lost to Cuba
- 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
Weightlifting
- Cui Wenhua
- *Snatch — 190.0 kg
- *Clean & Jerk — 215.0 kg
- *Total — 405.0 kg
Wrestling