China at the 2000 Summer Olympics


The People's Republic of China competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, after the territory's return to Chinese rule in 1997, and which competed separately as Hong Kong, China.
271 competitors, 91 men and 180 women, took part in 163 events in 28 sports. China finished for the first time in the top 3 with 28 gold medals.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Wang LipingAthleticsWomen's 20 km walk
Ji XinpengBadmintonMen's singles
Gong ZhichaoBadmintonWomen's singles
Ge Fei, Gu JunBadmintonWomen's doubles
Gao Ling, Zhang JunBadmintonMixed doubles
Xiong NiDivingMen's 3 m springboard
Tian LiangDivingMen's 10 m platform
Xiao Hailiang, Xiong NiDivingMen's synchronized 3 m springboard
Fu MingxiaDivingWomen's 3 m springboard
Li Na, Sang XueDivingWomen's synchronized 10 m platform
Huang Xu, Li Xiaopeng, Xiao Junfeng,
Xing Aowei, Yang Wei, Zheng Lihui		GymnasticsMen's team all-around
Li XiaopengGymnasticsMen's parallel bars
Liu XuanGymnasticsWomen's balance beam
Tang LinJudoWomen's 78 kg
Yuan HuaJudoWomen's +78 kg
Cai YalinShootingMen's 10 m air rifle
Yang LingShootingMen's 10 m running target
Tao LunaShootingWomen's 10 m air pistol
Kong LinghuiTable tennisMen's singles
Wang Liqin, Yan SenTable tennisMen's doubles
Wang NanTable tennisWomen's singles
Li Ju, Wang NanTable tennisWomen's doubles
Chen ZhongTaekwondoWomen's +67 kg
Zhan XugangWeightliftingMen's 77 kg
Yang XiaWeightliftingWomen's 53 kg
Chen XiaominWeightliftingWomen's 63 kg
Lin WeiningWeightliftingWomen's 69 kg
Ding MeiyuanWeightliftingWomen's +75 kg
Huang Nanyan, Yang WeiBadmintonWomen's doubles
Hu JiaDivingMen's 10 m platform
Hu Jia, Tian LiangDivingMen's synchronized 10 m platform
Guo JingjingDivingWomen's 3 m springboard
Li NaDivingWomen's 10 m platform
Fu Mingxia, Guo JingjingDivingWomen's synchronized 3 m springboard
Dong Zhaozhi, Wang Haibin, Ye ChongFencingMen's team foil
Yang WeiGymnasticsMen's individual all-around
Ling JieGymnasticsWomen's uneven bars
Li ShufangJudoWomen's 63 kg
Wang YifuShootingMen's 10 m air pistol
Tao LunaShootingWomen's 25 m pistol
Kong Linghui, Liu GuoliangTable tennisMen's doubles
Li JuTable tennisWomen's singles
Sun Jin, Yang YingTable tennisWomen's doubles
Wu WenxiongWeightliftingMen's 56 kg
Xia XuanzeBadmintonMen's singles
Ye ZhaoyingBadmintonWomen's singles
Gao Ling, Qin YiyuanBadmintonWomen's doubles
Jiang CuihuaCyclingWomen's track time trial
Li Na, Liang Qin, Yang ShaoqiFencingWomen's team épée
Liu XuanGymnasticsIndividual all-around
Yang YunGymnasticsWomen's uneven bars
Liu YuxiangJudoWomen's 52 kg
Niu ZhiyuanShootingMen's 10 m running target
Gao JingShootingWomen's 10 m air rifle
Gao EShootingWomen's trap
Liu GuoliangTable tennisMen's singles
Zhang XiangxiangWeightliftingMen's 56 kg
Sheng ZetianWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 58 kg

Results by event

Unless otherwise indicated, all results are derived from the Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad.

Archery

Defending silver medallist He Ying was defeated by one of the Korean women in the round of 16.

Individual events

Teams

Athletics

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Women's field

Badminton

Men

Singles

Doubles

Women

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Basketball

Men's

;Team Roster
;Group A Summary
TeamPWLPFPAPDPts
550505359+14610
532332349-178
532372339+338
523372374+27
523368419-517
505307416-1095

;Preliminary round
;9/10th classification match

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Cycling

Road

;Cross-country
AthleteEventTimeRank
Ma YanpingWomen's cross-country+ 1 lap28

Track

;Sprint
;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Jiang CuihuaWomen's time trial34.768
Wang YanWomen's time trial35.0134

Diving

China won ten medals at the diving competition — five gold medals and five silver medals. Fu Mingxia, who had retired after the 1996 Olympics, came back to win a gold and silver medal and become the first woman to win five Olympic medals.
;Men
;Women

Fencing

Thirteen fencers, six men and seven women, represented China in 2000.
;Men
;Women

Football

The Chinese women's team finished fifth overall in the competition.

Women's team

;Team Roster
;Results summary
TeamPWDLGFGAGDPts
321062+47
320154+16
311154+14
300339-60

;Group stage

Gymnastics

Men's artistic

;Team
;Individual events

Women's artistic

;Team
The Chinese women's gymnastics team won the bronze medal but their medals were stripped off due to Dong Fangxiao's age at the time of the competition ten years later in 2010. Their bronze medals were awarded to United States' team.
;Individual events

Hockey

Women's Team Competition

;Team Roster
;Summary
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
4211757
4202456
4121995
4121665
4112451

Judo

;Men
;Women

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

One man and three women competed for the People's Republic of China in the sailing competition at the 2000 Olympics in three events.
Men's Mistral
Women's Mistral
Women's Double Handed Dinghy

Softball

Women's Team Competition

Men

;Women

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

;Men
;Women

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, China was represented by two women.
AthleteEventSwim Bike Run Total TimeRank
Shi MengWomen's20:26.181:12:42.2343:32.322:16:40.7340
Wang DanWomen's20:50.781:08:52.2039:06.122:08:49.1032

Volleyball

Women's

;Team roster
Head Coach: Hu Jin
;Pool A Summary
TeamPWLSetsPoints
55015:110
54113:49
5329:98
5238:97
5144:136
5052:155

;Results
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;Quarterfinals
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;5-8th place classification semifinals
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;5/6th classification match

Weightlifting

;Men
;Women

Wrestling

;Freestyle
;Greco-Roman

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