China at the 2018 Winter Olympics
competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. China competed in 12 sports, participating in bobsleigh, skeleton and ski jumping for the first time. Liu Jiayu won a silver medal in Women's halfpipe, the first ever medal in snowboarding for China. Gao Tingyu won a bronze medal in the Men's 500m speed skating event and became the first male speed skater from China to win a medal in Olympic speed skating.
Wu Dajing won a gold medal in the Men's 500 m short track speed skating event and became the first male short track speed skater from China to win a gold medal in Olympic short track speed skating. He also broke the world record. With Beijing being the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, a Chinese segment was performed at the closing ceremony. Those 2022 Winter Olympics will make Beijing the first city to host both a Winter and Summer Olympics, after they hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics. China won 9 medals in total.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
Short track speed skating | Men's 500 metres | |||
Snowboarding | Women's halfpipe | |||
Figure skating | Pairs | |||
Zhang Xin | Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials | ||
Li Jinyu | Short track speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | ||
Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials | |||
Short track speed skating | Men's 5000 metre relay | |||
Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials | |||
Speed skating | Men's 500 m |
Records
Sport | Event | Date | Round | Athlete | Time | Record | Ref |
Short track speed skating | Men's 500 metres | 20 February | Heat 1 | Wu Dajing | 40.264 | OR | |
Short track speed skating | Men's 500 metres | 22 February | Quarterfinal 2 | Wu Dajing | 39.800 | OR, WR | |
Short track speed skating | Men's 500 metres | 22 February | Final A | Wu Dajing | 39.584 | OR, WR | |
Short track speed skating | Women's 3000 metre relay | 10 February | Semifinal 2 | Fan Kexin Han Yutong Qu Chunyu Zhou Yang | 4:05.315 | OR |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.Sport | Men | Women | Total |
Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Biathlon | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Bobsleigh | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Cross-country skiing | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Curling | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Figure skating | 6 | 5 | 11 |
Freestyle skiing | 6 | 9 | 15 |
Short track speed skating | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Skeleton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ski jumping | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Snowboarding | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Speed skating | 5 | 8 | 13 |
Total | 34 | 46 | 80 |
Alpine skiing
China qualified one male and one female alpine skier.Biathlon
China qualified two female biathletes.Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
Tang Jialin | Women's sprint | 24:30.3 | 3 | 70 |
Tang Jialin | Women's individual | 48:12.0 | 2 | 66 |
Zhang Yan | Women's sprint | 23:14.0 | 1 | 38 |
Zhang Yan | Women's pursuit | 35:16.7 | 3 | 45 |
Zhang Yan | Women's individual | 47:29.6 | 4 | 59 |
Bobsleigh
Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, China has qualified 3 sleds.- Wang Chao was the teams alternate and did not compete.
Cross-country skiing
;Distance
;Sprint
Curling
;SummaryWomen's tournament
China qualified a women's team by qualifying via the qualification event in Plzeň, Czech Republic.;Round-robin
China has a bye in draws 4, 8 and 12.
;Draw 1
Wednesday, 14 February, 14:05
;Draw 2
Thursday, 15 February, 09:05
;Draw 3
Thursday, 15 February, 20:05
;Draw 5
Saturday, 17 February, 09:05
;Draw 6
Saturday, 17 February, 20:05
;Draw 7
Sunday, 18 February, 14:05
;Draw 9
Monday, 19 February, 20:05
;Draw 10
Tuesday, 20 February, 14:05
;Draw 11
Wednesday, 21 February, 09:05
Mixed doubles tournament
Based on results from 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, China has qualified their mixed doubles as the highest ranked nations.;Draw 1
Thursday, February 8, 9:05
;Draw 2
Thursday, February 8, 20:04
;Draw 3
Friday, February 9, 8:35
;Draw 4
Friday, February 9, 13:35
;Draw 5
Saturday, February 10, 9:05
;Draw 6
Saturday, February 10, 20:04
;Draw 7
Sunday, February 11, 9:05
;Tiebreaker
Sunday, February 11, 20:05
Figure skating
China qualified 11 figure skaters, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.;Individual
;Mixed
Team event
Freestyle skiing
China qualified six male and nine female freestyle skiers.;Aerials
;Halfpipe
;Moguls
Short track speed skating
According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, China has qualified a full squad of 5 men and 5 women each.;Men
;Women
Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; OR – Olympic record; WR – World record
Skeleton
China qualified one male skeleton athlete, Wenqiang Geng. This marked the country's Winter Olympics debut in the sport.Ski jumping
China has qualified one female ski jumper.Snowboarding
;FreestyleQualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal
;Parallel
Qualification Legend: W – Winner; L – Loser
Speed skating
China earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cup's used for qualification.;Men
;Women
;Mass start
;Team pursuit