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| IOC code | CHN |
| NOC | Chinese Olympic Committee |
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ThePeople's Republic of China (commonly known as China)'s participation in the Olympic games is relatively recent. Largely due to theCultural Revolution and theInternational Olympic Committee's recognition of theRepublic of China, The People's Republic of China did not participate in the Olympics for over 20 years; recognition of theChinese Olympic Committee—or CHN—did not happen until 1979. The People's Republic of China sent its first full athletic delegation to theSummer Olympic Games in the1984 Summer Olympics which was held in Los Angeles, United States.[1][2]
As of 2024, China has finished at 1st place in the Summer Olympics once, at 2nd place four times, and 3rd place twice. It has won a total of 325 gold medals, 258 silver medals and 221 bronze medals over the course of 12 Olympic games.
With the nation's 12th appearance at the Summer and 12th appearance at the Winter Olympics, China is the most successful country overall in theAsia–Oceania region, making them the3rd most successful country in Olympic history, after the United States and the Soviet Union.
Originally having participated in Olympics as the delegation of theRepublic of China (ROC) from1924 to1948, China competed at theOlympic Games under the name of thePeople's Republic of China (PRC) for the first time at the1952 Summer Olympics held inHelsinki,Finland, although they only arrived in time during the last days to participate in one event.[3] That year, theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed both the PRC and ROC (Republic of China) (which fled to Taiwan after theChinese Civil War) to compete with the name "China", although the latter withdrew in protest.[3] Due to the dispute over the political status of the "two Chinas", the PRC started a period of isolationism, withdrawing from several international sporting bodies and the UN system until the mid-1970s, when the country participated for the first time in theAsian Games in 1974 and theWorld University Games in 1977. Returning to the IOC officially only in 1979, which gave it the right to send an official delegation, starting from the1980 Winter Olympics inLake Placid,United States.[3] Their first appearance at theSummer Olympic Games after 1952 was the1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.[1][2]
TheChinese Olympic Committee in its current form was recognized in 1979.[3] Before theChinese Civil War, athletes competed as the Republic of China (ROC) at the Olympics. The ROC continued to compete from 1952 (Summer Olympics) to 1976 (Winter Olympics), but only representing athletes from the island of Taiwan (although the football team members of ROC in the1960 Summer Olympic Games were overseas Hong Kongers). Thedispute over use of the nameChina resulted in the PRC boycotting the Games completely during these years. In 1979, theInternational Olympic Committee approved theNagoya Resolution in which the name "China" would be owned by the National Olympic Committee of the People's Republic of China, based in Beijing. While the Republic of China headquartered in Taipei would be called asChinese Taipei, which also regulated the use of national symbols during the Games and any related events; this reopened the door for the PRC to finally join the Olympic movement.[3]
Hong Kong has had a distinctNational Olympic Committee since 1950 and has competed at the Games since 1952.[4] After the territory was returned to the PRC and the Hong KongSpecial Administrative Region was created in 1997, this arrangement has continued, with Hong Kong competing independently from the rest of the nation under the nameHong Kong, China.[4] China is ranked fourth by total number of medals in the Olympic Games.
The People's Republic of China has hosted the Games on two occasions: in2008 and in2022.Beijing is the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
Followingeconomic reforms underDeng Xiaoping and financial support from Japan’sOfficial Development Assistance branch as a result of Japan’s postWW2 reparation plans, China underwent rapid economic growth. As a result, China successfully bid in 2001 to host the 2008 Olympic Games, signaling theCHN's debut as an Olympic host.
In order to host the 2008 Olympics Games, significant investment—particularly from theGovernment of China—was necessary. With contributions from both the public and private sectors, the central government allocated an estimated ¥313 billionCNY ($6.8 billion USD) to the Games. Associated expenses of hosting, such as infrastructure and developmental costs brought the total investment to around ¥313 billion CNY (roughly $43 billion USD), making it the biggest investment in an Olympics game yet. The event alone generated a profit of over ¥1 billion CNY[5].
The 2008 Olympic Games helped China reshape its international image by utilizing the country’s rich historical culture to divert attention from its past. The OlympicsFuwa mascots were designed to be deeply embedded in Chinese culture, with each ring associated with an aspect of Chinese heritage. Not only was the event able to bring a wider range of China’s culture to a global audience, China’s decision to represent one of the mascots, namely Yingying, as aTibetan antelope was an attempt to legitimize itsannexation of Tibet through symbolic entrenchment—a diplomatic practice used to justify theCCP's regional occupation through military incursion in 1951[6].
Such extensive state involvement[7] indicated the state's goal as presenting China as an emerging global power[8]. Preparation for the Games created millions of jobs for the domestic economy and bolstered nationalism significantly, while successfully hosting the event boosted tourism and increased foreign investments and confidence. Consequently, the country saw a GDP growth of 9.7% in the next year despite the effects of the2008 financial crisis.
| Games | Host city | Dates | Nations | Participants | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Summer Olympics | Beijing | August 8–24 | 204 | 10,942 | 302 |
| 2022 Winter Olympics | Beijing | February 4–20 | 91 | 2,871 | 109 |
| Games | City | Winner of bid |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 Summer Olympics | Beijing | Sydney, Australia |
| 2010 Winter Olympics | Harbin | Vancouver, Canada |
| Olympic year/s | team | ||||
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| Mainland China | Taiwan | ||||
| 1924 |  | (Chine)[9][10] | as part of Japan[a] | ||
| 1932–1936 | | China | (CHN) | ||
| 1948 | |||||
| 1952 |  | People's Republic of China (PRC) | |||
| 1956 | | Formosa-China (CHN) | |||
| 1960 | Formosa (RCF) | ||||
| 1964–1968 | Taiwan (TWN) | ||||
| 1972–1976 | Republic of China (ROC) | ||||
| 1980 | | People's Republic of China (CHN) | |||
| Since 1984 |  | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | |||
Host country
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924–1948 | as part of the Republic of China (ROC) | |||||
| 1952 Helsinki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1956–1980 | did not participate | |||||
| 1984 Los Angeles | 216 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 4 |
| 1988 Seoul | 273 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 11 |
| 1992 Barcelona | 244 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 54 | 4 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 294 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 50 | 4 |
| 2000 Sydney | 271 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 58 | 3 |
| 2004 Athens | 384 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 63 | 2 |
| 2008 Beijing | 639 | 48 | 22 | 30 | 100 | 1 |
| 2012 London | 396 | 39 | 31 | 22 | 92 | 2 |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 412 | 26 | 18 | 26 | 70 | 3 |
| 2020 Tokyo | 406 | 38 | 32 | 19 | 89 | 2 |
| 2024 Paris | 388 | 40 | 27 | 24 | 91 | 2 |
| 2028 Los Angeles | future event | |||||
| 2032 Brisbane | ||||||
| Total (12/30) | 3,924 | 303 | 226 | 198 | 727 | 3 |
Host country
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Lake Placid | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1984 Sarajevo | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1988 Calgary | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1992 Albertville | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 1998 Nagano | 57 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 66 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 2006 Turin | 76 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 94 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 |
| 2014 Sochi | 66 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 80 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 2022 Beijing | 182 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 4 |
| 2026 Milano Cortina | future event | |||||
| 2030 French Alps | ||||||
| 2034 Salt Lake City | ||||||
| Total (12/24) | 751 | 22 | 32 | 23 | 77 | 16 |
Chinese athletes have won medals in most of the currentSummer Olympics sports.
The exceptions aretriathlon,equestrian,rugby,skateboarding,surfing andwater polo.
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Diving | 55 | 26 | 11 | 92 |
 Weightlifting | 43 | 16 | 8 | 67 |
 Table tennis | 37 | 21 | 8 | 66 |
 Artistic gymnastics | 31 | 26 | 21 | 78 |
 Shooting | 31 | 18 | 28 | 77 |
 Badminton | 22 | 15 | 15 | 52 |
 Swimming | 18 | 24 | 19 | 61 |
 Athletics | 12 | 13 | 18 | 43 |
 Judo | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
 Taekwondo | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
 Boxing | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
 Fencing | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
 Canoeing | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
 Trampoline gymnastics | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
 Cycling | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
 Sailing | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
 Volleyball | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
 Wrestling | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
 Artistic swimming | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
 Rowing | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
 Tennis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Archery | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
 Rhythmic gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Field hockey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Sport climbing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Basketball | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Beach volleyball | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Karate | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Football | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Modern pentathlon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Softball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Golf | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 3x3 basketball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Breaking | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Handball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (35 entries) | 303 | 226 | 198 | 727 |
Chinese athletes have won medals in 7 out of 15 currentWinter Olympics sports.
Most of the golds and half of the medals come from the sport ofshort track speed skating.
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Short track speed skating | 12 | 16 | 9 | 37 |
 Freestyle skiing | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
 Figure skating | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
 Speed skating | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
 Snowboarding | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 Curling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Skeleton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 22 | 32 | 23 | 77 |
Best results in non-medaling sports:
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, PRC sent a delegation to theOlympic Games for the first time at the1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Chinese delegation (including athletes and officials) consisted of 38 men and 2 women,[11] including themen's football team, themen's basketball team, and one swimmer. Only the swimmer arrived in time to take part in the official competition, and the football team played two friendly matches.[6] The Chinese stayed ten days in Helsinki and participated in the closing ceremony. The Republic of China's (ROC) team withdrew from the Games on July 17 in response to theIOC's decision to allow both PRC and ROC sportsmen and women to compete.[8] This marked the beginning of the "two Chinas" conflict in the Olympic Movement, which resulted in theChinese Olympic Committee's withdrawal from the IOC in August 1958.
In the 1970s, China normalized her relations with the United States throughPing Pong Diplomacy, and established diplomatic relations with the United States on January 1, 1979. The normalization finally led to theChinese Olympic Committee's return to the IOC on October 25, 1979.[11]
Till 2012, China won three-quarters of their gold medals (152 out of 201) and two-thirds of their medals (311 out of 473) in six sports:table tennis,badminton,diving,gymnastics,weightlifting, andshooting.
China recently dominated the gold medals in three of them,table tennis,badminton anddiving. China won all golds four times intable tennis and one time inbadminton, and won three-quarters of alldiving golds since 1992.
The total dominance intable tennis andbadminton also leads to negative consequences. Due to the low participations among non-Asian countries, these two sports may lose their positions in the Summer Olympics just likebaseball andsoftball did after 2008.
While through the years, Chinese athletes got many breakthroughs in other sports that are traditionally China's weak sports. Among them,swimming is the potential one that may get into top five sports of China in the near future.
China won15 golds and ranked 4th at the1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Xu Haifeng won the first-ever gold medal for China in theshooting event of50 m Pistol. It was called "a break through zero" – an event that brought great joy to the whole Chinese nation.[1]
Li Ning won six medals ingymnastics, 3 golds, 2 silvers, and 1 bronze, earning him the nickname "Prince of Gymnasts" in China.[5] Six medals in a single Olympics is still the record for any Chinese athlete.
Chinese women's volleyball team defeated USA women's team in the final and won China'sfirst ball-game gold medal.
China won5 golds and ranked 11th at the1988 Summer Olympics at Seoul, South Korea.
Li Meisu won China's first medal inathletics.
China also won first medals inrowing. A silver inwomen's coxed fours and a bronze inwomen's eights
China won16 golds and ranked 4th at the1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona, Spain.
Chen Yueling won China's firstathletics gold medal inwomen's 10 km walk.
Chinesefemale swimmers glittered with 4 golds and 5 silvers. But the success was later shadowed by thedoping incident of Chinese swimmers just two years later at the1994 Asian Games, although none of the medalists in 1992 was involved in the 1994 incident.
Deng Yaping won twotable tennis golds inwomen's singles andwomen's doubles. IOC presidentJuan Antonio Samaranch presented the gold medal to her after a promise made a year ago at1991 World Table Tennis Championships.
Zhuang Xiaoyan won China's firstjudo gold medal inwomen's +72kg.
Zhang Xiaodong won silver medal inwomen's board (lechner), China's first medal insailing.
Chinese women's basketball team lost final to Unified team, winning silver medal, China's best result inbasketball.
China won16 golds and ranked 4th again at the1996 Summer Olympics at Atlanta, USA.
Fu Mingxia won twodiving golds inwomen's 3 m springboard andwomen's 10 m platform, becoming the first female diver to accomplish this feat since 1960.
Deng Yaping won two golds intable tennis again, making her the first Chinese athlete to defend two events and win four Olympic gold medals. IOC presidentJuan Antonio Samaranch presented the gold medal to her again after a promise made four years ago at 1992 Olympics.
Liu Guoliang also won twotable tennis golds in men's events. China wonall four golds in table tennis for the first time.
Wang Junxia won gold inwomen's 5000 m and silver inwomen's 10000 m.
Chinese women's football team lost final to the USA team, winning silver medal, China's first medal infootball.
China won28 golds and ranked 3rd at the2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, Australia.
Wang Nan won two golds intable tennis, China again wonall four golds in table tennis.
Chen Zhong won China's firsttaekwondo gold medal inwomen's +67kg.
Jiang Cuihua won bronze inwomen's track time trial, China's first medal incycling.No ball-games team entered the final four, the worst performance China's since Olympic history.
China won32 golds and ranked 2nd at the2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece.
Liu Xiang became thefirst Chinese male athlete to win gold medal in an Olympic track event,110 m hurdles, equaling the world record of 12.91 seconds. He became the China's flag bearer at the closing ceremony. Liu broke the world record with 12.88 seconds two years later in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Wang Yifu participated the Olympics for therecord six consecutive times. He won gold in10 m air pistol, hissecond gold and fourth medal in the event.
Meng Guanliang andYang Wenjun won China's firstcanoeing gold medal inmen's C-2 500 m.
Li Ting andSun Tiantian won China's firsttennis gold medal inwomen's doubles.
Wang Xu won China's firstwrestling gold medal inwomen's freestyle 72 kg.
Chinese women's volleyball team come back from 0–2 deficit to defeat Russia women's team 3–2 in the final, winning China'ssecond ball-game gold medal after 20 years.
As host country, China won 48 golds, 22 silvers and 30 bronze, total 100 medals, ranked 1st at the2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Guo Jingjing won two golds indiving, becoming the first Chinese diver to defend two events successfully.
Zhang Yining won two golds intable tennis, becoming the second Chinese table tennis player to defend two events successfully afterDeng Yaping.
Ma Lin also won twotable tennis golds in men's events. China wonall four golds in table tennis for the third time.
Zhong Man won China's first men'sfencing gold inmen's sabre, 24 years afterLuan Jujie won China's first women'sfencing gold in 1984.
Zhang Juanjuan won China's firstarchery gold inwomen's individual, breaking the long-time Korean dominance in the sport.
Zou Shiming andZhang Xiaoping won China's firstboxing golds in men's events.
Yin Jian won China's firstsailing gold insailboard event inwomen's sailboard.
China won firstrowing gold inwomen's quadruple sculls.
Chinesegymnasts won 11 golds, the best in history.Zou Kai won 3 golds in one team event and two individual events.
China's top starLiu Xiang pulled out of the first round of110 m hurdles due to injury.
China won38 golds and finished 2nd at the2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.
Sun Yang, the men's 1500 m freestyle world-record-holder before the Olympics, became thefirst Chinese male swimmer to win gold in Olympics. He won two golds inmen's 400 m freestyle andmen's 1500 m freestyle, breaking the Olympic record and his own world record respectively.
Ye Shiwen became thefirst Chinese female swimmer to win two golds in a single Olympics. She won golds inwomen's 200 m medley andwomen's 400 m medley, breaking the Olympic record and world record respectively.
Chen Ding won gold inmen's 20 km walk, becoming the second Chinese male athlete to win Olympicathletics gold medal afterLiu Xiang did in 2004.
Chen Ruolin won two golds indiving, becoming the second Chinese diver to defend two events successfully afterGuo Jingjing.
Wu Minxia wondiving gold inwomen's sync 3m springboard, becoming theonly Chinese athlete to win three gold medals in a single event. She also won gold inwomen's 3m springboard, giving her all three medals in three participations in this event after silver in 2004 and bronze in 2008.
Zou Kai won two golds ingymnastics, becoming the only Chinese athlete to win five gold medals in Olympics.
Xu Lijia won gold inwomen's laser radial class, China's first gold medal in thesailboat event ofsailing. She later became the China's flag bearer at the closing ceremony.
Lin Dan wonbadminton gold inmen's singles, becoming thefirst athlete to defend the men's singles title in Olympic badminton history.
Zhao Yunlei won two golds in twobadminton double events, becoming theonly athlete to win two badminton gold medals in a single Olympics.
Cao Zhongrong won silver in men's event ofmodern pentathlon, China's first medal in the sport.
Chinesetable tennis team wonall four golds for thefourth time. Chinesebadminton team wonall five golds for the first time, but was a little shadowed by thedisqualification of China's top seed women's double duo fornot using best efforts.
China's top starLiu Xiang pulled out of the first round of110 m hurdles due to injury again.Two of his three pull-outs in 12 years' career came from two Olympics first round heats.
No Chinese ball-game teams entered the final four, the worst performance in Chinese Summer Olympics history.
China won26 golds and ranked 3rd at the2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Sun Yang won a gold medal in men's 200 m freestyle, becoming the only Chinese male swimmer to have won gold in 2 Olympic games.
Gong Jinjie andZhong Tianshi won China's firstcycling gold medal inwomen's team sprint.
Feng Shanshan won China's firstgolf medal.
Dong Bin set a new personal best (17.58 meters) in the men's triple jump event and won a bronze medal. This was China'sfirst medal from Olympic triple jump events.
Chinese women's volleyball team won a third gold medal after 12 years.
Wu Minxia defended her Women's 3m Synchro event for the fourth time, becoming the only Chinese athlete to ever do so. This also makes herthe most successful Chinese athlete of all time, with 5 Golds, 1 Silver, and 1 Bronze.
China won38 gold, 32 silver, 18 bronze medals and ranked 2nd at the2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in August 2021.
Su Bingtian finished themen's 100 m semi-final with anewAsian Record at9.83 seconds, and became thefirst Chinese athlete and second Asian athlete to compete in a 100 m final, in which he finished as the 6th place. He was also the flag bearer in the closing ceremony. With him,Chinese relay team won China'sfirst medal inathletic relays.
Gong Lijiao won a gold medal in women's shot put and become thefirst ever Chinese athlete to won a gold medal in any field events and the first Asian to win an Olympic gold medal in women's shot put.
Liu Shiying won a gold medal in women's javelin throw. She becamethe first Asian and Chinese to win a gold medal in Olympic javelin throw events.
Lü Xiaojun lifted a combined weight of 374 kg to win a gold medal in the men's 81 kg weightlifting event. This was his third Olympic medal. He also becamethe oldest weightlifter champion (37 years and 4 days) in modern Olympics. He became the first ever Chinese athlete to winthree gold medals in an individual event, afterpromoted a gold medal.
China won40 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze medals, and ranked 2nd at the2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France in August 2024, their best result after the2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Zheng Qinwen won the gold medal inwomen's singles tennis, marking China's and Asia's first-ever gold in the Olympic singles tennis event; meanwhile,Zhang Zhizhen andWang Xinyu won the silver in the mixed doubles, making China the most successful team in tennis at this Olympics.[12]
Deng Yawen won China's first gold medal inwomen's BMX freestyle.
Pan Zhanle won China's first gold inmen's 100 m freestyle, breaking Olympic, Asian, and his own world record with a time of 46.40.[7] With him, theChinese swimming relay team won China's first gold in4 x 100 m medley relay, topping theAmerican swimming relay team and their undefeated gold when they participated since its introduction.[13]
Chang Yuan,Wu Yu, andLi Qian all won gold medals withYang Wenlu andYang Liu winning silver medals in their respective weight classes, China's best result forboxing.
TheChinese diving team won all 8 gold medals indiving, the first all-golds in diving since the introduction of synchronized diving.[14]
Liu Qingyi won a bronze medal inbreaking, its inaugural event at the Olympics.
TheChinese artistic swimming team won gold in the team event, withWang Liuyi andWang Qianyi winning gold in the duet event. These were the first golds for China inartistic swimming.
TheChinese women's field hockey team won silver, their best result yet.
TheChinese table tennis team wonall five golds for the first time since themixed event addition in 2020.Ma Long also won his sixth gold medal, putting him as the Chinese Olympian with the most gold medals.[15]
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China won medals in only 6 of the 15 Winter Olympics sports. Most of the golds and half of the medals come fromshort track speed skating.
No medals.
Ye Qiaobo won China's first Winter Olympics medal inspeed skating.
Chen Lu won consecutive bronze medals in 1994 and 1998, becomingthe first Chinese figure skater to medal at the Winter Olympic Games.
Yang Yang (A) won first Winter Olympics gold medal inshort track speed skating, asthe first gold medal for Team China in Olympic Winter Games.
Han Xiaopeng, first male athlete to win Winter Olympics gold medal infreestyle skiing.
Wang Meng shined inshort track speed skating with three golds.
Shen Xue andZhao Hongbo finally wonfigure skating gold in the event ofpair skating after four participations.
Wang Bingyu and her team (Yue Qingshuang,Liu Yin,Zhou Yan andLiu Jinli) created history by winning the firstcurling Olympic medal for China in the women's tournament.
China won3 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze medals and ranked 12th at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in February 2014.
Zhang Hong won first Chinese gold medal inspeed skating.
China won1 gold, 6 silver, 2 bronze medals and ranked 16th at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February 2018.
Liu Jiayu won first ever Olympic medal insnowboarding for China.
Wu Dajing became the first Chinese maleshort track speed skating Olympic champion by breaking the world record at the 500-metre event.
China won9 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze medals and ranked 4th at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China in February 2022, asthe first ever home winter games.
Ailing Eileen Gu became thefirst ever freestyle skier to win three medals at one Olympic Game, thefirst female Chinese gold medalist in freestyle skiing, and themost successful freestyle skier ever in Olympic freestyle skiing event (with 2 gold medals and 1 silver medals).
Yan Wengang won thefirst ever medal in skeleton for Team China, bronze in men's single.
Xu Mengtao finally won thefirst ever gold in women's aerial since the first silver medal won byXu Nannan in Nagano 1998 and 5 silver medals & 2 bronze medals won by Team China in this event at former games.
Su Yiming became thefirst Chinese athlete to win a gold in Olympic snowboarding events.
Gao Tingyu became thefirst Chinese male athlete to win a gold in Olympic speed skating events.
Since Chinese athletes are more likely to compete in more than one event in the sport ofdiving,gymnastics,table tennis,swimming, and more likely to compete in several Olympic games in the sport ofshooting, most multiple medalists listed in the following three tables come from these five sports.
This is a list of Chinese athletes who have won at leastthree gold medals orfive medals at the Summer Olympics.
This is a list of Chinese athletes who have won at leasttwo gold medals at a single Summer Olympics. Order first by golds, then by sports, then by year.
This is a list of Chinese athletes who have won at leastthree medals in a single event at Summer Olympics. Order first by medals, then by sport, then by golds.
| Name | Sport | Event | Years | Played | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medal | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Gold medals | ||||||||||
| Wu Minxia | Diving | Women's Synchro 3m Springboard | 2004–2016 | 4 | F | 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | − | − | 4–0–0 | 4 |
| 4 medals | ||||||||||
| Huang Xuechen | Artistic swimming | Team | 2008–2020 | 4 | F | − | 2012, 2016, 2020 | 2008 | 0–3–1 | 4 |
| Wang Yifu | Shooting | Men's 10 m air pistol | 1984–2004 | 52 | M | 1992, 2004 | 1996, 2000 | − | 2–2–0 | 4 |
| Dong Dong | Trampoline gymnastics | Men's Individual Trampoline | 2008–2020 | 4 | M | 2012 | 2016, 2020 | 2008 | 1–2–1 | 4 |
| 3 Gold medals | ||||||||||
| Lü Xiaojun | Weightlifting | Men's 77/81 kg5 | 2012–2020 | 3 | M | 2012, 2016, 2020 | − | − | 3–0–0 | 3 |
| Ma Long | Table tennis | Men's team | 2012–2020 | 3 | M | 2012, 2016, 2020 | − | − | 3–0–0 | 3 |
| Chen Ruolin | Diving | Women's Synchro 10m platform | 2008–2016 | 3 | F | 2008, 2012, 2016 | − | − | 3–0–0 | 3 |
| 3 medals | ||||||||||
| Huang Xuechen | Artistic swimming | Duet | 2012–2020 | 3 | F | − | 2016, 2020 | 2012 | 0–2–1 | 3 |
| Liu Hong | Athletics | Women's 20 km walk | 2008–2020 | 4 | M | 2016 | 2012 | 2020 | 1–1–1 | 3 |
| Zou Shiming | Boxing | Men's light flyweight | 2004–2012 | 3 | M | 2008, 2012 | − | 2004 | 2–0–1 | 3 |
| Chen Long | Badminton | Men's singles | 2012–2020 | 3 | M | 2016 | 2020 | 2012 | 1–1–1 | 3 |
| Fu Haifeng | Badminton | Men's doubles | 2004–2016 | 4 | M | 2012, 2016 | 2008 | − | 2–1–0 | 3 |
| Guo Jingjing | Diving | Women's Synchro 3 m Springboard | 1996–2008 | 33 | F | 2004, 2008 | 2000 | − | 2–1–0 | 3 |
| Guo Jingjing | Diving | Women's 3 m Springboard | 1996–2008 | 33 | F | 2004, 2008 | 2000 | − | 2–1–0 | 3 |
| Qin Kai | Diving | Men's Synchro 3 m Springboard | 2008–2016 | 3 | M | 2008, 2012 | − | 2016 | 2–0–1 | 3 |
| Wu Minxia | Diving | Women's 3 m Springboard | 2004–2012 | 3 | F | 2012 | 2004 | 2008 | 1–1–1 | 3 |
| Tan Liangde | Diving | Men's 3 m Springboard | 1984–1992 | 3 | M | − | 1984, 1988, 1992 | − | 0–3–0 | 3 |
| Li Xiaopeng | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | 2000–2008 | 3 | M | 2000, 2008 | − | 2004 | 2–0–1 | 3 |
| Chen Jing4 | Table tennis | Women's singles | 1988–2000 | 3 | F | 1988 | 1996 | 2000 | 1–1–1 | 3 |
| Gong Lijiao | Athletics | Women's shot put | 2008–2020 | 4 | F | 2020 | 2012 | 2008 | 1–1–1 | 3 |
| Pang Wei | Shooting | Men's 10 m air pistol | 2008–2020 | 4 | M | 2008 | − | 2016, 2020 | 1–0–2 | 3 |
| Wang Hao | Table tennis | Men's singles | 2004–2012 | 3 | M | − | 2004, 2008, 2012 | − | 0–3–0 | 3 |
| Sun Wenyan | Artistic swimming | Team | 2012–2020 | 3 | F | − | 2012, 2016, 2020 | − | 0–3–0 | 3 |
| Sheng Zetian | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 57/58 kg6 | 1992–2000 | 3 | M | − | − | 1992, 1996, 2000 | 0–0–3 | 3 |
This is a list of Chinese athletes who competed in at leastfour Summer Olympics. Still active athletes are marked inbold. Age 15- and 40+ are marked inbold.
| Name | Sport | Gender | Born Year | Games Year | First/Last Age | Best Result | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medal | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 appearances | |||||||||||
| Wang Yifu | Shooting | M | 1960 | 1984–2004 | 23–43 | Gold | 1992, 2004 | 1992, 1996, 2000 | 1984 | 2–3–1 | 6 |
| 5 appearances | |||||||||||
| Ye Chong | Fencing | M | 1969 | 1988–2004 | 18–34 | Silver | − | 2000, 2004 | – | 0–2–0 | 2 |
| Tan Zongliang | Shooting | M | 1971 | 1996–2012 | 24–40 | Silver | − | 2008 | − | 0–1–0 | 1 |
| Gong Lijiao | Athletics | F | 1989 | 2008–2024 | 19–35 | Gold | 2020 | 2012 | 2008 | 1–1–1 | 3 |
| 4 appearances | |||||||||||
| Diving | |||||||||||
| Xiong Ni | Diving | M | 1974 | 1988–2000 | 14–26 | Gold | 1996, 2000x2 | 1988 | 1992 | 3–1–1 | 5 |
| Guo Jingjing | Diving | F | 1981 | 1996–2008 | 14–26 | Gold | 2004x2, 2008x2 | 2000x2 | − | 4–2–0 | 6 |
| Wu Minxia | Diving | W | 1985 | 2004–2016 | 18–30 | Gold | 2004, 2008, 2012x2, 2016 | 2004 | 2008 | 5–1–1 | 7 |
| Badminton | |||||||||||
| Lin Dan | Badminton | M | 1983 | 2004–2016 | 20–32 | Gold | 2008, 2012 | − | − | 2–0–0 | 2 |
| Fu Haifeng | Badminton | M | 1984 | 2004–2016 | 20–32 | Gold | 2012, 2016 | 2008 | − | 2–1–0 | 3 |
| Athletics | |||||||||||
| Zhang Wenxiu | Athletics | F | 1986 | 2004–2016 | 18–30 | Silver | − | 2008，2016 | 2012 | 0–2–1 | 3 |
| Shooting | |||||||||||
| Du Li | Shooting | F | 1982 | 2004–2016 | 22–34 | Gold | 2004, 2008 | 2016 | 2016 | 2–1–1 | 4 |
| Zhu Qinan | Shooting | M | 1984 | 2004–2016 | 19–31 | Gold | 2004 | 2008 | − | 1–1–0 | 2 |
| Chen Ying | Shooting | F | 1977 | 2004–2016 | 26–38 | Gold | 2008 | 2012 | − | 1–1–0 | 2 |
| Wei Ning | Shooting | F | 1982 | 2004–2016 | 22–34 | Silver | − | 2004, 2012 | − | 0–2–0 | 2 |
| Hu Binyuan | Shooting | M | 1977 | 2004–2016 | 27–39 | Bronze | − | − | 2008 | 0–0–1 | 1 |
| Fencing | |||||||||||
| Luan Jujie6 | Fencing | F | 1958 | 1984–1988, 2000, 2008 | 26–50 | Gold | 1984 | − | − | 1–0–0 | 1 |
| Xiao Aihua | Fencing | F | 1971 | 1988–2000 | 17–29 | 5 2000 | − | − | − | 0-0-0 | 0 |
| Wang Haibin | Fencing | M | 1973 | 1992–2004 | 18–30 | Silver | − | 2000, 2004 | − | 0–2–0 | 2 |
| Li Na | Fencing | F | 1981 | 2000–2012 | 19–31 | Gold | 2012 | − | 2000 | 1–0–1 | 2 |
| Basketball | |||||||||||
| Zheng Haixia | Basketball | F | 1967 | 1984–1996 | 17–29 | Silver | − | 1992 | 1984 | 0–1–1 | 2 |
| Li Nan | Basketball | M | 1974 | 1996–2008 | 22–34 | 8 1996, 2004, 2008 | − | − | − | 0-0-0 | 0 |
| Wang Zhizhi | Basketball | M | 1977 | 1996–2000, 2008–2012 | 19–35 | 8 1996, 2008 | − | − | − | 0-0-0 | 0 |
| Chen Nan | Basketball | F | 1983 | 2004–2016 | 21–33 | 4 2008 | − | − | − | 0-0-0 | 0 |
| Yi Jianlian | Basketball | M | 1987 | 2004–2016 | 17–29 | 8 2004, 2008 | − | − | − | 0-0-0 | 0 |
| Table tennis | |||||||||||
| Ma Long | Table tennis | M | 1988 | 2012–2024 | 24–35 | Gold | 2012, 2016x2, 2020x2, 2024 | - | - | 6–0–0 | 6 |
| Name | Gender | Born Date | Event Date | Sport | Event | Age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 5 youngest gold medalists | |||||||||||
| Fu Mingxia | F | August 16, 1978 | July 27, 1992 | Diving | Women's 10 m platform | 13 years, 346 days | |||||
| Quan Hongchan | F | March 28, 2007 | August 5, 2021 | Diving | Women's 10 m platform | 14 years, 130 days | |||||
| Ren Qian | F | February 20, 2001 | August 18, 2016 | Diving | Women's 10 m platform | 15 years, 180 days | |||||
| Chen Ruolin | F | December 12, 1992 | August 12, 2008 | Diving | Women's synchronized 10 m platform | 15 years, 244 days | |||||
| Chen Ruolin | F | December 12, 1992 | August 21, 2008 | Diving | Women's 10 m platform | 15 years, 253 days | |||||
| The 5 oldest gold medalists | |||||||||||
| Wang Yifu | M | December 4, 1960 | August 14, 2004 | Shooting | Men's 10 m air pistol | 43 years, 254 days | |||||
| Lü Xiaojun | M | July 27, 1984 | July 31, 2021 | Weightlifting | Men's 81 kg | 37 years, 4 days | |||||
| Zhang Ning | F | May 19, 1975 | August 16, 2008 | Badminton | Women's singles | 33 years, 89 days | |||||
| Qiu Jian | M | June 25, 1975 | August 17, 2008 | Shooting | Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 33 years, 53 days | |||||
| Fu Haifeng | M | August 23, 1983 | August 19, 2016 | Badminton | Men's doubles | 32 years, 362 days | |||||
This is a list of Chinese athletes who have won at leasttwo gold medals orthree medals at the Winter Olympics. Still active athletes are marked inbold.
| Name | Sport | Years | Played | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 or more Gold medals | |||||||||
| Wang Meng | Short track speed skating | 2006–2010 | 2 | F | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Zhou Yang | Short track speed skating | 2010–2018 | 3 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wu Dajing | Short track speed skating | 2014–2022 | 3 | M | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Yang Yang (A) | Short track speed skating | 1998–2006 | 3 | F | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 or more medals | |||||||||
| Eileen Gu | Freestyle skiing | 2022 | 1 | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ren Ziwei | Short track speed skating | 2010–2022 | 2 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Xu Mengtao | Freestyle skiing | 2010–2022 | 4 | F | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Fan Kexin | Short track speed skating | 2014–2022 | 3 | F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Shen Xue | Figure skating | 1998–2010 | 4 | F | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Zhao Hongbo | Figure skating | 1998–2010 | 4 | M | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Yang Yang (S) | Short track speed skating | 1994–2002 | 3 | F | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Li Jiajun | Short track speed skating | 1994–2006 | 4 | M | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Han Tianyu | Short track speed skating | 2014–2018 | 2 | M | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ye Qiaobo | Speed skating | 1992–1994 | 2 | F | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wang Chunlu | Short track speed skating | 1998–2002 | 2 | F | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jia Zongyang | Freestyle skiing | 2010–2022 | 4 | M | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
This is a list of Chinese athletes who have won at leasttwo gold medals at a single Winter Olympics. Order first by golds, then by sports, then by year.
| Name | Sport | Years | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Gold medals | ||||||||
| Wang Meng | Short track speed skating | 2010 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2 Gold medals | ||||||||
| Yang Yang (A) | Short track speed skating | 2002 | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Zhou Yang | Short track speed skating | 2010 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
This is a list of Chinese athletes who have won at leastthree medals in a single event at Winter Olympics. Order first by medals, then by sport, then by golds.
| Name | Sport | Event | Years | Played | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medal | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 medals | ||||||||||
| Shen Xue | Figure skating | Pair skating | 1998–2010 | 4 | F | 2010 | − | 2002, 2006 | 1–0–2 | 3 |
| Zhao Hongbo | Figure skating | Pair skating | 1998–2010 | 4 | M | 2010 | − | 2002, 2006 | 1–0–2 | 3 |
This is a list of Chinese athletes who competed in at leastfour Winter Olympics. Still active athletes are marked inbold.
| Name | Sport | Gender | Born Year | Games Year | First/Last Age | Best Result | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medal | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 appearances | |||||||||||
| Zhang Hao | Figure skating | M | 1984 | 2002–2018 | 18–34 | silver | − | 2006 | − | 0–1–0 | 1 |
| 4 appearances | |||||||||||
| Shen Xue | Figure skating | F | 1978 | 1998–2010 | 20–32 | Gold | 2010 | − | 2002, 2006 | 1–0–2 | 3 |
| Zhao Hongbo | Figure skating | M | 1973 | 1998–2010 | 25–37 | Gold | 2010 | − | 2002, 2006 | 1–0–2 | 3 |
| Li Jiajun | Short track speed skating | M | 1975 | 1994–2006 | 19–31 | Silver | − | 1998, 2002 | 1998, 2002, 2006 | 0–2–3 | 5 |
| Wang Manli | Speed skating | F | 1973 | 1994–2006 | 21–33 | Silver | − | 2006 | − | 0–1–0 | 1 |
| Pang Qing | Figure skating | F | 1979 | 2002–2014 | 22–34 | Silver | − | 2010 | − | 0–1–0 | 1 |
| Tong Jian | Figure skating | M | 1979 | 2002–2014 | 22–34 | Silver | − | 2010 | − | 0–1–0 | 1 |
| Liu Xianying |  Biathlon | F | 1977 | 1998–2010 | 21–33 | 7 1998, 2006 | − | − | − | 0-0-0 | 0 |
| Name | Gender | Born Date | Event Date | Sport | Event | Age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 5 youngest gold medalists | |||||||||||
| Su Yiming | M | February 18, 2004 | February 15, 2022 | Snowboarding | Men's big air | 17 years, 362 days | |||||
| Gu Ailing Eileen | F | September 3, 2003 | February 8, 2022 | Freestyle skiing | Women's big air | 18 years, 158 days | |||||
| Gu Ailing Eileen | F | September 3, 2003 | February 18, 2022 | Freestyle skiing | Women's halfpipe | 18 years, 168 days | |||||
| Zhou Yang | F | June 9, 1991 | February 20, 2010 | Short track speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | 18 years, 256 days | |||||
| Zhou Yang | F | June 9, 1991 | February 24, 2010 | Short track speed skating | Women's 3000 metre relay | 18 years, 260 days | |||||
| The 5 oldest gold medalists | |||||||||||
| Zhao Hongbo | M | September 22, 1973 | February 15, 2010 | Figure skating | Pair skating | 36 years, 146 days | |||||
| Xu Mengtao | F | July 12, 1990 | February 14, 2022 | Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials | 31 years, 217 days | |||||
| Qi Guangpu | M | October 20, 1990 | February 16, 2022 | Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials | 31 years, 119 days | |||||
| Shen Xue | F | November 13, 1978 | February 15, 2010 | Figure skating | Pair skating | 31 years, 94 days | |||||
| Han Cong | F | August 6, 1992 | February 19, 2022 | Figure skating | Pair skating | 29 years, 196 days | |||||
The2008 Summer Olympics marks the milestone for China, where this was the first time it hosting the Olympic Games. The country's capital, Beijing, was chosen as the host city. The motto of the Olympic Games at that time isOne World One Dream (同一个世界 同一个梦想)
The2014 Summer Youth Olympicsmarks the second time China hosted the Olympics, but it was held inNanjing. Its motto isShare the Games, Share our Dreams (分享青春, 共筑未来)
The2022 Winter Olympics marks the third time China hosted the Olympics, and the second time held in Beijing. The motto of this game isTogether for a Shared Future (一起向未来) . Its previous motto wasJoyful Rendezvous Upon Pure Ice and Snow (纯洁的冰雪 激情的约会)
At the Olympics, China has beenstripped of a total of 3 Olympic medals due to doping; the three were weightliftersLei Cao,Xiexia Chen, andChunhong Liu, who were caught doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[18]
A former Chinese doctor named Xue Yinxian has claimed the occurrence of allegedsystematicdoping of Chinese athletes in theOlympic Games (and other international sport events) in 2012 and 2017. She claims more than 10,000 athletes in China were doped in thesystematicChinese government doping program and that they received performance-enhancing drugs in the 1980s and 1990s. She claims that allinternational medals (both in theOlympics and otherinternational competitions) that were won by Chinese athletes in the 1980s and 1990s must be revoked. This is contrary to previous statements by theChinese government that had denied involvement in systematic doping and claimed that athletes doped individually. TheInternational Olympic Committee andWorld Anti-Doping Agency investigated these allegations with no conclusions or actions taken.[19][20][21][22][23]
China has had four Olympic medals stripped after disqualifications. Three female weightlifters (Lei Cao, Xiexia Chen, Chunhong Liu) lost their medals from the 2008 Olympics due todoping violations. Additionally, the women's gymnastics team was stripped of a bronze medal from the 2000 Olympics after it was discovered thatDong Fangxiao was underage during the competition.[24][25][26]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Team China | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around | September 19, 2000 |
 Gold | Chen Xiexia | Weightlifting | Women's 48 kg | August 9, 2008 |
| Gold | Liu Chunhong | Weightlifting | Women's 69 kg | August 13, 2008 |
| Gold | Cao Lei | Weightlifting | Women's 75 kg | August 15, 2008 |
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