| Hong Kong at the Olympics | |
|---|---|
 Hong Kong SAR | |
| IOC code | HKG |
| NOC | Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 77th |
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| Summer appearances | |
| Winter appearances | |
Hong Kong first competed at theOlympic Games in1952. It competed as aBritish colony until1996. After theterritory's handover in 1997, it has competed since2000 as "Hong Kong, China" with its status as aspecial administrative region (SAR) of China. Throughout its history, Hong Kong has participated in everySummer Olympic Games since 1952, except in1980 in support of theUnited States' boycott, and in everyWinter Olympic Games since 2002.
Hong Kong won its first medal and first gold medal at the1996 Summer Olympics, its second gold medal at the2020 Summer Olympics, and its third and fourth gold medals at the2024 Summer Olympics. It has also won nine other medals: three silvers and six bronzes. Its best performance to date (by number of gold medals) was in 2024, where it won two gold and two bronze medals.
The first Olympic athlete from Hong Kong wasYvonne Yeung, who competed in 1936 for theRepublic of China (ROC) instead ofBritish Hong Kong. The ROC, today mostly limited toTaiwan and several smaller islands, currently competes asChinese Taipei. TheNational Olympic Committee (NOC) for Hong Kong was founded in 1950 as the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, and is now known as theSports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. It was recognised by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1951, and subsequently, Hong Kong began to be represented separately fromGreat Britain (for any gold medal ceremony, thecolonial flag of Hong Kong was raised and theBritish national anthem was played).
AfterHong Kong was handed over to thePeople's Republic of China (PRC) in 1997, the NOC for the newspecial administrative region (SAR) of China has since been known as "Hong Kong, China". Hong Kong maintains its own NOC and is represented separately frommainland China at the Olympics. This is understood to be agrandfathered policy though there is no written documentation evidencing this explanation.[1] In contrast, whileMacau also has its ownNOC, it is not recognised by the IOC and can only compete separately from mainland China in regional games like theAsian Games.[2]
For any gold medal ceremony, theHong Kong SAR flag is raised and thePRC national anthem is played.
In 2008, Hong Kong was the site of the equestrian venues for theBeijing Summer Olympics.
Medals by Summer Games[edit]
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| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fencing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
 Sailing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Swimming | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Table tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Cycling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Karate | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| Athlete | Sport | Games |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siobhán Haughey | Swimming | 2020, 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Cheung Ka-long | Fencing | 2020, 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lee Wai-sze | Cycling | 2012, 2020 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
The National Olympic Committee of Hong Kong,SF&OC, has been repeatedly warned by theIndependent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) andLeisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) against corruption and to implement better governance. WithTimothy Fok as president of the Olympic committee, there have numerous allegations of misconduct against the SF&OC and Fok. In August 2016, theHong Kong Economic Journal released an article accusing the SF&OC and Fok of various transgressions.[3][examples needed] In April 2020, the government'sAudit Commission released a 141-page report after investigating the Olympic committee, describing various failures with the SF&OC, including lax governance.[4] An editorial published by theSouth China Morning Post agreed with the Audit Commission and stating that the city's sports development was at risk.[5]
The former sports commissioner of Hong Kong, Yeung Tak-keung, said that "very few people" in the government are familiar with sports and "they often don't know much about sports, nor can they think from the perspective of sports development."[6]
TheHong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) is a government-funded training center for elite athletes and potential Olympians in Hong Kong. It has been criticised for its decision to primarily fund 20 tier-A sports, including those not included in the Olympics and those which "may not even be able to achieve any breakthrough in the coming years", in turn neglecting support for other sport categories. After theTokyo Olympics in 2021, where Hong Kong obtained its best Olympics result with six medals, Chung Pak-kwong – former chief executive of HKSI and a sports professor atBaptist University – claimed that Hong Kong's achievements at the Olympics had been disproportionate to the amount of resources invested. Chung suggested that the territory's sports developments should have translated to medals earlier, at the2016 Summer Olympics (whereit instead obtained zero medals). In oneSouth China Morning Post article, an anonymous senior sports official suggested that Hong Kong adopt a more "medal-oriented strategy", recommending that more support be put towards sports that Asians have traditionally performed well in – such asarchery or those with weight categories likejudo – where "Asians are not at a disadvantage to stronger, bigger Westerners".[7]
In November 2024, the government banned surfing, which effectively ruled out any possibility of Hong Kong participating in the surfing events at the Olympics.[8]
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Prior to 1997, the team's name was "Hong Kong"; after 1997, the team's name became "Hong Kong, China". In most[how?] other languages, this name is used for translation (e.g.French:Hong Kong, Chine;Russian:Гонконг, Китай;Simplified Chinese:中国香港;Zhōngguó Xiānggǎng).[importance?] The Japanese team name isHonkon Chaina (ホンコン・チャイナ) and the Korean team name isHongkong Chaina (홍콩차이나), using English transliterations of the word "China" instead of the native translation.[importance?]
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