China at the 2008 Summer Olympics

China at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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IOC code	CHN
NOC	Chinese Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.cn (in Chinese and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	639 in 28 sports
Flag bearers	Yao Ming[1] (opening) Zhang Ning (closing)
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 48 Silver 22 Bronze 30 Total 100
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China was the host nation of the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was represented by the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), and the team of selected athletes were officially known as Team China.

As the host country, China had a total of 639 athletes qualified for places on the national team, being the largest in its Olympic history. Chinese athletes qualified to compete in all 28 Olympic sports for the first time. Among these athletes, 469 had competed at their first Olympics, 165 in Athens 2004, and 37 in Sydney 2000. Diver Guo Jingjing, shooter Tan Zongliang and basketballer Li Nan, made their fourth Olympic appearances, having first competed in Atlanta 1996. China also included 460 officials, making a total of 1,099 delegates.^[2][3] According to Olympic protocol, China entered as the last nation into the Beijing National Stadium during the opening ceremony, and was led by basketballer Yao Ming and Lin Hao, a 9-year-old primary school student who had rescued two schoolmates during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

China dominated the rankings for the first time with 51 gold medals (China was later stripped of 3 golds in weightlifting for doping violations). In 2009, Team China won the Laureus World Sports Awards for the Best Team of the Year. The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, which competed separately as Hong Kong, China.

China won a total of 100 medals, 48 gold, 22 silver, and 30 bronze, which became its largest ever medal tally in Olympic history.^[4] On August 17, 2008, China achieved its greatest ever Olympic performance when the women's table tennis team defeated Singapore in the final to claim the nation's 33rd gold medal, surpassing the previous best tally of 32 at Athens 2004.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Pang Wei	Shooting	Men's 10 m air pistol	August 9
Gold	Guo Wenjun	Shooting	Women's 10 m air pistol	August 10
Gold	Guo Jingjing Wu Minxia	Diving	Women's 3 m synchronized springboard	August 10
Gold	Xian Dongmei	Judo	Women's 52 kg	August 10
Gold	Long Qingquan	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	August 10
Gold	Huo Liang Lin Yue	Diving	Men's 10 m synchronized platform	August 11
Gold	Chen Yanqing	Weightlifting	Women's 58 kg	August 11
Gold	Zhang Xiangxiang	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg	August 11
Gold	Huang Xu Chen Yibing Li Xiaopeng Xiao Qin Yang Wei Zou Kai	Gymnastics	Men's artistic team all-around	August 12
Gold	Chen Ruolin Wang Xin	Diving	Women's 10 m synchronized platform	August 12
Gold	Zhong Man	Fencing	Men's sabre	August 12
Gold	Liao Hui	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg	August 12
Gold	Yang Yilin Cheng Fei Jiang Yuyuan Deng Linlin He Kexin Li Shanshan	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around	August 13
Gold	Chen Ying	Shooting	Women's 25 metre pistol	August 13
Gold	Wang Feng Qin Kai	Diving	Men's 3 m synchronized springboard	August 13
Gold	Liu Zige	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	August 14
Gold	Du Li	Shooting	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	August 14
Gold	Yang Wei	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around	August 14
Gold	Zhang Juanjuan	Archery	Women's individual	August 14
Gold	Yang Xiuli	Judo	Women's 78 kg	August 14
Gold	Tong Wen	Judo	Women's +78 kg	August 15
Gold	Lu Yong	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg	August 15
Gold	Du Jing Yu Yang	Badminton	Women's doubles	August 15
Gold	Zhang Ning	Badminton	Women's singles	August 16
Gold	Qiu Jian	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	August 17
Gold	Tang Bin Xi Aihua Jin Ziwei Feng Guixin	Rowing	Women's quadruple sculls	August 17
Gold	Wang Jiao	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 72 kg	August 17
Gold	Zou Kai	Gymnastics	Men's floor	August 17
Gold	Xiao Qin	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	August 17
Gold	Guo Yue Wang Nan Zhang Yining	Table tennis	Women's team	August 17
Gold	Lin Dan	Badminton	Men's singles	August 17
Gold	Guo Jingjing	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	August 17
Gold	Chen Yibing	Gymnastics	Men's rings	August 18
Gold	He Kexin	Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars	August 18
Gold	He Wenna	Gymnastics	Women's trampoline	August 18
Gold	Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin	Table tennis	Men's team	August 18
Gold	Li Xiaopeng	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars	August 19
Gold	Zou Kai	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	August 19
Gold	Lu Chunlong	Gymnastics	Men's trampoline	August 19
Gold	He Chong	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	August 19
Gold	Yin Jian	Sailing	Women's RS:X	August 20
Gold	Wu Jingyu	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg	August 20
Gold	Chen Ruolin	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 21
Gold	Zhang Yining	Table tennis	Women's singles	August 22
Gold	Meng Guanliang Yang Wenjun	Canoeing – Flatwater	Men's C-2 500 m	August 23
Gold	Ma Lin	Table tennis	Men's singles	August 23
Gold	Zou Shiming	Boxing	Light flyweight	August 24
Gold	Zhang Xiaoping	Boxing	Light heavyweight	August 24
Silver	Zhang Lin	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	August 10
Silver	Zhang Juanjuan Chen Ling Guo Dan	Archery	Women's team	August 10
Silver	Zhu Qinan	Shooting	Men's 10 m air rifle	August 11
Silver	Tan Zongliang	Shooting	Men's 50 m pistol	August 12
Silver	Chang Yongxiang	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg	August 13
Silver	Li Hongli	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg	August 13
Silver	Jiao Liuyang	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	August 14
Silver	Yang Yu Zhu Qianwei Tan Miao Pang Jiaying Tang Jingzhi	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 14
Silver	Bao Yingying Huang Haiyang Ni Hong Tan Xue	Fencing	Women's team sabre	August 14
Silver	Xie Xingfang	Badminton	Women's singles	August 16
Silver	Wu You Gao Yulan	Rowing	Women's coxless pair	August 16
Silver	Xu Li	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 55 kg	August 16
Silver	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Badminton	Men's doubles	August 16
Silver	Yang Wei	Gymnastics	Men's rings	August 18
Silver	Zhang Wenxiu	Athletics	Women's hammer throw	August 20
Silver	Tian Jia Wang Jie	Beach volleyball	Women's tournament	August 21
Silver	Wang Nan	Table tennis	Women's singles	August 22
Silver	China women's national field hockey team Cheng Hui Chen Qiuqi Chen Zhaoxia Fu Baorong Gao Lihua Huang Junxia Li Hongxia Li Shuang Ma Yibo Pan Fengzhen Ren Ye Song Qingling Tang Chunling Zhao Yudiao Zhang Yimeng Zhou Wanfeng	Field hockey	Women's tournament	August 22
Silver	Wang Hao	Table tennis	Men's singles	August 23
Silver	Zhou Lüxin	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	August 23
Silver	Cai Tongtong Chou Tao Lü Yuanyang Sui Jianshuang Sun Dan Zhang Shuo	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic team all-around	August 24
Silver	Zhang Zhilei	Boxing	Super heavyweight	August 24
Bronze	Xue Haifeng Jiang Lin Li Wenquan	Archery	Men's team	August 11
Bronze	Xu Yan	Judo	Women's 57 kg	August 11
Bronze	Hu Binyuan	Shooting	Men's Double trap	August 12
Bronze	Pang Jiaying	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	August 13
Bronze	Yang Yilin	Gymnastics	Women's artistic individual all-around	August 15
Bronze	Gong Lijiao	Athletics	Women's shot put	August 16
Bronze	Zhang Yawen Wei Yili	Badminton	Women's doubles	August 15
Bronze	Chen Jin	Badminton	Men's singles	August 16
Bronze	Zhao Jing Sun Ye Zhou Yafei Pang Jiaying Xu Tianlongzi	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	August 17
Bronze	Zhou Chunxiu	Athletics	Women's marathon	August 17
Bronze	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Tennis	Women's doubles	August 17
Bronze	He Hanbin Yu Yang	Badminton	Mixed doubles	August 17
Bronze	Cheng Fei	Gymnastics	Women's vault	August 17
Bronze	Wu Minxia	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	August 17
Bronze	Yang Yilin	Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars	August 18
Bronze	Song Aimin	Athletics	Women's discus throw	August 18
Bronze	Xu Lijia	Sailing	Women's Laser Radial class	August 19
Bronze	Cheng Fei	Gymnastics	Women's balance beam	August 19
Bronze	Guo Shuang	Cycling	Women's sprint	August 19
Bronze	Dong Dong	Gymnastics	Men's trampoline	August 19
Bronze	Qin Kai	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	August 19
Bronze	Xue Chen Zhang Xi	Beach volleyball	Women's tournament	August 21
Bronze	Wang Xin	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 21
Bronze	Zhu Guo	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	August 22
Bronze	Guo Yue	Table tennis	Women's singles	August 22
Bronze	Hanati Silamu	Boxing	Welterweight	August 22
Bronze	China women's national volleyball team Wang Yimei Feng Kun Yang Hao Liu Yanan Wei Qiuyue Xu Yunli Zhou Suhong Zhao Ruirui Xue Ming Li Juan Zhang Na Ma Yunwen	Volleyball	Women's tournament	August 23
Bronze	Gu Beibei Huang Xuechen Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen Liu Ou Luo Xi Sun Qiuting Wang Na Zhang Xiaohuan	Synchronized swimming	Women's team	August 23
Bronze	Wang Liqin	Table tennis	Men's singles	August 23
Bronze	Sheng Jiang	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg	August 12

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Gymnastics	11	2	5	18
Weightlifting	5	1	0	6
Diving	7	1	3	11
Shooting	5	2	1	8
Table tennis	4	2	2	8
Badminton	3	2	3	8
Judo	3	0	1	4
Boxing	2	1	1	4
Swimming	1	3	3	7
Wrestling	1	2	1	4
Archery	1	1	1	3
Rowing	1	1	0	2
Fencing	1	1	0	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1	2
Sailing	1	0	1	2
Canoeing	1	0	0	1
Volleyball	0	1	2	3
Field hockey	0	1	0	1
Athletics	0	1	3	4
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Total	48	22	30	100

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	9th	1	0	0	1
Day 2	10th	4	2	0	6
Day 3	11th	3	1	2	6
Day 4	12th	4	1	2	7
Day 5	13th	3	2	1	6
Day 6	14th	5	3	0	8
Day 7	15th	3	0	2	5
Day 8	16th	1	4	2	7
Day 9	17th	8	0	6	14
Day 10	18th	4	1	2	7
Day 11	19th	4	0	5	9
Day 12	20th	2	1	0	3
Day 13	21st	1	1	2	4
Day 14	22nd	1	2	3	6
Day 15	23rd	2	2	3	7
Day 16	24th	2	2	0	4
Total		48	22	30	100

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Zou Kai	Gymnastics	3	0	0	3
Yang Wei	Gymnastics	2	1	0	3
He Kexin	Gymnastics	2	0	0	2
Chen Yibing	Gymnastics	2	0	0	2
Li Xiaopeng	Gymnastics	2	0	0	2
Xiao Qin	Gymnastics	2	0	0	2
Guo Jingjing	Diving	2	0	0	2
Chen Ruolin	Diving	2	0	0	2
Zhang Yining	Table tennis	2	0	0	2
Ma Lin	Table tennis	2	0	0	2
Wang Nan	Table tennis	1	1	0	2
Wang Hao	Table tennis	1	1	0	2
Zhang Juanjuan	Archery	1	1	0	2
Cheng Fei	Gymnastics	1	0	2	3
Yang Yilin	Gymnastics	1	0	2	3
Qin Kai	Diving	1	0	1	2
Wu Minxia	Diving	1	0	1	2
Wang Xin	Diving	1	0	1	2
Guo Yue	Table tennis	1	0	1	2
Wang Liqin	Table tennis	1	0	1	2
Yu Yang	Badminton	1	0	1	2
Pang Jiaying	Swimming	0	1	2	3

Won all medals in one event

• Women's singles table tennis
• Men's singles table tennis

Won all gold medals in one sport

• Table tennis (4 gold)
• Trampoline (2 gold)

Won gold medals in both men's and women's events where only one entry is allowed

• Synchronized 3 metre springboard diving
• Synchronized 10 metre platform diving
• Team all-around gymnastics
• Team table tennis

As the host nation, China automatically received a full complement of six quota spots (three for men, three for women) for the archery competitions. China's national selection competition resulted in Xue Haifeng, Jiang Lin and Li Wenquan taking the three men's spots, while Zhang Juanjuan, Chen Ling and Guo Dan earned the women's spots.^[5] Xue and Zhang were both veteran athletes from 2004 Athens, with the latter taking China's fourth silver medal in archery. On August 14, Zhang Juanjuan became the first Chinese archer to win a gold medal in the women's individual event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jiang Lin	Individual	632	55	Lee C-H (KOR) (10) L 108–112	Did not advance
Li Wenquan		646	46	Proć (POL) (19) L 111–116	Did not advance
Xue Haifeng		663	18	Lyon (CAN) (47) L 106–111	Did not advance
Jiang Lin Li Wenquan Xue Haifeng	Team	1941	12	—		Great Britain (GBR) (5) W 214–210	Russia (RUS) (4) W 217–209	South Korea (KOR) (1) L 221–218	Ukraine (UKR) (2) W 222–219

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chen Ling	Individual	645	15	Psarra (GRE) (50) W 109–79	Muliuk (BLR) (47) W 106–105	Yun O-H (KOR) (2) L 103–113	Did not advance
Guo Dan		636	25	Burgess (GBR) (40) L 104–106	Did not advance
Zhang Juanjuan		635	27	Berezhna (UKR) (38) W 109–97	Yuan S-C (TPE) (6) W 110–105	Erdyniyeva (RUS) (11) W 110–98	Joo H-J (KOR) (3) W 106–101	Yun O-H (KOR) (2) W 115–109	Park S-H (KOR) (1) W 110–109
Chen Ling Guo Dan Zhang Juanjuan	Team	1916	3	—		Bye	India (IND) (6) W 211–206	Great Britain (GBR) (2) W 208–202	South Korea (KOR) (1) L 215– 224

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hu Kai	100 m	10.39	4 q	10.40	8	Did not advance
Zhang Peimeng	200 m	21.06	7	Did not advance
Liu Xiaosheng	400 m	53.11	8	—		Did not advance
Li Xiangyu	800 m	1:48.44	5	—		Did not advance
Ji Wei	110 m hurdles	13.57	3 Q	13.80	6	Did not advance
Liu Xiang		DNF		Did not advance
Shi Dongpeng		13.53	4 Q	13.42	3 Q	13.42	5	Did not advance
Meng Yan	400 m hurdles	49.73	5	—		Did not advance
Hu Kai Liang Jiahong Lu Bin Wen Yongyi Xing Yanan Zhang Peimeng	4 × 100 m relay	39.13	4 q	—				DSQ
Deng Haiyang	Marathon	—						2:16:17	25
Li Zhuhong		—						2:24:08	51
Ren Longyun		—						DNS
Chu Yafei	20 km walk	—						1:21:17	10
Dong Jimin		—						1:24:34	30
Wang Hao		—						1:19:47	4
Li Jianbo	50 km walk	—						3:52:20	14
Si Tianfeng		—						3:52:58	17
Zhao Chengliang		—						3:56:47	21

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Li Runrun	Long jump	7.70	28	Did not advance
Zhou Can		NM	—	Did not advance
Gu Junjie	Triple jump	15.94	34	Did not advance
Li Yanxi		17.30	3 Q	16.77	10
Zhong Minwei		15.59	36	Did not advance
Huang Haiqiang	High jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Liu Feiliang	Pole vault	5.55	=20	Did not advance
Chen Qi	Javelin throw	73.50	23	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Qi Haifeng	Result	11.15	7.22	13.40	1.93	49.39	14.60	46.46	4.30	63.09	4:39.32	7835	17
	Points	827	866	692	740	843	899	797	702	784	685

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wang Jing	100 m	11.87	5	Did not advance
Liu Qing	1500 m	4:09.27	9	—				Did not advance
Xue Fei	5000 m	15:13.25	9 q	—				16:09.84	13
Zhang Yingying		15:23.81	11	—				Did not advance
He Pan		DNS[6]		—				Did not advance
Bai Xue	10000 m	—						32:20.27	21
Dong Xiaoqin		—						33:03.14	28
Zhang Yingying		—						31:31.12	16
Li Zhenzhu	3000 m steeplechase	10:04.05	13	—				Did not advance
Zhao Yanni		10:36.77	16	—				Did not advance
Zhu Yanmei		9:29.63	7	—				Did not advance
Chen Jue Han Ling Jiang Lan Qin Wangping Tao Yujia Wang Jing	4 × 100 m relay	43.78	4	—				Did not advance
Chen Jingwen Han Ling Wang Jinping Tang Xiaoyin	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.77	8	—				Did not advance
Zhang Shujing	Marathon	—						2:35:35	41
Zhou Chunxiu		—						2:27:07
Zhu Xiaolin		—						2:27:16	4
Liu Hong	20 km walk	—						1:27:17	4
Shi Na		—						1:29:08	13
Yang Mingxia		—						DSQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Xie Limei	Triple jump	14.27	10 q	14.09	12
Zheng Xingjuan	High jump	1.89	22	Did not advance
Gao Shuying	Pole vault	4.50	=2 q	4.45	12
Li Ling1		4.15	=27	Did not advance
Zhou Yang		4.15	25	Did not advance
Gong Lijiao	Shot put	19.46	2 Q	19.20
Li Ling2		18.60	10 Q	17.94	14
Li Meiju		19.18	3 Q	19.00	8
Li Yanfeng	Discus throw	61.29	10 q	60.68	7
Song Aimin		61.67	8 Q	62.20
Ma Xuejun		58.45	23	Did not advance
Chang Chunfeng	Javelin throw	58.42	18	Did not advance
Song Dan		54.32	42	Did not advance
Zhang Li		61.77	8 Q	56.14	10
Wang Zheng	Hammer throw	65.64	32	Did not advance
Zhang Wenxiu		73.36	2 Q	74.32

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Liu Haili	Result	13.56	1.77	12.71	24.47	6.08	41.79	2:18.84	6041	20*
	Points	1041	941	708	936	874	702	839

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[7] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Liu Haili moved up a position.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bao Chunlai	Singles	Bye	Cordón (GUA) W 21–17, 21–16	Wacha (POL) W 21–11, 19–21, 21–13	Lee H-i (KOR) L 21–23, 11–21	Did not advance
Chen Jin		Bye	Moody (NZL) W 21–9, 21–11	Kehlhoffner (FRA) W 21–10, 21–6	Hsieh Y-h (TPE) W 21–8, 21–14	Lin D (CHN) L 12–21, 18–21	Lee H-i (KOR) W 21–16, 12–21, 21–14
Lin Dan		Bye	Ng W (HKG) W 21–16, 21–13	Park S-h (KOR) W 21–8, 21–11	Gade (DEN) W 21–13, 21–16	Chen J (CHN) W 21–12, 21–18	Lee C W (MAS) W 21–12, 21–8
Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Doubles	—		Eriksen / Hansen (DEN) W 21–12, 21–11	Bach / Malaythong (USA) W 21–9, 21–10	Hwang J-m / Lee J-j (KOR) W 22–20, 21–8	Kido / Setiawan (INA) L 21–12, 11–21, 16–21
Guo Zhendong Xie Zhongbo		—		Kido / Setiawan (INA) L 20–22, 21–10, 17–21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lu Lan	Singles	Bye	Foo Kune (MRI) W 21–1, 21–3	Rice (CAN) W 21–7, 21–12	Wong M C (MAS) W 21–7, 29–27	Xie Xf (CHN) L 21–7, 10–21, 12–21	Yulianti (INA) L 21–11, 13–21, 15–21	4
Xie Xingfang		Bye	Cheng S-c (TPE) W 21–1, 21–9	Konon (BLR) W 21–16, 21–15	Xu Hw (GER) W 21–19, 22–20	Lu L (CHN) W 7–21, 21–10, 21–12	Zhang N (CHN) L 12–21, 21–10, 18–21
Zhang Ning		Bye	Ponsana (THA) W 21–23, 21–17, 21–7	Jun J-y (KOR) W 21–11, 21–12	Pi (FRA) W 21–8, 19–21, 21–19	Yulianti (INA) W 21–15, 21–15	Xie Xf (CHN) W 21–12, 10–21, 21–18
Du Jing Yu Yang	Doubles	—		Ha J-e / Kim M-j (KOR) W 21–11, 16–21, 21–15	Ogura / Shiota (JPN) W 21–8, 21–5	Wei Yl / Zhang Yw (CHN) W 21–19, 21–12	Lee H-j / Lee K-w (KOR) W 21–15, 21–13
Wei Yili Zhang Yawen		—		Kristiansen / Rytter Juhl (DEN) W 21–19, 21–13	Cheng W-h / Chien Y-c (TPE) W 21–14, 21–18	Du J / Yu Y (CHN) L 19–21, 12–21	Maeda / Suetsuna (JPN) W 21–17, 21–10
Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen		—		Marissa / Natsir (INA) W 21–19, 21–15	Maeda / Suetsuna (JPN) L 21–8, 21–23, 14–21	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
He Hanbin Yu Yang	Doubles	Clark / Kellogg (GBR) W 21–15, 21–8	Mateusiak / Kostiuczyk (POL) W 22–20, 23–21	Widianto / Natsir (INA) L 21–15, 11–21, 21–23	Limpele / Marissa (INA) W 19–21, 21–17, 23–21
Zheng Bo Gao Ling		Robertson / Emms (GBR) L 16–21, 21–16, 19–21	Did not advance

The China national baseball team secured automatic qualification as host nation of the Olympics and makes its first appearance at the Olympics. The team's coach is American Jim Lefebvre.

A team of 24 players competed.

Group stage

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Team	G	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
South Korea	7	7	0	41	22	1.000	-	-
Cuba	7	6	1	52	23	.857	1	-
United States	7	5	2	40	22	.714	2	-
Japan	7	4	3	30	14	.571	3	-
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	29	33	.286	5	1-0
Canada	7	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0-1
Netherlands	7	1	6	9	50	.143	6	1-0
China	7	1	6	14	60	.143	6	0-1

Roster

The following is the China roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[8]

China men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Chen Jianghua 19 – (1989-03-12)March 12, 1989 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Guangdong Southern Tigers G 5 Liu Wei (C) 28 – (1980-01-15)January 15, 1980 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Shanghai Sharks PG 6 Zhang Qingpeng 23 – (1985-01-23)January 23, 1985 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Liaoning Hunters G/F 7 Wang Shipeng 25 – (1983-04-06)April 6, 1983 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Guangdong Southern Tigers SF 8 Zhu Fangyu 25 – (1983-01-05)January 5, 1983 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Guangdong Southern Tigers G 9 Sun Yue 22 – (1985-11-06)November 6, 1985 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Los Angeles Lakers SF 10 Li Nan 31 – (1976-09-25)September 25, 1976 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Bayi Rockets F/C 11 Yi Jianlian 20 – (1987-10-27)October 27, 1987 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) New Jersey Nets SF 12 Wang Lei 21 – (1986-08-12)August 12, 1986 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Bayi Rockets C 13 Yao Ming 27 – (1980-09-12)September 12, 1980 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) Houston Rockets C 14 Wang Zhizhi 29 – (1979-07-08)July 8, 1979 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Bayi Rockets F 15 Du Feng 27 – (1981-07-30)July 30, 1981 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Guangdong Southern Tigers	Head coach Jonas Kazlauskas Assistant coach(es) Donnie Nelson Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	515	354	+161	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	418	369	+49	9
3	Greece	5	3	2	415	375	+40	8
4	China (H)	5	2	3	366	400	−34	7
5	Germany	5	1	4	330	390	−60	6
6	Angola	5	0	5	321	477	−156	5

Quarterfinals

Roster

The following is the China roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[9]

China women's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Song Xiaoyun 25 – (1982-12-11)December 11, 1982 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) WCBA Guangdong F 5 Bian Lan 21 – (1986-08-16)August 16, 1986 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) WCBA Jiangsu G 6 Zhang Hanlan 29 – (1979-07-19)July 19, 1979 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) WCBA Shenbu F 7 Zhang Wei 22 – (1986-02-12)February 12, 1986 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) WCBA Liaoning F 8 Miao Lijie (C) 27 – (1981-06-03)June 3, 1981 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) WCBA Heilongjiang F 9 Zhang Yu 22 – (1986-02-12)February 12, 1986 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) WCBA Liaoning F 10 Sui Feifei 29 – (1979-01-29)January 29, 1979 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) WCBA Bayi G 11 Shao Tingting 23 – (1985-02-09)February 9, 1985 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) WCBA Bayi C 12 Chen Xiaoli 26 – (1982-02-20)February 20, 1982 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) WCBA Liaoning F 13 Liu Dan 21 – (1987-04-24)April 24, 1987 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) WCBA Shenbu C 14 Zhang Xiaoni 24 – (1983-10-29)October 29, 1983 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) WCBA Bayi C 15 Chen Nan 25 – (1983-01-08)January 8, 1983 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) WCBA Bayi	Head coach Tom Maher Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	491	276	+215	10	Quarterfinals
2	China (H)	5	4	1	358	346	+12	9
3	Spain	5	3	2	357	324	+33	8
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	346	356	−10	7
5	New Zealand	5	1	4	320	423	−103	6
6	Mali	5	0	5	255	402	−147	5

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

China qualified ten boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament, far surpassing its guaranteed quota of at least six spots. The flyweight class was the only in which China did not qualify a boxer. Seven of the ten Chinese qualifiers did so at the world championships.^[10] Hu, Maimaitituersun and Zhang Xiaoping qualified at the first Asian continental qualifying tournament.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zou Shiming	Light flyweight	Bermúdez (VEN) W 15–2	Oubaali (FRA) W 3+–3	Zhakypov (KAZ) W 9–4	Barnes (IRL) W 15–0	Serdamba (MGL) W RET
Gu Yu	Bantamweight	Murray (GBR) W 17–7	Gojan (MDA) L 6–13	Did not advance
Li Yang	Featherweight	Conceiçao (BRA) W 12–4	Porozo (ECU) W 6–5	Lomachenko (UKR) L 3–13	Did not advance
Hu Qing	Lightweight	Klyuchko (UKR) W 10–8	Akshalov (KAZ) W 11–7	Sow (FRA) L 6–9	Did not advance
Maimaitituersun Qiong	Light welterweight	Kovalev (RUS) L 8–15	Did not advance
Hanati Silamu	Welterweight	Makina (ZAM) W 21–2	Mulema (CMR) W 9–4	Johnson (BAH) W 14–4	Banteaux (CUB) L 4–7	Did not advance
Wang Jianzheng	Middleweight	Derevyanchenko (UKR) L 6–16	Did not advance
Zhang Xiaoping	Light heavyweight	Sahraoui (TUN) W 3–1	Beterbiyev (RUS) W 8–2	Benchabla (ALG) W 12–7	Shynaliyev (KAZ) W 3+–3	Egan (IRL) W 11–7
Yushan Nijiati	Heavyweight	—	Usyk (UKR) L 4–23	Did not advance
Zhang Zhilei	Super heavyweight	—	Amanissi (MAR) W 15–0	Myrsatayev (KAZ) W 12–2	Glazkov (UKR) W WO	Cammarelle (ITA) L 4–14

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Ding Fuxue	Men's K-1	87.47	15	140.92	21	228.39	21	Did not advance
Feng Liming	Men's C-1	91.44	9	90.55	12	181.99	11 Q	94.64	11	Did not advance
Hu Minghai Shu Junrong	Men's C-2	97.30	5	93.34	3	190.64	3 Q	164.08	10	Did not advance
Li Jingjing	Women's K-1	94.30	3	93.26	4	187.56	2 Q	161.79	13	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Li Qiang	C-1 500 m	1:49.164	2 QS	1:52.887	3 Q	1:49.287	6
Pan Yao	K-1 500 m	1:44.757	6 QS	1:55.242	8	Did not advance
	K-1 1000 m	3:40.774	5 QS	3:41.539	6	Did not advance
Chen Zhongyun Zhang Zhiwu	C-2 1000 m	3:41.658	4 QS	3:42.619	3 Q	3:40.593	5
Huang Zhipeng Shen Jie	K-2 500 m	1:34.432	8	Did not advance
	K-2 1000 m	3:26.443	5 QS	3:24.031	3 Q	3:22.058	8
Meng Guanliang Yang Wenjun	C-2 500 m	1:41.218	1 QF	Bye		1:41.025
Li Zhen Lin Miao Liu Haitao Zhou Peng	K-4 1000 m	2:59.271	4 QS	3:01.787	2 Q	3:00.078	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zhong Hongyan	K-1 500 m	1:49.440	2 QS	1:53.163	1 Q	1:52.220	5
Wang Feng Xu Linbei	K-2 500 m	1:47.645	8	Did not advance
Liang Peixing Xu Yaping Yu Lamei Zhong Hongyan	K-4 500 m	1:36.971	2 QF	Bye		1:37.418	9

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Zhang Liang	Men's road race	Did not finish
Gao Min	Women's road race	3:32:52	16
	Women's time trial	37:15.23	17
Meng Lang	Women's road race	3:37:42	48
	Women's time trial	40:51.61	25

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Zhang Lei	Men's sprint	10.497 68.591	16	Nimke (GER) L	Watanabe (JPN)  Blatchford (USA) L	Did not advance
Feng Yong Li Wenhao Zhang Lei	Men's team sprint	45.556 59.267	9	Did not advance
Guo Shuang	Women's sprint	11.106 64.829	2	Grankovskaya (RUS) W 11.410 63.102	—	Tsylinskaya (BLR) W 11.501, W 11.627	Meares (AUS) W 11.629, L, L REL	Kanis (NED) W 11.420, W 11.617

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Feng Yong	Men's keirin	6 R	3	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Li Yan	Women's points race	6	0	10

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ji Jianhua	Men's cross-country	1:57:31	22
Liu Ying	Women's cross-country	1:52:01	12
Ren Chengyuan		1:47:40	5

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Ma Liyun	Women's BMX	42.015	16	18	7	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
He Chong	3 m springboard	515.50	1 Q	547.25	1 Q	572.90
Qin Kai		502.95	2 Q	508.50	2 Q	530.10
Huo Liang	10 m platform	472.95	8 Q	549.95	1 Q	508.40	4
Zhou Lüxin		539.80	1 Q	526.20	3 Q	533.15
Qin Kai Wang Feng	3 m synchronized springboard	—				469.08
Huo Liang Lin Yue	10 m synchronized platform	—				468.18

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Guo Jingjing	3 m springboard	373.90	1 Q	398.55	1 Q	415.35
Wu Minxia		349.45	4 Q	345.30	3 Q	389.85
Chen Ruolin	10 m platform	428.80	1 Q	444.60	1 Q	447.70
Wang Xin		420.30	3 Q	388.55	3 Q	429.90
Guo Jingjing Wu Minxia	3 m synchronized springboard	—				343.50
Chen Ruolin Wang Xin	10 m synchronized platform	—				363.54

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Liu Lina	Piroschka	Individual	60.625	43	Did not advance

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Alex Hua Tian	Chico	Individual	49.60	31	Eliminated			Did not advance

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Huang Zuping	Pablo II	Individual	10	56	36	46	66	Did not advance
Li Zhenqiang	Jumpy Des Fontaines		9	52	39	48	67	Did not advance
Zhang Bin	Coertis		30	74	31	61	69	Did not advance
Zhao Zhiwen	Tadonia		17	69	32	49	68	Did not advance
Huang Zuping Li Zhenqiang Zhang Bin Zhao Zhiwen	See above	Team	—								99	16	Did not advance			99	15

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Li Guojie	Individual épée	Wiercioch (POL) W 15–11	Jin S-J (KOR) L 6–15	Did not advance
Wang Lei		Bye	Verwijlen (NED) L 10–15	Did not advance
Yin Lianchi		Bye	Kulcsar (HUN) W 15–9	Zawrotniak (POL) L 13–15	Did not advance
Dong Guotao Li Guojie Wang Lei Yin Lianchi	Team épée	—		South Africa (RSA) W 45–28	Hungary (HUN) W 45–43	Poland (POL) L 44–45	Italy (ITA) L 35–45	4
Lei Sheng	Individual foil	—	Bye	Mocek (POL) W 15–8	Kleibrink (GER) L 7–15	Did not advance
Zhu Jun		—	González (ARG) W 15–2	Meinhardt (USA) W 15–9	Cassarà (ITA) W 15–14	Kleibrink (GER) L 4–15	Sanzo (ITA) L 14–15	4
Wang Jingzhi	Individual sabre	Bye	Pillet (FRA) L 14–15	Did not advance
Zhong Man		Bye	Kothny (THA) W 15–7	Martí (ESP) W 15–14	Tarantino (ITA) W 15–13	Pillet (FRA) W 15–12	Lopez (FRA) W 15–9
Zhou Hanming		Bye	Nemcsik (HUN) W 15–13	Covaliu (ROU) L 12–15	Did not advance
Huang Yaojiang Wang Jingzhi Zhong Man Zhou Hanming	Team sabre	—			Russia (RUS) L 36–45	Classification semi-final  Hungary (HUN) W 45–38	5th place final  Belarus (BLR) L 39–45	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Li Na	Individual épée	—	Bye	Lamon (SUI) W 15–10	Flessel-Colovic (FRA) W 15–10	Heidemann (GER) L 13–15	Mincza-Nébald (HUN) L 11–15	4
Zhong Weiping		—	Flessel-Colovic (FRA) L 11–13	Did not advance
Su Wanwen	Individual foil	Nogueira (POR) W 15–4	Cross (USA) W 15–7	Knapek (HUN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Sun Chao		Bye	Knapek (HUN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Zhang Lei		Bye	Wojtkowiak (POL) W 15–8	Vezzali (ITA) L 7–10	Did not advance
Huang Jialing Su Wanwen Sun Chao Zhang Lei	Team foil	—			Italy (ITA) L 24–37	Classification semi-final  Egypt (EGY) W 45–24	5th place final  Germany (GER) W 28–34	6
Bao Yingying	Individual sabre	Bye	Chow T K (HKG) W 15–5	Więckowska (POL) W 15–6	Zagunis (USA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Huang Haiyang		Bye	Bianco (ITA) L 12–15	Did not advance
Tan Xue		Bye	Bujdoso (GER) W 15–6	Kim K-H (KOR) W 15–8	Velikaya (RUS) L 9–15	Did not advance
Bao Yingying Huang Haiyang Ni Hong Tan Xue	Team sabre	—			Poland (POL) W 45–25	France (FRA) W 45–38	Ukraine (UKR) L 44–45

China's men's team competed in Pool A. Sixteen players were officially enrolled in the squad.^[12] Two reserve players were also nominated to be available should a player enrolled in the official squad become injured during the tournament.^[12]

Roster

The following is the Chinese roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[13]

Head Coach: Kim Sang-Ryul

Reserve:

11. Lu Fenghui
29. Ao Changrong

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4	12	Semi-finals
2	Germany	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6	11
3	South Korea	5	2	1	2	13	11	+2	7	Fifth place game
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1	7	Seventh place game
5	Belgium	5	1	1	3	9	13	−4	4	Ninth place game
6	China (H)	5	0	1	4	7	16	−9	1	Eleventh place game

11 August 2008 08:30 Germany  4–1  China C. Zeller  21' Keller  43', 54' Nevado  68' Report Na Yubo  7' Umpires: David Leiper (GBR) Satinder Kumar (IND)

13 August 2008 10:30 China  2–5  South Korea Na Yubo  6' Song Yi  8' Report Seo Jong-ho  13' Jang Jong-hyun  35+', 55', 57' Kang Seong-jung  67' Umpires: Amarjit Singh (MAS) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

15 August 2008 08:30 Spain  2–1  China Ribas  17' Amat  67' Report Na Yubo  6' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

17 August 2008 18:30 New Zealand  2–2  China Child  34' McAleese  54' Report Song Yi  3', 17' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Andy Mair (GBR)

19 August 2008 21:00 China  1–3  Belgium Song Yi  4' Report Reckinger  28' Truyens  32' Dohmen  48' Umpires: Murray Grime (AUS) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

11th–12th place

23 August 2008 08:30 China  4–3 (a.e.t.)  South Africa Na Yubo  32' Song Yi  53', 58', 85' Report Tsolekile  3' Symons  63' Smith  70' Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Satinder Kumar (IND)

China's women's team competed in Pool A. Sixteen players were officially enrolled in the squad.^[12] Two reserve players were also nominated to be available should a player enrolled in the official squad become injured during the tournament.^[12]

Roster

The following is the Chinese roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[14]

Head Coach: Kim Chang-Back

Reserve:

13. Sun Zhen
23. Li Aili

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Netherlands	5	5	0	0	14	3	+11	15	Advanced to semifinals
China	5	3	1	1	14	4	+10	10
Australia	5	3	1	1	17	9	+8	10
Spain	5	2	0	3	4	12	−8	6
South Korea	5	1	0	4	13	18	−5	3
South Africa	5	0	0	5	2	18	−16	0

10 August 2008 10:30 China  3–0  Spain Fu Baorong  17' Li Hongxia  31' Gao Lihua  37' Report Umpires: Ute Conen (GER) Marelize de Clerk (RSA)

12 August 2008 18:30 China  3–0  South Africa Tang Chunling  6' Fu Baorong  33' Zhao Yudiao  40' Report Umpires: Gina Spitaleri (ITA) Minka Woolley (AUS)

14 August 2008 08:30 China  0–1  Netherlands Report Paumen  21' Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Soledad Iparruguirre (ARG)

16 August 2008 18:30 South Korea  1–6  China Lee Seon-ok  53' Report Tang Chunling  30', 33', 41' Fu Baorong  39', 40', 64' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

18 August 2008 21:00 China  2–2  Australia Li Hongxia  30', 38' Report Eastham  51' Young  62' Umpires: Chieko Soma (JPN) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

Semifinal

20 August 2008 18:00 Germany  2–3  China Keller  4' Beermann  36' Report Gao Lihua  31' Ma Yibo  39' Zhao Yudiao  58' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

Gold medal match

22 August 2008 20:30 China  0–2  Netherlands Report Van As  51' Goderie  62' Umpires: Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

A squad of 18 players, 15 of which must have been born on or after 1 January 1985, and 3 of which can be older dispensation players, was selected to represent China at the Games.^[15] A minimum of two goalkeepers (plus one optional dispensation goalkeeper) had to be included in the squad.^[15]

Roster

The following is the China squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[16]

Head coach: Yin Tiesheng

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Qiu Shengjiong	(1985-09-01)1 September 1985 (aged 22)	6	0	Shanghai Shenhua
2	2DF	Tan Wangsong	(1985-12-19)19 December 1985 (aged 22)	14	2	Tianjin Teda
3	2DF	Feng Xiaoting	(1985-10-22)22 October 1985 (aged 22)	20	5	Dalian Shide
4	2DF	Yuan Weiwei	(1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 22)	16	2	Shandong Luneng
5	2DF	Li Weifeng*	(1978-12-01)1 December 1978 (aged 29)	106	15	Shanghai Shenhua
6	3MF	Zhou Haibin	(1985-07-19)19 July 1985 (aged 23)	41	8	Shandong Luneng
7	4FW	Hao Junmin	(1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 21)	15	3	Tianjin Teda
8	3MF	Zheng Zhi* (c)	(1980-08-20)20 August 1980 (aged 27)	78	23	Charlton Athletic
9	4FW	Gao Lin	(1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 22)	16	5	Shanghai Shenhua
10	4FW	Han Peng*	(1983-09-13)13 September 1983 (aged 24)	23	6	Shandong Luneng
11	3MF	Chen Tao	(1985-03-11)11 March 1985 (aged 23)	31	11	Changsha Ginde
12	3MF	Cui Peng	(1987-05-31)31 May 1987 (aged 21)	13	1	Shandong Luneng
13	3MF	Shen Longyuan	(1985-03-02)2 March 1985 (aged 23)	14	2	Shanghai Shenhua
14	2DF	Wan Houliang	(1986-02-25)25 February 1986 (aged 22)	6	0	Shaanxi Chanba
15	4FW	Jiang Ning	(1986-09-01)1 September 1986 (aged 21)	11	4	Qingdao Jonoon
16	3MF	Zhao Xuri	(1985-12-03)3 December 1985 (aged 22)	19	5	Dalian Shide
17	4FW	Dong Fangzhuo	(1985-01-23)23 January 1985 (aged 23)	26	3	Manchester United
18	1GK	Liu Zhenli	(1985-06-26)26 June 1985 (aged 23)	4	0	Qingdao Jonoon
20	4FW	Zhu Ting[n 1]	(1985-07-15)15 July 1985 (aged 23)	21	3	Dalian Shide

* Over-aged player.

Notes

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
3	China (H)	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

A squad of 18 players competed for China in the women's competition.

Roster

Head coach: Shang Ruihua

China PR named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[17][18]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Zhang Yanru	(1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 21)	35	0	Jiangsu Huatai
2	2DF	Yuan Fan	(1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 21)	31	0	Shanghai Shenhua
3	2DF	Li Jie (captain)	(1979-07-08)8 July 1979 (aged 29)	196	12	Beijing Zhaotai
4	2DF	Zhang Ying	(1985-06-27)27 June 1985 (aged 23)	85	4	Shanghai Shenhua
5	2DF	Weng Xinzhi	(1988-06-15)15 June 1988 (aged 20)	30	0	Jiangsu Huatai
6	3MF	Zhang Na	(1984-03-10)10 March 1984 (aged 24)	30	1	Hebei Huabei
7	3MF	Bi Yan	(1984-02-17)17 February 1984 (aged 24)	140	12	Dalian Haichang
8	4FW	Xu Yuan	(1985-11-17)17 November 1985 (aged 22)	25	6	Gansu Tianma
9	4FW	Han Duan	(1983-06-15)15 June 1983 (aged 25)	160	100	Dalian Haichang
10	4FW	Liu Sa	(1987-07-11)11 July 1987 (aged 21)	25	4	Beijing Zhaotai
11	2DF	Pu Wei	(1980-08-20)20 August 1980 (aged 27)	200	35	Shanghai Shenhua
12	3MF	Lou Jiahui	(1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 17)	0	0	Henan Jianye
13	2DF	Jiang Shuai	(1982-06-07)7 June 1982 (aged 26)	15	1	Tianjin Huisen
14	2DF	Liu Huana	(1981-05-17)17 May 1981 (aged 27)	50	2	Shaanxi Guoli
15	2DF	Zhou Gaoping	(1986-10-20)20 October 1986 (aged 21)	28	0	Jiangsu Huatai
16	3MF	Wang Dandan	(1985-05-01)1 May 1985 (aged 23)	25	4	Beijing Chengjiang
17	3MF	Gu Yasha	(1990-11-28)28 November 1990 (aged 17)	0	0	Beijing Chengjiang
18	1GK	Han Wenxia	(1976-08-23)23 August 1976 (aged 31)	93	0	Dalian Haichang

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Quarterfinals

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Chen Yibing	Team	14.725	14.475	16.525 Q	16.275	15.075	14.525	91.600	9 Q	14.575	—	16.575	15.950	—
Huang Xu		—	15.300	15.300	—	16.075 Q	—			—	14.750	16.000	—	16.475	—
Li Xiaopeng		15.100	—	14.800	16.775	16.425 Q	15.400	—		—			16.775	16.450	15.725	—
Xiao Qin		14.375	16.000 Q	—	15.725	15.450	15.150	—		—	16.100	—			15.250	—
Yang Wei		15.400	15.425 Q	16.225 Q	16.550	15.350	14.925	93.875	1 Q	15.425	15.175	16.300	16.600	16.100	—
Zou Kai		15.700 Q	—		15.700	—	15.600 Q	—		15.925	—				15.975	—
Total		60.925	61.200	62.850	65.325	63.300	61.075	374.675	1 Q	45.925	46.025	48.875	49.325	49.025	46.950	286.125

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Chen Yibing	All-around	0.000	13.750	16.650	15.900	14.950	12.975	74.225	24
	Rings	—		16.600	—			16.600
Huang Xu	Parallel bars	—				15.700	—	15.700	6
Li Xiaopeng		—				16.450	—	16.450
Xiao Qin	Pommel horse	—	15.875	—				15.875
Yang Wei	All-around	15.250	15.275	16.625	16.550	16.100	14.775	94.575
	Pommel horse	—	15.450	—				15.450	4
	Rings	—		16.425	—			16.425
Zou Kai	Floor	16.050	—					16.050
	Horizontal bar	—					16.200	16.200

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Cheng Fei	Team	15.750 Q	16.150 Q	—	15.875 Q	—		15.450	16.000	—	15.150	—
Deng Linlin		14.950	15.225	14.725	15.550	60.450	9*	15.250	—	15.925	15.150	—
He Kexin		—	15.250	15.725 Q	—			—		16.850	—
Jiang Yuyan		15.050 Q	14.775	15.550	15.250	60.625	7 Q	15.200	—	15.975	—
Li Shanshan		14.200	—		16.125 Q	—		—			16.050	—
Yang Yilin		15.000	15.200	16.650 Q	15.500	62.350	3 Q	—	15.100	16.800	—
Total		60.750	61.825	62.650	63.050	248.275	1 Q	45.800	46.350	49.625	47.125	188.900

* Only two gymnasts per country may advance to a final.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Cheng Fei	Floor	14.550	—			14.550	7
	Vault	—	15.852	—		15.852
	Balance beam	—			15.950	15.950
Jiang Yuyuan	All-around	14.775	14.825	15.875	15.425	60.900	6
	Floor	15.350	—			15.350	4
He Kexin	Uneven bars	—		16.725	—	16.725
Li Shanshan	Balance beam	—			15.300	15.300	6
Yang Yilin	All-around	15.000	15.175	16.725	15.750	62.650
	Uneven bars	—		16.650	—	16.650

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Li Hongyang	Individual	16.675	16.425	16.375	16.475	65.950	13	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Cai Tongtong Chou Tao Lü Yuanyang Sui Jianshuang Sun Dan Zhang Shuo	Team	17.300	17.225	34.525	3 Q	17.575	17.650	35.225

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Dong Dong	Men's	71.70	3 Q	40.60
Lu Chunlong		72.40	1 Q	41.00
He Wenna	Women's	67.20	1 Q	37.80
Huang Shanshan		69.00	15	Did not advance

The men's handball team had competed for the first time at the Olympics. China was drawn in Group A with Poland, France, Croatia, Brazil and Spain.

Roster

The following is the China roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[20][21]

Head coach: Yam Weiming

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 P Cui Liang (1983-02-20)20 February 1983 (aged 25) 1.95 m 80 354 Beijing Army 3 CB Zhu Jie (1978-01-30)30 January 1978 (aged 30) 1.87 m 70 278 Guangdong Handball Team 5 P Yan Liang (1985-01-23)23 January 1985 (aged 23) 2.01 m 40 105 Jiangsu Suzhou 6 RB Cui Lei (1980-10-15)15 October 1980 (aged 27) 1.97 m 50 186 Beijing Army 7 CB Zhang Ji (1978-11-05)5 November 1978 (aged 29) 1.86 m 30 120 Beijing Handball Team 8 P Zhou Xiaojian (1985-01-13)13 January 1985 (aged 23) 1.98 m 40 113 Jiangsu Suzhou 10 RW Li Hexin (1985-09-16)16 September 1985 (aged 22) 1.94 m 20 10 Shanghai Handball Team 11 LW Zhang Xing (1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 22) 1.93 m 30 97 Jiangsu Suzhou 12 GK Wang Long (1985-11-27)27 November 1985 (aged 22) 1.95 m 25 Beijing Handball Team 13 RW Wang Xiaolong (1989-08-17)17 August 1989 (aged 18) 1.87 m 30 116 Anhui Hefei 14 LB Tian Jianxia (1986-09-03)3 September 1986 (aged 21) 1.90 m 40 132 Tianjing Handball Team 16 GK Ye Qiang (1978-06-16)16 June 1978 (aged 30) 1.93 m 75 Jiangsu Suzhou 18 LB Hao Kexin (1986-01-25)25 January 1986 (aged 22) 1.98 m 50 233 Jiangsu Suzhou 19 RB Miao Qing (1983-02-04)4 February 1983 (aged 25) 2.00 m 50 225 Beijing Army 20 LW Zhu Wenxin (1980-02-11)11 February 1980 (aged 28) 1.76 m 50 365 Beijing Army

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
France	5	4	1	0	148	115	+33	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Poland	5	3	1	1	147	128	+19	7
Croatia	5	3	0	2	140	115	+25	6
Spain	5	3	0	2	152	145	+7	6
Brazil	5	1	0	4	129	153	−24	2
China	5	0	0	5	104	164	−60	0

10 August 2008 19:00	Poland	33 – 19	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Jurasik 8	(21–10)	five players 3
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

12 August 2008 14:00	China	19 – 33	France	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Hao 5	(7–19)	three players 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

14 August 2008 15:45	China	22 – 36	Spain	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Cui 5	(12–16)	Tomás 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

16 August 2008 09:00	Brazil	29 – 22	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Ribeiro, Laureano 5	(14–10)	Cui Liang, Cui Lei 4
	3× 3×	Report	4× 4×

18 August 2008 15:45	Croatia	33 – 22	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Šprem 8	(17–13)	Hao 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 1× 1×

Roster

The following is the China roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[22]

Head coach: Kang Jae-won

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Liu Guini (1982-05-28)28 May 1982 (aged 26) 1.76 m 50 Shandong Weihai 2 RW Wei Qiuxiang (1986-02-15)15 February 1986 (aged 22) 1.75 m 30 182 Jiangsu Guangzhou 3 P Liu Yun (1982-03-06)6 March 1982 (aged 26) 1.80 m 70 396 Anhui Hefei 7 CB Zhang Geng (1980-03-09)9 March 1980 (aged 28) 1.76 m 50 216 Guangdong Guangzhou 9 RW Wang Min (1980-06-14)14 June 1980 (aged 28) 1.74 m 60 197 Shanghai Handball Team 10 LB Wang Shasha (1987-01-08)8 January 1987 (aged 21) 1.76 m 70 377 Shandong Weihai 12 GK Huang Hong (1980-03-07)7 March 1980 (aged 28) 1.83 m 50 Anhui Hefei 13 LW Wu Yanan (1981-09-14)14 September 1981 (aged 26) 1.70 m 65 226 Beijing Army 14 RB Liu Xiaomei (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 23) 1.78 m 60 300 Anhui Hefei 15 P Sun Laimiao (1981-04-08)8 April 1981 (aged 27) 1.76 m 50 168 Anhui Hefei 18 CB Wu Wenjuan (1981-07-05)5 July 1981 (aged 27) 1.82 m 60 235 Shanghai Handball Team 19 CB Li Weiwei (1982-07-07)7 July 1982 (aged 26) 1.79 m 60 364 Beijing Army 21 LB Li Bing (1980-01-21)21 January 1980 (aged 28) 1.82 m 70 347 Beijing Army 22 LW Huang Dongjie (1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 26) 1.75 m 55 215 Heilongjiang Harbin 23 RB Yan Meizhu (1989-01-28)28 January 1989 (aged 19) 1.87 m 30 85 Beijing Handball Team

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Norway	5	5	0	0	154	106	+48	10	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Romania	5	4	0	1	150	112	+38	8
China	5	2	0	3	122	135	−13	4
France	5	2	0	3	121	128	−7	4
Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	109	137	−28	3
Angola	5	0	1	4	109	147	−38	1

9 August 2008 19:00	Norway	30 – 23	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Hammerseng 7	(13–12)	Li Weiwei 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7×

11 August 2008 19:00	China	20 – 34	Romania	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liudownyk, Vakula (UKR)
	Wei Qiuxiang 6	(11–17)	Amariei 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

13 August 2008 15:45	China	32 – 24	Angola	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Liu Xiaomei 7	(14–12)	Almeida 8
	3× 5× 1×	Report	4× 2×

15 August 2008 09:00	Kazakhstan	29 – 26	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Pikalova 8	(14–10)	Li Weiwei 11
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

17 August 2008 15:45	France	18 – 21	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
	Ayglon 5	(10–9)	Wu Wenjuan 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 6×

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 18:00	South Korea	31 – 23	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Aires, Aparecido (BRA)
	Park Chung-hee 8	(16–12)	Huang Dongjie 5
	3× 4×	Report	4× 1×

Classification semifinal

21 August 2008 12:00	Sweden	19 – 20	China	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Torstenson 6	(7–8)	Wang Shasha 5
	4× 5×	Report	3× 3×

5th–6th place

23 August 2008 10:15	China	23 – 31	France	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Liu Yun 7	(10–15)	Herbrecht, Pecqueux-Rolland 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liu Renwang	−60 kg	Bye	Utarbayev (KAZ) W 0001–0000	Kishmakov (RUS) L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Wu Ritubilige	−66 kg	Bye	Ungvári (HUN) L 0001–0011	Did not advance
Si Rijigawa	−73 kg	—	Leon (VEN) W 0001–0000	Huysuz (TUR) W 0010–0001	Boqiev (TJK) L 0001–1110	Did not advance	Bye	Bilodid (UKR) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Guo Lei	−81 kg	Bye	Vis (ARU) W 1100–0000	Mrvaljević (MNE) L 0001–0111	Did not advance
He Yanzhu	−90 kg	—	Santos (BRA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Shao Ning	−100 kg	—	Matyjaszek (POL) L 0000–1101	Did not advance
Pan Song	+100 kg	Bye	Dzhanagulov (KGZ) W 1001–0001	Tmenov (RUS) L 0000–0200	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wu Shugen	−48 kg	Tani (JPN) L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Xian Dongmei	−52 kg	Bye	Carrascosa (ESP) W 1000–0000	Monteiro (POR) W 1011–0010	Haddad (ALG) W 1001–0000	Bye			An K-A (PRK) W 0011–0001
Xu Yan	−57 kg	Latrous (ALG) W 1001–0001	Koivumäki (FIN) W 0020–0000	Sato (JPN) W 0010–0002	Gravenstijn (NED) L 0001–0100	Bye			Harel (FRA) W 0011–0001
Xu Yuhua	−63 kg	Kong J-Y (KOR) L 0100–0012	Did not advance
Wang Juan	−70 kg	Bye	Ueno (JPN) L 0001–1011	Did not advance		Park K-Y (KOR) W 0010–0000	Mészáros (HUN) L 0000–1010	Did not advance
Yang Xiuli	−78 kg	Proskurakova (KGZ) W 1000–0000	Lkhamdegd (MGL) W 1021–0000	Levesque (CAN) W 1000–0000	San Miguel (ESP) W 1031–0000	Bye			Castillo (CUB) W 0000–0000 YUS
Tong Wen	+78 kg	Donguzashvili (RUS) W 1000–0000	Prokof'yeva (UKR) W 1000–0000	Kim N-Y (KOR) W 1001–0000	Ortiz (CUB) W 0010–0000	Bye			Tsukada (JPN) W 1001–0010

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Cao Zhongrong	Men's	160	36	856	21–14	5	904	2:01.53	4	1344	488	29	712	9:57.67	29	1012	4828	31
Qian Zhenhua		189	2	1204	26–9	1	1024	2:07.46	22	1272	168	19	1032	10:04.40	34	984	5516	4
Chen Qian	Women's	177	19	1060	20–15	=11	880	2:18.58	15	1260	0	3	1200	10:27.41	8	1212	5612	5
Xiu Xiu		183	11	1132	19–16	=14	856	2:17.17	=13	1276	56	12	1144	11:06.31	27	1056	5464	10

China qualified for 11 of the total 14 rowing events. Zhang Liang was disqualified from the men's single sculls after he forgot the time of his race and failed to turn to the right heat. When Liang finally arrived to take part in the single scull the competition had already finished. "I wrongly remembered my time as that of the third group, but actually it was the second group", he explained. The rules of the International Rowing Federation say if an athlete fails to attend a race he forfeits his right to compete in further races. Therefore, Zhang not only missed the single sculls but also forfeited his right to compete in the double sculls. This meant his action had also automatically disqualified his teammate Su Hui. The China Water Sports Administration appealed the decision but the plea was rejected. "This shows we still have some problems in team organization", commented Wei Di, the director of China's water sports programs.^[23]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zhang Liang	Single sculls	DNS		—		Did not advance
Su Hui Zhang Liang	Double sculls	Excluded				—		Did not advance
Sun Jie Zhang Guolin	Lightweight double sculls	6:17.62	2 SA/B	Bye		—		6:29.29	3 FA	6:16.69	5
Guo Kang Song Kai Zhang Xingbo Zhao Linquan	Four	6:09.64	4 R	6:02.37	4	—		Did not advance
Huang Zhongming Tian Jun Wu Chongkui Zhang Lin	Lightweight four	5:51.30	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:12.55	5 FB	6:04.48	8
Liu Zhen Qu Xiaoming Wang Jingfeng Wang Xiangdang Zhang Dechang Zhang Shunyin Zhang Yongqiang Zheng Chuanqi Zhou Yinan	Eight	5:35.09	3 R	5:42.97	5 FA	—				5:34.59	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zhang Xiuyun	Single sculls	7:38.16	1 QF	—		7:23.30	2 SA/B	7:31.33	1 FA	7:25.48	4
Wu You Gao Yulan	Pair	7:32.50	3 R	7:23.71	1 FA	—				7:22.28
Li Qin Tian Liang	Double sculls	7:03.13	1 FA	Bye		—				7:15.85	4
Xu Dongxiang Yu Hua	Lightweight double sculls	6:57.58	1 SA/B	Bye		—		7:11.59	2 FA	7:01.90	5
Jin Ziwei Tang Bin Xi Aihua Zhang Yangyang	Quadruple sculls	6:11.83	1 SA/B	Bye		—				6:16.06

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

China has qualified for all 11 sailing events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Wang Aichen	RS:X	2	8	9	16	2	14	22	14	19	1	10	95	7
Shen Sheng	Laser	40	35	6	4	37	14	10	28	25	CAN	EL	159	20
Deng Daokun Wang Weidong	470	12	DSQ	23	16	21	26	OCS	22	8	28	EL	186	26
Li Hongquan Wang He	Star	16	16	16	14	16	16	15	15	16	16	EL	140	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Yin Jian	RS:X	1	1	1	3	3	13	7	8	8	1	6	39
Xu Lijia	Laser Radial	24	3	10	6	5	2	1	16	6	CAN	6	50
Wen Yimei Yu Chunyan	470	5	10	19	17	16	14	OCS	12	16	10	EL	119	18
Li Xiaoni Song Xiaqun Yu Yanli	Yngling	7	5	DSQ	4	13	6	8	4	CAN	CAN	8	65	8

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Zhang Peng	Finn	25	23	24	20	5	26	23	11	CAN	CAN	—					EL	131	24
Hu Xianqiang Li Fei	49er	18	19	19	19	16	17	15	17	15	14	18	9	CAN	CAN	CAN	EL	176	19
Chen Xiuke Luo Youjia	Tornado	9	14	OCS	DNF	13	5	14	13	12	14	—					EL	102	14

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cao Yifei	10 m air rifle	593	14	Did not advance
Hu Binyuan	Double trap	138	3 Q	184
Jia Zhanbo	50 m rifle prone	591	27	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1163	24	Did not advance
Jin Di	Skeet	118	7	Did not advance
Li Yajun	Trap	113	21	Did not advance
Li Yang		115	16	Did not advance
Lin Zhongzai	50 m pistol	555	16	Did not advance
Liu Zhongsheng	25 m rapid fire pistol	572	9	Did not advance
Pang Wei	10 m air pistol	586	1 Q	688.2
Qiu Jian	50 m rifle prone	593	19	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1173	4	1272.5
Qu Ridong	Skeet	118	6 Q	142	6
Tan Zongliang	10 m air pistol	580	11	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	565	1 Q	659.5
Wang Nan	Double trap	134	12	Did not advance
Zhang Penghui	25 m rapid fire pistol	DSQ		Did not advance
Zhu Qinan	10 m air rifle	597	2 Q	699.7

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chen Ying	25 m pistol	585	3 Q	793.4 OR
Du Li	10 m air rifle	399	4 Q	499.6	5
	50 m rifle 3 positions	589 OR	1 Q	690.3 OR
Fei Fengji	25 m pistol	582	7 Q	787.9	4
Guo Wenjun	10 m air pistol	390	2 Q	492.3 OR
Liu Yingzi	Trap	63	12	Did not advance
Ren Jie	10 m air pistol	381	19	Did not advance
Wei Ning	Skeet	70	5 Q	91	6
Wu Liuxi	50 m rifle 3 positions	585	7 Q	685.9	8
Zhao Yinghui	10 m air rifle	389	37	Did not advance

A squad of 15 players made up China's women's team at the Games. The team finished sixth in the group stage and did not advance to the medal matches.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Team	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
United States	7	0	53	1	1.000	-	-
Japan	6	1	23	13	.857	1	-
Australia	5	2	30	11	.714	2	-
Canada	3	4	17	23	.429	4	-
Chinese Taipei	2	5	10	23	.286	5	2-0 vs. CHN/VEN
China	2	5	19	21	.286	5	1-1 vs. TPE/VEN
Venezuela	2	5	15	35	.286	5	0-2 vs. CHN/TPE
Netherlands	1	6	8	48	.143	6	-

Results

Group stage All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cai Li	50 m freestyle	22.50	30	Did not advance
Chen Yin	200 m butterfly	1:56.55	15 Q	1:55.88	11	Did not advance
Chen Zuo	100 m freestyle	49.08	25	Did not advance
Deng Jian	200 m backstroke	2:03.34	37	Did not advance
Lai Zhongjian	200 m breaststroke	2:16.28	44	Did not advance
Qu Jingyu	200 m individual medley	2:03.15	34	Did not advance
Shi Feng	100 m butterfly	51.87	12 Q	51.68	9	Did not advance
Sun Xiaolei	100 m backstroke	56.44	37	Did not advance
Sun Yang	400 m freestyle	3:50.90	28	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	14:48.39	7 Q	—		15:05.12	8
Wu Peng	200 m butterfly	1:55.39	7 Q	1:54.93	5 Q	1:54.35	4
Xin Tong	10 km open water	—				2:09:13.4	23
Xue Ruipeng	100 m breaststroke	1:02.48	46	Did not advance
Zhang Enjian	200 m freestyle	1:49.15	33	Did not advance
Zhang Lin	400 m freestyle	3:43.32	2 Q	—		3:42.44
	1500 m freestyle	14:45.84	4 Q	—		14:55.20	7
Cai Li Chen Zuo Huang Shaohua Lü Zhiwu	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:16.16	12	—		Did not advance
Shi Haoran Sun Yang Zhang Enjian Zhang Lin	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:13.57	10	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chen Huijia	100 m breaststroke	1:08.24	12 Q	1:08.60	12	Did not advance
Chen Yanyan	200 m backstroke	2:11.95	19	Did not advance
Jiao Liuyang	200 m butterfly	2:06.89	4 Q	2:06.42	3 Q	2:04.72
Li Jiaxing	200 m individual medley	2:12.53	12 Q	2:13.47	15	Did not advance
Li Mo	400 m freestyle	4:15.50	26	—		Did not advance
Li Xuanxu	800 m freestyle	8:24.37	7 Q	—		8:26.34	5
	400 m individual medley	4:36.35	6 Q	—		4:42.13	8
Li Zhesi	50 m freestyle	25.00	12 Q	24.90	13	Did not advance
Liu Jing	400 m individual medley	4:44.96	25	—		Did not advance
Liu Zige	200 m butterfly	2:06.46	1 Q	2:06.25	1 Q	2:04.18 WR
Luo Nan	200 m breaststroke	2:29.67	26	Did not advance
Pang Jiaying	100 m freestyle	54.01	=7 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:57.37 OR	6 Q	1:57.34	4 Q	1:55.05
Qi Hui	200 m breaststroke	2:26.16	13 Q	2:27.63	13	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:14.25	20	Did not advance
Sun Ye	100 m breaststroke	1:07.81	6 Q	1:07.72	6 Q	1:08.08	7
Tan Miao	400 m freestyle	4:12.35	22	—		Did not advance
Xu Tianlongzi	100 m backstroke	1:00.82	17	Did not advance
Xu Yanwei	100 m butterfly	59.43	32	Did not advance
Yanqiao Fang	10 km open water	—				2:01:07.9	19
You Meihong	800 m freestyle	8:31.11	15	—		Did not advance
Zhao Jing	100 m backstroke	DSQ		Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:08.97	4 Q	2:09.59	10	Did not advance
Zhou Yafei	100 m butterfly	57.70	2 Q	57.68	5 Q	57.84	4
Zhu Qianwei	200 m freestyle	1:59.52	19	Did not advance
Zhu Yingwen	50 m freestyle	24.91	7 Q	24.76	9	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.01	=7 Q	53.84	3 Q	54.21	6
Pang Jiaying Tang Yi Xu Yanwei Zhu Yingwen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:36.78	1 Q	—		3:35.64	4
Pang Jiaying Tan Miao Tang Jingzhi* Yang Yu Zhu Qianwei	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:53.77	4 Q	—		7:45.93
Pang Jiaying Sun Ye Xu Tianlongzi* Zhao Jing Zhou Yafei	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.21	4 Q	—		3:56.11

*Participated in the heats only and received medal.

China finished fourth at the 2007 world championships and hoped to medal in the event for the first time ever at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Chinese were coached by Masayo Imura, the legendary Japanese synchronized swimming instructor.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen	Duet	48.084	4	48.500	96.584	4 Q	48.250	96.334	4
Gu Beibei Huang Xuechen Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen Liu Ou Luo Xi Sun Qiuting Wang Na Zhang Xiaohuan	Team	48.584	3	—			48.750	97.334

Men's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ma Lin	Singles	Bye			Tokic (SLO) W 4–1	Kreanga (GRE) W 4–0	Oh S-E (KOR) W 4–0	Wang Lq (CHN) W 4–2	Wang H (CHN) W 4–1
Wang Hao		Bye			Chen Wx (AUT) W 4–0	Kan (JPN) W 4–1	Ko L C (HKG) W 4–1	Persson (SWE) W 4–1	Ma L (CHN) L 1–4
Wang Liqin		Bye			Błaszczyk (POL) W 4–0	Schlager (AUT) W 4–0	Tan Rw (CRO) W 4–0	Ma L (CHN) L 2–4	Persson (SWE) W 4–0

Women's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Guo Yue	Singles	Bye			Lau S F (HKG) W 4–0	Li J (NED) W 4–0	Wu X (DOM) W 4–0	Wang N (CHN) L 2–4	Li Jw (SIN) W 4–2
Wang Nan		Bye			Póta (HUN) W 4–0	Park M-Y (KOR) W 4–2	Tie Y N (HKG) W 4–1	Guo Y (CHN) W 4–2	Zhang Yn (CHN) L 1–4
Zhang Yining		Bye			Pavlovich (BLR) W 4–0	Fukuhara (JPN) W 4–1	Feng Tw (SIN) W 4–1	Li Jw (SIN) W 4–1	Wang N (CHN) W 4–1

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin	Men's team	Group A  Austria (AUT) W 3 – 0  Greece (GRE) W 3 – 0  Australia (AUS) W 3 – 0	1 Q	South Korea (KOR) W 3 – 0	Bye			Germany (GER) W 3 – 0
Guo Yue Wang Nan Zhang Yining	Women's team	Group A  Croatia (CRO) W 3 – 0  Dominican Republic (DOM) W 3 – 0  Austria (AUT) W 3 – 0	1 Q	Hong Kong (HKG) W 3 – 0	Bye			Singapore (SIN) W 3 – 0

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zhu Guo	Men's −80 kg	Ferrera (HON) W 3–1	Saei (IRI) L 2–3	Did not advance	Bista (NEP) W 6–2	Cook (GBR) W 4–1	Did not advance
Liu Xiaobo	Men's +80 kg	Beach (NZL) W 4–1	Matos (CUB) L 1–2	Did not advance
Wu Jingyu	Women's −49 kg	Alango (KEN) W 7–0	Zajc (SWE) W 8–1	Yang S-C (TPE) W 4–1	Bye		Puedpong (THA) W 1–(–1)
Chen Zhong	Women's +67 kg	Carmona (VEN) W 3–1	Stevenson (GBR) L 1–2*	Did not advance

* After a successful appeal by the British, judges reversed the result of the match, granting Sarah Stevenson two points for a final round kick to her opponent's head which the judges had previously missed. The reversal of the decision, after video footage was considered, is thought to be a first for the sport.^[24]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sun Peng	Singles	González (CHI) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Yu Xinyuan		Berdych (CZE) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Zeng Shaoxuan		Nalbandian (ARG) L 2–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan	Doubles	—	Fyrstenberg / Matkowski (POL) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Li Na	Singles	Kuznetsova (RUS) W 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Morita (JPN) W 6–2, 7–5	Kanepi (EST) W 4–6, 6–2, 6–0	V Williams (USA) W 7–5, 7–5	Safina (RUS) L 6–7(3–7), 5–7	Zvonareva (RUS) L 0–6, 5–7	4
Peng Shuai		Suárez Navarro (ESP) W 7–5, 7–6(7–2)	Cornet (FRA) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Yan Zi		Zvonareva (RUS) L 2–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Zheng Jie		Szávay (HUN) W 4–6, 6–3, 7–5	Llagostera Vives (ESP) W 6–7(7–9), 6–1, 6–4	Safina (RUS) L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian	Doubles	—	Govortsova / Kustova (BLR) L 6–7(1–7), 6–7(3–7)	Did not advance
Yan Zi Zheng Jie		—	Hantuchová / Husárová (SVK) W 6–1, 7–6(11–9)	Gagliardi / Schnyder (SUI) W 6–3, 7–6(7–2)	Kuznetsova / Safina (RUS) W 6–3, 7–5, 10–8	Medina Garrigues / Ruano Pascual (ESP) L 4–6, 6–7(5–7)	A Bondarenko / K Bondarenko (UKR) W 6–2, 6–2

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Wang Daqing	Men's	18:06	0:30	59:15	0:33	37:17	1:55:41.87	46
Xing Lin	Women's	20:03	0:28	1:06:22	0:36	40:05	2:07:34.99	40
Zhang Yi		19:58	0:31	1:07:10	0:37	40:21	2:08:37.56	42

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Wu Penggen Xu Linyin	Men's	Pool A  Gosch – Horst (AUT) W 2 – 0 (21–16, 21–15)  Kais – Vesik (EST) W 2 – 1 (15–21, 21–11, 15–13)  Herrera – Mesa (ESP) W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–15)	1 Q	Klemperer – Koreng (GER) W 2 – 0 (15–21, 18–21)	Did not advance
Tian Jia Wang Jie	Women's	Pool A  Kuhn – Schwer (SUI) W 2 – 0 (21–12, 21–18)  Mouha – van Breedam (BEL) W 2 – 1 (18–21, 21–19, 15–13)  Maaseide – Glesnes (NOR) W 2 – 1 (17–21, 21–14, 15–8)	1 Q	Håkedal – Tørlen (NOR) W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–15)	D Schwaiger – S Schwaiger (AUT) W 2 – 0 (21–12, 21–12)	Xue C – Zhang X (CHN) W 2 – 1 (22–24, 29–27, 15–8)	May-Treanor – Walsh (USA) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 18–21)
Xue Chen Zhang Xi		Pool D  Koutroumanidou – Tsiartsiani (GRE) W 2 – 1 (21–18, 19–21, 15–12)  Goller – Ludwig (GER) W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–18)  Augoustides – Nel (RSA) W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–9)	1 Q	Crespo – Esteves (CUB) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–13)	Branagh – Youngs (USA) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–13)	Tian J – Wang J (CHN) L 1 – 2 (24–22, 27–29, 8–15)	Talita – Renata (BRA) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 21–17)

China qualified a team in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team won two of their five group matches, and advanced to the final round, where they lost in the quarterfinal. The women's team won three of their five group matches, and also advanced to the final round. There, they won the quarterfinal, but lost the semifinal. They managed to win their last match, thereby securing the bronze medal.

Roster

The following is the Chinese roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[25]

Head Coach: Zhou Jianan

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Bian Hongmin	22 September 1989	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Zhejiang
4	Yuan Zhi	29 September 1981	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	348 cm (137 in)	334 cm (131 in)	Liaoning
5	Guo Peng	1 July 1982	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	337 cm (133 in)	Army
6	Shi Hairong	27 March 1977	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Jiangsu
8	Cui Jianjun	1 August 1985	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Henan
9	Jiao Shuai	28 January 1984	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	341 cm (134 in)	Henan
11	Yu Dawei	21 June 1984	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Shandong
12	Shen Qiong (c)	5 September 1981	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	359 cm (141 in)	349 cm (137 in)	Shanghai
14	Jiang Fudong	10 January 1983	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	336 cm (132 in)	Sichuan
16	Ren Qi (L)	24 February 1984	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	322 cm (127 in)	312 cm (123 in)	Shanghai
17	Sui Shengsheng	30 May 1980	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	334 cm (131 in)	Liaoning
18	Fang Yingchao	3 August 1982	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	360 cm (140 in)	350 cm (140 in)	Shanghai

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	10	460	371	1.240	15	4	3.750	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	439	401	1.095	13	6	2.167
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	446	440	1.014	10	9	1.111
4	China	5	2	3	7	445	492	0.904	9	13	0.692
5	Venezuela	5	1	4	6	421	451	0.933	8	12	0.667
6	Japan	5	0	5	5	392	448	0.875	4	15	0.267

10 August 2008 (2008-08-10) 20:00	Bulgaria	3–1	China	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Laert Souza (BRA), Mitch Davidson (CAN)
	(25–20, 25–21, 26–28, 25–19) Results Statistics

12 August 2008 (2008-08-12) 20:00	Venezuela	2–3	China	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Massimo Menghini (ITA), Konstantin Tufekchiev (BUL)
	(21–25, 25–21, 25–16, 21–25, 14–16) Results Statistics

14 August 2008 20:00	China	3–2	Japan	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Frank Leuthauser (GER)
	(25–20, 25–23, 17–25, 16–25, 15–10) result statistics

16 August 2008 10:00	United States	3–0	China	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,650 Referees: Patrick Deregnaucourt (FRA), Laert Souza (BRA)
	(25–22, 25–12, 25–18) result statistics

18 August 2008 20:00	China	2–3	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Mitch Davidson (CAN), Humberto Salas (MEX)
	(17–25, 23–25, 25–21, 25–20, 14–16) result statistics

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 20:00	China	0–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Massimo Menghini (ITA), Frank Leuthauser (GER)
	(17–25, 15–25, 16–25) result statistics

Roster

The following is the Chinese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[26][27]

Head coach: Chen Zhonghe

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Wang Yimei	11 January 1988	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	318 cm (125 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Liaoning
2	Feng Kun (C)	28 December 1978	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	319 cm (126 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Beijing
3	Yang Hao	21 March 1980	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	319 cm (126 in)	314 cm (124 in)	Liaoning
4	Liu Yanan	29 September 1980	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	313 cm (123 in)	Liaoning
5	Wei Qiuyue	26 September 1988	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Tianjin
6	Xu Yunli	2 August 1987	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	313 cm (123 in)	306 cm (120 in)	Fujian
7	Zhou Suhong	23 April 1979	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	313 cm (123 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Zhejiang
9	Zhao Ruirui	8 October 1981	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	326 cm (128 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Army
10	Xue Ming	23 February 1987	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	322 cm (127 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Beijing
11	Li Juan	15 May 1981	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	307 cm (121 in)	Tianjin
16	Zhang Na (L)	19 April 1980	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	292 cm (115 in)	Tianjin
17	Ma Yunwen	19 October 1986	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	307 cm (121 in)	Shanghai

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	5	0	10	426	371	1.148	15	3	5.000	Quarterfinals
2	United States	5	4	1	9	459	441	1.041	12	9	1.333
3	China	5	3	2	8	467	395	1.182	13	7	1.857
4	Japan	5	2	3	7	381	389	0.979	7	11	0.636
5	Poland	5	1	4	6	441	445	0.991	9	12	0.750
6	Venezuela	5	0	5	5	262	395	0.663	1	15	0.067

9 August 2008 20:00	Venezuela	0–3	China	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia), Patrick Deregnaucourt (France)
	(13–25, 13–25, 18–25) result statistics

11 August 2008 20:00	China	3–1	Poland	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Victor Manuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico), Francisco de Souza (Brazil)
	(22–25, 25–15, 25–20, 25–22) result statistics

13 August 2008 20:00	Cuba	3–2	China	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Frank Leuthauser (Germany), Massimo Menghini (Italy)
	(18–25, 14–25, 25–23, 32–30, 15–13) result statistics

15 August 2008 20:00	United States	3–2	China	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria), Umit Sokullu (Turkey)
	(23–25, 25–22, 23–25, 25–20, 15–11) result statistics

17 August 2008 20:00	China	3–0	Japan	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea), Janpen Jirakakul (Thailand)
	(26–24, 25–16, 25–14) result statistics

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 20:00	China	3–0	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Humberto Salas (Mexico), Victor Manuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)
	(25–22, 27–25, 25–19) result statistics

Semifinal

21 August 2008 20:00	China	0–3	Brazil	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Frank Leuthauser (Germany), Andrei Zenovich (Russia)
	(25–27, 22–25, 14–25) result statistics

Bronze medal match

23 August 2008 12:30	Cuba	1–3	China	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Andrei Zenovich (Russia), Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria)
	(16–25, 25–21, 13–25, 20–25) result statistics

China participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team finished in 12th place, while the women's team finished in 5th place.

Roster

The following is the Chinese roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[14]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Ge Weiqing	GK	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	25 April 1977	Shanghai
2	Liang Zhongxing	CB	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	23 December 1986	Guangdong Guangzhou
3	Wu Zhiyu	CB	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	9 September 1983	Shanghai
4	Yu Lijun	CF	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	28 November 1978	Shanghai
5	Li Jun	CB	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	18 October 1980	Huana Changsha
6	Tan Feihu	CF	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	1 January 1987	Huana Changsha
7	Wang Yong	D	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	29 January 1979	Shanghai
8	Li Bin	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	24 October 1983	Shanghai
9	Wang Beiming	D	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	13 August 1983	Shanghai
10	Xie Junmin	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	17 May 1983	Guangdong Guangzhou
11	Han Zhidong	D	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	29 July 1977	Guangdong Guangzhou
12	Wang Yang	D	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	17 January 1983	Guangdong Guangzhou
13	Ma Jianjun	GK	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	8 October 1984	Shanghai

Head coach: Wang Minhui

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	5	4	0	1	37	31	+6	8	Qualified for the semifinals
Croatia	5	4	0	1	56	31	+25	8	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Serbia	5	3	0	2	50	38	+12	6
Germany	5	2	0	3	33	44	−11	4	Will play for places 7–10
Italy	5	2	0	3	57	50	+7	4	Will play for places 7–12
China	5	0	0	5	25	64	−39	0

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 16:40	Report	United States	8–4	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Brguljan (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 2–1, 2–0
		Azevedo 5, Beaubien 2	Goals	Wang B. 2

12 August 2008 16:40	Report	Germany	6–5	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Hart (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 5–2, 0–0, 1–1
		Savić 2, Schertwitis 2	Goals	Yu 2

14 August 2008 16:40	Report	China	7–19	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–5, 1–4, 2–5
		Xie 3, Han 2	Goals	Calcaterra 4, Gallo 3, Angelini 3, Di Costanzo 2, Felugo 2, Mistrangelo 2

16 August 2008 16:40	Report	Serbia	15–5	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Koryzna (POL), Oshima (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–1, 4–2, 4–0
		Šapić 9, Vujasinović 3	Goals	Liang 3, Xie 2

18 August 2008 16:40	Report	China	4–16	Croatia	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–3, 1–1, 3–8
		Wu 2	Goals	Barač 4, Joković 3, Đogaš 2, Marković 2, Hinić 2

Classification quarter-final

20 August 2008 10:50	Report	Greece	13–8	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Knights (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–4, 2–0, 4–3
		Ntoskas 4, G. Afroudakis 3, C. Afroudakis 2	Goals	Xie 3, Wang Yo. 2

Classification 11th–12th

22 August 2008 09:30	Report	Canada	8–7	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Koryzna (POL), Argyros (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 1–2, 3–3
		Boyd 2, Sayegh 2	Goals	Yu 2, Han 2

Roster

The following is the Chinese roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[28]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Yang Jun	GK	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	28 April 1988	Tianjin
2	Teng Fei	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	23 January 1988	Tianjin
3	Liu Ping	CB	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	1 May 1987	Tianjin
4	Sun Yujun	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	30 January 1987	Tianjin
5	He Jin	CF	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	3 May 1987	Tianjin
6	Sun Yating	CF	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	24 February 1988	Tianjin
7	Wang Ying	CB	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	7 August 1988	Guangxi
8	Gao Ao	D	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	26 July 1990	Tianjin
9	Wang Yi	D	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	29 July 1987	Guangxi
10	Ma Huanhuan	CB	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	13 January 1990	Guangxi
11	Sun Huizi	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	11 June 1990	Sichuan
12	Qiao Leiying	D	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	24 August 1989	Sichuan
13	Tan Ying	GK	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	30 June 1987	Sichuan

Head coach: Juan Jane Giralt

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	3	2	1	0	33	27	+6	5	Qualified for semifinals
Italy	3	2	1	0	28	26	+2	5	Qualified for quarterfinals
China	3	1	0	2	33	33	0	2
Russia	3	0	0	3	26	34	−8	0	Will play for places 7th–8th

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008 17:00	Report	United States	12–11	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Gabor Kiszelly (HUN), Ahmet Erhan Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 5–4, 2–2, 2–2
		Golda 4, Craig 3, Hayes 2	Goals	Gao 3, Teng 2, Sun Yu. 2, Sun H. 2

13 August 2008 17:00	Report	Russia	11–13	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Gaetan Turcotte (CAN), Torsten Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–4, 3–1, 1–5
		Pantyulina 3, Vylegzhanina 2	Goals	Sun Yu. 4, Gao 2, Sun H. 2

15 August 2008 17:00	Report	Italy	10–9	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Gabor Kiszelly (HUN), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 2–4, 2–1
		Casanova 4, di Mario 3	Goals	Sun Ya. 3, Wang Yi 2, Qiao 2

Quarterfinal

17 August 2008 14:20	Report	China	11–12	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Decio Jr Patelli (BRA), Jaime Moliner Molins (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–2, 2–4, 3–2
		Ma 3, Sun H. 2	Goals	Gynther 5, Cuffe 2, M. Rippon 2

Classification 5th–6th

19 August 2008 13:00	Report	China	10–7	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Ahmet Erhan Tulga (TUR), Gaetan Turcotte (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 1–3, 4–0
		Gao 4, Sun H. 2	Goals	di Mario 3, Zanchi 2

China automatically qualifies for 6 men's and 4 women's places.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long Qingquan	−56 kg	132	1	160	1	292
Zhang Xiangxiang	−62 kg	143	1	176	1	319
Liao Hui	−69 kg	158	1	190	1	348
Shi Zhiyong		152	4	—	—	152	DNF
Li Hongli	−77 kg	168	1	198	2	366
Lu Yong	−85 kg	180	2	214	1	394

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chen Xiexia	−48 kg	95	1	117 OR	1	212 OR	DSQ[29]
Chen Yanqing	−58 kg	106	1	138 OR	1	244 OR
Liu Chunhong	−69 kg	128 WR	1	158 WR	1	286 WR	DSQ[29]
Cao Lei	−75 kg	128 OR	1	154 OR	1	282 OR	DSQ[29]

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Qin He	−60 kg	Quintana (CUB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						13
Wang Qiang	−66 kg	Spiridonov (KAZ) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						20
Si Riguleng	−74 kg	Fundora (CUB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						13
Wang Ying	−84 kg	Ketoev (RUS) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						14
Liang Lei	−120 kg	Bartnicki (POL) W 3–1 PP	Mocco (USA) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					10

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jiao Huafeng	−55 kg	Bye	Gogitadze (GEO) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					17
Sheng Jiang	−60 kg	Rahimov (AZE) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance			Diaconu (ROU) W 3–1 PP	Nazaryan (BUL) W 3–1 PP	Tengizbayev (KAZ) L 1–3 PP
Li Yanyan	−66 kg	Bye	Panait (ROU) W 3–1 PP	Bayakhmetov (KAZ) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				10
Chang Yongxiang	−74 kg	Bye	Yanakiev (BUL) W 3–1 PP	Barrera (PER) W 3–1 PP	Mikhalovich (BLR) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Kvirkelia (GEO) L 0–3 PO
Ma Sanyi	−84 kg	Bye	Fodor (HUN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Bye	Gadabadze (AZE) W 3–1 PP	Avluca (TUR) L 1–3 PP	5
Jiang Huachen	−96 kg	Bye	Bouguerra (ALG) W 3–0 PO	Wheeler (USA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				9
Liu Deli	−120 kg	Papadopoulos (GRE) W 3–1 PP	Byers (USA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					9

• Sheng Jiang originally finished fifth, but in November 2016, he was promoted to bronze due to disqualification of Vitaliy Rahimov.

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Li Xiaomei	−48 kg	Bye	Icho (JPN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					13
Xu Li	−55 kg	—	Pavăl (ROU) W 3–0 PO	Smirnova (KAZ) W 3–1 PP	Rentería (COL) W 5–0 VT	Bye		Yoshida (JPN) L 0–5 VT
Xu Haiyan	−63 kg	Bye	Badrakh (MGL) W 3–1 PP	Dugrenier (CAN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				9
Wang Jiao	−72 kg	—	Fransson (SWE) W 3–1 PP	Bernard (USA) W 3–1 PP	Hamaguchi (JPN) W 5–0 VT	Bye		Zlateva (BUL) W 5–0 VT

The main rights to Olympic coverage in China are held by China Central Television (CCTV). The 2008 Summer Olympics were the first ever to be broadcast in high definition (HDTV). Besides HDTV, CCTV will broadcast in digital cable TV. Live broadcasts will run on CCTV-1, CCTV-5 and CCTV-12, with re-run broadcasts on CCTV-2 and CCTV-7. CCTV.com, the only official Beijing Olympic Games mobile phone and Internet broadcast platform on the mainland and Macao, will broadcast 3,800 hours of the Olympic Games. CCTV will follow the homegrown mobile TV China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) standard. China Telecom, China Netcom and Shanghai Media Group will broadcast using Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services. Radio coverage will be provided by China National Radio (CNR). China Mobile will also enable subscribers to catch live results and data.

Major Chinese Internet portals have signed coverage deals with CCTV.com to be Internet Content Services Sponsors: Sina.com, Netease.com, Tencent and Sohu.com. CCTV has joined with these online partners to run an interactive website offering streaming video broadcasts of events, which will be viewable only in China, and web profiles through which users can contact Olympic athletes. Officials expect 10m to 20m internet users to watch the Olympic Games in China via video streaming. 102m people had watched the games online in China, according to Timo Lumme, marketing director for the IOC.^[30] Phoenix TV broadcast the Opening Ceremony

China competed in all 28 Olympic sports. US sportswear company Nike has a sponsorship deal with 22 Chinese sports associations to provide outfits for those Olympic teams at the Beijing Games. Germany's Adidas has the endorsement rights for China's volleyball and football teams while Chinese company Li-Ning is the provider of the shooting, gymnastics, diving and table tennis teams.^[31] Yonex is the main sponsor of the China Badminton Team.

• China at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• China at the Olympics
• Sports in China
• Project 119

• General Sports Administration - Team China - official
• 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing - official website
• Chinese Olympic Committee - official website
• The Games of the XXIX Olympiad - Sina.com
• Beijing 2008 - China Daily
• Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Chinese Sports Delegation Roster - China Interactive Sports

Awards
Preceded by South Africa national rugby union team	Laureus World Team of the Year 2009	Succeeded by Brawn Formula One Team