The

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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. 294 competitors, 111 men and 183 women, took part in 155 events in 25 sports.

Medalists

Archery

The People's Republic of China sent three men and three women to Atlanta for archery. As usual, the Chinese women were the more successful squad, with

He Ying He Ying (, born April 17, 1977, in Jilin) is an archer from the People's Republic of China who has competed at three Summer Olympics. Career 1996 Summer Olympics In 1996 Atlanta Olympics He won the silver in the women's individual event. Sh ...

winning a

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

. They went a combined 9-3 in individual competition as opposed the men's 1-3 record. They also won their first team match before being defeated. Women's Individual Competition: *

→ Final, Silver Medal (5-1) *

Wang Xiaozhu Wang Xiaozhu (; born 15 May 1973) is a Chinese archer. She competed at 1992 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal in women's team event and came 4th place in women's individual. At the 1996 Summer Olympics she finished 7th in the individ ...

→ Quarterfinal, 7th place (3-1) *

Yang Jianping Yang Jianping (born 10 December 1979) is a Chinese recurve archer. Yang competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics where she came 6th in the women's team event and 29th in the individual. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics where she came ...

→ Round of 32, 29th place (1-1) Men's Individual Competition: * Tang Hua → Round of 32, 23rd place (1-1) * Luo Hengyu → Round of 64, 36th place (0-1) * Shen Jun → Round of 64, 40th place (0-1) Women's Team Competition: * He, Wang, and Yang → Quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1) Men's Team Competition: * Tang, Luo, and Shen → Round of 16, 12th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres *

Chen Wenzhong Chen Wenzhong (; born 29 August 1970 in Guangxi) is a former Chinese sprinter who competed in the men's 100m competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atla ...

Men's 200 metres *

Men's 110 metres Hurdles * Li Tong *

Chen Yanhao Chen Yanhao (born 2 January 1972) is a retired Chinese hurdler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal at the 1990 Asian Junior Championships, the silver medal at the 1993 Asian Championships, the silver medal a ...

Men's 20 km Walk *

Yu Guohui Yu Guohui (; born April 30, 1977, in Qingdao) is a retired male Chinese race walker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot m ...

Li Zewen Li Zewen (; born 5 December 1973 in Qujing, Yunnan) is a retired Chinese race walker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one ...

* Li Mingcai Men's 50 km Walk * Zhang Huiqiang ** Final — 3:53:10 (→ 14th place) * Mao Xinyuan ** Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) * Zhao Yongsheng ** Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's Long Jump *

Huang Geng Huang Geng (born 10 July 1970) is a retired male long jumper from PR China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the l ...

** Qualification — 8.12 m ** Final — 7.99 m (→ 9th place) * Chen Jing ** Qualification — 7.70 m (→ did not advance, 29th place) Men's triple jump *

Zou Sixin Zou Sixin (born 5 August 1967) is a retired Chinese triple jumper, best known for finishing eighth at the 1992 Summer Olympics. His personal best was 17.31 metres, achieved in October 1990 in Beijing. This result places him second on the all ...

** Qualification — 16.53 m (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's Discus Throw *

Li Shaojie Li Shaojie (; born November 26, 1975) is a male Chinese discus thrower. His personal best throw is 65.16 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Nanjing. This is the current Chinese record. In 1998 he won the Asian Championships and the Asian Games ...

** Qualification — 60.20 m (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw *

Zhang Lianbiao Zhang Lianbiao (born 25 January 1969) is a retired male javelin thrower from PR China. He set his personal best (83.38 metres) on 16 October 1994 in Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an esti ...

** Qualification — 79.88 m ** Final — 80.96 m (→ 11th place)
Women's 400 metres * Du Xiujie ** Heat — 53.95 (→ did not advance) Women's 10,000 metres *

Wang Junxia Wang Junxia (; born 9 January 1973) is a Chinese former long-distance runner who is the current world record holder at 3,000 meters. She also held the world record for the 10,000 meters for 23 years, between 1993 and ...

** Qualification — 32:36.53 ** Final — 31:02.58 (→ Silver Medal) *

Wang Mingxia Wang Mingxia (; born 21 July 1971) is a retired Chinese long-distance runner. She finished 15th in the 10,000 metres at the 1996 Olympic Games, and at the 1997 East Asian Games The 2nd East Asian Games were held in Busan, South Korea from May ...

** Qualification — 32:10.26 ** Final — 32:38.98 (→ 15th place) * Yang Siju ** Qualification — 32:22.77 ** Final — 33:15.29 (→ 19th place) Women's Javelin Throw * Li Lei ** Qualification — 61.48 m ** Final — 60.74 m (→ 8th place) Women's Discus Throw *

Xiao Yanling Xiao Yanling (; born 27 April 1968) is a Chinese discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 71.68 metres, achieved in March 1992 in Beijing. This is the current Asian record. She failed a drug test in 1992. She won the gold medal at the 1991 ...

** Qualification — 65.10m ** Final — 64.72m (→ 5th place) Women's Shot Put *

Sui Xinmei Sui Xinmei (隋新梅, born January 29, 1965) is a Chinese shot putter who won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She also won the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships as well as the Asian Games in 1990 and 1994 and the A ...

** Qualification — 19.36m ** Final — 19.88m (→ Silver Medal) *

Li Meisu Li Meisu (; born April 17, 1959, in Hebei) is a retired Chinese shot putter who won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She also won the Asian Games in 1982 and 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year ...

** Qualification — 18.39m (→ did not advance) *

Huang Zhihong Huang Zhihong (); born May 7, 1965, in Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang) is a former shot put athlete from China. An Olympic silver medallist and a double world champion, she was in fact the first Asian to win a world championship in athletics. He ...

** Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance) Women's Triple Jump *

Ren Ruiping Ren Ruiping (; born February 1, 1976, in Shandong) is a Chinese female triple jumper. Ren set three world junior records in triple jump, and is a former Asian record holder with 14.66 metres. The record now belongs to Olga Rypakova of Ka ...

** Qualification — 14.56m ** Final — 14.30m (→ 7th place) * Wang Xiangrong — 13.32m (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon *

Ren Xiujuan Ren Xiujuan (; born September 14, 1974, in Dalian, Liaoning) is a female Chinese long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. She represented her country twice in the Olympic marathon, having her best placing of ninth in 1996. She also ...

— 2:31.21 (→ 9th place) Women's 10 km Walk * Wang Yan — 42:19 (→ Bronze Medal) * Gu Yan — 42:34 (→ 4th place) * Gao Hongmiao — dsq (→ no ranking)

Badminton

Basketball

Men's tournament

;Team roster *

Mengke Bateer Mengke Bateer (, pronounced ; born November 20, 1975) or Mönkhbaatar, is a Mongolian-Chinese former professional basketball player. As a Center (basketball), center, he played parts of three seasons in the National Basketball Association, NB ...

Gong Xiaobin Gong Xiaobin ( zh, s=巩晓彬, t=鞏曉彬, p=Gǒng Xiǎo Bin; born November 23, 1969, in Jinan, Shandong), is a retired Chinese professional basketball player, who enjoyed an outstanding career in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). At ...

Hu Weidong Hu Weidong ( zh, s=胡卫东, t=胡衛東, p=Hú Wèidōng; born January 3, 1970, in Xuzhou, Jiangsu) is a former Chinese professional basketball player. At tall, and , he played as a point guard-shooting guard-small forward. Professional ca ...

* Li Nan * Li Xiaoyong *

Liu Yudong Liu Yudong (; nickname: "War God ()"; b. 1970 in Putian, Fujian), is a Chinese former professional basketball player who last played for the Fujian Xunxing club in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). At 2.00 m (6'6 ") and 243 lbs. (1 ...

* Shan Tao * Sun Jun *

Wang Zhizhi Wang Zhizhi ( zh, t=王治郅, s=王治郅, p=Wáng Zhìzhì, pronounced ; born 8 July 1977) is a Chinese former professional basketball player who was the head coach of the Bayi Rockets, the team with which he spent his domestic career in the ...

* Wu Naiqun * Wu Qinglong *

Zheng Wu Zheng Wu (; born 7 August 1967) is a Chinese former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Syd ...

;Preliminary round ;Quarterfinals ;Classification Round 5–8th Place ;7th Place match

Women's tournament

;Team roster * Zheng Dongmei * Liang Xin *

Zheng Haixia Zheng Haixia (; born March 7, 1967) is a Chinese retired professional women's basketball player for the China women's national basketball team and the Women's National Basketball Association. International career In 1983, Haixia made her debut ...

* He Jun * Ma Zongqing * Miao Bo * Li Xin * Liu Jun * Shen Li * Chu Hui * Li Dongmei * Ma Chengqing ;Preliminary round ;Classification Round 9th−12th place ;9th place match

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) *

Yang Xiangzhong Yang Xiangzhong (born September 29, 1974) is a retired male boxer from China. Xiangzhong competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the light flyweight division. He advanced to the second round, where he was beaten by Morocco's Hamid Berhili. Xian ...

** First Round — Defeated

Alberto Rossel Alberto Rossel Contreras (born January 26, 1975) is a Peruvian former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2015. Professional career He unsuccessfully challenged for the WBA super flyweight Super flyweight, also referred to as junio ...

(Peru), 16-7 ** Second Round — Lost to

Hamid Berhili Hamid Berhili (born May 14, 1964) is a retired male boxer from Morocco, who twice competed for his North African country at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's light flyweight division (& ...

(Morocco), 9-14 Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) * Chen Tao ** First Round — Lost to

Hirokuni Moto (born March 9, 1970, in Kagoshima) is a retired male boxer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities i ...

(Japan), 10-15 Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) * Jiang Tao ** First Round — Bye ** Second Round — Defeated

Charles Kizza Charles Bakule Kizza (born 18 January 1974), known as Charles Kizza, is a Ugandan boxer. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also kno ...

(Uganda), 10-7 ** Quarterfinals — Lost to Nate Jones (United States), 4-21

Canoeing

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race * Guo Xinghong ** Final — 02:49:47 (→ 41st place) * Zhao Haijuan ** Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Women's Mountainbike Cross Country * Gao Hongying ** Final — 2:09.08 (→ 25th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard *

Xiong Ni Xiong Ni (; born January 11, 1974, in Changsha, Hunan) is a Chinese diver who won his first Olympic medal at the age of 14 at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. He also competed at the Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000. Biography He atten ...

** Preliminary Heat — 463.02 ** Semi Final — 231.45 ** Final — 470.01 (→ Gold Medal) *

Yu Zhuocheng Yu Zhuocheng (; born December 7, 1975, in Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, ...

** Preliminary Heat — 438.93 ** Semi Final — 223.41 ** Final — 467.52 (→ Silver Medal) Women's 3m Springboard *

Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia (born August 16, 1978, in Wuhan, Hubei) is a retired Chinese diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She won the platform-diving world championship in 1991 at the age of 12, making her the youngest diving champ ...

** Preliminary Heat — 284.28 ** Semi Final — 221.49 ** Final — 326.19 (→ Gold Medal) * Tan Shuping ** Preliminary Heat — 212.49 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Women's 10m Platform *

** Preliminary Heat — 329.25 ** Semi Final — 179.94 ** Final — 341.64 (→ Gold Medal) *

Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing ( zh, c=郭晶晶, p=Guō Jīngjīng; born October 15, 1981, in Baoding, Hebei) is a retired Chinese diving (sport), diver, and multi-time Olympic gold medalist and world champion. Guo is tied with her partner Wu Minxia for winning ...

** Preliminary Heat — 315.39 ** Semi Final — 177.30 ** Final — 269.91 (→ 5th place)

Fencing

Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented China in 1996. ; Men's foil *

Ye Chong Ye Chong (; born November 29, 1969, in Jiangsu) is a male Chinese foil fencer who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially b ...

Wang Haibin Wang Haibin (; born 27 December 1973 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is Chairman of the China Fencing Association and Head Coach of the China National Fencing Team. In November 2021 in Lausanne, he was elected to a 3-year term on the executive committee ...

Dong Zhaozhi Dong Zhaozhi (; born 16 November 1973 in Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a left handed male Chinese foil fencer. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officia ...

; Men's team foil *

; Men's épée * Zhao Gang ; Men's sabre * Yan Xiandong ; Women's foil * Xiao Aihua * Liang Jun * Wang Huifeng ; Women's team foil * Liang Jun, Wang Huifeng, Xiao Aihua ; Women's épée * Yan Jing

Football

Gymnastics

Li Xiaoshuang Li Xiaoshuang (; born November 1, 1973) is a Chinese gymnast and Olympic champion.

** Gold Medal, Individual All-around, China's first in this category

Handball

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Softball

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round Robin **Defeated Australia (6:0) **Lost to Japan (0:3) **Defeated Canada (2:1) **Defeated Puerto Rico (10:0) **Defeated Netherlands (8:0) **Defeated Chinese Taipei (1:0) **Lost to United States (2:3) *Semifinals **Lost to United States (0:1) *Bronze Medal Match **Defeated Australia (4:2) *Final **Lost to United States (1:3) → Silver Medal *Team Roster ** Wei Qiang **

Tao Hua Tao Hua (; born December 12, 1972, in Shanghai) is a female Chinese softball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of ...

Xu Jian Xu Jian may refer to: * Xu Jian (Tang dynasty) (徐堅; 659–729), Tang dynasty writer and official * Xu Jian (diplomat) ( 徐坚; born 1956), former Chinese ambassador to Poland, Romania, and Slovenia * Xu Jian (engineer) (徐建; born 1958), ...

** Zhang Chunfang ** Yan Fang ** Wang Ying **

An Zhongxin An Zhongxin (; born June 29, 1971, in Tianjin) is a female Chinese softball player. She competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially ...

** Wang Lihong ** Chen Hong **

He Liping He Liping (; born November 13, 1972) is a female Chinese softball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to ...

** Lei Li **

Liu Xuqing Liu Xuqing (; born August 15, 1968) is a female Chinese softball player. She competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as ...

Liu Yaju Liu Yaju (; born April 25, 1972) is a female Chinese softball player. She competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the ...

** Ma Ying **

Ou Jingbai Ou Jingbai (; born June 2, 1971) is a female Chinese softball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the ...

*Head coach: Li Minkuan

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle *

Jiang Chengji Jiang Chengji (born 25 November 1975) (; born November 25, 1975, in Shanghai) is an international male Chinese butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Shanghai. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 100 m butterfly, f ...

*# Heat – 22.55 *# Final – 22.33 (→ 4th place) Men's 100 m Freestyle * Zhao Lifeng *# Heat – 51.70 (→ did not advance, 40th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke * Zhao Yi *# Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 100 m Breaststroke *

Zeng Qiliang Zeng Qiliang (; born May 10, 1975) is a retired male breaststroke swimmer from PR China. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capit ...

*# Heat – 1:02.26 *# Final – 1:02.01 (→ 7th place) Men's 200 m Breaststroke *

Wang Yiwu Wang Yiwu (born 21 August 1975) is a Chinese former swimmer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial ...

*# Heat – 1:02.26 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Men's 100 m Butterfly *

*# Heat – 53.40 *# Final – 53.20 (→ 4th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Zhao Yi,

, and Zhao Lifeng *# Heat – 3:43.50 (→ did not advance, 13th place) Women's 50 m Freestyle *

Le Jingyi Le Jingyi (; born March 19, 1975, in Shanghai) is a former swimmer from China who won the gold medal in the 100 metres freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. In 1992, Le won the silver medal in the 4×100 metres freestyle rela ...

*# Heat – 25.10 *# Final – 24.90 (→ Silver Medal) *

Shan Ying Shan Ying (born 7 August 1978) is a Chinese swimmer and Olympic medalist. She participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U ...

*# Heat – 25.71 *# Final – 25.70 (→ 7th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle *

*# Heat – 54.90 *# Final – 54.50 (→ Gold Medal) *

*# Heat – 56.10 *# B-Final – 55.74 (→ 9th place) Women's 200 m Freestyle * Chen Yan *# Heat – 2:03.32 *# B-Final – scratched *

*# Heat – 2:04.29 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Women's 400 m Freestyle * Chen Yan *# Heat – 4:22.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place) Women's 800 m Freestyle * Pu Yiqi *# Heat – 8:45.32 (→ did not advance, 12th place) Women's 100 m Backstroke * Chen Yan *# Heat – 1:02.62 *# Final – 1:02.50 (→ 5th place) *

He Cihong He Cihong (born 6 June 1975) is a Chinese former swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. At the 1994 FINA World Championships, she won the 100- and 200-meter backstroke events, setting the meet record i ...

*# Heat – 1:05.87 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke * Chen Yan *# Heat – 2:14.74 *# B-Final – 2:14.37 (→ 11th place) *

Wu Yanyan Wu Yanyan (; born November 7, 1978) is a Chinese swimmer who is the former world record holder in the women's 200 metres individual medley. Wu set the world record in a time of 2:09.72 in Shanghai at China's National Games in October 1997. Wu ...

*# Heat – 2:20.89 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke * Han Xue *# Heat – 1:10.40 *# B-Final – 1:09.90 (→ 11th place) * Yuan Yuan *# Heat – 1:11.65 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke * Lin Li *# Heat – 2:30.64 *# B-Final – 2:33.45 (→ 16th place) * Yuan Yuan *# Heat – 2:33.89 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 100 m Butterfly *

Liu Limin Liu Limin (; born March 27, 1976) is a former swimmer from China who won the silver medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended college at the University of Nevada, Reno in the United States. ...

*# Heat – 1:00.18 *# Final – 59.14 (→ Silver Medal) *

Cai Huijue Cai Huijue (born 1980) is a Chinese swimmer and Olympic medalist. She participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state ...

*# Heat – 1:00.89 *# Final – 1:00.46 (→ 7th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly * Qu Yun *# Heat – 2:11.35 *# Final – 2:10.26(→ 4th place) *

*# Heat – 2:13.12 *# Final – 2:10.70 (→ 5th place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley * Lin Li *# Heat – 2:16.31 *# Final – 2:14.74 (→ Bronze Medal) *

*# Heat – 2:16.55 *# B-Final – 2:16.61 (→ 10th place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley * Chen Yan *# Heat – 4:53.87 (→ did not advance, 17th place) *

*# Heat – 4:54.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

, Chao Na,

Nian Yun Nian Yun (; born 9 October 1982) is a Chinese swimmer and Olympic medalist. She participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia ...

, and

*# Heat – 3:44.06 *

, Chao Na,

, and

*# Final – 3:40.48 (→ Silver Medal) Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Chen Yan, Pu Yiqi, Wang Luna, and

*# Heat – 8:13.29 *

, Wang Luna, Chen Yan, and

*# Final – 8:15.38 (→ 8th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Chen Yan, Han Xue,

, and

*# Heat – 4:09.23 * Chen Yan, Han Xue,

, and

*# Final – 4:07.34 (→ Bronze Medal)

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition *

Yi Jingqian Yi Jingqian (; born 28 February 1974, in Nanjing) is a former tennis player from China. Yi first played in the China Fed Cup team in 1991, and turned professional in 1994. In her career, she won 13 singles titles and six doubles titles on the I ...

*# First round — Lost to

Inés Gorrochategui Inés Gorrochategui (born 13 June 1973) is a former professional female tennis player from Argentina. She reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 19 on October 17, 1994. Her best performance at a Grand Slam championship came when she got ...

(Argentina) 2-6 6-1 1-6 *

Chen Li-Ling Chen Li (born 13 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from China. Career Chen, who comes from the city of Xiangtan in Hunan, played on the WTA Tour in the 1990s and won one title, the doubles at the 1994 China Open, with Li Fang ...

*# First round — Lost to

Monica Seles Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is a Serbian–American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...

(United States) 0-6 4-6

Volleyball

Women's Indoor Team Competition

*Preliminary round (group A) ** Defeated Netherlands (3-0) ** Defeated South Korea (3-2) ** Defeated United States (3-1) ** Defeated Ukraine (3-0) ** Defeated Japan (3-0) *Quarterfinals ** Defeated Germany (3-0) *Semifinals ** Defeated Russia (3-1) *Final ** Lost to Cuba (1-3) (→

Silver Medal) *Team Roster ** Cui Yongmei **

He Qi He Qi (died 227), courtesy name Gongmiao, was a military general serving under the warlords Sun Ce and Sun Quan during the late Eastern Han dynasty, and later in the state of Eastern Wu during the early Three Kingdoms period of China. He was es ...

Lai Yawen Lai Yawen (, born 9 September 1970) is a Chinese former volleyball player and two-time Olympian. As a player, Lai competed with the national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where she finished seventh. She then won a silver medal w ...

** Li Yan ** Liu Xiaoning **

Pan Wenli Pan Wenli (, born ) is a retired Chinese female volleyball player. Pan was part of the Chinese women's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She also participated at the 1994 FIVB World Cham ...

** Sun Yue ** Wang Lina **

Wang Yi Wang Yi ( zh, s=王毅, p=Wáng Yì; born 19 October 1953) is a Chinese diplomat and politician who has been serving as Director of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee Foreign Affairs Commission Office since January 2023, and ...

** Wang Ziling ** Wu Yongmei ** Zhu Yunying *Head coach:

Lang Ping "Jenny" Lang Ping (; born 10 December 1960) is a Chinese former volleyball player and coach. She is the former head coach of the Chinese women's national volleyball team and U.S. women's national volleyball team. As a player, Lang won the mos ...

Weightlifting

Men's 108 kg *

Cui Wenhua Cui Wenhua (崔文華, born ) is a Chinese male weightlifter, competing in the 105 kg category and representing China at international competitions. He participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games ...

**Snatch — 190.0 kg **Clean & Jerk — 215.0 kg **Total — 405.0 kg (→ 5th place)

Wrestling

References

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