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China at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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{{infobox country at games

| NOC = CHN

| NOCname = Chinese Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| games_link = 1984 Summer Olympics

| year = 1984

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{url|www.olympic.cn}} {{in lang|zh|en}}

| date = 28 July–12 August 1984

| location = Los Angeles, United States

| competitors = 215 (132 men and 83 women)

| sports = 19

| flagbearer = Wang Libin

| rank = 4

| gold = 15

| silver = 8

| bronze = 9

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| summerappearances =

| seealso = {{flagIOC|ROC}} (1924–1972)

}}

The People's Republic of China competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.

It was the first appearance at the Summer Games for the country after its mostly symbolic presence at the Summer Games in 1952 during which the dispute between the Republic of China and the PRC resulted in the former withdrawing all its athletes. After 1952 and until these games, the PRC boycotted the Olympics due to the Taiwan's presence as the Republic of China. In 1984, the Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei and the PRC competed as China. Due to the then ongoing Sino-Soviet split, China did not participate in the Soviet-led boycott. In the previous games, China participated the United States-led boycott to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.

215 competitors, 132 men and 83 women, took part in 105 events in 19 sports.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CHN/summer/1984/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CHN/summer/1984/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=China at the 1984 Summer Games |access-date=25 May 2015 |work=Sports Reference}} The first gold medal to be awarded at the Los Angeles Olympics was also the first-ever medal to be won by an athlete from China when Xu Haifeng won the 50 m Pistol event. Li Ning won also 6 medals in gymnastics, 3 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze, earning him the nickname "Prince of Gymnasts" in China.[https://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSSP4750620080808 Reuters - Li Ning, "Prince of Gymnasts" and businessman - 8 Aug 2008]

Medalists

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!colspan=7|Medals by sport

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|Sport

| style="background:#f7f6a8;"| {{gold01}}

| style="background:#dce5e5;"| {{silver02}}

| style="background:#ffdab9;"| {{bronze03}}

|Total

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|Gymnastics

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 5style="background:#dce5e5;"| 4style="background:#ffdab9;"| 211
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|Weightlifting

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 4style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2style="background:#ffdab9;"| 06
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|Shooting

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 3style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 36
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|Diving

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1style="background:#ffdab9;"| 13
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|Fencing

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 01
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|Volleyball

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 01
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|Archery

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1style="background:#ffdab9;"| 01
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|Athletics

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 11
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|Basketball

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 11
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|Handball

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 11
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!Total

style="background:gold;"| 15style="background:silver;"| 8style="background:#c96;"| 932

{{Further|1984 Summer Olympics medal table}}

The following Chinese competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Li|Ning}}

|Gymnastics

|Men's Floor Exercise

|{{dts

}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Lou|Yun}}

|Gymnastics

|Men's Horse Vault

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Li|Ning}}

|Gymnastics

|Men's rings

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Li|Ning}}

|Gymnastics

|Men's Pommell Horse

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Ma|Yanhong}}

|Gymnastics

|Women's Uneven Bars

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Zhou|Jihong}}

|Diving

|Women's 10 Metre Platform

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Luan|Jujie}}

|Fencing

|Women's Foil Individual

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Xu|Haifeng}}

|Shooting

|Men's 50 Metre Free Pistol

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Li|Yuwei}}

|Shooting

|Men's Running Target

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Wu|Xiaoxuan}}

|Shooting

|Women's 50 Metre Rifle Three Positions

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Chinese|Team}}

|Volleyball

|Women's Team

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Zeng|Guoqiang}}

|Weightlifting

|Men's 52 kg

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Wu|Shude}}

|Weightlifting

|Men's 56 kg

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Chen|Weiqiang}}

|Weightlifting

|Men's 60 kg

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{gold medal}}

|{{sortname|Yao|Jingyuan}}

|Weightlifting

|Men's 67.5 kg

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Li|Lingjuan}}

|Archery

|Women's individual

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Chinese|Team}}

|Gymnastics

|Men's all-around Team

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Lou|Yun}}

|Gymnastics

|Men's Floor Exercise

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Li|Ning}}

|Gymnastics

|Men's Horse Vault

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Tong|Fei}}

|Gymnastics

|Men's Horizontal Bar

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Tan|Liangde}}

|Diving

|Men's 3m Springboard

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Zhou|Peishun}}

|Weightlifting

|Men's 52 kg

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{silver medal}}

|{{sortname|Lai|Runming}}

|Weightlifting

|Men's 56 kg

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Zhu|Jianhua}}

|Athletics

|Men's High Jump

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Chinese|Team}}

|Basketball

|Women's Team

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Chinese|Team}}

|Handball

|Women's Team

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Li|Ning}}

|Gymnastics

|Men's Individual All-around

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Chinese|Team}}

|Gymnastics

|Women's all-around Team

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Li|Kongzheng}}

|Diving

|Men's 10 metre platform

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Wang|Yifu}}

|Shooting

|Men's 50 Metre Free Pistol

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Huang|Shiping}}

|Shooting

|Men's Running Target

|{{dts|}}

|-

|{{bronze medal}}

|{{sortname|Wu|Xiaoxuan}}

|Shooting

|Men's 10 Metre Air Rifle

|{{dts|}}

|}

= Gold=

=Silver=

=Bronze=

Archery

{{main|Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

The PRC sent six archers to the Olympics. The women's team was more successful than the men's, earning a silver medal and an additional top eight finish.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

;Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's High Jump

  • Zhu Jianhua
  • Qualification — 2.24m
  • Final — 2.31m (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Liu Yunpeng
  • Qualification — 2.24m
  • Final — 2.29m (→ 7th place)
  • Cai Shu
  • Qualification — 2.24m
  • Final — 2.27m (→ 8th place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Liu Yuhuang
  • Qualification — 7.83m
  • Final — 7.99m (→ 5th place)
  • Wang Shijie
  • Qualification — 7.36m (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's Triple Jump

Men's Pole Vault

  • Yang Weimin
  • Qualifying Round — 5.30m
  • Final — 5.10m (→ 10th place)
  • Ji Zebiao
  • Qualifying Round — 5.10m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

;Women's Competition

Women's 100 metres Hurdles

Women's High Jump

  • Zheng Dazhen
  • Qualification — 1.90 m
  • Final — 1.91 m (→ 7th place)
  • Yang Wenqin
  • Qualification — 1.90 m
  • Final — 1.88 m (→ 9th place)
  • Ge Ping
  • Qualification — 1.84 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Liao Wenfen
  • Qualification — 6.16 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Jiao Yunxiang
  • Qualification — 54.70 m
  • Final — 53.32 m (→ 11th place)

Women's Shot Put

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Zhu Hongyang
  • Qualification — 53.18 m (→ did not advance)

Basketball

{{main|Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

;Men's Team Competition

;Women's Team Competition

Canoeing

{{main|Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

Cycling

{{main|Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

Seven cyclists, four men and three women, represented China in 1984.

;Team time trial

;Women's individual road race

Diving

{{main|Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

Men's 3m Springboard

Men's 10m Platform

Fencing

{{main|Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented China in 1984.

;Men's foil

;Men's team foil

;Men's épée

;Men's team épée

;Men's sabre

;Men's team sabre

;Women's foil

;Women's team foil

Gymnastics

{{main|Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

Men

  • Lou Yun — Vault, 16px Gold Medal
  • Li Ning — Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Rings, 16px Gold Medals; Vault, 16px Silver Medal; All-Around, 16px Bronze Medal
  • Tong Fei — Horizontal Bar, 16px Silver Medal

Women

Handball

{{main|Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

;Women's Team Competition

Judo

{{main|Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

Rhythmic gymnastics

{{main|Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

Rowing

{{main|Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

Sailing

{{main|Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Mu Lati
  • Heat — 52.82 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
  • Shen Jianqiang
  • Heat — 52.84 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Wang Hao
  • Heat — 59.13 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
  • Li Zhongyi
  • Heat — 1:00.66 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Wang Hao
  • Heat — 2:12.28 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Jin Fu
  • Heat — 1:05.05 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  • Wang Lin
  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Jin Fu
  • Heat — 2:26.?? (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Zheng Jian
  • Heat — 56.58 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Chen Qin
  • Heat — 2:10.30 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
  • Feng Dawei
  • Heat — 2:11.30 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Ding Jilian
  • Heat — 59.11 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Guo Huaying
  • Heat — 1:08.21 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Yan Hong
  • Heat — 2:32.33 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Yan Hong
  • Heat — 2:27.95 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 4x100 Medley Relay

Volleyball

{{main|Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

;Men's Team Competition

;Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-0)
  • Defeated West Germany (3-0)
  • Lost to United States (1-3)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated Japan (3-0)
  • Final
  • Defeated United States (3-0) → 16px Gold Medal

Water polo

{{main|Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

;Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

{{main|Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

Wrestling

{{main|Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

References

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