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China at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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China at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCHN
NOCChinese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.cn (in Chinese and English)
in Seoul, South Korea
17 September–2 October 1988
Competitors273 (149 men and 124 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Song Tao
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
5
Silver
11
Bronze
12
Total
28
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Republic of China (1924–1948)

The People's Republic of China competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 273 competitors, 149 men and 124 women, took part in 150 events in 25 sports.[1]

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Athletics 16 28 44
Basketball 12 10 22
Boxing 2 2
Canoeing 4 0 4
Cycling 4 4 8
Diving 4 4 8
Fencing 10 5 15
Football 14 14
Gymnastics 6 8 14
Handball 0 12 12
Judo 5 5
Modern pentathlon 1 1
Rowing 0 11 11
Sailing 3 2 5
Shooting 12 8 20
Swimming 13 12 25
Synchronized swimming 3 3
Table tennis 4 3 7
Tennis 2 0 2
Volleyball 0 11 11
Water polo 13 13
Weightlifting 10 10
Wrestling 11 11
Total 149 124 273


Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Xu Yanmei Diving Women's 10 metre platform 18 September
 Gold Lou Yun Gymnastics Men's vault 24 September
 Gold Gao Min Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 25 September
 Gold Chen Longcan
Qingguang Wei
Table tennis Men's doubles 30 September
 Gold Chen Jing Table tennis Women's singles 1 October
 Silver Zhuang Yong Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 19 September
 Silver He Yingqiang Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 19 September
 Silver Tan Liangde Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 20 September
 Silver Huang Xiaomin Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 21 September
 Silver Huang Shiping Shooting Men's 50 metre running target 23 September
 Silver Hu Yadong
Li Ronghua
Yang Xiao
Zhang Xianghua
Zhou Shouying
Rowing Women's coxed four 24 September
 Silver Li Qing Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 25 September
 Silver Yang Wenyi Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 25 September
 Silver Xiong Ni Diving Men's 10 metre platform 27 September
 Silver Chen Jing
Jiao Zhimin
Table tennis Women's doubles 30 September
 Silver Li Huifen Table tennis Women's singles 1 October
 Bronze He Zhuoqiang Weightlifting Men's 52 kg 18 September
 Bronze Liu Shoubin Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 19 September
 Bronze Li Deliang Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 20 September
 Bronze Ye Huanming Weightlifting Men's 60 kg 20 September
 Bronze Li Jinhe Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 21 September
 Bronze Qian Hong Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 23 September
 Bronze Lou Yun Gymnastics Men's floor 24 September
 Bronze Xu Haifeng Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol 24 September
 Bronze Han Yaqin
He Yanwen
Hu Yadong
Li Ronghua
Yang Xiao
Zhang Xianghua
Zhang Yali
Zhou Shouying
Zhou Xiuhua
Rowing Women's eight 25 September
 Bronze China women's national volleyball team
Volleyball Women's tournament 29 September
 Bronze Li Meisu Athletics Women's shot put 1 October
 Bronze Jiao Zhimin Table tennis Women's singles 1 October

Archery

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The People's Republic of China sent three men and three women to Seoul for archery. The women were the more successful squad, taking ninth place in the team round.

Men

Athlete Event Ranking round Eighth-final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Qoiying Doje Individual 1220 46 Did not advance
Qiuzhong Liang Individual 1220 47 Did not advance
Guang Ri Individual 1204 55 Did not advance
Qoiying Doje
Qiuzhong Liang
Guang Ri
Team 3644 19 Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Ranking round Eighth-final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Shaorong Ma Individual 1233 22 298 22 Did not advance
Xiangjun Ma Individual 1233 21 322 4 318 10 309 11 Did not advance
Yawen Yao Individual 1217 35 Did not advance
Shaorong Ma
Xiangjun Ma
Yawen Yao
Team 3683 8 948 9 Did not advance

Athletics

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Men's Marathon

Men's Long Jump

  • Pang Yan
    • Qualification — 7.79m
    • Final — 7.86m (→ 9th place)
  • Chen Zunrong
    • Qualification — 7.66m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Ma Yongfeng
    • Qualification – 18.27m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  1. 100 metres — 11.43s
  2. Long Jump — 6.22m
  3. Shot Put — 13.98m
  4. High Jump — 1.91m
  5. 400 metres — 51.25s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 15.88s
  7. Discus Throw — 46.18m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.60m
  9. Javelin Throw — 57.84m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:54.99s

Men's 50 km Walk


Women's Marathon

Women's Discus Throw

  • Hou Xuemei
    • Qualification – 62.64m
    • Final – 65.94m (→ 8th place)
  • Yu Hourun
    • Qualification – 62.86m
    • Final – 64.08m (→ 9th place)
  • Xing Ailan
    • Qualification – 59.26m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

Women's Shot Put

  • Li Meisu
    • Qualification – 20.30m
    • Final – 21.06m (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Huang Zhihong
    • Qualification – 19.71m
    • Final – 19.82m (→ 8th place)
  • Cong Yuzhen
    • Qualification – 19.56m
    • Final – 19.69m (→ 9th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Dong Yuping
    • Final Result — 6087 points (→ 16th place)

Basketball

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Men's tournament

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Team roster

The following is the China roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]

China men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
4 Gong Luming 31 – (1957-08-29)29 August 1957 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
5 Wang Fei 25 – (1963-03-25)25 March 1963 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
6 Huang Yunlong 28 – (1960-07-10)10 July 1960 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
7 Sha Guoli 28 – (1960-08-30)30 August 1960 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
8 Zhang Xuelei 25 – (1963-05-15)15 May 1963 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
9 Song Ligang 21 – (1967-06-08)8 June 1967 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
10 Li Yaguang 30 – (1958-06-08)8 June 1958 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
11 Sun Fengwu 26 – (1962-03-19)19 March 1962 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
C 12 Wang Libin 25 – (1963-03-31)31 March 1963 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
13 Zhang Yongjun 25 – (1963-01-04)4 January 1963 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
14 Xu Xiaoliang 26 – (1962-01-30)30 January 1962 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
15 Zhang Bin 26 – (1961-12-28)28 December 1961 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Head coach
Qian Chenghai
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 485 302 +183 10 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 5 4 1 484 435 +49 9
3  Brazil 5 3 2 590 522 +68 8
4  Canada 5 2 3 479 455 +24 7
5  China 5 1 4 433 527 −94 6 9th–12th classification round
6  Egypt 5 0 5 338 568 −230 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
17 September 1988
China  98–84  Egypt
Scoring by half: 47–43, 51–41

20 September 1988
Brazil  130–108  China
Scoring by half: 72–61, 58–47

21 September 1988
China  74–106  Spain
Scoring by half: 43–59, 31–57

23 September 1988
China  57–108  United States
Scoring by half: 26–59, 31–49

24 September 1988
Canada  99–96  China
Scoring by half: 56–52, 43–44
Classification round 9–12
26 September 1988
09:45
China  90–93  South Korea
Scoring by half: 48–47, 42–46
Pts: Li 22
Rebs: Wang L. 7
Asts: Li 2
Pts: Kim HJ 17
Rebs: Kim YT 12
Asts: Kim HJ, Kim YT, Yoo 2
Classification round 11/12
29 September 1988 (1988-09-29)
14:30
Egypt  75–97  China
Scoring by half: 42–56, 33–41
Pts: Khalil 26
Rebs: Moussa 6
Asts: Moussa, Sedky 1
Pts: Zhang Y. 33
Rebs: Song 12
Asts: Sun, Wang L., Zhang Y. 3

Women's tournament

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Team roster

The following is the China roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[4]

China women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
4 Han Qingling 27 – (1960-12-16)16 December 1960
5 Ling Guang 22 – (1966-03-01)1 March 1966
6 Li Xiaoqin 26 – (1961-12-07)7 December 1961
7 Zhao Wei 25 – (1963-06-06)6 June 1963
8 Zhang Taohua 18 – (1970-03-10)10 March 1970
9 Zhan Shuping 24 – (1964-04-24)24 April 1964
10 Peng Ping 21 – (1967-01-14)14 January 1967
C 11 Zheng Haixia 21 – (1967-03-07)7 March 1967
PG 12 Cong Xuedi 25 – (1963-05-13)13 May 1963 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
13 Xue Cuilan 25 – (1963-04-30)30 April 1963
14 Liu Qing 24 – (1964-08-06)6 August 1964
15 Xu Chunmei 22 – (1966-03-22)22 March 1966

Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 282 234 +48 6 Semifinals
2  Yugoslavia 3 2 1 199 211 −12 5
3  China 3 1 2 200 214 −14 4 Classification round
4  Czechoslovakia 3 0 3 202 224 −22 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
19 September 1988
21:30
China  53–56  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32–35, 21–21
Pts: Zheng 13
Rebs: Zheng 7
Asts: Xue 3
Pts: Nakić 13
Rebs: Golić 9
Asts: Vangelovska 4

22 September 1988 (1988-09-22)
21:30
China  68–64  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 36–36, 32–28
Pts: Zheng 12
Rebs: Han 7
Asts: Xue 3
Pts: Dobrovičová 21
Rebs: Dobrovičová 5
Asts: Kalužáková 4

25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)
11:45
China  79–94  United States
Scoring by half: 37–46, 42–48
Pts: Zheng 32
Rebs: Zheng 8
Asts: Cong 5
Pts: McClain 27
Rebs: McClain 13
Asts: Edwards 5
Classification 5–8
27 September 1988
21:30
China  97–95 (OT)  South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–38, 42–47 Overtime: 12–10
Pts: Liu 24
Rebs: Liu 6
Asts: Xue 5
Pts: Choi 21
Rebs: Sung 7
Asts: Jeong, Park CM, Sung 2
Classification 5/6
29 September 1988
9:45
Bulgaria  102–74  China
Scoring by half: 53–19, 49–55
Pts: Slavcheva 22
Rebs: Staneva 8
Asts: Radkova 2
Pts: Zheng 23
Rebs: Cong, Peng 5
Asts: Cong, Liu, Xue 1

Boxing

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Dong Liu Featherweight  John William Francis (IND)
W 3-2
 Serge Bouemba (GAB)
W 5-0
 Abdelhad Achik (MAR)
L KOH
Did not advance
Weiping Wang Flyweight  Andreas Tews (GDR)
L 0-5
Did not advance

Canoeing

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Men

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Daen Guo
Hua Ke
C-2 500m 1:56.02 16 Did not advance
C-2 1000m 4:15.50 13 4:06.49 14 Did not advance
Fullian Ma
Bing Xue
K-2 500m 1:41.10 17 Did not advance
K-2 1000m 3:31.24 9 3:42.91 14 Did not advance

Cycling

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Road

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Men

Athlete Event Time Rank
Hong Liu Road race 4:32:56 (+0:34) 53
Tang Xuezhong Road race 4:32:56 (+0:34) 44
Yingquan Cai Road race DNF
Guo Longchen
Hong Liu
Tang Xuezhong
Wu Weipei
Team time trial 2:06:22.5 (+8:35) 17

Women

Athlete Event Time Rank
Chen Weixiu Road race 2:01:50 (+0:58) 47
Lu Suyan Road race 2:00:52 (+0:00) 24
Yan Yinhua Road race 2:00:52 (+0:00) 33

Track

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Sprints

Athlete Event Qualifying 1st round
(Repechage)
2nd round Semifinal Final
Time
Speed
Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time/Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Zhou Suying Women's sprint 12.477 11  Christa Luding Rothenburg (GDR)
 Louise Jones (GBR)
12.24 L
Rep W  Elisabetta Fanton (ITA)
 Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA)
12.94 L
(2nd in 5-8th classification race)
Did not advance

Diving

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Fencing

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15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented China in 1988.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

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Gymnastics

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Handball

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Judo

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Modern pentathlon

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One male pentathlete represented China in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Zhang — 4081pts (→ 24th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Rowing

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Swimming

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Men's 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Xie Jun
    1. Heat – 1:55.04 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Wang Dali
    1. Heat – 15:45.96 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Lin Laijiu
    1. Heat – 57.74 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Huang Guoxiong
    1. Heat – 59.36 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Lin Laijiu
    1. Heat – 2:08.28 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Chen Jianhong
    1. Heat – 1:04.09
    2. B-Final – 1:04.72 (→ 16th place)
  • Jin Fu
    1. Heat – 1:05.02 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Chang Qing
    1. Heat – 2:24.45 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
  • Jin Fu
    1. Heat – 2:26.05 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Zhan Jiang
    1. Heat – 54.69
    2. B-Final – 54.50 (→ 9th place)
  • Zheng Jian
    1. Heat – 54.86
    2. B-Final – 55.05 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Xie Jun
    1. Heat – 2:10.52 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Yang Wenyi
    1. Heat – 25.67
    2. Final – 25.64 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Xia Fujie
    1. Heat – 26.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Zhuang Yong
    1. Heat – 55.84
    2. Final – 55.47 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Lou Yaping
    1. Heat – 57.79 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Zhuang Yong
    1. Heat – 2:02.40
    2. B-Final – 2:14.23 (→ 16th place)
  • Qian Hong
    1. Heat – 2:12.44 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Yan Ming
    1. Heat – 4:18.58 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Yan Ming
    1. Heat – 9:00.81 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Wang Bolin
    1. Heat – 1:05.15 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Lin Li
    1. Heat – 2:18.11
    2. B-Final – 2:16.68 (→ 11th place)
  • Wang Bolin
    1. Heat – 2:21.70 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Huang Xiaomin
    1. Heat – 1:10.78
    2. Final – 1:10.53 (→ 7th place)
  • Chen Huiling
    1. Heat – 1:13.65 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Huang Xiaomin
    1. Heat – 2:30.03
    2. Final – 2:27.49 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Chen Huiling
    1. Heat – 2:45.87 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Qian Hong
    1. Heat – 1:00.66
    2. Final – 59.52 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Wang Xiaohong
    1. Heat – 1:01.16
    2. Final – 1:01.15 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Wang Xiaohong
    1. Heat – 2:13.05
    2. Final – 2:12.34 (→ 7th place)
  • Mo Wanlan
    1. Heat – 2:19.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Lin Li
    1. Heat – 2:17.09
    2. Final – 2:17.42 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Lin Li
    1. Heat – 4:48.89
    2. Final – 4:47.05 (→ 7th place)
  • Yan Ming
    1. Heat – 4:49.04
    2. B-Final – 4:55.92 (→ 16th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming

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Three synchronized swimmers represented China in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis

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Tennis

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Men's Doubles Competition

Volleyball

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Women's Team Competition

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Water polo

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Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "China at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  2. ^ People's Republic of China at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  3. ^ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. ^ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 1 August 2018.