China at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
competed at the
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in London, United Kingdom, between 27 July and 12 August 2012. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952. A total of 396 Chinese athletes, 171 men and 225 women, were selected by the
Chinese Olympic Committee The Chinese Olympic Committee (; IOC code: CHN) has been the officially designated body of the People's Republic of China (PRC) regarding the Olympic Games and other affiliated international sport federations since 1979, when the Nagoya Resol ...
to compete in 23 sports. For the fourth time in its Olympic history, China was represented by more female than male athletes. China left London with a total of 91 medals – 39 gold, 31 silver, and 22 bronze – finishing second only to the
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in the global medal standings. The Chinese delegation proved particularly successful in several sports, winning twelve medals in gymnastics, ten in diving and swimming, eight in badminton, seven in weightlifting and shooting, and six in table tennis. Chinese athletes dominated in badminton and table tennis, where they each won gold medals in all sporting events. Eleven Chinese athletes managed to defend their titles from the 2008 Olympics, which China hosted; 18 of them won more than one Olympic medal in London. China also won its first ever Olympic medal in modern pentathlon. Among the nation's medalists were Sun Yang and Ye Shiwen, who emerged as China's first swimmers to win two gold medals in their events; Sun and Ye broke a world record and an Olympic record respectively. Sun also dominated the nation's Olympic medal standings, winning four medals. Gymnast
Zou Kai Zou Kai (; born February 25, 1988 in Luzhou, Sichuan) is a five-time Olympic and five-time World champion Chinese gymnast, specializing in floor exercise and the horizontal bar. Zou won his first three Olympic gold medals at the 2008 Olympic G ...
, who won two golds and one bronze in London, became the most successful Chinese athlete in history with a total of six Olympic medals. Springboard diver
Wu Minxia Wu Minxia (; born 10 November 1985) is a retired Chinese Diving (sport), diver, specializing in the 1 metre and 3 metre springboard, and synchronized 3 metre springboard events. Entering her first major championship in 2001, Wu represented Chin ...
became the first Chinese athlete to win a gold medal in a single event at three consecutive Olympic Games. Meanwhile,
Chen Ruolin Chen Ruolin (; born 12 December 1992) is a Chinese diver. Her most recent competition saw her win the synchronized 10 metre platform diving event with her partner Liu Huixia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Career Chen was bo ...
became the second diver in Chinese history to defend two Olympic titles at a single games, after
Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing (; born October 15, 1981, in Baoding, Hebei) is a retired Chinese female diver, and multi-time Olympic gold medalist and world champion. Guo is tied with her partner Wu Minxia for winning the most Olympic medals (6) of any female ...
did so in two springboard events in 2008.


Medalists

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By chronological order

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Multiple medalists


Repeat medalists

Successful defending champions are marked in bold.


Medal distribution

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By sport

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By date

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By gender

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By dominance

;Won all gold medals in one sport – 2 *
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– 5 golds *
Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
– 4 golds ;Won all medals in one event (Podium Sweep) – 1 * Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk ;Won gold and silver medals in one event – 7 * Badminton – Women's singles, also with fourth place * Badminton – Mixed doubles * Diving – Women's 3 metre springboard * Gymnastics – Women's balance beam * Table tennis – Men's singles * Table tennis – Women's singles * Weightlifting – Men's 77 kg ;Won gold and bronze medals in one event – 5 * Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk, also with fourth place * Badminton – Men's singles * Gymnastics – Men's trampoline * Shooting – Women's 10 metre air rifle * Swimming – Women's 400 metre individual medley ;Won gold medals in both men's and women's events – 6 * Badminton – Singles * Badminton – Doubles * Diving – Synchronized 3 metre springboard * Diving – Synchronized 10 metre platform * Table tennis – Team * Table tennis – Singles


Competitors

The
Chinese Olympic Committee The Chinese Olympic Committee (; IOC code: CHN) has been the officially designated body of the People's Republic of China (PRC) regarding the Olympic Games and other affiliated international sport federations since 1979, when the Nagoya Resol ...
selected a team of 396 athletes, 171 men and 225 women, to compete in 23 sports.
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,
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
, and
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were the only sports in which China had no representation in 2012. The Chinese team featured 29 defending champions from the Beijing games, including springboard diver
Wu Minxia Wu Minxia (; born 10 November 1985) is a retired Chinese Diving (sport), diver, specializing in the 1 metre and 3 metre springboard, and synchronized 3 metre springboard events. Entering her first major championship in 2001, Wu represented Chin ...
, light flyweight boxer
Zou Shiming Zou Shiming (; born 18 May 1981) is a Chinese former professional boxer who competed from 2013 to 2017 and held the WBO flyweight title from 2016 to 2017. As an amateur, Zou is China's most successful boxer of all time. In the light-flyweight div ...
, gymnasts
Zou Kai Zou Kai (; born February 25, 1988 in Luzhou, Sichuan) is a five-time Olympic and five-time World champion Chinese gymnast, specializing in floor exercise and the horizontal bar. Zou won his first three Olympic gold medals at the 2008 Olympic G ...
and
Chen Yibing Chen Yibing (; born 19 December 1984 in Tianjin) is a Chinese gymnast, a four-time world champion on still rings. Chen was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2006, ...
, and badminton player
Lin Dan Lin Dan (born 14 October 1983) is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion, as well as a six-time All England champion. Widely regarded as the greatest badminton player of a ...
. Pistol shooter and former Olympic medalist
Tan Zongliang Tan Zongliang (; born November 29, 1971) is a male Chinese sports shooter who competed at five consecutive Olympics from 1996 to 2012. He has won two consecutive ISSF World Shooting Championships in 50 metre pistol: in 2002 in Lahti and in 200 ...
, the oldest male member of the contingent, aged 41, competed at his fifth Olympic Games. Meanwhile, fencer
Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 2 on 17 February 2014. Over the course of her career, Li won nine WTA Tour singles titles including two Grand ...
and basketball player
Wang Zhizhi Wang Zhizhi (, pronounced ; born 8 July 1977) is a Chinese former professional basketball player who is currently the head coach of the Bayi Rockets, the team with which he spent his domestic career in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). H ...
each made their fourth Olympic appearance. Trap shooter
Liu Yingzi Liu Yingzi (born 27 January 1971 in Xiangyin, Yueyang, Hunan) is a female Chinese sports shooter, who competed for Team China at the 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprim ...
was the oldest athlete of the team, aged 41, while relay swimmer Qiu Yuhan was the youngest, aged 14. Basketballer
Yi Jianlian Yi Jianlian ( ; born October 27, 1987) is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He has also played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwauk ...
, who had previously played for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. The following table lists the number of Chinese competitors who participated in each Olympic sport. Note that
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,
synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by FINA (the ''Fédérati ...
,
diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...
and
water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...
are technically considered as one sport,
aquatics Aquatics may refer to: *Aquatic sports in the Olympics and other international competitions, including the disciplines of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and open water swimming *Water-related sports more broadly (including boa ...
. However, due to their significant practical differences, they are listed separately by tradition.


Archery

China qualified 3 archers for the men's individual event, 3 archers for the women's individual event, a team for the men's team event and a team for the women's team event. ;Men ;Women


Athletics

Prior to the 2012 Olympics, Chinese athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events On 1 May 2013, the IOC stripped Russian discus thrower
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of her silver medal in the women's discus throw after testing positive for
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(an anabolic steroid). China's Li Yanfeng was elevated to silver.


Badminton

China won 12 quotas with 17 athletes for the 2012 Olympics. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed


Basketball

China's male and female basketball teams both qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games. * Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players * Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players


Men's tournament

;Roster ;Group play


Women's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ;Quarter-final


Boxing

China qualified boxers for the following events in 2012: ;Men ;Women


Canoeing


Slalom

China qualified boats for the following slalom events: File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics C2 CHN Hu Minghai and Shu Junrong.jpg, Hu Minghai and Shu Junrong (C-2) File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics W K1 CHN Li Jingjing.jpg, Li Jingjing (K-1)


Sprint

China qualified boats for the following sprint events: ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)


Cycling

China qualified the following cyclists for the 2012 Games:


Road


Track

;Sprint ;Team sprint ;Pursuit ;Keirin ;Omnium


Mountain biking


Diving

The Chinese diving team qualified 12 divers across all diving events at the 2012 Olympics through the 2011 World Aquatics Championships. ;Men ;Women


Fencing

China qualified 13 fencers for nine events at the 2012 Olympics. ;Men ;Women


Field hockey

The Chinese women's hockey team qualified a team of 16 players for the 2012 Olympics, by virtue of winning the
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hockey title.


Women's tournament

;Roster ;Group play ;5th/6th place


Gymnastics

A total of 15 Chinese gymnasts competed at the 2012 Olympics.


Artistic

;Men's team ;Men's individual finals ;Women's team ;Women's individual finals


Rhythmic


Trampoline


Judo

Eight Chinese athletes – one man and seven women – competed in the Olympic judo events. ;Men ;Women


Modern pentathlon

Based on their results at the 2011 Asian/Oceania Championships, four Chinese pentathletes qualified for the 2012 games.
Cao Zhongrong Cao Zhongrong (; born 3 November 1981 in Shanghai) is a male Chinese modern pentathlete who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He finished in 30th place in 2008, and won the silver medal A silver medal in sports and other simi ...
and
Wang Guan Wang Guan (born 16 February 1987) is a Chinese modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. Th ...
earned places in the men's event, while Chen Qian and Miao Yihua earned places in the women's event.


Rowing

;Men ;Women 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


Sailing

China qualified one boat for each of the following events: ;Men ;Women M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race


Shooting

The following 23 quota places were qualified for the Chinese shooting squad at the 2012 Games: ;Men ;Women


Swimming

Chinese swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following Olympic events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): ;Men ;Women


Synchronized swimming

China qualified a duet and a team. The team consisted of 9 athletes, 8 in action and 1 in reserve.


Table tennis

China qualified four athletes for the singles table tennis events at the 2012 Olympics. Wang Hao and
Zhang Jike Zhang Jike (; born 16 February 1988) is a retired Chinese table tennis player. Zhang became the fourth male player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career Grand Slam when he won gold in men's singles at the Olympic games in London 20 ...
qualified for the men's event, while
Li Xiaoxia Li Xiaoxia (; born 16 January 1988) is a Chinese table tennis Grand Slam champion. Career She trained in the Jiangsu Wuxi Shanhe Club in Wuxi, China. Her trainer is Li Sun, who is also the mentor of Olympic gold medal winner Zhang Yining. As o ...
and
Ding Ning Ding Ning (; born 20 June 1990) is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Ding won her second world title in ...
qualified for the women's event. ;Men ;Women


Taekwondo

China ensured berths in the following taekwondo events by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament:


Tennis


Triathlon

China qualified the following triathletes for the 2012 Olympics:


Volleyball


Beach


Indoor

China qualified a 12-person women's team for the indoor volleyball tournament.


Women's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ;Quarter-final


Water polo

China qualified a 13-member women's water polo team.


Women's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ;Quarterfinals ;5th-8th Place ;5th-6th Place


Weightlifting

China qualified 6 men and 4 women for the Olympic weightlifting competition. ;Men ;Women


Wrestling

China qualified 8 quota places for wrestling at the 2012 games. ;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman ;Women's freestyle


See also

* China at the 2012 Summer Paralympics * Olympic competitors for China *
Sports in China Sport in China has been long associated with the martial arts. Today, China (including mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau) consists of a variety of competitive sports. Traditional Chinese culture regards physical fitness as an important chara ...


References


External links


China – London2012.com
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