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(PRC) was the host nation at the 2022 Winter Olympics in

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which took place from 4 to 20 February 2022. China sent its largest ever contingent of delegation of 387 personnel to the games, of which 176 were athletes.

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were the country's flag bearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile,

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were the closing ceremony flagbearers.

Achievements and records

* Yongqing Lamu (Yangchen Lhamo) and Ciren Zhandui (Tsering Damdul) become the first Tibetan athletes to be qualified for the Winter Olympics, in the snowboarding and cross-country skiing event respectively. * It is China's most successful appearance at the Winter Olympics with nine golds and a total of 15 medals, and ranking third on the medal tally by gold medals, and eleventh place by total medals. China also broke the record for the most gold medals won by Asian countries at a single Winter Olympics (9), which was previously set by South Korea in 2010 and 2006 (6).

Medallists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Alpine skiing

By using their status as host, China has qualified two male and two female alpine skiers. ;Mixed

Biathlon

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Bobsleigh

* – Denotes the driver of the sled

Cross-country skiing

By using their status as host China qualified four male cross-country skiers. They also qualified four female skiers, and added a fifth through reallocation. ;Distance ;Men ;Women ;Sprint ;Men & Women

Curling

;Summary

Men's tournament

China has qualified their men's team (five athletes) as the host nation. ;Round robin China had a bye in draws 4, 8 and 12. ;Draw 1 ''Wednesday, 9 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 2 ''Thursday, 10 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 3 ''Friday, 11 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 5 ''Saturday, 12 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 6 ''Sunday, 13 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 7 ''Sunday, 13 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 9 ''Tuesday, 15 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 10 ''Tuesday, 15 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 11 ''Wednesday, 16 February, 14:05''

Women's tournament

China has qualified their women's team (five athletes) as the host nation. ;Round robin China had a bye in draws 4, 8 and 12. ;Draw 1 ''Thursday, 10 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 2 ''Thursday, 10 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 3 ''Friday, 11 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 5 ''Saturday, 12 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 6 ''Sunday, 13 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 7 ''Monday, 14 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 9 ''Tuesday, 15 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 10 ''Wednesday, 16 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 11 ''Wednesday, 16 February, 20:05''

Mixed doubles tournament

China has qualified their mixed doubles team (two athletes) as the host nation. ;Round robin China had a bye in draws 3, 5, 7 and 12. ;Draw 1 ''Wednesday, 2 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 2 ''Thursday, 3 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 4 ''Thursday, 3 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 6 ''Friday, 4 February, 13:35'' ;Draw 8 ''Saturday, 5 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 9 ''Saturday, 5 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 10 ''Sunday, 6 February, 9:05'' ;Draw 11 ''Sunday, 6 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 13 ''Monday, 7 February, 9:05''

Figure skating

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in Stockholm, Sweden, China secured one quota in the men' and ladies singles, two quotas in pairs, and one quota in the ice dance competition. ;Team

Freestyle skiing

;Aerials ;Moguls ;Ski cross ;Half pipe, Slopestyle and Big Air

Ice hockey

China has qualified 25 male and 23 female competitors to the ice hockey tournaments as part of their two teams. Due to the lack of ice hockey talent in China players were recruited from abroad. The men's hockey team has eleven Canadians, nine Chinese, three Americans, and a Russian. Due to their extremely poor performance their attendance at the games was in question even though they traditionally automatically qualified as the host. Summary

Men's tournament

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qualified as the host. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Playoffs

Women's tournament

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qualified as the host. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ----

Luge

;Singles ;Doubles ;Team relay

Nordic combined

As host country, China qualified 1 nordic combined athlete, and this is the country's debut in the competitions

Short track speed skating

China qualified all three relays and the maximum of five athletes in each gender. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed Qualification legend: FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final

Skeleton

Ski jumping

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Snowboarding

;Freestyle ;Men ;Women ;Parallel ;Snowboard cross Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Speed skating

China qualified 6 men and 8 women in the speed skating event. ;Men ;Women ;Mass start ;Team pursuit

References

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