# China at the 1998 Winter Olympics

The People's Republic of China competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Li Jiajun | Short track speed skating | Men's 1000 metres | 17 February |
| Silver | Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan | Short track speed skating | Women's 3000 metre relay | 17 February |
| Silver | Xu Nannan | Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials | 18 February |
| Silver | Yang Yang (S) | Short track speed skating | Women's 500 metres | 19 February |
| Silver | An Yulong | Short track speed skating | Men's 500 metres | 21 February |
| Silver | Yang Yang (S) | Short track speed skating | Women's 1000 metres | 21 February |
| Bronze | Chen Lu | Figure skating | Women's singles | 20 February |
| Bronze | Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong | Short track speed skating | Men's 5000 metre relay | 21 February |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Biathlon | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Cross-country skiing | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Ice hockey | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| Short track speed skating | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Speed skating | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Total | 15 | 42 | 57 |

## Biathlon
### Women

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Sun Ribo | 3 | 25:29.0 | 39 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Yu Shumei | 0 | 23:44.0 | 5 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 15 km | Sun Ribo | 52:19.2 | 6 | 58:19.2 | 21 |
| 15 km | Yu Shumei | 54:41.3 | 2 | 56:41.3 | 9 |

### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Yu Shumei Sun Ribo Liu Jinfeng Liu Xianying | 1 | 1'43:32.6 | 7 |
    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ One minute added per missed target.

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Qu Donghai | DNF | – |
| 10 km C | Wu Jintao | 32:57.7 | 81 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Wu Jintao | 52:28.1 | 68 |
| 30 km C | Wu Jintao | DNF | – |
| 50 km F | Qu Donghai | 2'16:42.3 | 29 |
    $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Guo Dongling | 20:58.0 | 72 |
| 5 km C | Luan Zhengrong | 20:30.0 | 68 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Guo Dongling | 36:58.2 | 65 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Luan Zhengrong | 35:47.3 | 62 |
| 15 km C | Guo Dongling | 54:50.6 | 55 |
| 15 km C | Luan Zhengrong | 53:48.4 | 51 |
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Zhengxin Guo | 10 | 9 | 14.0 | 8 |

### Women

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Chen Lu | 4 | 3 | 5.0 | |

### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo | 8 | 5 | 9.0 | 5 |

## Freestyle skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Ou Xiaotao | Aerials | | 183.84 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Yin Hong | Aerials | | 90.73 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Guo Dandan | Aerials | | 163.95 | 8 Q | | 159.74 | 7 |
| Ji Xiaoou | Aerials | | 167.42 | 6 Q | | ? | 12 |
| Xu Nannan | Aerials | | 182.01 | 1 Q | | 186.97 | |

## Ice hockey
### Women's tournament
#### Group stage

The First 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 10 |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 8 |
| Finland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 6 |
| China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 4 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 2 |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| China | 0–5 | United States |
| Canada | 2–0 | China |
| Japan | 1–6 | China |
| China | 3–1 | Sweden |
| Finland | 6–1 | China |

#### Bronze-medal game

| Finland | 4 – 1 | China 4th | Big Hat (7,412) |
| | First period | | Ref: Laurie Taylor-Boulton |
| | | Yang X. 9:27 |
| | Second period | | |
| S. Fisk (R. Nieminen, K. Lehto) 3:07 |
| J. Ikonen (P. Vaarakallio, K. Rantamäki) 7:08 |
| S. Lankosaari (K. Riipi, S. Krooks) 10:15 |
| | Third period | | |
| R. Nieminen (M. Lehtimäki) (en) 19:52 |
| | Game stats | | |
* Contestants Chen Jing Dang Hong Diao Ying Gong Ming Guo Hong Guo Lili Guo Wei Huo Lina Li Xuan Liu Chunhua Liu Hongmei Lu Yan Ma Jinping Ma Xiaojun Sang Hong Wang Wei Xu Lei Yang Xiuqing Zhang Jing Zhang Lan

## Short track speed skating
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| An Yulong | 500 m | 43.748 | 1 Q | 43.384 | 1 Q | 43.796 | 2 QA | 43.022 | |
| Feng Kai | 500 m | 44.817 | 2 Q | 44.384 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Li Jiajun | 500 m | 43.831 | 1 Q | 42.861 | 1 Q | DSQ | – | did not advance | did not advance |
| Feng Kai | 1000 m | 1:31.724 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| An Yulong | 1000 m | 1:32.731 | 2 Q | 1:29.784 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Li Jiajun | 1000 m | 1:34.023 | 2 Q | 1:34.510 | 1 Q | 1:32.183 | 2 QA | 1:32.428 | |
| Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong | 5000 m relay | | | | | 7:05.797 | 2 QA | 7:11.559 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Wang Chunlu | 500 m | 45.655 | 1 Q | 46.091 | 1 Q | 46.655 | 2 QA | DNF | – |
| Yang Yang (A) | 500 m | 46.815 | 1 Q | DSQ | – | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yang Yang (S) | 500 m | 46.136 | 1 Q | 46.578 | 2 Q | 45.101 | 2 QA | 46.627 | |
| Yang Yang (S) | 1000 m | 1:35.244 | 1 Q | 1:37.252 | 2 Q | 1:35.721 | 2 QA | 1:43.343 | |
| Wang Chunlu | 1000 m | DSQ | – | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yang Yang (A) | 1000 m | 1:37.062 | 1 Q | 1:31.991 WR | 1 Q | 1:34.688 | 1 QA | DSQ | – |
| Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan | 3000 m relay | | | | | 4:22.342 | 2 QA | 4:16.383 | |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Dai Dengwen | 37.03 | 33 | 36.95 | 32 | 73.98 | 31 |
| 500 m | Li Yu | 36.79 | 27 | 36.79 | 26 | 73.58 | 27 |
| 500 m | Liu Hongbo | 36.77 | 25 | 36.95 | 32 | 73.72 | 28 |
| 1000 m | Wu Fenglong | | | | | DNF | – |
| 1000 m | Liu Hongbo | | | | | 1:15.06 | 40 |
| 1000 m | Li Yu | | | | | 1:14.50 | 38 |
| 1000 m | Dai Dengwen | | | | | 1:14.20 | 36 |
| 1500 m | Feng Qingbo | | | | | 1:56.45 | 43 |
| 1500 m | Wan Chunbo | | | | | 1:54.64 | 36 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Jin Hua | 1:04.07 | 37 | 40.32 | 25 | 104.39 | 36 |
| 500 m | Wang Manli | 40.01 | 22 | 40.06 | 22 | 80.07 | 22 |
| 500 m | Yang Chunyuan | 39.92 | 19 | 40.24 | 24 | 80.16 | 23 |
| 500 m | Xue Ruihong | 39.49 | 13 | 39.53 | 13 | 79.02 | 14 |
| 1000 m | Yang Chunyuan | | | | | 1:22.20 | 32 |
| 1000 m | Wang Manli | | | | | 1:22.13 | 31 |
| 1000 m | Xue Ruihong | | | | | 1:21.84 | 28 |
| 1000 m | Li Xuesong | | | | | 1:21.54 | 26 |
| 1500 m | Li Xuesong | | | | | 2:08.05 | 31 |
| 1500 m | Song Li | | | | | 2:05.98 | 28 |
| 3000 m | Song Li | | | | | 4:28.99 | 26 |