# China at the 2002 Winter Olympics

The People's Republic of China competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The team excludes athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, which competed separately as Hong Kong, China. China won its first Winter Olympic gold medal at these Games. It had previously won silver and bronze medals at prior Games.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Yang Yang (A) | Short Track Speed Skating | Women's 500m |
| Gold | Yang Yang (A) | Short Track Speed Skating | Women's 1000m |
| Silver | Li Jiajun | Short Track Speed Skating | Men's 1500m |
| Silver | Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan | Short Track Speed Skating | Women's 3000m Relay |
| Bronze | Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo | Figure Skating | Pairs |
| Bronze | Yang Yang (S) | Short Track Speed Skating | Women's 1000m |
| Bronze | Wang Chunlu | Short Track Speed Skating | Women's 500m |
| Bronze | Li Jiajun An Yulong Li Ye Feng Kai Guo Wei | Short Track Speed Skating | Men's 5000m Relay |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km sprint | Zhang Qing | 3 | 27:45.3 | 56 |
| 12.5 km pursuit $^2$ | Zhang Qing | 5 | 39:11.1 | 53 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^3$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Zhang Qing | 54:13.9 | 4 | 58:13.9 | 59 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 7.5 km sprint | Sun Ribo | 3 | 24:32.4 | 57 |
| 7.5 km sprint | Kong Yingchao | 3 | 24:30.2 | 56 |
| 7.5 km sprint | Liu Xianying | 1 | 23:18.9 | 42 |
| 7.5 km sprint | Yu Shumei | 1 | 22:29.9 | 20 |
| 10 km pursuit $^4$ | Yu Shumei | 6 | 37:02.6 | 44 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^3$ | Rank |
| 15 km | Yu Shumei | 48:43.0 | 5 | 53:43.0 | 46 |
| 15 km | Kong Yingchao | 51:38.0 | 2 | 53:38.0 | 44 |
| 15 km | Liu Xianying | 50:09.4 | 0 | 50:09.4 | 17 |
| 15 km | Sun Ribo | 49:04.7 | 1 | 50:04.7 | 15 |

### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Yu Shumei Sun Ribo Liu Xianying Kong Yingchao | 0 | 1'34:45.6 | 13 |
    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.
    $^3$ One minute added per missed target.
    $^4$ Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

Sprint
| Athlete | Qualifying round | Qualifying round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Han Dawei | 3:07.00 | 52 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
Pursuit
| Athlete | 10 km C | 10 km C | 10 km F pursuit$^1$ | 10 km F pursuit$^1$ |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Han Dawei | 30:15.7 | 67 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km C | Han Dawei | 42:34.5 | 56 |
| 30 km F | Han Dawei | 1'25:42.4 | 65 |
| 50 km C | Han Dawei | 2'44:50.0 | 54 |
    $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women

Sprint
| Athlete | Qualifying round | Qualifying round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Luan Zhengrong | 3:35.21 | 50 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hou Yuxia | 3:28.71 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
Pursuit
| Athlete | 5 km C | 5 km C | 5 km F pursuit$^2$ | 5 km F pursuit$^2$ |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Luan Zhengrong | 15:40.6 | 65 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hou Yuxia | 14:26.3 | 46 Q | 14:11.1 | 44 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Luan Zhengrong | 32:35.3 | 50 |
| 10 km C | Hou Yuxia | 31:30.6 | 44 |
| 15 km F | Luan Zhengrong | 47:43.7 | 52 |
| 15 km F | Hou Yuxia | 45:42.2 | 47 |
| 30 km C | Hou Yuxia | 1'49:45.8 | 42 |
| 30 km C | Luan Zhengrong | 1'49:37.7 | 41 |
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | Points | SP | FS | Rank |
| Li Yunfei | 30.0 | 14 | 23 | 20 |
| Zhang Min | 24.5 | 19 | 15 | 16 |
| Li Chengjiang | 12.0 | 6 | 9 | 9 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | Points | SP | FS | Rank |
| Zhang Dan Zhang Hao | 16.5 | 9 | 12 | 11 |
| Pang Qing Tong Jian | 14.0 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | |

### Ice Dancing

| Athletes | Points | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD | Rank |
| Zhang Weina Cao Xianming | 44.0 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 |

## Freestyle skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Han Xiaopeng | Aerials | 144.91 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ou Xiaotao | Aerials | 175.01 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Qiu Sen | Aerials | 187.42 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Guo Xinxin | Aerials | 130.31 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wang He | Aerials | 136.77 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Xu Nannan | Aerials | 160.64 | 12 Q | 135.96 | 12 |
| Li Nina | Aerials | 181.30 | 4 Q | 185.23 | 5 |

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

Top two teams (shaded) advanced to semifinals.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | +27 | 6 |
| Finland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 1 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 1 |
All times are local (UTC-7).

#### Classification round

5th place semifinal
7th place match
* Contestants Chen Jing Dai Qiuwa Guan Weinan Guo Hong Hu Chunrong Jin Fengling Li Xuan Liu Hongmei Liu Yanhui Lu Yan Ma Xiaojun Sang Hong Shen Tiantian Sun Rui Wang Linuo Wang Ying Xu Lei Yang Xiuqing Zhang Jing

## Short track speed skating
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Li Jiajun | 500 m | 43.690 | 1 Q | 1:04.514 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Feng Kai | 500 m | 43.084 | 1 Q | 42.820 | 2 Q | 42.266 | 2 Q | 42.112 | 4 |
| Feng Kai | 1000 m | 1:32.554 | 1 Q | 1:28.424 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Li Jiajun | 1000 m | 1:30.447 | 2 Q | 1:27.467 | 2 Q | 1:30.592 | 2 Q | DSQ | – |
| Li Jiajun | 1500 m | 2:25.347 | 2 Q | | | 2:19.877 | 1 Q | 2:18.731 | |
| Guo Wei | 1500 m | 2:18.846 | 1 Q | | | 2:25.321 | 3 QB | 2:27.376 | 7 |
| Li Jiajun Feng Kai Guo Wei Li Ye An Yulong | 5000 m relay | | | | | 6:46.625 | 2 Q | 6:59.633 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Yang Yang (A) | 500 m | 45.042 | 1 Q | 44.810 | 1 Q | 44.118 OR | 1 Q | 44.187 | |
| Wang Chunlu | 500 m | 44.723 | 1 Q | 44.739 | 1 Q | 44.734 | 2 Q | 44.272 | |
| Yang Yang (S) | 1000 m | 1:40.632 | 1 Q | 1:33.561 | 1 Q | 1:35.072 | 1 Q | 1:37.008 | |
| Yang Yang (A) | 1000 m | 1:37.039 | 1 Q | 1:31.235 OR | 1 Q | 1:38.037 | 2 Q | 1:36.391 | |
| Yang Yang (S) | 1500 m | 2:26.943 OR | 1 Q | | | 2:32.315 | 1 Q | DSQ | – |
| Yang Yang (A) | 1500 m | 2:29.578 | 2 Q | | | 2:21.690 | 2 Q | 2:31.791 | 4 |
| Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Sun Dandan Wang Chunlu | 3000 m relay | | | | | 4:15.931 | 1 Q | 4:13.326 | |

## 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 | Yu Fengtong | 1:22.11 | 36 | 35.30 | 21 | 117.41 | 34 |
| 500 m | Li Yu | 35.62 | 21 | 35.35 | 23 | 70.97 | 21 |
| 1000 m | Yu Fengtong | | | | | 1:12.07 | 40 |
| 1000 m | Li Yu | | | | | 1:10.78 | 35 |
| 1500 m | Liu Guangbin | | | | | 1:52.01 | 46 |
| 1500 m | Ma Yongbin | | | | | 1:51.81 | 45 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Xing Aihua | 1:44.62 | 31 | 39.74 | 28 | 144.36 | 30 |
| 500 m | Yang Chunyuan | 39.56 | 28 | 39.07 | 23 | 78.63 | 24 |
| 500 m | Jin Hua | 39.06 | 24 | 39.20 | 24 | 78.26 | 23 |
| 500 m | Wang Manli | 38.20 | 11 | 28.42 | 14 | 76.62 | 13 |
| 1000 m | You Yanchun | | | | | 1:18.74 | 30 |
| 1000 m | Wang Manli | | | | | 1:17.37 | 26 |
| 1000 m | Jin Hua | | | | | 1:17.35 | 25 |
| 1000 m | Song Li | | | | | 1:16.71 | 22 |
| 1500 m | Zhang Xiaolei | | | | | 2:01.23 | 28 |
| 1500 m | Gao Yang | | | | | 1:59.51 | 19 |
| 1500 m | Song Li | | | | | 1:58.31 | 15 |
| 3000 m | Zhang Xiaolei | | | | | 4:16.53 | 23 |
| 3000 m | Gao Yang | | | | | 4:12.39 | 20 |