# China at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The People's Republic of China competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, after the territory's return to Chinese rule in 1997, and which competed separately as Hong Kong, China.
271 competitors, 91 men and 180 women, took part in 163 events in 28 sports. China finished for the first time in the top 3 with 28 gold medals. China also broke the record for the most gold medals won by Asian countries at a single Summer Olympics (28), which was previously set by Japan in 1964 (16) and by China in 1992 (16) and 1996 (16).

## Medalists

Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Diving | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Table tennis | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Badminton | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Shooting | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Gymnastics | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Judo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cycling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 28 | 16 | 14 | 58 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Wang Liping | Athletics | Women's 20 km walk | 28 September |
| Gold | Ji Xinpeng | Badminton | Men's singles | 23 September |
| Gold | Gong Zhichao | Badminton | Women's singles | 22 September |
| Gold | Ge Fei, Gu Jun | Badminton | Women's doubles | 23 September |
| Gold | Gao Ling, Zhang Jun | Badminton | Mixed doubles | 21 September |
| Gold | Xiong Ni | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | 26 September |
| Gold | Tian Liang | Diving | Men's 10 m platform | 30 September |
| Gold | Xiao Hailiang, Xiong Ni | Diving | Men's synchronized 3 m springboard | 28 September |
| Gold | Fu Mingxia | Diving | Women's 3 m springboard | 28 September |
| Gold | Li Na, Sang Xue | Diving | Women's synchronized 10 m platform | 28 September |
| Gold | Huang Xu, Li Xiaopeng, Xiao Junfeng, Xing Aowei, Yang Wei, Zheng Lihui | Gymnastics | Men's team all-around | 18 September |
| Gold | Li Xiaopeng | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | 25 September |
| Gold | Liu Xuan | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam | 25 September |
| Gold | Tang Lin | Judo | Women's 78 kg | 21 September |
| Gold | Yuan Hua | Judo | Women's +78 kg | 22 September |
| Gold | Cai Yalin | Shooting | Men's 10 m air rifle | 18 September |
| Gold | Yang Ling | Shooting | Men's 10 m running target | 23 September |
| Gold | Tao Luna | Shooting | Women's 10 m air pistol | 17 September |
| Gold | Kong Linghui | Table tennis | Men's singles | 25 September |
| Gold | Wang Liqin, Yan Sen | Table tennis | Men's doubles | 23 September |
| Gold | Wang Nan | Table tennis | Women's singles | 24 September |
| Gold | Li Ju, Wang Nan | Table tennis | Women's doubles | 22 September |
| Gold | Chen Zhong | Taekwondo | Women's +67 kg | 30 September |
| Gold | Zhan Xugang | Weightlifting | Men's 77 kg | 22 September |
| Gold | Yang Xia | Weightlifting | Women's 53 kg | 18 September |
| Gold | Chen Xiaomin | Weightlifting | Women's 63 kg | 19 September |
| Gold | Lin Weining | Weightlifting | Women's 69 kg | 19 September |
| Gold | Ding Meiyuan | Weightlifting | Women's +75 kg | 22 September |
| Silver | Huang Nanyan, Yang Wei | Badminton | Women's doubles | 23 September |
| Silver | Hu Jia | Diving | Men's 10 m platform | 30 September |
| Silver | Hu Jia, Tian Liang | Diving | Men's synchronized 10 m platform | 23 September |
| Silver | Guo Jingjing | Diving | Women's 3 m springboard | 28 September |
| Silver | Li Na | Diving | Women's 10 m platform | 24 September |
| Silver | Fu Mingxia, Guo Jingjing | Diving | Women's synchronized 3 m springboard | 23 September |
| Silver | Dong Zhaozhi, Wang Haibin, Ye Chong | Fencing | Men's team foil | 22 September |
| Silver | Yang Wei | Gymnastics | Men's individual all-around | 20 September |
| Silver | Ling Jie | Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars | 24 September |
| Silver | Li Shufang | Judo | Women's 63 kg | 18 September |
| Silver | Wang Yifu | Shooting | Men's 10 m air pistol | 16 September |
| Silver | Tao Luna | Shooting | Women's 25 m pistol | 22 September |
| Silver | Kong Linghui, Liu Guoliang | Table tennis | Men's doubles | 23 September |
| Silver | Li Ju | Table tennis | Women's singles | 24 September |
| Silver | Sun Jin, Yang Ying | Table tennis | Women's doubles | 22 September |
| Silver | Wu Wenxiong | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 16 September |
| Bronze | Xia Xuanze | Badminton | Men's singles | 23 September |
| Bronze | Ye Zhaoying | Badminton | Women's singles | 22 September |
| Bronze | Gao Ling, Qin Yiyuan | Badminton | Women's doubles | 23 September |
| Bronze | Jiang Cuihua | Cycling | Women's track time trial | 16 September |
| Bronze | Li Na, Liang Qin, Yang Shaoqi | Fencing | Women's team épée | 19 September |
| Bronze | Liu Xuan | Gymnastics | Individual all-around | 21 September |
| Bronze | Yang Yun | Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars | 24 September |
| Bronze | Liu Yuxiang | Judo | Women's 52 kg | 17 September |
| Bronze | Niu Zhiyuan | Shooting | Men's 10 m running target | 23 September |
| Bronze | Gao Jing | Shooting | Women's 10 m air rifle | 16 September |
| Bronze | Gao E | Shooting | Women's trap | 18 September |
| Bronze | Liu Guoliang | Table tennis | Men's singles | 25 September |
| Bronze | Zhang Xiangxiang | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 16 September |
| Bronze | Sheng Zetian | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 58 kg | 27 September |
* ↑ Medals were awarded on 25 September 2000 after Romanian Andreea Răducan disqualified due to medical substance.

## Results by event

Unless otherwise indicated, all results are derived from the Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad.

## Archery

Defending silver medalist He Ying was defeated by one of the Korean women in the round of 16.

### Individual events

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Fu Shengjun | Men's individual | 635 | 16 | Mikos (POL) L 155–157 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tang Hua | Men's individual | 619 | 38 | Gray (AUS) W 163–161 | Petersson (SWE) L 148–157 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yang Bo | Men's individual | 632 | 22 | Kurchenko (UKR) W 164–155 | Stubbe (GER) W 159–152 | Petersson (SWE) L 164–167 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| He Ying | Women's individual | 638 | 14 | Hess (NOR) W 160–145 | Pfohl (GER) W 163–157 | Kim N-s (KOR) L 162–165 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yang Jianping | Women's individual | 633 | 25 | Asano (JPN) W 156–154 | Liu P-y (TPE) W 160–157 | Nowicka (POL) L 158–162 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yu Hui | Women's individual | 643 | 11 | Y Pérez (CUB) L 159–155 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Teams

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Fu Shengjun Tang Hua Yang Bo | Men's team | 1886 | 8 | Ukraine (UKR) L 235–244 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| He Ying Yang Jianping Yu Hui | Women's team | 1914 | 6 | Bye | Germany (GER) L 234–240 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Athletics
### Men's track

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Yu Guohui | 20km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:22:32 SB | 13 |
| Wang Yinhang | 50km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:50:19 PB | 13 |
| Yang Yongjian | 50km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:48:42 PB | 10 |

### Men's field

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Li Shaojie | Discus throw | 62.29 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lao Jianfeng | Long jump | 7.41 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Liu Honglin | Long jump | NM | NM | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lao Jianfeng | Triple jump | 16.43 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women's track

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Li Xuemei | 100m | 11.25 SB | 11 Q | 11.46 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zeng Xiujun | 100m | 11.63 | 43 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Qin Wangping | 200m | 24.10 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Liu Xiaomei | 200m | 23.56 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Li Ji | 10,000m | 32:28.96 | 6 Q | — | — | — | — | 31:06.94 | 7 |
| Feng Yun | 100m hurdles | 13.19 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Li Xuemei Liu Xiaomei Qin Wangping Zeng Xiujun | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.07 SB | 5 Q | — | — | 43.04 SB | 8 q | 44.87 | 8 |
| Ren Xiujuan | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:27:55 | 10 |
| Liu Hongyu | 20km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Wang Liping | 20km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:29:05 OR | |

### Women's field

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Cao Qi | Discus throw | 58.03 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Li Qiumei | Discus throw | 56.59 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yu Xin | Discus throw | 61.00 | 11 Q | 58.34 | 13 |
| Zhao Wei | Hammer throw | 59.54 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Li Lei | Javelin throw | 60.57 | 9 Q | 56.83 | 11 |
| Wei Jianhua | Javelin throw | 60.64 | 8 Q | 58.33 | 10 |
| Gao Shuying | Pole vault | 4.40 | 7 q | 4.15 | 10 |
| Cheng Xiaoyan | Shot put | 18.42 | 10 Q | 17.85 | 11 |
| Yu Xin | Shot put | 16.18 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Guan Yingnan | Long jump | 6.48 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Guo Chunfang | Long jump | NM | NM | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ren Ruiping | Triple jump | 13.16 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Badminton
### Men
#### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ji Xinpeng | Men's singles | Ng (HKG) W 7–15, 15–4, 15–11 | Han (USA) W 15–3, 15–6 | Hidayat (INA) W 15–12, 15–5 | Gade (DEN) W 15–9, 1–15, 15–9 | Hendrawan (INA) W 15–4, 15–13 | |
| Sun Jun | Men's singles | Høyer Larsen (DEN) W 15–3, 16–17, 15–10 | Vaughan (GBR) W 15–10, 15–8 | Hendrawan (INA) L 13–15, 5–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Xia Xuanze | Men's singles | Masuda (JPN) W 15–4, 12–15, 15–8 | Stojanov (BUL) W 15–11, 15–2 | Wong CH (MAS) W 17–15, 15–11 | Hendrawan (INA) L 12–15, 4–15 | Bronze medal match Gade (DEN) W 15–13, 15–5 | |

#### Doubles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Chen Qiqiu Yu Jinhao | Men's doubles | Cheah (MAS) Yap (MAS) L 15–4, 16–17, 10–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zhang Jun Zhang Wei | Men's doubles | Moody (CAN) Olynyk (CAN) W/O | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women
#### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Dai Yun | Women's singles | Karachkova (RUS) W 11–3, 11–5 | Yonekura (JPN) W 11–2, 11–5 | Kim J-h (KOR) W 11–3, 11–4 | Martin (DEN) L 5–11, 0–11 | Bronze medal match Ye Z (CHN) L 11–8, 2–11, 6–11 | 4 |
| Gong Zhichao | Women's singles | Ling W (HKG) W 11–4, 11–3 | Djaelawijaya (INA) W 11–9, 11–3 | Mizui (JPN) W 11–6, 11–3 | Ye Z (CHN) W 11–8, 11–8 | Martin (DEN) W 13–10, 11–3 | |
| Ye Zhaoying | Women's singles | Meulendijks (NED) W 11–3, 9–11, 11–7 | Sorensen (DEN) W 11–4, 11–6 | Huang C-c (TPE) W 11–3, 11–4 | Gong Z (CHN) L 8–11, 8–11 | Bronze medal match Dai (CHN) W 8–11, 11–2, 11–6 | |

#### Doubles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan | Women's doubles | Boteva (BUL) Koleva (BUL) W 15–1, 15–9 | Iwata (JPN) Matsuda (JPN) W 15–5, 15–5 | Goode (GBR) Kellogg (GBR) W 15–2, 15–7 | Ge F (CHN) Gu J (CHN) L 7–15, 12–15 | Bronze medal match Chung J-h (KOR) Ra (KOR) W 15–10, 15–4 | |
| Ge Fei Gu Jun | Women's doubles | Bye | Lee H-j (KOR) Yim (KOR) W 15–3, 15–5 | Tantri (INA) Tuwankotta (INA) W 15–3, 15–5 | Gao L (CHN) Qin Y (CHN) W 15–7, 15–12 | Huang Ny (CHN) Yang Wei (CHN) W 15–5, 15–5 | |
| Huang Nanyan Yang Wei | Women's doubles | Bye | Ekmongkolpaisarn (THA) Thungthongkam (THA) W 15–1, 15–4 | Jonathans (NED) van Hooren (NED) W 15–10, 15–12 | Chung J-h (KOR) Ra (KOR) W 15–6, 15–11 | Ge F (CHN) Gu J (CHN) L 5–15, 5–15 | |

### Mixed doubles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Chen Lin Chen Qiqiu | Mixed doubles | Lucas (AUS) Suryana (AUS) W 15–0, 15–3 | Resiana (INA) Suprianto (INA) L 10–15, 3–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ge Fei Liu Yong | Mixed doubles | Bye | Bruil (NED) van den Heuvel (NED) L 15–17, 7–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zhang Jun Gao Ling | Mixed doubles | Siegemund (GER) Neumann (GER) W 10–15, 15–7, 15–10 | Bergström (SWE) Karlsson (SWE) W 15–6, 15–7 | Kim D-m (KOR) Ra (KOR) W 15–11, 15–1 | Søgaard (DEN) R Olsen (DEN) W 10–15, 15–6, 17–16 | Haryanto (INA) Timur (INA) W 1–15, 15–13, 15–11 | |

## Basketball
### Men's
#### Team roster

* Guo Shiqiang
* Hu Weidong
* Li Nan
* Li Qun
* Li Xiaoyong
* Liu Yudong
* Mengke Bateer
* Sun Jun
* Wang Zhizhi
* Yao Ming
* Zhang Jingsong
* Zheng Wu

#### Results
##### Group A Summary

| Team | P | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States (USA) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 505 | 359 | +146 | 10 |
| Italy (ITA) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 332 | 349 | −17 | 8 |
| Lithuania (LTU) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 372 | 339 | +33 | 8 |
| France (FRA) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 372 | 374 | +2 | 7 |
| China (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 368 | 419 | −51 | 7 |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 307 | 416 | −109 | 5 |

##### Preliminary round

* 17 September 2000 21:30
| United States | 119–72 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 60 – 38, 59 – 34 |||
| Pts: Allen 21 Rebs: Garnett 8 Asts: Payton 7 | | Pts: Wang 13 Rebs: Guo 5 Asts: Guo 6 |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,319
* 19 September 2000 11:30
| China | 75–60 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 40 – 30, 35 – 30 |||
| Pts: Wang 19 Rebs: Yao 8 Asts: Hu, Sun 4 each | | Pts: Dickel, Marks 13 each Rebs: Marks 9 Asts: Dickel 4 |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8.357
* 21 September 2000 14:30
| France | 82–70 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 31 – 36, 51 – 34 |||
| Pts: Rigaudeau 29 Rebs: Bilba, Julian 7 each Asts: Sciarra 6 | | Pts: Yao 14 Rebs: Wang 10 Asts: Guo 4 |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,391
* 23 September 2000 9:30
| China | 66–82 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 42 – 53, 24 – 29 |||
| Pts: Yao 23 Rebs: Yao 7 Asts: Liu 2 | | Pts: Songaila 19 Rebs: Einikis 10 Asts: Jasikevičius 10 |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,365
* 25 September 2000 14:30
| Italy | 76–85 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 40 – 42, 36 – 43 |||
| Pts: Abbio 15 Rebs: Fučka, Galanda 5 each Asts: Abbio, Basile 3 each | | Pts: Li N 25 Rebs: Yao 6 Asts: Guo 7 |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,477

##### 9/10th classification match

* 26 September 16:30
| China | 64–84 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 26 – 46, 38–38 |||
| Pts: Wang 14 Rebs: Yao 6 Asts: Guo 4 | | Pts: Navarro 19 Rebs: Dueñas 10 Asts: Navarro, López 3 each |
* The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,395

## Beach volleyball

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary elimination | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Jia Tian Zhang Jingkun | Women's | Schmidt – Staub (GER) L 15–17 | Fernandez – Larrea (CUB) L 12–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =19 |
| Rong Chi Xiong Zi | Women's | Pereira – Schuller (POR) L 15 – 12 | Galindo – Gaxiola (MEX) W 15–12 | Cook – Pottharst (AUS) L 2–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | =9 |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Yang Xiangzhong | Flyweight | Dobrescu (ROM) L 3–12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mai Kangde | Bantamweight | Agaguloglu (TUR) L 4–12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Abudoureheman | Middleweight | Kakietek (POL) RSC | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road
#### Cross-country

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ma Yanping | Women's cross-country | + 1 lap | 28 |

### Track
#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Wang Yan | Women's sprint | 11.650s 61.803 km/h | 9 Q | Ferris (AUS) L | Szabolcsi (HUN) Kasslin (FIN) L | — | — | — | — | 9–12th place final Freitag (GER) Ramage (NZL) Kasslin (FIN) L | 12 |

#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Jiang Cuihua | Women's time trial | 34.768 | |
| Wang Yan | Women's time trial | 35.013 | 4 |

## Diving

China won ten medals at the diving competition — five gold medals and five silver medals. Fu Mingxia, who had retired after the 1996 Olympics, came back to win a gold and silver medal and became the first woman to win five Olympic medals.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Xiao Hailiang | 3m springboard | 419.91 | 4 Q | 235.92 | 2 | 655.83 | 5 Q | 435.12 | 4 | 671.04 | 4 |
| Xiong Ni | 3m springboard | 457.38 | 1 Q | 230.40 | 4 | 687.78 | 1 Q | 478.32 | 1 | 708.72 | |
| Hu Jia | 10m platform | 485.43 | 2 Q | 206.61 | 1 | 692.04 | 2 Q | 506.94 | 2 | 713.55 | |
| Tian Liang | 10m platform | 503.16 | 1 Q | 201.45 | 2 | 704.61 | 1 Q | 523.08 | 1 | 724.53 | |
| Xiao Hailiang Xiong Ni | 3m synchronized springboard | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 365.58 | |
| Hu Jia Tian Liang | 10m synchronized platform | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 358.74 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Fu Mingxia | 3m springboard | 342.75 | 1 Q | 242.82 | 2 | 585.57 | 1 Q | 366.60 | 1 | 609.42 | |
| Guo Jingjing | 3m springboard | 332.67 | 2 Q | 251.22 | 1 | 583.89 | 2 Q | 346.59 | 2 | 597.81 | |
| Li Na | 10m platform | 366.66 | 2 Q | 196.23 | 1 | 562.89 | 2 Q | 345.78 | 3 | 542.01 | |
| Sang Xue | 10m platform | 374.79 | 1 Q | 196.11 | 2 | 570.90 | 1 Q | 316.92 | 6 | 513.03 | 4 |
| Fu Mingxia Guo Jingjing | Synchronized 3m springboard | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 321.60 | |
| Li Na Sang Xue | Synchronized 10m platform | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 345.12 | |

## Fencing

Thirteen fencers, six men and seven women, represented China in 2000.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Wang Weixin | Men's épée | Loit (EST) L 7–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zhao Gang | Men's épée | El-Din (EGY) W 15–12 | Kayser (AUT) W 15–12 | Fekete (HUN) W 9–8 | Fischer (SUI) L 10–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dong Zhaozhi | Men's foil | Bye | Ye C (CHN) L 6–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wang Haibin | Men's foil | McMahon (AUS) W 15–6 | Sanzo (ITA) L 10–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ye Chong | Men's foil | Bye | Dong (CHN) W 15–6 | Marsi (HUN) L 8–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zhao Chunsheng | Men's sabre | Spencer-El (USA) W 15–10 | Pozdnyakov (RUS) L 11–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wang Weixin Zhao Chunsheng Zhao Gang | Men's team épée | — | — | Australia (AUS) L 38–45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dong Zhaozhi Wang Haibin Ye Chong | Men's team foil | — | — | — | Russia (RUS) W 45–30 | Italy (ITA) W 45–32 | France (FRA) L 44–45 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Li Na | Women's épée | Moustafa (EGY) W 15–5 | Duplitzer (GER) L 15–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Liang Qin | Women's épée | Bye | Zalaffi (ITA) L 11–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yang Shaoqi | Women's épée | Bye | Nagy (HUN) L 8–11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Meng Jie | Women's foil | Bye | Rybicka (POL) W 15–9 | Badea-Cârlescu (ROU) L 7–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Xiao Aihua | Women's foil | Bye | Carbone (ARG) W 15–8 | Mroczkiewicz (POL) W 15–13 | Trillini (ITA) L 8–9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yuan Li | Women's foil | Sevostiyanova (KAZ) W 15–3 | Bianchedi (ITA) L 7–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Li Na Liang Qin Yang Shaoqi | Women's team épée | — | — | — | France (FRA) W 45–42 | Switzerland (SUI) L 33–45 | Hungary (HUN) W 41–39 | |
| Meng Jie Xiao Aihua Yuan Li Zhang Lei | Women's team foil | — | — | Poland (POL) L 43–45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Football

The Chinese women's team finished fifth overall in the competition.

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

* Bai Jie
* Fan Yunjie
* Gao Hong
* Jin Yan
* Liu Ailing
* Liu Ying
* Pu Wei
* Sun Wen – Top scorer (4 goals)
* Wang Liping
* Wen Lirong
* Xie Huilin
* Zhang Ouying
* Zhao Lihong

#### Group stage

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |

## Gymnastics
### Men's artistic
#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Huang Xu | Team | — | 9.687 | 9.012 | — | 9.675 | 9.625 | 37.999 | 68 | — | 9.712 | 9.650 | — | 9.737 | 9.275 | — | — |
| Li Xiaopeng | Team | 9.725 | — | 9.600 | 9.224 | 9.762 | 9.650 | 47.962 | 54 | 9.687 | — | 9.550 | 9.712 | 9.775 | 9.675 | — | — |
| Xiao Junfeng | Team | 9.475 | 9.675 | 9.350 | 9.212 | — | — | 37.712 | 70 | — | 8.387 | 6.825 | 9.562 | — | — | | — | — |
| Xing Aowei | Team | 9.500 | 9.725 | — | 9.237 | 9.575 | 9.537 | 47.574 | 55 | 9.587 | 9.750 | — | 9.487 | 9.700 | 9.737 | — | — |
| Yang Wei | Team | 9.612 Q | 9.687 | 9.650 Q | 9.675 | 9.225 | 9.600 | 57.449 | 5 Q | 9.575 | 9.687 | 9.687 | 9.700 | 9.637 | 9.762 | — | — |
| Zheng Lihui | Team | 9.587 | 9.675 | 9.575 | 9.512 | 9.550 | 9.412 | 57.311 | 8 Q | 9.675 | 9.725 | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.337 | 9.437 | — | — |
| Total | Team | 38.424 | 38.774 | 38.175 | 37.649 | 38.562 | 38.412 | 229.996 | 2 Q | 38.524 | 38.884 | 38.487 | 38.574 | 38.849 | 38.611 | 231.919 | |

#### Individual events

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Yang Wei | All-around | 9.700 | 9.750 | 9.712 | 9.712 | 9.750 | 9.737 | 58.361 | |
| Zheng Lihui | All-around | 9.612 | 9.650 | 9.575 | 9.612 | 9.675 | 9.350 | 57.474 | 9 |
| Li Xiaopeng | Floor | 9.737 | — | — | — | — | — | 9.737 | 5 |
| Yang Wei | Floor | 9.750 | — | — | — | — | — | 9.750 | 4 |
| Yang Wei | Rings | — | — | 9.712 | — | — | — | 9.712 | 4 |
| Huang Xu | Parallel bars | — | — | — | — | 9.650 | — | 9.650 | 7 |
| Li Xiaopeng | Parallel bars | — | — | — | — | 9.825 | — | 9.825 | |

### Women's artistic
#### Team

The Chinese women's gymnastics team won the bronze medal but their medals were stripped ten years later, in 2010, due to Dong Fangxiao's age at the time of the competition. Their bronze medals were awarded to the United States' team.

#### Individual events

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Dong Fangxiao | All-around | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| Liu Xuan | All-around | 9.331 | 9.725 | 9.750 | 9.612 | 38.418 | |
| Yang Yun | All-around | 9.531 | 9.787 | 9.287 | 9.700 | 38.305 | 5 |
| Yang Yun | Floor | — | — | — | 9.637 | 9.637 | 5 |
| Ling Jie | Uneven bars | — | 9.837 | — | — | 9.837 | |
| Yang Yun | Uneven bars | — | 9.787 | — | — | 9.787 | |
| Ling Jie | Balance beam | — | — | 9.675 | — | 9.675 | 7 |
| Liu Xuan | Balance beam | — | — | 9.825 | — | 9.825 | |

## Hockey
### Women's team competition
#### Team roster

* Cai Xuemei
* Chen Zhaoxia
* Cheng Hui
* Hou Xiaolan
* Huang Junxia
* Liu Lijie
* Long Fengyu
* Nie Yali
* Shen Lihong
* Tang Chunling
* Wang Jiuyan
* Yang Hongbing
* Yang Huiping
* Yu Yali
* Zhou Wanfeng

#### Summary

* Qualified to quarterfinals
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
* FT – After full time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| China women's | Women's tournament | Netherlands W 2–1 | New Zealand L 0–2 | Germany W 2–1 | South Africa L 0–1 | 2 Q | Spain D 0–0 | Argentina L 1–2 | New Zealand L 1–5 | 5 |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jia Yunbing | 60kg | Nomura (JPN) L 0000–1000 | — | — | — | Greczkowski (USA) L 0001–1000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zhang Guangjun | 66kg | Bivol (MDA) W 1000-0000 | Collett (AUS) W 1000-0000 | Özkan (TUR) L 0000-1000 | — | — | Miresmaeili (IRI) L 0001-1001 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Xu Zhiming | 90kg | Odkhüü (MGL) W 1000-0001 | Raphael (MRI) L 0000-1100 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Song Qitao | 100kg | El Gharbawy (EGY) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pan Song | +100kg | Bat-Erdene (MGL) W 1010-0000 | Baccino (ARG) W 1010-0010 | Tmenov (RUS) L 1111-0000 | — | — | van der Geest (NED) W 0100-0011 | Sharapov (BLR) L 0011-0100 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Zhao Shunxin | 48kg | Tallie (RSA) W | Tamura (JPN) L | Bye | Bye | Bye | Lusnikova (UKR) W | Nichollo-Rosso (FRA) W | Gradante (GER) L | 5 |
| Liu Yuxiang | 52kg | Bye | Aluaș (ROU) W | Brojeshori Devi (IND) W | Narazaki (JPN) L | — | — | — | Gravenstijn (NED) W | |
| Shen Jun | 57kg | Bye | Ferreira (BRA) W | Cavazzuti (ITA) W | Gonzalez (CUB) L | — | — | — | Kusakabe (JPN) L | 5 |
| Li Shufang | 63kg | Bye | Artamonova (KGZ) W | Vandecavaye (BEL) W | Gal (ITA) W | — | — | — | Vandenhende (FRA) L | |
| Qin Dongya | 70kg | Traki (TUN) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tang Lin | 78kg | Salaeva (TKM) W | Dashdulam (MGL) W | Silva (BRA) W | Rakels (BEL) W | — | — | — | Lebrun (FRA) W | |
| Yuan Hua | +78kg | Bye | Iredale (NZL) W | Marques (BRA) W | Köppen (GER) W | — | — | — | Beltran (CUB) W | |

## Modern pentathlon

| Athlete | Event | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Running (3000 m) | Running (3000 m) | Running (3000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | MP Points | Results | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Qian Zhenhua | Men's | 179 | 9 | 884 | 11–13 | 15 | 800 | 2:05.05 | 5 | 1250 | DNF | 21 | 0 | 10:24.99 | 23 | 902 | 3836 | 24 |
| Wang Jinlin | Women's | 174 | 13 | 1024 | 10–14 | 19 | 760 | 2:29.51 | 22 | 1105 | 321 | 21 | 779 | 12:04.76 | 19 | 822 | 4490 | 20 |

## Rowing

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hua Lingjun Liang Hongming | Men's double sculls | 6:50.94 | 15 R | 6:43.64 | 12 FC | — | — | 6:36.97 | 15 |
| Hua Lingjun Li Yang Liang Hongming Liu Jian | Men's quadruple sculls | 6:16.48 | 13 R | 6:16.80 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Liu Lin Sun Guangxia | Women's double sculls | 7:33.17 | 10 R | 7:32.36 | 8 FB | — | — | 7:23.74 | 10 |
| Ou Shaoyan Yu Hua | Women's lightweight double sculls | 7:21.55 | 9 R | 7:21.00 | 8 SA/B | 7:18.60 | 10 FB | 7:15.31 | 10 |
| Han Jing Liu Lijuan Liu Lin Sun Guangxia | Women's quadruple sculls | 6:49.84 | 8 R | 6:52.47 | 7 FB | — | — | 6:39.51 | 8 |

## Sailing

One man and three women competed for the People's Republic of China in the sailing competition at the 2000 Olympics, in three events.
Men's Mistral
* Zhou Yuanguo
** Race 1 – (37) OCS
** Race 2 – 6
** Race 3 – 23
** Race 4 – (37) DSQ
** Race 5 – 18
** Race 6 – 2
** Race 7 – 3
** Race 8 – 2
** Race 9 – 1
** Race 10 – 1
** Race 11 – 8
** Final – 64 (5th place)
Women's Mistral
* Zhang Chujun
** Race 1 – 10
** Race 2 – (17)
** Race 3 – 8
** Race 4 – (11)
** Race 5 – 6
** Race 6 – 3
** Race 7 – 5
** Race 8 – 5
** Race 9 – 8
** Race 10 – 8
** Race 11 – 7
** Final – 60 (7th place)
Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
* Yang Xiaoyan and Li Dongying
** Race 1 – (19)
** Race 2 – 14
** Race 3 – (19)
** Race 4 – 18
** Race 5 – 11
** Race 6 – 16
** Race 7 – 18
** Race 8 – 18
** Race 9 – 16
** Race 10 – 17
** Race 11 – 12
** Final – 140 (19th place)

## Softball
### Women's team competition

* Team Roster
** Wei Qiang
** Tao Hua
** Deng Xiaoling
** Mu Xia
** Xu Jian
** Zhang Chunfang
** Yan Fang
** Wang Ying
** An Zhongxin
** Wang Lihong
** Yu Yanhong
** Zhou Yan
** Qiu Haitao
** Zhang Yanqing
** Qin Xuejing

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jiang Chengji | 50m freestyle | 22.82 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jin Hao | 400m freestyle | 3:57.22 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jin Hao | 1500m freestyle | 15:48.49 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ouyang Kunpeng | 100m backstroke | 57.47 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Fu Yong | 200m backstroke | 2:02.70 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zhu Yi | 100m breaststroke | 1:03.20 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zhu Yi | 200m breaststroke | 2:21.60 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ouyang Kunpeng | 100m butterfly | 54.12 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Xie Xufeng | 200m butterfly | 2:02.00 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Xie Xufeng | 200m individual medley | 2:04.67 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Xie Xufeng | 400m individual medley | 4:23.33 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jin Hao | 400m individual medley | 4:24.56 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Fu Yong Ouyang Kunpeng Xie Xufeng Zhu Yi | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:47.37 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Han Xue | 50m freestyle | 26.01 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Han Xue | 100m freestyle | 56.79 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wang Luna | 200m freestyle | 2:00.89 | 12 Q | 1:59.97 | 8 Q | 1:59.55 | 8 |
| Yang Yu | 200m freestyle | 2:01.34 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chen Hua | 400m freestyle | 4:10.56 | 5 Q | — | — | 4:13.11 | 8 |
| Chen Hua | 800m freestyle | 8:33.23 | 8 Q | — | — | 8:30.58 | 6 |
| Lu Donghua | 100m backstroke | 1:02.91 | 15 Q | 1:03.31 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zhan Shu | 100m backstroke | 1:02.19 | 7 Q | 1:02.92 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zhan Shu | 200m backstroke | 2:15.97 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Li Wei | 100m breaststroke | 1:10.55 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Qi Hui | 100m breaststroke | 1:09.88 | 13 Q | 1:09.81 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Luo Xuejuan | 200m breaststroke | 2:28.43 | 13 Q | 2:25.86 | 6 Q | 2:27.33 | 8 |
| Qi Hui | 200m breaststroke | 2:26.76 | 3 Q | 2:24.21 | 2 Q | 2:25.36 | 4 |
| Liu Limin | 100m butterfly | 59.98 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ruan Yi | 100m butterfly | 1:01.16 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Liu Limin | 200m butterfly | 2:12.32 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Liu Yin | 200m butterfly | 2:12.79 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chen Yan | 200m individual medley | 2:16.01 | 9 Q | 2:15.27 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zhan Shu | 200m individual medley | 2:16.63 | 13 Q | 2:16.58 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chen Yan | 400m individual medley | 4:45.65 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Liu Yin | 400m individual medley | 4:50.33 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Han Xue Li Jin Sun Dan Yang Yu | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:46.62 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chen Yan Sun Dan Wang Luna Yang Yu | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 8:07.69 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Han Xue Liu Limin Qi Hui Zhan Shu | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:08.27 | 7 Q | — | — | 4:07.83 | 8 |

## Synchronized swimming

| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Technical routine | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank |
| Li Min Li Yuanyuan | Duet | 33.250 | 7 | 61.620 | 94.870 | 7 Q | 33.250 | 94.784 | 7 |
| Hou Yingli Jin Na Li Min Li Rouping Li Yuanyuan Wang Fang Xia Ye Zhang Xiaohuan | Team | — | — | — | — | — | 33.017 | 94.593 | 7 |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kong Linghui | Singles | Bye | Bye | Huang (CAN) W 3–0 | Błaszczyk (POL) W 3–2 | Schlager (AUT) W 3–2 | Persson (SWE) W 3–1 | Waldner (SWE) W 3–2 | |
| Liu Guoliang | Singles | Bye | Bye | Keen (NED) W 3–0 | Eloi (FRA) W 3–2 | Roßkopf (GER) W 3–0 | Waldner (SWE) L 0–3 | Persson (SWE) W 3–1 | |
| Liu Guozheng | Singles | Bye | Bye | Saive (BEL) W 3–2 | Chiang (TPE) W 3–0 | Persson (SWE) L 1–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang | Doubles | — | — | — | Błaszczyk (POL) Krzeszewski (POL) W 3–2 | Kim T-S (KOR) Oh S-E (KOR) W 3–1 | Chila (FRA) Gatien (FRA) W 3–1 | Wang L (CHN) Yan (CHN) L 1–3 | |
| Wang Liqin Yan Sen | Doubles | — | — | — | Iseki (JPN) Tasaki (JPN) W 3–0 | Eloi (FRA) Legout (FRA) W 3–0 | Lee C-S (KOR) Ryu S-M (KOR) W 3–1 | Kong (CHN) Liu Gl (CHN) W 3–1 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Li Ju | Singles | Bye | Bye | Melnik (RUS) W 3–2 | Ni (LUX) W 3–0 | Ryu J-H (KOR) W 3–1 | Jing (SIN) W 3–1 | Wang N (CHN) L 2–3 | |
| Sun Jin | Singles | Bye | Bye | Jing (SIN) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wang Nan | Singles | Bye | Bye | Li C (NZL) W 3–0 | Li Jia (SIN) W 3–2 | Koyama (JPN) W 3–0 | Chen J (TPE) W 3–1 | Li Ju (CHN) W 3–2 | |
| Li Ju Wang Nan | Doubles | — | — | — | Schall (GER) Struse (GER) W 3–0 | Bentsen (CRO) Boroš (CRO) W 3–1 | Kim M-K (KOR) Ryu J-H (KOR) W 3–2 | Sun J (CHN) Yang Y (CHN) W 3–0 | |
| Sun Jin Yang Ying | Doubles | — | — | — | Paškauskienė (LTU) Prūsienė (LTU) W 3–0 | Miao (AUS) S Zhou (AUS) W 3–0 | Bátorfi (HUN) Tóth (HUN) W 3–1 | Li Ju (CHN) Wang Nan (CHN) L 0–3 | |

## Taekwondo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Zhu Feng | Men's +80kg | Castro (COL) L 5–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| He Lumin | Women's 67kg | Bye | Stevenson (GBR) L 5–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chen Zhong | Women's +67kg | White (AUS) W 6–0 | Bourguigue (MAR) W 5–3 | Carmona (VEN) W 8–6 | — | — | Ivanova (RUS) W 8–3 | |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Li Na | Women's singles | Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 1–6, 5–7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yi Jing-Qian | Women's singles | Bedáňová (CZE) L 2–6, 7–6, 3–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Li Na Li Ting | Women's doubles | — | Cortez (BRA) / Menga (BRA) L 4–6, 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Triathlon

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, China was represented by two women.
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Bike (40 km) | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Shi Meng | Women's | 20:26.18 | 1:12:42.23 | 43:32.32 | 2:16:40.73 | 40 |
| Wang Dan | Women's | 20:50.78 | 1:08:52.20 | 39:06.12 | 2:08:49.10 | 32 |

## Volleyball
### Women's
#### Team roster

* Chen Jing
* Gui Chaoran
* He Qi
* Li Shan
* Li Yan
* Qiu Aihua
* Sun Yue
* Wang Lina
* Wu Dan
* Wu Yongmei
* Yin Yin
* Zhu Yunying
Head coach: Hu Jin

#### Pool A Summary

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 15.000 | 395 | 272 | 1.452 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3.250 | 392 | 306 | 1.281 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 411 | 389 | 1.057 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 371 | 365 | 1.016 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 0.308 | 303 | 408 | 0.743 | |
| 6 | Kenya | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0.133 | 280 | 412 | 0.680 | |

#### 5/6th classification match
## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Rank |
| Wu Wenxiong | – 56 kg | 125.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 287.5 | |
| Zhang Xiangxiang | – 56 kg | 125.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 287.5 | |
| Le Maosheng | – 62 kg | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 175.0 | 177.5 | 177.5 | 315.0 | 4 |
| Zhang Guozheng | – 69 kg | 150.0 | 150.0 | 152.5 | 185.0 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 337.5 | 4 |
| Wan Jianhui | – 69 kg | 147.5 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | 180.0 | DNF | — |
| Zhan Xugang | – 77 kg | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 202.5 | 207.5 | — | 367.5 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Rank |
| Yang Xia | – 53 kg | 95.0 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 122.5 | 125.0 | — | 225.0 | |
| Chen Xiaomin | – 63 kg | 105.0 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 130.0 | 135.0 | — | 242.5 | |
| Lin Weining | – 69 kg | 107.5 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 145.0 | 242.5 | |
| Ding Meiyuan | + 75 kg | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 157.5 | 162.5 | 165.0 | 300.0 | |

## Wrestling
### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Chen Xingqiang | 130kg | Medvedev (BLR) L 0–3 | Kovalevsky (KGZ) L 2–4 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Wang Hui | 54kg | Rangraz (IRI) W 8–2 | Švehla (CZE) W 8–3 | 1 | Kang (PRK) L 5–10 | — | 5th place match Ter-Mkrtychyan (GER) L 0–6 | 6 |
| Sheng Zetian | 58kg | Ainaoui (FRA) W 1–0 | Stepanyan (UKR) W 10–0 | 1 | Gruenwald (USA) W 11–1 | Kim I-s (KOR) L 0–4 | Yıldız (GER) W 2–0 | |
| Yi Shanjun | 63kg | Chachua (GEO) L 0–11 | Galstyan (ARM) L 2–2 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zhao Hailin | 130kg | Milian (CUB) L 0–1 | Hallik (EST) W 3–2 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |