# China at the 1984 Summer Olympics

The People's Republic of China competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. It was the first appearance at the Summer Games for the country after its mostly symbolic presence at the Summer Games in 1952 during which the dispute between the Republic of China and the PRC resulted in the former withdrawing all its athletes. After 1952 and until these games, the PRC boycotted the Olympics due to the Taiwan's presence as the Republic of China. In 1984, the Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei and the PRC competed as China. Due to the then ongoing Sino-Soviet split, China did not participate in the Soviet-led boycott. In the previous games, China participated the United States-led boycott to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
215 competitors, 132 men and 83 women, took part in 105 events in 19 sports. The first gold medal to be awarded at the Los Angeles Olympics was also the first-ever medal to be won by an athlete from China when Xu Haifeng won the 50 m Pistol event. Li Ning won also 6 medals in gymnastics, 3 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze, earning him the nickname "Prince of Gymnasts" in China.

## Medalists

Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Gymnastics | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| Weightlifting | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Shooting | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Diving | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Volleyball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Basketball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Handball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 9 | 32 |
The following Chinese competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Li Ning | Gymnastics | Men's Floor Exercise |
| Gold | Lou Yun | Gymnastics | Men's Horse Vault |
| Gold | Li Ning | Gymnastics | Men's rings |
| Gold | Li Ning | Gymnastics | Men's Pommell Horse |
| Gold | Ma Yanhong | Gymnastics | Women's Uneven Bars |
| Gold | Zhou Jihong | Diving | Women's 10 Metre Platform |
| Gold | Luan Jujie | Fencing | Women's Foil Individual |
| Gold | Xu Haifeng | Shooting | Men's 50 Metre Free Pistol |
| Gold | Li Yuwei | Shooting | Men's Running Target |
| Gold | Wu Xiaoxuan | Shooting | Women's 50 Metre Rifle Three Positions |
| Gold | Chinese Team | Volleyball | Women's Team |
| Gold | Zeng Guoqiang | Weightlifting | Men's 52 kg |
| Gold | Wu Shude | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Gold | Chen Weiqiang | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg |
| Gold | Yao Jingyuan | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg |
| Silver | Li Lingjuan | Archery | Women's individual |
| Silver | Chinese Team | Gymnastics | Men's all-around Team |
| Silver | Lou Yun | Gymnastics | Men's Floor Exercise |
| Silver | Li Ning | Gymnastics | Men's Horse Vault |
| Silver | Tong Fei | Gymnastics | Men's Horizontal Bar |
| Silver | Tan Liangde | Diving | Men's 3m Springboard |
| Silver | Zhou Peishun | Weightlifting | Men's 52 kg |
| Silver | Lai Runming | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Bronze | Zhu Jianhua | Athletics | Men's High Jump |
| Bronze | Chinese Team | Basketball | Women's Team |
| Bronze | Chinese Team | Handball | Women's Team |
| Bronze | Li Ning | Gymnastics | Men's Individual All-around |
| Bronze | Chinese Team | Gymnastics | Women's all-around Team |
| Bronze | Li Kongzheng | Diving | Men's 10 metre platform |
| Bronze | Wang Yifu | Shooting | Men's 50 Metre Free Pistol |
| Bronze | Huang Shiping | Shooting | Men's Running Target |
| Bronze | Wu Xiaoxuan | Shooting | Men's 10 Metre Air Rifle |

### Gold

* Xu Haifeng
* Zeng Guoqiang
* Wu Shude
* Li Yuwei
* Chen Weiqiang
* Yao Jingyuan
* Wu Xiaoxuan
* Luan Jujie
* Li Ning (3)
* Lou Yun
* Ma Yanhong
* Volleyball, Women's team competition (Hou Yuzhu, Jiang Ying, Lang Ping, Li Yanjun, Liang Yan, Su Huijuan, Yang Xiaojun, Yang Xilan, Zhang Rongfang, Zheng Meizhu, Zhou Xiaolan, and Zhu Ling)
* Zhou Jihong.

### Silver

* Li Lingjuan
* Tan Liangde
* Zhou Peishun
* Lai Runming
* Tong Fei
* Men's gymnastics team (Lou Yun, Tong Fei, Li Ning, Xu Zhiqiang, Li Xiaoping, Li Yuejiu, Zou Limin)
* Li Ning
* Lou Yun

### Bronze

* Zhu Jianhua
* Li Kongzheng
* Li Ning
* Huang Shiping
* Wang Yifu
* Wu Xiaoxuan
* Women's Gymnastics Team (Ma Yanhong, Zhou Qiurui, Zhou Ping, Chen Yongyan, Huang Qun, Wu Jiani, and Ming Guixiu)
* Women's Basketball Team Competition (Song Xiaobo, Lijuan Xiu, Chen Yuefang, Zheng Haixia, Qiu Chen, Li Xiaoqin, Zhang Hui, Cong Xuedi, Zhang Yueqin, Ba Yan, Wang Jun, and Liu Qing)
* Women's Handball Team (Wu Xinjiang, Liu Yumei, Chen Jing, Zhang Weihong, Gao Xiumin, Wang Linwei, Liu Liping, Zhang Peijun, Sun Xiulan, Li Lan, Wang Mingxing, Chen Zheng, Guo Yingze, He Jianping, and Zhu Juefeng).

## Archery

The PRC sent six archers to the Olympics. The women's team was more successful than the men's, earning a silver medal and an additional top eight finish.
Women's Individual Competition:
* Li Lingjuan - 2559 points (→ Silver Medal)
* Wu Yanan - 2493 points (→ 8th place)
* Wang Jin - 2445 points (→ 18th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
* Yong Shan - 2483 points (→ 18th place)
* Zhang Zheng - 2405 points (→ 36th place)
* Feng Zemin - 2389 points (→ 38th place)

## Athletics
### Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres
* Yu Zhuanghui
Men's 200 metres
* Yu Zhuanghui
Men's 110 metres Hurdles
* Yu Zhicheng
* Li Jieqiang
Men's 20 km Walk
* Zhang Fuxin
** Final — 1:32:10 (→ 27th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
* Zhang Fuxin
** Final — 4:23:39 (→ 15th place)
Men's High Jump
* Zhu Jianhua
** Qualification — 2.24m
** Final — 2.31m (→ Bronze Medal)
* Liu Yunpeng
** Qualification — 2.24m
** Final — 2.29m (→ 7th place)
* Cai Shu
** Qualification — 2.24m
** Final — 2.27m (→ 8th place)
Men's Long Jump
* Liu Yuhuang
** Qualification — 7.83m
** Final — 7.99m (→ 5th place)
* Wang Shijie
** Qualification — 7.36m (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's Triple Jump
* Zou Zhenxian
** Final — 16.83m (→ 4th place)
Men's Pole Vault
* Yang Weimin
** Qualifying Round — 5.30m
** Final — 5.10m (→ 10th place)
* Ji Zebiao
** Qualifying Round — 5.10m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
* Weng Kangqiang
** Final Result — 7662 points (→ 15th place)

### Women's Competition

Women's 100 metres Hurdles
* Liu Huajin
Women's High Jump
* Zheng Dazhen
** Qualification — 1.90 m
** Final — 1.91 m (→ 7th place)
* Yang Wenqin
** Qualification — 1.90 m
** Final — 1.88 m (→ 9th place)
* Ge Ping
** Qualification — 1.84 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's Long Jump
* Liao Wenfen
** Qualification — 6.16 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's Discus Throw
* Jiao Yunxiang
** Qualification — 54.70 m
** Final — 53.32 m (→ 11th place)
Women's Shot Put
* Li Meisu
** Final — 17.96 m (→ 5th place)
* Yang Yanqin
** Final — 16.97 m (→ 10th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
* Zhu Hongyang
** Qualification — 53.18 m (→ did not advance)

## Basketball
### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B)
** Lost to United States (49-97)
** Defeated France (85-83)
** Lost to Canada (80-121)
** Lost to Spain (83-102)
** Lost to Uruguay (67-74)
* Classification Matches
** 9th/12th place: Defeated Egypt (76-73)
** 9th/10th place: Lost to Brazil (76-86) → Tenth place
* Team Roster
** Wang Haibo
** Lü Jinqing
** Huang Yunlong
** Guo Yonglin
** Kuang Lubin
** Ji Zhaoguang
** Li Yaguang
** Sun Fengwu
** Wang Libin
** Liu Jianli
** Hu Zhangbao
** Zhang Bin

### Women's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round
** Defeated Australia (67-64)
** Lost to Canada (61-66)
** Defeated Yugoslavia (79-58)
** Lost to United States (55-91)
** Lost to South Korea (56-69)
* Bronze Medal Match
** Defeated Canada (62-57) → Bronze Medal
* Team Roster
** Ba Yan
** Chen Yuefang
** Cong Xuedi
** Liu Qing
** Li Xiaoqin
** Qiu Chen
** Song Xiaobo
** Wang Jun
** Xiu Lijuan
** Zhang Hui
** Zhang Yueqin
** Zheng Haixia

## Cycling

Seven cyclists, four men and three women, represented China in 1984.

### Team time trial

* Han Shuxiang, Liu Fu, Wang Wanqiang, and Zeng Bo — 21st place

### Women's individual road race

* Lu Suyan — 31st place
* Wang Li — 36th place
* Lu Yu'e — 41st place

## Diving

Men's 3m Springboard
* Tan Liangde
** Preliminary Round — 600.99
** Final — 662.31 (→ Silver Medal)
* Li Hongping
** Preliminary Round — 611.55
** Final — 646.35 (→ 4th place)
Men's 10m Platform
* Li Kongzheng
** Final ( Bronze Medal)

## Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented China in 1984.

### Men's foil

* Liu Yunhong
* Chu Shisheng
* Yu Yifeng

### Men's team foil

* Chu Shisheng, Cui Yining, Yu Yifeng, Wang Wei, Zhang Jian, Liu Yunhong

### Men's épée

* Cui Yining
* Zhao Zhizhong
* Zong Xiangqing

### Men's team épée

* Cui Yining, Pang Jin, Zhao Zhizhong, Zong Xiangqing

### Men's sabre

* Chen Jinchu
* Wang Ruiji
* Liu Guozhen

### Men's team sabre

* Wang Ruiji, Chen Jinchu, Yang Shisen, Liu Guozhen, Liu Yunhong

### Women's foil

* Jujie Luan
* Zhu Qingyuan
* Li Huahua

### Women's team foil

* Jujie Luan, Zhu Qingyuan, Li Huahua, Wu Qiuhua, Zhu Minzhu

## Gymnastics

Men
* Lou Yun — Vault, Gold Medal
* Li Ning — Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Rings, Gold Medals; Vault, Silver Medal; All-Around, Bronze Medal
* Tong Fei — Horizontal Bar, Silver Medal
Women
* Ma Yanhong — Uneven Bars, Gold Medal

## Handball
### Women's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round Robin
** Lost to the United States (22-25)
** Defeated West Germany (20-19)
** Tied with South Korea (24-24)
** Defeated Austria (21-16)
** Lost to Yugoslavia (25-31) → Bronze Medal
* Team Roster
** Wu Xingjiang
** He Jianping
** Zhu Juefeng
** Zhang Weihong
** Gao Xiumin
** Wang Linwei
** Liu Liping
** Sun Xiulan
** Liu Yumei
** Li Lan
** Wang Mingxing
** Chen Zhen

## Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle
* Mu Lati
** Heat — 52.82 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
* Shen Jianqiang
** Heat — 52.84 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
* Shen Jianqiang
** Heat — 1:56.08 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
* Wang Hao
** Heat — 59.13 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
* Li Zhongyi
** Heat — 1:00.66 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
* Wang Hao
** Heat — 2:12.28 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
* Jin Fu
** Heat — 1:05.05 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
* Wang Lin
** Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
* Jin Fu
** Heat — 2:26.?? (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
* Zheng Jian
** Heat — 56.58 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
* Chen Qin
** Heat — 2:10.30 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
* Feng Dawei
** Heat — 2:11.30 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Mu Lati, Feng Dawei, Chen Qin, and Shen Jianqiang
** Heat — 3:30.82 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
* Wang Hao, Jin Fu, Zheng Jian, and Mu Lati
** Heat — 3:51.71 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
* Ding Jilian
** Heat — 59.11 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
* Guo Huaying
** Heat — 1:08.21 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
* Yan Hong
** Heat — 2:32.33 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
* Yan Hong
** Heat — 2:27.95 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 4x100 Medley Relay
* Guo Huaying, Liang Weifen, Li Jinlan, and Ding Jilian
** Heat — 4:27.39 (→ did not advance)

## Volleyball
### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B)
** Lost to Japan (0-3)
** Lost to Italy (0-3)
** Defeated Egypt (3-0)
** Lost to Canada (0-3)
* Classification Matches
** 5th/8th place: Lost to South Korea (1-3)
** 7th/8th place: Lost to Japan (0-3) → 8th place
* Team Roster
** Yan Jianming
** Song Jinwei
** Yu Juekin
** Zhai Jixin
** Zhang Yousheng
** Zhao Duo
** Yang Liqun
** Cao Ping
** Shen Keqin
** Zuo Yue
** Xiao Jinsong
** Liu Changcheng

### Women's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B)
** Defeated Brazil (3-0)
** Defeated West Germany (3-0)
** Lost to United States (1-3)
* Semi Finals
** Defeated Japan (3-0)
* Final
** Defeated United States (3-0) → Gold Medal

## Water polo
### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group A)
** Lost to Netherlands (8-10)
** Lost to Yugoslavia (7-12)
** Defeated Canada (6-5)
* Final Round (Group E)
** Defeated Japan (10-4)
** Lost to Italy (8-11)
** Defeated Brazil (11-9)
** Lost to Greece (9-10) → 9th place
* Team Roster
** Deng Jun
** Wang Xiaotian
** Song Weigang
** Li Jianming
** Huang Ying
** Cai Tianxiong
** Qu Baowei
** Zhao Bilong
** Chen Zhixiong
** Cai Shengliu
** Pan Shenghua
** Huang Long
** Guan Shishi