China at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

The People's Republic of China competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 273 competitors, 149 men and 124 women, took part in 150 events in 25 sports.^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	16	28	44
Basketball	12	10	22
Boxing	2	–	2
Canoeing	4	0	4
Cycling	4	4	8
Diving	4	4	8
Fencing	10	5	15
Football	14	–	14
Gymnastics	6	8	14
Handball	0	12	12
Judo	5	–	5
Modern pentathlon	1	–	1
Rowing	0	11	11
Sailing	3	2	5
Shooting	12	8	20
Swimming	13	12	25
Synchronized swimming	–	3	3
Table tennis	4	3	7
Tennis	2	0	2
Volleyball	0	11	11
Water polo	13	–	13
Weightlifting	10	–	10
Wrestling	11	–	11
Total	149	124	273

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				18 September
				24 September
				25 September
				30 September
				1 October
				19 September
				19 September
				20 September
				21 September
				23 September
				24 September
				25 September
				25 September
				27 September
				30 September
				1 October
				18 September
				19 September
				20 September
				20 September
				21 September
				23 September
				24 September
				24 September
				25 September
				29 September
				1 October
				1 October

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The People's Republic of China sent three men and three women to Seoul for archery. The women were the more successful squad, taking ninth place in the team round.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Eighth-final		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Qoiying Doje	Individual	1220	46	Did not advance
Qiuzhong Liang	Individual	1220	47	Did not advance
Guang Ri	Individual	1204	55	Did not advance
Qoiying Doje Qiuzhong Liang Guang Ri	Team	3644	19	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Eighth-final		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Shaorong Ma	Individual	1233	22	298	22	Did not advance
Xiangjun Ma	Individual	1233	21	322	4	318	10	309	11	Did not advance
Yawen Yao	Individual	1217	35	Did not advance
Shaorong Ma Xiangjun Ma Yawen Yao	Team	3683	8	948	9	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's Marathon

• • • Cai Shangyan Final — 2:17.54 (→ 26th place)
    • Zhang Guowei Final — 2:22.49 (→ 38th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Pang Yan
  • Qualification — 7.79m
  • Final — 7.86m (→ 9th place)
• Chen Zunrong
  • Qualification — 7.66m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Ma Yongfeng
  • Qualification – 18.27m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Gong Guohua — 7213 points (→ 31st place)

1. 100 metres — 11.43s

1. Long Jump — 6.22m

1. Shot Put — 13.98m

1. High Jump — 1.91m

1. 400 metres — 51.25s

1. 110m Hurdles — 15.88s

1. Discus Throw — 46.18m

1. Pole Vault — 4.60m

1. Javelin Throw — 57.84m

1. 1.500 metres — 4:54.99s

Men's 50 km Walk

• Li Baojin
  • Final — 4'00:07 (→ 28th place)

Women's Marathon

• • • Zhao Youfeng Final — 2"27.06 (→ 5th place)
    • Zhong Huandi Final — 2"36.02 (→ 30th place)
    • Li Juan Final — 2"53.08 (→ 54th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Hou Xuemei
  • Qualification – 62.64m
  • Final – 65.94m (→ 8th place)
• Yu Hourun
  • Qualification – 62.86m
  • Final – 64.08m (→ 9th place)
• Xing Ailan
  • Qualification – 59.26m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Li Baolian
  • Qualification – 58.92m (→ did not advance)
• Zhou Yuanxiang
  • Qualification – 56.36m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Li Meisu
  • Qualification – 20.30m
  • Final – 21.06m (→ Bronze Medal)
• Huang Zhihong
  • Qualification – 19.71m
  • Final – 19.82m (→ 8th place)
• Cong Yuzhen
  • Qualification – 19.56m
  • Final – 19.69m (→ 9th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Dong Yuping
  • Final Result — 6087 points (→ 16th place)

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Team roster

Group play

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Classification round 9–12

Classification round 11/12

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Team roster

Group play

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Classification 5–8

Classification 5/6

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Dong Liu	Featherweight	W 3-2	W 5-0	L KOH	align=center colspan="2"	Did not advance
Weiping Wang	Flyweight	L 0-5	align=center colspan="4"	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daen Guo Hua Ke	C-2 500m	1:56.02	16	Did not advance
C-2 1000m	4:15.50	13	4:06.49	14	Did not advance
Fullian Ma Bing Xue	K-2 500m	1:41.10	17	Did not advance
	K-2 1000m	3:31.24	9	3:42.91	14	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Hong Liu	Road race	4:32:56 (+0:34)	53
Tang Xuezhong	Road race	4:32:56 (+0:34)	44
Yingquan Cai	Road race	DNF
Guo Longchen Hong Liu Tang Xuezhong Wu Weipei	Team time trial	2:06:22.5 (+8:35)	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chen Weixiu	Road race	2:01:50 (+0:58)	47
Lu Suyan	Road race	2:00:52 (+0:00)	24
Yan Yinhua	Road race	2:00:52 (+0:00)	33

Track

Sprints

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics. 15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented China in 1988.

Men's foil

• Liu Yunhong
• Zhang Zhicheng
• Lao Shaopei

Men's team foil

• Lao Shaopei, Liu Yunhong, Ye Chong, Zhang Zhicheng

Men's épée

• Du Zhencheng
• Ma Zhi

Men's sabre

• Zheng Zhaokang
• Jia Guihua
• Wang Zhiming

Men's team sabre

• Jia Guihua, Wang Ruiji, Wang Zhiming, Zheng Zhaokang

Women's foil

• Sun Hongyun
• Jujie Luan
• Zhu Qingyuan

Women's team foil

• Li Huahua, Jujie Luan, Sun Hongyun, Xiao Aihua, Zhu Qingyuan

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. One male pentathlete represented China in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Zhang Bin — 4081pts (→ 59th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Zhang — 4081pts (→ 24th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

See main article: article.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Shen Jianqiang
  1. Heat – 23.41
  2. B-Final – 23.40 (→ 12th place)
• Feng Qiangbiao
  1. Heat – 23.47 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Shen Jianqiang
  1. Heat – 51.40 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
• Feng Qiangbiao
  1. Heat – 52.45 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Xie Jun
  1. Heat – 1:55.04 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Wang Dali
  1. Heat – 15:45.96 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Lin Laijiu
  1. Heat – 57.74 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
• Huang Guoxiong
  1. Heat – 59.36 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Lin Laijiu
  1. Heat – 2:08.28 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Chen Jianhong
  1. Heat – 1:04.09
  2. B-Final – 1:04.72 (→ 16th place)
• Jin Fu
  1. Heat – 1:05.02 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Chang Qing
  1. Heat – 2:24.45 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
• Jin Fu
  1. Heat – 2:26.05 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Zhan Jiang
  1. Heat – 54.69
  2. B-Final – 54.50 (→ 9th place)
• Zheng Jian
  1. Heat – 54.86
  2. B-Final – 55.05 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Zhan Jiang
  1. Heat – 2:02.29 (→ 18th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Xie Jun
  1. Heat – 2:10.52 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Shen Jianqiang, Li Tao, Xie Jun, and Feng Qiangbiao
  1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Lin Laijiu, Chen Jianhong, Zhan Jiang, and Shen Jianqiang
  1. Heat – 3:48.18 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Yang Wenyi
  1. Heat – 25.67
  2. Final – 25.64 (→ Silver Medal)
• Xia Fujie
  1. Heat – 26.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Zhuang Yong
  1. Heat – 55.84
  2. Final – 55.47 (→ Silver Medal)
• Lou Yaping
  1. Heat – 57.79 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Zhuang Yong
  1. Heat – 2:02.40
  2. B-Final – 2:14.23 (→ 16th place)
• Qian Hong
  1. Heat – 2:12.44 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Yan Ming
  1. Heat – 4:18.58 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Yan Ming
  1. Heat – 9:00.81 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Wang Bolin
  1. Heat – 1:05.15 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Lin Li
  1. Heat – 2:18.11
  2. B-Final – 2:16.68 (→ 11th place)
• Wang Bolin
  1. Heat – 2:21.70 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Huang Xiaomin
  1. Heat – 1:10.78
  2. Final – 1:10.53 (→ 7th place)
• Chen Huiling
  1. Heat – 1:13.65 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Huang Xiaomin
  1. Heat – 2:30.03
  2. Final – 2:27.49 (→ Silver Medal)
• Chen Huiling
  1. Heat – 2:45.87 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Qian Hong
  1. Heat – 1:00.66
  2. Final – 59.52 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Wang Xiaohong
  1. Heat – 1:01.16
  2. Final – 1:01.15 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Wang Xiaohong
  1. Heat – 2:13.05
  2. Final – 2:12.34 (→ 7th place)
• Mo Wanlan
  1. Heat – 2:19.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Lin Li
  1. Heat – 2:17.09
  2. Final – 2:17.42 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Lin Li
  1. Heat – 4:48.89
  2. Final – 4:47.05 (→ 7th place)
• Yan Ming
  1. Heat – 4:49.04
  2. B-Final – 4:55.92 (→ 16th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Xia Fujie, Lou Yaping, Yang Wenyi, and Zhuang Yong
  1. Heat – 3:46.36
• Xia Fujie, Yang Wenyi, Lou Yaping, and Zhuang Yong
  1. Final – 3:44.69 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Yang Wenyi, Huang Xiaomin, Qian Hong, and Zhuang Yong
  1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Synchronized swimming

See main article: article and Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Three synchronized swimmers represented China in 1988.

Women's solo

• Zhang Ying
• Luo Xi
• Tan Min

Women's duet

• Luo Xi
• Tan Min

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's Doubles Competition

• • 1. Liu Shuhua and Ma Keqin First Round – Lost to Miloslav Mečíř and Milan Šrejber (Czechoslovakia) 5-7 1-6 4-6

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary round (group B)
  • Defeated United States (3-0)
  • Lost to Peru (2-3)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-1)
• Semi Finals
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
• Final
  • Defeated Japan (3-0) → Bronze Medal
• Team Roster
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Li Guojun Hou Yuzhu Yang Xilan Su Huijuan Jiang Ying Cui Yongmei Yang Xiaojun Zheng Meizhu Wu Dan Li Yueming Wang Yajun Zhao Hong

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary round (group B)
  • Lost to Spain (6-13)
  • Lost to Greece (7-10)
  • Lost to United States (7-14)
  • Lost to Hungary (4-17)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (7-17)
• Classification Round (Group E)
  • Lost to France (4-11)
  • Defeated South Korea (14-7) → Eleventh place
• Team Roster
  • Ni Shiwei
  • Wang Minhui
  • Yang Yong
  • Yu Xiang
  • Huang Long
  • Huang Qijiang
  • Cui Shiping
  • Zhao Bilong
  • Li Jianxiong
  • Cai Shengliu
  • Wen Fan
  • Ge Jianqing
  • Zheng Qing
• Head coach: Peng Shaorong

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: China at the 1988 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043609/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CHN/summer/1988/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-07-17 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/CHN/editions/22 People's Republic of China at the 1988 Summer Olympics