China at the 2014 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:CHN
Nocname:Chinese Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2014
Website: 
Location:Sochi
Competitors:66
Sports:9
Flagbearer:Tong Jian (opening)[1] [2]
Liu Qiuhong (closing)[3]
Rank:12
Gold:3
Silver:4
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto
See also: (1972–1976)

China competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7–23 February 2014.

The 2014 Games marked the first time a Chinese Olympic team competed in Russia, as China and 64 western countries did not take part at the American-led boycott in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow due to the Soviet–Afghan War.

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
Freestyle skiing0112
Speed skating1001
Short Track Speed Skating2316
Total3429

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, China had two athletes in qualification position.[4]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Zhang YuxinMen's giant slalom1:38.4574
Men's slalom
align=left rowspan=2Xia LinaWomen's giant slalom1:37.03731:38.59663:15.6266
Women's slalom

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, China qualified 1 man and 4 women.[5]

AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
align=left rowspan=2Ren LongMen's sprint28:53.24 (0+4)83
Men's individual56:35.84 (1+2+0+1)66
Song ChaoqingWomen's sprint23:49.51 (1+0)63
align=left rowspan=2Song NaWomen's sprint27:01.54 (3+1)83
Women's individual59:43.36 (0+2+2+2)77
align=left rowspan=3Tang JialinWomen's sprint23:26.72 (0+2)55
Women's pursuit34:40.42 (0+1+0+1)50
Women's individual51:03.73 (0+1+0+2)57
align=left rowspan=3Zhang YanWomen's sprint23:09.40 (0+0)49
Women's pursuit36:12.12 (0+2+0+0)53
Women's individual49:57.00 (0+0+0+0)46
Song Chaoqing
Zhang Yan
Tang Jialin
Song Na		Women's team relay11 (0+11)15

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, China had qualified a total quota of four athletes.[6] [7]

Distance
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
align=left rowspan=3Xu WenlongMen's 15 km classical45:28.2+6:58.572
Men's 30 km skiathlon39:57.96036:21.0581:16:53.3+8:37.959
Men's 50 km freestyle2:08:02.0+21:06.860
Man DandanWomen's 10 km classical32:25.1+4:07.353
align=left rowspan=3Li HongxueWomen's 10 km classical31:20.7+3:02.937
Women's 15 km skiathlon21:21.05221:12.54643:17.7+4:44.150
Women's 30 km freestyle1:14:01.5+2:56.322
Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sun Qinghaialign=left rowspan=2Men's sprint3:37.7126 Q3:47.266Did not advance
Xu WenlongDid not advance
Sun Qinghai
Xu Wenlong		Men's team sprintDid not advance
Li Hongxuealign=left rowspan=2Women's sprint2:48.7251Did not advance
Man Dandan2:40.2932Did not advance
Li Hongxue
Man Dandan		Women's team sprint17:40.908Did not advance

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Based on results from the 2012 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2013 World Men's Curling Championship, China had qualified their men's team as one of the seven highest ranked nations. The Women's team managed to qualify by winning the last chance qualifying event in December 2013.[8] The men's team consisted of Liu Rui, Xu Xiaoming, Ba Dexin, Zang Jialiang, and Zou Dejia. The women's team consisted of the defending bronze medalists Wang Bingyu, Liu Yin, Yue Qingshuang, Zhou Yan, and new alternate Jiang Yilun.

Men's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Round-robinChina had a bye in draws 2, 6, and 10.
  • Draw 1Monday, February 10, 9:00 am
  • Draw 3Tuesday, February 11, 2:00 pm
  • Draw 4Wednesday, February 12, 9:00 am
  • Draw 5Wednesday, February 12, 7:00 pm
  • Draw 7Friday, February 14, 9:00 am
  • Draw 8Friday, February 14, 7:00 pm
  • Draw 9Saturday, February 15, 2:00 pm
  • Draw 11Sunday, February 16, 7:00 pm
  • Draw 12Monday, February 17, 2:00 pm

    • Women's tournament

    See main article: Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

    Round-robinChina had a bye in draws 2, 6, and 10.
  • Draw 1Monday, February 10, 2:00 pm
  • Draw 3Tuesday, February 11, 7:00 pm
  • Draw 4Wednesday, February 12, 2:00 pm
  • Draw 5Thursday, February 13, 9:00 am
  • Draw 7Friday, February 14, 2:00 pm
  • Draw 8Saturday, February 15, 9:00 am
  • Draw 9Saturday, February 15, 7:00 pm
  • Draw 11Monday, February 17, 9:00 am
  • Draw 12Monday, February 17, 7:00 pm

    • Figure skating

    See main article: Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics. China had achieved the following quota places:[9] The team consisted of eight athletes.[10] The team had also qualified for the team trophy.

    AthleteEvent//Total
    PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
    Yan HanMen's singles85.668 Q160.547246.207
    Li Zijunalign=left rowspan=2Ladies' singles57.5511 Q110.7514166.5514
    Zhang Kexin55.8014 Q98.4115154.2115
    Pang Qing / Tong Jianalign=left rowspan=2Pairs73.304 Q136.583209.884
    Zhang Hao / Peng Cheng70.597 Q125.138195.728
    Huang Xintong / Zheng XunIce dancing48.9623Did not advance
    Team trophy

    Freestyle skiing

    See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. China had qualified nine quota spots for the following events.[11] The full list of Chinese freestyle skiing team was officially announced on January 26, 2014.[12]

    Aerials
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    Jump 1Jump 2Jump 1Jump 2Jump 3
    PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
    Jia Zongyangalign=left rowspan=4Men's aerials118.591 Q110.414 Q117.701 Q95.06
    Liu Zhongqing80.091877.8315did not advance
    Qi Guangpu113.574 Q121.241 Q116.742 Q90.004
    Wu Chao110.625 Q82.309did not advance
    Cheng Shuangalign=left rowspan=4Women's aerials83.194 Q80.017 Q87.425Did not advance
    Li Nina86.712 Q90.244 Q89.533 Q46.024
    Xu Mengtao71.441187.152 Q90.653 Q101.081 Q83.50
    Zhang Xin60.981777.497Did not advance
    Moguls

    Short track speed skating

    China qualified five skaters of each gender for the Olympics during World Cup 3 & 4 in November 2013. They qualified the maximum number of starting places with 3 for each gender in each distance (500m, 1000m, & 1500m) and both a men's and women's relay team.[13]

    China was hot favorites to win most of the gold medals from the women in the short-track speed skating, including in the 500m, 1000m, & 3000m women's relay. However reigning three-time Olympic gold medalist from Vancouver Wang Meng, broke her ankle during a crash during ice training on January 15, 2014, and did not compete in the Olympics.[14] This was a big blow to the medal chances for China, and had an emotional impact on the team with only a month remaining before Sochi.[15] China was handed another blow with a disqualification from the women's 3000m relay final at Sochi, after impeding on the last lap, giving arch rival Korea the gold medal. Korea was handed the same disqualification in Vancouver that gave China the gold medal four years earlier. Fan Kexin was set to win the 500m after Wang Meng's injury. However, again fell during the semi's. However, China picked up surprise wins in the 500m from Li Jianrou, and 1500m from Zhou Yang. The men also came away with un-predicted medals.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Chen Dequan1500 m2:16.5353 Q2:21.6972 FA2:15.6265
    align=left rowspan=3Han Tianyu500 m41.5921 Q41.3901 Q41.1513 FB41.5345
    1000 m1:26.5302 Q1:24.4902 Q1:24.6114 FB1:29.3345
    1500 m2:20.9112 Q2:15.8581 Q2:15.055
    align=left rowspan=2Liang Wenhao500 m41.6471 Q41.8171 Q41.2212 FA1:13.5904
    1000 m1:28.0654Did not advance28
    Shi Jingnan1500 m2:51.5126Did not advance35
    align=left rowspan=2Wu Dajing500 m41.7121 Q41.0561 Q40.8461 FA41.516
    1000 m1:24.9501 Q1:24.7531 Q1:24.2392 FA1:25.7724
    Chen Dequan
    Han Tianyu
    Liang Wenhao
    Shi Jingnan
    Wu Dajing    		5000 m relay6:44.5212 FA6:48.341
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Fan Kexin500 m43.3561 Q43.2881 Q1:24.4314 FB44.2975
    1000 m1:31.7132 Q1:29.3802 Q1:32.6182 FA1:30.811
    align=left rowspan=3Li Jianrou500 m43.6332 Q43.4862 Q43.8412 FA45.263
    1000 m1:31.1871 Q1:32.1292 QDid not advance
    1500 m2:27.7583 Q2:22.8661 FA12
    align=left rowspan=3Liu Qiuhong500 m43.5421 Q43.4781 Q43.9163 FB44.1884
    1000 mdid not advance
    1500 m2:24.6404Did not advance
    Zhou Yang1500 m2:26.5431 Q2:18.8251 FA2:19.140
    Fan Kexin
    Kong Xue
    Li Jianrou
    Liu Qiuhong
    Zhou Yang    		3000 m relay4:09.5551 FA5

    Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

    Snowboarding

    See main article: Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

    Freestyle
    AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
    Run 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRank
    Shi Wanchengalign=left rowspan=2Men's halfpipe76.0015.5076.006 QS15.5078.5078.505 Q81.0025.0081.007
    Zhang Yiwei90.0089.7590.004 QS45.0079.2579.254 Q87.2558.5087.256
    Cai Xuetongalign=left rowspan=4Women's halfpipe74.2588.0088.003 QF84.2525.0084.256
    Li Shuang77.7554.0077.754 QS80.0056.7580.003 Q73.2523.7573.258
    Liu Jiayu81.5083.5083.505 QS81.2529.0081.252 Q15.7568.2568.259
    Sun Zhifeng70.0045.7570.006 QS35.7535.7535.759Did not advance
    Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

    Speed skating

    See main article: Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, China had earned the following start quotas:

    2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Champion Yu Jing missed the Games due to reoccurrence of an old waist injury. Jing was selected to ride the women's 500 m. Deputy Secretary General of the delegation was studying who was going to replace her.[16]

    Men
    AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Final
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Bai Qiumingalign=left rowspan=2500 m35.733635.713671.4535
    Mu Zhongsheng35.593135.653271.2530
    align=left rowspan=2Tian Guojun1000 m1:11.1733
    1500 m1:47.9521
    Women
    AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Final
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Li Dan1000 m1:20.2034
    Li Qishi1500 m2:00.8927
    Qi Shuai500 m38.891938.992377.8923
    align=left rowspan=2Wang Beixing500 m37.82637.86675.687
    1000 m1:16.5914
    align=left rowspan=2Zhang Hong500 m37.58337.99775.584
    1000 m1:14.02
    Zhang Shuang500 m39.403139.252878.6531
    Zhao Xin1500 m2:00.2723

    See also

    Notes and References

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    2. Web site: Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony – Flagbearers . . 7 February 2014 . www.olympic.org . . 7 February 2014.
    3. Web site: Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony – Flagbearers. The International Olympic Committee (IOC). February 23, 2014. 23 February 2014.
    4. Web site: Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014 . 20 January 2014 . www.fis-ski.com . . 20 January 2014.
    5. News: 2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota. Real Biathlon. 16 March 2013.
    6. Web site: Qualification systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014 . 18 September 2012 . . 4 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131025233246/http://www.fis-ski.com/mm/Document/documentlibrary/Olympics/03/66/30/sochi2014-2012-09-18-qualification-system-fis_Neutral.pdf . 25 October 2013 . dead .
    7. Web site: Rules for the FIS Alpine Points — Edition 2013/2014 . Alpine FIS Points and race results administration . . 25 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103033301/http://www.fis-ski.com/mm/Document/documentlibrary/AlpineSkiing/02/06/69/FisptsEdition11314_v6_complett_Neutral.pdf . 3 November 2013 . dead .
    8. http://sochi2014.curlingevents.com/olympics/china-women-qualify-for-sochi-2014 China women qualify for Sochi 2014
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