China at the 2018 Winter Olympics explained

China competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. China competed in 12 sports, participating in bobsleigh, skeleton, and ski jumping for the first time. China won 9 medals in total.

Liu Jiayu won a silver medal in the Women's halfpipe, the first-ever medal in snowboarding for China. Gao Tingyu won a bronze medal in the Men's 500m speed skating event and became the first male speed skater from China to win a medal in Olympic speed skating. Wu Dajing won a gold medal in the Men's 500 m short track speed skating event and became the first male short track speed skater from China to win a gold medal in Olympic short track speed skating. He also broke the world record.

With Beijing being the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, a Chinese segment directed by Zhang Yimou was performed at the closing ceremony. Those 2022 Winter Olympics made Beijing the first city to host both Winter and Summer Olympics, after they hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Short track speed skating	1	2	0	3
Freestyle skiing	0	2	1	3
Figure skating	0	1	0	1
Snowboarding	0	1	0	1
Speed skating	0	0	1	1
Total	1	6	2	9

Medals by date
Day	Date	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Day 1	February 10	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 2	February 11	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 3	February 12	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 4	February 13	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Day 5	February 14	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 6	February 15	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Day 7	February 16	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	2
Day 8	February 17	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Day 9	February 18	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Day 10	February 19	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	1
Day 11	February 20	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 12	February 21	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 13	February 22	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	2
Day 14	February 23	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 15	February 24	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Day 16	February 25	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	0
Total		1	6	2	9

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	2	1	4
Female	0	3	1	4
Mixed	0	1	0	1
Total	1	6	2	9

Records

Sport	Event	Date	Round	Athlete	Time	Record	Ref
Short track speed skating	Men's 500 metres	20 February	Heat 1	Wu Dajing	40.264	OR	[3]
		22 February	Quarterfinal 2		39.800	OR, WR	[4]
			Final A		39.584	OR, WR	[5]
	Women's 3000 metre relay	10 February	Semifinal 2	Fan Kexin Han Yutong Qu Chunyu Zhou Yang	4:05.315	OR	[6]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors that participated in the Games per sport/discipline.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	0	2	2
Bobsleigh	5	0	5
Cross-country skiing	2	2	4
Curling	1	6	7
Figure skating	6	5	11
Freestyle skiing	6	9	15
Short track speed skating	5	5	10
Skeleton	1	0	1
Ski jumping	0	1	1
Snowboarding	2	7	9
Speed skating	5	8	13
Total	34	46	80

Alpine skiing

See main article: article, Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. China qualified one male and one female alpine skier.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zhang Yangming	Men's giant slalom	1:25.73	79	1:22.95	69	2:48.68	69
align=left rowspan=2	Kong Fanying	Women's giant slalom	1:26.30	61	1:23.58	56	2:49.88	55
Women's slalom

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. China qualified two female biathletes.

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Tang Jialin	Women's sprint	24:30.3	3 (1+2)	70
Women's individual	48:12.0	2 (1+1+0+0)	66
align=left rowspan=3	Zhang Yan	Women's sprint	23:14.0	1 (1+0)	38
Women's pursuit	35:16.7	3 (3+0+0+0)	45
Women's individual	47:29.6	4 (1+2+0+1)	59

Bobsleigh

See main article: article, Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, China had qualified 3 sleds.^{[7] [8]}

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Li Chunjian Wang Sidong	align=left rowspan=2	Two-man	50.13	26	50.21	27	50.15	27	Eliminated		2:30.49	26
Jin Jian Shi Hao	50.47	29	50.17	26	50.33	28	Eliminated		2:30.97	29
Shao Yijun Shi Hao Li Chunjian Wang Sidong	Four-man	49.79	26	50.01	27	49.94	23	Eliminated		2:29.74	26

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

• Wang Chao was the teams alternate and did not compete.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. China qualified two male and two female cross-country skiers.

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Sun Qinghai	Men's 15 km freestyle	41:55.7	+8:11.8	98
align=left rowspan=3	Wang Qiang	Men's 15 km freestyle
Men's 30 km skiathlon	47:03.8	64
Men's 50 km classical	2:34:43.0	+26:20.9	59
align=left rowspan=3	Chi Chunxue	Women's 10 km freestyle	28:49.7	+3:49.2	55
Women's 15 km skiathlon	24:16.1	57	21:47.2	56	46:39.0	+5:54.1	55
Women's 30 km classical	1:42:03.2	+19:45.6	44
align=left rowspan=3	Li Xin	Women's 10 km freestyle	27:44.5	+2:44.0	36
Women's 15 km skiathlon	23:51.7	52	21:31.3	51	46:01.9	+5:17.0	51
Women's 30 km classical	1:38:04.9	+15:47.3	37

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sun Qinghai	align=left rowspan=2	Men's sprint			Did not advance
Wang Qiang	3:31.56	66	Did not advance
Sun Qinghai Wang Qiang	Men's team sprint	18:11.95	14	Did not advance
Chi Chunxue	align=left rowspan=2	Women's sprint	3:42.70	57	Did not advance
Li Xin	3:33.61	49	Did not advance
Chi Chunxue Li Xin	Women's team sprint	17:35.94	9	Did not advance

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Wang Bingyu Zhou Yan Liu Jinli Ma Jingyi Jiang Xindi	Women's tournament	SUI W 7–2	OAR L 6–7	GBR L 7–8	JPN W 7–6	DEN W 10–7	KOR L 5–12	USA L 4–10	CAN W 7–5	SWE L 4–8	5	Did not advance
Wang Rui Ba Dexin	Mixed doubles	SUI L 5–7	KOR W 8–7	CAN L 4–10	OAR L 5–6	USA W 6–4	FIN W 10–5	NOR W 9–3	4 TB	NOR L 7–9	Did not advance		4

Women's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament. China qualified a women's team by qualifying via the qualification event in Plzeň, Czech Republic.^[9]

Round-robinChina had a bye in draws 4, 8, and 12.

Draw 1Wednesday, 14 February, 14:05

Draw 2Thursday, 15 February, 09:05

Draw 3Thursday, 15 February, 20:05

Draw 5Saturday, 17 February, 09:05

Draw 6Saturday, 17 February, 20:05

Draw 7Sunday, 18 February, 14:05

Draw 9Monday, 19 February, 20:05

Draw 10Tuesday, 20 February, 14:05

Draw 11Wednesday, 21 February, 09:05

Mixed doubles tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament. Based on results from the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, China had qualified their mixed doubles as the highest ranked nations.

Draw 1Thursday, February 8, 9:05

Draw 2Thursday, February 8, 20:04

Draw 3Friday, February 9, 8:35

Draw 4Friday, February 9, 13:35

Draw 5Saturday, February 10, 9:05

Draw 6Saturday, February 10, 20:04

Draw 7Sunday, February 11, 9:05

TiebreakerSunday, February 11, 20:05

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

China qualified 11 figure skaters (6 men and 5 women), based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.^[10]

Individual

Athlete	Event					Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jin Boyang	align=left rowspan="2"	Men's singles	103.32	4 Q	194.45	5	297.77	4
Yan Han	80.63	19 Q	132.38	23	213.01	23
Li Xiangning	Ladies' singles	52.46	24 Q	101.97	20	154.43	22

Mixed

Athlete	Event	/		/		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Peng Cheng / Jin Yang	align=left rowspan="3"	Pairs	62.61	17	Did not advance
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	82.39	1 Q	153.08	3	235.47
Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao	75.58	5 Q	128.52	11	204.10	8
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu	Ice dancing	57.81	22	Did not advance

Team event

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. China qualified six male and nine female freestyle skiers.

Aerials

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Jump 1		Jump 2		Jump 1		Jump 2		Jump 3
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jia Zongyang	Men's aerials	126.55	3 QF	118.55	9 Q	128.76	1 Q	128.05
Liu Zhongqing		107.08	16	123.08	4 Q	119.47	8 Q	94.57	9	Did not advance
Qi Guangpu		126.70	2 QF	127.44	1 Q	122.17	7	Did not advance
Wang Xindi		121.24	10	96.38	8	Did not advance
Kong Fanyu	align=left rowspan=4	Women's aerials	89.77	7	95.12	2 Q	89.77	4 Q	97.29	1 Q	70.14
Xu Mengtao	99.37	3 QF	91.00	2 Q	59.25	9	Did not advance
Yan Ting	80.95	13	82.94	9	Did not advance
Zhang Xin	90.24	6 QF	87.25	6 Q	94.11	2 Q	95.52

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kong Xiangrui	Men's halfpipe	47.40	50.80	50.80	23	Did not advance
Mao Bingqiang		53.00	54.60	54.60	20	Did not advance
Chai Hong	Women's halfpipe	58.00	63.60	63.60	19	Did not advance
Wu Meng		53.40	61.00	61.00	20	Did not advance
Zhang Kexin		80.60	81.00	81.00	8 Q	73.00	55.40	71.00	73.00	9

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Guan Ziyan	Women's moguls	36.30	41.02	48.11	28	35.50	43.80	51.80	18	Did not advance
Wang Jin		34.87	42.59	51.29	27	35.01	34.51	51.29	19	Did not advance

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics. According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, China had qualified a full squad of 5 men and 5 women each.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Han Tianyu	500 m	40.744	2 Q	1:14.891	3	Did not advance
1000 m			Did not advance
1500 m	2:38.865	5 ADV	2:11.827	4 FB	2:26.281	8
align=left rowspan=2	Ren Ziwei	500 m	40.294	1 Q	40.032	1 Q	40.418	3 FB	40.694	6
1000 m			Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Wu Dajing	500 m	40.264	1 Q	39.800 WR	1 Q	40.087	1 FA	39.584 WR
1000 m	1:23.463	2 Q			Did not advance
1500 m	2:15.823	3 Q		Did not advance
Xu Hongzhi	1500 m	2:35.641	5 ADV	2:19.310	6	Did not advance
Chen Dequan Han Tianyu Ren Ziwei Wu Dajing Xu Hongzhi	5000 m relay	6:36.605	1 FA	6:32.035

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fan Kexin	500 m	43.350	1 Q	43.485	2 Q			Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Han Yutong	500 m	43.719	2 Q	43.627	3	Did not advance
1000 m			Did not advance
1500 m	2:31.158	1 Q	2:22.826	3 FB	2:36.548	9
align=left rowspan=2	Li Jinyu	1000 m	1:32.335	1 Q	1:30.175	3	Did not advance
1500 m	2:25.034	3 Q	2:33.005	4 AA	2:25.703
align=left rowspan=2	Qu Chunyu	500 m	42.971	2 Q	42.954	1 Q			Did not advance
1000 m	1:31.279	2 Q	1:31.284	2 Q			Did not advance
Zhou Yang	1500 m	2:29.587	2 Q	2:23.485	3 FB	2:35.241	8
Fan Kexin Han Yutong Li Jinyu Qu Chunyu Zhou Yang	3000 m relay	4:05.315	1 FA

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

Skeleton

See main article: article, Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. China qualified one male skeleton athlete, Wenqiang Geng. This marked the country's Winter Olympics debut in the sport.^[12]

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. China had qualified one female ski jumper.

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Shi Wancheng	align=left rowspan=2	Men's halfpipe	10.00	11.75	11.75	29	Did not advance
Zhang Yiwei	32.50	74.00	74.00	15	Did not advance
Cai Xuetong	align=left rowspan=4	Women's halfpipe	65.75	69.00	69.00	6 Q	20.50	41.25	76.50	76.50	5
Li Shuang	24.50	9.25	24.50	22	Did not advance
Liu Jiayu	87.75	41.00	87.75	2 Q	85.50	89.75	49.00	89.75
Qiu Leng	50.75	53.75	53.75	16	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Parallel

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Gong Naiying	align=left rowspan="3"	Women's giant slalom	1:36.36	26	Did not advance
Xu Xiaoxiao			Did not advance
Zang Ruxin	1:35.26	22	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: W – Winner; L – Loser

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. China earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cups used for qualification.^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Gao Tingyu	500 m	34.65
Xiakaini Aerchenghazi	1500 m	1:50.16	32
Xie Jiaxuan	500 m	35.545	31
align=left rowspan=2	Yang Tao	500 m	35.41	27
1000 m	1:10.10	26

Women

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Hao Jiachen	1500 m	1:59.58	20
3000 m	4:15.56	21
Liu Jing	3000 m	4:20.95	24
align=left rowspan=3	Tian Ruining	500 m	38.86	20
1000 m	1:16.69	21
1500 m	2:00.29	23
align=left rowspan=2	Yu Jing	500 m	37.81	9
1000 m	1:16.36	17
align=left rowspan=2	Zhang Hong	500 m	38.39	15
1000 m	1:15.67	11

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Wang Hongli	Men's mass start	0	8:00.97	12	Did not advance
Guo Dan	align=left rowspan=2	Women's mass start	43	8:54.20	2 Q	0	8:33.90	10
align=left	Li Dan	24	8:32.49	3 Q	6	8:50.48	5

Team pursuit

See also

• China at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
• China at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 . . 9 February 2018 . olympic.org . International Olympic Committee (IOC) . 10 February 2018.
2. Web site: http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/shorttrack/2018-02-24/doc-ifyrvspi1573963.shtml . zh:中国代表团冬奥闭幕式旗手确定：武大靖获殊荣 . 24 February 2018 . sina.com . zh . 25 February 2018.
3. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Men's 500m Heats (남자 500m 예선 / 500 m hommes Séries éliminatoires) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). PDF. Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 20 February 2018. 20 February 2018.
4. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating: Men's 500m Quarterfinals – Results. PDF. Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 22 February 2018. 23 February 2018.
5. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating: Men's 500m Finals – Results. PDF. Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 22 February 2018. 23 February 2018.
6. Web site: Short Track Speed Skating (쇼트트랙 스피드 스케이팅 / Patinage de vitesse sur piste courte): Ladies' 3,000m Relay Heats (여자 3,000m 계주 예선 / Relais 3 000 m femmes Séries éliminatoires) – Results (경기결과 / Résultats). PDF. Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 10 February 2018. 10 February 2018.
7. Web site: Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 2-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018. 15 January 2018. www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. 16 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116125436/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Bobsleigh_2_Man_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
8. Web site: Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 4-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018. 15 January 2018. www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. 28 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228031301/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Bobsleigh_4_Men_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
9. News: Final four curling teams qualify for 2018 Olympics. Associated Press. New York City, New York, USA. 11 December 2017. 26 December 2017. 27 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171227062215/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/final-four-curling-teams-qualify-2018-olympics. dead.
10. Web site: Figure Skating Quota places for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 . 4 April 2017. www.isu.org/ . . 28 July 2017.
11. Web site: XXI II Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang: Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating. International Skating Union (ISU). 23 November 2017. 24 November 2017.
12. Web site: Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Men's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018. 15 January 2018. www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. 16 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116052604/http://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/2017_18/Quota_allocation_IBSF_RANKING_Men_Skeleton_14_01_2018.pdf. dead.
13. Web site: Communication No. 2136: XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang Entries Speed Skating. 20 December 2017. www.isu.org/. International Skating Union (ISU). 26 December 2017.