The People's Republic of China competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 294 competitors, 111 men and 183 women, took part in 155 events in 25 sports.
The People's Republic of China sent three men and three women to Atlanta for archery. As usual, the Chinese women were the more successful squad, with He Ying winning a silver medal. They went a combined 9-3 in individual competition as opposed the men's 1-3 record. They also won their first team match before being defeated.
Women's Individual Competition:
He Ying → Final, Silver Medal (5-1)Wang Xiaozhu → Quarterfinal, 7th place (3-1)Yang Jianping → Round of 32, 29th place (1-1)Men's Individual Competition:
Tang Hua → Round of 32, 23rd place (1-1)Luo Hengyu → Round of 64, 36th place (0-1)Shen Jun → Round of 64, 40th place (0-1)Women's Team Competition:
He, Wang, and Yang → Quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)Men's Team Competition:
Tang, Luo, and Shen → Round of 16, 12th place (0-1)Men's 100 metres
Chen WenzhongMen's 200 metres
Chen WenzhongMen's 110 metres Hurdles
Li TongChen YanhaoMen's 20 km Walk
Yu GuohuiLi ZewenLi MingcaiMen's 50 km Walk
Zhang HuiqiangFinal — 3:53:10 (→ 14th place)Mao XinyuanFinal — DSQ (→ no ranking)Zhao YongshengFinal — DSQ (→ no ranking)Men's Long Jump
Huang GengQualification — 8.12 mFinal — 7.99 m (→ 9th place)Chen JingQualification — 7.70 m (→ did not advance, 29th place)Men's Triple Jump
Zou SixinQualification — 16.53 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)Men's Discus Throw
Li ShaojieQualification — 60.20 m (→ did not advance)Men's Javelin Throw
Zhang LianbiaoQualification — 79.88 mFinal — 80.96 m (→ 11th place)
Women's 400 metres
Du XiujieHeat — 53.95 (→ did not advance)Women's 10,000 metres
Wang JunxiaQualification — 32:36.53Final — 31:02.58 (→ Silver Medal)Wang MingxiaQualification — 32:10.26Final — 32:38.98 (→ 15th place)Yang SijuQualification — 32:22.77Final — 33:15.29 (→ 19th place)Women's Javelin Throw
Li LeiQualification — 61.48 mFinal — 60.74 m (→ 8th place)Women's Discus Throw
Xiao YanlingQualification — 65.10mFinal — 64.72m (→ 5th place)Women's Shot Put
Sui XinmeiQualification — 19.36mFinal — 19.88m (→ Silver Medal)Li MeisuQualification — 18.39m (→ did not advance)Huang ZhihongQualification — did not start (→ did not advance)Women's Triple Jump
Ren RuipingQualification — 14.56mFinal — 14.30m (→ 7th place)Wang Xiangrong — 13.32m (→ did not advance)Women's Marathon
Ren Xiujuan — 2:31.21 (→ 9th place)Women's 10 km Walk
Wang Yan — 42:19 (→ Bronze Medal)Gu Yan — 42:34 (→ 4th place)Gao Hongmiao — dsq (→ no ranking)Preliminary Round (Group A)Defeated Angola (70-67)Lost to Croatia (78-109)Defeated Argentina (87-77)Lost to the United States (70-133)Lost to Lithuania (55-116)QuarterfinalsLost to Yugoslavia (61-128)Classification Matches5th/8th place: Lost to Greece (75-115)7th/8th place: Lost to Croatia (85-99) → 8th placeTeam RosterMengke BateerGong XiaobinHu WeidongLi NanLi XiaoyongLiu YudongShan TaoSun JunWang ZhizhiWu NaiqunWu QinglongZheng WuPreliminary Round (Group A)Lost to Italy (53-62)Lost to Japan (72-75)Defeated Canada (61-49)Lost to Brazil (83-98)Lost to Russia (78-94)Classification Matches9th/12th place: Defeated Zaire (91-67)9th/10th place: Defeated South Korea (85-71) → 9th placeTeam RosterZheng DongmeiLiang XinZheng HaixiaHe JunMa ZongqingMiao BoLi XinLiu JunShen LiChu HuiLi DongmeiMa ChengqingMen's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Yang XiangzhongFirst Round — Defeated Alberto Rossel (Peru), 16-7Second Round — Lost to Hamid Berhili (Morocco), 9-14Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Chen TaoFirst Round — Lost to Hirokuni Moto (Japan), 10-15Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Jiang TaoFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Defeated Charles Kizza (Uganda), 10-7Quarterfinals — Lost to Nate Jones (United States), 4-21Women's Individual Road Race
Guo XinghongFinal — 02:49:47 (→ 41st place)Zhao HaijuanFinal — did not finish (→ no ranking)Women's Mountainbike Cross Country
Gao HongyingFinal — 2:09.08 (→ 25th place)Men's 3m Springboard
Xiong NiPreliminary Heat — 463.02Semi Final — 231.45Final — 470.01 (→ Gold Medal)Yu ZhuochengPreliminary Heat — 438.93Semi Final — 223.41Final — 467.52 (→ Silver Medal)Women's 3m Springboard
Fu MingxiaPreliminary Heat — 284.28Semi Final — 221.49Final — 326.19 (→ Gold Medal)Tan ShupingPreliminary Heat — 212.49 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)Women's 10m Platform
Fu MingxiaPreliminary Heat — 329.25Semi Final — 179.94Final — 341.64 (→ Gold Medal)Guo JingjingPreliminary Heat — 315.39Semi Final — 177.30Final — 269.91 (→ 5th place)Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented China in 1996.
Men's foilYe ChongWang HaibinDong ZhaozhiMen's team foilYe Chong, Dong Zhaozhi, Wang HaibinMen's épéeZhao GangMen's sabreYan XiandongWomen's foilXiao AihuaLiang JunWang HuifengWomen's team foilLiang Jun, Wang Huifeng, Xiao AihuaWomen's épéeYan JingLi XiaoshuangGold Medal, Individual All-around, China's first in this categoryPreliminary Round RobinDefeated Australia (6:0)Lost to Japan (0:3)Defeated Canada (2:1)Defeated Puerto Rico (10:0)Defeated Netherlands (8:0)Defeated Chinese Taipei (1:0)Lost to United States (2:3)SemifinalsLost to United States (0:1)Bronze Medal MatchDefeated Australia (4:2)FinalLost to United States (1:3) → Silver MedalTeam RosterWei QiangTao HuaXu JianZhang ChunfangYan FangWang YingAn ZhongxinWang LihongChen HongHe LipingLei LiLiu XuqingLiu YajuMa YingOu JingbaiHead Coach: Li MinkuanMen's 50 m Freestyle
Jiang Chengji- Heat – 22.55
- Final – 22.33 (→ 4th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Zhao Lifeng- Heat – 51.70 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Zhao Yi- Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Zeng Qiliang- Heat – 1:02.26
- Final – 1:02.01 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Wang Yiwu- Heat – 1:02.26 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Jiang Chengji- Heat – 53.40
- Final – 53.20 (→ 4th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Zhao Yi, Zeng Qiliang, Jiang Chengji, and Zhao Lifeng- Heat – 3:43.50 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Le Jingyi- Heat – 25.10
- Final – 24.90 (→ Silver Medal)
Shan Ying- Heat – 25.71
- Final – 25.70 (→ 7th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Le Jingyi- Heat – 54.90
- Final – 54.50 (→ Gold Medal)
Shan Ying- Heat – 56.10
- B-Final – 55.74 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Chen Yan- Heat – 2:03.32
- B-Final – scratched
Shan Ying- Heat – 2:04.29 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Chen Yan- Heat – 4:22.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
Pu Yiqi- Heat – 8:45.32 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Chen Yan- Heat – 1:02.62
- Final – 1:02.50 (→ 5th place)
He Cihong- Heat – 1:05.87 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Chen Yan- Heat – 2:14.74
- B-Final – 2:14.37 (→ 11th place)
Wu Yanyan- Heat – 2:20.89 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Han Xue- Heat – 1:10.40
- B-Final – 1:09.90 (→ 11th place)
Yuan Yuan- Heat – 1:11.65 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Lin Li- Heat – 2:30.64
- B-Final – 2:33.45 (→ 16th place)
Yuan Yuan- Heat – 2:33.89 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Liu Limin- Heat – 1:00.18
- Final – 59.14 (→ Silver Medal)
Cai Huijue- Heat – 1:00.89
- Final – 1:00.46 (→ 7th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Qu Yun- Heat – 2:11.35
- Final – 2:10.26(→ 4th place)
Liu Limin- Heat – 2:13.12
- Final – 2:10.70 (→ 5th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Lin Li- Heat – 2:16.31
- Final – 2:14.74 (→ Bronze Medal)
Wu Yanyan- Heat – 2:16.55
- B-Final – 2:16.61 (→ 10th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Chen Yan- Heat – 4:53.87 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Wu Yanyan- Heat – 4:54.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Shan Ying, Chao Na, Nian Yun, and Le Jingyi- Heat – 3:44.06
Le Jingyi, Chao Na, Nian Yun, and Shan Ying- Final – 3:40.48 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Chen Yan, Pu Yiqi, Wang Luna, and Nian Yun- Heat – 8:13.29
Nian Yun, Wang Luna, Chen Yan, and Shan Ying- Final – 8:15.38 (→ 8th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Chen Yan, Han Xue, Cai Huijue, and Shan Ying- Heat – 4:09.23
Chen Yan, Han Xue, Cai Huijue, and Shan Ying- Final – 4:07.34 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Singles Competition
Yi Jingqian- First round — Lost to Inés Gorrochategui (Argentina) 2-6 6-1 1-6
Chen Li- First round — Lost to Monica Seles (United States) 0-6 4-6
Preliminary Round (Group A)Defeated Netherlands (3-0)Defeated South Korea (3-2)Defeated United States (3-1)Defeated Ukraine (3-0)Defeated Japan (3-0)QuarterfinalsDefeated Germany (3-0)SemifinalsDefeated Russia (3-1)FinalLost to Cuba (1-3) (→ Silver Medal)Team RosterCui YongmeiHe QiLai YawenLi XanLiu XiaoningPan WenliSun YueWang LinaWang YiWang ZilingWu YongmeiZhu YunyingHead Coach: Lang PingMen's 108 kg
Cui WenhuaSnatch — 190.0 kgClean & Jerk — 215.0 kgTotal — 405.0 kg (→ 5th place)