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.
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.People's Republic of China at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 16 28 44Basketball 12 10 22Boxing 2 – 2Canoeing 4 0 4Cycling 4 4 8Diving 4 4 8Fencing 10 5 15Football 14 – 14Gymnastics 6 8 14Handball 0 12 12Judo 5 – 5Modern pentathlon 1 – 1Rowing 0 11 11Sailing 3 2 5Shooting 12 8 20 Swimming 13 12 25Synchronized swimming – 3 3Table tennis 4 3 7Tennis 2 0 2Volleyball 0 11 11Water polo 13 – 13Weightlifting 10 – 10Wrestling 11 – 11 Total 149 124 273
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Diving Women's 10 metre platform 18 September Gymnastics Men's vault 24 September Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 25 September Table tennis Men's doubles 30 September Table tennis Women's singles 1 October Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 19 September Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 19 September Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 20 September Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 21 September Shooting Men's 50 metre running target 23 September Rowing Women's coxed four 24 September Diving Women's 3 metre springboard 25 September Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 25 September Diving Men's 10 metre platform 27 September Table tennis Women's doubles 30 September Table tennis Women's singles 1 October Weightlifting Men's 52 kg 18 September Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 19 September Diving Men's 3 metre springboard 20 September Weightlifting Men's 60 kg 20 September Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 21 September Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 23 September Gymnastics Men's floor 24 September Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol 24 September Rowing Women's eight 25 September Volleyball Women's tournament 29 September Athletics Women's shot put 1 October Table tennis Women's singles 1 October
Archery
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 AthleteEventRanking roundEighth-finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankQoiying DojeIndividual122046Did not advanceQiuzhong LiangIndividual122047Did not advanceGuang RiIndividual120455Did not advanceQoiying Doje Qiuzhong Liang Guang RiTeam364419Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRanking roundEighth-finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankShaorong MaIndividual12332229822Did not advanceXiangjun MaIndividual12332132243181030911Did not advanceYawen YaoIndividual121735Did not advanceShaorong Ma Xiangjun Ma Yawen YaoTeam368389489Did not advance
Athletics
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) 100 metres — 11.43s Long Jump — 6.22m Shot Put — 13.98m High Jump — 1.91m 400 metres — 51.25s 110m Hurdles — 15.88s Discus Throw — 46.18m Pole Vault — 4.60m Javelin Throw — 57.84m 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
Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Classification round 9–12
Classification round 11/12
Women's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Classification 5–8
Classification 5/6
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultDong LiuFeatherweightW 3-2W 5-0L KOHDid not advanceWeiping WangFlyweightL 0-5Did not advance
Canoeing
Men AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDaen Guo Hua KeC-2 500m1:56.0216Did not advanceC-2 1000m4:15.50134:06.4914Did not advanceFullian Ma Bing XueK-2 500m1:41.1017Did not advanceK-2 1000m3:31.2493:42.9114Did not advance
Cycling
Road
Men AthleteEventTimeRankHong LiuRoad race4:32:56 (+0:34)53Tang XuezhongRoad race4:32:56 (+0:34)44Yingquan CaiRoad raceDNFGuo Longchen Hong Liu Tang Xuezhong Wu WeipeiTeam time trial2:06:22.5 (+8:35)17
Women AthleteEventTimeRankChen WeixiuRoad race2:01:50 (+0:58)47Lu SuyanRoad race2:00:52 (+0:00)24Yan YinhuaRoad race2:00:52 (+0:00)33
Track
Sprints Athlete EventQualifying1st round (Repechage)2nd roundSemifinalFinalTimeSpeedRankOppositionTimeOppositionTime/ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankZhou SuyingWomen's sprint12.4771112.24 L Rep W 12.94 L(2nd in 5-8th classification race)Did not advance
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTan Liangde3 m springboard682.651 Q704.88Li Deliang607.774 Q665.28Xiong Ni10 m platform601.502 Q637.47Li Kongzheng578.313 Q543.816
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankGao Min3 m springboard539.671 Q580.23Li Qing501.392 Q534.33Xu Yanmei10 m platform426.273 Q445.20Chen Xiaodan456.451 Q384.155
Fencing
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
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Modern pentathlon
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
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle Shen Jianqiang Heat – 23.41 B-Final – 23.40 (→ 12th place) Feng Qiangbiao Heat – 23.47 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle Shen Jianqiang Heat – 51.40 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Feng Qiangbiao Heat – 52.45 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Xie Jun Heat – 1:55.04 (→ did not advance, 39th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle Wang Dali Heat – 15:45.96 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke Lin Laijiu Heat – 57.74 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Huang Guoxiong Heat – 59.36 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke Lin Laijiu Heat – 2:08.28 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke Chen Jianhong Heat – 1:04.09 B-Final – 1:04.72 (→ 16th place) Jin Fu Heat – 1:05.02 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke Chang Qing Heat – 2:24.45 (→ did not advance, 35th place) Jin Fu Heat – 2:26.05 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Zhan Jiang Heat – 54.69 B-Final – 54.50 (→ 9th place) Zheng Jian Heat – 54.86 B-Final – 55.05 (→ 15th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly Zhan Jiang Heat – 2:02.29 (→ 18th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley Xie Jun 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 Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Lin Laijiu, Chen Jianhong, Zhan Jiang, and Shen Jianqiang Heat – 3:48.18 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle Yang Wenyi Heat – 25.67 Final – 25.64 (→ Silver Medal) Xia Fujie Heat – 26.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle Zhuang Yong Heat – 55.84 Final – 55.47 (→ Silver Medal) Lou Yaping Heat – 57.79 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle Zhuang Yong Heat – 2:02.40 B-Final – 2:14.23 (→ 16th place) Qian Hong Heat – 2:12.44 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle Yan Ming Heat – 4:18.58 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle Yan Ming Heat – 9:00.81 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke Wang Bolin Heat – 1:05.15 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke Lin Li Heat – 2:18.11 B-Final – 2:16.68 (→ 11th place) Wang Bolin Heat – 2:21.70 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Huang Xiaomin Heat – 1:10.78 Final – 1:10.53 (→ 7th place) Chen Huiling Heat – 1:13.65 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke Huang Xiaomin Heat – 2:30.03 Final – 2:27.49 (→ Silver Medal) Chen Huiling Heat – 2:45.87 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly Qian Hong Heat – 1:00.66 Final – 59.52 (→ Bronze Medal) Wang Xiaohong Heat – 1:01.16 Final – 1:01.15 (→ 8th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly Wang Xiaohong Heat – 2:13.05 Final – 2:12.34 (→ 7th place) Mo Wanlan Heat – 2:19.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley Lin Li Heat – 2:17.09 Final – 2:17.42 (→ 7th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley Lin Li Heat – 4:48.89 Final – 4:47.05 (→ 7th place) Yan Ming Heat – 4:49.04 B-Final – 4:55.92 (→ 16th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Xia Fujie, Lou Yaping, Yang Wenyi, and Zhuang Yong Heat – 3:46.36 Xia Fujie, Yang Wenyi, Lou Yaping, and Zhuang Yong Final – 3:44.69 (→ 4th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Yang Wenyi, Huang Xiaomin, Qian Hong, and Zhuang Yong Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Synchronized swimming
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
Tennis
Men's Doubles Competition Liu Shuhua and Ma Keqin First Round – Lost to Miloslav Mečíř and Milan Šrejber (Czechoslovakia) 5-7 1-6 4-6
Volleyball
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 Zhou Hong
Water polo
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
Wrestling
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