2017 National Games of China

The 13th National Games of China were held in Tianjin and Luoyang, Henan, from August to September 2017.

13th National Games of the People's Republic of China
Logo of the 2017 National Games of China
Host cityTianjin and Luoyang, Henan
CountryChina
Teams participating38
Athletes participating10,217
Events341 in 31 sports
Opening ceremony27 August 2017
Closing ceremony8 September 2017
Officially opened byXi Jinping
Officially closed byLi Keqiang
Athlete's OathWei Qiuyue
Main venueTianjin Olympic Center Stadium
WebsiteOfficial website

Host bidding

In the 13th National Games bidding process, Shaanxi, Tianjin, Zhejiang and Hubei were the candidates. Tianjin was announced as host of 2017 National Games of China.[1][2]

Games

Sports

A total of 341 events in 31 sports were held at the games.[3]

  • Aquatics
    • Diving (12)
    • Swimming (34)
    • Synchronized swimming (3)
    • Water polo (2)
  • Archery (4)
  • Athletics (46)
  • Badminton (7)
  • Baseball (1)
  • Basketball (4)
  • Boxing (13)
  • Canoeing
    • Slalom (4)
    • Sprint (12)
  • Cycling
    • BMX (2)
    • Mountain biking (2)
    • Road (4)
    • Track (10)
  • Equestrian
    • Dressage (2)
    • Eventing (2)
    • Jumping (2)
  • Fencing (12)
  • Field hockey (2)
  • Football (5)
  • Golf (2)
  • Gymnastics
    • Artistic (14)
    • Rhythmic (2)
    • Trampoline (4)
  • Handball (2)
  • Judo (14)
  • Modern pentathlon (3)
  • Rowing (14)
  • Rugby sevens (2)
  • Sailing (8)
  • Shooting (18)
  • Softball (1)
  • Table tennis (7)
  • Taekwondo (8)
  • Tennis (6)
  • Triathlon (2)
  • Volleyball
    • Volleyball (4)
    • Beach volleyball (2)
  • Weightlifting (15)
  • Wrestling
    • Freestyle (11)
    • Greco-Roman (6)
  • Wushu (12)

Participation

A total of 10217 athletes from 38 delegations took part in the competition (fewer than both the 2005 and 2009 editions). Among the delegations were 4 municipalities, 22 provincial teams and 5 autonomous regions. Further to this, the People's Liberation Army sent a team, and six sports association teams were entered (generally associations from specific industry groupings or large organisations).

Athletics
Further information: Athletics at the 2017 National Games of China

Aquatics

Synchronised Swimming
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Duet (Technical and Free) Routine Sichuan Hunan Guangdong
Team Free Routine Beijing Jiangsu Sichuan
Team overall Jiangsu Beijing Sichuan

Hockey
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women Ice Hockey Tianjin Heilongjiang Inner Mongolia

Shooting
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women Skeet Guangdong PLA Wang Xin Yi
Jiangsu
Men Skeet PLA Sichuan PLA
Mixed team Beijing PLA Sichuan
Men Skeet Shanghai Shandong Henan
Women Shandong Sichuan Shanghai

Tennis
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men team Jiangsu Zhejiang Tianjin
Shanghai
Women team Tianjin Zhejiang Liaoning
Sichuan

References
  1. 十三届全运会举办地揭晓 天津获承办权陕西无缘 (in Chinese)
  2. 国务院正式批准天津举办2017年第十三届全运会 (in Chinese)
  3. 全运项目 (in Chinese)
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