China at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

China at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCHN
NOCChinese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.cn (in Chinese and English)
in Seoul
Competitors273 (149 men and 124 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Song Tao
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
5
Silver
11
Bronze
12
Total
28
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Republic of China (1924–1972)

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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

Athlete Event Ranking round Eighth-final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Qoiying Doje Individual 1220 46 Did not advance
Qiuzhong Liang Individual 1220 47 Did not advance
Guang Ri Individual 1204 55 Did not advance
Qoiying Doje
Qiuzhong Liang
Guang Ri		 Team 3644 19 Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Ranking round Eighth-final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Shaorong Ma Individual 1233 22 298 22 Did not advance
Xiangjun Ma Individual 1233 21 322 4 318 10 309 11 Did not advance
Yawen Yao Individual 1217 35 Did not advance
Shaorong Ma
Xiangjun Ma
Yawen Yao		 Team 3683 8 948 9 Did not advance

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Marathon

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

  1. 100 metres — 11.43s
  2. Long Jump — 6.22m
  3. Shot Put — 13.98m
  4. High Jump — 1.91m
  5. 400 metres — 51.25s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 15.88s
  7. Discus Throw — 46.18m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.60m
  9. Javelin Throw — 57.84m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:54.99s

Men's 50 km Walk


Women's Marathon

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

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
Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament
Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Team roster

The following is the China roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2]

China men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
4 Gong Luming 31 – (1957-08-29)29 August 1957 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
5 Wang Fei 25 – (1963-03-25)25 March 1963 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
6 Huang Yunlong 28 – (1960-07-10)10 July 1960 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
7 Sha Guoli 28 – (1960-08-30)30 August 1960 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
8 Zhang Xuelei 25 – (1963-05-15)15 May 1963 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
9 Song Ligang 21 – (1967-06-08)8 June 1967 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
10 Li Yaguang 30 – (1958-06-08)8 June 1958 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
11 Sun Fengwu 26 – (1962-03-19)19 March 1962 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
C 12 Wang Libin 25 – (1963-03-31)31 March 1963 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
13 Zhang Yongjun 25 – (1963-01-04)4 January 1963 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
14 Xu Xiaoliang 26 – (1962-01-30)30 January 1962 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
15 Zhang Bin 26 – (1961-12-28)28 December 1961 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Head coach
Qian Chenghai
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 485 302 +183 10 Quarter-finals
2  Spain 5 4 1 484 435 +49 9
3  Brazil 5 3 2 590 522 +68 8
4  Canada 5 2 3 479 455 +24 7
5  China 5 1 4 433 527 −94 6
6  Egypt 5 0 5 338 568 −230 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.
September 17
China  98–84  Egypt
Scoring by half: 47–43, 51–41
20 September 1988
Brazil  130–108  China
Scoring by half: 72–61, 58–47
September 21
China  74–106  Spain
Scoring by half: 43–59, 31–57
23 September 1988
China  57–108  United States
Scoring by half: 26–59, 31–49
September 24
Canada  99–96  China
Scoring by half: 56–52, 43–44
Classification round 9–12
26 September 1988
09:45
China  90–93  South Korea
Scoring by half: 48–47, 42–46
Pts: Li 22
Rebs: Wang L. 7
Asts: Li 2		 Pts: Kim HJ 17
Rebs: Kim YT 12
Asts: Kim HJ, Kim YT, Yoo 2
Classification round 11/12
29 September 1998 (1998-09-29)
14:30
Egypt  75–97  China
Scoring by half: 42–56, 33–41
Pts: Khalil 26
Rebs: Moussa 6
Asts: Moussa, Sedky 1		 Pts: Zhang Y. 33
Rebs: Song 12
Asts: Sun, Wang L., Zhang Y. 3

Women's tournament
Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Team roster

The following is the China roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]

China women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
4 Han Qingling 27 – (1960-12-16)16 December 1960
5 Ling Guang 22 – (1966-03-01)1 March 1966
6 Li Xiaoqin 26 – (1961-12-07)7 December 1961
7 Zhao Wei 25 – (1963-06-06)6 June 1963
8 Zhang Taohua 18 – (1970-03-10)10 March 1970
9 Zhan Shuping 24 – (1964-04-24)24 April 1964
10 Peng Ping 21 – (1967-01-14)14 January 1967
C 11 Zheng Haixia 21 – (1967-03-07)7 March 1967
PG 12 Cong Xuedi 25 – (1963-05-13)13 May 1963 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
13 Xue Cuilan 25 – (1963-04-30)30 April 1963
14 Liu Qing 24 – (1964-08-06)6 August 1964
15 Xu Chunmei 22 – (1966-03-22)22 March 1966
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 September 1988
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 282 234 +48 6 Semifinals
2  Yugoslavia 3 2 1 199 211 −12 5
3  China 3 1 2 200 214 −14 4
4  Czechoslovakia 3 0 3 202 224 −22 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.
19 September 1988
21:30
China  53–56  Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32–35, 21–21
Pts: Zheng 13
Rebs: Zheng 7
Asts: Xue 3		 Pts: Nakić 13
Rebs: Golić 9
Asts: Vangelovska 4
22 September 1998 (1998-09-22)
21:30
China  68–64  Czechoslovakia
Scoring by half: 36–36, 32–28
Pts: Zheng 12
Rebs: Han 7
Asts: Xue 3		 Pts: Dobrovičová 21
Rebs: Dobrovičová 5
Asts: Kalužáková 4
25 September 1998 (1998-09-25)
11:45
China  79–94  United States
Scoring by half: 37–46, 42–48
Pts: Zheng 32
Rebs: Zheng 8
Asts: Cong 5		 Pts: McClain 27
Rebs: McClain 13
Asts: Edwards 5
Classification 5–8
27 September 1988
21:30
China  97–95 (OT)  South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–38, 42–47 Overtime: 12–10
Pts: Liu 24
Rebs: Liu 6
Asts: Xue 5		 Pts: Choi 21
Rebs: Sung 7
Asts: Jeong, Park CM, Sung 2
Classification 5/6
29 September 1988
9:45
Bulgaria  102–74  China
Scoring by half: 53–19, 49–55
Pts: Slavcheva 22
Rebs: Staneva 8
Asts: Radkova 2		 Pts: Zheng 23
Rebs: Cong, Peng 5
Asts: Cong, Liu, Xue 1

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Dong Liu Featherweight  John William Francis (IND)
W 3-2		  Serge Bouemba (GAB)
W 5-0		  Abdelhad Achik (MAR)
L KOH		 Did not advance
Weiping Wang Flyweight  Andreas Tews (GDR)
L 0-5		 Did not advance

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Daen Guo
Hua Ke		 C-2 500m 1:56.02 16 Did not advance
C-2 1000m 4:15.50 13 4:06.49 14 Did not advance
Fullian Ma
Bing Xue		 K-2 500m 1:41.10 17 Did not advance
K-2 1000m 3:31.24 9 3:42.91 14 Did not advance

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete Event Time Rank
Hong Liu Road race 4:32:56 (+0:34) 53
Tang Xuezhong Road race 4:32:56 (+0:34) 44
Yingquan Cai Road race DNF
Guo Longchen
Hong Liu
Tang Xuezhong
Wu Weipei		 Team time trial 2:06:22.5 (+8:35) 17

Women

Athlete Event Time Rank
Chen Weixiu Road race 2:01:50 (+0:58) 47
Lu Suyan Road race 2:00:52 (+0:00) 24
Yan Yinhua Road race 2:00:52 (+0:00) 33

Track

Sprints

Athlete Event Qualifying 1st round
(Repechage)		 2nd round Semifinal Final
Time
Speed		 Rank Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time/Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Zhou Suying Women's sprint 12.477 11  Christa Luding Rothenburg (GDR)
 Louise Jones (GBR)
12.24 L
Rep W  Elisabetta Fanton (ITA)		  Connie Paraskevin-Young (USA)
12.94 L
(2nd in 5-8th classification race)		 Did not advance

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented China in 1988.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football
Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Handball
Main article: Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics

One male pentathlete represented China in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Zhang — 4081pts (→ 24th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics
Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Xie Jun
    1. Heat – 1:55.04 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Wang Dali
    1. Heat – 15:45.96 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Lin Laijiu
    1. Heat – 57.74 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
  • Huang Guoxiong
    1. Heat – 59.36 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Lin Laijiu
    1. Heat – 2:08.28 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Chen Jianhong
    1. Heat – 1:04.09
    2. B-Final – 1:04.72 (→ 16th place)
  • Jin Fu
    1. Heat – 1:05.02 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Chang Qing
    1. Heat – 2:24.45 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
  • Jin Fu
    1. Heat – 2:26.05 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Zhan Jiang
    1. Heat – 54.69
    2. B-Final – 54.50 (→ 9th place)
  • Zheng Jian
    1. Heat – 54.86
    2. B-Final – 55.05 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Xie Jun
    1. Heat – 2:10.52 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Yang Wenyi
    1. Heat – 25.67
    2. Final – 25.64 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Xia Fujie
    1. Heat – 26.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Zhuang Yong
    1. Heat – 55.84
    2. Final – 55.47 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Lou Yaping
    1. Heat – 57.79 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Zhuang Yong
    1. Heat – 2:02.40
    2. B-Final – 2:14.23 (→ 16th place)
  • Qian Hong
    1. Heat – 2:12.44 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Yan Ming
    1. Heat – 4:18.58 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Yan Ming
    1. Heat – 9:00.81 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Wang Bolin
    1. Heat – 1:05.15 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Lin Li
    1. Heat – 2:18.11
    2. B-Final – 2:16.68 (→ 11th place)
  • Wang Bolin
    1. Heat – 2:21.70 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Huang Xiaomin
    1. Heat – 1:10.78
    2. Final – 1:10.53 (→ 7th place)
  • Chen Huiling
    1. Heat – 1:13.65 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Huang Xiaomin
    1. Heat – 2:30.03
    2. Final – 2:27.49 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Chen Huiling
    1. Heat – 2:45.87 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Qian Hong
    1. Heat – 1:00.66
    2. Final – 59.52 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Wang Xiaohong
    1. Heat – 1:01.16
    2. Final – 1:01.15 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Wang Xiaohong
    1. Heat – 2:13.05
    2. Final – 2:12.34 (→ 7th place)
  • Mo Wanlan
    1. Heat – 2:19.56 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Lin Li
    1. Heat – 2:17.09
    2. Final – 2:17.42 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Lin Li
    1. Heat – 4:48.89
    2. Final – 4:47.05 (→ 7th place)
  • Yan Ming
    1. Heat – 4:49.04
    2. B-Final – 4:55.92 (→ 16th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming
Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Three synchronized swimmers represented China in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Doubles Competition

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "China at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  2. "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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