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China at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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China at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCHN
NOCChinese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.cn (in Chinese and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors294 (111 men and 183 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Liu Yudong
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
16
Silver
22
Bronze
12
Total
50
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Republic of China (1924–1948)

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.[1]

Medalists

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Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Table Tennis 4 3 1 8
Diving 3 1 1 5
Shooting 2 2 1 5
Weightlifting 2 1 1 4
Gymnastics 1 4 1 6
Swimming 1 3 2 6
Athletics 1 2 1 4
Badminton 1 1 2 4
Judo 1 0 1 2
Archery 0 1 0 1
Football 0 1 0 1
Rowing 0 1 0 1
Softball 0 1 0 1
Volleyball 0 1 0 1
Wrestling 0 0 1 1
Total 16 22 12 50
Medal Name Event
 Gold Wang Junxia Athletics, Women's 5000 m
 Gold Ge Fei
Gu Jun		 Badminton, Women's doubles
 Gold Xiong Ni Diving, Men's 3 m springboard
 Gold Fu Mingxia Diving, Women's 3 m springboard
 Gold Fu Mingxia Diving, Women's 10 m platform
 Gold Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics, Men's Individual all-around
 Gold Sun Fuming Judo, Women's +72 kg
 Gold Yang Ling Shooting, Men's 10 m Running Target
 Gold Li Duihong Shooting, Women's 25 m Pistol
 Gold Le Jingyi Swimming, Women's 100 m freestyle
 Gold Liu Guoliang Table Tennis, Men's singles
 Gold Liu Guoliang
Kong Linghui		 Table Tennis, Men's doubles
 Gold Deng Yaping Table Tennis, Women's singles
 Gold Deng Yaping
Qiao Hong		 Table Tennis, Women's doubles
 Gold Tang Ningsheng Weightlifting, Men's 59 kg
 Gold Zhan Xugang Weightlifting, Men's 70 kg
 Silver He Ying Archery, Women's Individual Competition
 Silver Wang Junxia Athletics, Women's 10000 m
 Silver Sui Xinmei Athletics, Women's Shot put
 Silver Dong Jiong Badminton, Men's singles
 Silver Yu Zhuocheng Diving, Men's 3 m springboard
 Silver Chen Yufeng
Fan Yunjie
Gao Hong
Liu Ailing
Liu Ying
Shi Guihong
Shui Qingxia
Sun Qingmei
Sun Wen
Wang Liping
Wei Haiying
Wen Lirong
Xie Huilin
Yu Hongqi
Zhao Lihong
Zhong Honglian		 Football, Women's team competition
 Silver Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics, Men's Floor exercise
 Silver Li Xiaoshuang
Fan Bin
Fan Hongbin
Huang Huadong
Huang Liping
Shen Jian
Zhang Jinjing		 Gymnastics, Men's team competition
 Silver Mo Huilan Gymnastics, Women's Vault
 Silver Bi Wenjing Gymnastics, Women's Uneven bars
 Silver Xiuyun Zhang
Cao Mianyin		 Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
 Silver Wang Yifu Shooting, Men's 10 m Air Pistol
 Silver Xiao Jun Shooting, Men's 10 m Running Target
 Silver Wei Qiang
Tao Hua
Xu Jian
Zhang Chunfang
Yan Fang
Wang Ying
An Zhongxin
Wang Lihong
Chen Hong
He Liping
Lei Li
Liu Xuqing
Liu Yaju
Ma Ying
Ou Jingbai
Sarah Ford		 Softball, Women's team competition
 Silver Le Jingyi Swimming, Women's 50 m freestyle
 Silver Liu Limin Swimming, Women's 100 m butterfly
 Silver Le Jingyi
Chao Na
Nian Yun
Shan Ying		 Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
 Silver Wang Tao Table Tennis, Men's singles
 Silver Wang Tao
Lü Lin		 Table Tennis, Men's doubles
 Silver Liu Wei
Qiao Yunping		 Table Tennis, Women's doubles
 Silver Lai Yawen
Cui Yongmei
Pan Wenli
Wang Ziling
Yue Sun
Li Yan
He Qi
Liu Xiaoning
Wu Yongmei
Zhu Yunying
Wang Lina
Wang Yi		 Volleyball, Women's team competition
 Silver Zhang Xiangsen Weightlifting, Men's 56 kg
 Bronze Wang Yan Athletics, Women's 10 km walk
 Bronze Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		 Badminton, Women's doubles
 Bronze Liu Jianjun
Sun Man		 Badminton, Mixed doubles
 Bronze Xiao Hailiang Diving, Men's 10 metre platform
 Bronze Fan Bin Gymnastics, Men's Horizontal bar
 Bronze Wang Xianbo Judo, Women's 66 kg
 Bronze Zhang Bing Shooting, Men's Double Trap
 Bronze Chen Yan
Han Xue
Cai Huijue
Shan Ying		 Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
 Bronze Lin Li Swimming, Women's 200 m IM
 Bronze Qiao Hong Table Tennis, Women's singles
 Bronze Xiao Jiangang Weightlifting, Men's 64 kg
 Bronze Sheng Zetian Wrestling, Men's 57 kg Greco-Roman

Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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:

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)

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's Long Jump

  • Huang Geng
    • Qualification — 8.12 m
    • Final — 7.99 m (→ 9th place)
  • Chen Jing
    • Qualification — 7.70 m (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's triple jump

  • Zou Sixin
    • Qualification — 16.53 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Li Shaojie
    • Qualification — 60.20 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Zhang Lianbiao
    • Qualification — 79.88 m
    • Final — 80.96 m (→ 11th place)


Women's 400 metres

  • Du Xiujie
    • Heat — 53.95 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 metres

  • Wang Junxia
    • Qualification — 32:36.53
    • Final — 31:02.58 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Wang Mingxia
    • Qualification — 32:10.26
    • Final — 32:38.98 (→ 15th place)
  • Yang Siju
    • Qualification — 32:22.77
    • Final — 33:15.29 (→ 19th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Li Lei
    • Qualification — 61.48 m
    • Final — 60.74 m (→ 8th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Xiao Yanling
    • Qualification — 65.10m
    • Final — 64.72m (→ 5th place)

Women's Shot Put

  • Sui Xinmei
    • Qualification — 19.36m
    • Final — 19.88m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Li Meisu
    • Qualification — 18.39m (→ did not advance)
  • Huang Zhihong
    • Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

Women's Marathon

Women's 10 km Walk

Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Team roster
Preliminary round
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 5 5 0 522 345 +177 10 Quarterfinals
2  Lithuania 5 3 2 427 354 +73 8[a]
3  Croatia 5 3 2 422 386 +36 8[a]
4  China 5 2 3 360 502 −142 7[b]
5  Argentina 5 2 3 351 396 −45 7[b] 9th place playoff
6  Angola 5 0 5 280 379 −99 5 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Croatia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: China 1–0 Argentina
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
China  70–67  Angola
Scoring by half: 36–36, 34–31
Pts: Wang 17
Rebs: Wang 11
Asts: Hu 3		 Pts: Â. Victoriano, Carvalho 13
Rebs: Â. Victoriano 6
Asts: Avô 5
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Piovesan Neto (BRA), Juan Brea Diaz (CUB)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
Croatia  109–78  China
Scoring by half: 56–44, 53–34
Pts: Komazec 36
Rebs: Vranković 9
Asts: Kukoč 12		 Pts: Wang, Zheng 15
Rebs: Gong 8
Asts: Sun 6
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Pelissari (BRA), Kim Chul-Hwan (KOR)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
China  87–77  Argentina
Scoring by half: 51–38, 36–39
Pts: Zheng, Hu 22
Rebs: Zheng 9
Asts: Li 5		 Pts: Espil 25
Rebs: Pérez 7
Asts: Milanesio 8
Atlanta
Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Roman Ryzhyk (UKR)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
United States  133–70  China
Scoring by half: 65–28, 68–42
Pts: Pippen 24
Rebs: O'Neal 10
Asts: Hardaway 10		 Pts: Liu 18
Rebs: Bateer 6
Asts: Li 5
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
China  55–116  Lithuania
Scoring by half: 23–53, 32–63
Pts: Wang 18
Rebs: Wang 5
Asts: Li 4		 Pts: Štombergas 19
Rebs: Einikis 9
Asts: Marčiulionis 7
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX), Juan Figueroa (PUR)
Quarterfinals
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
12:00
FR Yugoslavia  128–61  China
Scoring by half: 63–29, 65–32
Pts: Rebrača 22
Rebs: Topić 8
Asts: Berić, Đorđević 6		 Pts: Wang 13
Rebs: Wang, Wu 4
Asts: Li 3
Atlanta
Referees: Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN), Gennaro Colucci ITA
Classification Round 5–8th Place
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
10:00
China  75–115  Greece
Scoring by half: 24–50, 51–65
Pts: Wu 20
Rebs: Liu 8
Asts: Li 7		 Pts: Fasoulas 19
Rebs: Christodoulou 12
Asts: Christodoulou 8
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)
7th Place match
2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
20:00
China  85–99  Croatia
Scoring by half: 39–49, 46–50
Pts: Hu 22
Rebs: Gong 9
Asts: Li, Sun 5		 Pts: Kukoč 26
Rebs: Kukoč 10
Asts: Kukoč 8
Atlanta
Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

Women's tournament

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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Team roster
Preliminary round
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 424 360 +64 10 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 5 4 1 378 342 +36 9
3  Italy 5 3 2 330 309 +21 8
4  Japan 5 2 3 365 396 −31 7
5  China 5 1 4 347 378 −31 6
6  Canada 5 0 5 293 352 −59 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
Italy  62–53  China
Pts: Caselin 16
Rebs: Schiesaro 5
Asts: Caselin, Ballabio 3		 Pts: Li X, Liu J 15
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Li X, Li D 4
23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
China  72–75  Japan
Pts: Zheng H 31
Rebs: Zheng H 16
Asts: Li X 6		 Pts: Hagiwara 23
Rebs: Kato 10
Asts: Murakami 4
25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
Canada  49–61  China
Pts: three players 8
Rebs: Norman 9
Asts: Evans 5		 Pts: Zheng H 19
Rebs: Zheng H 16
Asts: Zheng D 4
27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
China  83–98  Brazil
Pts: He J 22
Rebs: Liang X 5
Asts: Zheng D, Liu J 6		 Pts: Janeth 26
Rebs: three players 9
Asts: Paula 8
29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Russia  94–78  China
Pts: Baranova 26
Rebs: Baranova 18
Asts: Sumnikova 10		 Pts: Zheng D, Ma Z 14
Rebs: Liang X 6
Asts: Zheng D 5
Classification Round 9th−12th place
31 July 1996 (1996-07-31)
10:00
Zaire  67–91  China
Scoring by half: 36–47, 31–44
Pts: Mabika 30
Rebs: Lobela 9
Asts: Ngalula 3		 Pts: Zheng H 26
Rebs: Zheng H 10
Asts: Ma Z 6
9th place match
3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)
12:00
China  85–71  South Korea
Scoring by half: 48–39, 37–32
Pts: Zheng H 29
Rebs: Zheng H 10
Asts: Zheng D 10		 Pts: Chun J-w 20
Rebs: Yoo Y-j 6
Asts: Han H-s 5

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Individual Road Race

Women's Mountainbike Cross Country

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Xiong Ni
    • Preliminary Heat — 463.02
    • Semi Final — 231.45
    • Final — 470.01 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Yu Zhuocheng
    • Preliminary Heat — 438.93
    • Semi Final — 223.41
    • Final — 467.52 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Fu Mingxia
    • Preliminary Heat — 284.28
    • Semi Final — 221.49
    • Final — 326.19 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Tan Shuping
    • Preliminary Heat — 212.49 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Fu Mingxia
    • Preliminary Heat — 329.25
    • Semi Final — 179.94
    • Final — 341.64 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Guo Jingjing
    • Preliminary Heat — 315.39
    • Semi Final — 177.30
    • Final — 269.91 (→ 5th place)

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Nine fencers, five men and four women, represented China in 1996.

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

Football

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Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  • Li Xiaoshuang
    • Gold Medal, Individual All-around, China's first in this category

Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Softball

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Main article: Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition

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Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Zhao Lifeng
    1. Heat – 51.70 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Zhao Yi
    1. Heat – 57.17 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Zeng Qiliang
    1. Heat – 1:02.26
    2. Final – 1:02.01 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Wang Yiwu
    1. Heat – 1:02.26 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Le Jingyi
    1. Heat – 25.10
    2. Final – 24.90 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Shan Ying
    1. Heat – 25.71
    2. Final – 25.70 (→ 7th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Le Jingyi
    1. Heat – 54.90
    2. Final – 54.50 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Shan Ying
    1. Heat – 56.10
    2. B-Final – 55.74 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Chen Yan
    1. Heat – 2:03.32
    2. B-Final – scratched
  • Shan Ying
    1. Heat – 2:04.29 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Chen Yan
    1. Heat – 4:22.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Pu Yiqi
    1. Heat – 8:45.32 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Chen Yan
    1. Heat – 1:02.62
    2. Final – 1:02.50 (→ 5th place)
  • He Cihong
    1. Heat – 1:05.87 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Chen Yan
    1. Heat – 2:14.74
    2. B-Final – 2:14.37 (→ 11th place)
  • Wu Yanyan
    1. Heat – 2:20.89 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Han Xue
    1. Heat – 1:10.40
    2. B-Final – 1:09.90 (→ 11th place)
  • Yuan Yuan
    1. Heat – 1:11.65 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Lin Li
    1. Heat – 2:30.64
    2. B-Final – 2:33.45 (→ 16th place)
  • Yuan Yuan
    1. Heat – 2:33.89 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Liu Limin
    1. Heat – 1:00.18
    2. Final – 59.14 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Cai Huijue
    1. Heat – 1:00.89
    2. Final – 1:00.46 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Qu Yun
    1. Heat – 2:11.35
    2. Final – 2:10.26(→ 4th place)
  • Liu Limin
    1. Heat – 2:13.12
    2. Final – 2:10.70 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Lin Li
    1. Heat – 2:16.31
    2. Final – 2:14.74 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Wu Yanyan
    1. Heat – 2:16.55
    2. B-Final – 2:16.61 (→ 10th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Chen Yan
    1. Heat – 4:53.87 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  • Wu Yanyan
    1. Heat – 4:54.07 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming

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Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's Indoor Team Competition

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Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 108 kg

  • Cui Wenhua
    • Snatch — 190.0 kg
    • Clean & Jerk — 215.0 kg
    • Total — 405.0 kg (→ 5th place)

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

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  1. ^ "China at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
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