China at the 1998 Winter Olympics

China at the
1998 Winter Olympics
IOC codeCHN
NOCChinese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.cn (in Chinese and English)
in Nagano
Competitors57 (15 men, 42 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Zhao Hongbo (figure skating)
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
0
Silver
6
Bronze
2
Total
8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

The People's Republic of China competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.


Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Li Jiajun Short track speed skating Men's 1000 metres 17 February
 Silver Yang Yang (A)
Yang Yang (S)
Wang Chunlu
Sun Dandan
Short track speed skating Women's 3000 metre relay 17 February
 Silver Xu Nannan Freestyle skiing Women's aerials 18 February
 Silver Yang Yang (S) Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres 19 February
 Silver An Yulong Short track speed skating Men's 500 metres 21 February
 Silver Yang Yang (S) Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres 21 February
 Bronze Chen Lu Figure skating Women's singles 20 February
 Bronze Li Jiajun
Feng Kai
Yuan Ye
An Yulong
Short track speed skating Men's 5000 metre relay 21 February

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Biathlon 0 4 4
Cross-country skiing 2 2 4
Figure skating 2 2 4
Freestyle skiing 1 4 5
Ice hockey 0 20 20
Short track speed skating 4 4 8
Speed skating 6 6 12
Total 15 42 57

Biathlon

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Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km Sprint Sun Ribo 3 25:29.0 39
Yu Shumei 0 23:44.0 5
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
15 km Sun Ribo 52:19.2 6 58:19.2 21
Yu Shumei 54:41.3 2 56:41.3 9
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Yu Shumei
Sun Ribo
Liu Jinfeng
Liu Xianying
1 1'43:32.6 7
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C
Qu Donghai DNF
Wu Jintao 32:57.7 81
15 km
pursuit1
F
Wu Jintao 52:28.1 68
30 km
C
Wu Jintao DNF
50 km
F
Qu Donghai 2'16:42.3 29
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C
Guo Dongling 20:58.0 72
Luan Zhengrong 20:30.0 68
10 km
pursuit2
F
Guo Dongling 36:58.2 65
Luan Zhengrong 35:47.3 62
15 km
C
Guo Dongling 54:50.6 55
Luan Zhengrong 53:48.4 51
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

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Men
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Zhengxin Guo 10 9 14.0 8
Women
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Chen Lu 4 3 5.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Shen Xue
Zhao Hongbo
8 5 9.0 5

Freestyle skiing

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Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Ou Xiaotao Aerials 183.84 17 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Yin Hong Aerials 90.73 24 did not advance
Guo Dandan 163.95 8 Q 159.74 7
Ji Xiaoou 167.42 6 Q ? 12
Xu Nannan 182.01 1 Q 186.97 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Ice hockey

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Women's tournament

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Group stage

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The First 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
 United States 5 5 0 0 33 7 10
 Canada 5 4 1 0 28 12 8
 Finland 5 3 2 0 27 10 6
 China 5 2 3 0 10 15 4
 Sweden 5 1 4 0 10 21 2
 Japan 5 0 5 0 2 45 0
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 China 0–5  United States
 Canada 2–0  China
 Japan 1–6  China
 China 3–1  Sweden
 Finland 6–1  China

Bronze-medal game

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17 February
Finland  4 – 1  China 4th Big Hat (7,412)
First period Ref: Canada Laurie Taylor-Boulton
Yang X. 9:27
Second period
S. Fisk (R. Nieminen, K. Lehto) 3:07
J. Ikonen (P. Vaarakallio, K. Rantamäki) 7:08
S. Lankosaari (K. Riipi, S. Krooks) 10:15
Third period
R. Nieminen (M. Lehtimäki) (en) 19:52
Game stats
Contestants
Chen Jing
Dang Hong
Diao Ying
Gong Ming
Guo Hong
Guo Lili
Guo Wei
Huo Lina
Li Xuan
Liu Chunhua
Liu Hongmei
Lu Yan
Ma Jinping
Ma Xiaojun
Sang Hong
Wang Wei
Xu Lei
Yang Xiuqing
Zhang Jing
Zhang Lan

Short track speed skating

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Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
An Yulong 500 m 43.748 1 Q 43.384 1 Q 43.796 2 QA 43.022 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Feng Kai 44.817 2 Q 44.384 3 did not advance
Li Jiajun 43.831 1 Q 42.861 1 Q DSQ did not advance
Feng Kai 1000 m 1:31.724 3 did not advance
An Yulong 1:32.731 2 Q 1:29.784 3 did not advance
Li Jiajun 1:34.023 2 Q 1:34.510 1 Q 1:32.183 2 QA 1:32.428 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Li Jiajun
Feng Kai
Yuan Ye
An Yulong
5000 m relay 7:05.797 2 QA 7:11.559 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round one Quarter finals Semi finals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Wang Chunlu 500 m 45.655 1 Q 46.091 1 Q 46.655 2 QA DNF
Yang Yang (A) 46.815 1 Q DSQ did not advance
Yang Yang (S) 46.136 1 Q 46.578 2 Q 45.101 2 QA 46.627 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yang Yang (S) 1000 m 1:35.244 1 Q 1:37.252 2 Q 1:35.721 2 QA 1:43.343 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Wang Chunlu DSQ did not advance
Yang Yang (A) 1:37.062 1 Q 1:31.991 WR 1 Q 1:34.688 1 QA DSQ
Yang Yang (A)
Yang Yang (S)
Wang Chunlu
Sun Dandan
3000 m relay 4:22.342 2 QA 4:16.383 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Speed skating

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Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Dai Dengwen 37.03 33 36.95 32 73.98 31
Li Yu 36.79 27 36.79 26 73.58 27
Liu Hongbo 36.77 25 36.95 32 73.72 28
1000 m Wu Fenglong DNF
Liu Hongbo 1:15.06 40
Li Yu 1:14.50 38
Dai Dengwen 1:14.20 36
1500 m Feng Qingbo 1:56.45 43
Wan Chunbo 1:54.64 36
Women
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Jin Hua 1:04.07 37 40.32 25 104.39 36
Wang Manli 40.01 22 40.06 22 80.07 22
Yang Chunyuan 39.92 19 40.24 24 80.16 23
Xue Ruihong 39.49 13 39.53 13 79.02 14
1000 m Yang Chunyuan 1:22.20 32
Wang Manli 1:22.13 31
Xue Ruihong 1:21.84 28
Li Xuesong 1:21.54 26
1500 m Li Xuesong 2:08.05 31
Song Li 2:05.98 28
3000 m Song Li 4:28.99 26

References

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