1998 Winter Olympics / Participant (China)

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The People's Republic of China participated in the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Japanese Nagano with a delegation of 57 athletes in seven disciplines in part, of which 15 men and 42 women. With six silver and two bronze medals, China placed 16 in the medal table. China won six of the eight medals on the short track .

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the figure skater Zhao Hongbo .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Women

• Liu Jinfeng

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 7th place (1: 43: 32.6 h)

• Liu Xianying

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 7th place (1: 43: 32.6 h)

• Sun Ribo

  10 km sprint: 39th place (25: 29.0 min)

  20 km individual: 21st place (58: 19.2 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 7th place (1: 43: 32.6 h)

• Yu Shumei

  10 km sprint: 5th place (23: 44.0 min)

  20 km individual: 9th place (56: 41.3 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 7th place (1: 43: 32.6 h)

ice Hockey

Women

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

• 4th Place

figure skating

Men

• Guo Zhengxin

  8th place (14.0)

Women

• Chen Lu

  Bronze (5.0)

Couples

• Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo

  5th place (9.0)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Dai Dengwen

  500 m: 31st place (73.98 s)

  1000 m: 36th place (1: 14.20 min)

• Feng Qingbo

  1500 m: 43rd place (1: 56.45 min)

• Li Yu

  500 m: 27th place (73.58 s)

  1000 m: 38th place (1: 14.50 min)

• Liu Hongbo

  500 m: 28th place (73.72 s)

  1000 m: 40th place (1: 15.06 min)

• Wan Chunbo

  1500 m: 36th place (1: 54.64 min)

• Wu Fenglong

  1000 m: race not finished

Women

• Jin Hua

  500 m: 36th place (104.39 s)

• Li Xuesong

  1000 m: 26th place (1: 21.54 min)

  1500 m: 31st place (2: 08.05 min)

• Song Li

  1500 m: 28th place (2: 05.98 min)

  3000 m: 26th place (4: 28.99 min)

• Wang Manli

  500 m: 22nd place (80.07 s)

  1000 m: 31st place (1: 22.13 min)

• Yang Chunyuan

  500 m: 23rd place (80.16 s)

  1000 m: 32nd place (1: 22.20 min)

• Xue Ruihong

  500 m: 14th place (79.02 s)

  1000 m: 28th place (1: 21.84 min)

Freestyle skiing

Men

• Ou Xiaotao

  Jumping: 17th place (eliminated in qualification)

Women

• Guo Dandan

  Jumping: 7th place (159.74)

• Ji Xiaoou

  Jumping: 12th place (not started in the final)

• Xu Nannan

  Jumping: Silver (186.97)

• Yin Hong

  Jumping: 24th place (eliminated in qualification)

Short track

Men

• To Yulong

  500 m: silver (43.022 s)

  1000 m: 14th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  5000 m relay: Bronze (7: 11.559 min)

• Feng Kai

  500 m: 14th place (eliminated in the quarterfinals)

  1000 m: 18th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

  5000 m relay: Bronze (7: 11.559 min)

• Li Jiajun

  500 m: 9th place (disqualified in the semifinals)

  1000 m: silver (1: 32.428 min)

  5000 m relay: Bronze (7: 11.559 min)

• Yuan ye

  5000 m relay: Bronze (7: 11.559 min)

Women

• Sun Dandan

  3000 m relay: Silver (4: 16.383 min)

• Wang Chunlu

  500 m: 8th place (race not finished in the final)

  1000 m: disqualified in the preliminary run

  3000 m relay: Silver (4: 16.383 min)

• Yang Yang (A)

  500 m: 15th place (disqualified in the quarterfinals)

  1000 m: 8th place (disqualified in the final)

  3000 m relay: Silver (4: 16.383 min)

• Yang Yang (S)

  500 m: silver (46.627 s)

  1000 m: silver (1: 43.343 min)

  3000 m relay: Silver (4: 16.383 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Qu Donghai

  10 km classic: race not finished

  50 km classic: 39th place (2: 16: 42.3 h)

• Wu Jintao

  10 km classic: 81st place (32: 57.7 min)

  15 km pursuit: 68th place (52: 28.1 min)

  30 km freestyle: race not finished

Women

• Guo Dongling

  5 km classic: 72nd place (20: 58.0 min)

  10 km pursuit: 65th place (36: 58.2 min)

  15 km classic: 55th place (54: 50.6 min)

• Luan Zhengrong

  5 km classic: 68th place (20: 30.0 min)

  10 km pursuit: 62nd place (35: 47.3 min)

  15 km classic: 51st place (53: 48.4 min)

Web links

• China at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )