2001 National Games of China

The 9th National Games of China was a multi-sport event that was held in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China from 11–25 November 2001.

The main stadium for the games was the Guangdong Olympic Stadium. A total of 345 events were contested in 30 sports – 27 were summer sports and the remaining three were skating winter sports. The games featured 8608 athletes from 45 delegations, including the various Chinese provinces and regions as well as occupational divisions (e.g. People's Liberation Army, China Railway Corporation). The CCP General Secretary and President of China Jiang Zemin officially opened the games at the opening ceremony.

The ninth national games were hosted soon after Beijing had been successful in its host bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics. As a result, many prominent international guests were invited to the games in Guangzhou, including IOC president Jacques Rogge. The international dimension of the games was increased in comparison to previous years as many of the delegations had appointed foreign-born coaches and foreign referees were invited to the event to improve impartiality judge-based sports. High performances levels were achieved in a number of sports: seven women's weightlifting world records were broken, six Asian records were beaten in swimming, cycling and athletics, and a total of 37 Chinese national records were set during the 15-day competition.

Participating delegations
• People's Liberation Army

• Beijing

• Tianjin

• Hebei

• Shanxi

• Inner Mongolia

• Liaoning

• Jilin

• Heilongjiang

• Shanghai

• Jiangsu

• Zhejiang

• Anhui

• Fujian

• Jiangxi

• Shandong

• Henan

• Hubei

• Hunan

• Guangdong

• Guangxi

• Hainan

• Chongqing

• Sichuan

• Guizhou

• Yunnan

• Tibet

• Shaanxi

• Gansu

• Qinghai

• Ningxia

• Xinjiang

• Hong Kong

• Macau

• Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

• China Railway Corporation

• China Finance

• China Coal

• China Resources Vanguard Shop

• Sino-Forest Corporation

• China Petrochemical Corporation

• Aviation Industry Corporation of China

• China Construction

• China Water Sports Association

• China Electricity

Sports
There were a total of 30 sports at the 9th National Games.


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 * Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming
 * Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg Synchronized swimming
 * Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo
 * Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Artistic gymnastics
 * Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg Rhythmic gymnastics
 * Figure skating pictogram.svg Figure skating
 * Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short speed skating
 * Speed skating pictogram.svg Long speed skating
 * Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Artistic gymnastics
 * Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg Rhythmic gymnastics
 * Figure skating pictogram.svg Figure skating
 * Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short speed skating
 * Speed skating pictogram.svg Long speed skating
 * Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Artistic gymnastics
 * Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg Rhythmic gymnastics
 * Figure skating pictogram.svg Figure skating
 * Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short speed skating
 * Speed skating pictogram.svg Long speed skating
 * Figure skating pictogram.svg Figure skating
 * Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short speed skating
 * Speed skating pictogram.svg Long speed skating
 * Figure skating pictogram.svg Figure skating
 * Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short speed skating
 * Speed skating pictogram.svg Long speed skating
 * Figure skating pictogram.svg Figure skating
 * Short track speed skating pictogram.svg Short speed skating
 * Speed skating pictogram.svg Long speed skating
 * Speed skating pictogram.svg Long speed skating