China at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The People's Republic of China competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, after the territory's return to Chinese rule in 1997, and which competed separately as Hong Kong, China.

271 competitors, 91 men and 180 women, took part in 163 events in 28 sports. China finished for the first time in the top 3 with 28 gold medals. China also broke the record for the most gold medals won by Asian countries at a single Summer Olympics (28), which was previously set by Japan in 1964 (16) and by China in 1992 (16) and 1996 (16).

Results by event
Unless otherwise indicated, all results are derived from the Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad.

Archery
Defending silver medalist He Ying was defeated by one of the Korean women in the round of 16.

Men's

 * Team roster
 * Guo Shiqiang
 * Hu Weidong
 * Li Nan
 * Li Qun
 * Li Xiaoyong
 * Liu Yudong
 * Mengke Bateer
 * Sun Jun
 * Wang Zhizhi
 * Yao Ming
 * Zhang Jingsong
 * Zheng Wu

Results

 * Group A Summary


 * Preliminary round


 * 9/10th classification match

Road

 * Cross-country

Track

 * Sprint


 * Time trial

Diving
China won ten medals at the diving competition — five gold medals and five silver medals. Fu Mingxia, who had retired after the 1996 Olympics, came back to win a gold and silver medal and became the first woman to win five Olympic medals.


 * Men


 * Women

Fencing
Thirteen fencers, six men and seven women, represented China in 2000.
 * Men


 * Women

Football
The Chinese women's team finished fifth overall in the competition.

Women's tournament

 * Team roster


 * Bai Jie
 * Fan Yunjie
 * Gao Hong
 * Jin Yan
 * Liu Ailing
 * Liu Ying
 * Pu Wei
 * Sun Wen – Top scorer (4 goals)
 * Wang Liping
 * Wen Lirong
 * Xie Huilin
 * Zhang Ouying
 * Zhao Lihong


 * Group stage

Men's artistic

 * Team


 * Individual events

Women's artistic
The Chinese women's gymnastics team won the bronze medal but their medals were stripped ten years later, in 2010, due to Dong Fangxiao's age at the time of the competition. Their bronze medals were awarded to the United States' team.
 * Team


 * Individual events

Women's team competition

 * Team roster
 * Cai Xuemei
 * Chen Zhaoxia
 * Cheng Hui
 * Hou Xiaolan
 * Huang Junxia
 * Liu Lijie
 * Long Fengyu
 * Nie Yali
 * Shen Lihong
 * Tang Chunling
 * Wang Jiuyan
 * Yang Hongbing
 * Yang Huiping
 * Yu Yali
 * Zhou Wanfeng


 * Summary

Key:
 * FT – After full time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Judo

 * Men


 * Women

Sailing
One man and three women competed for the People's Republic of China in the sailing competition at the 2000 Olympics, in three events.

Men's Mistral
 * Zhou Yuanguo
 * Race 1 – (37) OCS
 * Race 2 – 6
 * Race 3 – 23
 * Race 4 – (37) DSQ
 * Race 5 – 18
 * Race 6 – 2
 * Race 7 – 3
 * Race 8 – 2
 * Race 9 – 1
 * Race 10 – 1
 * Race 11 – 8
 * Final – 64  (5th  place)

Women's Mistral
 * Zhang Chujun
 * Race 1 – 10
 * Race 2 – (17)
 * Race 3 – 8
 * Race 4 – (11)
 * Race 5 – 6
 * Race 6 – 3
 * Race 7 – 5
 * Race 8 – 5
 * Race 9 – 8
 * Race 10 – 8
 * Race 11 – 7
 * Final – 60  (7th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
 * Yang Xiaoyan and Li Dongying
 * Race 1 – (19)
 * Race 2 – 14
 * Race 3 – (19)
 * Race 4 – 18
 * Race 5 – 11
 * Race 6 – 16
 * Race 7 – 18
 * Race 8 – 18
 * Race 9 – 16
 * Race 10 – 17
 * Race 11 – 12
 * Final – 140  (19th place)

Women's team competition

 * Team Roster
 * Wei Qiang
 * Tao Hua
 * Deng Xiaoling
 * Mu Xia
 * Xu Jian
 * Zhang Chunfang
 * Yan Fang
 * Wang Ying
 * An Zhongxin
 * Wang Lihong
 * Yu Yanhong
 * Zhou Yan
 * Qiu Haitao
 * Zhang Yanqing
 * Qin Xuejing

Men

 * Women

Table tennis

 * Men


 * Women

Triathlon
At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, China was represented by two women.

Women's
Head coach: Hu Jin
 * Team roster
 * Chen Jing
 * Gui Chaoran
 * He Qi
 * Li Shan
 * Li Yan
 * Qiu Aihua
 * Sun Yue
 * Wang Lina
 * Wu Dan
 * Wu Yongmei
 * Yin Yin
 * Zhu Yunying


 * Pool A Summary


 * Results


 * Quarterfinals


 * 5–8th place classification semifinals


 * 5/6th classification match

Weightlifting

 * Men


 * Women

Wrestling

 * Freestyle


 * Greco-Roman

Additional resources

 * Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
 * International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
 * Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
 * Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
 * Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
 * International Olympic Committee Web Site