China at the 1988 Summer Olympics


The People's Republic of China competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 273 competitors, 149 men and 124 women, took part in 150 events in 25 sports.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery336
Athletics162844
Basketball121022
Boxing22
Canoeing404
Cycling448
Diving448
Fencing10515
Football1414
Gymnastics6814
Handball01212
Judo55
Modern pentathlon11
Rowing01111
Sailing325
Shooting12820
Swimming131225
Synchronized swimming33
Table tennis437
Tennis202
Volleyball01111
Water polo1313
Weightlifting1010
Wrestling1111
Total149124273

Archery

The People's Republic of China sent three men and three women to Seoul for archery. The women were the more successful squad, taking ninth place in the team round.
Men
'''Women'''

Athletics

Men's Marathon
Men's Long Jump
Men's Shot Put
Men's Decathlon
Men's 50 km Walk


Women's Marathon
Women's Discus Throw
  • Hou Xuemei
  • * Qualification – 62.64m
  • * Final – 65.94m
  • Yu Hourun
  • * Qualification – 62.86m
  • * Final – 64.08m
  • Xing Ailan
  • * Qualification – 59.26m
Women's Javelin Throw
Women's Shot Put
  • Li Meisu
  • * Qualification – 20.30m
  • * Final – 21.06m
  • Huang Zhihong
  • * Qualification – 19.71m
  • * Final – 19.82m
  • Cong Yuzhen
  • * Qualification – 19.56m
  • * Final – 19.69m
Women's Heptathlon

Basketball

Men's tournament

;Team roster
;Group play
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;Classification round 9–12
;Classification round 11/12

Women's tournament

;Team roster
;Group play
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;Classification 5–8
;Classification 5/6

Canoeing

'''Men'''

Cycling

Road

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Hong LiuRoad race4:32:56 53
Tang XuezhongRoad race4:32:56 44
Yingquan CaiRoad raceDNF
Guo Longchen
Hong Liu
Tang Xuezhong
Wu Weipei
Team time trial2:06:22.5 17

Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Chen WeixiuRoad race2:01:50 47
Lu SuyanRoad race2:00:52 24
Yan YinhuaRoad race2:00:52 33

Track

'''Sprints'''

Diving

;Men
;Women

Fencing

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented China in 1988.
;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
;Men's épée
;Men's sabre
;Men's team sabre
;Women's foil
;Women's team foil

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented China in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's Team Competition:
  • Zhang — 4081pts

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Women's 800 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
  • Lin Li
  • # Heat – 2:17.09
  • # Final – 2:17.42
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Lin Li
  • # Heat – 4:48.89
  • # Final – 4:47.05
  • Yan Ming
  • # Heat – 4:49.04
  • # B-Final – 4:55.92
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented China in 1988.
;Women's solo
;Women's duet

Tennis

Men's Doubles Competition

Volleyball

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary round

Water polo

Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary round