The People's Republic of China competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952.

Medalists

| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Wu Minxia Diving Women's 3 m synchronized springboard Weightlifting Men's 56 kg Diving Men's synchronized 10 metre platform Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle Deng Wei Weightlifting Women's 63 kg Diving Women's 10 m synchronized platform Shi Zhiyong Weightlifting Men's 69 kg Weightlifting Women's 69 kg Table tennis Women's singles Ma Long Table tennis Men's singles Wang Zhen Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk Cycling Women's team sprint Diving Women's 3 m springboard Weightlifting Women's +75 kg Diving Men's 3 m springboard Table tennis Women's team Table tennis Men's team Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Diving Women's 10 m platform Badminton Men's doubles Athletics Women's 20 km walk Badminton Men's singles Diving Men's 10 m platform Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Volleyball Women's tournament Weightlifting Men's 77 kg Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke Table tennis Women's singles Shooting Women's 50 m rifle three positions Fencing Women's team épée Table tennis Men's singles Athletics Men's 20 km walk Weightlifting Men's 85 kg Gymnastics Men's trampoline Sailing Women's RS:X Diving Women's 3 m springboard Athletics Women's hammer throw Synchronized swimming Women's duet Diving Women's 10 m platform Guo LiHuang XuechenLi XiaoluLiang XinpingSun WenyanTang MengniYin ChengxinZeng Zhen Synchronized swimming Women's team Boxing Women's lightweight Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle Fencing Women's épée Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol Lin ChaopanLiu YangYou HaoZhang Chenglong Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke Wang Yan Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around Judo Men's 90 kg Qin Kai Diving Men's 3 m synchronized springboard Shooting Women's 50 m rifle three positions Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls Yu Song Judo Women's +78 kg Li Dan Gymnastics Women's trampoline Rowing Women's single sculls Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Gymnastics Men's trampoline Athletics Men's triple jump Zhang Nan Badminton Mixed doubles Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg Boxing Women's flyweight Wrestling Women's freestyle 75 kg Boxing Men's flyweight Boxing Women's middleweight Athletics Women's 20 km walk Golf Women's individual

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Medals by sportSport TotalDiving 7 2 1 10Weightlifting 5 2 0 7Table tennis 4 2 0 6Athletics 2 2 2 6Badminton 2 0 1 3Taekwondo 2 0 0 2Shooting 1 2 4 7Swimming 1 2 3 6Cycling 1 0 0 1Volleyball 1 0 0 1Synchronized swimming 0 2 0 2Gymnastics 0 1 4 5Boxing 0 1 3 4Fencing 0 1 1 2Sailing 0 1 0 1Judo 0 0 2 2Rowing 0 0 2 2Wrestling 0 0 2 2Golf 0 0 1 1Total 26 18 26 70

Medals by dayDayDate Total1 August 6 0 2 3 52 August 7 3 0 0 33 August 8 2 1 2 54 August 9 3 0 1 45 August 10 2 2 2 66 August 11 1 3 3 77 August 12 2 2 3 78 August 13 0 1 3 49 August 14 2 2 0 410 August 15 0 1 0 111 August 16 2 1 2 512 August 17 2 0 1 313 August 18 1 1 2 414 August 19 2 2 3 715 August 20 4 0 1 516 August 21 0 0 0 0 -->Total 26 18 26 70

Medals by genderGender TotalPercentageMale12792840.0%Female1411164158.6%Mixed00111.4%Total 26 18 26 70100%

Multiple medallists

The following Team China competitors won several medals at the 2016 Olympic Games. Name Medal Sport Event Diving Women's 3 m synchronized springboard Women's 3 m springboard Diving Men's 10 m synchronized platform Men's 10 m platform Table tennis Women's singles Women's team Table tennis Men's singles Men's team Table tennis Women's team Women's singles Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle Men's 400 m freestyle Table tennis Men's team Men's singles Badminton Men's doubles Mixed doubles Diving Men's 3 metre springboard Men's 3 m synchronized springboard Synchronizedswimming Women's duet Women's team Synchronizedswimming Women's duet Women's team Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle Women's 50 m rifle three positions Fencing Women's team épée Women's épée

Competitors

| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are counted as athletes: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 27 29 56Badminton 7 8 15Basketball 12 12 24Boxing 8 3 11Canoeing 4 6 10Cycling 5 9 14Diving 6 7 13Equestrian 1 0 1Fencing 6 7 13Field hockey 0 18 18Football 0 18 18Golf 2 2 4Gymnastics 7 13 20Judo 2 4 6Modern pentathlon 2 2 4Rowing 7 12 19Sailing 4 4 8Shooting 12 10 22Swimming 19 26 45Synchronized swimming — 9 9Table tennis 4 4 8Taekwondo 2 2 4Tennis 0 5 5Triathlon 1 1 2Volleyball 0 14 14Water polo 0 13 13Weightlifting 6 4 10Wrestling 8 5 13 Total 155 250 405

Archery

Chinese archers qualified each for the men's and women's events after having secured a top eight finish in their respective team recurves at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Chinese archery team was named to the Olympic roster on July 6, 2016.

Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankGu XuesongIndividual67017L 4–6Did not advanceWang Dapeng66719L 2–6Did not advanceXing Yu66032L 1–7Did not advanceGu XuesongWang DapengXing YuTeam19976colspan=2 W 6–2W 6–0L 0–6L 2–64

Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankCao HuiIndividual63128W 7–1W 6–4L 2–6Did not advanceQi Yuhong64911W 7–1W 6–0L 5–6Did not advanceWu Jiaxin6536W 7–1W 6–0W 6–5L 2–6Did not advanceCao HuiQi YuhongWu JiaxinTeam19333colspan=2 L 3–5Did not advance

Athletics

Chinese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

Following the end of the qualifying period on July 11, a total of 56 athletes (27 men and 29 women) were named to the Chinese track and field roster for the Games. Among them featured defending Olympic champion Chen Ding and bronze medalists Wang Zhen and Qieyang Shijie in race walking, high jumper and 2015 Worlds silver medalist Zhang Guowei, sprinter Su Bingtian, shot putter Gong Lijiao, and hammer thrower Zhang Wenxiu.

Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankCai Zelin20 km walkcolspan=6 1:19:26Chen Dingcolspan=6 1:23:5439Dong GuojianMarathoncolspan=6 2:15:3229Duo Bujiecolspan=6 2:24:2291Han Yucheng50 km walkcolspan=6 4:32:3547Su Bingtian100 mcolspan=2 10.173 q10.084Did not advanceWang Zhen20 km walkcolspan=6 1:19:14Wang Zhendong50 km walkcolspan=6 3:48:5011Xie Wenjun110 m hurdles13.697colspan=2 Did not advanceXie Zhenye100 mcolspan=2 10.081 Q10.117Did not advanceYu Wei50 km walkcolspan=6 3:43:005Zhang Peimeng100 mcolspan=2 10.367Did not advanceZhu RenxueMarathoncolspan=6 2:25:3196Mo YouxueSu BingtianTang XingqiangXie ZhenyeYang YangZhang Peimeng4 × 100 m relay37.82 AR2 Qcolspan=4 37.904

Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankHua ShaoqingMarathoncolspan=6 2:45:0979Liu Hong20 km walkcolspan=6 1:28:35Lu Xiuzhicolspan=6 1:28:42Qieyang Shenjiecolspan=6 1:29:045Wang Chunyu800 m1:59.934colspan=2 2:04.058Did not advanceWei Yongli100 mcolspan=2 11.485Did not advanceWu Shuijiao100 m hurdles13.034colspan=2 Did not advanceYuan Qiqi100 mcolspan=2 11.566Did not advanceYue ChaoMarathoncolspan=6 2:39:0953Zhang Xinyan3000 m steeplechase9:31.4719colspan=4 Did not advanceGe ManqiKong LingweiLiang XiaojingLin HuijunWei YongliYuan Qiqi4 × 100 m relay42.704colspan=4 Did not advance

Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionCao ShuoTriple jump16.975 Q17.134Dong Bin17.102 Q17.58Huang BokaiPole vault5.45=16Did not advanceGao XinglongLong jump—Did not advanceHuang Changzhou7.959 q7.8511Wang Jianan8.241 Q8.175Wang YuHigh jump2.2232Did not advanceXu XiaolongTriple jump16.6511 q16.4111Xue ChangruiPole vault5.70=4 Q5.656Yao Jie5.6014Did not advanceZhang GuoweiHigh jump2.22=25Did not advance

Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionBian KaShot put17.6816Did not advanceChen YangDiscus throw61.4410 q63.117Feng Bin62.018 Q63.068Gao YangShot put16.1733Did not advanceGong Lijiao18.745 Q19.394Li LingPole vault4.5516Did not advanceLi LingweiJavelin throw60.9115Did not advanceLi XiaohongTriple jump13.3034Did not advanceLiu ShiyingJavelin throw57.1623Did not advanceLiu TingtingHammer throw69.1416Did not advanceLü HuihuiJavelin throw63.287 Q64.047Ren MengqianPole vault—Did not advanceSu XinyueDiscus throw65.142 Q64.375Wang ZhengHammer throw70.6010 q—Zhang Wenxiu73.582 Q76.75

Badminton

China has qualified a total of fifteen badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: two entries each in the men's and women's singles, as well as two pairs each in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles.

Men AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChen LongSinglesW W (21–12, 21–9)W (21–7, 21–10)1 QW (21–11, 18–21, 21–11)W (21–14, 21–15)W (21–18, 21–18)Lin DanW (21–18, 21–7)W (21–5, 21–11)W (21–7, 21–12)1 QW (21–6, 11–21, 21–18)L (21–15, 11–21, 20–22)L (21–15, 10–21, 17–21)4Chai BiaoHong WeiDoublesW (21–15, 21–17)W (21–13, 21–15)L (18–21, 21–14, 21–23)2 QW (21–13, 16–21, 21–16)L (18–21, 21–12, 17–21)L (18–21, 21–19, 10–21)4Fu HaifengZhang NanW (21–6, 21–7)W (21–11, 21–16)L (21–16, 15–21, 18–21)2 QW (11–21, 21–18, 24–22)W (21–14, 21–18)W (16–21, 21–11, 23–21)

Women AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankLi XueruiSinglesW (21–16, 21–12)W (21–12, 21–7)W (21–11, 21–11)1 QW (21–12, 21–17)L (14–21, 16–21)L 4Wang YihanW (21–7, 21–12)W (21–11, 21–16)1 QL (20–22, 19–21)Did not advanceLuo YingLuo YuDoublesL (10–21, 14–21)W (21–11, 21–18)W (21–14, 21–15)3Did not advanceTang YuantingYu YangL (18–21, 21–14, 11–21)W (21–14, 21–11)W (21–10, 21–11)2 QW (21–11, 21–14)L (16–21, 21–14, 19–21)L (8–21, 17–21)4

Mixed AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankXu ChenMa JinDoublesW (22–24, 21–14, 21–16)L (21–13, 9–21, 19–21)W (13–21, 22–20, 21–15)2 QW (21–17, 21–18)L (12–21, 19–21)L (7–21, 11–21)4Zhang NanZhao YunleiW (21–11, 21–18)W (21–16, 21–15)W (21–19, 21–16)1 QW (21–14, 21–12)L (16–21, 15–21)W (21–7, 21–11)

Basketball

Men's tournament

China men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and clinching the outright Olympic berth at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in Changsha. They dominated the tournament, going 9-0 and once again showing they were the clear top team in Asia. This team included newly drafted star center Zhou Qi from the Houston Rockets.

Team roster

Group play

Women's tournament

China women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics with a quarterfinal victory at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nantes, France.

Team roster

Group play

Boxing