China competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. China competed in 12 sports, participating in bobsleigh, skeleton, and ski jumping for the first time. China won 9 medals in total.
Liu Jiayu won a silver medal in the Women's halfpipe, the first-ever medal in snowboarding for China. Gao Tingyu won a bronze medal in the Men's 500m speed skating event and became the first male speed skater from China to win a medal in Olympic speed skating. Wu Dajing won a gold medal in the Men's 500 m short track speed skating event and became the first male short track speed skater from China to win a gold medal in Olympic short track speed skating. He also broke the world record.
With Beijing being the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, a Chinese segment directed by Zhang Yimou was performed at the closing ceremony. Those 2022 Winter Olympics made Beijing the first city to host both Winter and Summer Olympics, after they hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Short track speed skating Men's 500 metres Snowboarding Women's halfpipe Figure skating Pairs Zhang Xin Freestyle skiing Women's aerials Li Jinyu Short track speed skating Women's 1500 metres Freestyle skiing Men's aerials Short track speed skating Men's 5000 metre relay Freestyle skiing Women's aerials Speed skating Men's 500 m
Medals by sportSport TotalShort track speed skating1203Freestyle skiing0213Figure skating0101Snowboarding0101Speed skating0011Total1629
Medals by dateDayDate TotalDay 1February 100000Day 2February 110000Day 3February 120000Day 4February 130101Day 5February 140000Day 6February 150101Day 7February 160112Day 8February 170101Day 9February 180101Day 10February 190011Day 11February 200000Day 12February 210000Day 13February 221102Day 14February 230000Day 15February 240000Day 16February 250000Total1629
Medals by genderGender TotalMale1214Female0314Mixed0101Total 1 6 2 9
Records
Sport Event Date Round Athlete Time Record RefShort track speed skatingMen's 500 metres 20 February Heat 1Wu Dajing 40.264 OR 22 February Quarterfinal 2 39.800 OR, WR Final A 39.584 OR, WR Women's 3000 metre relay 10 February Semifinal 2 Fan KexinHan YutongQu ChunyuZhou Yang 4:05.315 OR
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors that participated in the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 1 1 2Biathlon 0 2 2Bobsleigh 5 0 5Cross-country skiing 2 2 4Curling 1 6 7Figure skating 6 5 11Freestyle skiing 6 9 15Short track speed skating 5 5 10Skeleton 1 0 1Ski jumping 0 1 1Snowboarding 2 7 9Speed skating 5 8 13 Total 34 46 80
Alpine skiing
China qualified one male and one female alpine skier.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankZhang YangmingMen's giant slalom1:25.73791:22.95692:48.6869Kong FanyingWomen's giant slalom1:26.30611:23.58562:49.8855Women's slalom
Biathlon
China qualified two female biathletes.
AthleteEventTimeMissesRankTang JialinWomen's sprint24:30.33 (1+2)70Women's individual48:12.02 (1+1+0+0)66Zhang YanWomen's sprint23:14.01 (1+0)38Women's pursuit35:16.73 (3+0+0+0)45Women's individual47:29.64 (1+2+0+1)59
Bobsleigh
Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, China had qualified 3 sleds.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLi Chunjian*Wang SidongTwo-man50.132650.212750.1527Eliminated2:30.4926Jin Jian*Shi Hao50.472950.172650.3328Eliminated2:30.9729Shao Yijun*Shi HaoLi ChunjianWang SidongFour-man49.792650.012749.9423Eliminated2:29.7426
* – Denotes the driver of each sled Wang Chao was the teams alternate and did not compete. Cross-country skiing
China qualified two male and two female cross-country skiers.
Distance AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankSun QinghaiMen's 15 km freestylecolspan=4 41:55.7 +8:11.898Wang QiangMen's 15 km freestylecolspan=4 Men's 30 km skiathlon47:03.864Men's 50 km classicalcolspan=4 2:34:43.0 +26:20.959Chi ChunxueWomen's 10 km freestylecolspan=4 28:49.7 +3:49.255Women's 15 km skiathlon24:16.15721:47.25646:39.0 +5:54.155Women's 30 km classicalcolspan=4 1:42:03.2 +19:45.644Li XinWomen's 10 km freestylecolspan=4 27:44.5 +2:44.036Women's 15 km skiathlon23:51.75221:31.35146:01.9 +5:17.051Women's 30 km classicalcolspan=4 1:38:04.9 +15:47.337
Sprint AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSun QinghaiMen's sprintDid not advanceWang Qiang3:31.5666Did not advanceSun QinghaiWang QiangMen's team sprintcolspan=4 18:11.9514Did not advanceChi ChunxueWomen's sprint3:42.7057Did not advanceLi Xin3:33.6149Did not advanceChi ChunxueLi XinWomen's team sprintcolspan=4 17:35.949Did not advance
Curling
Summary TeamEventGroup stageTiebreakerSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankWang BingyuZhou YanLiu JinliMa JingyiJiang XindiWomen's tournament SUI W 7–2 OAR L 6–7 GBR L 7–8 JPN W 7–6 DEN W 10–7 KOR L 5–12 USA L 4–10 CAN W 7–5 SWE L 4–85Did not advanceWang RuiBa DexinMixed doubles SUI L 5–7 KOR W 8–7 CAN L 4–10 OAR L 5–6 USA W 6–4 FIN W 10–5 NOR W 9–3colspan=2 4 TB NOR L 7–9Did not advance4
Women's tournament
China qualified a women's team by qualifying via the qualification event in Plzeň, Czech Republic.
Round-robin China had a bye in draws 4, 8, and 12.
Draw 1 Wednesday, 14 February, 14:05
Draw 2 Thursday, 15 February, 09:05
Draw 3 Thursday, 15 February, 20:05
Draw 5 Saturday, 17 February, 09:05
Draw 6 Saturday, 17 February, 20:05
Draw 7 Sunday, 18 February, 14:05
Draw 9 Monday, 19 February, 20:05
Draw 10 Tuesday, 20 February, 14:05
Draw 11 Wednesday, 21 February, 09:05
Mixed doubles tournament
Based on results from the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship and 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, China had qualified their mixed doubles as the highest ranked nations.
Draw 1 Thursday, February 8, 9:05
Draw 2 Thursday, February 8, 20:04
Draw 3 Friday, February 9, 8:35
Draw 4 Friday, February 9, 13:35
Draw 5 Saturday, February 10, 9:05
Draw 6 Saturday, February 10, 20:04
Draw 7 Sunday, February 11, 9:05
Tiebreaker Sunday, February 11, 20:05
Figure skating
China qualified 11 figure skaters (6 men and 5 women), based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
Individual Athlete Event Total Points Rank Points Rank Points RankJin BoyangMen's singles103.324 Q194.455297.774Yan Han80.6319 Q132.3823213.0123Li XiangningLadies' singles52.4624 Q101.9720154.4322
Mixed Athlete Event / / Total Points Rank Points Rank Points RankPeng Cheng / Jin YangPairs62.6117Did not advanceSui Wenjing / Han Cong82.391 Q153.083235.47Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao75.585 Q128.5211204.108Wang Shiyue / Liu XinyuIce dancing57.8122Did not advance
Team event AthleteEventShort program/Short danceFree skate/Free danceMen'sLadies'PairsIce danceTotalMen'sLadies'PairsIce danceTotalPoints Team pointsPoints Team pointsPoints Team pointsPoints Team pointsPointsRankPoints Team pointsPoints Team pointsPoints Team pointsPoints Team pointsPointsRankYan Han (M) Li Xiangning (L) Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao (P) Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu (I)Team event77.10 458.62 469.17 656.98 4186Did not advance
Freestyle skiing
China qualified six male and nine female freestyle skiers.
Aerials AthleteEventQualificationFinalJump 1Jump 2Jump 1Jump 2Jump 3PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankJia ZongyangMen's aerials126.553 QFcolspan=2 118.559 Q128.761 Q128.05Liu Zhongqing107.0816123.084 Q119.478 Q94.579Did not advanceQi Guangpu126.702 QFcolspan=2 127.441 Q122.177Did not advanceWang Xindi121.241096.388Did not advanceKong FanyuWomen's aerials89.77795.122 Q89.774 Q97.291 Q70.14Xu Mengtao99.373 QFcolspan=2 91.002 Q59.259Did not advanceYan Ting80.951382.949Did not advanceZhang Xin90.246 QFcolspan=2 87.256 Q94.112 Q95.52
Halfpipe AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankKong XiangruiMen's halfpipe47.4050.8050.8023Did not advanceMao Bingqiang53.0054.6054.6020Did not advanceChai HongWomen's halfpipe58.0063.6063.6019Did not advanceWu Meng53.4061.0061.0020Did not advanceZhang Kexin80.6081.0081.008 Q73.0055.4071.0073.009
Moguls AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 1Run 2Run 3TimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankGuan ZiyanWomen's moguls36.3041.0248.112835.5043.8051.8018Did not advanceWang Jin34.8742.5951.292735.0134.5151.2919Did not advance
Short track speed skating
According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, China had qualified a full squad of 5 men and 5 women each.
Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHan Tianyu500 m40.7442 Q1:14.8913Did not advance1000 mDid not advance1500 m2:38.8655 ADVcolspan=2 2:11.8274 FB2:26.2818Ren Ziwei500 m40.2941 Q40.032 1 Q40.4183 FB40.69461000 mDid not advanceWu Dajing500 m40.264 1 Q39.800 WR1 Q40.0871 FA39.584 WR1000 m1:23.4632 QDid not advance1500 m2:15.8233 Qcolspan=2 Did not advanceXu Hongzhi1500 m2:35.6415 ADVcolspan=2 2:19.3106Did not advanceChen DequanHan TianyuRen ZiweiWu DajingXu Hongzhi5000 m relaycolspan=4 6:36.605 1 FA6:32.035
Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFan Kexin500 m43.3501 Q43.4852 QDid not advanceHan Yutong500 m43.7192 Q43.6273Did not advance1000 mDid not advance1500 m2:31.1581 Qcolspan=2 2:22.8263 FB2:36.5489Li Jinyu1000 m1:32.3351 Q1:30.1753Did not advance1500 m2:25.0343 Qcolspan=2 2:33.0054 AA2:25.703Qu Chunyu500 m42.9712 Q42.9541 QDid not advance1000 m1:31.2792 Q1:31.2842 QDid not advanceZhou Yang1500 m2:29.5872 Qcolspan=2 2:23.4853 FB2:35.2418Fan KexinHan YutongLi JinyuQu ChunyuZhou Yang3000 m relaycolspan=4 4:05.315 1 FA Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; OR – Olympic record; WR – World record
Skeleton
China qualified one male skeleton athlete, Wenqiang Geng. This marked the country's Winter Olympics debut in the sport.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGeng WenqiangMen's51.511550.87751.181551.09123:24.6513
Ski jumping
China had qualified one female ski jumper.
AthleteEventFirst roundFinalTotalDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRankChang XinyueWomen's normal hill83.069.626 Q84.585.318154.920
Snowboarding
Freestyle AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankShi WanchengMen's halfpipe10.0011.7511.7529Did not advanceZhang Yiwei32.5074.0074.0015Did not advanceCai XuetongWomen's halfpipe65.7569.0069.006 Q20.5041.2576.5076.505Li Shuang24.509.2524.5022Did not advanceLiu Jiayu87.7541.0087.752 Q85.5089.7549.0089.75Qiu Leng50.7553.7553.7516Did not advance Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal
Parallel AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankGong NaiyingWomen's giant slalom1:36.3626Did not advanceXu XiaoxiaoDid not advanceZang Ruxin1:35.2622Did not advance Qualification Legend: W – Winner; L – Loser
Speed skating
China earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cups used for qualification.
Men AthleteEventRaceTimeRankGao Tingyu500 m34.65Xiakaini Aerchenghazi1500 m1:50.1632Xie Jiaxuan500 m35.54531Yang Tao500 m35.41271000 m1:10.1026
Women AthleteEventRaceTimeRankHao Jiachen1500 m1:59.58203000 m4:15.5621Liu Jing3000 m4:20.9524Tian Ruining500 m38.86201000 m1:16.69211500 m2:00.2923Yu Jing500 m37.8191000 m1:16.3617Zhang Hong500 m38.39151000 m1:15.6711
Mass start AthleteEventSemifinalFinalPointsTimeRankPointsTimeRankWang HongliMen's mass start08:00.9712Did not advanceGuo DanWomen's mass start438:54.202 Q08:33.9010Li Dan248:32.493 Q68:50.485
Team pursuit