China at the
2002 Winter Olympics
IOC codeCHN
NOCChinese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.cn (in Chinese and English)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors66 (21 men, 45 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Zhang Min (figure skating)
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

The People's Republic of China competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The team excludes athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, which competed separately as Hong Kong, China. China won its first Winter Olympic gold medal at these Games. It had previously won silver and bronze medals at prior Games.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Yang Yang (A) Short Track Speed Skating Women's 500m
 Gold Yang Yang (A) Short Track Speed Skating Women's 1000m
 Silver Li Jiajun Short Track Speed Skating Men's 1500m
 Silver Yang Yang (A)
Yang Yang (S)
Wang Chunlu
Sun Dandan		 Short Track Speed Skating Women's 3000m Relay
 Bronze Shen Xue
Zhao Hongbo		 Figure Skating Pairs
 Bronze Yang Yang (S) Short Track Speed Skating Women's 1000m
 Bronze Wang Chunlu Short Track Speed Skating Women's 500m
 Bronze Li Jiajun
An Yulong
Li Ye
Feng Kai
Guo Wei		 Short Track Speed Skating Men's 5000m Relay

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km sprint Zhang Qing 3 27:45.3 56
12.5 km
pursuit 2 		Zhang Qing 5 39:11.1 53
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 3 Rank
20 km Zhang Qing 54:13.9 4 58:13.9 59
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km sprint Sun Ribo 3 24:32.4 57
Kong Yingchao 3 24:30.2 56
Liu Xianying 1 23:18.9 42
Yu Shumei 1 22:29.9 20
10 km
pursuit 4 		Yu Shumei 6 37:02.6 44
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 3 Rank
15 km Yu Shumei 48:43.0 5 53:43.0 46
Kong Yingchao 51:38.0 2 53:38.0 44
Liu Xianying 50:09.4 0 50:09.4 17
Sun Ribo 49:04.7 1 50:04.7 15
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Yu Shumei
Sun Ribo
Liu Xianying
Kong Yingchao 		0 1'34:45.6 13
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.
3 One minute added per missed target.
4 Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men

Sprint

Athlete Qualifying round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Han Dawei 3:07.00 52 did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete 10 km C 10 km F pursuit1
Time Rank Time Final rank
Han Dawei 30:15.7 67 did not advance
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km
C 		Han Dawei 42:34.5 56
30 km
F 		Han Dawei 1'25:42.4 65
50 km
C 		Han Dawei 2'44:50.0 54
1 Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women

Sprint

Athlete Qualifying round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Luan Zhengrong 3:35.21 50 did not advance
Hou Yuxia 3:28.71 40 did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete 5 km C 5 km F pursuit2
Time Rank Time Final rank
Luan Zhengrong 15:40.6 65 did not advance
Hou Yuxia 14:26.3 46 Q 14:11.1 44
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C 		Luan Zhengrong 32:35.3 50
Hou Yuxia 31:30.6 44
15 km
F 		Luan Zhengrong 47:43.7 52
Hou Yuxia 45:42.2 47
30 km
C 		Hou Yuxia 1'49:45.8 42
Luan Zhengrong 1'49:37.7 41
2 Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Points SP FS Rank
Li Yunfei 30.0 14 23 20
Zhang Min 24.5 19 15 16
Li Chengjiang 12.0 6 9 9
Pairs
Athletes Points SP FS Rank
Zhang Dan
Zhang Hao 		16.5 9 12 11
Pang Qing
Tong Jian 		14.0 10 9 9
Shen Xue
Zhao Hongbo 		4.5 3 3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ice Dancing
Athletes Points CD1 CD2 OD FD Rank
Zhang Weina
Cao Xianming 		44.0 23 23 23 21 22

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Han Xiaopeng Aerials 144.91 24 did not advance
Ou Xiaotao 175.01 19 did not advance
Qiu Sen 187.42 18 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Guo Xinxin Aerials 130.31 19 did not advance
Wang He 136.77 18 did not advance
Xu Nannan 160.64 12 Q 135.96 12
Li Nina 181.30 4 Q 185.23 5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Women's tournament

Group stage - Group B

Top two teams (shaded) advanced to semifinals.

Team GP W L T GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 28 1 +27 6
 Finland 3 2 1 0 7 6 +1 4
 Germany 3 0 2 1 6 18 −12 1
 China 3 0 2 1 6 21 −15 1

All times are local (UTC-7).

12 February 2002
14:00		Finland 4 – 0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 ChinaPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 4,977
14 February 2002
16:00		China 1 – 12
(0–3, 1–5, 0–4)		 United StatesPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,325
16 February 2002
14:00		Germany 5 – 5
(1–1, 1–4, 3–0)		 ChinaPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,418

Classification round

5th place semifinal

17 February 2002
14:00		Russia 4 – 1
(0–1, 3–0, 1–0)		 ChinaPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,719

7th place match

19 February 2002
14:00		China  7th2 – 1 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 KazakhstanPeaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 5,490
Contestants
Chen Jing
Dai Qiuwa
Guan Weinan
Guo Hong
Hu Chunrong
Jin Fengling
Li Xuan
Liu Hongmei
Liu Yanhui
Lu Yan
Ma Xiaojun
Sang Hong
Shen Tiantian
Sun Rui
Wang Linuo
Wang Ying
Xu Lei
Yang Xiuqing
Zhang Jing

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round one Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Li Jiajun 500 m 43.690 1 Q 1:04.514 3 did not advance
Feng Kai 43.084 1 Q 42.820 2 Q 42.266 2 Q 42.112 4
Feng Kai 1000 m 1:32.554 1 Q 1:28.424 3 did not advance
Li Jiajun 1:30.447 2 Q 1:27.467 2 Q 1:30.592 2 Q DSQ –
Li Jiajun 1500 m 2:25.347 2 Q 2:19.877 1 Q 2:18.731 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Guo Wei 2:18.846 1 Q 2:25.321 3 QB 2:27.376 7
Li Jiajun
Feng Kai
Guo Wei
Li Ye
An Yulong 		5000 m relay 6:46.625 2 Q 6:59.633 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round one Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank
Yang Yang (A) 500 m 45.042 1 Q 44.810 1 Q 44.118 OR 1 Q 44.187 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Wang Chunlu 44.723 1 Q 44.739 1 Q 44.734 2 Q 44.272 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yang Yang (S) 1000 m 1:40.632 1 Q 1:33.561 1 Q 1:35.072 1 Q 1:37.008 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yang Yang (A) 1:37.039 1 Q 1:31.235 OR 1 Q 1:38.037 2 Q 1:36.391 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yang Yang (S) 1500 m 2:26.943 OR 1 Q 2:32.315 1 Q DSQ –
Yang Yang (A) 2:29.578 2 Q 2:21.690 2 Q 2:31.791 4
Yang Yang (A)
Yang Yang (S)
Sun Dandan
Wang Chunlu 		3000 m relay 4:15.931 1 Q 4:13.326 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Yu Fengtong 1:22.11 36 35.30 21 117.41 34
Li Yu 35.62 21 35.35 23 70.97 21
1000 m Yu Fengtong 1:12.07 40
Li Yu 1:10.78 35
1500 m Liu Guangbin 1:52.01 46
Ma Yongbin 1:51.81 45
Women
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Xing Aihua 1:44.62 31 39.74 28 144.36 30
Yang Chunyuan 39.56 28 39.07 23 78.63 24
Jin Hua 39.06 24 39.20 24 78.26 23
Wang Manli 38.20 11 28.42 14 76.62 13
1000 m You Yanchun 1:18.74 30
Wang Manli 1:17.37 26
Jin Hua 1:17.35 25
Song Li 1:16.71 22
1500 m Zhang Xiaolei 2:01.23 28
Gao Yang 1:59.51 19
Song Li 1:58.31 15
3000 m Zhang Xiaolei 4:16.53 23
Gao Yang 4:12.39 20

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