China at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

China at the 1992 Winter Olympics
IOC code	CHN
NOC	Chinese Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.cn (in Chinese and English)
in Albertville
Competitors	32 (12 men, 20 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Song Chen
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 0 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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China competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. China won its first Winter Olympic medals at these Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Ye Qiaobo	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres	10 February
Silver	Ye Qiaobo	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	14 February
Silver	Li Yan	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 metres	20 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	0	2	2
Biathlon	4	4	8
Cross-country skiing	1	2	3
Figure skating	2	2	4
Short track speed skating	1	4	5
Speed skating	4	6	10
Total	12	20	32

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Li Xueqin	Super-G			1:48.86	47
Liu Yali				1:43.50	45
Liu Yali	Giant Slalom	1:25.91	1:25.21	2:51.12	38
Li Xueqin		1:19.88	1:25.91	2:45.79	35
Li Xueqin	Slalom	1:10.00	1:02.55	2:12.55	39
Liu Yali		1:03.44	58.00	2:01.44	33

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Tang Guoliang	1	30:22.6	75
	Wang Weiyi	1	30:06.0	71
	Tan Hongbin	2	29:55.9	70
	Song Wenbin	1	29:39.3	63

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Song Wenbin	1'02:39.7	8	1'10:39.7	82
	Tan Hongbin	1'02:24.1	5	1'07:24.1	75
	Tang Guoliang	1'02:39.1	1	1'03:39.1	52
	Wang Weiyi	1'00:30.0	3	1'03:30.0	50

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Tan Hongbin Tang Guolinag Wang Weiyi Song Wenbin	1	1'33:52.4	17

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Liu Guilan	DNF	DNF	–
	Wang Jinping	1	28:42.4	52
	Wang Jinfren	2	27:53.2	35
	Song Aiqin	3	27:21.2	29

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
15 km	Wang Jinfen	53:53.0	10	1'03:53.0	65
	Wang Jinping	56:01.1	7	1'03:01.1	61
	Liu Guilan	54:55.4	5	59:55.4	49
	Song Aiqin	52:31.3	5	57:31.3	30

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Wang Jinping Liu Guilan Song Aigin	4	1'23:51.0	12

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Wu Jintao	34:45.9	80
15 km pursuit1 F	Wu Jintao	51:30.6	72
30 km C	Wu Jintao	1'38:54.5	68
50 km F	Wu Jintao	2'29:59.7	62

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Wang Yan	17:56.8	58
	Gong Guiping	17:48.0	57
10 km pursuit2 F	Wang Yan	38:30.3	56
	Gong Guiping	36:46.3	55
15 km C	Wang Yan	50:57.3	47
	Gong Guiping	50:56.3	46
30 km F	Wang Yan	1'49:08.5	54
	Gong Guiping	1'43:08.2	53

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Zhang Shubin	25	DNF	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Chen Lu	11	5	10.5	6

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Han Bing Yang Hui	18	18	18	18	36.0	18

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Li Lianli	1000 m	1:37.85	2 Q	1:33.90	4	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Zhang Yanmei	500 m	DSQ	–	did not advance
Wang Xiulan		47.49	1 Q	47.56	1 Q	48.04	3 QB	1:34.12	8
Li Yan		48.33	1 Q	48.33	1 Q	48.33	2 QA	47.08
Li Yan Wang Xiulan Zhang Yanmei Li Changxiang	3000 m relay					DSQ	–	did not advance

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Dai Jun	38.51	27
	Liu Hongbo	37.66	11
	Song Chen	37.58	9
1000 m	Dai Jun	1:19.21	40
	Liu Yanfei	1:17.59	30
	Song Chen	1:16.74	21
1500 m	Liu Yanfei	1:58.44	18
5000 m	Liu Yanfei	7:25.56	24

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Wang Xiuli	DNF	–
	Liu Yuexi	41.85	19
	Xue Ruihong	41.47	13
	Ye Qiaobo	40.51
1000 m	Xue Ruihong	1:25.11	27
	Liu Yuexi	1:24.71	22
	Ye Qiaobo	1:21.92
1500 m	Liu Junhong	2:11.61	24
	Zhang Qing	2:11.26	23
3000 m	Liu Junhong	4:49.13	26
	Zhang Qing	4:39.46	21
5000 m	Zhang Qing	8:04.71	18
	Liu Junhong	8:04.31	16

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com

1. ^ "China's Participation in Winter Olympics -- china.org.cn". china.org.cn. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
2. ^ People's Republic of China at the 1992 Winter Olympics