Medalists
Further information: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table, List of 2008 Summer Olympics medal winners, and 2008 Summer Olympics highlights
China won a total of 100 medals, 51 gold, 21 silver, and 28 bronze, which became its largest ever medal tally in Olympic history. On August 17, 2008, China achieved its greatest ever Olympic performance when the women's table tennis team defeated Singapore in the final to claim the nation's 33rd gold medal, surpassing the previous best tally of 32 at Athens 2004.
| Medal |
Name |
Sport |
Event |
Date |
| 1 ! Gold |
Chen Xiexia |
Weightlifting |
Women's 48 kg |
00009-08-01August 9 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Pang Wei |
Shooting |
Men's 10 m air pistol |
00009-08-01August 9 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Guo Wenjun |
Shooting |
Women's 10 m air pistol |
00009-08-01August 9 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Guo Jingjing
Wu Minxia |
Diving |
Women's 3 m synchronized springboard |
00010-08-01August 10 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Xian Dongmei |
Judo |
Women's 52 kg |
00010-08-01August 10 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Long Qingquan |
Weightlifting |
Men's 56 kg |
00010-08-01August 10 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Huo Liang
Lin Yue |
Diving |
Men's 10 m synchronized platform |
00011-08-01August 11 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Chen Yanqing |
Weightlifting |
Women's 58 kg |
00011-08-01August 11 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Zhang Xiangxiang |
Weightlifting |
Men's 62 kg |
00011-08-01August 11 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Huang Xu
Chen Yibing
Li Xiaopeng
Xiao Qin
Yang Wei
Zou Kai |
Gymnastics |
Men's artistic team all-around |
00012-08-01August 12 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Chen Ruolin
Wang Xin |
Diving |
Women's 10 m synchronized platform |
00012-08-01August 12 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Zhong Man |
Fencing |
Men's sabre |
00012-08-01August 12 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Liao Hui |
Weightlifting |
Men's 69 kg |
00012-08-01August 12 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Yang Yilin
Cheng Fei
Jiang Yuyuan
Deng Linlin
He Kexin
Li Shanshan |
Gymnastics |
Women's artistic team all-around |
00013-08-01August 13 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Chen Ying |
Shooting |
Women's 25 metre pistol |
00013-08-01August 13 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Wang Feng
Qin Kai |
Diving |
Men's 3 m synchronized springboard |
00013-08-01August 13 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Liu Chunhong |
Weightlifting |
Women's 69 kg |
00013-08-01August 13 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Liu Zige |
Swimming |
Women's 200 m butterfly |
00014-08-01August 14 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Du Li |
Shooting |
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions |
00014-08-01August 14 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Yang Wei |
Gymnastics |
Men's artistic individual all-around |
00014-08-01August 14 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Zhang Juanjuan |
Archery |
Women's individual |
00014-08-01August 14 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Yang Xiuli |
Judo |
Women's 78 kg |
00014-08-01August 14 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Cao Lei |
Weightlifting |
Women's 75 kg |
00015-08-01August 15 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Tong Wen |
Judo |
Women's +78 kg |
00015-08-01August 15 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Lu Yong |
Weightlifting |
Men's 85 kg |
00015-08-01August 15 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Du Jing
Yu Yang |
Badminton |
Women's doubles |
00015-08-01August 15 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Zhang Ning |
Badminton |
Women's singles |
00016-08-01August 16 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Qiu Jian |
Shooting |
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Tang Bin
Xi Aihua
Jin Ziwei
Feng Guixin |
Rowing |
Women's quadruple sculls |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Wang Jiao |
Wrestling |
Women's freestyle 72 kg |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Zou Kai |
Gymnastics |
Men's floor |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Xiao Qin |
Gymnastics |
Men's pommel horse |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Guo Yue
Wang Nan
Zhang Yining |
Table tennis |
Women's team |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Lin Dan |
Badminton |
Men's singles |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Guo Jingjing |
Diving |
Women's 3 m springboard |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Chen Yibing |
Gymnastics |
Men's rings |
00018-08-01August 18 |
| 1 ! Gold |
He Kexin |
Gymnastics |
Women's uneven bars |
00018-08-01August 18 |
| 1 ! Gold |
He Wenna |
Gymnastics |
Women's trampoline |
00018-08-01August 18 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Ma Lin
Wang Hao
Wang Liqin |
Table tennis |
Men's team |
00018-08-01August 18 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Li Xiaopeng |
Gymnastics |
Men's parallel bars |
00019-08-01August 19 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Zou Kai |
Gymnastics |
Men's horizontal bar |
00019-08-01August 19 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Lu Chunlong |
Gymnastics |
Men's trampoline |
00019-08-01August 19 |
| 1 ! Gold |
He Chong |
Diving |
Men's 3 m springboard |
00019-08-01August 19 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Yin Jian |
Sailing |
Women's RS:X |
00020-08-01August 20 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Wu Jingyu |
Taekwondo |
Women's 49 kg |
00020-08-01August 20 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Chen Ruolin |
Diving |
Women's 10 m platform |
00021-08-01August 21 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Zhang Yining |
Table tennis |
Women's singles |
00022-08-01August 22 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Meng Guanliang
Yang Wenjun |
Canoeing – Flatwater |
Men's C-2 500 m |
00023-08-01August 23 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Ma Lin |
Table tennis |
Men's singles |
00023-08-01August 23 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Zou Shiming |
Boxing |
Light flyweight |
00024-08-01August 24 |
| 1 ! Gold |
Zhang Xiaoping |
Boxing |
Light heavyweight |
00024-08-01August 24 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Zhang Lin |
Swimming |
Men's 400 m freestyle |
00010-08-01August 10 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Zhang Juanjuan
Chen Ling
Guo Dan |
Archery |
Women's team |
00010-08-01August 10 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Zhu Qinan |
Shooting |
Men's 10 m air rifle |
00011-08-01August 11 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Tan Zongliang |
Shooting |
Men's 50 m pistol |
00012-08-01August 12 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Chang Yongxiang |
Wrestling |
Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg |
00013-08-01August 13 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Li Hongli |
Weightlifting |
Men's 77 kg |
00013-08-01August 13 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Jiao Liuyang |
Swimming |
Women's 200 m butterfly |
00014-08-01August 14 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Yang Yu
Zhu Qianwei
Tan Miao
Pang Jiaying
Tang Jingzhi |
Swimming |
Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay |
00014-08-01August 14 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Bao Yingying
Huang Haiyang
Ni Hong
Tan Xue |
Fencing |
Women's team sabre |
00014-08-01August 14 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Xie Xingfang |
Badminton |
Women's singles |
00016-08-01August 16 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Wu You
Gao Yulan |
Rowing |
Women's coxless pair |
00016-08-01August 16 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Xu Li |
Wrestling |
Women's freestyle 55 kg |
00016-08-01August 16 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng |
Badminton |
Men's doubles |
00016-08-01August 16 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Yang Wei |
Gymnastics |
Men's rings |
00018-08-01August 18 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Tian Jia
Wang Jie |
Beach volleyball |
Women's tournament |
00021-08-01August 21 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Wang Nan |
Table tennis |
Women's singles |
00022-08-01August 22 |
| 2 ! Silver |
China women's national field hockey team
| Cheng Hui |
|
Ma Yibo |
|
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| Chen Qiuqi |
|
Pan Fengzhen |
|
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| Chen Zhaoxia |
|
Ren Ye |
|
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| Fu Baorong |
|
Song Qungling |
|
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| Gao Lihua |
|
Tang Chunling |
|
|
| Huang Junxia |
|
Zhao Yudiao |
|
|
| Li Hongxia |
|
Zhang Yimeng |
|
|
| Li Shuang |
|
Zhou Wanfeng |
|
|
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Field hockey |
Women's tournament |
00022-08-01August 22 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Wang Hao |
Table tennis |
Men's singles |
00023-08-01August 23 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Zhou Lüxin |
Diving |
Men's 10 m platform |
00023-08-01August 23 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Cai Tongtong
Chou Tao
Lü Yuanyang
Sui Jianshuang
Sun Dan
Zhang Shuo |
Gymnastics |
Women's rhythmic team all-around |
00024-08-01August 24 |
| 2 ! Silver |
Zhang Zhilei |
Boxing |
Super heavyweight |
00024-08-01August 24 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Xue Haifeng
Jiang Lin
Li Wenquan |
Archery |
Men's team |
00011-08-01August 11 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Xu Yan |
Judo |
Women's 57 kg |
00011-08-01August 11 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Hu Binyuan |
Shooting |
Double trap |
00012-08-01August 12 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Pang Jiaying |
Swimming |
Women's 200 m freestyle |
00013-08-01August 13 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Yang Yilin |
Gymnastics |
Women's artistic individual all-around |
00015-08-01August 15 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Zhang Yawen
Wei Yili |
Badminton |
Women's doubles |
00015-08-01August 15 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Chen Jin |
Badminton |
Men's singles |
00016-08-01August 16 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Zhao Jing
Sun Ye
Zhou Yafei
Pang Jiaying
Xu Tianlongzi |
Swimming |
Women's 4×100 m medley relay |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Zhou Chunxiu |
Athletics |
Women's marathon |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Yan Zi
Zheng Jie |
Tennis |
Women's doubles |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
He Hanbin
Yu Yang |
Badminton |
Mixed doubles |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Cheng Fei |
Gymnastics |
Women's vault |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Wu Minxia |
Diving |
Women's 3 m springboard |
00017-08-01August 17 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Yang Yilin |
Gymnastics |
Women's uneven bars |
00018-08-01August 18 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Xu Lijia |
Sailing |
Women's Laser Radial class |
00019-08-01August 19 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Cheng Fei |
Gymnastics |
Women's balance beam |
00019-08-01August 19 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Guo Shuang |
Cycling |
Women's sprint |
00019-08-01August 19 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Dong Dong |
Gymnastics |
Men's trampoline |
00019-08-01August 19 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Qin Kai |
Diving |
Men's 3 m springboard |
00019-08-01August 19 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Zhang Wenxiu |
Athletics |
Women's hammer throw |
00020-08-01August 20 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Xue Chen
Zhang Xi |
Beach volleyball |
Women's tournament |
00021-08-01August 21 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Wang Xin |
Diving |
Women's 10 m platform |
00021-08-01August 21 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Zhu Guo |
Taekwondo |
Men's 80 kg |
00022-08-01August 22 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Guo Yue |
Table tennis |
Women's singles |
00022-08-01August 22 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Hanati Silamu |
Boxing |
Welterweight |
00022-08-01August 22 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
China women's national volleyball team
| Wang Yimei |
|
Zhou Suhong |
|
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| Feng Kun |
|
Zhao Ruirui |
|
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| Yang Hao |
|
Xue Ming |
|
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| Liu Yanan |
|
Li Juan |
|
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| Wei Qiuyue |
|
Zhang Na |
|
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| Xu Yunli |
|
Ma Yunwen |
|
|
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Volleyball |
Women's tournament |
00023-08-01August 23 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Gu Beibei
Huang Xuechen
Jiang Tingting
Jiang Wenwen
Liu Ou
Luo Xi
Sun Qiuting
Wang Na
Zhang Xiaohuan |
Synchronized swimming |
Women's team |
00023-08-01August 23 |
| 3 ! Bronze |
Wang Liqin |
Table tennis |
Men's singles |
00023-08-01August 23 |
|
| Medals by sport |
| Sport |
01 ! |
02 ! |
03 ! |
Total |
| Gymnastics |
11 |
2 |
5 |
18 |
| Weightlifting |
8 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
| Diving |
7 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
| Shooting |
5 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
| Table tennis |
4 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
| Badminton |
3 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
| Judo |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
| Boxing |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| Swimming |
1 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
| Wrestling |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
| Archery |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Rowing |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Fencing |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Taekwondo |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Sailing |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Canoeing |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Volleyball |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Field hockey |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Athletics |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Cycling |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Tennis |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Total |
51 |
21 |
28 |
100 |
| Medals by date |
| Day |
Date |
01 ! |
02 ! |
03 ! |
Total |
| Day 1 |
9th |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Day 2 |
10th |
4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
| Day 3 |
11th |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
| Day 4 |
12th |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| Day 5 |
13th |
4 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
| Day 6 |
14th |
5 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
| Day 7 |
15th |
4 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
| Day 8 |
16th |
1 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
| Day 9 |
17th |
8 |
0 |
6 |
14 |
| Day 10 |
18th |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| Day 11 |
19th |
4 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
| Day 12 |
20th |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| Day 13 |
21st |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| Day 14 |
22nd |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
| Day 15 |
23rd |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
| Day 16 |
24th |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
| Total |
51 |
21 |
28 |
100 |
| Multiple medalists |
| Name |
Sport |
01 ! |
02 ! |
03 ! |
Total |
| Zou Kai |
Gymnastics |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Yang Wei |
Gymnastics |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| He Kexin |
Gymnastics |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Chen Yibing |
Gymnastics |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Li Xiaopeng |
Gymnastics |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Xiao Qin |
Gymnastics |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Guo Jingjing |
Diving |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Chen Ruolin |
Diving |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Zhang Yining |
Table tennis |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Ma Lin |
Table tennis |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Wang Nan |
Table tennis |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Wang Hao |
Table tennis |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Zhang Juanjuan |
Archery |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Cheng Fei |
Gymnastics |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| Yang Yilin |
Gymnastics |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| Qin Kai |
Diving |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Wu Minxia |
Diving |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Wang Xin |
Diving |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Guo Yue |
Table tennis |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Wang Liqin |
Table tennis |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Yu Yang |
Badminton |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Pang Jiaying |
Swimming |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
- Won all medals in one event
- Women's singles table tennis
- Men's singles table tennis
- Won all gold medals in one sport
- Table tennis (4 gold)
- Trampoline (2 gold)
- Won gold medals in both men's and women's events where only one entry is allowed
- Synchronized 3 metre springboard diving
- Synchronized 10 metre platform diving
- Team all-around gymnastics
- Team table tennis