Only the swimmer arrived in time to take part in the official competition, and the football team played two friendly matches.

Due to the low participations among non-Asian countries, these two sports may lose their positions in the Summer Olympics just like baseball and softball did after 2008.

Xu Haifeng won the first-ever gold medal for China in the shooting event of 50 m Pistol.

IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch presented the gold medal to her after a promise made a year ago at 1991 World Table Tennis Championships.

IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch presented the gold medal to her again after a promise made four years ago at 1992 Olympics.

Jiang Cuihua won bronze in women's track time trial, China's first medal in cycling.

No ball-games team entered the final four, the worst performance China's since Olympic history.

Liu Xiang became the first Chinese male athlete to win gold medal in an Olympic track event, 110 m hurdles, equaling the world record of 12.91 seconds.

Wang Xu won China's first wrestling gold medal in women's freestyle 72 kg.

As host country, China won 48 golds, 22 silvers and 30 bronze, total 100 medals, ranked 1st at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Zhang Juanjuan won China's first archery gold in women's individual, breaking the long-time Korean dominance in the sport.

China's top star Liu Xiang pulled out of the first round of 110 m hurdles due to injury.

Chen Ruolin won two golds in diving, becoming the second Chinese diver to defend two events successfully after Guo Jingjing.

Cao Zhongrong won silver in men's event of modern pentathlon, China's first medal in the sport.

Chinese badminton team won all five golds for the first time, but was a little shadowed by the disqualification of China's top seed women's double duo for not using best efforts.

China's top star Liu Xiang pulled out of the first round of 110 m hurdles due to injury again.

China won 26 golds and ranked 3rd at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Gong Jinjie and Zhong Tianshi won China's first cycling gold medal in women's team sprint.

Dong Bin set a new personal best (17.58 meters) in the men's triple jump event and won a bronze medal.

Wu Minxia defended her Women's 3m Synchro event for the fourth time, becoming the only Chinese athlete to ever do so.

China won 38 gold, 32 silver, 18 bronze medals and ranked 2nd at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in August 2021.

Pan Zhanle won China's first gold in men's 100 m freestyle, breaking Olympic, Asian, and his own world record with a time of 46.40.

The Chinese table tennis team won all five golds for the first time since the mixed event addition in 2020.

Han Xiaopeng, first male athlete to win Winter Olympics gold medal in freestyle skiing.

China won 3 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze medals and ranked 12th at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in February 2014.

China won 1 gold, 6 silver, 2 bronze medals and ranked 16th at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February 2018.

Wu Dajing became the first Chinese male short track speed skating Olympic champion by breaking the world record at the 500-metre event.

Gao Tingyu became the first Chinese male athlete to win a gold in Olympic speed skating events.

Three female weightlifters (Lei Cao, Xiexia Chen, Chunhong Liu) lost their medals from the 2008 Olympics due to doping violations.

Additionally, the women's gymnastics team was stripped of a bronze medal from the 2000 Olympics after it was discovered that Dong Fangxiao was underage during the competition.