The People's Republic of China competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, after the territory's return to Chinese rule in 1997, and which competed separately as Hong Kong, China.
Sydney 2000 marked the first time the Chinese Olympic team competed in Australia as China boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne due to the participation of Republic of China at these games.
271 competitors, 91 men and 180 women, took part in 163 events in 28 sports. China finished for the first time in the top 3 with 28 gold medals. China also broke the record for the most gold medals won by Asian countries at a single Summer Olympics (28), which was previously set by Japan in 1964 (16) and by China in 1992 (16) and 1996 (16).
Medalists
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!colspan=7|Medals by sport
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|Diving || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 5 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 5 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 0 || 10
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|Weightlifting || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 5 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 1 || 7
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|Table tennis || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 4 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 3 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 1 || 8
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|Badminton || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 4 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 3 || 8
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|Shooting || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 3 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 3 || 8
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|Gymnastics || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 3 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 2 || 7
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|Judo || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 2 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 1 || 4
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|Athletics || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 0 || 1
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|Taekwondo || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 0 || 1
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|Fencing || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 1 || 2
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|Cycling || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 1 || 1
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|Wrestling || style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0 || style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0 || style="background:#ffdab9;"| 1 || 1
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!Total || style="background:gold;"| 28 || style="background:silver;"| 16 || style="background:#c96;"| 14 || 58
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!Event
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| Wang Liping || Athletics
| Women's 20 km walk
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| Ji Xinpeng || Badminton
| Men's singles
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| Gong Zhichao || Badminton
| Women's singles
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| Ge Fei, Gu Jun || Badminton
| Women's doubles
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| Gao Ling, Zhang Jun || Badminton
| Mixed doubles
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| Xiong Ni || Diving
| Men's 3 m springboard
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| Tian Liang || Diving
| Men's 10 m platform
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| Xiao Hailiang, Xiong Ni || Diving
| Men's synchronized 3 m springboard
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| Fu Mingxia || Diving
| Women's 3 m springboard
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| Li Na, Sang Xue || Diving
| Women's synchronized 10 m platform
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| Huang Xu, Li Xiaopeng, Xiao Junfeng,<br />Xing Aowei, Yang Wei, Zheng Lihui || Gymnastics
| Men's team all-around
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| Li Xiaopeng || Gymnastics
| Men's parallel bars
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| Liu Xuan || Gymnastics
| Women's balance beam
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| Tang Lin || Judo
| Women's 78 kg
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| Yuan Hua || Judo
| Women's +78 kg
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| Cai Yalin || Shooting
| Men's 10 m air rifle
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| Yang Ling || Shooting
| Men's 10 m running target
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| Tao Luna || Shooting
| Women's 10 m air pistol
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| Kong Linghui || Table tennis
| Men's singles
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| Wang Liqin, Yan Sen || Table tennis
| Men's doubles
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| Wang Nan || Table tennis
| Women's singles
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| Li Ju, Wang Nan || Table tennis
| Women's doubles
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| Chen Zhong || Taekwondo
| Women's +67 kg
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| Zhan Xugang || Weightlifting
| Men's 77 kg
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| Yang Xia || Weightlifting
| Women's 53 kg
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| Chen Xiaomin || Weightlifting
| Women's 63 kg
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| Lin Weining || Weightlifting
| Women's 69 kg
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| Ding Meiyuan || Weightlifting
| Women's +75 kg
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| Huang Nanyan, Yang Wei || Badminton
| Women's doubles
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| Hu Jia || Diving
| Men's 10 m platform
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| Hu Jia, Tian Liang || Diving
| Men's synchronized 10 m platform
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| Guo Jingjing || Diving
| Women's 3 m springboard
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| Li Na || Diving
| Women's 10 m platform
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| Fu Mingxia, Guo Jingjing || Diving
| Women's synchronized 3 m springboard
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| Dong Zhaozhi, Wang Haibin, Ye Chong || Fencing
| Men's team foil
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| Yang Wei || Gymnastics
| Men's individual all-around
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| Ling Jie || Gymnastics
| Women's uneven bars
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| Li Shufang || Judo
| Women's 63 kg
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| Wang Yifu || Shooting
| Men's 10 m air pistol
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| Tao Luna || Shooting
| Women's 25 m pistol
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| Kong Linghui, Liu Guoliang || Table tennis
| Men's doubles
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| Li Ju || Table tennis
| Women's singles
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| Sun Jin, Yang Ying || Table tennis
| Women's doubles
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| Wu Wenxiong || Weightlifting
| Men's 56 kg
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| Xia Xuanze || Badminton
| Men's singles
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| Ye Zhaoying || Badminton
| Women's singles
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| Gao Ling, Qin Yiyuan || Badminton
| Women's doubles
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| Jiang Cuihua || Cycling
| Women's track time trial
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| Li Na, Liang Qin, Yang Shaoqi || Fencing
| Women's team épée
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| Liu Xuan || Gymnastics
| Individual all-around
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| Yang Yun || Gymnastics
| Women's uneven bars
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| Liu Yuxiang || Judo
| Women's 52 kg
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| Niu Zhiyuan || Shooting
| Men's 10 m running target
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| Gao Jing || Shooting
| Women's 10 m air rifle
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| Gao E || Shooting
| Women's trap
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| Liu Guoliang || Table tennis
| Men's singles
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| Zhang Xiangxiang || Weightlifting
| Men's 56 kg
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| Sheng Zetian || Wrestling
| Men's Greco-Roman 58 kg
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Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
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! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
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| align=left|Archery
| 3 || 3 || 6
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| align=left|Athletics
| 6 || 20 || 26
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| align=left|Badminton
| 7 || 10 || 17
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| align=left|Basketball
| 12 || 0 || 12
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| align=left|Boxing
| 3 || – || 3
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| align=left|Cycling
| 0 || 3 || 3
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| align=left|Diving
| 4 || 4 || 8
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| align=left|Fencing
| 6 || 7 || 13
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| align=left|Field hockey
| 0 || 15 || 15
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| align=left|Football
| 0 || 13 || 13
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| align=left|Gymnastics
| 6 || 7 || 13
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| align=left|Judo
| 5 || 7 || 12
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| align=left|Modern pentathlon
| 1 || 1 || 2
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| align=left|Rowing
| 4 || 6 || 10
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| align=left|Sailing
| 1 || 3 || 4
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| align=left|Shooting
| 10 || 11 || 21
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| align=left|Softball
| – || 15 || 15
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| align=left|Swimming
| 6 || 15 || 21
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| align=left|Synchronized swimming
| – || 9 || 9
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| align=left|Table tennis
| 5 || 4 || 9
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| align=left|Taekwondo
| 1 || 2 || 3
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| align=left|Tennis
| 0 || 3 || 3
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| align=left|Triathlon
| 0 || 2 || 2
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| align=left|Volleyball
| 0 || 16 || 16
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| align=left|Weightlifting
| 6 || 4 || 10
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| align=left|Wrestling
| 5 || – || 5
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! Total !! 91 !! 180 !! 271
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Results by event
Unless otherwise indicated, all results are derived from the Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad.