China at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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| IOC code | CHN | ||||||||
| NOC | Chinese Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| in PyeongChang, South Korea February 9–25, 2018 |
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| Competitors | 80 in 12 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Zhou Yang (opening) Wu Dajing (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 16th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
China competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. China competed in 12 sports, participating in bobsleigh, skeleton and ski jumping for the first time. Liu Jiayu won a silver medal in Women's halfpipe, the first ever medal in snowboarding for China. Gao Tingyu won a bronze medal in the Men's 500m speed skating event and became the first male speed skater from China to win a medal in Olympic speed skating.Wu Dajing won a gold medal in the Men's 500 m short track speed skating event and became the first male short track speed skater from China to win a gold medal in Olympic short track speed skating. He also broke the world record. With Beijing being the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, a Chinese segment was performed at the closing ceremony. China won 9 medals in total.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
China qualified one male and one female alpine skier.
China qualified two female biathletes.
Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, China has qualified 3 sleds.
* – Denotes the driver of each sled
China qualified two male and two female cross-country skiers.
China qualified a women's team by qualifying via the qualification event in Plzeň, Czech Republic.Final round robin standings
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