China at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	76 [1] in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Yang Yang (A)
Medals Rank: 14	Gold 2	Silver 4	Bronze 5	Total 11
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China competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Yang Yang (A), a short track speed skater, served as flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies. Like most previous Olympics, coverage was via CCTV-5. The team excludes athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, which competed separately as Hong Kong, China.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 Gold	Wang Meng	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 m	15 Feb
1 Gold	Xiaopeng, HanHan Xiaopeng	Freestyle skiing	Men's aerials	23 Feb
2 Silver	Zhang Dan Zhang Hao	Figure skating	Pairs	13 Feb
2 Silver	Wang Manli	Speed skating	Women's 500 m	14 Feb
2 Silver	Li Nina	Freestyle skiing	Women's aerials	22 Feb
2 Silver	Wang Meng	Short track speed skating	Women's 1000 m	25 Feb
3 Bronze	Li Jiajun	Short track speed skating	Men's 1500 m	12 Feb
3 Bronze	Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo	Figure skating	Pairs	13 Feb
3 Bronze	Ren Hui	Speed skating	Women's 500 m	14 Feb
3 Bronze	Wang Meng	Short track speed skating	Women's 1500 m	18 Feb
3 Bronze	Yang Yang (A)	Short track speed skating	Women's 1000 m	25 Feb

Medals by sport Sport Total Short track speed skating 1 1 3 5 Freestyle skiing 1 1 0 2 Figure skating 0 1 1 2 Speed skating 0 1 1 2 Total 2 4 5 11	Medals by date Cumulative Day Date Total Total Day 1 11th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Day 2 12th 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Day 3 13th 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 3 Day 4 14th 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 5 Day 5 15th 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 6 Day 6 16th 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 Day 7 17th 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 Day 8 18th 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 7 Day 9 19th 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 7 Day 10 20th 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 7 Day 11 21st 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 7 Day 12 22nd 0 1 0 1 1 3 4 8 Day 13 23rd 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 9 Day 14 24th 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 9 Day 15 25th 0 1 1 2 2 4 5 11 Day 16 26th 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 11 Total 2 4 5 11 2 4 5 11	Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Wang Meng Short track speed skating 1 1 1 3

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Dong Jinzhi	Women's giant slalom	1:11.61	1:24.11	n/a	2:35.72	38
	Women's slalom	55.40	58.66	n/a	1:54.06	50
Li Guangxu	Men's giant slalom	1:32.63	1:35.44	n/a	3:08.07	40
	Men's slalom	1:08.84	Did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Hou Yuxia	Women's sprint	25:25.8	5	54
	Women's pursuit	Did not start
	Women's mass start	45:40.1	10	28
	Women's individual	58:35.7	9	58
Kong Yingchao	Women's sprint	24:07.0	1	24
	Women's pursuit	40:41.9	4	17
	Women's mass start	44:45.0	3	23
	Women's individual	54:03.5	3	25
Liu Xianying	Women's sprint	23:17.5	1	11
	Women's pursuit	39:25.3	4	9
	Women's mass start	41:57.2	2	7
	Women's individual	53:55.6	5	23
Sun Ribo	Women's sprint	23:57.6	2	21
	Women's pursuit	41:28.8	9	22
	Women's mass start	44:29.3	7	22
Yin Qiao	Women's individual	55:06.2	4	31
Zhang Chengye	Men's sprint	27:50.9	3	17
	Men's pursuit	39:04.7	10	34
	Men's individual	1:00:49.1	7	50
Kong Yingchao Sun Ribo Liu Xianying Yin Qiao	Women's relay	1:21:43.7	2+13	9

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Zhang Chengye competed in both the biathlon and cross-country skiing for China.

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Han Dawei	30 km pursuit	Did not finish
Li Geilang	15 km classical	43:14.7	62
	50 km freestyle	2:10:36.9	48
Li Zhiguang	30 km pursuit	Did not finish
Ren Long	30 km pursuit	1:26:26.4	62
	50 km freestyle	2:16:15.0	63
Tian Ye	15 km classical	43:32.2	64
Wang Songtao	15 km classical	44:12.2	70
Xia Wan	15 km classical	41:48.0	49
	30 km pursuit	1:22:31.7	51
	50 km freestyle	Did not finish
Zheng Qing	50 km freestyle	2:12:13.0	53
Xia Wan Li Geilang Zhang Chengye Zheng Qing	4 x 10 km relay	1:50:40.5	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Huo Li	10 km classical	31:58.7	55
	30 km freestyle	1:32:28.8	46
Jiang Chunli	10 km classical	32:22.1	58
Li Hongxue	10 km classical	30:33.9	36
	15 km pursuit	45:56.4	27
	30 km freestyle	1:28:49.8	33
Liu Yuanyuan	15 km pursuit	46:18.5	32
	30 km freestyle	1:32:00.9	45
Man Dandan	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Wang Chunli	10 km classical	29:34.6	18
	15 km pursuit	45:09.6	21
Xu Yinghui	15 km pursuit	49:47.3	58
Wang Chunli Li Hongxue Liu Yuanyuan Song Bo	4 x 5 km relay	58:42.5	16

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Chen Haibin	Sprint	2:32.01	70	Did not advance					70
Tian Ye	Sprint	2:25.85	53	Did not advance					53
Zhang Chengye	Sprint	2:24.18	48	Did not advance					48
Zhang Qing	Sprint	2:27.90	58	Did not advance					58
Li Geilang Tian Ye	Team sprint	n/a				18:57.4	10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Jia Yuping	Sprint	2:30.03	61	Did not advance					61
Liu Liming	Sprint	2:35.76	65	Did not advance					65
Man Dandan	Sprint	2:25.16	56	Did not advance					56
Song Bo	Sprint	2:27.07	57	Did not advance					57
Jiang Chunli Wang Chunli	Team sprint	n/a				18:18.4	7	Did not advance

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The pairs event in figure skating captured sports headlines in China on Valentine's Day. Although the Russian pair captured the gold medal, the Chinese performance that earned the silver and bronze received significant praise from the media. China's Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao finished an almost flawless free skate after falling some 40 seconds into the program with a failed quadruple throw attempt. Many media outlets characterized the performance as the pinnacle of Chinese hard work and discipline. Sohu's official headline was "Pairs skaters capture silver, inspires world". Meanwhile, veteran Zhao Hongbo, who was nursing an ankle injury, and his partner Shen Xue finished on the podium after a slightly disappointing performance in the short program.

Athlete	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Li Chengjiang	Men's	n/a		60.23	21 Q	121.98	13	182.21	16
Liu Yan	Ladies'	n/a		49.84	15 Q	95.46	11	145.30	11
Zhang Min	Men's	n/a		67.39	11 Q	128.88	11	196.27	10
Pang Qing Tong Jian	Pairs	n/a		63.19	4	123.48	4	186.67	4
Shen Xue Zhao Hongbo	Pairs	n/a		62.32	5	124.59	3	186.91
Zhang Dan Zhang Hao	Pairs	n/a		64.72	2	125.01	2	189.73

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Guo Xinxin	Women's aerials	204.87	2 Q	174.85	6
Han Xiaopeng	Men's aerials	250.45	1 Q	250.77
Li Nina	Women's aerials	188.93	3 Q	197.39
Liu Zhongqing	Men's aerials	201.26	18	Did not advance	18
Ou Xiaotao	Men's aerials	180.31	23	Did not advance	23
Qiu Sen	Men's aerials	236.50	6 Q	186.56	11
Wang Jiao	Women's aerials	160.22	12 Q	132.53	11
Xu Nannan	Women's aerials	172.01	7 Q	191.23	4

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cheng Xiaolei	Women's 1500 m	2:50.017	5	Did not advance					27
Fu Tianyu	Women's 500 m	45.636	1 Q	44.760	1 Q	45.130	1 Q	Disqualified
Li Haonan	Men's 500 m	42.703	2 Q	Disqualified
Li Jiajun	Men's 500 m	42.703	2 Q	Disqualified
	Men's 1000 m	42.914	1 Q	43.105	1 Q	Disqualified
	Men's 1500 m	2:19.631	2 Q	n/a		2:17.836	2 Q	2:26.005
Li Ye	Men's 1000 m	1:27.048 OR	1 Q	1:27.078	2 Q	1:47.965	3 Adv	1:29.918	5
	Men's 1500 m	2:27.622	1 Q	n/a		2:19.386	1 Q	Disqualified
Wang Meng	Women's 500 m	45.011	1 Q	45.257	1 Q	44.650	1 Q	44.345
	Women's 1000 m	1:37.161	1 Q	1:33.453	2 Q	1:31.783	1 Q	1:33.079
	Women's 1500 m	2:41.384	1 Q	n/a		2:27.095	2 Q	2:24.469
Yang Yang (A)	Women's 1000 m	1:34.878	1 Q	1:59.338	4 ADV	1:33.080	2 Q	1:33.937
	Women's 1500 m	2:37.754	1 Q	n/a		2:23.048	3	Final B 2:32.097	11
Li Haonan Li Jiajun Li Ye Sui Baoku	Men's 5000 m relay	n/a				6:55.476	2 Q	6:53.989	5
Cheng Xiaolei Fu Tianyu Wang Meng Yang Yang (A)	Women's 3000 m relay	n/a				4:16.739	1 Q	Disqualified

Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First Round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Li Yang	Normal hill	109.0	26 Q	102.5	44	Did not advance		44
	Large hill	64.8	40	Did not advance				40
Zhandong Tian	Normal hill	102.0	39	Did not advance				39
	Large hill	67.4	38	Did not advance				38
Li Yang Zhandong Tian Wang Jianxun Yang Guang	Team	206.1	16	Did not advance				16

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying Run 1		Qualifying Run 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Pan Lei	Women's halfpipe	15.6	25	16.0	22	Did not advance		28
Sun Zhifang	Women's halfpipe	11.3	28	10.2	25	Did not advance		31

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
An Weijiang	500 m	35.89	35.67	1:11.56	19
	1000 m	n/a		1:11.80	33
Gao Xuefeng	1500 m	n/a		1:49.91	30
	5000 m	n/a		6:44.78	25
Li Changyu	1500 m	n/a		1:53.32	40
Li Yu	500 m	36.57	36.56	1:13.13	33
Lu Zhuo	500 m	36.39	35.96	1:12.35	28
	1000 m	n/a		1:12.69	38
Yu Fengtong	500 m	35.39	35.29	1:10.68	5
	1000 m	n/a		1:11.90	34
Zhang Zhongqi	1000 m	n/a		1:12.29	35

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ji Jia	1500 m	n/a		2:01.85	22
	3000 m	n/a		4:21.06	25
Ren Hui	500 m	38.60	38.27	1:16.87
	1000 m	n/a		Did not finish
Wang Beixing	500 m	38.71	38.56	1:17.27	7
	1000 m	n/a		1:19.03	29
Wang Fei	1500 m	n/a		2:00.13	12
	3000 m	n/a		4:10.55	12
	5000 m	n/a		7:22.90	15
Wang Manli	500 m	38.31	38.47	1:16.78
	1000 m	n/a		1:17.90	20
Xing Aihua	500 m	39.20	39.15	1:18.35	13
Zhang Shuang	1000 m	n/a		1:19.91	31
Zhang Xiaolei	1500 m	n/a		2:05.75	34

Team Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
From: Ji Jia, Wang Fei, Zhang Xiaolei	Women's team pursuit	3:18.24	8	Russia (1) L 3:08.29	Did not advance	7th place Final Norway (2) L 3:06.91	8

References

1. ^ http://en.olympic.cn/games/winter/2006-03-09/884925.html

• Yahoo! Sports – China
• Yahoo China's Turin Olympics Page (Chinese)