Sport in China

Major sports of China

• Basketball
• Football (Soccer)
• Table Tennis
• Badminton
• Swimming
• Martial Arts
• Volleyball

China's Sporting Success

• China led the gold medal count at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Athletes from China

• Yao Ming (basketball)
• Zhang Lian-wei (Golf)
• Deng Yaping (Table Tennis)
• Liu Xiang (hurdles, track & field)

China Sports trivia

• At the 1992 Olympic Games, 13-year-old Fu Mingxia of China won the platform diving event, making her the second-youngest person to win an individual gold medal.

• Besides UK, China is the only other country that has four national associations in FIFA, including Hong Kong, Macao, Chinese Taipei.

• There is evidence that an early form of soccer was played in China - military forces around 2nd-3rd century BC played a game called "Tsu Chu", that involved kicking a leather ball stuffed with fur into a small hole, and like soccer no hands were permitted during the play of the game.

China at major events

• China at the Summer Olympics
• Taiwan at the Winter Olympics
• China at the FIFA World Cup
• China at the AFC Asian Cup

Past sporting events hosted in China

• 1993 East Asian Games host, held in Shanghi.
• 2004 AFC Asian Cup (soccer).
• 2008 Olympic Games summer hosts in Beijing
• 2010 Asian Games, Guangzhou.
• 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai

Upcoming sporting events in China

• 2013 East Asian Games host, held in Tianjin.
• 2014 Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing

Annual sporting events held in China

Sporting Facilities in China

• Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI)
• Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest)
• Guangdong Stadium.

More Info

• see Sports Videos tagged 'China'
• China participates in the East Asian Games.