Hong Kong at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, for the last time as a British territory.

Hong Kong at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HKG
NOC	Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong
Website	www.hkolympic.org (in Chinese and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	23 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Chan Sau Ying (Opening) Lee Lai Shan (Closing)
Officials	?
Medals Ranked 49th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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At these Games, Hong Kong won its first Olympic medal. Lee Lai Shan won a gold medal in sailing, in the board (mistral) event.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Lee Lai Shan	Sailing	Women's Mistral One Design	29 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	0	1	1
Badminton	2	1	3
Cycling	1	0	1
Diving	1	0	1
Judo	0	1	1
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	4	3	7
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	2	1	3
Table tennis	2	2	4
Total	14	9	23

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chan Sau Ying	100 metres hurdles	13.63	39	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chan Siu Kwong Tim He	Doubles	Archer / Hunt (GBR) L 11–15, 12–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chan Oi Ni Tim He	Doubles	Gil / Kim (KOR) L 6–15, 10–15	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Wong Kam Po	Road race	DNF

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ng Sui	10 m platform	273.30	33	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wu Ching Hui	–61 kg	Tbessi (TUN) L	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Tse	Single sculls	8:11.51	5 R	8:31.41	4 SC/D	7:51.15	5 FD	8:06.43	21

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Sam Wong	Mistral One Design	18	39	26	30	21	47	16	23	22	—	156	28
Chan Yuk Wah Andrew Service	470	37	34	35	30	30	25	35	31	34	22	35	276	36

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Lee Lai Shan	Mistral One Design	3	2	2	2	4	2	7	1	28	—	16
Cheung Mei Han Tung Chun Mei	470	19	22	23	18	13	21	20	22	15	19	17	164	20

Open

Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Yang Fung	Laser	44	33	47	39	46	43	44	29	47	43	36	357	46

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cheng Shu Ming	Trap	114	49	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mark Kwok	400 m freestyle	4:02.68	29	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:04.01	34	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:07.61	29	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:31.13	20	Did not advance
Arthur Li	50 m freestyle	23.77	42	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	51.84	42	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	56.92	50	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Snowie Pang	100 m breaststroke	1:16.02	41	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lo Chuen Tsung	Singles	Shibutani (JPN) L 0–2	Roßkopf (GER) L 0–2	Muñoz (MEX) W 2–0	3	Did not advance
Chan Kong Wah Lo Chuen Tsung	Doubles	Ri / Choi (PRK) W 2–1	Hylton / Hyatt (JAM) W 2–0	Éloi / Gatien (FRA) L 0–2	2	—	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chai Po Wa	Singles	Ramos (VEN) W 2–0	Hooman-Kloppenburg (NED) W 2–0	Simion (ROU) W 2–1	1 Q	Kim (PRK) L 1–3	Did not advance
Chan Tan Lui		Doti (BRA) W 2–0	Tóth (HUN) W 2–1	Hugh (USA) W 2–0	1 Q	Geng (CAN) W 3–1	Chen (TPE) L 0–3	Did not advance
Chai Po Wa Chan Tan Lui	Doubles	González / Gorriti (PER) W 2–0	Petterson / Svensson (SWE) W 2–0	Kim / Tu (PRK) L 0–2	1 Q	—	Kim / Park (KOR) L 0–3	Did not advance