Hong Kong at the Olympics

Hong Kong at the Olympics
IOC code	HKG
NOC	Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Website	www.hkolympic.org (in Chinese and English)
Medals	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 5
Summer appearances
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Hong Kong first competed at the Olympic Games in 1952, then as a British colony (British Hong Kong). Hong Kong has participated at every Summer Olympic Games (14 summer, 4 winter) since then except for the boycotted 1980 Games, and has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 2002.

The first olympic athlete from Hong Kong was Yvonne Yeung, who competed in 1936 for the Republic of China, instead of the British colony. The National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Hong Kong was founded in 1950 as the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, and is now known as the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China. It was recognised by the IOC in 1951, and subsequently, Hong Kong was represented separately from Great Britain (for any gold medal ceremony, the colonial flag of Hong Kong was raised and the British national anthem was played) at all future Olympic Games.

After the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the People's Republic of China in 1997, the NOC for the special administrative region has been now known as Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong is represented separately at the Olympics by its own choice (for any gold medal ceremony the Hong Kong SAR flag is raised and the PRC national anthem is played, even on situations where athletes from China won silver or bronze medal, resulting in Hong Kong SAR flag flying above that of China). As permitted under its constitution as agreed upon handover from the United Kingdom (specifically, Article 151, Chapter 7 of The Basic Law), it "may, on its own, ... maintain and develop relations and conclude and implement agreements with foreign states and regions and relevant international organizations in the appropriate fields, including the economic, trade, financial and monetary, shipping, communications, tourism, cultural and sports fields."

Hong Kong won its first medal/gold medal in 1996, and a second gold medal in 2021. Apart from those, Hong Kong has also won 2 other medals.

In 2008, Hong Kong was the site of the equestrian venues for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Medals by Games

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Bold text=== Medals by Summer Games ===

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1952 Helsinki	4	0	0	0	0	-
1956 Melbourne	2	0	0	0	0	-
1960 Rome	4	0	0	0	0	-
1964 Tokyo	39	0	0	0	0	-
1968 Mexico City	11	0	0	0	0	-
1972 Munich	10	0	0	0	0	-
1976 Montreal	25	0	0	0	0	-
1980 Moscow	did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	47	0	0	0	0	-
1988 Seoul	48	0	0	0	0	-
1992 Barcelona	38	0	0	0	0	-
1996 Atlanta	23	1	0	0	1	49
2000 Sydney	31	0	0	0	0	-
2004 Athens	32	0	1	0	1	63
2008 Beijing	34	0	0	0	0	-
2012 London	42	0	0	1	1	79
2016 Rio de Janeiro	37	0	0	0	0	-
2020 Tokyo	42	1	0	0	1	-
2024 Paris	future Event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total		2	1	1	4	94

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2002 Salt Lake City	2	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	1	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	1	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	1	0	0	0	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang	1	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	future event
2026 Milano Cortina
Total		0	0	0	0

Medals by Sports

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Totals (0 entries)		0	0	0	0

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List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Lee Lai Shan	1996 Atlanta	Sailing	Women's sailboard (Mistral)
Silver	Ko Lai Chak Li Ching	2004 Athens	Table tennis	Men's doubles
Bronze	Lee Wai Sze	2012 London	Cycling	Women's Keirin
Gold	Cheung Ka Long	2020 Tokyo	Fencing	Men's foil
Silver	Siobhán Bernadette Haughey	2020 Tokyo	Swimming	Freestyle

Naming

Prior to 1997, the team's name was "Hong Kong"; after 1997, the team's name became "Hong Kong, China". In most other languages, this name is used for translation (e.g. French Hong Kong, Chine; Russian Гонконг, Китай Gonkong, Kitay; Simplified Chinese 中国香港 Zhōngguó Xiānggǎng). However, for unknown reasons, the Japanese team name is ホンコン・チャイナ Honkon Chaina and the Korean team name is 홍콩차이나 Hongkong Chaina, using English transliterations of the word "China" instead of the native translation.

See also

• List of flag bearers for Hong Kong at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Hong Kong
• Hong Kong at the Paralympics
• Hong Kong at the Asian Games
• Hong Kong at the Commonwealth Games
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

External links

• "Hong Kong". International Olympic Committee.
• "Hong Kong". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/HKG". olympanalyt.com.
• (ed.) Monique Berlioux (February 1977). "Hong Kong and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (112). Lausanne: International Olympic Committee: 104–109. Retrieved 2007-07-29. {{cite journal}}: |author= has generic name (help)