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Hong Kong at the
Olympics
IOC codeHKG
NOCSports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Websitewww.hkolympic.org (in Chinese and English)
Medals
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

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."[1]

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

Medals by Sports

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Fencing1001
 Sailing1001
Template:GameSport0101
 Table tennis0101
 Cycling0011
Totals (5 entries)2215

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
 Gold 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

References

  1. ^ http://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/basiclawtext/chapter_7.html
  • "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)
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