The People's Republic of China competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 294 competitors, 111 men and 183 women, took part in 155 events in 25 sports.
Medalists
Archery
The People's Republic of China sent three men and three women to Atlanta for archery. As usual, the Chinese women were the more successful squad, with He Ying winning a silver medal. They went a combined 9-3 in individual competition as opposed the men's 1-3 record. They also won their first team match before being defeated.
Women's Individual Competition: He Ying → Final, Silver Medal (5-1) Wang Xiaozhu → Quarterfinal, 7th place (3-1) Yang Jianping → Round of 32, 29th place (1-1)
Men's Individual Competition: Tang Hua → Round of 32, 23rd place (1-1) Luo Hengyu → Round of 64, 36th place (0-1) Shen Jun → Round of 64, 40th place (0-1)
Women's Team Competition: He, Wang, and Yang → Quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)
Men's Team Competition: Tang, Luo, and Shen → Round of 16, 12th place (0-1)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Chen Wenzhong
Men's 200 metres
Chen Wenzhong
Men's 110 metres Hurdles
Li Tong
Chen Yanhao
Men's 20 km Walk
Yu Guohui
Li Zewen
Li Mingcai
Men's 50 km Walk
Zhang Huiqiang
Final — 3:53:10 (→ 14th place) Mao Xinyuan Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Zhao Yongsheng Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's Long Jump
Huang Geng
Qualification — 8.12 m
Final — 7.99 m (→ 9th place) Chen Jing Qualification — 7.70 m (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Men's triple jump
Zou Sixin
Qualification — 16.53 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's Discus Throw
Li Shaojie
Qualification — 60.20 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
Zhang Lianbiao
Qualification — 79.88 m
Final — 80.96 m (→ 11th place)
Women's 400 metres
Du Xiujie
Heat — 53.95 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 metres
Wang Junxia
Qualification — 32:36.53
Final — 31:02.58 (→ Silver Medal) Wang Mingxia Qualification — 32:10.26 Final — 32:38.98 (→ 15th place) Yang Siju Qualification — 32:22.77 Final — 33:15.29 (→ 19th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
Li Lei
Qualification — 61.48 m
Final — 60.74 m (→ 8th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Xiao Yanling
Qualification — 65.10m
Final — 64.72m (→ 5th place)
Women's Shot Put
Sui Xinmei
Qualification — 19.36m
Final — 19.88m (→ Silver Medal) Li Meisu Qualification — 18.39m (→ did not advance) Huang Zhihong Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump
Ren Ruiping
Qualification — 14.56m
Final — 14.30m (→ 7th place) Wang Xiangrong — 13.32m (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Ren Xiujuan — 2:31.21 (→ 9th place)
Women's 10 km Walk
Wang Yan — 42:19 (→ Bronze Medal) Gu Yan — 42:34 (→ 4th place) Gao Hongmiao — dsq (→ no ranking)
Badminton
Basketball
Men's tournament
Team roster
Mengke Bateer
Gong Xiaobin
Hu Weidong
Li Nan
Li Xiaoyong
Liu Yudong
Shan Tao
Sun Jun
Wang Zhizhi
Wu Naiqun
Wu Qinglong
Zheng Wu
Preliminary round
Quarterfinals
Classification Round 5–8th Place
7th Place match
Women's tournament
Team roster
Zheng Dongmei
Liang Xin
Zheng Haixia
He Jun
Ma Zongqing
Miao Bo
Li Xin
Liu Jun
Shen Li
Chu Hui
Li Dongmei
Ma Chengqing
Preliminary round
Classification Round 9th−12th place
9th place match
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Yang Xiangzhong First Round — Defeated Alberto Rossel (Peru), 16-7 Second Round — Lost to Hamid Berhili (Morocco), 9-14
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Chen Tao First Round — Lost to Hirokuni Moto (Japan), 10-15
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) Jiang Tao First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Charles Kizza (Uganda), 10-7 Quarterfinals — Lost to Nate Jones (United States), 4-21
Canoeing
Cycling
Women's Individual Road Race
Guo Xinghong
Final — 02:49:47 (→ 41st place) Zhao Haijuan Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Mountainbike Cross Country
Gao Hongying
Final — 2:09.08 (→ 25th place)