Hong Kong at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong at the Olympic Games

Flag of Hong Kong
IOC code  HKG
NOC Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Websitewww.hkolympic.org (Chinese) (English)
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors 32 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai (opening)
Li Ching and Ko Lai Chak (closing)
Medals
Rank: 65		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

Hong Kong competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, excluding the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of the United States boycott, and the last nation to enter the stadium in the opening ceremony before the host nation, because of the use of the Greek alphabet.

The Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China sent a total of 32 athletes to the Games, 14 men and 18 women, to compete in 10 sports, surpassing only a single athlete short of the record from Sydney four years earlier. For the first time in Olympic history, Hong Kong was represented by more female than male athletes. Thirteen of them had previously competed in Sydney, including track cyclist Wong Kam Po, Mistral windsurfer and 1996 Olympic champion Lee Lai Shan, and backstroke swimmer Sherry Tsai, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony as her team entered last into the stadium for the second time since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]

Hong Kong left Athens with a striking silver medal effort from table tennis players Ko Lai Chak and Li Ching in the men's doubles tournament. Indeed, both of them became the first male athletes to claim an Olympic medal for Hong Kong after gaining its territorial independence from the colonial British rule in 1997.[2][3]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Lai Chak, KoKo Lai Chak
Ching, LiLi Ching 		Table tennis Men's doubles August 21

Athletics

Hong Kong athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).[4][5]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Chiang Wai Hung 100 m 10.70 6 Did not advance

Badminton

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Ng Wei Men's singles  Lee C W (MAS)
L 3–15, 13–15		 Did not advance
Ling Wan Ting Women's singles  Cheng S-C (TPE)
L 9–11, 8–11		 Did not advance
Wang Chen  Blanco (PER)
W 11–1, 11–4		  Jie Y (NED)
W 8–11, 13–10, 11–8		  Zhang N (CHN)
L 11–9, 6–11, 7–11		 Did not advance
Koon Wai Chee
Li Wing Mui		 Women's doubles N/A  Emms /
Kellogg (GBR)
L 4–15, 4–15		 Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Wong Kam Po Men's road race Did not finish

Track

Omnium
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Wong Kam Po Men's points race 2 0 20

Fencing

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Lau Kwok Kin Individual foil  McGuire (CAN)
L 14–15		 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Chan Ying Man Individual foil  Varga (HUN)
L 3–15		 Did not advance
Chow Tsz Ki Individual sabre  E Jacobson (USA)
L 11–15		 Did not advance

Rowing

Hong Kong rowers qualified the following boats:

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Law Hiu Fung Single sculls 7:28.16 3 R 7:10.72 2 SA/B/C 7:17.52 6 FC 7:10.75 18
Lo Ting Wai
So Sau Wah		 Lightweight double sculls 6:43.49 5 R 6:41.09 5 SC/D 6:37.03 4 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Hong Kong sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Chi Ho Ho Mistral 21 22 13 24 18 3 17 7 21 9 7 138 14
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Lee Lai Shan Mistral 3 8 5 1 OCS 3 2 4 5 8 3 42 4

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Hong Kong has qualified a single shooter.

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Lo Ka Kay 10 m air pistol 371 34 Did not advance

Swimming

Hong Kong swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chi Kin Daniel Tam 100 m breaststroke 1:05.11 44 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:19.48 41 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yu Ning Elaine Chan 50 m freestyle 27.48 47 Did not advance
Wing Suet Sandy Chan 200 m butterfly 2:18.45 29 Did not advance
Sze Hang Yu 200 m freestyle 2:07.55 39 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 1:02.42 32 Did not advance
Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai 100 m backstroke 1:04.25 30 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:19.83 28 Did not advance
Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson 100 m freestyle 57.33 34 Did not advance
Tsz Wa Yvonne Yip 100 m breaststroke 1:14.53 39 Did not advance

Table tennis

Eight Hong Kong table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Ko Lai Chak Singles BYE  Kamal (IND)
W 4–0		  Korbel (CZE)
W 4–3		  Persson (SWE)
W 4–1		  Wang Lq (CHN)
L 1–4		 Did not advance
Leung Chu Yan BYE  O Il (PRK)
W 4–1		  Maze (DEN)
W 4–1		  Samsonov (BLR)
W 4–3		  Ryu S-M (KOR)
L 2–4		 Did not advance
Li Ching BYE  Monteiro (BRA)
W 4–1		  Schlager (AUT)
L 2–4		 Did not advance
Cheung Yuk
Leung Chu Yan		 Doubles N/A BYE  Mazunov /
Smirnov (RUS)
L 0–4		 Did not advance
Ko Lai Chak
Li Ching		 N/A BYE  Joo S-H /
Oh S-E (KOR)
W 4–1		  Grujić /
Karakašević (SCG)
W 4–1		  Mazunov /
Smirnov (RUS)
W 4–2		  Chen Q /
Ma L (CHN)
L 2–4		 2nd
Women
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Lau Sui-fei Singles BYE  Ganina (RUS)
W 4–2		  Zhang Yn (CHN)
L 1–4		 Did not advance
Lin Ling BYE  Zamfir (ROM)
L 2–4		 Did not advance
Tie Ya Na BYE  Tóth (HUN)
W 4–1		  Kim H-H (PRK)
W 4–1		  Kim K-A (KOR)
L 1–4		 Did not advance
Lau Sui-fei
Lin Ling		 Doubles BYE  Fadeyeva /
Melnik (RUS)
W 4–2		  Fujinuma /
Umemura (JPN)
L 2–4		 Did not advance
Song Ah Sim
Tie Ya Na		 BYE  Ganina /
Palina (RUS)
W 4–0		  Wang N /
Zhang Yn (CHN)
L 2–4		 Did not advance

Triathlon

Hong Kong has qualified a single triathlete.

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Daniel Lee Men's 18:17 0:19 1:05:38 0:19 39:35 2:03:30.39 43

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chan, Kin-wa (19 July 2009). "Graceful exit for Tsai". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Berlin, Peter (25 August 2004). "'Too many languages'". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Muhr, Ken (21 August 2004). "Hong Kong men reach Olympic final". ITTF. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  5. ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

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