Hong Kong at the Olympics

Hong Kong at the Olympic Games
Flag of Hong Kong IOC code  HKG NOC Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China Website www.hkolympic.org (Chinese) (English)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
2002 2006 2010 2014

Hong Kong first competed at the Olympic Games in 1952, then as a British colony. 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 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 designated 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). 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 in 1996, which was also its first gold medal. Since then, athletes from Hong Kong have won a total of 3 medals.

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

Medal tables

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
Total		1	1	1	3

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	–
Total		0	0	0	0

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Sailing	1	0	0	1
Table tennis	0	1	0	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Total	1	1	1	3

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

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Hong Kong
• Hong Kong at the Paralympics
• Hong Kong at the Commonwealth Games
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics

References

1. http://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/basiclawtext/chapter_7.html

External links

• "Hong Kong". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Hong Kong". Sports-Reference.com.
• (ed.) Monique Berlioux (February 1977). "Hong Kong and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (Lausanne: International Olympic Committee) (112): 104–109. Retrieved 2007-07-29.