Hong Kong at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Hong Kong at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HKG
NOC	Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Website	www.hkolympic.org (in Chinese and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	34 in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Wong Kam-Po (opening); Lau Hiu Fung (closing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Hong Kong competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Hong Kong was also the host of the equestrian competitions at the Hong Kong Equestrian Venues.^[1]^[2]

Athletics

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lai Chun Ho	100 m	10.63	7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wan Kin Yee	100 m	12.37	6	Did not advance

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ng Wei	Men's singles	Lin D (CHN) L 11–21, 12–21	Did not advance
Wang Chen	Women's singles	Bye	Sládeková (SVK) W 21–7, 21–7	Nehwal (IND) L 19–21, 21–11, 11–21	Did not advance
Yip Pui Yin	Women's singles	Hallam (GBR) L 15–21, 17–21	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Wu Kin San is the first Hong Kong athlete to successfully complete the cycling road race.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Wu Kin San	Men's road race	7:05:57	89

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Wong Kam-Po	Men's points race	5	0	15
Wan Yiu Jamie Wong	Women's points race	0	0	15

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chan Chun Hing	Men's cross-country	Did not finish

Equestrian

Hong Kong competitors will themselves be taking part in the Olympic Equestrian Events for the first time.^[4] Jennifer Lee withdrew due to health problems with her horse, Mr Burns.^[5]

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Kenneth Cheng	Can Do	Individual	6	=46 Q	21	27	57	Did not advance								27	57
Patrick Lam	Urban		0	=1 Q	9	9	=22 Q	36	45	46	Did not advance					45	46
Samantha Lam	Tresor		14	=66 Q	29	43	=63	Did not advance								43	=63
Kenneth Cheng Patrick Lam Samantha Lam	See above	Team	—								59	15	Did not advance			59	15

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lau Kwok Kin	Individual foil	Chida (JPN) L 6–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yeung Chui Ling	Individual épée	—	Mincza-Nebald (HUN) L 11–15	Did not advance
Chow Tsz Ki	Individual sabre	Bye	Bao Yy (CHN) L 5–15	Did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Law Hiu Fung	Single sculls	7:45.96	3 QF	—		7:29.21	6 SC/D	7:32.61	6 FD	7:06.17	20
Chow Kwong Wing So Sau Wah	Lightweight double sculls	6:34.51	4 R	6:58.71	5 SC/D	—		6:33.79	3 FC	6:34.48	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lee Ka Man	Single sculls	8:23.02	5 QF	8:04.68	6 SC/D	8:30.80	6 FE	7:56.07	23

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Chan King Yin	RS:X	5	4	2	5	3	33	21	27	7	8	2	84	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Chan Wai Kei	RS:X	10	10	6	13	7	12	6	7	14	4	18	93	9

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Wong Fai	25 m rapid fire pistol	558	18	Did not advance

Swimming

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hoi Shun Stephanie Au	200 m freestyle	2:00.85 NR	31	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:14.82	24	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:41.66	29	—		Did not advance
Yu Ning Elaine Chan	50 m freestyle	26.54	44	Did not advance
Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai	100 m backstroke	1:02.68	34	Did not advance
Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai	200 m individual medley	2:18.91 NR	33	Did not advance
Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson	100 m freestyle	55.32 NR	26	Did not advance
Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson	100 m butterfly	59.35 NR	30	Did not advance

Table tennis

Men's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cheung Yuk	Singles	Bye			Persson (SWE) L 1–4	Did not advance
Ko Lai Chak		Bye		Gionis (GRE) W 4–3	Ryu S-M (KOR) W 4–2	Ovtcharov (GER) W 4–1	Wang H (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Li Ching		Bye			Jang S-M (PRK) W 4–1	Tan Rw (CRO) L 2–4	Did not advance

Women's singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lau Sui Fei	Singles	Bye		Xian Y F (FRA) W 4–1	Guo Y (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Lin Ling		Bye			Kostromina (BLR) W 4–0	Li Jw (SIN) L 3–4	Did not advance
Tie Ya Na		Bye			Shen Yf (ESP) W 4–1	Li Qb (AUT) W 4–3	Wang N (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cheung Yuk Ko Lai Chak Li Ching	Men's team	Group D Japan (JPN) L 0 – 3 Nigeria (NGR) W 3 – 0 Russia (RUS) W 3 – 1	2	Did not advance	Chinese Taipei (TPE) W 3 – 0	South Korea (KOR) L 1 – 3	Did not advance
Lau Sui Fei Lin Ling Tie Ya Na	Women's team	Group C Romania (ROU) W 3 – 0 Poland (POL) W 3 – 0 Germany (GER) W 3 – 0	1 Q	China (CHN) L 0 – 3	Bye	Japan (JPN) L 2 – 3	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Daniel Chi Wo Lee	Men's	18:54	0:28	58:24	0:32	36:22	1:54:40.78	43
Tania So Ning Mak	Women's	21:18	Lapped

Officials

IOC Member & NOC President: Timothy Fok
Hon. Secretary General: Pang, Chung
Chef de Mission: Hui, Victor
Deputy Chef de Mission - Sailing: Kwok, Chi Leung Karl
Headquarters Official: Lau, Chiang Chu Vivien
Headquarters Official: Leung, Mee Lee
Chief Medical Officer: Chang, Wai Julian
Deputy Chef de Mission - Equestrian: Eckgans, Sacha Johannes
NOC Guest: Conway, Anthony Francis Martin
Medical Officials: Yeung, Sai Mo Simon
Medical Officials: Look, Ka Mei Debbie
Medical Officials: Cheuk, Wai Ling Phoebe
Medical Officials: Long, Qinyan
Medical Officials: Xu, Zhengzheng
Youth Camp Participants: Li, Chung Him Samuel
Youth Camp Participants: Woo, Wing Tung

References

^ Official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Hong Kong saddles up for the Olympics", The Telegraph, June 25, 2008
^ "明報:胡健燊踩完公路賽超越阿寶成就". Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
^ "Hong Kong Jockey Club, IOC reaffirm partnership", Xinhua, July 3, 2008
^ Melanie Ho (2008). "Ailing horse crushes Lee's dream". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2008-08-12.

External links

Hong Kong, China Delegation 2008 Beijing - List

[1] Official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Hong Kong saddles up for the Olympics", The Telegraph, June 25, 2008

[3] "明報:胡健燊踩完公路賽超越阿寶成就". Archived from the original on 2008-08-30. Retrieved 2008-08-12.

[4] "Hong Kong Jockey Club, IOC reaffirm partnership", Xinhua, July 3, 2008

[retire-5] Melanie Ho (2008). "Ailing horse crushes Lee's dream". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2008-08-12.

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