Hong Kong at the Olympics

Hong Kong at the
Olympics
IOC code HKG
NOC Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Website www.hkolympic.org (Chinese) (English)
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

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 2 more 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
Finland 1952 Helsinki 4 0 0 0 0 -
Australia 1956 Melbourne 2 0 0 0 0 -
Italy 1960 Rome 4 0 0 0 0 -
Japan 1964 Tokyo 39 0 0 0 0 -
Mexico 1968 Mexico City 11 0 0 0 0 -
West Germany 1972 Munich 10 0 0 0 0 -
Canada 1976 Montreal 25 0 0 0 0 -
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow did not participate
United States 1984 Los Angeles 47 0 0 0 0 -
South Korea 1988 Seoul 48 0 0 0 0 -
Spain 1992 Barcelona 38 0 0 0 0 -
United States 1996 Atlanta 23 1 0 0 1 49
Australia 2000 Sydney 31 0 0 0 0 -
Greece 2004 Athens 32 0 1 0 1 63
China 2008 Beijing 34 0 0 0 0 -
United Kingdom 2012 London 42 0 0 1 1 79
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 37 0 0 0 0 -
Japan 2020 Tokyo future event
Total 1 1 1 3 94

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
United States 2002 Salt Lake City 2 0 0 0 0
Italy 2006 Turin 1 0 0 0 0
Canada 2010 Vancouver 1 0 0 0 0
Russia 2014 Sochi 1 0 0 0 0
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang future event
China 2022 Beijing future event
Total 0 0 0 0

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Sailing 1 0 0 1 31
Table tennis 0 1 0 1 11
Cycling 0 0 1 1 39
Total 1 1 1 3 94

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Lee Lai Shan United States 1996 Atlanta Sailing Women's sailboard (Mistral)
 Silver Ko Lai Chak
Li Ching
Greece 2004 Athens Table tennis Men's doubles
 Bronze Lee Wai Sze United Kingdom 2012 London Cycling Women's Keirin

See also

References

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