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China at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

China at the
2022 Winter Paralympics
IPC codeCHN
NPCChina Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities
Websitewww.caspd.org.cn
in Beijing, China
4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) – 13 March 2022 (2022-03-13)
Competitors96 (68 on foot, 28 on wheelchair) in 6 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Guo Yujie
Wang Zhidong
Flag bearer (closing)Yang Hongqiong
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
18
Silver
20
Bronze
23
Total
61
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)

China competed as the host nation of the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China that took place between 4–13 March 2022. In total, 96 athletes were initially expected to compete.[1] The total competition places that the Chinese delegation achieved is 116.[2] It is the largest delegation to compete at the Games.[3]

China topped the medal table for the first time, becoming the first Asian country to top the medal count with more gold medals, more silver medals, more bronze medals, and more medals overall than any other nation.[4] China also broke the record for the most gold medals, the most silvers medals, the most bronze medals and the most medal overall won by Asian countries at a single Winter Paralympics.[5]

Medalists

The following Chinese competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Administration

The delegation consists of 96 athletes and 121 staff members.[1] Biathlete and para cross-country skier Guo Yujie and para ice hockey player Wang Zhidong were the flagbearers for China during the opening ceremony.[6]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 14 8 22
Biathlon 11 10 21
Cross-country skiing 18 14 32
Para ice hockey 17 1 18
Snowboarding 14 4 18
Wheelchair curling 4 1 5
Total 78 38 116

Alpine skiing

China competed in alpine skiing.[7]

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Li Biao Downhill, standing 1:23.07 24
Liang Jingyi 1:16.36 4
Niu Shaojie 1:23.48 27
Sun Hongsheng 1:28.00 30
Sun Yanlong 1:23.12 25
Chen Liang Downhill, sitting 1:33.08 14
Gong Zhaolin DNF
Li Xiang 1:28.86 13
Liang Zilu 1:23.99 10
Yan Hailing 1:23.74 9
Chen Xinjun Giant slalom, standing 1:07.17 27 1:04.70 25 2:11.87 25
Li Biao DNF
Liang Jingyi 58.87 5 59.60 12 1:58.47 8
Niu Shaojie 1:05.29 22 DNF
Sun Yanlong 1:03.69 16 1:02.91 21 2:06.60 19
Chen Liang Giant slalom, sitting 1:03.56 6 1:02.38 9 2:05.94 6
Gong Zhaolin 1:06.42 13 1:07.53 23 2:13.95 19
Li Xiang 1:07.11 18 1:05.87 20 2:12.98 18
Liang Zilu 1:01.55 4 59.37 3 2:00.92 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Wang Hui 1:12.24 29 1:11.17 28 2:23.41 28
Chen Xinjun Slalom, standing DNF
Liang Jingyi 43.26 3 49.01 1 1:32.27 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sun Yanlong 48.88 20 55.67 11 1:44.55 10
Yan Gong 49.78 22 55.40 10 1:45.18 13
Zhen Qixing DNF
Chen Liang Slalom, sitting 45.89 6 1:10.38 14 1:56.27 13
Li Xiang 46.63 8 55.17 5 1:41.80 4
Liang Zilu DNF
Wang Hui 51.71 13 DNF
Yan Hailing DNF
Chen Xinjun Super combined, standing 1:23.75 30 DNF
Liang Jingyi DSQ
Niu Shaojie 1:19.71 27 49.23 21 2:08.94 21
Sun Yanlong 1:16.87 21 45.02 14 2:01.89 16
Yan Gong DNF
Chen Liang Super combined, sitting 1:15.54 8 DSQ
Gong Zhaolin 1:17.96 14 DNF
Li Xiang 1:17.75 13 47.75 6 2:05.50 6
Liang Zilu 1:15.86 9 39.46 2 1:55.32 4
Yan Hailing DNF
Li Biao Super-G, standing 1:16.35 23
Liang Jingyi 1:09.11 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Niu Shaojie DNF
Sun Hongsheng 1:20.88 29
Sun Yanlong 1:19.39 28
Chen Liang Super-G, sitting 1:17.41 14
Gong Zhaolin DNF
Li Xiang 1:20.68 19
Liang Zilu 1:18.00 15
Yan Hailing DNF
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Zhu Daqing
Guide: Yan Hanhan
Downhill, visually impaired 1:21.75 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Zhang Mengqiu Downhill, standing 1.21.85 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Liu Sitong Downhill, sitting 1.32.10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Zhang Haiyuan DNF
Zhu Daqing
Guide: Yan Hanhan
Giant slalom, visually impaired 57.09 2 1:02.76 5 1:59.85 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Guo Jiaxin Giant slalom, standing 1:06.52 12 1:09.63 9 2:16.15 8
Wang Qingyun 1:14.43 17 1:15.60 13 2:30.03 14
Zhang Mengqiu 56.07 1 59.05 1 1:55.12 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Han Shasha Giant slalom, sitting 1:09.88 7 1:15.37 7 2:25.25 7
Liu Sitong 1:00.72 1 1:08.83 4 2:09.55 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Zhang Haiyuan 1:06.62 6 1:14.37 6 2:20.99 6
Zhang Wenjing 1:05.21 5 1:05.71 2 2:10.92 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Zhu Daqing
Guide: Yan Hanhan
Slalom, visually impaired 50.04 8 DNF
Guo Jiaxin Slalom, standing DNF
Wang Qingyun 1:05.61 11 1:01.78 9 2:07.39 10
Zhang Mengqiu 47.77 2 49.63 2 1:37.40 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Han Shasha Slalom, sitting 52.36 4 52.58 5 1:44.94 4
Liu Sitong 49.96 2 51.35 3 1:41.31 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Zhang Haiyuan DNF
Zhang Wenjing 51.11 3 49.07 1 1:40.18 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Zhu Daqing
Guide: Yan Hanhan
Super combined, visually impaired 1:16.65 1 47.60 4 2:04.25 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Guo Jiaxin Super combined, standing DSQ
Zhang Mengqiu 1:13.77 1 44.25 2 1:58.02 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Liu Sitong Super combined, sitting 1:23.21 2 52.63 3 2:15.84 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Zhang Wenjing DNF
Zhu Daqing
Guide: Yan Hanhan
Super-G, visually impaired 1:19.30 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Guo Jiaxin Super-G, standing 1:30.36 12
Zhang Mengqiu 1:13.54 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Liu Sitong Super-G, sitting DNF
Zhang Wenjing 1:24.31 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Biathlon

China competed in biathlon.[8]

Men
Athlete Events Final
Missed Shots Result Rank
Dang Hesong
Guide: Qin Haiyang
6 km, visually impaired 2 19:08.0 8
Yu Shuang
Guide: Wang Guanyu
1 17:49.9 4
Liu Mengtao 6 km, sitting 1 19:33.3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Liu Zixu 0 18:51.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Dang Hesong
Guide: Qin Haiyang
10 km, visually impaired 4 37:00.9 6
Yu Shuang
Guide: Wang Guanyu
11 43:04.2 8
Liu Mengtao 10 km, sitting 3 30:37.7 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Dang Hesong
Guide: Qin Haiyang
12.5 km, visually impaired 5 50:37.8 6
Yu Shuang
Guide: Wang Guanyu
4 46:35.3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Li Taiyun 12.5 km, standing 1 45.09.9 6
Wu Gaoqun 3 42.52.9 4
Wu Junbao 5 49.31.7 10
Yuan Mingshou 2 46.49.0 9
Liu Mengtao 12.5 km, sitting 0 38:29.4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Liu Zixu 1 39:27.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Wang Tao 1 41.03.8 5
Zhu Yunfeng 3 46.24.4 14
Women
Athlete Events Final
Missed Shots Result Rank
Wang Yue
Guide: Li Yalin
6 km, visually impaired 1 22:49.7 4
Yang Qianru
Guide: Yu Hongshun
1 22:57.8 5
10 km, visually impaired
12.5 km, visually impaired

Cross-country skiing

China competed in cross-country skiing.[9]

Para ice hockey

China automatically qualified as the host.[10][11][12]

Summary

Team Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
China national team Mixed tournament  Slovakia
W 7–0
 Czech Republic
W 5–2
 Italy
W 6–0
1 Q  Czech Republic
W 4–3
 United States
L 0–11
 South Korea
W 4–0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China (H) 3 3 0 0 0 18 2 +16 9 Quarterfinals
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 0 1 10 5 +5 6
3  Italy 3 0 1 0 2 2 12 −10 2
4  Slovakia 3 0 0 1 2 1 12 −11 1 Eliminated
Source: Beijing 2022
(H) Host
5 March 2022
20:05
Slovakia 0–7
(0–2, 0–1, 0–4)
 ChinaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,230
Game reference
Eduard LepáčekGoaliesJi YanzhaoReferee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Netherlands Louis Beelen
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
0–108:39 – Shen (SH)
0–213:01 – Shen (Wang Z.)
0–319:43 – Cui (Wang Z., Shen)
0–432:51 – Shen (Wang Z.) (SH)
0–538:00 – Li (Lyu)
0–641:21 – Shen (Cui)
0–743:58 – Tian (Zhu, Ji) (PP)
8 minPenalties10 min
8Shots28

6 March 2022
20:05
China 5–2
(0–0, 5–1, 0–1)
 Czech RepublicBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,207
Game reference
Ji YanzhaoGoaliesMartin Kudela
Michal Vápenka
Referee:
United States Bobby Esposito
Linesmen:
Serbia Tibor Fazekaš
Sweden Andreas Lundén
Shen (Wang Z.) – 15:111–0
Zhu (Xu, Shen) (PP) – 17:382–0
Wang J. – 17:533–0
Tian (Li) (SH) – 21:064–0
4–121:53 – Ohar (Doležal, Veselý)
Li (Lyu) (SH) – 29:525–1
5–243:04 – Krupička (Hečko, Sedláček)
14 minPenalties16 min
21Shots8

8 March 2022
16:35
Italy 0–6
(0–4, 0–2, 0–0)
 ChinaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,224
Game reference
Julian Kasslatter
Gabriele Araudo
GoaliesWang WeiReferee:
Denmark Jacob Grumsen
Linesmen:
Sweden Tony Rundström
Czech Republic Jan Vaněk
0–100:16 – Wang Z. (Shen)
0–202:41 – Bai (Wang Z.)
0–303:52 – Qiu (Li, Tian)
0–412:08 – Hu (Tian) (PP2)
0–517:42 – Wang Z. (Tian, Li)
0–625:23 – Qiu (Lyu)
22 minPenalties10 min
1Shots25
Quarterfinal
9 March 2022
20:05
China 4–3
(1–1, 1–0, 2–2)
 Czech RepublicBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Game reference
Ji YanzhaoGoaliesMartin KudelaReferee:
Norway Owe Lüthcke
Linesmen:
Austria David Nothegger
Sweden Tony Rundström
Wang Z. (Cui, Zhu) – 06:481–0
1–108:06 – Geier (Hábl, Wagner)
Tian (Cui) – 20:292–1
Shen (Cui, Wang Z.) (PP) – 30:293–1
3–232:41 – Hečko (Ohar)
3–339:01 – Novotný (Geier, Hábl) (PP)
Wang Z. (Shen) – 43:094–3
10 minPenalties4 min
16Shots12
Semifinal
11 March 2022
20:05
United States 11–0
(4–0, 5–0, 2–0)
 ChinaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 987
Game reference
Jen LeeGoaliesJi Yanzhao
Wang Wei
Referee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Canada Matt Fergenbaum
Sweden Andreas Lundén
Roybal (Farmer) – 05:231–0
Roybal (Farmer) – 05:552–0
Misiewicz (Farmer, Zych) – 08:453–0
Roybal (Farmer, Misiewicz) (PP) – 14:054–0
Misiewicz (Pauls) – 17:595–0
Farmer (Misiewicz, Roybal) (PP) – 19:476–0
Jones (Wallace, Roybal) (PP) – 22:317–0
Farmer (Zych) – 23:138–0
Woodke (Zych, Wallace) (PP) – 27:409–0
Roybal (Wallace, Jones) – 31:5710–0
Pauls – 33:0211–0
6 minPenalties12 min
37Shots6
Bronze medal game
12 March 2022
20:05
China 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 South KoreaBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 492
Game reference
Ji YanzhaoGoaliesLee Jae-woongReferee:
Canada Kevin Webinger
Linesmen:
Canada Matt Fergenbaum
Sweden Tony Rundström
Wang Z. (Shen, Zhu) – 04:061–0
Shen – 16:002–0
Li (Shen, Zhu) – 43:153–0
Shen (Wang Z.) (ENG) – 44:484–0
22 minPenalties16 min
23Shots11

Snowboarding

China competed in snowboarding.[13]

Slalom
Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Liu Kaiyang Banked slalom, SB-LL1 1:13.29 1:13.44 1:13.29 6
Liu Yiyang 1:16.80 1:15.08 1:15.08 8
Wu Zhongwei 1:09.73 1:10.77 1:09.73 1st place, gold medalist(s)
He Yipeng Banked slalom, SB-LL2 1:14.24 1:13.50 1:13.50 14
Liu Gengliang 1:14.49 1:16.79 1:14.49 17
Sun Qi 1:09.73 1:10.77 1:09.73 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Xu Xiang 1:11.73 DNF 1:11.73 10
Yan Wendi 1:12.20 1:12.41 1:12.20 12
Ji Lijia Banked slalom, SB-UL 1:09.86 1:10.16 1:09.86 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jiang Zihao 1:11.49 1:11.16 1:11.16 6
Wang Pengyao 1:10.24 1:10.18 1:10.18 4
Yang Jian 1:11.84 1:11.71 1:11.71 7
Zhu Yonggang 1:34.54 1:10.14 1:10.14 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Geng Yanhong Banked slalom, SB-LL2 1:19.16 1:17.38 1:17.38 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hu Nianjia 1:18.05 1:19.02 1:18.05 4
Li Tiantian 1:18.77 1:17.46 1:17.46 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Wang Xinyu 1:18.62 1:18.31 1:18.31 5
Snowboard cross
Men
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Rank
Liu Kaiyang Snowboard cross, SB-LL1 1:09.67 10 Q 3 Did not advance
Liu Yiyang 1:07.17 4 Q 1 Q 4 FB 4 8
Wu Zhongwei 1:05.03 2 Q 1 Q 2 FA 3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Liu Gengliang Snowboard cross, SB-LL2 1:06.76 14 Q 4 Did not advance
Sun Qi 1:03.90 7 Q 2 Q 1 FA 4 4
Xu Xiang 1:08.25 18 Did not advance
Yan Wendi DNF Did not advance
Ji Lijia Snowboard cross, SB-UL 1:03.34 4 Q 1 Q 1 FA 1 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jiang Zihao 1:04.09 10 Q 2 Q 3 FB 3 7
Wang Pengyao 1:03.12 3 Q 1 Q 1 FA 2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yang Jian 1:03.03 2 Q 3 Did not advance
Zhang Yiqi 1:03.89 7 Q 1 Q 2 FA DSQ 4
Zhu Yonggang 1:02.81 1 Q 1 Q 2 FA 3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify to next round; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final

Women
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Position Position Position Rank
Geng Yanhong Snowboard cross, SB-LL2 1:16.36 7 Q 3 Did not advance
Hu Nianjia 1:20.67 10 Q 2 Q 3 FB 3 7
Li Tiantian 1:14.76 6 Q 2 Q 4 FB 2 6
Wang Xinyu 1:21.15 11 Q 3 Did not advance

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify to next round; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final

Wheelchair curling

China automatically qualified as the host.[14][15]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Wang Haitao
Chen Jianxin
Zhang Mingliang
Yan Zhou
Sun Yulong
Mixed tournament  CAN
L 3–7
 SWE
L 1–5
 EST
W 9–3
 KOR
W 9–4
 SUI
W 7–4
 USA
W 10–2
 SVK
W 7–5
 NOR
W 7–4
 GBR
W 6–3
 LAT
W 9–2
1 Q  CAN
W 9–5
 SWE
W 8–3
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Round robin Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC
 China Wang Haitao 8 2 68 39 36 28 2 13 71% 122.32
 Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 7 3 2–0 65 57 40 33 1 16 65% 95.19
 Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl 7 3 1–1 66 52 37 35 3 18 68% 91.08
 Canada Mark Ideson 7 3 0–2 69 50 36 33 2 11 71% 95.29
 United States Matthew Thums 5 5 1–0 60 75 32 39 2 6 60% 70.98
 South Korea Go Seung-nam 5 5 0–1 64 59 35 37 0 11 64% 103.20
 Norway Jostein Stordahl 4 6 2–0 60 64 37 38 2 13 64% 107.82
 Great Britain Hugh Nibloe 4 6 1–1 67 56 37 36 0 16 62% 134.75
 Latvia Poļina Rožkova 4 6 0–2 61 71 40 32 0 18 63% 100.43
 Estonia Andrei Koitmäe 3 7 51 69 32 41 2 13 61% 106.21
 Switzerland Laurent Kneubühl 1 9 48 87 32 42 0 8 56% 109.27
Wheelchair curling round robin summary table
Pos. Country Canada China Estonia Great Britain Japan Norway Slovakia South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States Record
4  Canada 7–3 9–3 6–3 10–3 7–6 8–9 4–9 3–6 8–4 7–4 7–3
1  China 3–7 9–3 6–3 9–2 7–4 7–5 9–4 1–5 7–4 10–2 8–2
10  Estonia 3–9 3–9 5–10 6–5 8–3 6–7 2–5 4–6 8–6 6–9 3–7
8  Great Britain 3–6 3–6 10–5 8–4 5–7 3–7 6–8 4–6 15–1 10–6 4–6
9  Latvia 3–10 2–9 5–6 4–8 6–8 8–4 8–4 9–7 9–7 7–8 4–6
7  Norway 6–7 4–7 3–8 7–5 8–6 9–3 4–9 6–8 8–5 5–6 4–6
2  Slovakia 9–8 5–7 7–6 7–3 4–8 3–9 7–2 6–5 8–6 9–3 7–3
6  South Korea 9–4 4–9 5–2 8–6 4–8 9–4 2–7 10–4 7–8 6–7 5–5
3  Sweden 6–3 5–1 6–4 6–4 7–9 8–6 5–6 4–10 9–2 10–7 7–3
11  Switzerland 4–8 4–7 6–8 1–15 7–9 5–8 6–8 8–7 2–9 5–8 1–9
5  United States 4–7 2–10 9–6 6–10 8–7 6–5 3–9 7–6 7–10 8–5 5–5
Semifinal

Friday, March 11, 14:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 3 2 0 X 9
 Canada (Ideson) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 X 5
Final

Saturday, March 12, 14:35

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 X 8
 Sweden (Petersson-Dahl) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 3

See also

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