The People's Republic of China competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. It was the first appearance at the Summer Games for the country after its mostly symbolic presence at the Summer Games in 1952 during which the dispute between the Republic of China and the PRC resulted in the former withdrawing all its athletes. After 1952 and until these games, the PRC boycotted the Olympics due to the Taiwan's presence as the Republic of China. In 1984, the Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei and the PRC competed as China. Due to the then ongoing Sino-Soviet split, China did not participate in the Soviet-led boycott. In the previous games, China participated the United States-led boycott to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, becoming the only communist country to boycott Olympics held by another communist country (Soviet Union).
215 competitors, 132 men and 83 women, took part in 105 events in 19 sports. The first gold medal to be awarded at the Los Angeles Olympics was also the first-ever medal to be won by an athlete from China when Xu Haifeng won the 50 m Pistol event. Li Ning won also 6 medals in gymnastics, 3 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze, earning him the nickname "Prince of Gymnasts" in China.
Medalists
The following Chinese competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
Gold
Xu Haifeng
Zeng Guoqiang
Wu Shude
Li Yuwei
Chen Weiqiang
Yao Jingyuan
Wu Xiaoxuan
Luan Jujie
Li Ning (3) Lou Yun Ma Yanhong Volleyball, Women's team competition (Hou Yuzhu, Jiang Ying, Lang Ping, Li Yanjun, Liang Yan, Su Huijuan, Yang Xiaojun, Yang Xilan, Zhang Rongfang, Zheng Meizhu, Zhou Xiaolan, and Zhu Ling) Zhou Jihong.
Silver
Li Lingjuan
Tan Liangde
Zhou Peishun
Lai Runming
Tong Fei
Men's gymnastics team (Lou Yun, Tong Fei, Li Ning, Xu Zhiqiang, Li Xiaoping, Li Yuejiu, Zou Limin) Li Ning Lou Yun
Bronze
Zhu Jianhua
Li Kongzheng
Li Ning
Huang Shiping
Wang Yifu
Wu Xiaoxuan
Women's Gymnastics Team (Ma Yanhong, Zhou Qiurui, Zhou Ping, Chen Yongyan, Huang Qun, Wu Jiani, and Ming Guixiu) Women's Basketball Team Competition (Song Xiaobo, Lijuan Xiu, Chen Yuefang, Zheng Haixia, Qiu Chen, Li Xiaoqin, Zhang Hui, Cong Xuedi, Zhang Yueqin, Ba Yan, Wang Jun, and Liu Qing) Women's Handball Team (Wu Xinjiang, Liu Yumei, Chen Jing, Zhang Weihong, Gao Xiumin, Wang Linwei, Liu Liping, Zhang Peijun, Sun Xiulan, Li Lan, Wang Mingxing, Chen Zheng, Guo Yingze, He Jianping, and Zhu Juefeng).
Archery
The PRC sent six archers to the Olympics. The women's team was more successful than the men's, earning a silver medal and an additional top eight finish.
Women's Individual Competition: Li Lingjuan - 2559 points (→ Silver Medal) Wu Yanan - 2493 points (→ 8th place) Wang Jin - 2445 points (→ 18th place)
Men's Individual Competition: Yong Shan - 2483 points (→ 18th place) Zhang Zheng - 2405 points (→ 36th place) Feng Zemin - 2389 points (→ 38th place)
Athletics
Men's Competition
Men's 100 metres
Yu Zhuanghui
Men's 200 metres
Yu Zhuanghui
Men's 110 metres Hurdles
Yu Zhicheng
Li Jieqiang
Men's 20 km Walk
Zhang Fuxin
Final — 1:32:10 (→ 27th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
Zhang Fuxin
Final — 4:23:39 (→ 15th place)
Men's High Jump
Zhu Jianhua
Qualification — 2.24m
Final — 2.31m (→ Bronze Medal) Liu Yunpeng Qualification — 2.24m Final — 2.29m (→ 7th place) Cai Shu Qualification — 2.24m Final — 2.27m (→ 8th place)
Men's Long Jump
Liu Yuhuang
Qualification — 7.83m
Final — 7.99m (→ 5th place) Wang Shijie Qualification — 7.36m (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's Triple Jump
Zou Zhenxian
Final — 16.83m (→ 4th place)
Men's Pole Vault
Yang Weimin
Qualifying Round — 5.30m
Final — 5.10m (→ 10th place) Ji Zebiao Qualifying Round — 5.10m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
Weng Kangqiang
Final Result — 7662 points (→ 15th place)
Women's Competition
Women's 100 metres Hurdles
Liu Huajin
Women's High Jump
Zheng Dazhen
Qualification — 1.90 m
Final — 1.91 m (→ 7th place) Yang Wenqin Qualification — 1.90 m Final — 1.88 m (→ 9th place) Ge Ping Qualification — 1.84 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's Long Jump
Liao Wenfen
Qualification — 6.16 m (→ did not advance, 15th place)