The People's Republic of China competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 244 competitors, 117 men and 127 women, took part in 144 events in 23 sports.
Medalists
After the olympics, the name "Five Golden Flowers" was given to the five medalist swimmers Yang Wenyi (50 meter Freestyle champion), Zhuang Yong (100 meter Freestyle champion), Lin Li (200 meter Individual Medley champion), Qian Hong (100 meter Butterfly champion) and Wang Xiaohong (200 meter Butterfly silver medalist).
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Archery
The People's Republic of China sent three men and three women to Barcelona for archery. Just as in 1984, the women were the more successful squad, winning the team silver. All three qualified for the elimination rounds, with one falling in the first round, another dropping in the second, and Wang Xiaozhu making it all the way to the semifinals before being defeated. In contrast, the men lost their first team match and only one qualified for individual eliminations.
Women's Individual Competition: Wang Xiaozhu - bronze medal match, 4th place (3-2) Ma Xiangjun - round of 16, 12th place (1-1) Wang Hong - round of 32, 31st place (0-1)
Men's Individual Competition: Fu Shengjun - round of 32, 29th place (0-1) Hao Wei - ranking round, 51st place (0-0) Liang Qiang - ranking round, 58th place (0-0)
Women's Team Competition
Wang, Ma, and Wang - final, silver medal (3-1)
Men's Team Competition
Fu, Hao, and Liang - round of 16, 12th place (0-1)
Athletics
Men's 110 metres Hurdles
Li Tong
Men's 20 km Walk
Chen Shaoguo — 1:24:06 (→ 5th place) Li Mingcai — DNF (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km Walk
Li Mingcai — did not start (→ no ranking)
Men's Long Jump
Huang Geng
Qualification — 8.22 m
Final — 7.87 m (→ 8th place) Chen Zunrong Qualification — 7.93 m Final — 7.75 m (→ 10th place)
Men's Triple Jump
Zou Sixin
Qualification — 17.07 m
Final — 17.00 m (→ 8th place) Chen Yanping Qualification — 15.66 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
Zhang Lianbiao
Qualification — 73.86 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
Bi Zhong
Qualification — 74.30 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
Yu Wenge
Qualification — 59.42 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 metres
Xiao Yehua
Gao Han
Tian Yumei
Women's 200 metres
Chen Zhaojing
Women's 1,500 metres
Qu Yunxia
Liu Li
Women's 10,000 metres
Zhong Huandi
Heat — 32:04.46
Final — 31:21.08 (→ 4th place) Wang Xiuting Heat — 32:31.91 Final — 31:28.06 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100 metres Hurdles
Zhang Yu
Zhu Yuqing
Women's 10 km Walk
Chen Yueling
Final — 44:32 (→ Gold Medal) Li Chunxiu Final — 44:41 (→ Bronze Medal) Cui Yingzi Final — 45:15 (→ 5th place)
Women's Long Jump
Yang Juan
Heat — 6.49 m (→ did not advance) Liu Shuzhen Heat — 6.44 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
Min Chunfeng
Heat — 62.48m
Final — 60.82m (→ 11th place) Qiu Qiaoping Heat — 59.32m (→ did not advance)
Women's Shot Put
Huang Zhihong
Zhou Tianhua
Zhen Wenhua
Women's Javelin Throw
Xu Demei
Ha Xiaoyan
Women's Heptathlon
Zhu Yuqing
Badminton
Basketball
Men's competition
Preliminary Round (Group B) Lost to Lithuania (75-112) Lost to Puerto Rico (68-100) Lost to Unified Team (84-100) Lost to Australia (66-88) Lost to Venezuela (88-96) Classification Matches 9th/12th place: Lost to Angola (69-79) 11th/12th place: Lost to Venezuela (97-100) → 12th place Team Roster Adiljan Jun Gong Xiaobin Hu Weidong Li Chunjiang Ma Jian Shan Tao Song Ligang Sun Fengwu Sun Jun Wang Zhidan Wu Qinglong Zhang Yongjun
Women's competition
Preliminary Round (Group B) Defeated Spain (66-63) Lost to United States (67-93) Defeated Czechoslovakia (72-70) Semifinals Defeated Cuba (109-70) Final Lost to Unified Team (66-76) → Silver Medal Team Roster Cong Xuedi He Jun Li Dongmei Li Xin Liu Jun Liu Qing Peng Ping Wang Fang Zhan Shuping Zheng Dongmei Zheng Haixia
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Liu Gang First Round — Lost to Héctor Avila (DOM), RSC-2 (02:38)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Zhang Guangping First Round — Lost to Slimane Zengli (ALG), 0:4
Men's Middleweight (– 71 kg) Lu Chao First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Stefan Trendafilov (BUL), RSC-1 (01:45)