Hong Kong at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. It was the territory's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics and, at the opening ceremony, its team was the last to enter the stadium before the host nation because of the use of the Greek alphabet.

Hong Kong at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HKG
NOC	Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Website	www.hkolympic.org (in Chinese and English)
in Athens
Competitors	32 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai (opening) Li Ching and Ko Lai Chak (closing)
Medals Ranked 65th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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The Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China sent a total of 32 athletes to the Games, 18 women and 14 men, to compete in 10 sports, a single athlete more than four years earlier. For the first time in Olympic history, Hong Kong was represented by more female than male athletes. Thirteen of them had previously competed in Sydney, including track cyclist Wong Kam Po, Mistral windsurfer and 1996 Olympic champion Lee Lai Shan, and backstroke swimmer Sherry Tsai, who eventually became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1]

Hong Kong left Athens with a silver medal won by table tennis players Ko Lai Chak and Li Ching in the men's doubles tournament.^[2][3]

Medalists

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Ko Lai Chak Li Ching	Table tennis	Men's doubles	August 21

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[4][5]

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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chiang Wai Hung	100 m	10.70	6	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ng Wei	Men's singles	Lee C W (MAS) L 3–15, 13–15	Did not advance
Ling Wan Ting	Women's singles	Cheng S-C (TPE) L 9–11, 8–11	Did not advance
Wang Chen		Blanco (PER) W 11–1, 11–4	Jie Y (NED) W 8–11, 13–10, 11–8	Zhang N (CHN) L 11–9, 6–11, 7–11	Did not advance
Koon Wai Chee Li Wing Mui	Women's doubles	—	Emms / Kellogg (GBR) L 4–15, 4–15	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Wong Kam Po	Men's road race	Did not finish

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Wong Kam Po	Men's points race	2	0	20

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lau Kwok Kin	Individual foil	McGuire (CAN) L 14–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chan Ying Man	Individual foil	Varga (HUN) L 3–15	Did not advance
Chow Tsz Ki	Individual sabre	E Jacobson (USA) L 11–15	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Law Hiu Fung	Single sculls	7:28.16	3 R	7:10.72	2 SA/B/C	7:17.52	6 FC	7:10.75	18
Lo Ting Wai So Sau Wah	Lightweight double sculls	6:43.49	5 R	6:41.09	5 SC/D	6:37.03	4	Did not advance

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; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Chi Ho Ho	Mistral	21	22	13	24	18	3	17	7	21	9	7	138	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Lee Lai Shan	Mistral	3	8	5	1	OCS	3	2	4	5	8	3	42	4

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong has qualified a single shooter.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lo Ka Kay	10 m air pistol	371	34	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chi Kin Daniel Tam	100 m breaststroke	1:05.11	44	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:19.48	41	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yu Ning Elaine Chan	50 m freestyle	27.48	47	Did not advance
Wing Suet Sandy Chan	200 m butterfly	2:18.45	29	Did not advance
Sze Hang Yu	200 m freestyle	2:07.55	39	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:02.42	32	Did not advance
Hiu Wai Sherry Tsai	100 m backstroke	1:04.25	30	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:19.83	28	Did not advance
Hannah Jane Arnett Wilson	100 m freestyle	57.33	34	Did not advance
Tsz Wa Yvonne Yip	100 m breaststroke	1:14.53	39	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Eight Hong Kong table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ko Lai Chak	Singles	Bye	Kamal (IND) W 4–0	Korbel (CZE) W 4–3	Persson (SWE) W 4–1	Wang Lq (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Leung Chu Yan		Bye	O Il (PRK) W 4–1	Maze (DEN) W 4–1	Samsonov (BLR) W 4–3	Ryu S-M (KOR) L 2–4	Did not advance
Li Ching		Bye	Monteiro (BRA) W 4–1	Schlager (AUT) L 2–4	Did not advance
Cheung Yuk Leung Chu Yan	Doubles	—	Bye		Mazunov / Smirnov (RUS) L 0–4	Did not advance
Ko Lai Chak Li Ching		—	Bye		Joo S-H / Oh S-E (KOR) W 4–1	Grujić / Karakašević (SCG) W 4–1	Mazunov / Smirnov (RUS) W 4–2	Chen Q / Ma L (CHN) L 2–4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lau Sui-fei	Singles	Bye		Ganina (RUS) W 4–2	Zhang Yn (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Lin Ling		Bye		Zamfir (ROM) L 2–4	Did not advance
Tie Ya Na		Bye		Tóth (HUN) W 4–1	Kim H-H (PRK) W 4–1	Kim K-A (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Lau Sui-fei Lin Ling	Doubles	Bye		Fadeyeva / Melnik (RUS) W 4–2	Fujinuma / Umemura (JPN) L 2–4	Did not advance
Song Ah Sim Tie Ya Na		Bye			Ganina / Palina (RUS) W 4–0	Wang N / Zhang Yn (CHN) L 2–4	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong has qualified a single triathlete.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Daniel Lee	Men's	18:17	0:19	1:05:38	0:19	39:35	2:03:30.39	43

See also

• Hong Kong at the 2002 Asian Games
• Hong Kong at the 2004 Summer Paralympics