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Hong Kong at the Olympics

Participation of athletes from Hong Kong in the Olympic Games

Hong Kong at the Olympics is a history which began in 1952.

Hong Kong at the
Olympics
IOC codeHKG
NOCSports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Websitewww.hkolympic.org (in Chinese and English)
Medals
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
10
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Hong Kong was HOK.[1] It is now HKG.[2]

History

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Hong Kong was first at the Olympic Games in 1952, then as a British colony. Hong Kong has been at every Summer Olympic Games since then except for the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. They have also been in the Winter Olympic Games since 2002.

The National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Hong Kong was formed 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.

After the sovereignty of Hong Kong was passed to the People's Republic of China in 1997, the NOC has been named Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong is separate at the Olympics by its own choice.

In 2008, Hong Kong was the site of the equestrian venues for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Medalists

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Competitors from Hong Kong have won Olympic gold medals three times:

Medal Name Games Sport Event
1  Gold Lee Lai Shan 1996 Atlanta Sailing Women's sailboard
1  Gold Cheung Ka Long 2020 Tokyo Fencing Men's Foil
1  Gold


Vivian Kong 2024 Paris Fencing Women's Epee
2  Silver Ko Lai Chak and Li Ching 2004 Athens Table tennis Men's doubles
2  Silver Siobhan Haughey 2020 Tokyo Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle
2  Silver Siobhan Haughey 2020 Tokyo Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle
3  Bronze Lee Wai Sze 2012 London Cycling Women's Keirin
3  Bronze Doo Hoi Kem
Lee Ho Ching
Minnie Soo Wai Yam		 2020 Tokyo Table tennis Women's team
3  Bronze Grace Lau 2020 Tokyo Karate Women's kata
3  Bronze Lee Wai Sze 2020 Tokyo Cycling Women's Sprint
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References

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  1. ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/20120212112626/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]]; retrieved 2012-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Abbreviations, National Olympic Committees," 2009 Annual Report, p. 91 [PDF p. 92 of 94]; retrieved 2012-10-12.

Further reading

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  • Monique Berlioux, ed. (February 1977). "Hong Kong and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (112). Lausanne: International Olympic Committee: 104–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2011-07-13.

Other websites

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