1997 National Games of China

8th National Games of the People's Republic of China

Host city	Shanghai
Country	China
Opening	12 October 1997
Closing	24 October 1997
Opened by	Jiang Zemin (CCP General Secretary & President)
Main venue	Shanghai Stadium

The Eighth National Games of the People’s Republic of China was held in Shanghai from October 12 to 24, 1997.^[1] The participating delegations included 46 delegations from all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, the People’s Liberation Army, and 13 trade associations. It was the first time that the SAR Hong Kong and the Chongqing Municipality have organized a team to participate in the National Games.

Events

There were 28 major events in the competition, with a total of 319 minor events

•  Aquatics (details)
  • Diving
  • Swimming
  • Synchronized swimming
  • Water polo
•  Archery (details)
•  Athletics (details)
•  Badminton (details)
•  Baseball (details)
•  Basketball (details)
•  Beach volleyball (details)
•  Boxing (details)
•  Canoeing (details)
•  Cycling (details)
•  Equestrian (details)
•  Fencing (details)
•  Football (details)
•  Gymnastics (details)
  • Artistic gymnastics
  • Rhythmic gymnastics
•  Handball (details)
•  Hockey (details)
•  Judo (details)
•  Modern pentathlon (details)
•  Rowing (details)
•  Sailing (details)
  • Sailing
  • Windsurfing
•  Shooting (details)
•  Skating (details)
  • Short speed skating
  • Long speed skating
•  Softball (details)
•  Table tennis (details)
•  Tennis (details)
•  Volleyball (details)
•  Weightlifting (details)
•  Wrestling (details)
•  Wushu (details)
•  Yachting (details)

Medal table

Rank	Delegation	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Shanghai	42	34	32
2	Liaoning	39.5	43.5	29.5
3	Shandong	25	22	25
4	Guangdong	24.5	31.5	37.5
4	People's Liberation Army	24.5	25.5	24.5
5	Jiangsu	23.0	15.0	24.0
6	Beijing	20.0	33.0	12.5
7	Jilin	19.0	9.5	6.0
8	Hunan	17.5	10.0	13.5
9	Zhejiang	17.0	10.0	7.5
10	Henan	14.5	11.0	20.0
11	Sichuan	12.5	20.5	18.0
12	Guangxi	12.5	11.0	7.5
13	Hubei	12.5	10.5	9.0
14	Heilongjiang	9.5	11.0	8.0
15	Inner Mongolia	9.5	9.0	9.0
16	Shanxi	8.0	7.0	8.0
17	Jiangxi	8.0	4.0	3.0
18	Hebei	6.5	5.5	17.5
19	Tianjin	5.5	10.0	8.0
20	Anhui	5.5	4.5	10.0
21	Fujian	5.0	8.0	8.0
22	Gansu	4.0	4.5	6.0
23	Xinjiang	3.0	3.0	5.0
24	Guizhou	2.5	3.0	3.5
25	Locomotive	2.0	1.0	3.0
26	Hong Kong	2.0	0	0
27	Shaanxi	1.5	6.5	1.0
28	Vanguard	1.0	5.0	3.0
29	Yunnan	1.0	3.5	5.0
30	Tibet	1.0	0	0
31	Qinghai	0.5	2.0	0
32	Chongqing	0	2.5	2.5
32	Finance	0	1.0	0
33	Hainan	0	0	2.0
34	Ningxia	0	0	1.0
35	Water	0	0	1.0

References

1. "中华人民共和国第八届运动会" [The 8th Games of the People's Republic of China]. Sina Sports (in Chinese). 2005. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2021-10-08.