China at the 2020 Summer Olympics
[7] Chinese archers qualified each for the men's and women's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of their respective team recurves at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[8] The Chinese archery team, led by Rio 2016 Olympians Wang Dapeng and Wu Jiaxin, was named to the Tokyo 2020 roster on 27 April 2021.Vying for qualification as the next highest-ranked country across all regions, the men's épée team accepted a spare berth freed up by Africa to complete the route in the rankings.Xu Yingming (men's sabre) and Chen Qingyuan (women's foil) secured additional places on the Chinese team as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for individual qualification from Asia and Oceania in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings, while the reigning Asian Games gold medalist Huang Mengkai rounded out the Chinese roster by winning the final match of the men's foil at the Asia and Oceania Zonal Qualifier in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[38] China qualified one gymnast each for the men's and women's trampoline by finishing in the top eight, respectively, at the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.Asian Games bronze medalist Luo Shuai and champion Zhang Mingyu confirmed places each in the men's and women's event, respectively, with the former finishing second and the latter fourth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 Asia & Oceania Championships in Kunming.Zhang Xin was automatically selected among the top 16 eligible skateboarders in the women's park based on the World Skate Olympic Rankings of June 30, 2021.[58][59] Moreover, an additional berth was awarded to the Chinese table tennis players competing in the inaugural mixed doubles by advancing to the semifinal stage of the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Zhengzhou.[60] * On August 1, Liu Shiwen, originally set to compete in the women's team, was replaced by Wang Manyu after suffering a recurring elbow injury from the mixed doubles.Zhou Lijun scored a gold-medal victory over Great Britain's two-time defending champion Jade Jones to book an Olympic spot in the women's lightweight final (57 kg) of the 2019 World Grand Slam series.Meanwhile, double Olympic champion Wu Jingyu received a spare berth freed up by the World Grand Slam winner in the women's flyweight category (49 kg), as the next highest-placed taekwondo practitioner, not yet qualified, in the rankings, to round out the Chinese roster for her fourth straight Games.Sun Hongyi completed the Chinese taekwondo roster by finishing in the top-two final of the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.China women's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.