The People's Republic of China competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, after the territory's return to Chinese rule in 1997, and which competed separately as Hong Kong, China. 271 competitors, 91 men and 180 women, took part in 163 events in 28 sports. China finished for the first time in the top 3 with 28 gold medals. China also broke the record for the most gold medals won by Asian countries at a single Summer Olympics (28), which was previously set by Japan in 1964 (16) and by China in 1992 (16) and 1996 (16). Medalists Results by event Unless otherwise indicated, all results are derived from the Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad. Archery Defending silver medalist He Ying was defeated by one of the Korean women in the round of 16. Individual events Teams Athletics Men's track Men's field Women's track Women's field Badminton Men Singles Doubles Women Singles Doubles Mixed doubles Basketball Men's Team Roster Guo Shiqiang Hu Weidong Li Nan Li Qun Li Xiaoyong Liu Yudong Mengke Bateer Sun Jun Wang Zhizhi Yao Ming Zhang Jingsong Zheng Wu Results Group A Summary Preliminary round 9/10th classification match Beach volleyball Boxing Cycling Road Cross-country Track Sprint Time trial Diving China won ten medals at the diving competition — five gold medals and five silver medals. Fu Mingxia, who had retired after the 1996 Olympics, came back to win a gold and silver medal and became the first woman to win five Olympic medals. Men Women Fencing Thirteen fencers, six men and seven women, represented China in 2000. Men Women Football The Chinese women's team finished fifth overall in the competition. Women's tournament Team Roster Bai Jie Fan Yunjie Gao Hong Jin Yan Liu Ailing Liu Ying Pu Wei Sun Wen – Top scorer (4 goals) Wang Liping Wen Lirong Xie Huilin Zhang Ouying Zhao Lihong Group stage Gymnastics Men's artistic Team Individual events Women's artistic Team The Chinese women's gymnastics team won the bronze medal but their medals were stripped ten years later, in 2010, due to Dong Fangxiao's age at the time of the competition. Their bronze medals were awarded to the United States' team. Individual events Hockey Women's Team Competition Team Roster Cai Xuemei Chen Zhaoxia Cheng Hui Hou Xiaolan Huang Junxia Liu Lijie Long Fengyu Nie Yali Shen Lihong