The People's Republic of China competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. It was the first appearance at the Summer Games for the country after its mostly symbolic presence at the Summer Games in 1952 during which the dispute between the Republic of China and the PRC resulted in the former withdrawing all its athletes. After 1952 and until these games, the PRC boycotted the Olympics due to the Taiwan's presence as the Republic of China. In 1984, the Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei and the PRC competed as China. Due to the then ongoing Sino-Soviet split, China did not participate in the Soviet-led boycott. In the previous games, China participated the United States-led boycott to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, becoming the only communist country to boycott Olympics held by another communist country (Soviet Union). 215 competitors, 132 men and 83 women, took part in 105 events in 19 sports. The first gold medal to be awarded at the Los Angeles Olympics was also the first-ever medal to be won by an athlete from China when Xu Haifeng won the 50 m Pistol event. Li Ning won also 6 medals in gymnastics, 3 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze, earning him the nickname "Prince of Gymnasts" in China. Medalists The following Chinese. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded. Gold Xu Haifeng Zeng Guoqiang Wu Shude Li Yuwei Chen Weiqiang Yao Jingyuan Wu Xiaoxuan Luan Jujie Li Ning (3) Lou Yun Ma Yanhong Volleyball, Women's team competition (Hou Yuzhu, Jiang Ying, Lang Ping, Li Yanjun, Liang Yan, Su Huijuan, Yang Xiaojun, Yang Xilan, Zhang Rongfang, Zheng Meizhu, Zhou Xiaolan, and Zhu Ling) Zhou Jihong. Silver Li Lingjuan Tan Liangde Zhou Peishun Lai Runming Tong Fei Men's gymnastics team (Lou Yun, Tong Fei, Li Ning, Xu Zhiqiang, Li Xiaoping, Li Yuejiu, Zou Limin) Li Ning Lou Yun Bronze Zhu Jianhua Li Kongzheng Li Ning Huang Shiping Wang Yifu Wu Xiaoxuan Women's Gymnastics Team (Ma Yanhong, Zhou Qiurui, Zhou Ping, Chen Yongyan, Huang Qun, Wu Jiani, and Ming Guixiu) Women's Basketball Team Competition (Song Xiaobo, Lijuan Xiu, Chen Yuefang, Zheng Haixia, Qiu Chen, Li Xiaoqin, Zhang Hui, Cong Xuedi, Zhang Yueqin, Ba Yan, Wang Jun, and Liu Qing) Women's Handball Team (Wu Xinjiang, Liu Yumei, Chen Jing, Zhang Weihong, Gao Xiumin, Wang Linwei,