Hong Kong at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Hong Kong competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, marking the territory's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut as a British colony in 1952.[1] More medals were won at the 2020 Summer Olympics by athletes representing Hong Kong than ever before, and Hong Kong also won its first gold medal since the handover back to China.[2]

Hong Kong at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeHKG
NOCSports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Websitewww.hkolympic.org (in Chinese and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors46 in 13 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Tse Ying Suet
Cheung Ka Long
Flag bearer (closing)Grace Lau
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Cheung Ka Long Fencing Men's foil 26 July
  Silver Siobhan Haughey Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle 28 July
  Silver Siobhan Haughey Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle 30 July
  Bronze Doo Hoi Kem
Lee Ho Ching
Minnie Soo Wai Yam
Table tennis Women's team 5 August
  Bronze Grace Lau Karate Women's kata 5 August
  Bronze Lee Wai Sze Cycling Women's Sprint 8 August

Competitors

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The following list specifies the number of competitors for Hong Kong in each sport.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1 2
Badminton 2 2 4
Cycling 1 5 6
Equestrian 1 0 1
Fencing 4 4 8
Golf 0 1 1
Gymnastics 1 0 1
Karate 0 1 1
Rowing 0 1 1
Sailing 1 2 3
Swimming 2 7 9
Table tennis 4 4 8
Triathlon 1 0 1
Total 18 28 46

Athletics

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Hong Kong received a male universality slot from IAAF to send one athlete to the Olympics, while one female athlete qualified by world ranking.[3]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Chan Chung Wang Men's 110 m hurdles 14.23 8 Did not advance
Ching Siu Nga Women's 20 km walk 1:37:53 35

Badminton

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Hong Kong entered four badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings: one entry each in the men's and women's singles and a pair in the mixed doubles.[4]

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ng Ka Long Men's singles   Muñoz (MEX)
W (21–9, 21–10)
  Cordón (GUA)
L (20–22, 13–21)
2 Did not advance
Cheung Ngan Yi Women's singles   Polikarpova (ISR)
W (21–15, 15–21, 21–16)
  Sindhu (IND)
L (9–21, 16–21)
2 Did not advance
Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet
Mixed doubles   Chan /
Goh (MAS)
W (21–18, 10–21, 21–16)
  Wang Yy /
Huang Dp (CHN)
L (12–21, 18–21)
  Lamsfuß /
Herttrich (GER)
W (22–20, 20–22, 21–16)
2 Q   Ellis /
Smith (GBR)
W (21–13, 21–18)
  Zheng Sw /
Huang Yq (CHN)
L (16–21, 12–21)
  Watanabe /
Higashino (JPN)
L (17–21, 21–23)
4

Cycling

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Road

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Hong Kong received a spare berth freed up by host nation Japan to send one rider to the men's Olympic road race, as the highest-ranked nation for men, not yet qualified, in the UCI World Ranking.[5][6]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Choy Hiu Fung Men's road race Did not finish

Track

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Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Hong Kong riders obtained spots in the women's omnium and women's madison, as well as the women's sprint and keirin, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.[7]

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Round 3 Repechage 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Lee Hoi Yan Women's sprint 11.232
64.103
28 Did not advance
Lee Wai Sze 10.538
68.324
9 Q   Krupeckaitė (LTU)
W 11.196
64.309
Bye   Marchant (GBR)
L
  Godby (USA)
W 11.402
63.147
  Gros (FRA)
W 11.201
64.280
Bye   Marchant (GBR)
W 10.861
W 10.958
  Starikova (UKR)
L, L
  Hinze (GER)
W 11.110
W 11.283
 
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round 3rd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
Lee Hoi Yan Women's keirin 4 4 Did not advance
Lee Wai Sze 3 1 1 5 8
Omnium
Athlete Event Scratch race Tempo race Elimination race Points race Total points Rank
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Points Rank
Pang Yao Women's omnium DNF 16 19 4 16 10 0 DNF −40 DNF
Madison
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Leung Bo Yee
Pang Yao
Women's madison 0 −40 13

Equestrian

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Hong Kong entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition for the first time in 12 years and finished in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group G (Southeast Asia and Oceania).[8]

Eventing

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Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Thomas Heffernan Ho Tayberry Individual 46.70 61 55.60 102.30 48 17.20 119.50 42 Did not advance 119.50 42

Fencing

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For the first time since Seoul 1988, Hong Kong fencers entered a full squad in the men's team foil and women's team épée as the highest-ranked nation from Asia outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.[9]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Cheung Ka Long Men's foil Bye   Mertine (FRA)
W 15–12
  Foconi (ITA)
W 15–3
  Borodachev (ROC)
W 15–14
  Choupenitch (CZE)
W 15–10
  Garozzo (ITA)
W 15–11
 
Cheung Siu Lun   Sanità (GER)
L 14–15
Did not advance
Ryan Choi Bye   Van Haaster (CAN)
W 15–10
  Shikine (JPN)
L 6–15
Did not advance
Cheung Ka Long
Cheung Siu Lun
Ryan Choi
Lawrence Ng Lok Wang
Men's team foil Bye   ROC
L 39–45
Classification semifinal
  Germany (GER)
L 39–45
Seventh place final
  Egypt (EGY)
W 45–21
7
Kaylin Hsieh Women's épée   Murtazaeva (ROC)
L 7–14
Did not advance
Vivian Kong Bye   Doig (PER)
W 15–11
  Knapik-Miazga (POL)
W 15–8
  Murtazaeva (ROC)
L 10–15
Did not advance
Coco Lin   Tikanah (SGP)
L 11–15
Did not advance
Vivian Kong
Kaylin Hsieh
Coco Lin
Chu Ka Mong
Women's team épée   China (CHN)
L 32–44
Classification semifinal
  United States (USA)
L 31–42
Seventh place final
  ROC
W 28–27
7

Golf

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Hong Kong entered one female golfer into the Olympic tournament. Tiffany Chan qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the women's event based on the IGF World Rankings of 29 June 2021.[10]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Tiffany Chan Women's 77 74 69 70 290 +6 =50

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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Hong Kong entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition, London 2012 Olympian Shek Wai Hung who secured one of the three spots available for individual-based gymnasts but did not qualify for the team, the all-around, or the vault exercise at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[11]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Shek Wai Hung Vault 14.274 14.274 12 Did not advance

Karate

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Hong Kong entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world bronze medalist Grace Lau qualified directly for the women's kata category by finishing among the top four karatekas at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.[12]

Athlete Event Elimination round Ranking round Final / BM
Score Rank Score Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Grace Lau Women's kata 26.15 2 Q 26.40 2 Q   Bozan (TUR)
W 26.94–26.52
 

Rowing

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Hong Kong qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by finishing first in the B-final and securing the fourth of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.[13]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Winne Hung Women's single sculls 8:17.79 4 R 8:23.58 2 QF 8:36.37 6 SC/D 7:56.30 6 FD 8:02.79 23

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

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Hong Kong sailors qualified for one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.[14]

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Michael Cheng Men's RS:X 3 8 8 12 8 9 13 22 15 15 15 13 EL 119 13
Hayley Chan Women's RS:X 12 8 13 5 7 6 8 14 7 4 8 3 14 95 8
Stephanie Norton Women's Laser Radial 29 35 37 22 37 33 33 37 41 42 EL 304 39

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; – Discarded race not counted in the overall result

Swimming

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Hong Kong swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[15][16]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ian Ho Men's 50 m freestyle 22.45 32 Did not advance
Men's 100 m freestyle 49.49 34 Did not advance
William Yan Thorley Men's 10 km open water 1:58:33.40 22
Stephanie Au Women's 100 m backstroke 1:01.07 26 Did not advance
Siobhán Haughey Women's 50 m freestyle 24.75 15 Q DNS Did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 52.70 AS 2 Q 52.40 AS 2 Q 52.27 AS  
Women's 200 m freestyle 1:56.48 8 Q 1:55.16 2 Q 1:53.92 AS  
Camille Cheng
Stephanie Au
Ho Nam Wai
Tam Hoi Lam
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:43.52 15 Did not advance
Camille Cheng
Siobhán Haughey
Toto Wong
Jamie Yeung
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 4:02.86 13 Did not advance

Table tennis

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Hong Kong entered six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games, with an additional two alternate athletes for the team tournaments. The men's and women's teams secured one of nine available places, respectively, at the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in each of the men's and women's singles tournament.[17][18] Moreover, an additional berth was awarded to the Hong Kong 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, China.[19]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lam Siu Hang Singles Bye   Afanador (PUR)
W 4–3
  Gnanasekaran (IND)
W 4–3
  Harimoto (JPN)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Wong Chun Ting Bye   Chuang C-y (TPE)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Ho Kwan Kit
Lam Siu Hang
Wong Chun Ting
Team   France (FRA)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Doo Hoi Kem Singles Bye   Shin Y-b (KOR)
W 4–2
  Eerland (NED)
W 4–1
  Chen M (CHN)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Minnie Soo Wai Yam Bye   Xiao (ESP)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Doo Hoi Kem
Lee Ho Ching
Minnie Soo Wai Yam
Team   Brazil (BRA)
W 3–1
  Romania (ROU)
W 3–1
  Japan (JPN)
L 0–3
  Germany (GER)
W 3–1
 
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Wong Chun Ting
Doo Hoi Kem
Doubles   Szudi /
Pergel (HUN)
W 4–0
  Lebesson /
Yuan (FRA)
L 3–4
Did not advance

Triathlon

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Hong Kong entered one triathlete to compete at the Games for the first time since the 2008. British-born Oscar Coggins secured a place in the men's event by topping the list of individual triathletes from Asia and Oceania vying for qualification based on the ITU World Rankings.[20]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total
Oscar Coggins Men's 17:54 0:41 56:29 0:28 33:23 1:48:55 33

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