The People's Republic of China (PRC) was the host nation at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing which took place from 4 to 20 February 2022. As the host, China sent its largest ever contingent at the Winter Games: 387 personnel, of which 176 were athletes.
Zhao Dan and Gao Tingyu were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Xu Mengtao and Gao Tingyu were the closing-ceremony flagbearers.
The following is a list of the number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
By using their status as host, China has qualified two male and two female alpine skiers.
<small>* â Denotes the driver of the sled</small>
By using their status as host, China qualified four male cross-country skiers. They also qualified four female skiers, and added a fifth through reallocation.
China has qualified their men's team (five athletes) as the host nation.
China had a bye in draws 4, 8, and 12.
Wednesday, 9 February, 20:05
Thursday, 10 February, 14:05
Friday, 11 February, 9:05
Saturday, 12 February, 14:05
Sunday, 13 February, 9:05
Sunday, 13 February, 20:05
Tuesday, 15 February, 9:05
Tuesday, 15 February, 20:05
Wednesday, 16 February, 14:05
China has qualified their women's team (five athletes) as the host nation.
China had a bye in draws 4, 8, and 12.
Thursday, 10 February, 9:05
Thursday, 10 February, 20:05
Friday, 11 February, 14:05
Saturday, 12 February, 20:05
Sunday, 13 February, 14:05
Monday, 14 February, 9:05
Tuesday, 15 February, 14:05
Wednesday, 16 February, 9:05
Wednesday, 16 February, 20:05
China has qualified their mixed doubles team (two athletes) as the host nation.
China had a bye in draws 3, 5, 7, and 12.
Wednesday, 2 February, 20:05
Thursday, 3 February, 9:05
Thursday, 3 February, 20:05
Friday, 4 February, 13:35
Saturday, 5 February, 14:05
Saturday, 5 February, 20:05
Sunday, 6 February, 9:05
Sunday, 6 February, 14:05
Monday, 7 February, 9:05
In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, China secured one quota in the men's and ladies singles, two quotas in pairs, and one quota in the ice dance competition.
China has qualified 25 male and 23 female competitors to the ice hockey tournaments as part of their two teams.
Due to the lack of ice hockey talent in China, players were recruited from abroad. The men's hockey team had eleven Canadians, seven Americans, six Chinese and a Russian. Due to their extremely poor performance, their attendance at the games was in question even though they traditionally automatically qualified as the host.
Summary
China men's national ice hockey team qualified as the host.
China women's national ice hockey team qualified as the host.
As host country, China qualified 1 Nordic combined athlete, and this is the country's debut in the competitions
China qualified all three relays and the maximum of five athletes in each gender.
<small>Qualification legend: FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final</small>
<small>Qualification legend: FA â Qualify to medal round; FB â Qualify to consolation round</small>
China qualified 6 men and 8 women in the speed skating event.