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. 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.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Cheung Ka Long Fencing Men's foil Siobhan Haughey Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle Siobhan Haughey Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle Doo Hoi KemLee Ho ChingMinnie Soo Wai Yam Table tennis Women's team Grace Lau Karate Women's kata Lee Wai Sze Cycling Women's Sprint
Competitors The following list specifies the number of competitors for Hong Kong in each sport. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1 2Badminton 2 2 4Cycling 1 5 6Equestrian 1 0 1Fencing 4 4 8Golf 0 1 1Gymnastics 1 0 1Karate 0 1 1Rowing 0 1 1Sailing 1 2 3Swimming 2 7 9Table tennis 4 4 8Triathlon 1 0 1 Total 18 28 46
Athletics
Hong Kong received a male universality slot from IAAF to send one athlete to the Olympics, while one female athlete qualified by world ranking.
Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankChan Chung WangMen's 110 m hurdles14.238Did not advanceChing Siu NgaWomen's 20 km walkcolspan="4" 1:37:5335
Badminton
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.
AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNg Ka LongMen's singlesW (21–9, 21–10)L (20–22, 13–21)2Did not advanceCheung Ngan YiWomen's singlesW (21–15, 15–21, 21–16)L (9–21, 16–21)2Did not advanceTang Chun ManTse Ying SuetMixed doublesW (21–18, 10–21, 21–16)L (12–21, 18–21)W (22–20, 20–22, 21–16)2 Q W (21–13, 21–18)L (16–21, 12–21)L (17–21, 21–23)4
Cycling
Road 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.
AthleteEventTimeRankChoy Hiu FungMen's road raceDid not finish
Track 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.
Sprint AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2Round 3Repechage 3QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankWomen's sprint11.23264.10328Did not advance10.53868.3249 QW 11.19664.309L W 11.40263.147W 11.201 64.280W 10.861W 10.958L, LW 11.110W 11.283
Keirin AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd Round3rd RoundFinalRankRankRankRankRankLee Hoi YanWomen's keirin44Did not advanceLee Wai Sze31158
Omnium AthleteEventScratch raceTempo raceElimination racePoints raceTotal pointsRankRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsPointsRank Pang YaoWomen's omnium1619416100−40
Madison AthleteEventPointsLapsRankLeung Bo YeePang YaoWomen's madison0−4013
Equestrian
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).
Eventing AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotalQualifierFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankThomas Heffernan HoTayberryIndividual46.706155.60102.304817.20119.5042Did not advance119.5042
Fencing
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.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankCheung Ka LongMen's foilW 15–12W 15–3W 15–14 W 15–10W 15–11Cheung Siu LunL 14–15Did not advanceRyan ChoiW 15–10L 6–15Did not advanceCheung Ka LongCheung Siu LunRyan ChoiLawrence Ng Lok WangMen's team foilcolspan=2 L 39–45Classification semifinalL 39–45Seventh place finalW 45–217Kaylin HsiehWomen's épéeL 7–14Did not advanceVivian KongW 15–11W 15–8L 10–15Did not advanceCoco LinL 11–15Did not advanceVivian KongKaylin HsiehCoco LinChu Ka MongWomen's team épéecolspan=3 L 32–44Classification semifinalL 31–42Seventh place finalW 28–277
Golf
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.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRankTiffany ChanWomen's77 746970290 +6=50
Gymnastics
Artistic 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.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankShek Wai HungVaultcolspan=3 14.274colspan=2 14.27412Did not advance
Karate
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.
AthleteEventElimination roundRanking roundFinal / ScoreRankScoreRankOppositionResultRankGrace LauWomen's kata 26.15 2 Q 26.40 2 QW 26.94–26.52
Rowing
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.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankWinne HungWomen's single sculls8:17.794 R8:23.582 QF8:36.376 SC/D7:56.306 FD8:02.7923 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
Hong Kong sailors qualified for one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships and the continental regattas.
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112M*Michael ChengMen's RS:X38812891315151513EL11913Hayley ChanWomen's RS:X128135768748314958Stephanie NortonWomen's Laser Radial293537223733333741colspan=2 EL30439 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result
Swimming
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)):
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIan HoMen's 50 m freestyle22.4532Did not advanceMen's 100 m freestyle49.4934Did not advanceWilliam Yan ThorleyMen's 10 km open watercolspan=4 1:58:33.4022Stephanie AuWomen's 100 m backstroke1:01.0726Did not advanceSiobhán HaugheyWomen's 50 m freestyle24.7515 QDid not advanceWomen's 100 m freestyle52.70 AS2 Q52.40 AS2 Q52.27 ASWomen's 200 m freestyle1:56.488 Q1:55.162 Q1:53.92 ASCamille ChengStephanie AuHo Nam WaiTam Hoi LamWomen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay3:43.52 15colspan=2 Did not advanceCamille ChengSiobhán HaugheyToto WongJamie YeungWomen's 4 × 100 m medley relay4:02.8613colspan=2 Did not advance
Table tennis
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. 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.
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLam Siu HangSinglesW 4–3W 4–3L 1–4Did not advanceWong Chun Tingcolspan=3 L 1–4Did not advanceHo Kwan KitLam Siu HangWong Chun TingTeamcolspan=4 L 0–3Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDoo Hoi KemSinglescolspan=3 W 4–2W 4–1 L 2–4Did not advanceMinnie Soo Wai Yamcolspan=2 L 2–4Did not advanceDoo Hoi KemLee Ho ChingMinnie Soo Wai YamTeamcolspan=4 W 3–1W 3–1L 0–3W 3–1
Mixed AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankWong Chun TingDoo Hoi KemDoublesW 4–0L 3–4Did not advance
Triathlon
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.
Athlete Event Time Rank Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) TotalOscar CogginsMen's17:540:4156:290:2833:231:48:5533
References
External links Hong Kong Delegation's Official Website