Volleyball at the Summer Olympics tiebreaker in the quarterfinals. China went on to win the title, their third in Olympic history, by beating Serbia in four sets in the gold medal match. In the process, Lang Ping became the first person to win a gold medal as a player in Los Angeles 1984 and repeat the feat now as a coach in Rio de Janeiro. China also became the first team to win the Olympics after losing three matches in the preliminary round. The United States defeated Netherlands 3–1 to capture the bronze medal. The fourteen editions of the women's tournament were won by only
China at the Olympics Olympics first round heats. No Chinese ball-game teams entered the final four, the worst performance in Chinese Summer Olympics history. China won 26 golds and ranked 3rd at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sun Yang won a gold medal in men's 200 m freestyle, becoming the only Chinese male swimmer to have won gold in 2 olympic games. Gong Jinjie and Zhong Tianshi won China's first cycling gold medal in "women's team sprint". Feng Shanshan won China's first golf medal. Chinese women's volleyball team won a third gold medal after 12 years. China won medals in