Wheelchair racing at the Olympics Olympics, held earlier that year. Athletes who finished in the top three of these competitions did not have the performances included in the overall medal count. However, unofficial medals were awarded to the competitors nevertheless in 1984 by Juan Antonio Samaranch, the International Olympic Committee president. The events were dropped prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and multiple Paralympic gold medallist Chantal Petitclerc stated the decision was a major set-back for the sport, as she favoured its official integration as an Olympic sport. At the inaugural event in 1984 Sharon Hedrick broke the IPC world record to win the women's
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