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Li Ning has competed for China Li Ning has won 3 gold medals at the Olympic Games Li Ning has won 2 silver medals at the Olympic Games Li Ning has won 1 bronze medal at the Olympic Games

Li Ning is a gymnast who has competed for China. He competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympic Games.

At his nation's Olympic debut in 1984, Li assisted the Chinese men to secure a silver medal in the team all-around event at the expense of his perfect 10s on the pommel horse and rings, losing the title to the Americans by six tenths of a point. He finished third behind the winner Kōji Gushiken and the runner-up Peter Vidmar in a star-studded all-around final. He comfortably scored a perfect 10 to capture the gold over his teammate Lou Yun on the floor exercise and tied for the top spot with Vidmar on the pommel horse and Gushiken on the rings. He also shared a silver medal in a four-way tie with the Japanese duo Gushiken and Shinji Morisue and the American favorite Mitchell Gaylord on the vault, trailing the winner and his teammate Lou by five-eighths of a point. With a total of six medals (three golds, two silver, and a bronze), Li became the most decorated Chinese athlete and the most successful male gymnast of the Games.

Four years later in Seoul, Li and his teammates Lou and Xu Zhiqiang returned to their second Olympics as the co-captains of the fledging Chinese men's team. He struggled to recapture his form from the previous Games with a spate of serious injuries, ending his illustrious Olympic career without a single medal.

Two decades after his last Olympic participation, Li ignited the cauldron at the Beijing 2008 opening ceremony after being hoisted high into the air with cables and miming running around the rim of the stadium.

Li is married to Los Angeles 1984 gymnast and bronze medalist Chen Yongyan.

Olympic Results[]

Year Event Result
1984 Men's individual all-around Bronze
Men's team Silver
Men's floor Gold
Men's vault Silver
Men's parallel bars 6th
Men's horizontal bar 34th
Men's rings Gold
Men's pommel horse Gold
1988 Men's individual all-around 50th
Men's team 4th
Men's floor 5th
Men's vault 86th
Men's parallel bars 84th
Men's horizontal bar 12th
Men's rings 39th
Men's pommel horse 43rd

1984[]

Discipline Stage Score
Individual all-around Qualification 118.450
Final 118.575
Team Final 585.250
(118.450)
Floor Qualification 19.850
Final 19.925
Vault Qualification 19.750
Final 19.825
Parallel bars Qualification 19.750
Final 19.775
Horizontal bar Qualification 19.400
Final Did not advance
Rings Qualification 19.800
Final 19.850
Pommel horse Qualification 19.900
Final 19.950

1988[]

Discipline Stage Score
Individual all-around Qualification 114.950
Final Did not advance
Team Final 585.250
(114.950)
Floor Qualification 19.850
Final 19.800
Vault Qualification 18.400
Final Did not advance
Parallel bars Qualification 18.600
Final Did not advance
Horizontal bar Qualification 19.600
Final Did not advance
Rings Qualification 19.350
Final Did not advance
Pommel horse Qualification 19.150
Final Did not advance
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