China at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

China entered 21 swimmers.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dong Zhihao	100 metre breaststroke	59.97	13 Q	1:00.45	16	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:11.13	7 Q	2:09.16	2 Q	2:07.94
Fei Liwei	400 metre freestyle	3:47.06	13	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	7:51.18	16
	1500 metre freestyle	14:54.36	7 Q			14:50.51	7
Ji Xinjie	200 metre freestyle	1:47.13	12 Q	1:46.92	12	Did not advance
Pan Zhanle	50 metre freestyle	Did not start		Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	47.82	1 Q	47.73	1 Q	47.53
	200 metre freestyle	1:51.03	38	Did not advance
Wang Haoyu	100 metre freestyle	48.61	9 Q	48.11	6 Q	48.06	7
Wang Xizhe	100 metre butterfly	53.10	24	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	1:59.32	23
Xu Yifan	50 metre backstroke	26.37	33	Did not advance
Zhang Zhanshuo	400 metre freestyle	3:46.46	10	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	7:55.86	23
	1500 metre freestyle	15:20.69	21
	200 metre individual medley	1:59.87	7 Q	1:58.98	8 Q	1:59.17	8
	400 metre individual medley	4:19.86	12	—		Did not advance
Pan Zhanle Ji Xinjie Zhang Zhanshuo Wang Haoyu	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.07	4 Q	—		3:11.08
	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:06.93	1 Q			7:01.84 NR
Xu Yifan Dong Zhihao Wang Xizhe Ji Xinjie	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:36.68	12			Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ai Yanhan	100 metre freestyle	55.19	15 WD	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	1:58.06	5 Q	1:57.33	10 Q	1:57.53	8
Chen Xin	100 metre backstroke	1:02.49	23	Did not advance
Chen Jie	50 metre backstroke	28.67	18	Did not advance
Gong Zhenqi	100 metre butterfly	59.87	20	Did not advance
Li Bingjie	200 metre freestyle	1:57.16	1 Q	1:57.13	7 WD	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:04.65	1 Q	—		4:01.62
	1500 metre freestyle	16:13.61	3 Q			15:56.62
Lyu Yue	50 metre freestyle	25.10	15 Q	25.04	15	Did not advance
Ma Yonghui	800 metre freestyle	8:37.66	12	—		Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:09.50	3 Q	2:08.73	5 Q	2:08.77	5
Mao Yihan	400 metre individual medley	4:46.88	12	—		Did not advance
Sun Mingxia	200 metre backstroke	2:11.79	10 Q	2:12.07	14	Did not advance
Tang Qianting	50 metre breaststroke	29.93	2 Q	29.80 AS	2 Q	29.51 AS
	100 metre breaststroke	1:06.16	1 Q	1:05.36	1 Q	1:05.27 NR
Yang Peiqi	400 metre freestyle	4:06.82	7 Q	—		4:05.73	6
	800 metre freestyle	8:36.75	10			Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	16:14.85	6 Q			16:13.08	6
Yang Chang	50 metre breaststroke	31.02	13 Q	30.86	11	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke	1:06.80	5 Q	1:06.27	3 Q	1:06.75	7
Yu Yiting	50 metre butterfly	26.06	10 Q	25.81	4 WD	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:11.53	4 Q	2:08.83	3 Q	2:09.01
Ai Yanhan Ma Yonghui Gong Zhenqi Lyu Yue	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:41.75	7	—		3:41.11	7
Ai Yanhan Gong Zhenqi Li Bingjie Yang Peiqi Ma Yonghui	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:54.38	1 Q			7:47.26
Sun Mingxia Tang Qianting Yu Yiting Ai Yanhan Yang Chang	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.22	5 Q			3:59.16	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pan Zhanle Wang Haoyu Li Bingjie Yu Yiting Ji Xinjie Ai Yanhan	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:24.47 AS	1 Q	—		3:21.18 AS
Chen Jie Dong Zhihao Yu Yiting Ji Xinjie	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:48.16	11			Did not advance

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
China	Men's tournament	Greece L 6–24	France L 9–16	Brazil W 10-8	3 QP	Croatia L 4–22	—	Romania L 7–9	Australia L 7–17	12
China	Women's tournament	Spain L 5–18	France W 11–10	Greece L 9–22	3 QP	Netherlands L 14–16	—	Great Britain W 16–10	New Zealand L 15-16	10

Team roster

The following is the Chinese roster.^[3]

Head coach: Ivan Asič

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	0	60	22	+38	9	Quarterfinals
2	France	3	2	0	0	1	44	33	+11	6	Playoffs
3	China	3	1	0	0	2	25	48	−23	3
4	Brazil	3	0	0	0	3	23	49	−26	0	13–16th place semifinals

5 February 2024 10:30	Report[dead link]	China	6–24	Greece	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–6, 3–7, 2–7
		Xie 2	Goals	Genidounias 5

7 February 2024 09:00	Report[dead link]	France	16–9	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Andreia Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 2–1, 7–3
		Vernoux 6	Goals	Chen Z. 3

9 February 2024 20:30	Report	Brazil	8–10	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 1–3, 2–4
		Freitas 3	Goals	Chen Z. 3

Playoffs

11 February 2024 12:00	Report	Croatia	22–4	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–1, 6–1, 6–0
		Kharkov 4	Goals	four players 1

9–12th place semifinals

13 February 2024 12:00	Report	China	7–9	Romania	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: György Kun (HUN), Andreia Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 1–4, 2–2
		Chen Z., Zhang C. 3	Goals	Georgescu 3

Eleventh place game

15 February 2024 09:00	Report	China	7–17	Australia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Andreia Stanojević (SRB), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 2–8, 0–4, 1–4, 4–1
		Chen Z. 3	Goals	Maksimović, Mercep 4

Team roster

The following is the Chinese roster.^[4]

Head coach: Juan Jané

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	48	20	+28	9	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	0	1	41	31	+10	6	Playoffs
3	China	3	0	1	0	2	20	46	−26	2
4	France	3	0	0	1	2	19	31	−12	1	13–16th place semifinals

4 February 2024 10:30	Report	China	5–18	Spain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Ashley Kaeshler (AUS), Andreia Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–5, 1–4, 0–6
		Lu 2	Goals	Crespí 4

6 February 2024 09:00	Report	France	10–11	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Helen Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 3–3, 1–0  PSO: 4–5
		Battu, Bouloukbakchi 2	Goals	Zhang J. 5

8 February 2024 20:30	Report[dead link]	Greece	22–9	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lucas Letshabo (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 7–2, 4–2, 6–1, 5–4
		Ninou, Plevritou 4	Goals	Deng 3

Playoffs

10 February 2024 12:00	Report	Netherlands	16–14	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Lucas Letshabo (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–2, 5–4, 3–3
		three players 3	Goals	Lu 5

9–12th place semifinals

12 February 2024 12:00	Report	China	15–10	Great Britain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–3, 2–1, 4–4
		three players 3	Goals	Turner 4

Ninth place game

14 February 2024 10:30	Report[dead link]	China	15–16	New Zealand	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–5, 3–4, 5–3
		Lu 5	Goals	Houghton 5