Sport in Hong Kong

Commonwealth Games

Hong Kong, when it was a British colony, competed at the Commonwealth Games from 1934 until 1994, picking up a number of medals on the way, including in Lawn Bowls.

File:HKCGA.gif Hong Kong Commonwealth Games Association logo

Olympics and Asian Games

Hong Kong has participated in all Summer Olympic Games since the 1952 Games in Helsinki, Finland.

Hong Kong won its first Olympic medal in the 1996 Games in Atlanta, USA. Lee Lai Shan won gold in the women's mistral individual event in sailing. Incidentally, the medal was also the last obtained by Hong Kong while participating as a British colony.

After the Transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997, Hong Kong continue to compete separately from the People's Republic of China team in the Olympics under the name "Hong Kong, China" and under the Bauhinia Region Flag. The territory participated as "Hong Kong, China" and under its new regional flag for the first time in the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia. Hong Kong won its second ever Olympic medal in the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece where Hong Kong won silver in men's doubles event in table tennis.

Hong Kong participated its first Winter Olympic Games in the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, USA. No medal has yet been won from those Games.

In the Asian Games, Hong Kong also sends a separate team from the PRC team.

Hong Kong Jockey Club

The Hong Kong Jockey Club was established at 1844 by the British. The first racecourse was build at Happy Valley. The club only closed for a few years in World War 2, it was closed because the Japanese occupationed in Hong Kong.

The Jocky Club didn't just opearate horse racing, at 1975, lottery Mark Six opearated and around 2002, the club opearated soccer bettings for world's championship. Including the English FA Premier League and World Cup.

Hong Kong Football Club

"Hong Kong soccer is dead" was confirmed when the traditional powerw house "South China" ended second to the last in 2005-06's league. Professional soccer has been shrinking rapidly for the last five years. The Hong Kong Football Association has been having trouble keeping ten professional teams in division 1. A top defender annouced retirement at his early 30s to become a soccer commentator for a steady living. The attendance of a competitive game dropped from 8-10 thousands to may be a thousand today.

Other Sports in Hong Kong

There are many other different sports played in Hong Kong. Including cycling, table tennis, badminton, cricket, tennis, bowling, swimming, fencing, contact sports aka karate, kung fu and many other tradional style of Chinese styles of fighting, shooting, Rugby, running, swimming, volleyball, basketball, rock climbing and many more.