The 2016 Olympic Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5 to 21, 2016. The Hong Kong, China Delegation attending the Games consisted of 38 athletes and 37 officials, with the athletes competing in nine sports: athletics, badminton, cycling, fencing, golf, rowing, swimming, table tennis and windsurfing.

Hong Kong’s athletes delivered a good performance at the Games. Athletes achieving top eight finishes at the Games included cyclist Lee Wai-sze (6th in Women’s Sprint and 7th in Women’s Keirin) and windsurfer Cheng Chun-leung (8th in Men’s Windsurfing), while both the men’s and women’s table-tennis teams reached the quarter-finals of their events.

A welcome home reception for the Hong Kong, China Delegation to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games was held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre on August 26, 2016.

Five sports venues in convenient locations were selected to host various sports-related activities connected with the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The venues were the Chai Wan Sports Centre, the Smithfield Sports Centre, the Kowloon Park Sports Centre, the Hong Kong Velodrome and the Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Sports Centre. Activities at these venues took place from August 6 to 21, enhancing awareness of and involvement in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games among the community and showing support for the efforts of the Hong Kong athletes at the Games. Each venue was equipped with a large TV wall on which recorded highlights of the Olympics were broadcast daily, along with sports themed 3D panels and exhibition areas. The sites also hosted Olympics-related sessions that included sports demonstrations and play-ins, balloon twisting activities, game booths, variety shows with guest artistes cheering for the athletes, and sports knowledge quizzes. More than 90 000 visitors took part in the different activities held at the Olympic Focal Sites over 16 days.

On August 27, 2016, the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Mainland Olympians Delegation paid a three-day courtesy visit to Hong Kong. The delegation consisted of 45 medallists and other leading athletes, along with 19 coaches and officials. The visit was designed to enable Hong Kong people to share the successes of the Mainland athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and to promote sports exchanges between the Mainland and Hong Kong.

The delegation was arranged into several groups to meet local people up close on August 28. Two groups gave badminton and table tennis demonstrations at Queen Elizabeth Stadium, while another group offered a diving demonstration at Victoria Park Swimming Pool. A total of more than 4 700 people enjoyed the demonstrations and were impressed by the superb athletic skills of the Olympians. At the same time, live television broadcasts of the demonstrations also gave the wider Hong Kong public the chance to enjoy these impressive performances.

Mainland Olympians midway through a spectacular dive during the sports demonstration at Victoria Park Swimming Pool.

Spectators at the sports demonstration at Queen Elizabeth Stadium took part in a sport-for-fun session with badminton Olympic gold medallist Chen Long.

Apart from participating in the demonstrations, the Mainland Olympians in badminton and table tennis also took part in friendly matches with their Hong Kong counterparts, while the Mainland Olympian divers at the diving demonstration also took the chance to share and exchange skills with young local athletes. The visit, warmly welcomed by Hong Kong people, proved a great success.

Mainland Olympic gold medallist Ding Ning displayed her skills in a friendly table-tennis match with young Hong Kong athletes.