This Day, That Year

The item from July 31, 1984, in China Daily showed pistol shooter Xu Haifeng receiving the first gold medal for China in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

China went on to win 15 gold, eight silver and nine bronze medals at the 1984 Games.

Since then, the country has won more than 200 golds. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Chinese athletes won the most gold medals - 51, 15 more than the United States.