#8 China’s wait till 1984
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The most populated country in the world had to wait till Los Angeles 1984 to win a medal at the Olympics. China participated in Olympics from 1932 to 1948 as a part of Republic of China. It was in the 1952 Summer Games that the Chinese participated in the games in the name of the People’s Republic of China for the first time. They withdrew from the Summer Games till 1984 due to various reasons.
China won their first Olympic gold medal through Xu Haifeng, who won the 50m pistol event. Since then China has been climbing the all-time medal table. The 2008 Beijing Olympics saw the Chinese finish first in the medal standings ahead of the USA, and Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
China is expected to provide tough competition for the USA in Rio 2016 in the battle for first place in the medal tally.
