Number of Athletes and Referees in Grades by Type of Sports (2000)
(person)
Item   Number of     Number of  
  Athletes
in Grades
  Internat- ional Master of Sports
  Mast-er of Spo- rts
  First Grade Sports-man   Referee- sin Grades
  Interna- tional Referees
  National Referees
  First Gr-ade Referees
Total 97011 51 1221 2837 60053 32 713 3569
Track and Field 53745 2 113 309 21075 9 176 848
Swimming 4334 9 108 301 1215
1 169
Diving 387 3 25 10 37

7
Water Polo 47   2 26 6

5
Weightlifting 1632 14 84 134 321

29
Gymnastics 884
78 56 209
12 73
Artistic Gymnastics 324 5 24 46 14
3 7
Shooting 848 3 31 148 236

64
Archery 169
7 37 103

26
Wrestling 591
41 106 220
2 29
Judo 963
20 106 265

55
Cycling 196 3 27 8 62

22
Fencing 154
30 41 19

12
Rowing 178
21 8 22

8
Canoeing 257
21 16 24

13
Sailing 12
1
11

10
Wind Surfing 130
3 6 24

6
Ice Hockey 6


1

 
Speed Skating 271
41 98 84
17 9
Basketball 5162
40 131 14061 1 2 485
Volleyball 1987
23 82 2019

124
Football 3204
46 174 3414 15 350 153
Table Tennis 4365 2 42 151 3352
1 159
Badminton 650 2 28 36 761
3 77
Tennis 134
2 21 299

47
Handball 185 3 36 39 19
5 9
Baseball 193
14 66 21
8 6
Softball 166
34 14 27
12 9
Billiards 133


253

14
Acrobatic 85
27 49 40
1 38
Gymnastics                
International 152

27 86
1 12
Chinese Chess 747 1 1 9 741
15 34
Weiqi 271

6 289

7
Bridge 13


170

17
Wu Shu 3839
47 221 2554 2 54 318
Motorcycling 20


22 1 12 2
Radio Goniometry 204
2 36 76

1
Web Swimming 51
2 12 10
1 5
Model Ship Sailing 132
4 23 36

9
Model Airplane 292
2 99 198

36