The Position of Chinese Olympic Team in Athens Olympic Games and Its' Developing Space Towards to Beijing Olympic Games

China grabbed 32 gold medals with excellent achievem ents and finished at a historical second place in the Athens Olympic Games,which surpassed the Russia,the sports superpower for the first time and being included into the first group of world competitive sports countries.Two years later,the Olympic Games will come back to Beijing,and Chinese people will welcome athletes and coaches from over 200 countries and regions to participate this great event in world sports arena as host country.However,the actual position of Chinese O lympic team in Athens Olympic Games,the gap with other sports superpowers and developing strategy of competitive sports in Beijing Olympic Games will become our concerned issue.Taking the achievements of Chinese Olympic team in Athens Olympic Games and reference of score distribution in the last four Olympic Games,and comparative analysis on strength of other sports power countries,this paper tries to point out the clear position on ranking of Chinese competitive sports in Olympic Games in order to make active preparation in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.