21-24 Number of Athletes and Referees in Grades by Type of Sports (2000)
								(person)
Item
	Number of	International	Master	First	Number of	International	National	First
	Athletes	Master	of	Grade	Referees	Referees	Referees	Grade
	in Grades	of Sports	Sports	Sportsman	in Grades			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 Chess	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