21-24    Number of Athletes and Referees in Grades by Type of Sports (2001)
                 
              (person)
  Number of       Number of      
Item Athletes International Master First Referees International National First
  in Grades Master of Grade in Grades Referees Referees Grade
    of Sports Sports Sportsman       Referees
                 
  Total               89104 100 884 2509 62181 13 564 4717
    Track and Field    45466 9 79 366 20381 6 9 730
    Swimming           4583 5 118 336 1589 81 173
    Diving             151 3 14 12 50 3 24
    Water Polo         36 35 1
    Weightlifting      1780 2 36 85 386 59
    Gymnastics         454 2 31 86 285 1 27 145
    Artistic Gymnastics 282 3 33 33 3 16
    Shooting           1324 3 70 267 405 3 51
    Archery            250 6 34 91 17 46
    Wrestling          681 34 63 120 27
    Judo               973 34 63 212 32
    Cycling            179 10 2 140 8 79
    Fencing            232 1 17 18 57 10 44
    Rowing             208 2 20 8 51 27
    Canoeing           260 37 16 104 19 60
    Sailing            15 6 2 1
    Wind Surfing       29 2 6 25 3
    Ice Hockey         300 20 70 202 2 5 20
    Speed Skating      707 21 73 158 5 15
    Basketball         5894 39 54 14923 1 63 741
    Volleyball         1781 2 46 63 1862 57 100
    Football           3497 49 91 2896 26 357
    Table Tennis       4699 26 157 3855 11 282
    Badminton          792 5 38 28 778 46 96
    Tennis             174 2 30 473 26 139
    Handball           166 30 18 10
    Baseball           170 8 26 32 12
    Softball           168 3 18 15 26 13
    Billiards          8 279 1 6 64
    Acrobatic          75 6 13 19 9 9
    Gymnastics       
    International Chess                  119 4 9 182 1 26 6
    Chinese Chess      602 5 8 606 16
    Weiqi              492 5 340 23
    Bridge             114 2 1
    Wu Shu             4038 56 119 2744 1 394
    Motorcycling       9 1 21 8 4
    Radio Goniometry   408 7 1 13 43 3 8
    Web Swimming       39 2 5 4 7 3
    Model Ship Sailing 86 2 2 5 117 2
    Model Airplane     99 6 2 9 198 2 19