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