Competitive Highlights
He has qualified for two Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Xiao Qin was one of the favorites for the Olympic title on pommel horse, but his dreams were shattered when he fell during the qualification round. He qualified for the horizontal bar event final but placed 6th. It was also a disappointing Olympics for his team favored to win gold but instead finished 5th. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he redeemed himself by winning gold on the pommel horse along with gold for his team.
| Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | World Championships | Ghent | Team | 5 | 165.260 | 7 | 218.296 |
| Pommel Horse | 2 | 9.775 | |||||
| 2002 | World Championships | Debrecen | Pommel Horse | 2 | 9.750 | 2 | 9.737 |
| 2003 | World Cup/Series | Thessaloniki | Pommel Horse | 4 | 9.025 | 4 | 9.100 |
| World Championships | Anaheim | Team | 1 | 171.996 | 3 | 225.119 | |
| Pommel Horse | 7 | 9.350 | |||||
| 2004 | World Cup/Series | Ghent | Pommel Horse | 1 | 9.925 | ||
| Parallel Bars | 7 | 9.325 | |||||
| Horizontal Bar | 3 | 9.612 | |||||
| Glasgow | Pommel Horse | 1 | 9.900 | ||||
| World Cup/Series Final | Birmingham | Pommel Horse | 1 | 9.825 | |||
| Horizontal Bar | 8 | 8.200 | |||||
| Olympic Games | Athens | Team | 5 | 171.257 | 4 | 229.507 | |
| Pommel Horse | 44 | 9.337 | |||||
| Horizontal Bar | 6 | 9.737 | 4 | 9.750 | |||
| 2005 | World Championships | Melbourne | All around | 56 | 28.974 | ||
| Pommel Horse | 1 | 9.850 | 1 | 9.800 | |||
| Horizontal Bar | 6 | 9.362 | 2 | 9.687 | |||
| Parallel Bars | 19 | 9.487 | |||||
| 2006 | World Cup/Series Final | São Paulo | Pommel Horse | 1 | 16.100 | ||
| World Cup/Series | Shanghai | Pommel Horse | 1 | 16.300 | |||
| Ghent | Pommel Horse | 1 | 15.975 | ||||
| World Championships | Aarhus | Team | 1 | 277.775 | 1 | 372.250 | |
| All around | 193 | 61.875 | |||||
| Pommel Horse | 1 | 16.025 | 1 | 16.175 | |||
| Horizontal Bar | 86 | 14.250 | |||||
| Parallel Bars | 11 | 15.675 | |||||
| 2007 | World Cup/Series | Shanghai | Pommel Horse | 1 | 15.325 | ||
| Horizontal Bar | 3 | 15.475 | |||||
| World Championships | Stuttgart | Team | 1 | 281.900 | 1 | 374.275 | |
| All around | 131 | 77.225 | |||||
| Pommel Horse | 1 | 16.300 | 1 | 16.275 | |||
| Horizontal Bar | 12 | 15.100 | |||||
| Parallel Bars | 14 | 15.875 | |||||
| Floor Exercise | 98 | 14.300 | |||||
| 2008 | World Cup/Series | Tianjin | Pommel Horse | 1 | 16.375 | ||
| Olympic Games | Beijing | Team | 1 | 286.125 | 1 | 374.675 | |
| All around | 46 | 76.700 | |||||
| Pommel Horse | 1 | 15.875 | 1 | 16.175 | |||
| Horizontal Bar | 56 | 14.375 | |||||
| Parallel Bars | 18 | 15.150 | |||||
| Floor Exercise | 56 | 14.375 |
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