Chinese Taipei at the Olympics

Chinese Taipei at the Olympic Games
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Olympic history
Summer Games
1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
Winter Games
1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010

Republic of China at the Olympic Games
Flag of the Republic of China – Flag bearers IOC code   ROC
Olympic history
Summer Games
1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972
Winter Games
1972 • 1976

The Republic of China (ROC) currently competes as Chinese Taipei at the Olympic Games. The ROC first participated at the Summer Olympic Games in 1932. After the Chinese Civil War the ROC retreated to the island of Taiwan and only Taiwan based athletes have competed in its team since then.

Timeline concerning Olympic recognition

The following timeline concerns the different names and principle events concerning recognition of the ROC Olympic team:

• 1910: The "Chinese National Olympic Committee" is created.
• 1932: ROC competes in the Olympics for the first time as China [1]
• 1951: The Chinese National Olympic Committee moves from Nanking to Taipei;
• 1952: ROC team briefly withdraws from the Olympics because its delegation was listed as China (Formosa);
• 1954: IOC adopted a resolution officially recognising the People's Republic of China (PRC) “Chinese Olympics Committee”. The PRC is invited to take part in the 1956 Olympics. The PRC organises a delegation;
• 1956: ROC represented at Melbourne Games as the Republic of China. PRC withdrew from the Games in protest because in the list of IOC members two Chinese National Olympic Committees were listed;
• 1958: PRC withdrew from Olympic movement and from the federations governing Olympic sports. Professor Tung Hou Yi, an IOC member for the PRC resigned;
• 1959: ROC informed that as it did not control sport on Mainland China, it could not continue to be recognized as the "Chinese National Olympic Committee". All applications under a different name would be considered;
• 1960: ROC committee renamed the "Olympic Committee of the Republic of China", and so recognized.;
• 1963: Agreed by the IOC that during an Olympic Games the delegation from Taiwan should be known as Taiwan but would be allowed to use the initials "ROC" on sports outfits;
• 1968: IOC agreed to renaming Taiwan team as the Republic of China after the 1968 Games and to their participaton under that banner;
• 1976: ROC is not permitted to participate in the Montreal Games as long as it insists on the name "Republic of China," because the host country recognized the PRC as the sole legitimate government of China.
• 1979: IOC recognises the PRC Olympics committee as representing China for the first time since Communist rule began in 1949. The IOC decision followed a postal ballot among 89 members. Under the IOC decision, the ROC’s Olympics committee would be: renamed the “Chinese Taipei Olympics Committee”; recognised only as a provincial body; and would no longer be allowed to use the ROC's national anthem or flag at the Olympic Games.
• 1980: Chinese Taipei boycotts the Moscow Games due to the decision it must use the name Chinese Taipei in international sporting events.
• 1984: Chinese Taipei competes for the first time under the new moniker at the Sarajevo Games.

ROC athletes have won a total of 19 medals at the Summer Games, with taekwondo as the top medal-producing sport. The ROC has never won a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Yang Chuan-kwang	1960 Rome	Athletics	Men's decathlon
3 Bronze	Chi Cheng	1968 Mexico	Athletics	Women's 80 metre hurdles
3 Bronze	Tsai Wen-Yee	1984 Los Angeles	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
2 Silver	Chang Cheng-Hsien, Chang Wen-Chung, Chang Yaw-Teing, Chen Chi-Hsin, Chen Wei-Chen, Chiang Tai-Chuan, Huang Chung-Yi, Huang Wen-Po, Jong Yeu-Jeng, Ku Kuo-Chian, Kuo Lee Chien-Fu, Liao Ming-Hsiung, Lin Chao-Huang, Lin Kun-Han, Lo Chen-Jung, Lo Kuo-Chong, Pai Kun-Hong, Tsai Ming-Hung, Wang Kuang-Shih, Wu Shih-Hsih	1992 Barcelona	Baseball	Men's competition
2 Silver	Chen Jing	1996 Atlanta	Table tennis	Women's singles
2 Silver	Li Feng-Ying	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg
3 Bronze	Chen Jing	2000 Sydney	Table tennis	Women's singles
3 Bronze	Chi Shu-Ju	2000 Sydney	Taekwondo	Women's flyweight
3 Bronze	Huang Chih-hsiung	2000 Sydney	Taekwondo	Men's flyweight
3 Bronze	Kuo Yi-Hang	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg
1 Gold	Chen Shih-Hsin	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Women's flyweight
1 Gold	Chu Mu-Yen	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's flyweight
3 Bronze	Chen Szu-yuan, Liu Ming-huang, Wang Cheng-pang	2004 Athens	Archery	Men's team
2 Silver	Huang Chih-hsiung	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's lightweight
2 Silver	Chen Li Ju, Wu Hui-ju, Yuan Shu-chi	2004 Athens	Archery	Women's team
3 Bronze	Chen Wei Ling	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg
3 Bronze	Lu Ying-Chi	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg
3 Bronze	Chu Mu-Yen	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg
3 Bronze	Sung Yu-Chi	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Games

As ROC

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1912 Stockholm	did not participate
1920 Antwerp	did not participate
1924 Paris	did not participate
1928 Amsterdam	did not participate
1932 Los Angeles	0	0	0	0
1936 Berlin	0	0	0	0
1948 London	0	0	0	0
1952 Helsinki	did not participate
1956 Melbourne	0	0	0	0
1960 Rome	0	1	0	1
1964 Tokyo	0	0	0	0
1968 Mexico City	0	0	1	1
1972 Munich	0	0	0	0
1976 Montreal	did not participate
Total	0	1	1	2

As TPE

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1980 Moscow	did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	0	0	1	1
1988 Seoul	0	0	0	0
1992 Barcelona	0	1	0	1
1996 Atlanta	0	1	0	1
2000 Sydney	0	1	4	5
2004 Athens	2	2	1	5
2008 Beijing	0	0	4	4
Total	2	5	10	17

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Taekwondo	2	1	4	7
Weightlifting	0	1	4	5
Archery	0	1	1	2
Athletics	0	1	1	2
Table tennis	0	1	1	2
Baseball	0	1	0	1
Total	2	6	11	19

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Taiwan
• Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
• Chinese Taipei flag
• Chinese Taipei at the Asian Games

Other references

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2007-12-18. 
• "Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=TPE. Retrieved 2007-12-18.