Chinese Taipei at the Olympics

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), currently competes as "Chinese Taipei" (TPE) at the Olympic Games. The Republic of China, representing all pre-war China, participated at the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1936, and, representing all of China including Taiwan, participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics. 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. Athletes of Taiwan participated at the Summer Olympic Games in 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 as Republic of China (ROC). The ROC boycotted the Summer Olympic Games in 1976 and 1980 until it returned to the 1984 Winter Games, and started participating as Chinese Taipei (TPE).

"Taiwan at the Olympics" redirects here. For the team representing the Republic of China in the Olympics from 1924 to 1948, see Republic of China at the Olympics. For the Olympics in China, see Chinese Olympics.
Chinese Taipei at the
Olympics
Chinese Taipei Olympic flag
IOC codeTPE
NOCChinese Taipei Olympic Committee
Websitewww.tpenoc.net (in Chinese and English)
Medals
Ranked 64th
Gold
7
Silver
11
Bronze
18
Total
36
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Republic of China (1924–1948)

Due to pressure from the People's Republic of China, since 1984, Taiwanese athletes have competed under the Chinese Taipei Olympic flag instead of the flag of the Republic of China. For any medal ceremony, the National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China is played instead of the National Anthem of the Republic of China.

Taiwanese athletes won their first Olympic medal in 1960, and their first gold medal in 2004, and their highest total medal count in 2020 games.

Participation

Timeline of participation
DateTeam
1948 China
1952 People's Republic of China
1956 Republic of China
1960 Formosa (RCF)
1964–1968 Taiwan (TWN)
1972–1976 Republic of China (ROC)
1980 China (CHN)
1984– Chinese Taipei (TPE)

Medals
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

List of medalists
Medal Players/Players in the team Games Sport Event
 SilverYang Chuan-kwang 1960 Rome AthleticsMen's decathlon
 BronzeChi Cheng 1968 Mexico City AthleticsWomen's 80 metre hurdles
 BronzeTsai Wen-yee 1984 Los Angeles WeightliftingMen's 60 kg
 SilverChang 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 BaseballMen's competition
 SilverChen Jing 1996 Atlanta Table tennisWomen's singles
 SilverLi Feng-ying 2000 Sydney WeightliftingWomen's 53 kg
 BronzeChen Jing 2000 Sydney Table tennisWomen's singles
 BronzeChi Shu-ju 2000 Sydney TaekwondoWomen's 49 kg
 BronzeHuang Chih-hsiung 2000 Sydney TaekwondoMen's 58 kg
 BronzeKuo Yi-hang 2000 Sydney WeightliftingWomen's 75 kg
 GoldChen Shih-hsin 2004 Athens TaekwondoWomen's flyweight
 GoldChu Mu-yen 2004 Athens TaekwondoMen's flyweight
 SilverChen Szu-yuan
Liu Ming-huang
Wang Cheng-pang		 2004 Athens ArcheryMen's team
 SilverHuang Chih-hsiung 2004 Athens TaekwondoMen's lightweight
 BronzeChen Li-ju
Wu Hui-ju
Yuan Shu-chi		 2004 Athens ArcheryWomen's team
 GoldChen Wei-ling 2008 Beijing WeightliftingWomen's 48 kg
 SilverLu Ying-chi 2008 Beijing WeightliftingWomen's 63 kg
 BronzeChu Mu-yen 2008 Beijing TaekwondoMen's 58 kg
 BronzeSung Yu-chi 2008 Beijing TaekwondoMen's 68 kg
 GoldHsu Shu-ching 2012 London WeightliftingWomen's 53 kg
 BronzeTseng Li-cheng 2012 London TaekwondoWomen's 57 kg
 GoldHsu Shu-ching 2016 Rio de Janeiro WeightliftingWomen's 53 kg
 BronzeLei Chien-ying
Lin Shih-chia
Tan Ya-ting		 2016 Rio de Janeiro ArcheryWomen's team
 BronzeKuo Hsing-chun 2016 Rio de Janeiro WeightliftingWomen's 58 kg
 GoldKuo Hsing-chun 2020 Tokyo WeightliftingWomen's 59 kg
 GoldLee Yang
Wang Chi-lin		 2020 Tokyo BadmintonMen's doubles
 SilverYang Yung-wei 2020 Tokyo JudoMen's 60 kg
 SilverDeng Yu-cheng
Tang Chih-chun
Wei Chun-heng		 2020 Tokyo ArcheryMen's team
 SilverLee Chih-kai
 2020 Tokyo GymnasticsMen's pommel horse
 SilverTai Tzu-ying 2020 Tokyo BadmintonWomen's singles
 BronzeLo Chia-ling 2020 Tokyo TaekwondoWomen's 57 kg
 BronzeLin Yun-ju
Cheng I-ching		 2020 Tokyo Table tennisMixed doubles
 BronzeChen Wen-huei 2020 Tokyo WeightliftingWomen's 64 kg
 BronzePan Cheng-tsung 2020 Tokyo GolfMen's individual
 BronzeHuang Hsiao-wen 2020 Tokyo BoxingWomen's flyweight
 BronzeWen Tzu-yun 2020 Tokyo KarateWomen's 55 kg

Timeline concerning Olympic recognition

The following timeline concerns the different names and principal 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
  • 1951: The Chinese National Olympic Committee moves from Nanjing to Taipei;[1]
  • 1952: ROC team briefly withdraws from the Olympics[2] because its delegation was listed as China (Formosa);
  • 1954: IOC adopted a resolution officially recognising the People's Republic of China (PRC) "Chinese Olympic Committee". The PRC is invited to take part in the 1956 Winter and Summer Olympics.Beijing could now send a delegation to Cortina D'Ampezzo,Stockholm and Melbourne;[1][3]
  • 1956: ROC represented at Melbourne Games as the Republic of China. People's Republic of China withdraws from the Games in protest because in the list of IOC members two Chinese National Olympic Committees were listed;[1][3]
  • 1958: People's Republic of China withdraws from Olympic movement and from the all the federations governing Olympic sports. Professor Tung Hou Yi, an IOC member for the PRC resigned;[1]
  • 1959: ROC informs the IOC that they do not control sport on Mainland China, rules determine they will no longer be recognised under the "Chinese National Olympic Committee" title. All applications under a different name would be considered;[1]
  • 1960: ROC committee renamed the "Olympic Committee of the Republic of China", and so recognised;[1]
  • 1963: IOC recognizes the name Taiwan, and the NOC is allowed to use the initials "ROC" on sports outfits;[1]
  • 1968: IOC agrees to renaming the Taiwan team as the Republic of China after the 1968 Games and to its participation under that banner;[1]
  • 1976: ROC is not permitted to participate in the Montreal Summer Games, as long as it insists on the name Republic of China, because the host country, Canada, recognised the PRC as the sole legitimate government of China.
  • 1979: IOC recognises the Chinese Olympic Committee as the official representative of 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 renamed as "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee"; and are now recognised only as a provincial body; and starting on Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics is not more allowed to use the ROC's national anthem or flag at the all sporting events.[1][3]
  • 1980: ROC boycotts the Moscow Summer Games due to the decision to use the name Chinese Taipei in international sporting events.
  • 1984: Chinese Taipei competes for the first time under the new moniker at the Sarajevo Winter Games.
  • Chinese Taipei athletes have won a total of 36 medals at the Summer Games, with weightlifting as the top medal-producing sport. Chinese Taipei has never won a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

See also

References
  1. The Times, "The Latest Threat to the Olympics - And its all over a name", 10 July 1976
  2. Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. (30.6 MB) p. 32, Sulo Kolkka (ed.), Alex Matson (trans.), The Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952, 1952
  3. Chinese Olympics Committee website
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