Chinese Taipei at the Olympics

The Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) 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. The ROC boycotted the Olympics starting from the 1976 Summer Games until it returned to the 1984 Winter Games, and started participating as Chinese Taipei.

"Taiwan at the Olympics" redirects here. For the team organized by the sovereign nation of Taiwan to compete in the Olympics from 1924 to 1972, see Republic of China at the Olympics.
Chinese Taipei at the
Olympics
IOC codeTPE
NOCChinese Taipei Olympic Committee
Websitewww.tpenoc.net (in Chinese and English)
Medals
Gold
5
Silver
6
Bronze
11
Total
22
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Republic of China (1924–1972)

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.

Medal tables

Medals by sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Weightlifting3238
Taekwondo2158
Archery0123
Athletics0112
Table tennis0112
Baseball0101
Totals (6 sports)571224

List of medalists
Medal Name 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
 BronzeLe 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

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 Nanking 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 Olympics Committee”. The PRC is invited to take part in the 1956 Olympics. The PRC organises a delegation;[1][3]
  • 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;[1][3]
  • 1958: PRC withdrew from Olympic movement and from the federations governing Olympic sports. Professor Tung Hou Yi, an IOC member for the PRC resigned;[1]
  • 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;[1]
  • 1960: ROC committee renamed the "Olympic Committee of the Republic of China", and so recognized;[1]
  • 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;[1]
  • 1968: IOC agreed 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 Games as long as it insists on the name "Republic of China," because the host country, Canada, 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.[1][3]
  • 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 Winter Games.
  • ROC athletes have won a total of 24 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.

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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