Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Chinese Taipei at the
2008 Summer Paralympics

Chinese Taipei Paralympic flag

IPC code| TPE
NPC| Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee
in Beijing
Competitors| 17 in 6 sports
Flag bearer | Hou Ting Sung
Medals
Ranked 50th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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Chinese Taipei competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The delegation consisted of seventeen competitors in six sports: archery, track and field athletics, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, and table tennis. The athletes were ten men and seven women ranging in age from 27 to 53 years old.[1]

"Chinese Taipei" is the delegation name used since 1979 by athletes from Taiwan and the Taiwan Area at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.[2] Thus, Chinese Taipei's participation in the Beijing Paralympics did not contradict the One China policy and was not objected to by the People's Republic of China.

As in previous editions of the Summer Paralympics, the flag of the Republic of China was not displayed. Instead, the Chinese Taipei Paralympic flag was used when Taiwanese athletes won medals. When Lin Tzu-hui of Chinese Taipei won a gold medal, the National Banner Song, not the National Anthem of the Republic of China, was played at the medal ceremony.[3]

Three days before the beginning of the Games, the Taipei Times reported that two of Chinese Taipei's star athletes, double Paralympic champion Chiang Chih-chung and world athletics champion Chen Ming-tsai, had been barred from attending by the International Paralympic Committee. The Times added that no reason had been given for the ban, even after the Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee had requested an explanation from the IPC. A representative of the CTPC stated that the People's Republic of China may have "interfered for political reasons" to prevent Chiang and Chen from participating in the Games.[4] The Taipei Times article was subsequently reproduced on the Taiwanese government's website.[5]

## Contents

* 1 Medalists
* 2 Sports
* 2.1 Archery
* 2.2 Athletics
* 2.3 Powerlifting
* 2.4 Shooting
* 2.4.1 Men
* 2.4.2 Women
* 2.5 Swimming
* 2.6 Table tennis
* 2.6.1 Men
* 2.6.2 Women
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Medalists[edit]

Further information: 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table and List of 2008 Summer Paralympics medal winners

Chinese Taipei won two medals, a gold and a bronze.[6]

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Lin Tzu-hui | Powerlifting | Women's -75 kg
Bronze | Tseng Lung Hui | Archery | Men's Individual Recurve W1/W2

## Sports[edit]

### Archery[edit]

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Ranking round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Rank
Chen Wu Ying | Men's individual recurve W1/W2 | 552  | 26  |  Vitale (ITA)
L 99-104  | Did not advance
Tseng Lung Hui | 625  | 6  |  Raksamai (THA)
W 104-85  |  Yoshida (JPN)
W 106-98  |  Lee H G (KOR)
W 105-104  |  Vitale (ITA)
L 101-103  |  Ozen (TUR)
W *92-92  |

* Tseng won 9 arrows to 6 arrows shot by Ozgur Ozen of Turkey in the bronze medal match.

### Athletics[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Chen Yu Lien | T54  | 100m | 17.83  | 9  | Did not advance
200m | 33.13  | 14  | Did not advance

### Powerlifting[edit]

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Attempt 1  | Attempt 2  | Attempt 3  | Rank

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Huang Kuo-Tai | Men's +100kg  | 225.0  | ~~230.0~~ | ~~232.5~~ | 4
Lin Tzu-hui | Women's -75kg  | 137.5  | ~~142.5~~ | ~~142.5~~ |
Lin Ya-Hsuan | Women's -56kg  | 75.0  | 77.5  | 82.5  | 6

### Shooting[edit]

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Men[edit]

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Total  | Rank
Liu Wen-chang | Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 566  | 24  | Did not advance
Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 | 1126  | 13  | Did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 592  | 38  | Did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 569  | 38  | Did not advance

#### Women[edit]

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Total  | Rank
Lin Chin-mei | Women's 10m air pistol SH1 | 357  | 12  | Did not advance

### Swimming[edit]

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Luo Alice Hsiao Hung | S6  | 50m freestyle | 44.42  | 11  | Did not advance
100m freestyle | 1:33.64  | 11  | Did not advance

### Table tennis[edit]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

#### Men[edit]

Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Chang Chih Jung | Men's singles C4-5 |  Mihalik (SVK)
L 1-3  |  Kim B Y (KOR)
L 0-3  | —  | 3  | Did not advance
Lin Wen Hsin |  Bolldén (SWE)
L 0-3  |  Ank (BRA)
W 3-0  | —  | 2  | Did not advance
Lin Yen Hung |  Zhang Y (CHN)
L 0-3  |  Chaiwut (THA)
W 3-0  | —  | 2  | Did not advance
Hou Ting Sung | Men's singles C8 |  Li M (CHN)
L 1-3  |  Csejtey (SVK)
L 0-3  |  Serignat (FRA)
L 2-3  | 4  | Did not advance
Hu Ming Fu |  Grudzien (POL)
W 3-1  |  Loicq (BEL)
L 1-3  |  Pichon (FRA)
L 2-3  | 3  | Did not advance
Wu Cheng Sheng | Men's singles C3 |  Gurtler (GER)
L 1–3  |  Kim J S (KOR)
L 1–3  | —  | 3  | Did not advance
Lin Wen Hsin
Lin Yen Hung | Men's team C4-5 | —  |  Brazil (BRA)
W 3-1  |  China (CHN)
L 0-3  | Did not advance
Hou Ting Sung
Hu Ming Fu | Men's team C6-8 | —  |  Germany (GER)
L 0-3  | Did not advance

#### Women[edit]

Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Tsai Hui Chu | Women's singles C5 |  Ren G (CHN)
L 0–3  |  Lundback (SWE)
L 0–3  |  Passos (BRA)
W 3–0  | 3  | Did not advance
Wei Mei Hui |  Gu G (CHN)
L 0-3  |  Paredes (MEX)
W 3-0  |  Wong P Y (HKG)
W 3-0  | 3  | Did not advance
Tsai Hui Chu
Wei Mei Hui | Women's team C4-5 | —  |  Mexico (MEX)
W 3-0  |  Jordan (JOR)
L 2-3  | Did not advance

## See also[edit]

* Chinese Taipei at the Paralympics
* Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Olympics

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Chinese Taipei athletes ready for Paralympics". China Daily. 2008-09-02. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
2. ^ "Reinstatement in the Olympic Movement", Chinese Olympic Committee, March 27, 2004
3. ^ "Taiwan shut out of Olympic warm-up", Taipei Times, February 22, 2008
4. ^ "Local javelin ace banned from Beijing Paralympics", Taipei Times, September 3, 2008
5. ^ "taiwanheadlines.gov.tw". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
6. ^ "Overall Medal Standings" Archived September 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, official website of the Beijing Paralympics

## External links[edit]

* Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
* International Paralympic Committee

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