Chinese Taipei at the Olympics

"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 team representing the People's Republic of China, see China at the Olympics. For other uses, see Chinese Olympics.

Sporting event delegation

Chinese Taipei at the
Olympics

Chinese Taipei Olympic flag

IOC code| TPE
NOC| Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
Website| www.tpenoc.net (in Chinese and English)
Medals
Ranked 64th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer appearances

* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976–1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Winter appearances

* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Other related appearances
Republic of China (1924–1948)

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), competes as "Chinese Taipei" (TPE) at the Olympic Games since 1984. Athletes compete 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. Taiwan achieved their highest total medal count at the 2020 games.

## Participation

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### Timeline of participation

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Olympic
year/s | team

|

Mainland China | Taiwan
1924 |  |  | (Chine)[1][2] | as part of  Japan[a]
1932–1936 |  | China | (CHN)
1948 |
1952 |  | People's Republic
of China (PRC) |
1956 |  |  | Republic of China (CHN)
1960 | Formosa (RCF)
1964–1968 | Taiwan (TWN)
1972–1976 | Republic of China (ROC)
1980 |  | China (CHN) |
since 1984 |  | Chinese Taipei (TPE)

## Medals

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See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

### Medals by Summer Games

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| Games  | Athletes  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  | Rank

|
|
|
|
|
|

1924 Paris | as part of  Japan[b]
1932 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
1948 London | as part of the  Republic of China[3]
1952 Helsinki | did not participate
1956 Melbourne | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1960 Rome | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32
1964 Tokyo | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1968 Mexico City | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42
1972 Munich | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1976 Montreal | boycotted
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43
1988 Seoul | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1992 Barcelona | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49
1996 Atlanta | 74 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61
2000 Sydney | 74 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 58
2004 Athens | 89 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 31
2008 Beijing | 80 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 45
2012 London | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 49
2016 Rio de Janeiro | 58 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 50
2020 Tokyo | 68 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 34
2024 Paris |  60  | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |  31
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total | 8 | 11 | 22 | 41 | 64

### Medals by Winter Games

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| Games  | Athletes  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  | Rank

|
|
|
|
|
|

1972 Sapporo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1976 Innsbruck | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1980 Lake Placid | boycotted
1984 Sarajevo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1988 Calgary | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1992 Albertville | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1994 Lillehammer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1998 Nagano | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2002 Salt Lake City | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2006 Turin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2010 Vancouver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2014 Sochi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2018 Pyeongchang | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2022 Beijing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2026 Milano Cortina | future event
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –

### Medals by Summer Sport

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| Sport| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

|
|
|
|

Weightlifting| 4| 2| 4| 10
Taekwondo| 2| 1| 6| 9
Badminton| 2| 1| 0| 3
Archery| 0| 2| 2| 4
Table tennis| 0| 1| 2| 3
Athletics| 0| 1| 1| 2
Gymnastics| 0| 1| 1| 2
Baseball| 0| 1| 0| 1
Judo| 0| 1| 0| 1
Boxing| 0| 0| 3| 3
Golf| 0| 0| 1| 1
Karate| 0| 0| 1| 1
Shooting| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (13 entries)| 8| 11| 22| 41

## List of medalists

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Medal  | Players/Players in the team  | Games  | Sport  | Event

|
|
|
|

Silver | Yang Chuan-kwang | 1960 Rome |  Athletics | Men's decathlon
Bronze | Chi Cheng | 1968 Mexico City |  Athletics | Women's 80 metre hurdles
Bronze | Tsai Wen-yee | 1984 Los Angeles |  Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg
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
Silver | Chen Jing | 1996 Atlanta |  Table tennis | Women's singles
Silver | Li Feng-ying | 2000 Sydney |  Weightlifting | Women's 53 kg
Bronze | Chen Jing |  Table tennis | Women's singles
Bronze | Chi Shu-ju |  Taekwondo | Women's 49 kg
Bronze | Huang Chih-hsiung |  Taekwondo | Men's 58 kg
Bronze | Kuo Yi-hang |  Weightlifting | Women's 75 kg
Gold | Chen Shih-hsin | 2004 Athens |  Taekwondo | Women's flyweight
Gold | Chu Mu-yen |  Taekwondo | Men's flyweight
Silver | Chen Szu-yuan
Liu Ming-huang
Wang Cheng-pang |  Archery | Men's team
Silver | Huang Chih-hsiung |  Taekwondo | Men's lightweight
Bronze | Chen Li-ju
Wu Hui-ju
Yuan Shu-chi |  Archery | Women's team
Gold | Chen Wei-ling | 2008 Beijing |  Weightlifting | Women's 48 kg
Silver | Lu Ying-chi |  Weightlifting | Women's 63 kg
Bronze | Chu Mu-yen |  Taekwondo | Men's 58 kg
Bronze | Sung Yu-chi |  Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg
Gold | Hsu Shu-ching | 2012 London |  Weightlifting | Women's 53 kg
Bronze | Tseng Li-cheng |  Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg
Gold | Hsu Shu-ching | 2016 Rio de Janeiro |  Weightlifting | Women's 53 kg
Bronze | Lei Chien-ying
Lin Shih-chia
Tan Ya-ting |  Archery | Women's team
Bronze | Kuo Hsing-chun |  Weightlifting | Women's 58 kg
Gold | Kuo Hsing-chun | 2020 Tokyo |  Weightlifting | Women's 59 kg
Gold | Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin |  Badminton | Men's doubles
Silver | Yang Yung-wei |  Judo | Men's 60 kg
Silver | Deng Yu-cheng
Tang Chih-chun
Wei Chun-heng |  Archery | Men's team
Silver | Lee Chih-kai
|  Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse
Silver | Tai Tzu-ying |  Badminton | Women's singles
Bronze | Lo Chia-ling |  Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg
Bronze | Lin Yun-ju
Cheng I-ching |  Table tennis | Mixed doubles
Bronze | Chen Wen-huei |  Weightlifting | Women's 64 kg
Bronze | Pan Cheng-tsung |  Golf | Men's individual
Bronze | Huang Hsiao-wen |  Boxing | Women's flyweight
Bronze | Wen Tzu-yun |  Karate | Women's 55 kg
Gold | Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin  | 2024 Paris |  Badminton  |  Men's doubles
Bronze | Lee Meng-yuan  |  Shooting  |  Men's skeet
Bronze | Wu Shih-yi  |  Boxing  |  Women's 60 kg
Bronze | Tang Chia-hung  |  Gymnastics  |  Men's horizontal bar
Bronze | Chen Nien-chin  |  Boxing  |  Women's 66 kg

## Timeline concerning Olympic recognition

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The following timeline concerns the different names and principal events concerning recognition of the Republic of China (ROC) Olympic team:

* 1922 – The China National Amateur Athletic Federation is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the National Olympic Committee in China.[4]
* 1932 – ROC competes in the Olympics for the first time as China.[5]
* 1949 – The China National Amateur Athletic Federation moves to Taiwan.[6]
* 1952 – ROC team withdraws from the Helsinki Olympics[7] because the IOC permits the People's Republic of China (PRC) to participate.[6]
* 1954 – IOC adopts a resolution officially recognising the PRC's Chinese Olympic Committee.[8][9]
* 1956 – ROC represents at Melbourne Games as the Republic of China. PRC withdraws from the Games in protest because two Chinese Olympic Committees are in the list of IOC members.[8][9]
* 1958 – PRC withdraws from Olympic movement and all federations governing Olympic sports. Professor Dong Shouyi, an IOC member for the PRC resigns.[8][10]
* 1959 – IOC informs the ROC that they do not control sport on Mainland China, rules determine the ROC will no longer be recognised under the "Chinese Olympic Committee" title. All applications under a different name would be considered.[10]
* 1960 – ROC committee is renamed the "Olympic Committee of the Republic of China", and so recognised.[8]
* 1963 – IOC recognizes the name "Taiwan", and the NOC is allowed to use the initials "ROC" on sports outfits.[8]
* 1968 – IOC agrees to renaming the Taiwan team as the Republic of China after the 1968 Games and to its participation under that banner.[8]
* 1976 – ROC is not permitted to participate in the Montreal Summer Games, as long as it insists on the name of Republic of China, because the host country, Canada, recognises the PRC as the sole legitimate government of China.[11][12]
* 1979 – IOC recognises the Chinese Olympic Committee as the official representative of China.[10] The IOC decision is followed by a postal ballot among 89 members.[13] Under the IOC decision, the ROC's Olympics committee would renamed as "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee" and is not allowed to use the ROC's national anthem or flag.
* 1980 – ROC boycotts the Lake Placid Winter Games and the Moscow Summer Games due to the decision to use the name Chinese Taipei in international sporting events.[14]
* 1981 – An agreement is signed in Lausanne by Juan Antonio Samaranch, the president of the IOC, and Shen Chia-ming, the president of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (CTOC).[15] The agreement specifies the name, flag and emblem of the CTOC.
* 1984 – Chinese Taipei competes for the first time under the new moniker at the Sarajevo Winter Games.

## See also

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* List of flag bearers for Chinese Taipei at the Olympics
* Category:Olympic competitors for Taiwan
* Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
* Chinese Taipei Olympic flag
* Chinese Taipei at the Asian Games
* Republic of China at the Olympics
* Chinese Taipei at the Paralympics

## Notes

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1. ^ except Kinmen and Matsu Islands, which have been controlled by China during all Olympics; Taiwan was reclaimed by China in 1945 following her victory against Japan.
2. ^ except Kinmen and Matsu Islands, which have been controlled by China during all Olympics; Taiwan was reclaimed by China in 1945 following her victory against Japan.

## References

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1. ^ China took part in the Opening Ceremony, but its four athletes (all tennis players) withdrew from competition.
2. ^ M. Avé (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2012. "39 seulement s'alignérent, ne représentant plus que 24 nations, la Chine, le Portugal et la Yougoslavie ayant déclaré forfait."
3. ^ "Chen Yinglang". olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
4. ^ "奧會簡介" [Introduction to the Olympic Committee]. Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
5. ^ "X Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 Official Report" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
6. ^ a b Chan, Gerald (Autumn 1985). "The "Two-Chinas" Problem and the Olympic Formula". Pacific Affairs. 58 (3): 473–490. doi:10.2307/2759241. JSTOR 2759241. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
7. ^ 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 11 April 2008. (30.6 MB) p. 32, Sulo Kolkka (ed.), Alex Matson (trans.), The Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952, 1952
8. ^ a b c d e f The Times, "The Latest Threat to the Olympics - And its all over a name", 10 July 1976
9. ^ a b "10th–15th Olympic Summer Games: 1936–1952". Chinese Olympics Committee. 30 March 2004.
10. ^ a b c Brownell, Susan (March 2005). "Globalization is not a Dinner Party: He Zhenliang and China's 30-Year Struggle for Recognition by the International Olympic Committee". Globalization and Sport in Historical Context. University of California, San Diego: LA84 Foundation.
11. ^ Pound, Richard W. (2012). "Side-Swiped: the IOC and the China Issue at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History. 20 (1): 11–32. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
12. ^ Pound, Richard W. (2012). "Side-Swiped: the IOC and the China Issue at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Part 2" (PDF). Journal of Olympic History. 20 (2): 34–51. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
13. ^ "China and the Five Rings". Olympic Review. 145: 626. November 1979. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
14. ^ Eaton, Joseph (November 2016). "Reconsidering the 1980 Moscow Olympic Boycott: American Sports Diplomacy in East Asian Perspective". Diplomatic History. 40 (5): 845–864. doi:10.1093/dh/dhw026. JSTOR 26376807. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
15. ^ "1981 Agreement with IOC" (PDF). Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee. 23 March 1981. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

## External links

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* "Chinese Taipei". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
* "Chinese Taipei". Olympedia.com.
* "Olympic Analytics/TPE". olympanalyt.com.

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