Chinese Taipei at the Olympics

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Chinese Taipei at the
Olympics
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg
IOC code TPE
NOC Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
Website www.tpenoc.net  (in Chinese and English)
Medals
Ranked 63rd
Gold
9
Silver
11
Bronze
23
Total
43
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  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.

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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

Timeline of participation

Olympic
year/s
team
Mainland China Taiwan
1924Flag of China (1912-1928).svg(Chine) [1] [2] as part of Flag of Japan.svg Japan [lower-alpha 1]
1932–1936Flag of the Republic of China.svg China (CHN)
1948
1952Flag of the People's Republic of China.svgPeople's Republic
of China (PRC)
1956Flag of the Republic of China.svgRepublic of China (CHN)
1960Formosa (RCF)
1964–1968Taiwan (TWN)
1972–1976Republic of China (ROC)
1980Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)
since 1984Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svgChinese Taipei (TPE)

Timeline concerning Olympic recognition

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

Medals

List of medalists

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

See also

Notes

  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.

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