Chinese Taipei at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Chinese Taipei at the
2016 Summer 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)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors57 in 18 sports
Flag bearers Isheau Wong (opening) [1]
Hsu Shu-ching (closing) [2]
Medals
Ranked 50th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China (1924–1948)

Chinese Taipei competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. "Chinese Taipei" is the designated name used by Taiwan to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, including the Olympic Games. Neither the common name "Taiwan" nor the official name "Republic of China" would be used due primarily to opposition from the People's Republic of China. This was also the region's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee sent a team of 57 athletes, 26 men and 31 women, to compete in 18 sports at the Games. [3] For only the third time in Olympic history, Chinese Taipei roster featured more female athletes than males. Among the sporting events represented by the nation's athletes, Chinese Taipei made its Olympic debut in equestrian jumping and golf (new to the 2016 Games), as well as its return to gymnastics, boxing, and wrestling after more than fifteen years.

World-ranked tennis star Lu Yen-hsun, table tennis players Huang I-hua and London 2012 fourth-place finalist Chuang Chih-yuan, and trap shooter Lin Yi-chun highlighted the list of athletes to make the Chinese Taipei roster for their fourth Olympics. Apart from the veterans, twelve Taiwanese athletes previously competed in London, with weightlifter Hsu Shu-ching leading them as the only medalist to return for her second appearance in Rio de Janeiro. Other notable athletes from Chinese Taipei also featured world's top 30 golfers Candie Kung and Teresa Lu, and lone show jumper Isheau Wong, who eventually served as the nation's second female flag bearer in the opening ceremony (the first having done so in 2008). [1]

Chinese Taipei left Rio de Janeiro with only three medals (one gold and two bronze), a slight improvement on the team's performance at the previous Games. Among the medalists were the women's archery team (led by Tan Ya-ting, who eventually finished among the top eight in the individual recurve), and weightlifters Kuo Hsing-chun (women's 58 kg) and Hsu, who upgraded her silver from London to a golden finish in the women's 53 kg category. [4] [5] For the first time in history, Chinese Taipei did not obtain any medals in taekwondo, since the sport was officially added to the Olympic program in 2000. [6]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hsu Shu-ching Weightlifting Women's 53 kg 7 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Le Chien-ying
Lin Shih-chia
Tan Ya-ting
Archery Women's team 7 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kuo Hsing-chun Weightlifting Women's 58 kg 8 August

Archery

Three Taiwanese archers qualified for the men's events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. [7] [8] Another set of three archers qualified for the women's events by virtue of the nation's podium finish in the team recurve competition at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey. [9]

The Taiwanese archery team for the Games, led by London 2012 Olympian Tan Ya-ting, was announced on 26 February 2016, based on their results at the Olympic Team Trials. [10]

Men
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kao Hao-wen Individual 66130Flag of Spain.svg  Fernández  (ESP)
L 0–6
Did not advance
Wei Chun-heng 6799Flag of Fiji.svg  Elder  (FIJ)
W 6–0
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thamwong  (THA)
L 5–6
Did not advance
Yu Guan-lin 65539Flag of Norway.svg  Nesteng  (NOR)
L 5–6
Did not advance
Kao Hao-wen
Wei Chun-heng
Yu Guan-lin
Team 19957Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia  (INA)
L 2–6
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Le Chien-ying Individual 62533Flag of Spain.svg  Martín  (ESP)
W 6–2
Flag of South Korea.svg  Choi M-s  (KOR)
L 2–6
Did not advance
Lin Shih-chia 6519Flag of Egypt.svg  Mansour  (EGY)
W 6–0
Flag of India.svg  Laishram  (IND)
L 2–6
Did not advance
Tan Ya-ting 6564Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Picard  (CAN)
W 7–1
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Pavlova  (UKR)
W 6–0
Flag of India.svg  Kumari  (IND)
W 6–0
Flag of Germany.svg  Unruh  (GER)
L 5–6
Did not advance
Le Chien-ying
Lin Shih-chia
Tan Ya-ting
Team 19324ByeFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)
W 5–4
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)
L 1–5
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
W 5–3
Bronze medal icon.svg

Athletics

Chinese Taipei athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [11] [12]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Chen Chieh Men's 400 m hurdles 50.656Did not advance
Ho Chin-ping Men's marathon 2:26.00100
Chen Yu-hsuan Women's marathon 3:09:13127
Hsieh Chien-ho 2:54:18113
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Hsiang Chun-hsien Men's high jump 2.1735Did not advance
Huang Shih-feng Men's javelin throw 74.3316Did not advance

Badminton

Chinese Taipei has qualified four badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. World no. 7 seed Chou Tien-chen and London 2012 Olympian Tai Tzu-ying were selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers each in the men's and women's singles, while Lee Sheng-mu and Tsai Chia-hsin secured the men's doubles spot by virtue of their top 16 finish in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016. [13]

AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Chou Tien-chen Men's singles Flag of Israel.svg  M Zilberman  (ISR)
W (21–9, 21–11)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Y Tan  (BEL)
W (21–14, 21–8)
1 QFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hu Y  (HKG)
W (21–10, 21–13)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Lee C W  (MAS)
L (9–21, 15–21)
did not advance
Lee Sheng-mu
Tsai Chia-hsin
Men's doubles Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Y-d /
Yoo Y-s  (KOR)
L (21–18, 13–21, 18–21)
Flag of Russia.svg  V Ivanov /
I Sozonov  (RUS)
L (11–21, 20–22)
Flag of Australia.svg  M Chau /
S Serasinghe  (AUS)
W (21–14, 21–19)
3did not advance
Tai Tzu-ying Women's singles Flag of Austria.svg  E Baldauf  (AUT)
W (21–11, 21–9)
Flag of Russia.svg  N Perminova  (RUS)
W (21–12, 21–9)
1 QFlag of India.svg  P. V. Sindhu  (IND)
L (13–21, 15–21)
did not advance

Boxing

Chinese Taipei has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament, signifying the nation's comeback to the sport since 1996. Chen Nien-chin had claimed her Olympic spot with a quarterfinal victory at the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, while lightweight boxer Lai Chu-en secured an additional Olympic place on the Taiwanese roster at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. [14] [15]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lai Chu-en Men's lightweight Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lacruz  (NED)
L 1–2
Did not advance
Chen Nien-chin Women's middleweight Flag of Russia.svg  Yakushina  (RUS)
L 0–3
Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Chinese Taipei has qualified one rider in the women's Olympic road race by virtue of a top 100 individual placement in the 2016 UCI World Rankings. [16]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Huang Ting-ying Women's road race Did not finish

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Chinese Taipei has entered one rider to compete in women's omnium at the Olympics, by virtue of her final individual UCI Olympic ranking in that event.

Omnium
AthleteEventScratch raceIndividual pursuitElimination raceTime trialFlying lapPoints raceTotal pointsRank
RankPointsTimeRankPointsRankPointsTimeRankPointsTimeRankPointsPointsRank
Hsiao Mei-yu Women's omnium 13163:58.713186131635.63672814.5321218-20186417

Equestrian

Chinese Taipei has entered one jumping rider into the Olympic equestrian competition, by virtue of a top individual finish at the FEI qualifying meet for Asia & Oceania in Hagen, Germany. [17] [18]

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotal
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound B
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Isheau Wong Zadarijke Individual 47=68Did not advance

Golf

Chinese Taipei has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Lin Wen-tang (world no. 315), Pan Cheng-tsung (world no. 256), Candie Kung (world no. 32) and Teresa Lu (world no. 28) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016. [19] [20]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total
ScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRank
Lin Wen-tang Men's 7777DNFDNF15412DNF
Pan Cheng-tsung 69697174283−1=30
Candie Kung Women's 67687675286+2=31
Teresa Lu 70677370280−4=16

Gymnastics

Artistic

Chinese Taipei has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition for the first time since 2000. Lee Chih-kai had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro. [21]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Lee Chih-kai Pommel horse 14.26614.26631Did not advance

Judo

Chinese Taipei has qualified two judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Lien Chia-ling was ranked among the top 14 eligible judokas for women in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016, while Tsai Ming-yen at men's extra-lightweight (60 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region as Chinese Taipei's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position. [22]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tsai Ming-yen Men's −60 kg Flag of Laos.svg  Sithisane  (LAO)
W 111–000
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Gerchev  (BUL)
L 000–110
Did not advance
Lien Chen-ling Women's −57 kg Flag of Poland.svg  Podolak  (POL)
W 100–000
Flag of the United States.svg  Malloy  (USA)
W 000–000 S
Flag of Romania.svg  Căprioriu  (ROU)
L 000–100
Did not advanceFlag of Hungary.svg  Karakas  (HUN)
W 001–000
Flag of Japan.svg  Matsumoto  (JPN)
L 000–001
5

Rowing

Chinese Taipei has qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Huang Yi-ting Women's single sculls 8:51.744 R8:01.273 SE/FBye8:38.211 FE8:34.5325

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Chinese Taipei has received a spare Olympic berth from the International Sailing Federation to send a windsurfer competing in the men's RS:X class to the Olympic regatta. [23]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112M*
Chang Hao Men's RS:X 3434312737
DNF
343537
DNF
31282728EL34632

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Taiwanese shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) as of 31 March 2016. [24] [25] The shooting team was named to the Olympic roster on 9 June 2016, with trap specialist Lin Yi-chun going to her fourth Games. [26]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Yang Kun-pi Men's trap 11025Did not advance
Lin Yi-chun Women's trap 6217Did not advance
Wu Chia-ying Women's 10 m air pistol 38019Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 57227Did not advance
Yu Ai-wen Women's 10 m air pistol 37831Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 57718Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Chinese Taipei has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [27] [28] [29]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lee Hsuan-yen Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:14.8434Did not advance
Lin Pei-wun Women's 50 m freestyle 26.4149Did not advance

Table tennis

Chinese Taipei has fielded a team of six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Chen Chien-an scored a second-stage draw victory to book one of six remaining Olympic spots in the men's singles at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong. [30] Meanwhile, London 2012 semifinalist Chuang Chih-yuan, Chen Szu-yu, and Cheng I-ching were automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players each in their respective singles events based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings. [31]

Chiang Hung-chieh and Huang Yi-hua were each awarded the third spot to build the men's and women's teams for the Games by virtue of a top 10 national finish in the ITTF Olympic Rankings. [32]

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Chen Chien-an Singles ByeFlag of Spain.svg  He Zw  (ESP)
W 4–2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Jk  (CHN)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Chuang Chih-yuan ByeFlag of Nigeria.svg  Aruna  (NGR)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Chen Chien-an
Chiang Hung-chieh
Chuang Chih-yuan
Team Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
L 1–3
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Chen Szu-yu Singles ByeFlag of Belarus.svg  Privalova  (BLR)
W 4–2
Flag of Turkey.svg  Hu  (TUR)
W 4–0
Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim S-i  (PRK)
L 2–4
did not advance
Cheng I-ching ByeFlag of Belarus.svg  Pavlovich  (BLR)
W 4–3
Flag of South Korea.svg  Seo H-w  (KOR)
W 4–3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Xx  (CHN)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Chen Szu-yu
Cheng I-ching
Huang Yi-hua
Team Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)
L 1–3
Did not advance

Taekwondo

Chinese Taipei entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Chuang Chia-chia qualified automatically for the women's welterweight category (67 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings. [33] [34] Meanwhile, 2015 World champion Liu Wei-ting and Huang Huai-hsuan secured the remaining spots on the Chinese Taipei team by virtue of their top two finish respectively in the men's welterweight (80 kg) and women's flyweight category (49 kg) at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament in Manila, Philippines. [35]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Liu Wei-ting Men's −80 kg Flag of Moldova.svg  Cook  (MDA)
W 14–2 PTG
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Oueslati  (TUN)
L 0−1 SUD
Did not advance
Huang Huai-hsuan Women's −49 kg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Jy  (CHN)
L 1−10
Did not advance
Chuang Chia-chia Women's −67 kg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Deniz  (KAZ)
W 16–2 PTG
Flag of South Korea.svg  Oh H-r  (KOR)
L 9–21 PTG
Did not advanceFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Pagnotta  (CAN)
W 4–1
Flag of Turkey.svg  Tatar  (TUR)
L 3–7
5

Tennis

Chinese Taipei has entered five tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Three-time Olympian Lu Yen-hsun (world no. 97) and Hsieh Su-wei (world no. 72), qualified directly among the top 56 eligible players for their respective singles events based on the ATP and WTA World Rankings as of 6 June 2016.

Having been directly entered to the singles, Hsieh also opted to play with her partner Chuang Chia-jung in the women's doubles, while sisters Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan teamed up together in the same tournament by virtue of the former's top-10 WTA ranking. [36] [37]

Hsieh was scheduled to play in the women's singles and the women's doubles (partnered with Chuang), but withdrew before the tournament, leaving Chuang unable to play and find another partner that have an enough rank to play with.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lu Yen-hsun Men's singles Flag of Italy.svg  Lorenzi  (ITA)
L 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Did not advance
Hsieh Su-wei Women's singles Withdrew on 4 August due to scheduling issues
Chan Hao-ching
Chan Yung-jan
Women's doubles Flag of Romania.svg  Begu /
Niculescu  (ROU)
W 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Konta /
Watson  (GBR)
W 3–6, 6–0, 6–4
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Bacsinszky /
Hingis  (SUI)
L 3–6, 0–6
Did not advance
Chuang Chia-jung
Hsieh Su-wei
Withdrew on 4 August due to scheduling issues

Weightlifting

Weightlifters from Chinese Taipei have qualified three men's and four women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by 20 June 2016.

The weightlifting team, highlighted by London 2012 silver medalist Hsu Shu-ching (later granted the gold medal because of the original champion's positive blood test result for the banned steroids [38] ), was named to the Olympic roster on 11 May 2016. [39] [40]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Tan Chi-chung Men's −56 kg 110141381124812
Pan Chien-hung Men's −69 kg 136191601829618
Chen Shih-chieh Men's +105 kg 18510235DNF185DNF
Chen Wei-ling Women's −48 kg 81710061817
Hsu Shu-ching Women's −53 kg 10021121212Gold medal icon.svg
Kuo Hsing-chun Women's −58 kg 10231293231Bronze medal icon.svg

Wrestling

Chinese Taipei has qualified one wrestler for the women's freestyle 69 kg into the Olympic competition, as a result of her top two finish at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport for the first time since 1988. [41]

Key:

Women's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Chen Wen-ling −69 kg ByeFlag of Mongolia.svg  Ochirbat  (MGL)
L 0−5 VT
Did not advance15

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