Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), competes as "Chinese Taipei" (TPE) at the Olympic Games since 1984. Athletes compete under the flag of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee 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.
Timeline of participation
Olympic Year/s Teams Mainland China Taiwan 1924 (Chine)China took part in the Opening Ceremony, but its four athletes (all tennis players) withdrew from competition. as part of Japan 1932–1936 China (CHN) 1948 1952 People's Republicof China (PRC) 1956 Formosa-China (CHN) 1960 Formosa (RCF) 1964–1968 Taiwan (TWN) 1972–1976 W Republic of China (ROC) 1980 W People's Republicof China (CHN) 1984–present Chinese 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: 1922 – The China National Amateur Athletic Federation is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the National Olympic Committee in China. 1932 – ROC competes in the Olympics for the first time as China. 1949 – The China National Amateur Athletic Federation moves to Taiwan. 1952 – ROC team withdraws from the Helsinki OlympicsWerner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, p. 32, Sulo Kolkka (ed.), Alex Matson (trans.), The Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952, 1952 because the IOC permits the People's Republic of China (PRC) to participate. 1954 – IOC adopts a resolution officially recognising the PRC's Chinese Olympic Committee. 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.The Times, "The Latest Threat to the Olympics - And its all over a name", 10 July 1976 1958 – PRC withdraws from Olympic movement and all federations governing Olympic sports. Professor Dong Shouyi, an IOC member for the PRC resigns. 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. 1960 – ROC committee is renamed the "Olympic Committee of the Republic of China", and so recognised. 1963 – IOC recognizes the name "Taiwan", and the NOC is allowed to use the initials "ROC" on sports outfits. 1968 – IOC agrees to renaming the Taiwan team as the Republic of China after the 1968 Games and to its participation under that banner. 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. 1979 – IOC recognises the Chinese Olympic Committee as the official representative of China. The IOC decision is followed by a postal ballot among 89 members. Under the IOC decision, the ROC's Olympics committee would be 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. 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). 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.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank as part of Japan as part of the did not participate 13 0 0 0 0 – 27 0 1 0 1 32 40 0 0 0 0 – 43 0 0 1 1 42 21 0 0 0 0 – boycotted 38 0 0 1 1 43 61 0 0 0 0 – 37 0 1 0 1 49 74 0 1 0 1 61 74 0 1 4 5 58 89 2 2 1 5 31 80 1 1 2 4 45 44 1 0 1 2 49 58 1 0 2 3 50 68 2 4 6 12 34 60 2 0 5 7 35 future event Total 9 11 23 43 63
Medals by Winter Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 5 0 0 0 0 – 6 0 0 0 0 – did not participate 12 0 0 0 0 – 13 0 0 0 0 – 8 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – 7 0 0 0 0 – 6 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 0 0 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 – 4 0 0 0 0 – 4 0 0 0 0 – 8 0 0 0 0 – future event Total 0 0 0 0 –
Medals by summer sport
List of medalists
Medal Players/Players in the team Games Sport Event Yang Chuan-kwang Athletics Men's decathlon Chi Cheng Athletics Women's 80 metre hurdles Tsai Wen-yee Weightlifting Men's 60 kg Chang Cheng-hsienChang Wen-chungChang Yaw-teingChen Chi-hsinChen Wei-chenChiang Tai-chuanHuang Chung-yiHuang Wen-poJong Yeu-jengKu Kuo-chianKuo Lee Chien-fuLiao Ming-hsiungLin Chao-huangLin Kun-hanLo Chen-jungLo Kuo-chongPai Kun-hongTsai Ming-hungWang Kuang-shihWu Shih-hsih Baseball Men's competition Chen Jing Table tennis Women's singles Li Feng-ying Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Chen Jing Table tennis Women's singles Chi Shu-ju Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Huang Chih-hsiung Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Kuo Yi-hang Weightlifting Women's 75 kg Chen Shih-hsin Taekwondo Women's flyweight Chu Mu-yen Taekwondo Men's flyweight Chen Szu-yuanLiu Ming-huangWang Cheng-pang Archery Men's team Huang Chih-hsiung Taekwondo Men's lightweight Chen Li-juWu Hui-juYuan Shu-chi Archery Women's team Chen Wei-ling Weightlifting Women's 48 kg Lu Ying-chi Weightlifting Women's 63 kg Chu Mu-yen Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Sung Yu-chi Taekwondo Men's 68 kg Hsu Shu-ching Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Tseng Li-cheng Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Hsu Shu-ching Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Lei Chien-yingLin Shih-chiaTan Ya-ting Archery Women's team Kuo Hsing-chun Weightlifting Women's 58 kg Kuo Hsing-chun Weightlifting Women's 59 kg Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin Badminton Men's doubles Yang Yung-wei Judo Men's 60 kg Deng Yu-chengTang Chih-chunWei Chun-heng Archery Men's team Lee Chih-kai Gymnastics Men's pommel horse Tai Tzu-ying Badminton Women's singles Lo Chia-ling Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Lin Yun-ju Cheng I-ching Table tennis Mixed doubles Chen Wen-huei Weightlifting Women's 64 kg Pan Cheng-tsung Golf Men's individual Huang Hsiao-wen Boxing Women's flyweight Wen Tzu-yun Karate Women's 55 kg Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin Badminton Men's doubles Lin Yu-ting Boxing Women's 57 kg Lee Meng-yuan Shooting Men's skeet Wu Shih-yi Boxing Women's 60 kg Tang Chia-hung Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Chen Nien-chin Boxing Women's 66 kg Kuo Hsing-chun Weightlifting Women's 59 kg
See also 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
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