Chinese Taipei competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. "Chinese Taipei" was 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 primarily due to opposition from the People's Republic of China. This also was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games in Olympic history. A total of 89 athletes, 50 men and 39 women, competed only in 14 different sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Chinese Taipei's Olympic history, with more than half under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Baseball player Chen Chih-yuan was appointed by the committee to carry the Chinese Taipei flag in the opening ceremony.
Chinese Taipei left Athens with a total of five Olympic medals (two golds, two silver, and one bronze), being considered its most successful Olympics. Chinese Taipei's highlight of the Games came with a remarkable milestone for taekwondo jin Chen Shih-hsin and Chu Mu-yen, claiming the nation's first ever gold medals in Olympic history. Meanwhile, another taekwondo jin Huang Chih-hsiung picked up his second medal with a sterling silver in the men's lightweight division, adding it to his bronze from Sydney four years earlier.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Taekwondo Men's 58 kg ArcheryMen's team Taekwondo Men's 68 kg Archery Women's team
Archery
Three Chinese Taipei archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams.
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChen Szu-yuanIndividual66310W 136–132W 170–159W 169–161L 108–110Did not advanceLiu Ming-huang66311W 148–145L 160–164Did not advanceWang Cheng-pang65918W 159–144L 167 (8)–167 (9)Did not advanceChen Szu-yuanLiu Ming-huangWang Cheng-pangTeam19852colspan=2 W 250–247W 244–243L 245–251
Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChen Li-juIndividual61745L 133–142Did not advanceWu Hui-ju64910W 156–142W 156 (9)–156 (8)W 160–151L 103–104Did not advanceYuan Shu-chi6586W 162–158W 158–149W 166–148W 107–105L 98–104L 104–1054Chen Li-juWu Hui-juYuan Shu-chiTeam19243colspan=2 W 240–226W 233–230L 226–230W 242–228
Athletics
Taiwanese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).
Men AthleteEventFinalResultRankWu Wen-chienMarathon2:23:5456
Women AthleteEventFinalResultRankHsu Yu-fangMarathon2:55:5857
Badminton
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChien Yu-hsiuMen's singlesL 6–15, 1–15Did not advanceCheng Shao-chiehWomen's singlesW 11–9, 11–8W 3–11, 11–6, 11–6L 3–11, 3–11Did not advanceCheng Wen-hsingChien Yu-chinWomen's doublesW 15–0, 15–10L 15–13, 7–15, 5–15Did not advanceCheng Wen-hsingTsai Chia-hsinMixed doublesW 15–3, 15–9L 5–15, 2–15Did not advance
Baseball
Roster Manager: 85 – Hsu Sheng-ming
Coaches: 29 – Lee Lai-fa, 4 – Lin I-tseng, 80 – Mitsujiro Sakai
Round robin TeamWLTiebreaker611-0610-152-43-34-25-161-0160-1
Cycling
Track Time trial AthleteEventTimeRankLin Chih-hsunMen's time trial1:06.24016
Judo
Two Taiwanese judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLiu Shu-yunWomen's −70 kgL 0010–0220Did not advanceLee Hsiao-hungWomen's +78 kgL 0001–0021Did not advance
Rowing
Taiwanese rowers qualified the following boats:
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankWang Ming-huiSingle sculls7:28.163 R7:09.993 SD/E7:14.794 FE7:07.8425
Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankChiang Chien-juSingle sculls8:15.866 R7:48.363 SC/D8:05.712 FC7:49.1317 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; R=Repechage
Shooting
Two Taiwanese shooters (one man and one woman) qualified to compete in the following events:
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankChang Yi-ning10 m air pistol56940Did not advance50 m pistol54830Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankLin Yi-chunDouble trap1067Did not advance
Softball
Roster Chinese TaipeiPositionNo.PlayerBirthClub in 2004 IF 6 Yen Show-tzu OCT/19/1971 Taipei P 9 Lin Su-hua OCT/12/1980 Taiwan National University OF 10 Huang Hui-wen FEB/03/1980 OF 11 Li Chiu-ching OCT/09/1982 IF 12 Chen Miao-yi FEB/23/1983 National Normal University IF 13 Wang Shiao-ping JUN/22/1981 IF 15 Chang Li-chiu FEB/29/1980 IF 18 Wang Ya-fen OCT/08/1969 Taipei P 21 Lai Sheng-jung DEC/27/1978 Taipei National University P 22 Wu Chia-yen JUN/28/1980 Taiwan National University C 23 Yang Hui-chun APR/10/1970 Taipei Country P 26 Lin Po-jen MAR/26/1981 National Taiwan University OF 27 Tung Yun-chi DEC/27/1981 Taichung IF 28 Pan Tzu-hui JAN/08/1983 Taipei OF 36 Chen Feng-yin DEC/19/1979 TaichungBench Coaches Team Manager Ni Chao-liang JUN/04/1951 Coach Chiu Li-su OCT/02/1969 Coach Chen Jye-yen FEB/02/1953
Round robin
Swimming
Taiwanese swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankChen Cho-yi100 m breaststroke1:03.9435Did not advanceChen Te-tung200 m freestyle1:54.1447Did not advance400 m freestyle4:03.7140colspan=2 Did not advanceLin Yu-an400 m individual medley4:41.7635colspan=2 Did not advanceWang Shao-an50 m freestyle23.5448Did not advanceWang Wei-wen200 m breaststroke2:20.6542Did not advanceWu Nien-pin100 m freestyle52.5854Did not advance200 m individual medley2:08.7244Did not advanceYeh Tzu-cheng200 m butterfly2:06.4136Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCheng Wan-jung100 m butterfly1:02.9434Did not advance200 m butterfly2:16.2525Did not advanceFu Hsiao-han100 m backstroke1:06.6237Did not advanceLin Man-hsu200 m backstroke2:17.6824Did not advance200 m individual medley2:18.8620Did not advance400 m individual medley4:52.2220colspan=2 Did not advanceNieh Pin-chieh50 m freestyle27.09=41Did not advanceSung Yi-chieh100 m freestyle59.1844Did not advanceYang Chin-kuei200 m freestyle2:05.6536Did not advance
Table tennis
Four Taiwanese table tennis players qualified for the following events.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankChiang Peng-lungMen's singlescolspan=2 W 4–1L 3–4Did not advanceChuang Chih-yuancolspan=2 W 4–2W 4–2L 2–4Did not advanceChiang Peng-lungChuang Chih-yuanMen's doubles W 4–2L 2–4Did not advanceHuang I-huaWomen's singlesW 4–0L 2–4Did not advanceHuang I-huaLu Yun-fengWomen's doubles W 4–0 W 4–3L 0–4Did not advance
Taekwondo
Four Taiwanese taekwondo jin qualified for the following events.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankChu Mu-yenMen's −58 kgW W 9–1W 5–4colspan=2 W 5–1Huang Chih-hsiungMen's −68 kgW 8–1W 10–8W 7–5colspan=2 L 3–4Chen Shih-hsinWomen's −49 kgW 4–0W 1–0W 3–2colspan=2 W 5–4Chi Shu-juWomen's −57 kgW 8–0L 1–2Did not advance
Tennis
Chinese Taipei nominated a male tennis player to compete in the tournament through a tripartite invitation.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankLu Yen-hsunMen's singlesL 3–6, 3–6Did not advance
Weightlifting
Seven Taiwanese weightlifters qualified for the following events:
Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankWang Shin-yuan−56 kg127.5———Yang Chin-yi120———Yang Sheng-hsiung−62 kg120=12160=42809Kuo Cheng-wei−69 kg132.513165=8297.510
Women AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankChen Han-tung−48 kg808102.58182.56Chen Wei-ling75=1295=1017011Huang Shih-hsu−75 kg112.5———
See also Chinese Taipei at the 2002 Asian Games Chinese Taipei at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee