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.

The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee sent a team of 57 athletes, 26 men and 31 women, to compete in 18 sports at the Games. 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).

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. 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.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date Hsu Shu-ching Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Le Chien-yingLin Shih-chiaTan Ya-ting Archery Women's team Kuo Hsing-chun Weightlifting Women's 58 kg

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. 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.

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.

Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKao Hao-wenIndividual66130L 0–6Did not advanceWei Chun-heng6799W 6–0L 5–6Did not advanceYu Guan-lin65539L 5–6Did not advanceKao Hao-wenWei Chun-hengYu Guan-linTeam19957colspan=2 L 2–6Did not advance

Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankLe Chien-yingIndividual62533W 6–2L 2–6Did not advanceLin Shih-chia6519W 6–0L 2–6Did not advanceTan Ya-ting6564W 7–1W 6–0W 6–0L 5–6Did not advanceLe Chien-yingLin Shih-chiaTan Ya-tingTeam19324colspan=2 W 5–4L 1–5W 5–3

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):

Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankChen ChiehMen's 400 m hurdles50.656Did not advanceHo Chin-pingMen's marathoncolspan=4 2:26.00100Chen Yu-hsuanWomen's marathoncolspan=4 3:09:13127Hsieh Chien-hocolspan=4 2:54:18 113

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionHsiang Chun-hsienMen's high jump2.1735Did not advanceHuang Shih-fengMen's javelin throw74.3316Did 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.

AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChou Tien-chenMen's singlesW (21–9, 21–11)W (21–14, 21–8)1 QW (21–10, 21–13)L (9–21, 15–21) did not advanceLee Sheng-muTsai Chia-hsinMen's doublesL (21–18, 13–21, 18–21)L (11–21, 20–22)W (21–14, 21–19)3 did not advanceTai Tzu-yingWomen's singlesW (21–11, 21–9)W (21–12, 21–9)1 QL (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.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLai Chu-enMen's lightweightL 1–2Did not advanceChen Nien-chinWomen's middleweightL 0–3Did 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.

AthleteEventTimeRankHuang Ting-yingWomen's road raceDid 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 pointsRankRankPointsTimeRankPointsRankPointsTimeRankPointsTimeRankPointsPointsRankHsiao Mei-yuWomen's omnium13163:58.713186131635.63672814.5321218 −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.

Jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotalRound 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound BPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankIsheau WongZadarijkeIndividual47=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.

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRankLin Wen-tangMen's77 7715412Pan Cheng-tsung69697174283−1=30Candie KungWomen's67687675286 +2=31Teresa Lu70677370280−4=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.

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankLee Chih-kaiPommel horse14.266colspan=4 14.26631Did 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.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTsai Ming-yenMen's −60 kgW 111–000L 000–110Did not advanceLien Chen-lingWomen's −57 kgW 100–000W 000–000 L 000–100Did not advanceW 001–000L 000–0015

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 TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankHuang Yi-tingWomen's single sculls8:51.744 R8:01.273 SE/Fcolspan=2 8:38.211 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.

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112M*Chang HaoMen's RS:X34343127373435373128272834632 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. The shooting team was named to the Olympic roster on 9 June 2016, with trap specialist Lin Yi-chun going to her fourth Games.

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankYang Kun-piMen's trap11025Did not advanceLin Yi-chunWomen's trap6217Did not advanceWu Chia-yingWomen's 10 m air pistol38019colspan=2 Did not advanceWomen's 25 m pistol57227Did not advanceYu Ai-wenWomen's 10 m air pistol37831colspan=2 Did not advanceWomen's 25 m pistol57718Did 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.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLee Hsuan-yenMen's 200 m breaststroke2:14.8434Did not advanceLin Pei-wunWomen's 50 m freestyle26.4149Did 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. 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.

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.

Men