# Chinese Taipei at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Chinese Taipei competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. "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 due primarily to opposition from the People's Republic of China. This was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
With the absence of baseball and softball at the Olympics, the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1992. A total of 44 athletes, 19 men and 25 women, competed in 14 sports. For the second time in its Olympic history, Chinese Taipei was represented by more female than male athletes. There was only a single competitor in fencing, judo, rowing, and sailing. 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 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Fourteen athletes had competed in Beijing, including taekwondo jin and fourth-placer Yang Shu-Chun. Four Chinese Taipei athletes made their third consecutive Olympic appearance: table tennis players Chuang Chih-Yuan and Huang Yi-Hua, and badminton players Cheng Wen-Hsing and Chien Yu-Chin in the women's doubles. Weightlifter Chen Shih-chieh, who competed at his first Olympics, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Chinese Taipei left London with two medals: a gold and a bronze, the lowest in Summer Olympic history since 1996. These medals were awarded to the female athletes in weightlifting and taekwondo.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Hsu Shu-ching | Weightlifting | Women's 53 kg | 29 July |
| Bronze | Tseng Li-cheng | Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg | 9 August |

## Archery

Chinese Taipei has qualified three archers for the men's individual event, a team for the men's team event, three archers for the women's individual event, and a team for the women's team event

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Chen Yu-chen | Individual | 649 | 54 | Nespoli (ITA) (11) W 6–2 | Ruban (UKR) (43) L 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kuo Cheng-wei | Individual | 660 | 40 | Malavé (VEN) (25) W 6–5 | El-Nemr (EGY) (57) W 6–2 | Ivashko (UKR) (24) W 6–0 | van der Ven (NED) (16) L 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wang Cheng-pang | Individual | 663 | 33 | Pineda (COL) (32) W 6–0 | Im D-h (KOR) (1) L 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chen Yu-chen Kuo Cheng-wei Wang Cheng-pang | Team | 1972 | 11 | — | — | Italy (ITA) (6) L 206–212 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Le Chien-ying | Individual | 638 | 39 | Löklüoğlu (TUR) (25) W 6–0 | Christiansen (DEN) (7) L 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lin Chia-en | Individual | 667 | 5 | Hashim (MAS) (60) W 6–2 | Schuh (FRA) (37) L 5–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tan Ya-ting | Individual | 671 | 3 | Dielen (SUI) (25) W 6–4 | Richter (GER) (30) W 6–2 | Lionetti (ITA) (19) L 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Le Chien-ying Lin Chia-en Tan Ya-ting | Team | 1976 | 3 | — | — | Bye | Russia (RUS) (6) L 216 (26)–216 (28) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics

Athletes from Chinese Taipei 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):

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Chang Chia-che | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:29:58 | 77 |
| Chen Chieh | 400 m hurdles | 50.27 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Chang Ming-huang | Shot put | 20.25 | 12 q | 19.99 | 12 |
| Lin Ching-hsuan | Long jump | 7.38 | =33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Li Wen-hua | Discus throw | 59.91 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lin Chia-ying | Shot put | 17.43 NR | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Hsu Jen-hao | Singles | Son W-h (KOR) L 14–21, 10–21 | Ivanov (RUS) L 15–21, 13–21 | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fang Chieh-min Lee Sheng-mu | Doubles | Cai Y / Fu Hf (CHN) L 19–21, 13–21 | Kindervater / Schöttler (GER) W 21–15, 21–16 | Smith / Warfe (AUS) W 21–14, 21–13 | 2 Q | — | Boe / Mogensen (DEN) L 16–21, 18–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Cheng Shao-chieh | Singles | Yiğit (TUR) W 21–10, 21–6 | Prutsch (AUT) W 21–11, 21–9 | — | 1 Q | Gu J (SIN) W 21–18, 21–10 | Wang Yh (CHN) L 14–21, 11–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tai Tzu-ying | Singles | Nieminen (FIN) W 21–11, 21–14 | Montero (MEX) W 21–6, 21–10 | — | 1 Q | Li Xr (CHN) L 16–21, 21–23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin | Doubles | Fujii / Kakiiwa (JPN) W 21–19, 21–11 | Gutta / Ponnappa (IND) L 23–25, 21–16, 18–21 | Sari / Yao (SIN) W 18–21, 21–15, 21–15 | 1 Q | — | Tian Q / Zhao Yl (CHN) L 10–21, 14–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing | Doubles | Xu C / Ma J (CHN) L 16–21, 20–22 | Prapakamol / Thoungthongkam (THA) L 15–21, 16–21 | Chan P S / Goh L Y (MAS) W 21–12, 6–21, 21–15 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Hsiao Mei-yu | Women's road race | OTL | OTL |

### Track
#### Omnium

| Athlete | Event | Flying lap | Flying lap | Points race | Points race | Elimination race | Individual pursuit | Individual pursuit | Scratch race | Time trial | Time trial | Total points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Rank | Time | Rank | Rank | Time | Rank | Total points | Rank |
| Hsiao Mei-yu | Women's omnium | 14.662 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 3:49.051 | 16 | 15 | 36.482 | 9 | 85 | 17 |

## Fencing
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Hsu Jo-ting | Individual épée | Hassanein (EGY) W 15–10 | Brânză (ROU) L 8–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Chinese Taipei has qualified 1 judoka
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Tu Kai-wen | Men's −66 kg | Bye | Khashbaatar (MGL) L 0001–0111 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Chinese Taipei has qualified the following boats.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Wang Ming-hui | Single sculls | 7:15.77 | 4 R | BUW | 5 SE/F | Bye | Bye | 7:33.18 | 1 FE | 7:33.28 | 26 |
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 qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final Rank |
| Chang Hao | RS:X | 33 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 37 | 37 | 24 | 22 | EL | 289 | 35 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

## Shooting

Chinese Taipei has ensured berths in the following shooting events:

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Lin Yi-chun | Trap | 68 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tien Chia-chen | 25 m pistol | 580 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tien Chia-chen | 10 m air pistol | 378 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yu Ai-wen | 10 m air pistol | 375 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Swimmers from Chinese Taipei have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hsu Chi-chieh | 200 m butterfly | 1:59.81 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Chen I-chuan | 100 m breaststroke | 1:11.28 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cheng Wan-jung | 200 m butterfly | 2:14.29 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cheng Wan-jung | 200 m individual medley | 2:17.39 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Chinese Taipei has qualified a man and two women in table tennis.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Chuang Chih-yuan | Men's singles | Bye | Bye | Bye | Zwickl (HUN) W 4–0 | Gaćina (CRO) W 4–2 | Crișan (ROM) W 4–0 | Wang H (CHN) L 1–4 | Ovtcharov (GER) L 2–4 | 4 |
| Chen Szu-yu | Women's singles | Bye | Bye | Tóth (HUN) W 4–3 | Feng Tw (SIN) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Huang Yi-hua | Women's singles | Bye | Bye | Miao (AUS) W 4–0 | Li Q (POL) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Chinese Taipei has ensured berths in the following events of taekwondo by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament or the Asian Qualification Tournament:
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Wei Chen-yang | Men's −58 kg | Le H C (VIE) W 5–1 | Denisenko (RUS) L 7–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yang Shu-chun | Women's −49 kg | Manz (GER) W 10–3 | Chanatip (THA) L 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tseng Li-cheng | Women's −57 kg | Nisaisom (THA) W 4–1 | Paoli (LIB) W 5–2 | Jones (GBR) L 6–10 | Bye | Mikkonen (FIN) W 14–2 | Did not advance | |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Lu Yen-hsun | Men's singles | Jaziri (TUN) L 6–7$^{(10–12)}$, 6–4, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hsieh Su-wei | Women's singles | Peng (CHN) L 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 5–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei | Women's doubles | — | Chakravarthi / Mirza (IND) W 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 | Pennetta / Schiavone (ITA) W 6–7, 7–5, 6–4 | Hlaváčková / Hradecká (CZE) L 3–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Chinese Taipei has qualified 1 man and 3 women.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Chen Shih-chieh | Men's +105 kg | 182 | 13 | 236 | 6 | 418 | 10 |
| Hsu Shu-ching | Women's −53 kg | 96 | 2 | 123 | 2 | 219 | |
| Kuo Hsing-chun | Women's −58 kg | 99 | 12 | 129 | 5 | 228 | 8 |
| Huang Shih-hsu | Women's −69 kg | 110 | 8 | 131 | 8 | 241 | 7 |