# Chinese Taipei at the Olympics

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), competes as "Chinese Taipei" (TPE) at the Olympic Games since 1984. Athletes compete under the Chinese Taipei Olympic flag 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.

## Participation
### Timeline of participation

| Olympic year/s | team | team | team | team | team |
| Olympic year/s | Mainland China | Mainland China | Mainland China | Taiwan | Taiwan |
| 1924 | | | (Chine) | as part of Japan | as part of Japan |
| 1932–1936 | | China | (CHN) | as part of Japan | as part of Japan |
| 1948 | | | | | | (CHN) |
| 1952 | | People's Republic of China (PRC) | People's Republic of China (PRC) | | |
| 1956 | | | | | Republic of China (CHN) |
| 1960 | | | | | Formosa (RCF) |
| 1964–1968 | | | | | Taiwan (TWN) |
| 1972–1976 | | | | | Republic of China (ROC) |
| 1980 | | China (CHN) | China (CHN) | | |
| since 1984 | | China (CHN) | China (CHN) | | 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 Olympics 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.
* 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.

## Medals

Medals by summer sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Weightlifting42511 Taekwondo2169 Badminton2103 Boxing1034 Archery0224 Table tennis0123 Athletics0112 Gymnastics0112 Baseball0101 Judo0101 Golf0011 Karate0011 Shooting0011Totals (13 entries)9112343 :

## List of medalists

| Medal | Players/Players in the team | Games | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Yang Chuan-kwang | 1960 Rome | Athletics | Men's decathlon |
| Bronze | Chi Cheng | 1968 Mexico City | Athletics | Women's 80 metre hurdles |
| Bronze | Tsai Wen-yee | 1984 Los Angeles | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg |
| Silver | Chang Cheng-hsien Chang Wen-chung Chang Yaw-teing Chen Chi-hsin Chen Wei-chen Chiang Tai-chuan Huang Chung-yi Huang Wen-po Jong Yeu-jeng Ku Kuo-chian Kuo Lee Chien-fu Liao Ming-hsiung Lin Chao-huang Lin Kun-han Lo Chen-jung Lo Kuo-chong Pai Kun-hong Tsai Ming-hung Wang Kuang-shih Wu Shih-hsih | 1992 Barcelona | Baseball | Men's competition |
| Silver | Chen Jing | 1996 Atlanta | Table tennis | Women's singles |
| Silver | Li Feng-ying | 2000 Sydney | Weightlifting | Women's 53 kg |
| Bronze | Chen Jing | 2000 Sydney | Table tennis | Women's singles |
| Bronze | Chi Shu-ju | 2000 Sydney | Taekwondo | Women's 49 kg |
| Bronze | Huang Chih-hsiung | 2000 Sydney | Taekwondo | Men's 58 kg |
| Bronze | Kuo Yi-hang | 2000 Sydney | Weightlifting | Women's 75 kg |
| Gold | Chen Shih-hsin | 2004 Athens | Taekwondo | Women's flyweight |
| Gold | Chu Mu-yen | 2004 Athens | Taekwondo | Men's flyweight |
| Silver | Chen Szu-yuan Liu Ming-huang Wang Cheng-pang | 2004 Athens | Archery | Men's team |
| Silver | Huang Chih-hsiung | 2004 Athens | Taekwondo | Men's lightweight |
| Bronze | Chen Li-ju Wu Hui-ju Yuan Shu-chi | 2004 Athens | Archery | Women's team |
| Gold | Chen Wei-ling | 2008 Beijing | Weightlifting | Women's 48 kg |
| Silver | Lu Ying-chi | 2008 Beijing | Weightlifting | Women's 63 kg |
| Bronze | Chu Mu-yen | 2008 Beijing | Taekwondo | Men's 58 kg |
| Bronze | Sung Yu-chi | 2008 Beijing | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg |
| Gold | Hsu Shu-ching | 2012 London | Weightlifting | Women's 53 kg |
| Bronze | Tseng Li-cheng | 2012 London | Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg |
| Gold | Hsu Shu-ching | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Weightlifting | Women's 53 kg |
| Bronze | Lei Chien-ying Lin Shih-chia Tan Ya-ting | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Archery | Women's team |
| Bronze | Kuo Hsing-chun | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Weightlifting | Women's 58 kg |
| Gold | Kuo Hsing-chun | 2020 Tokyo | Weightlifting | Women's 59 kg |
| Gold | Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin | 2020 Tokyo | Badminton | Men's doubles |
| Silver | Yang Yung-wei | 2020 Tokyo | Judo | Men's 60 kg |
| Silver | Deng Yu-cheng Tang Chih-chun Wei Chun-heng | 2020 Tokyo | Archery | Men's team |
| Silver | Lee Chih-kai | 2020 Tokyo | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse |
| Silver | Tai Tzu-ying | 2020 Tokyo | Badminton | Women's singles |
| Bronze | Lo Chia-ling | 2020 Tokyo | Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg |
| Bronze | Lin Yun-ju Cheng I-ching | 2020 Tokyo | Table tennis | Mixed doubles |
| Bronze | Chen Wen-huei | 2020 Tokyo | Weightlifting | Women's 64 kg |
| Bronze | Pan Cheng-tsung | 2020 Tokyo | Golf | Men's individual |
| Bronze | Huang Hsiao-wen | 2020 Tokyo | Boxing | Women's flyweight |
| Bronze | Wen Tzu-yun | 2020 Tokyo | Karate | Women's 55 kg |
| Gold | Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin | 2024 Paris | Badminton | Men's doubles |
| Gold | Lin Yu-ting | 2024 Paris | Boxing | Women's 57 kg |
| Bronze | Lee Meng-yuan | 2024 Paris | Shooting | Men's skeet |
| Bronze | Wu Shih-yi | 2024 Paris | Boxing | Women's 60 kg |
| Bronze | Tang Chia-hung | 2024 Paris | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar |
| Bronze | Chen Nien-chin | 2024 Paris | Boxing | Women's 66 kg |
| Bronze | Kuo Hsing-chun | 2024 Paris | Weightlifting | Women's 59 kg |