Chinese Olympic Committee Explained

Chinese Olympic Committee
Size:	150px
Country:	China
Code:	CHN
Created:	1910 (as of Qing) 1922 (as of ROC) 1952 (as of PRC)
Recognized:	1954, then 1979
Association:	OCA
Headquarters:	Dongcheng, Beijing, China
President:	Gao Zhidan
Secretary General:	Song Keqin

The Chinese Olympic Committee (COC; ; IOC code: CHN) is the National Olympic Committee of China. It is headquartered in Dongcheng, Beijing, China.

Leaders

See main article: List of current leaders of the Chinese Olympic Committee.

Timeline concerning Olympic recognition

The following timeline concerns the different names and principle events concerning recognition of the ROC Olympic team:

• 1910: The "Chinese National Olympic Committee" (Chinese: 中國奧林匹克委員會) is created to represent China's interests in Olympic Games activities.
• 1922: The IOC recognized this CNO.
• 1932: ROC competes in the Olympics for the first time as "China"^[1]
• 1951: The Chinese National Olympic Committee moves from Nanking to Taipei;^[2]
• 1951: The PRC Chinese National Olympic Committee is organized;^[2]
• 1952: The PRC Chinese National Olympic Committee is invited to the Olympics for the first time, during the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Only one athlete, Wu Chuanyu, a swimmer, was able to participate, given that the Committee "was accepted for affiliation a mere two days before the opening of the Games".^[3]
• 1954: The IOC adopts a resolution officially recognizing the "Chinese Olympic Committee" (Chinese: 中国奥林匹克委员会) of the People's Republic of China. The PRC is invited to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, and thusly organizes a delegation, but withdraws in protest of the two China's issue;^{[2] [4]}
• 1958: PRC withdraws from the Olympic movement and from the federations governing Olympic sports. Professor Tung Hou Yi, an IOC member for the PRC resigns;^[2]
• 1979: The IOC officially recognizes the PRC Chinese Olympic Committee as the representative body for "China" under Communist rule. The ROC Chinese Olympic Committee is officially renamed the "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee".^{[2] [4]}

See also

• China at the Olympics
• China at the Asian Games
• List of current leaders of the Chinese Olympic Committee
• Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
• Macau Sports and Olympic Committee
• Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee

References

• Berlioux, Monique, "Concerning China", Olympic Review, No. 66-67 p. 171–174, 1973 May–June. Olympic Information Center – China (PDF), retrieved on 2008-08-24

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2008-11-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100707164120/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932s.pdf . 2010-07-07 .
2. The Times, "The Latest Threat to the Olympics - And its all over a name", 10 July 1976
3. Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, Web site: The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080411091045/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf . 2008-04-11 .  , Sulo Kolkka (ed.), Alex Matson (trans.), The Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952, 1952
4. http://en.olympic.cn/china_oly/china_olympic/2004-03-30/124550.html Chinese Olympic Committee website