Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:TPE
Nocname:Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2008
Flagcaption:Chinese Taipei Olympic flag
Website: 
Location:Beijing
Competitors:80
Sports:15[1]
Flagbearer:Lai Sheng-jung
Rank:45
Gold:1
Silver:1
Bronze:2
See also: (1924–1972)

Taiwan competed as Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where it sent 80 competitors in a record 15 sports.[1] Since 1984, athletes from Taiwan have competed at the Olympics as "Chinese Taipei", not as the "Republic of China (ROC)", due to opposition from the People's Republic of China.[2]

According to the Taipei Times,

As in previous editions of the Summer Olympics, the flag of the Republic of China was not displayed. Instead, the Chinese Taipei Olympic flag was waved by fans, and displayed when the team won a medal. The National Banner Song, not the National Anthem of the Republic of China, was played at the gold medal ceremony.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
9 August
12 August
20 August
21 August

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Chinese Taipei's men's team placed fourth and its women's team placed fifth. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.[3]

Men
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Chen Szu-yuanalign=left rowspan=3Individual65438 (27)
W 107–106		 (6)
L 101–109		Did not advance
Kuo Cheng-wei65929 (36)
W 106–102		 (4)
L 110–111		Did not advance
Wang Cheng-pang66711 (54)
W 110–100		 (22)
L 109–114		Did not advance
Chen Szu-Yuan
Kuo Cheng-wei
Wang Cheng-pang		Team19807 (10)
W 222–218		 (2)
L 211–214		Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Wei Pi-hsiualign=left rowspan=3Individual58558 (7)
L 99–108		Did not advance
Wu Hui-ju63429 (36)
L 98–104		Did not advance
Yuan Shu-chi6526 (59)
W 104–101		 (27)
L 105–110		Did not advance
Yuan Shu-chi
Wu Hui-ju
Yuan Shu-chi		Team18718 (9)
L 211–215		Did not advance9

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men
  • Track & road events
    • Field events
    Women
  • Field events

    • Badminton

    See main article: article and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Hsieh Yu-hsingMen's singles
    W 21–16, 21–12
    W 21–16, 15–21, 21–15
    W 14–21, 21–17, 21–18
    L 8–21, 4–21    		Did not advance
    Cheng Shao-chiehWomen's singles
    L 1–21, 9–21    		Did not advance
    Cheng Wen-hsing
    Chien Yu-chin    		Women's doubles
    W 21–6, 21–12
    L 14–21, 18–21    		Did not advance

    Baseball

    See main article: article and Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Chinese Taipei finished third at the 2007 Asian Baseball Championship, forcing the team to seek Olympic qualification through the Final Qualifying Tournament. The team again finished third there, which was good enough to qualify for the Olympic tournament. Chinese Taipei made its third appearance in Olympic baseball in Beijing. The team's best result to date has been a silver medal in the inaugural tournament in 1992.

    Manager: Hung I-Chung (洪一中 La New Bears).

    Coaches: Hsieh Chang-Heng (謝長亨 Chinatrust Whales), Lu Ming-Tsu (呂明賜 La New Bears), Kung Jung-Tang (龔榮堂 National Training Team).

    Results

    Group stageAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

    width=10px bgcolor="ccffcc"Qualified for the semifinals
    width=10px bgcolor="#ffcccc"Eliminated
    The top four teams will advance to the semifinal round.
    width=170Teamwidth=20Gwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20RSwidth=20RAwidth=20WIN%width=20GBwidth=40Tiebreaker
    77041221.000--
    7615223.8571-
    7524022.7142-
    7433014.5713-
    7252933.28651-0
    7252920.28650-1
    716950.14361-0
    7161460.14360-1

    Official Olympic Baseball Schedule

    Cycling

    See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Chinese Taipei will compete in Olympic cycling after receiving a wild-card invitation from the Union Cycliste Internationale.[1]

    Track

    Omnium

    Judo

    See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Shih Pei-chunWomen's −52 kg
    L 0020–0021    		Did not advance
    Wang Chin-fangWomen's −63 kg
    W 1011–0000
    W 1000–0000
    L 0000–0010    		Did not advance
    L 0010–1010    		Did not advance

    Rowing

    See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men

    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

    See main article: article and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

    Shooting

    See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Women
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    align=left rowspan=2Huang Yi-ling10 m air pistol37922Did not advance
    25 m pistol56339Did not advance

    Softball

    See main article: article and Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Chinese Taipei qualified for the eight-team Olympic softball tournament in Beijing by winning the Asian & Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament in February 2007.[4]

    Roster

    Results

    width=10px bgcolor="ccffcc"Qualified for the semifinals
    width=10px bgcolor="#ffcccc"Eliminated
    The top four teams will advance to the semifinal round.

    All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

    width=170Teamwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20RSwidth=20RAwidth=20WIN%width=20GBwidth=120Tiebreaker
    705311.000--
    612313.8571-
    523011.7142-
    341723.4294-
    251023.28652-0 vs. CHN/VEN
    251921.28651-1 vs. TPE/VEN
    251535.28650-2 vs. CHN/TPE
    16848.1436-
    August 12
  • August 13
  • August 14
  • August 15
  • August 16
  • August 17

    • Swimming

    See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Hsu Chi-chieh200 m butterfly1:56.5915 Q1:57.4816Did not advance
    Wang Wei-wen200 m breaststroke2:17.2049Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Lin Man-hsu200 m individual medley2:23.2936Did not advance
    Nieh Pin-chieh100 m freestyle57.2843Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=4Yang Chin-kuei200 m freestyle2:02.8437Did not advance
    400 m freestyle4:24.7840Did not advance
    100 m butterfly1:01.6043Did not advance
    200 m butterfly1:13.2627Did not advance

    Table tennis

    See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Chinese Taipei qualified two men and two women in singles competition in addition to the men's team competition and will be sending a total of five athletes to compete in table tennis.[5]

    Singles
    AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Chiang Peng-lungalign=left rowspan=2Men's singles
    L 2–4    		Did not advance
    Chuang Chih-yuan
    L 3–4    		Did not advance
    Huang I-huaalign=left rowspan=2Women's singles
    W 4–1
    L 1-4    		Did not advance
    Pan Li-chun
    W 4–0
    L 1–4    		Did not advance
    Team

    Taekwondo

    See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Bronze medalFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Chu Mu-yenMen's −58 kg
    W 8–0
    L 2–3    		Did not advance
    W 1–0
    W 4–3    		Did not advance
    Sung Yu-chiMen's −68 kg
    W 4–0
    W 3–2
    L 6–7
    W 4–3    		Did not advance
    Yang Shu-chunWomen's −49 kg
    W 0–(−1)
    W 3–2
    L 1–4
    L 2–3    		Did not advance5
    Women's −57 kg
    L 0–1    		Did not advance
    W 1–0
    L 4–5    		Did not advance5

    Tennis

    See main article: article and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Lu Yen-hsunMen's singles
    W 7–6(7–5), 6–4
    W 6–4, 6–4
    L 2–6, 4–6    		Did not advance
    Chan Yung-janWomen's singles
    L 1–6, 6–7(6–8)    		Did not advance
    Chan Yung-jan
    Chuang Chia-jung    		Women's doubles
    W 7–6(7–2), 6–7(3–7), 7–5
    L 6–7(1–7), 6–1, 6–8    		Did not advance

    Weightlifting

    See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Five weightlifters from Chinese Taipei will compete in Beijing.[6]

    AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Wang Shin-yuanalign=left rowspan=2Men's −56 kg1151115072657
    Yang Chin-yi128=415742854
    Yang Sheng-hsiungMen's −62 kg130=915792879
    Chen Wei-lingWomen's −48 kg8451123196
    Lu Ying-chiWomen's −63 kg10431273231

    External links

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2008/07/10/2003416954 "Cycling wild-card sends Taiwan’s Feng to Beijing"
    2. http://en.olympic.cn/china_oly/history/2004-03-27/121827.html "Reinstatement in the Olympic Movement"
    3. Web site: 2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results . 2008-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014164738/http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Results/Results/07_WC_Outdoor_Leipzig/ECOMPR.pdf . 2013-10-14 . dead .
    4. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/latestnews/200727/44173.htm Taiwan beats NZ for Olympic softball slot
    5. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/sports/olympics/06taiwan.html?ref=olympics "A Side Competition in Beijing: Island vs. Mainland"
    6. https://web.archive.org/web/20080824182605/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/31/content_8885360.htm "First batch of Chinese Taipei Olympic delegation arrives in Beijing"

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