Chinese Taipei at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	TPE
Nocname:	Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2012
Flagcaption:	Chinese Taipei Olympic flag
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	44
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Chen Shih-chieh (opening) Tseng Li-cheng (closing)
Rank:	49
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
See also:	(1924–1972)

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.

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics. 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		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chen Yu-chen	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	649	54	(11) W 6–2	(43) L 0–6	Did not advance
Kuo Cheng-wei	660	40	(25) W 6–5	(57) W 6–2	(24) W 6–0	(16) L 0–6	Did not advance
Wang Cheng-pang	663	33	(32) W 6–0	(1) L 4–6	Did not advance
Chen Yu-chen Kuo Cheng-wei Wang Cheng-pang	Team	1972	11	(6) L 206–212	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Le Chien-ying	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	638	39	(25) W 6–0	(7) L 4–6	Did not advance
Lin Chia-en	667	5	(60) W 6–2	(37) L 5–6	Did not advance
Tan Ya-ting	671	3	(25) W 6–4	(30) W 6–2	(19) L 2–6	Did not advance
Le Chien-ying Lin Chia-en Tan Ya-ting	Team	1976	3		(6) L 216 (26)–216 (28)	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. 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):^[1]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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

Women

Field events

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

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hsu Jen-hao	Singles	L 14–21, 10–21	L 15–21, 13–21		3	Did not advance
Fang Chieh-min Lee Sheng-mu	Doubles	L 19–21, 13–21	W 21–15, 21–16	W 21–14, 21–13	2 Q		L 16–21, 18–21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cheng Shao-chieh	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W 21–10, 21–6	W 21–11, 21–9		1 Q	W 21–18, 21–10	L 14–21, 11–21	Did not advance
Tai Tzu-ying	W 21–11, 21–14	W 21–6, 21–10		1 Q	L 16–21, 21–23	Did not advance
Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	Doubles	W 21–19, 21–11	L 23–25, 21–16, 18–21	W 18–21, 21–15, 21–15	1 Q		L 10–21, 14–21	Did not advance

Mixed

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Track

Omnium

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Women

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Chinese Taipei has qualified 1 judoka

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Chinese Taipei has qualified the following boats.

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: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Chinese Taipei has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Chinese Taipei has ensured berths in the following shooting events:^[2]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lin Yi-chun	Trap	68	10	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Tien Chia-chen	25 m pistol	580	16	Did not advance
10 m air pistol	378	27	Did not advance
Yu Ai-wen	10 m air pistol	375	36	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. 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)):^[3]

Men

Women

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

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. 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 /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chuang Chih-yuan	Men's singles	W 4–0	W 4–2	W 4–0	L 1–4	L 2–4	4
Chen Szu-yu	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	W 4–3	L 1–4	Did not advance
Huang Yi-hua	W 4–0	L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. 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:^{[4] [5]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wei Chen-yang	Men's −58 kg	W 5–1	L 7–10	Did not advance
Yang Shu-chun	Women's −49 kg	W 10–3	L 0–6	Did not advance
Tseng Li-cheng	Women's −57 kg	W 4–1	W 5–2	L 6–10		W 14–2	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lu Yen-hsun	Men's singles	L 6–7^(10–12), 6–4, 3–6	Did not advance
Hsieh Su-wei	Women's singles	L 3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 5–7	Did not advance
Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	Women's doubles		W 6–1, 3–6, 6–1	W 6–7, 7–5, 6–4	L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Chinese Taipei has qualified 1 man and 3 women.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
2. Web site: Quota places by nation and name. . 20 April 2011 . . 16 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716090849/http://www.issf-sports.org/results/og_qualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx . dead .
3. Web site: Swimming World Rankings . FINA . 8 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110106131744/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 . 6 January 2011 .
4. Web site: Competition Results (Day 3 of World Olympic Taekwondo Qualification Tournament on July 2, 2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan) . 3 July 2011 . World Taekwondo Federation.
5. Web site: Competition Results - Day 4 & final of World Olympic Taekwondo Qualification Tournament on July 3, 2011 in Baku, Azerbaij . 4 July 2011 . World Taekwondo Federation.