Chinese Taipei at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:TPE
Nocname:Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Website: 
Competitors:60
Sports:16
Flagbearer Open:Sun Chen & Tai Tzu-ying
Rank:35
Gold:2
Silver:0
Bronze:5
Appearances:auto
See also: (1924–1972)

Taiwan, participating under the name Chinese Taipei, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the country's eleventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Medalists

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MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold
Gold
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze

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Medals by sport
SportTotal
Badminton1001
Boxing1023
Gymnastics0011
Shooting0011
Weightlifting0011
Total2057
Medals by gender
GenderTotal
Female1034
Male1023
Mixed0000
Totalstyle=background:gold2style=background:silver0style=background:#c9657
Medals by date
Datebgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
3 August0022
4 August1001
5 August0011
6 August0011
8 August0011
10 August1001
Total2057

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Archery3 3 6
Athletics3 1 4
Badminton4 2 6
Boxing2 4 6
Breaking1 0 1
Canoeing2 1 3
Fencing1 0 1
Golf2 2 4
Gymnastics1 1 2
Judo1 2 3
Shooting2 6 8
Swimming1 1 2
Table Tennis3 3 6
Taekwondo0 1 1
Tennis0 4 4
Weightlifting0 3 3
Total 26 34 60

Archery

See main article: article, Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Six Taiwanese archers qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's and women's recurve competitions by virtue of their results at the 2022 Asian Games;[1] at the 2023 Asian Continental Qualification Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand;[2] and at the 2024 Final Team Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey.[3] The national team selection competition concluded in January 2024.[4]

Men
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tai Yu-hsuanIndividual665 24
W 6–0

L 5–6
Did not advance
Tang Chih-chun665 25
W 7–1

L 2–6
Did not advance
Lin Zih-siang662 32
W 6–2

L 0–6
Did not advance
Tai Yu-hsuan
Tang Chih-chun
Lin Zih-siang
Team1992 5
W 6-0

L 1-5
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lei Chien-yingIndividual652 29
W 7–1

W 7–3

L 4–6
Did not advance
Li Tsai-chi646 40
L 4–6
Did not advance
Chiu Yi-ching628 53
L 0–6
Did not advance
Lei Chien-ying
Li Tsai-chi
Chiu Yi-ching
Team1926 9
W 5–1

L 2–6
Did not advance
Mixed

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Taiwanese track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[5]

Track and road events
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1RechechageSemifinalFinal
Result RankResult RankResult RankResult RankResult Rank
Yang Chun-hanMen's 200 m20.83 3620.73 14Did not advance
Peng Ming-yangMen's 400 m hurdlesDid not advance
Zhang Bo-yaWomen's 100 m11.99 14 Q11.88 62Did not advance
Field events

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chinese Taipei entered six badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarter-finalSemi-finalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Men's singles
W 2–0

W 2–0
1
W 2–0

L 1–2
Did not advance5
Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
Men's doubles
W 2–0

W 2–1

W 2–0

W 2–1
1
W 2–0

W 2–1

W 2–1
Tai Tzu-yingWomen's singles
W 2–0

L 0–2
2Did not advance
Ye Hong-wei
Lee Chia-hsin
Mixed doubles
L 0–2

L 0–2

W
3Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Chinese Taipei entered six boxers into the Olympic tournament. Four of them secured their spots in their respective division by virtue of their semifinal and final result at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[6] The other boxer, Chen Nien-chin (women's welterweight) qualified for the games, by winning the quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.[7] Huang Hsiao-wen (women's bantamweight) secured her spots following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lai Chu-enMen's 63.5 kg
L 2–3
Did not advance
Kan Chia-weiMen's 71 kg
L 0–5
Did not advance
Huang Hsiao-wenWomen's 54 kg
W 5–0

L 1–4
Did not advance
Lin Yu-tingWomen's 57 kg
W 5–0

W 5–0

W 5–0

W 5–0
Wu Shih-yiWomen's 60 kg
W 5–0

W

W 4–1

L 0–5
Did not advance
Chen Nien-chinWomen's 66 kg
W 4–1

W 5–0

W 5–0

L 1–4
Did not advance

Breaking

See main article: article, Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Chinese Taipei entered one breakdancer to compete in the B-Boy dual battles for Paris 2024. Sun Chen (Quake) outlasted the male breakdancers from 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Slalom

Chinese Taipei entered two single boats into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 Asian Canoe Slalom Olympic Qualifiers.

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best RankTime RankTime Rank
Wu Shao-hsuanMen's K-1101.22 20 99.45 1999.45 23Did not advance
Chang Chu-hanWomen's K-1109.92 22 117.93 24109.92 23Did not advance
Kayak cross
AthleteEventTime trialRound 1RepechageHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Wu Shao-hsuanMen's KX-182.73 363 R2 Q3Did not advance23
Chang Chu-hanWomen's KX-176.58 233 R2 Q4Did not advance30

Sprint

Chinese Taipei canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the result of highest rank eligible nation's in the following events, through the 2024 Asian Sprint Canoeing Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chinese Taipei entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Chen Yi-tung qualified for the games by winning the gold medal in the men's individual foil event, at the 2024 Asia and Oceania Zonal Qualifying Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[8]

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Chinese Taipei entered four golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified for the games in the men's and women's individual competitions, based on their respective world ranking position, through the release of the final top 60 ranked players, on the IGF World Rankings.

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total
ScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRank
Pan Cheng-tsung Men's69 65 72 70 276 −8 T18
Kevin Yu73 69 72 74 288 +4 52
Hsu Wei-lingWomen's74 69 72 68 283 −5 T8
Pei-Yun Chien76 71 71 68 286 −2 T18

Gymnastics

See main article: article, Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Artistic

Chinese Taipei entered two gymnasts to compete at the games. Tang Chia-hung and Ting Hua-tien secured a quota place by virtue of becoming the highest eligible gymnast in their respective events, through the final ranking of 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.

Men
Women

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chinese Taipei qualified three judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Yang Yung-wei (men's extra-lightweight, 60 kg), Lin Chen-hao (women's extra-lightweight, 48 kg) and Lien Chen-ling (women's lightweight, 57 kg) got qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Yang Yung-weiMen's –60 kg
W 10–00

L 00–01
Did not advance
L 00–01
Did not advance
Lin Chen-haoWomen's –48 kg
W 10–00

L 00–10
Did not advance
Lien Chen-lingWomen's –57 kg
W 10–00

L 00–01
Did not advance

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Taiwanese shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[9]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
Points RankPoints RankPoints Rank
Yang Kun-piMen's trap121 12Did not advance
Lee Meng-yuanMen's skeet124 3 Q45
Liu Heng-yuWomen's 10 m air pistol573 13Did not advance
Yu Ai-wen564 35Did not advance
Tien Chia-chenWomen's 25 m pistol581 16Did not advance
Wu Chia-ying572 31Did not advance
Liu Wan-yuWomen's trap112 25Did not advance
Lin Yi-chun110 26Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Taiwanese swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)).[10]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
Time RankTime RankTime Rank
Wang Kuan-hungMen's 200 m butterfly1:55.32 81:55.07 11Did not advance
Han An-chiWomen's 200 m medleyDid not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chinese Taipei entered a full squad of male and female table tennis player into the Games, by advancing to the quarter-finals round, both in the men's and women's event, through the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea;[11] and through the allocations of mixed doubles world ranking.[12] The players for the national team singles and team events are determined based on the ITTF world rankings as of 18 June 2024.[13]

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lin Yun-juSingles
W 4–1

W 4–0

W 4–0

L 3–4
Did not advance
Kao Cheng-jui
W 4–1

W 4–1

L 1–4
Did not advance
Chuang Chih-yuan
Kao Cheng-jui
Lin Yun-ju
Team
W 3–0

L 1–3
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Cheng I-chingSingles
W 4–0

W 4–2

W 4–0

L 0–4
Did not advance
Chien Tung-chuan
L 0–4
Did not advance
Chen Szu-yu
Cheng I-ching
Chien Tung-chuan
Team
W 3–0

L 0–3
Did not advance
Mixed

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Chinese Taipei qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Lo Chia-ling qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of the re-allocation spots of olympics ranking in her division.

Tennis

See main article: article, Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Chinese Taipei entered four tennis players into the Olympic tournament.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Hsieh Su-wei
Tsao Chia-yi
align = left rowspan = "2" Women's doubles
W 7–6(7–2), 7–5

W

L 6–1, 4–6, [12–14]
Did not advance
Chan Hao-ching
Latisha Chan

L 4–6, 0–6
Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Chinese Taipei entered three weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Fang Wan-ling (women's 49 kg), Kuo Hsing-chun (women's 59 kg) and Chen Wen-huei (women's 71 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
Result RankResult Rank
Fang Wan-lingWomen's 49 kg86 5107 8193 6
Kuo Hsing-chunWomen's 59 kg105 4130 3235
Chen Wen-hueiWomen's 71 kg103 8133 5236 6

See also

Notes and References

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  8. News: Asia-Oceania Olympic Qualifier Finishes in Fujairah. International Fencing Federation. 1 May 2024. 7 May 2024.
  9. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 1 January 2018. issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 18 September 2022.
  10. Web site: Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification. World Aquatics. 4 June 2023.
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  12. Web site: Paris Olympics Mixed Doubles Cast Complete!. ittf.com. 7 May 2024. 7 May 2024.
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