Chinese Taipei at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Chinese Taipei Olympic flag
IOC codeTPE
NOCChinese Taipei Olympic Committee
Websitewww.tpenoc.net (in Chinese and English)
in London
Competitors44 in 14 sports
Flag bearers Chen Shih-chieh (opening)
Tseng Li-cheng (closing)
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Republic of China (1924–1948)

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.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Hsu Shu-ching Weightlifting Women's 53 kg 29 July
 Bronze Tseng Li-cheng Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 9 August

Archery

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 / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Chen Yu-chen Individual 649 54  Nespoli (ITA) (11)
W 6–2 		 Ruban (UKR) (43)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Kuo Cheng-wei 660 40  Malavé (VEN) (25)
W 6–5 		 El-Nemr (EGY) (57)
W 6–2 		 Ivashko (UKR) (24)
W 6–0 		 van der Ven (NED) (16)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Wang Cheng-pang 663 33  Pineda (COL) (32)
W 6–0 		 Im D-h (KOR) (1)
L 4–6 		Did not advance
Chen Yu-chen
Kuo Cheng-wei
Wang Cheng-pang 		Team 1972 11 —  Italy (ITA) (6)
L 206–212 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Le Chien-ying Individual 638 39  Löklüoğlu (TUR) (25)
W 6–0 		 Christiansen (DEN) (7)
L 4–6 		Did not advance
Lin Chia-en 667 5  Hashim (MAS) (60)
W 6–2 		 Schuh (FRA) (37)
L 5–6 		Did not advance
Tan Ya-ting 671 3  Dielen (SUI) (25)
W 6–4 		 Richter (GER) (30)
W 6–2 		 Lionetti (ITA) (19)
L 2–6 		Did not advance
Le Chien-ying
Lin Chia-en
Tan Ya-ting 		Team 1976 3 — Bye  Russia (RUS) (6)
L 216 (26)–216 (28) 		Did not advance

Athletics

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][2]

Key
Chang Chia-che finished seventy-seventh in men's marathon.
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

Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Hsu Jen-hao Singles  Son W-h (KOR)
L 14–21, 10–21 		 Ivanov (RUS)
L 15–21, 13–21 		— 3 Did not advance
Fang Chieh-min
Lee Sheng-mu 		Doubles  Cai Y /
Fu Hf (CHN)
L 19–21, 13–21 		 Kindervater /
Schöttler (GER)
W 21–15, 21–16 		 Smith /
Warfe (AUS)
W 21–14, 21–13 		2 Q —  Boe /
Mogensen (DEN)
L 16–21, 18–21 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Cheng Shao-chieh Singles  Yiğit (TUR)
W 21–10, 21–6 		 Prutsch (AUT)
W 21–11, 21–9 		— 1 Q  Gu J (SIN)
W 21–18, 21–10 		 Wang Yh (CHN)
L 14–21, 11–21 		Did not advance
Tai Tzu-ying  Nieminen (FIN)
W 21–11, 21–14 		 Montero (MEX)
W 21–6, 21–10 		— 1 Q  Li Xr (CHN)
L 16–21, 21–23 		Did not advance
Cheng Wen-hsing
Chien Yu-chin 		Doubles  Fujii /
Kakiiwa (JPN)
W 21–19, 21–11 		 Gutta /
Ponnappa (IND)
L 23–25, 21–16, 18–21 		 Sari /
Yao (SIN)
W 18–21, 21–15, 21–15 		1 Q —  Tian Q /
Zhao Yl (CHN)
L 10–21, 14–21 		Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Chen Hung-ling
Cheng Wen-hsing 		Doubles  Xu C /
Ma J (CHN)
L 16–21, 20–22 		 Prapakamol /
Thoungthongkam (THA)
L 15–21, 16–21 		 Chan P S /
Goh L Y (MAS)
W 21–12, 6–21, 21–15 		3 Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Hsiao Mei-yu Women's road race OTL

Track

Omnium
Athlete Event Flying lap Points race Elimination race Individual pursuit Scratch race Time trial Total points Rank
Time Rank Points Rank Rank Time Rank Rank Time Rank
Hsiao Mei-yu Women's omnium 14.662 11 2 17 17 3:49.051 16 15 36.482 9 85 17

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Hsu Jo-ting Individual épée  Hassanein (EGY)
W 15–10 		 Brânză (ROU)
L 8–15 		Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Chinese Taipei has qualified 1 judoka

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Tu Kai-wen Men's −66 kg Bye  Khashbaatar (MGL)
L 0001–0111 		Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Chinese Taipei has qualified the following boats.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Wang Ming-hui Single sculls 7:15.77 4 R BUW 5 SE/F Bye 7:33.18 1 FE 7:33.28 26

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Chinese Taipei has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Chang Hao RS:X 33 36 35 36 33 33 37 37 24 22 EL 289 35

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Chinese Taipei has ensured berths in the following shooting events:[3]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Lin Yi-chun Trap 68 10 Did not advance
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

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)):[4][5]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hsu Chi-chieh 200 m butterfly 1:59.81 30 Did not advance
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
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

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 / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Chuang Chih-yuan Men's singles Bye  Zwickl (HUN)
W 4–0 		 Gaćina (CRO)
W 4–2 		 Crișan (ROM)
W 4–0 		 Wang H (CHN)
L 1–4 		 Ovtcharov (GER)
L 2–4 		4
Chen Szu-yu Women's singles Bye  Tóth (HUN)
W 4–3 		 Feng Tw (SIN)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Huang Yi-hua Bye  Miao (AUS)
W 4–0 		 Li Q (POL)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
London ExCel Exhibition Centre

Taekwondo

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:[6][7]

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  Le H C (VIE)
W 5–1 		 Denisenko (RUS)
L 7–10 		Did not advance
Yang Shu-chun Women's −49 kg  Manz (GER)
W 10–3 		 Chanatip (THA)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Tseng Li-cheng Women's −57 kg  Nisaisom (THA)
W 4–1 		 Paoli (LIB)
W 5–2 		 Jones (GBR)
L 6–10 		Bye  Mikkonen (FIN)
W 14–2 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Lu Yen-hsun Men's singles  Jaziri (TUN)
L 6–7(10–12), 6–4, 3–6 		Did not advance
Hsieh Su-wei Women's singles  Peng (CHN)
L 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7 		Did not advance
Chuang Chia-jung
Hsieh Su-wei 		Women's doubles —  Chakravarthi /
Mirza (IND)
W 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 		 Pennetta /
Schiavone (ITA)
W 6–7, 7–5, 6–4 		 Hlaváčková /
Hradecká (CZE)
L 3–6, 4–6 		Did not advance

Weightlifting

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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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

References

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  2. ^ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2012, retrieved 4 June 2011
  3. ^ "Quota places by nation and name". International Shooting Sport Federation. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  5. ^ FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011, retrieved 8 June 2011
  6. ^ "Competition Results (Day 3 of World Olympic Taekwondo Qualification Tournament on July 2, 2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan)". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
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