Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Chinese Taipei at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Chinese Taipei at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
	Chinese Taipei Paralympic flag
IPC code	TPE
NPC	Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee
in Beijing
Competitors	17 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Hou Ting Sung
Medals; Ranked 50th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Chinese Taipei competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The delegation consisted of seventeen competitors in six sports: archery, track and field athletics, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, and table tennis. The athletes were ten men and seven women ranging in age from 27 to 53 years old.^[1]

"Chinese Taipei" is the delegation name used since 1979 by athletes from Taiwan and the Taiwan Area at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.^[2] Thus, Chinese Taipei's participation in the Beijing Paralympics did not contradict the One China policy and was not objected to by the People's Republic of China.

As in previous editions of the Summer Paralympics, the flag of the Republic of China was not displayed. Instead, the Chinese Taipei Paralympic flag was used when Taiwanese athletes won medals. When Lin Tzu-hui of Chinese Taipei won a gold medal, the National Banner Song, not the National Anthem of the Republic of China, was played at the medal ceremony.^[3]

Three days before the beginning of the Games, the Taipei Times reported that two of Chinese Taipei's star athletes, double Paralympic champion Chiang Chih-chung and world athletics champion Chen Ming-tsai, had been barred from attending by the International Paralympic Committee. The Times added that no reason had been given for the ban, even after the Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee had requested an explanation from the IPC. A representative of the CTPC stated that the People's Republic of China may have "interfered for political reasons" to prevent Chiang and Chen from participating in the Games.^[4] The Taipei Times article was subsequently reproduced on the Taiwanese government's website.^[5]

Medalists

Chinese Taipei won two medals, a gold and a bronze.^[6]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Lin Tzu-hui	Powerlifting	Women's -75 kg
Bronze	Tseng Lung Hui	Archery	Men's Individual Recurve W1/W2

Sports

Archery


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Chen Wu Ying	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	552	26	Vitale (ITA) L 99-104	did not advance
Tseng Lung Hui	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	625	6	Raksamai (THA) W 104-85	Yoshida (JPN) W 106-98	Lee H G (KOR) W 105-104	Vitale (ITA) L 101-103	Ozen (TUR) W *92-92

* Tseng won 9 arrows to 6 arrows shot by Ozgur Ozen of Turkey in the bronze medal match.

Athletics

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chen Yu Lien	T54	100m	17.83	9	did not advance
Chen Yu Lien	T54	200m	33.13	14	did not advance

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Attempt 1	Attempt 2	Attempt 3	Rank
Huang Kuo-Tai	Men's +100kg	225.0	~~230.0~~	~~232.5~~	4
Lin Tzu-hui	Women's -75kg	137.5	~~142.5~~	~~142.5~~
Lin Ya-Hsuan	Women's -56kg	75.0	77.5	82.5	6

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Liu Wen-chang	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	566	24	did not advance
	Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	1126	13	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	592	38	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	569	38	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Lin Chin-mei	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	357	12	did not advance

Swimming

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Luo Alice Hsiao Hung	S6	50m freestyle	44.42	11	did not advance
Luo Alice Hsiao Hung	S6	100m freestyle	1:33.64	11	did not advance

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chang Chih Jung	Men's singles C4-5	Mihalik (SVK) L 1-3	Kim B Y (KOR) L 0-3	—	3	did not advance
Lin Wen Hsin		Bolldén (SWE) L 0-3	Ank (BRA) W 3-0	—	2	did not advance
Lin Yen Hung		Zhang Y (CHN) L 0-3	Chaiwut (THA) W 3-0	—	2	did not advance
Hou Ting Sung	Men's singles C8	Li M (CHN) L 1-3	Csejtey (SVK) L 0-3	Serignat (FRA) L 2-3	4	did not advance
Hu Ming Fu	Men's singles C8	Grudzien (POL) W 3-1	Loicq (BEL) L 1-3	Pichon (FRA) L 2-3	3	did not advance
Wu Cheng Sheng	Men's singles C3	Gurtler (GER) L 1–3	Kim J S (KOR) L 1–3	—	3	did not advance
Lin Wen Hsin Lin Yen Hung	Men's team C4-5	—				Brazil (BRA) W 3-1	China (CHN) L 0-3	did not advance
Hou Ting Sung Hu Ming Fu	Men's team C6-8	—				Germany (GER) L 0-3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tsai Hui Chu	Women's singles C5	Ren G (CHN) L 0–3	Lundback (SWE) L 0–3	Passos (BRA) W 3–0	3	did not advance
Wei Mei Hui	Women's singles C5	Gu G (CHN) L 0-3	Paredes (MEX) W 3-0	Wong P Y (HKG) W 3-0	3	did not advance
Tsai Hui Chu Wei Mei Hui	Women's team C4-5	—				Mexico (MEX) W 3-0	Jordan (JOR) L 2-3	did not advance