The Chinese Olympic Committee (;

IOC code The International Olympic Committee (IOC) uses three-letter abbreviation country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic Games. Each geocode usually identifies a National Olympic Committee (NOC), but there are s ...

: CHN) has been the officially designated body of the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

(PRC) regarding the

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and other affiliated international sport federations since 1979, when the

Nagoya Resolution The Republic of China (ROC) took part in the opening ceremony of the 1924 Summer Olympics, but its four athletes, all of whom were tennis players, withdrew from competition. The ROC participated in its first Olympic Games in 1932 under the name o ...

was adopted by the

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

(IOC).

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Timeline concerning Olympic recognition

The following timeline concerns the different names and principle events concerning recognition of the ROC Olympic team: *1910: The "Chinese National Olympic Committee" () is created to represent China's interests in Olympic Games activities. *1922: The IOC recognized this CNO. *1932: ROC competes in the Olympics for the first time as "China" *1951: The Chinese National Olympic Committee moves from Nanking to

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

;''The Times'', "The Latest Threat to the Olympics - And its all over a name", 10 July 1976 *1951: The PRC Chinese National Olympic Committee is organized; *1952: The PRC Chinese National Olympic Committee is invited to the Olympics for the first time, during the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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. Only one athlete,

Wu Chuanyu Wu Chuanyu () (August 21, 1928 – October 28, 1954) was an Indonesian-born Chinese swimmer who competed in the Olympic Games in 1948 and 1952. In his second Games, he became the first competitor for the People's Republic of China in Olympi ...

, a swimmer, was able to participate, given that the Committee "was accepted for affiliation a mere two days before the opening of the Games".Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, , Sulo Kolkka (ed.), Alex Matson (trans.), ''The Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952'', 1952 *1954: The IOC adopts a resolution officially recognizing the People's Republic of China (PRC) "Chinese Olympic Committee" (). The PRC is invited to the

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

Games, and thusly organizes a delegation, but withdraws in protest of the two China's issue;Chinese Olympic Committee website
/ref> *1958: PRC withdraws from the Olympic movement and from the federations governing Olympic sports. Professor Tung Hou Yi, an IOC member for the PRC resigns; *1979: The IOC officially recognizes the PRC Chinese Olympic Committee as the representative body for "China" under Communist rule. The ROC Chinese Olympic Committee is officially renamed the "

Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (; IOC code: TPE) is the National Olympic Committee representing the Republic of China (Taiwan). History The China National Amateur Athletic Federation () was established on 3 April 1922. Later that year, the ...

References

*Berlioux, Monique, "Concerning China", ''Olympic Review'', No. 66-67 p. 171-174, 1973 May–June
https://web.archive.org/web/20100809032424/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1973/ore66/ore66c.pdf
retrieved on 2008-08-24

External links

Official website
China China at the Olympics

Oly Oly may refer to: * Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States * OLY (: ), postnominals granted to participants in the Olympics People with the name * Oly (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and musician * Oly Hicks (born 1968 ...

1951 establishments in China Sports organizations established in 1951 {{PRChina-sport-stub

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Timeline concerning Olympic recognition

See also

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