Kuo Cheng-wei (; born 9 November 1983) is a Taiwanese professional

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representing

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. He competed in

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and won a

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with the men's team consisting of himself,

Chen Szu-yuan Chen Szu-yuan (; born 7 February 1981) is an athlete from the Republic of China. He competes in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Chen competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individua ...

Hsu Tzu-yi Hsu Tzu-yi (born 24 November 1979) is a Taiwanese professional archer representing Chinese Taipei. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won a silver medal with the men's team consisting of himself, Chen Szu-yuan, Kuo Cheng-wei ...

and

Wang Cheng-pang Wang Cheng-pang (; born 12 January 1987) is a Taiwanese professional archer representing Chinese Taipei. 2004 Summer Olympics Wang competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individua ...

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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Kuo finished his ranking round with a total of 659 points. This gave him the 29th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced

Mark Javier Mark Pinili Javier (born October 20, 1981) is a professional archer from the Philippines. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar but was defeated by the Korean Im Dong Hyun 113-104 in the 1/16 Elimination Round. During th ...

in the first round, beating the

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106–102. In the second round Kuo was eliminated by

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with just one point (111-110). Park would eventually win the silver medal. Together with

Chen Szu-Yuan Chen Szu-yuan (; born 7 February 1981) is an athlete from the Republic of China. He competes in archery. 2004 Summer Olympics Chen competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individua ...

and

Wang Cheng-Pang Wang Cheng-pang (; born 12 January 1987) is a Taiwanese professional archer representing Chinese Taipei. 2004 Summer Olympics Wang competed for the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individua ...

he also took part in the team event. With his 659 score from the ranking round combined with the 654 of Chen and the 667 of Wang they were in seventh position after the ranking round. In the first round they were too strong for the

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team 222–218, but in the quarter final they were unable to beat the

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team 214–211.

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