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Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

(ROC; commonly called "Taiwan") competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

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. 27 competitors, 24 men and 3 women, took part in 18 events in 6 sports. The nation won its first ever Olympic medal. The ROC was forced to use the name "

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" (formerly the common Western name for the island). In the opening ceremony the athletes marched behind a sign reading "UNDER PROTEST".

Medalists

Silver

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, men's decathlon

Athletics

Boxing

Football

Shooting

Three shooters represented the Republic of China in 1960. ;

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; 300 m rifle, three positions *

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; 50 m rifle, three positions *

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Swimming

Weightlifting

Notes

References

Citations

Sources

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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