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. 31 competitors, 23 men and 8 women, took part in 15 events in 7 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

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Archery

Chinese Taipei entered three women in the archery competition. The two that qualified for the elimination rounds each won their first match, with one winning a second match before being defeated in the quarterfinal. The team was upset by DPR Korea in the team round. Women's individual: * Lai Fang-Mei - quarterfinal, 7th place (2-1) * Lin Yi-Yin - round of 16, 13th place (1-1) * Liu Pi-Yu - ranking round, 51st place (0-0) Women's team: * Lai, Lin, and Liu - round of 16, 11th place (0-1)

Athletics

Baseball

Chinese Taipei was among the eight teams to play in the inaugural Olympic baseball tournament. They won five of their seven preliminary round games, including one against

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, but lost to the

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to place second in the round. In the semifinal, Taipei faced Japan again, defeating the Japanese team one more time. The final against Cuba resulted in an 11-1 loss, and a

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, for the Chinese Taipei team. Men's: * Chinese Taipei - silver medal (6-3) Rosters: * Lin Chao-Huang (P,林朝煌) * Lin Kun-Han (SS,林琨瀚) * Wang Kuang-Shih (1B.王光熙) * Chen Wei-Chen (RF,陳威成) * Huang Wen-Po (P,黃文博) * Wu Shih-Hsih (3B,吳思賢) * Chang Yaw-Teing (SS,張耀騰) * Liao Ming-Hsiung (CF,廖敏雄) * Lo Kuo-Chong (SS,羅國璋) * Huang Chung-Yi (2B,黃忠義) * Lo Chen-Jung (P,羅振榮) * Chen Chi-Hsin (C,陳執信) *

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(LF,江泰權) * Pai Kun-Hong (C,白昆弘) * Kuo Lee Chien-Fu (P,郭李建夫) * Ku Kuo-Chian (SS,古國謙) * Tsai Ming-Hung (P,蔡明宏) * Chang Cheng-Hsien (C,張正憲) * Chang Wen-Chung (RF,張文宗) * Jong Yeu-Jeng (P,鍾宇政)

Cycling

One male cyclist represented Chinese Taipei in 1992. ; Men's road race * Weng Yu-yi ; Men's individual pursuit * Weng Yu-yi ; Men's points race * Weng Yu-yi

Judo

Shooting

Weightlifting

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
{{NOCin1992SummerOlympics Nations at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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