The
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 northeas ...
competed as
Chinese Taipei
"Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan.
Due to the One-China principle stipulated by the ...
at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...
() in
Sydney
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,
Australia
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.
The change in name was due to the
political status of Taiwan
The controversy surrounding the political status of Taiwan or the Taiwan issue is a result of World War II, the second phase of the Chinese Civil War (1945–1949), and the Cold War.
The basic issue hinges on who the islands of Taiwan, P ...
. In addition, they flew a flag especially designed for the games separate from the flag of the Republic of China.
Medalists
Results by event
Archery
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In ...
Chinese Taipei entered three women in the archery competition. Each was defeated in the second round. As a team, they also lost the second round.
Women's team:
* Wen, Liu, and Lin – quarterfinal, 8th place (1-1)
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
Men's 400 m Hurdles
*
Chen Tien-Wen
*# Round 1 – 50.52 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m
*
Chen Shu-Chuan
*# Round 1 – 12.22 (did not advance)
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...
Men's singles
*
Fung Permadi
Fung Permadi (; born 30 December 1967 in Purwokerto, Indonesia) is a former male Chinese Indonesian badminton player. He was a singles specialist who played first for Indonesia and later for Chinese Taipei.
Career
Though Permadi had demonstra ...
*# Round of 64: Bye
*# Round of 32: Defeated
Mihail Popov
Mihail Popov ( bg, Михаил Попов; born 16 April 1976) is a former Bulgarian badminton player, and later represented France. He represented Bulgaria at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's singles and doubles event. He now works as a Bu ...
of Bulgaria
*# Round of 16: Lost to
of Denmark
Women's singles
*
Huang Chia-Chi
*# Round of 64: Bye
*# Round of 32: Defeated
Nely Boteva of Bulgaria
*# Round of 16: Defeated
Lee Kyung-won
Lee Kyung-won (Hangul: 이경원, Hanja: 李敬元; ; born 21 January 1980 in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do) is a badminton player from South Korea. Lee was the women's doubles gold medallist at the 2002 Asian Games. She competed at the Olympic Games ...
of Korea
*# Quarterfinal: Lost to
Ye Zhaoying
Ye Zhaoying (; born 7 May 1974) is a retired badminton player from Hangzhou, China. Officially ranked as the number one women's singles player in the world for the first time in December 1995, she lost and regained that ranking several times dur ...
of China
*
Chan Ya-Lin
*# Round of 64: Bye
*# Round of 32: Defeated
Rayoni Head of Australia
*# Round of 16: Lost to
Mia Audina Tjiptawan of Netherlands
Women's doubles
*
Tsai Hui-Min
Tsai Hui-min (; born 6 February 1976) is a former Taiwanese badminton player. She represented Chinese Taipei at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the women's doubles event partnered with Chen Li-chin. They were one of eight pairs that qualif ...
,
Chen Li-Chin
Chen Li-chin (; born 8 August 1976) is a former Taiwanese badminton player. Chen was the top national ranked in the women's doubles event partnered with Tsai Hui-min in eight consecutive years. She and Tsai represented Chinese Taipei at the 1996 ...
*# Round of 32: Lost to
Yim Kyung-Jin
Yim Kyung-jin (; born 23 April 1978; also known as Yim Jae-eun) is a South Korean badminton player. Yim was crowned as the women's doubles champion at the 2000 Asian Championships partnered with Lee Hyo-jung. She and Lee also competed at the 20 ...
,
Lee Hyo-jung of Korea
Cycling
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Road Cycling
Women's Road Race
*
Chen Chiung-Yi
*# Final – 3:28:00 (45th place)
Track Cycling
Women's Point Race
*
Fang Fen-Fang
**Points – 0 (13th place)
Diving
Men's 3 Metre Springboard
*
Chen Han-Hung
*# Preliminary – 188.46 (49th place, did not advance)
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
*
Chen Ting
*# Preliminary – 229.77 (29th place, did not advance)
Women's 3 Metre Springboard
*
Tsai Yi-San
*# Preliminary – 181.92 (41st place, did not advance)
Women's 10 Metre Platform
*
Hsieh Pei-Hua
*# Preliminary – 284.91
*# Semi-final – 126.66 – 411.57 (17th place, did not advance)
Sailing
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' ( land yacht) over a chose ...
Men's Mistral
*
Ted Huang
*# Race 1 – 6
*# Race 2 – 7
*# Race 3 – 16
*# Race 4 – (22)
*# Race 5 – 14
*# Race 6 – (17)
*# Race 7 – 13
*# Race 8 – 6
*# Race 9 – 8
*# Race 10 – 14
*# Race 11 – 16
*# Final – 100 (13th place)
Swimming
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Men's 50 m Freestyle
*
Huang Chih-Yung
*# Preliminary Heat – 24.01 (did not advance)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
*
Wu Nien-Pin
*# Preliminary Heat – 52.72 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
*
Wu Nien-Pin
*# Preliminary Heat – 1:54.58 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
*
Li Yun-Lun
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:03.10 (did not advance)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
*
Li Yun-Lun
*# Preliminary Heat – 16:13.05 (did not advance)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
*
Tseng Cheng-Hua
*# Preliminary Heat – 56.39 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
*
Tseng Cheng-Hua
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:03.62 (did not advance)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
*
Yang Shang-Hsuan
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:04.54 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
*
Li Tsung-Chueh
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:19.30 (did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
*
Wu Nien-Pin
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:08.85 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
*
Hsu Kuo-Tung
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:42.78 (did not advance)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
*
Chiang Tzu-Ying
*# Preliminary Heat – 26.84 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
*
Tsai Shu-min
*# Preliminary Heat – 59.39 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
*
Tsai Shu-min
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:06.12 (did not advance)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
*
Lin Chi-Chan
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:17.76 (did not advance)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
*
Lin Chi-Chan
*# Preliminary Heat – 09:01.09 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
*
Hsieh Shu-Ting
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:03.52 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
*
Hsieh Shu-Tzu
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:16.23 (did not advance)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
*
Kuan Chia-Hsien
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:07.18 (did not advance)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
*
Kuan Chia-Hsien
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:24.61 (did not advance)
Table Tennis
Chen Jing won the singles women's table tennis.
Taekwondo
Huang Chih-hsiung
Huang Chih-hsiung (; born 16 October 1976 in Taipei County (now New Taipei City), Taiwan) is a Taiwanese athlete. Representing the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal at the Men's 68 kg Ta ...
won the bronze in 58 kg men's.
Chi Shu-Ju
Chi Shu-ju (; born 27 November 1982) is a Taiwanese taekwondo practitioner and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city ...
won the bronze in 49 kg women's.
Weightlifting
Men
Women
References
*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. .
*International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results Retrieved 12 November 2005.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games Retrieved 20 November 2005.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games Retrieved 20 November 2005.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site
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Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000
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