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Taiwan competed under the designated name "Chinese Taipei" at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was also the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Websitewww.tpenoc.net (in Chinese and English)
Competitors68 in 18 sports
Quick facts Chinese Taipei at the 2020 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...
Chinese Taipei at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeTPE
NOCChinese Taipei Olympic Committee
Websitewww.tpenoc.net (in Chinese and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors68 in 18 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Kuo Hsing-chun
Lu Yen-hsun
Flag bearer (closing)Chen Chieh
Medals
Ranked 34th
Gold
2
Silver
4
Bronze
6
Total
12
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Republic of China (1924–1948)
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Taiwan rewards their Olympic gold medalists with 20 million New Taiwan dollars (US $716,000) and additionally rewards their athletes who finish from second to seventh or eighth in their events with proportionate trickled down amounts.[2]

Medalists

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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Sport Men Women Total
Archery 336
Athletics 516
Badminton 415
Boxing 044
Canoeing 011
Cycling 101
Equestrian 011
Golf 123
Gymnastics 415
Judo 123
Karate 112
Rowing 011
Shooting 235
Swimming 213
Table tennis 336
Taekwondo 224
Tennis 145
Weightlifting 347
Total333568
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Archery

Taiwanese archers qualified each for the men's and women's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of their respective team recurves at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[3]

The Taiwanese archery team for the Games, led by two-time Olympian Tan Ya-ting and reigning world champion Lei Chien-ying in the women's individual recurve, was announced on 16 January 2020, based on the results at the Olympic Team Trials.[4][5]

Men
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Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
ScoreSeed Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
Rank
Tang Chih-chun Individual 668 12  Nguyễn (VIE)
W 7–1
 Wei C-h (TPE)
W 6–5
 Shanny (ISR)
W 6–5
 Kim W-j (KOR)
W 6–4
 Nespoli (ITA)
L 2–6
 Furukawa (JPN)
L 3–7
4
Wei Chun-heng 661 21  Castro (ESP)
W 6–2
 Tang C-c (TPE)
L 5–6
Did not advance
Deng Yu-cheng 656 30  Das (IND)
L 4–6
Did not advance
Deng Yu-cheng
Tang Chih-chun
Wei Chun-heng
Team 1985 6 N/a  Australia
W 5–4
 China
W 5–1
 Netherlands
W 6–0
 South Korea
L 0–6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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Women
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Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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Lin Chia-en Individual 651 21  Psarra (GRE)
W 6–4
 Pärnat (EST)
W 7–3
 Brown (USA)
L 2–6
Did not advance
Lei Chien-ying 640 30  Marchenko (UKR)
L 4–6
Did not advance
Tan Ya-ting 646 27  Pitman (GBR)
L 4–6
Did not advance
Lei Chien-ying
Lin Chia-en
Tan Ya-ting
Team 1937 7 N/a  Germany
L 2–6
Did not advance
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Mixed
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Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
ScoreSeed Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
Rank
Tang Chih-chun
Lin Chia-en
Team 1319 8 Q  India
L 3–5
Did not advance
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Athletics

Taiwanese athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event), plus a female sprinter for Universality places:[6][7]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
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Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Yang Chun-han Men's 100 m Bye 10.21 5 Did not advance
Chen Kuei-ru Men's 110 m hurdles 13.53 5 q N/a 13.57 6 Did not advance
Chen Chieh Men's 400 m hurdles 50.96 7 N/a Did not advance
Hsieh Hsi-en Women's 100 m Bye 12.49 6 Did not advance
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Field events
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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Cheng Chao-tsun Men's javelin throw 71.20 30 Did not advance
Huang Shih-feng 77.16 25 Did not advance
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Badminton

Chinese Taipei entered five badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings.[8]

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Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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Rank Opposition
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Score
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Chou Tien-chen Men's singles  Burestedt (SWE)
W (21–12, 21–11)
 Yang (CAN)
W (21–18, 16–21, 22–20)
N/a 1 Q Bye  Chen L (CHN)
L (14–21, 21–9, 14–21)
Did not advance
Wang Tzu-wei  Karunaratne (SRI)
W (21–12, 21–15)
 Nguyen (IRL)
W (21–12, 18–21, 21–12)
N/a 1 Q  Axelsen (DEN)
L (16–21, 14–21)
Did not advance
Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
Men's doubles  Rankireddy /
Shetty (IND)
L (16–21, 21–16, 25–27)
 Lane /
Vendy (GBR)
W (21–17, 21–14)
 Gideon /
Sukamuljo (INA)
W (21–18, 15–21, 21–17)
2 Q N/a  Endo /
Watanabe (JPN)
W (21–16, 21–19)
 Ahsan /
Setiawan (INA)
W (21–11, 21–10)
 Li Jh /
Liu Yc (CHN)
W (21–18, 21–12)
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tai Tzu-ying Women's singles  Jaquet (SUI)
W (21–7, 21–13)
 Nguyễn (VIE)
W (21–16, 21–11)
 Qi (FRA)
W (21–10, 21–13)
1 Q Bye  Intanon (THA)
W (14–21, 21–18, 21–18)
 Sindhu (IND)
W (21–18, 21–12)
 Chen Yf (CHN)
L (18–21, 21–19, 18–21)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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Boxing

Chinese Taipei entered four female boxers into the Olympic tournament. Reigning world bantamweight champion Huang Hsiao-wen (women's flyweight), 2019 world bronze medalist Lin Yu-ting (women's featherweight), Wu Shih-yi (women's lightweight), and Rio 2016 Olympian Chen Nien-chin (women's welterweight) secured the spots on the Taiwanese squad by advancing to the semifinal match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[9][10]

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
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Result
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Huang Hsiao-wen Women's flyweight Bye  Sorrentino (ITA)
W 5–0
 Radovanović (SRB)
W 5–0
 Çakıroğlu (TUR)
L 0–5
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lin Yu-ting Women's featherweight Bye  Petecio (PHI)
L 2–3
Did not advance
Wu Shih-yi Women's lightweight  Alexiusson (SWE)
W 4–1
 Ferreira (BRA)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Chen Nien-chin Women's welterweight Bye  Carini (ITA)
W 3–2
 Borgohain (IND)
L 1–4
Did not advance
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Canoeing

Slalom

Chinese Taipei entered one canoeist to compete in the women's K-1 class at the Games, as the International Canoe Federation accepted the nation's request to claim an unused berth from the 2020 Oceania Championships.

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Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chang Chu-han Women's K-1 182.95 26 136.66 25 136.66 26 Did not advance
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Cycling

Road

Chinese Taipei entered one rider each to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by finishing in the top two, not yet qualified, at the 2019 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[11]

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Feng Chun-kai Men's road race Did not finish
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Equestrian

Chinese Taipei entered one jumping rider into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group G (South East Asia and Oceania).[12]

Jumping

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Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Time Rank
Jasmine Chen Benitus di Vallerano Individual 9 =47 Did not advance
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Golf

Chinese Taipei entered one male golfer and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament.

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Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Playoff Total
Score Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Pan Cheng-tsung Men's 74 66 66 63 14 269 −15 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hsu Wei-ling Women's 69 69 71 66 — 275 −9 =15
Min Lee 69 69 72 72 — 282 −2 =34
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Gymnastics

Artistic

Chinese Taipei fielded a full team of five artistic gymnasts (four men and one woman) into the Olympic competition. The men's squad claimed one of the remaining nine spots in the team all-around at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, making its first trip to the Games since 1964. On the women's side, Ting Hua-tien received a spare berth from the apparatus events, as one of the twelve highest-ranked gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified directly through the all-around, at the same tournament.[13] The men's team was announced on 6 June 2021.[14]

Men
Team
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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Hung Yuan-hsi Team 13.233 10.766 12.633 12.966 11.500 13.000 74.09860 Did not advance
Lee Chih-kai 14.200 15.266 Q 13.033 14.500 14.233 13.000 84.33217 Q
Shiao Yu-jan 13.833 12.900 12.833 14.333 12.100 11.800 77.799 54
Tang Chia-hung 14.333 13.000 13.833 14.400 13.966 13.400 82.932 22 Q
Total 42.366 41.166 39.699 43.233 40.299 39.500 246.263 10
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Individual
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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Lee Chih-kai All-around See team results 14.400 12.666 12.733 14.400 13.900 12.600 80.699 21
Pommel horse N/a 15.266 N/a 15.266 1 Q N/a 15.400 N/a 15.400 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tang Chia-hung All-around See team results 14.366 13.333 14.100 14.433 13.800 14.766 84.798 7
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Women
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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Ting Hua-tien Uneven bars N/a 12.233 N/a 12.233 63 Did not advance
Balance beam N/a 12.566 N/a 12.566 50 Did not advance
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Judo

Chinese Taipei entered three judoka (one men and two women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.[15]

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
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Result
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Result
Rank
Yang Yung-wei Men's −60 kg Bye  Gerchev (BUL)
W 10–00
 Tsjakadoea (NED)
W 10–00
 Mkheidze (FRA)
W 10–00
Bye  Takato (JPN)
L 00–10
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lin Chen-hao Women's −48 kg  Milani (ITA)
W 10–01
 Dolgova (ROC)
W 10–01
 Krasniqi (KOS)
L 00–10
Did not advance  Rishony (ISR)
L 00–10
Did not advance 7
Lien Chen-ling Women's −57 kg Bye  Kajzer (SLO)
L 00–10
Did not advance
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Karate

Chinese Taipei entered two karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world bronze medalist Wen Tzu-yun qualified directly for the women's kumite 55-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.[16]

Kumite
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Athlete Event Group stage Semifinals Final
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Rank Opposition
Result
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Result
Rank
Wen Tzu-yun Women's −55 kg  Goranova (BUL)
L 2–5
 Bahmanyar (IRI)
W 5–1
 Özçelik (TUR)
W 5–4
2 Q  Terliuga (UKR)
L 4–4
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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Kata
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Athlete Event Elimination round Ranking round Final / BM
Score Rank Score Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Wang Yi-ta Men's kata 24.97 5 Did not advance
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Rowing

Chinese Taipei qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by winning the bronze medal and securing the first of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.

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Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Huang Yi-ting Women's single sculls 8:04.59 4 R 8:11.56 2 QF 8:34.51 6 SC/D 7:56.00 5 FD 7:52.18 20
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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Taiwanese shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.[17]

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Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Lu Shao-chuan Men's 10 m air rifle 626.3 17 N/a Did not advance
Yang Kun-pi Men's trap 121 14 Did not advance
Lin Ying-shin Women's 10 m air rifle 623.4 26 Did not advance
Tien Chia-chen Women's 10 m air pistol 559 42 Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 584 5 Q 10 8
Wu Chia-ying Women's 10 m air pistol 573 14 Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 584 7 Q 23 5
Lin Ying-shin
Lu Shao-chuan
10 m air rifle team 625.4 14 Did not advance
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Swimming

Taiwanese swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[18][19]

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Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Wang Hsing-hao Men's 200 m individual medley 2:00.72 37 Did not advance
Men's 400 m individual medley 4:19.06 25 N/a Did not advance
Wang Kuan-hung Men's 100 m butterfly 52.44 =35 Did not advance
Men's 200 m butterfly 1:54.44 2 Q 1:55.52 13 Did not advance
Huang Mei-chien Women's 50 m freestyle 25.99 38 Did not advance
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Table tennis

Chinese Taipei entered six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's and women's teams secured their respective berths by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete each in the men's and women's singles tournament.[20] Moreover, an additional berth was awarded to the Taiwanese table tennis players competing in the inaugural mixed doubles by advancing to the semifinal stage of the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Zhengzhou, China.[21]

Men
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Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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Chuang Chih-yuan Singles Bye  Cifuentes (ARG)
W 4–3
 Wong (HKG)
W 4–1
 Assar (EGY)
L 3–4
Did not advance
Lin Yun-ju Bye  Källberg (SWE)
W 4–1
 Tsuboi (BRA)
W 4–2
 Jorgić (SLO)
W 4–0
 Fan Zd (CHN)
L 3–4
 Ovtcharov (GER)
L 3–4
4
Chen Chien-an
Chuang Chih-yuan
Lin Yun-ju
Team N/a  Croatia
W 3–0
 Germany
L 2–3
Did not advance
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Women
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Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
Rank
Chen Szu-yu Singles Bye  Zhang (USA)
W 4–0
 Sun Ys (CHN)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Cheng I-ching Bye  Yu My (SGP)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Chen Szu-yu
Cheng Hsien-tzu
Cheng I-ching
Team N/a  United States
W 3–0
 Japan
L 0–3
Did not advance
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Mixed
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Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lin Yun-ju
Cheng I-ching
Doubles  Achanta /
Batra (IND)
W 4–0
 Lee S-s /
Jeon J-h (KOR)
W 4–2
 Mizutani /
Ito (JPN)
L 1–4
 Lebesson /
Yuan (FRA)
W 4–0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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Taekwondo

Chinese Taipei entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Huang Yu-jen (men's 68 kg), Rio 2016 Olympian and 2015 world champion Liu Wei-ting (men's 80 kg), reigning Asian Games gold medalist Su Po-ya (women's 49 kg), and Lo Chia-ling (women's 57 kg) secured the spots on the Taiwanese taekwondo squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[22]

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Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
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Result
Rank
Huang Yu-jen Men's −68 kg Bye  Hosseini (IRI)
L 15–18
Did not advance
Liu Wei-ting Men's −80 kg N/a  Beigi (AZE)
L 11–15
Did not advance N/a Did not advance
Su Po-ya Women's −49 kg Bye  Yamada (JPN)
L 9–10
Did not advance
Lo Chia-ling Women's −57 kg Bye  Lee A-r (KOR)
W 20–18
 Park (CAN)
W 18–9
 Zolotic (USA)
L 5–28
Bye  Ben Yessouf (NIG)
W 10–6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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Tennis

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Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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Score
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Opposition
Score
Rank
Lu Yen-hsun Men's singles  Zverev (GER)
L 1–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Chan Hao-ching
Latisha Chan
Women's doubles N/a  Niculescu /
Olaru (ROU)
L 5–7, 6–1, [6–10]
Did not advance
Hsieh Yu-chieh
Hsu Chieh-yu
N/a  Krejčíková /
Siniaková (CZE)
L 2–6, 1–6
Did not advance
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Weightlifting

Chinese Taipei weightlifters qualified for 7 quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 20 June 2021.[23][24]

Men
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Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Kao Chan-hung −61 kg 125 9 147 — 125 DNF
Chen Po-jen −96 kg 176 5 205 6 381 5
Hsieh Yun-ting +109 kg 172 13 206 10 378 12
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Women
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Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Fang Wan-ling −49 kg 80 8 101 4 181 4
Chiang Nien-hsin −55 kg 81 12 95 13 176 13
Kuo Hsing-chun −59 kg 103 OR 1 133 OR 1 236 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Chen Wen-huei −64 kg 103 4 127 3 230 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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