Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Chinese Taipei competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The delegation consisted of seventeen competitors in six sports: archery, track and field athletics, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, and table tennis. The athletes were ten men and seven women ranging in age from 27 to 53 years old.[1]

Chinese Taipei at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Chinese Taipei Paralympic flag
IPC codeTPE
NPCChinese Taipei Paralympic Committee
in Beijing
Competitors17 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 50th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Paralympics appearances

"Chinese Taipei" is the delegation name used since 1979 by athletes from Taiwan and the Taiwan Area at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.[2] Thus, Chinese Taipei's participation in the Beijing Paralympics did not contradict the One China policy and was not objected to by the People's Republic of China.

As in previous editions of the Summer Paralympics, the flag of the Republic of China was not displayed. Instead, the Chinese Taipei Paralympic flag was used when Taiwanese athletes won medals. When Lin Tzu-hui of Chinese Taipei won a gold medal, the National Banner Song, not the National Anthem of the Republic of China, was played at the medal ceremony.[3]

Three days before the beginning of the Games, the Taipei Times reported that two of Chinese Taipei's star athletes, double Paralympic champion Chiang Chih-chung and world athletics champion Chen Ming-tsai, had been barred from attending by the International Paralympic Committee. The Times added that no reason had been given for the ban, even after the Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee had requested an explanation from the IPC. A representative of the CTPC stated that the People's Republic of China may have "interfered for political reasons" to prevent Chiang and Chen from participating in the Games.[4] The Taipei Times article was subsequently reproduced on the Taiwanese government's website.[5]

Medalists
Further information: 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table and List of 2008 Summer Paralympics medal winners

Chinese Taipei won two medals, a gold and a bronze.[6]

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldLin Tzu-huiPowerliftingWomen's -75 kg
 BronzeTseng Lung HuiArcheryMen's Individual Recurve W1/W2

Sports

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Rank
Chen Wu Ying Men's individual recurve W1/W2 552 26  Vitale (ITA)
L 99-104		 Did not advance
Tseng Lung Hui 625 6  Raksamai (THA)
W 104-85		  Yoshida (JPN)
W 106-98		  Lee H G (KOR)
W 105-104		  Vitale (ITA)
L 101-103		  Ozen (TUR)
W *92-92

* Tseng won 9 arrows to 6 arrows shot by Ozgur Ozen of Turkey in the bronze medal match.

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Chen Yu Lien T54 100m 17.83 9 Did not advance
200m 33.13 14 Did not advance

Powerlifting
Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Rank
Huang Kuo-Tai Men's +100kg 225.0 230.0 232.5 4
Lin Tzu-hui Women's -75kg 137.5 142.5 142.5
Lin Ya-Hsuan Women's -56kg 75.0 77.5 82.5 6

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Liu Wen-chang Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 566 24 Did not advance
Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 1126 13 Did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 592 38 Did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 569 38 Did not advance

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Lin Chin-mei Women's 10m air pistol SH1 357 12 Did not advance

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Luo Alice Hsiao Hung S6 50m freestyle 44.42 11 Did not advance
100m freestyle 1:33.64 11 Did not advance

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Chang Chih Jung Men's singles C4-5  Mihalik (SVK)
L 1-3		  Kim B Y (KOR)
L 0-3		 N/A 3 Did not advance
Lin Wen Hsin  Bolldén (SWE)
L 0-3		  Ank (BRA)
W 3-0		 N/A 2 Did not advance
Lin Yen Hung  Zhang Y (CHN)
L 0-3		  Chaiwut (THA)
W 3-0		 N/A 2 Did not advance
Hou Ting Sung Men's singles C8  Li M (CHN)
L 1-3		  Csejtey (SVK)
L 0-3		  Serignat (FRA)
L 2-3		 4 Did not advance
Hu Ming Fu  Grudzien (POL)
W 3-1		  Loicq (BEL)
L 1-3		  Pichon (FRA)
L 2-3		 3 Did not advance
Wu Cheng Sheng Men's singles C3  Gurtler (GER)
L 1–3		  Kim J S (KOR)
L 1–3		 N/A 3 Did not advance
Lin Wen Hsin
Lin Yen Hung		 Men's team C4-5 N/A  Brazil (BRA)
W 3-1		  China (CHN)
L 0-3		 Did not advance
Hou Ting Sung
Hu Ming Fu		 Men's team C6-8 N/A  Germany (GER)
L 0-3		 Did not advance

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Tsai Hui Chu Women's singles C5  Ren G (CHN)
L 0–3		  Lundback (SWE)
L 0–3		  Passos (BRA)
W 3–0		 3 Did not advance
Wei Mei Hui  Gu G (CHN)
L 0-3		  Paredes (MEX)
W 3-0		  Wong P Y (HKG)
W 3-0		 3 Did not advance
Tsai Hui Chu
Wei Mei Hui		 Women's team C4-5 N/A  Mexico (MEX)
W 3-0		  Jordan (JOR)
L 2-3		 Did not advance
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See also

References
  1. "Chinese Taipei athletes ready for Paralympics". China Daily. 2008-09-02. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
  2. "Reinstatement in the Olympic Movement", Chinese Olympic Committee, March 27, 2004
  3. "Taiwan shut out of Olympic warm-up", Taipei Times, February 22, 2008
  4. "Local javelin ace banned from Beijing Paralympics", Taipei Times, September 3, 2008
  5. "taiwanheadlines.gov.tw". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  6. "Overall Medal Standings" Archived September 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, official website of the Beijing Paralympics
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