Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
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National Olympic Committee
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representing the Republic of China
Republic of China
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(more commonly known as "Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
"). In 1979, the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
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passed a resolution in Nagoya, Japan
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, resuming the rights of the Chinese Olympic Committee
Chinese Olympic Committee
Chinese Olympic Committee represents the People's Republic of China in international affairs related to the Olympic Movement.-Timeline concerning Olympic recognition:...
in the IOC, and meanwhile renaming the Taipei-based Olympic Committee as "Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
Olympic Committee".
Timeline concerning Olympic recognition
The following timeline concerns the different names and principle events concerning recognition of the ROC Olympic team:- 1910: The "Chinese National Olympic Committee" (中國奧林匹克委員會) is created.
- 1932: ROC competes in the Olympics for the first time as China http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932s.pdf
- 1951: The Chinese National Olympic Committee moves from Nanking to TaipeiTaipeiTaipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
; - 1952: ROC team briefly withdraws from the Olympics because its delegation was listed as China (Formosa);
- 1954: IOC adopted a resolution officially recognising the People's Republic of ChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
(PRC) "Chinese Olympics Committee" (中国奥林匹克委员会). The PRC is invited to take part in the 1956 Olympics. The PRC organises a delegation; - 1956: ROC represented at Melbourne Games as the Republic of China. PRC withdrew from the Games in protest because in the list of IOC members two Chinese National Olympic Committees were listed;
- 1958: PRC withdrew from Olympic movement and from the federations governing Olympic sports. Professor Tung Hou Yi, an IOC member for the PRC resigned;
- 1959: ROC informed that as it did not control sport on Mainland China, it could not continue to be recognized as the "Chinese National Olympic Committee". All applications under a different name would be considered;
- 1960: ROC committee renamed the "Olympic Committee of the Republic of China"(中華民國奧林匹克委員會), and so recognized.;
- 1963: Agreed by the IOC that during an Olympic Games the delegation from Taiwan should be known as Taiwan but would be allowed to use the initials "ROC" on sports outfits;
- 1968: IOC agreed to renaming Taiwan team as the Republic of China after the 1968 Games and to their participaton under that banner;
- 1976: ROC is not permitted to participate in the Montreal Games as long as it insists on the name "Republic of China," because the host country recognized the PRC as the sole legitimate government of China.
- 1979: IOC recognises the PRC Olympics committee as representing China for the first time since Communist rule began in 1949. The IOC decision followed a postal ballot among 89 members. Under the IOC decision, the ROC’s Olympics committee would be: renamed the "Chinese Taipei Olympics Committee" (中華台北奧林匹克委員會); recognised only as a provincial body; and would no longer be allowed to use the ROC's national anthem or flag at the Olympic Games.
- 1980: Chinese Taipei boycotts the Moscow Games due to the decision it must use the name Chinese Taipei in international sporting events.
- 1984: Chinese Taipei competes for the first time under the new moniker at the Sarajevo Games1984 Winter OlympicsThe 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...
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See also
- Chinese TaipeiChinese TaipeiChinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...
- Chinese Taipei at the OlympicsChinese Taipei at the OlympicsThe Republic of China currently competes as Chinese Taipei at the Olympic Games. The ROC first participated at the Summer Olympic Games in 1932...
- Chinese Taipei Olympic flag