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Formosa at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Republic of China
IOC code	ROC (RCF used at these Games)
NOC	Republic of China Olympic Committee
in Rome
Competitors	27 (24 men, 3 women) in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976–1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
China (1952–)  Chinese Taipei (1956–)

The Republic of China (ROC; commonly called "Taiwan") competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 27 competitors, 24 men and 3 women, took part in 18 events in 6 sports. The nation won its first ever Olympic medal. The ROC was forced to use the name "Formosa" (formerly the common Western name for the island). In the opening ceremony the athletes marched behind a sign reading "UNDER PROTEST".

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Yang Chuan-kwang	Athletics	Men's decathlon	6 September

Athletics

Boxing

Football

Shooting

Three shooters represented the Republic of China in 1960.

25 m pistol

• Chen An-hu

300 m rifle, three positions

• Wu Tao-yan

50 m rifle, three positions

• Wu Tao-yan

Trap

• Wang Ching-rui

Swimming

Weightlifting

Notes

1. See Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee#History.

References

Citations

1. "Chinese Taipei at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
2. "Olympic opening ceremonies through the years".
3. Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (2011), Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (4 ed.), Plymouth, United Kingdom: Scarecrow Press, Inc., p. 78, ISBN 978-0-8108-7249-3
4. Friends Rafer Johnson & Chuan-Kwang Yang Take Gold & Silver - Rome 1960 Olympics, Olympic
5. Taiwan C.K. Yang and USA Rafer Johnson victorious after Men's Decathlon 1500M Final at Olympic Stadium. Johnson won gold and Yang won silver., Getty Images
6. Byron, Lee; Cox, Amanda; Ericson, Matthew (4 August 2008). "A Map of Olympic Medals". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2012.

Sources

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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