Republic of China at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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| Medals Rank: 32 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 1 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 1 |
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 Republic of China (1932–48) |
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The Republic of China (Taiwan) competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 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". [1][2]
ROC team at the opening ceremony
Medalists
Silver
- Yang Chuan-kwang — athletics, men's decathlon
References
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/2523192/Olympic-opening-ceremonies-through-the-years.html?image=15
- ↑ 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
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