Republic of China at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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| Competitors | 27 (24 men, 3 women) in 6 sports | |||||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 32 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 1 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 1 |
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Taiwan (ROC) competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 27 competitors, 24 men and 3 women, took part in 18 events in 6 sports.[1] 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".[2][3]
ROC team at the opening ceremony
Medalists
Silver
- Yang Chuan-kwang — athletics, men's decathlon
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Football
Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Three shooters represented the Republic of China in 1960.
Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
References
- Notes
- ↑ "Chinese Taipei at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ 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
- Sources
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