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Republic of China at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The Republic of China (Taiwan) competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia as the Republic of China, Formosa. Athletes from this nation nowadays compete under the name Chinese Taipei (TPE). Twenty competitors, all men, took part in thirteen events in five sports.[1]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's Long Jump

  • Ling Te-Sheng

Men's High Jump

Men's Decathlon

Men's 400 Meter Hurdles

  • Tsai Cheng-Fu

Men's Triple Jump

  • Wu Chun-Tsai

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics

The competed against teams from Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Uruguay, and Bulgaria and finished the games ranked in 11th place.

Squad

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's Welterweight

  • Lee Shih-Chuan

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

One shooter represented the Republic of China in 1956.

300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight

  • Song Re-Nado

Men's Featherweight

  • Lim Jose-Ning

Men's Middleweight

  • Ko Bu-Beng

Notes

  1. ^ See Chinese Olympic Committee#Timeline concerning Olympic recognition and Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee#History.

References

  1. ^ "Chinese Taipei at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2015.