Taiwan competed under the designated name "Chinese Taipei" at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Taiwan rewards their Olympic gold medalists with 20 million New Taiwan dollars (US $716,000) and additionally rewards their athletes who finish from second to seventh or eighth in their events with proportionate trickled down amounts.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date Kuo Hsing-chun Weightlifting Women's 59 kg Lee YangWang Chi-lin Badminton Men's doubles Yang Yung-wei Judo Men's 60 kg Deng Yu-chengTang Chih-chunWei Chun-hengArchery Men's team Lee Chih-kai Gymnastics Men's pommel horse Tai Tzu-ying Badminton Women's singles Lo Chia-ling Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Lin Yun-juCheng I-ching Table tennis Mixed doubles Chen Wen-huei Weightlifting Women's 64 kg Pan Cheng-tsung Golf Men's individual Huang Hsiao-wen Boxing Women's flyweight Wen Tzu-yun Karate Women's 55 kg

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Medals by sportSport TotalArchery 0 1 01Badminton 1 1 02Boxing 0 0 11Golf 0 0 11Gymnastics 0 1 01Judo 0 1 01Karate 0 0 11Table tennis 0 0 11Taekwondo 0 0 11Weightlifting 1 0 12Total24612

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Sport Men Women Total Archery 3 3 6 Athletics 5 1 6 Badminton 4 1 5 Boxing 0 4 4 Canoeing 0 1 1 Cycling 1 0 1 Equestrian 0 1 1 Golf 1 2 3 Gymnastics 4 1 5 Judo 1 2 3 Karate 1 1 2 Rowing 0 1 1 Shooting 2 3 5 Swimming 2 1 3 Table tennis 3 3 6 Taekwondo 2 2 4 Tennis 1 4 5 Weightlifting 3 4 7 Total 33 35 68

Archery

Taiwanese archers qualified each for the men's and women's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of their respective team recurves at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

The Taiwanese archery team for the Games, led by two-time Olympian Tan Ya-ting and reigning world champion Lei Chien-ying in the women's individual recurve, was announced on 16 January 2020, based on the results at the Olympic Team Trials.

Men Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / Score Seed OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Tang Chih-chun Individual 668 12 W 7–1 W 6–5 W 6–5 W 6–4 L 2–6 L 3–7 4 Wei Chun-heng 661 21 W 6–2 L 5–6Did not advance Deng Yu-cheng 656 30 L 4–6Did not advance Deng Yu-chengTang Chih-chunWei Chun-heng Team 1985 6 colspan="2" W 5–4 W 5–1 W 6–0 L 0–6

Women Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / Score Seed OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Lin Chia-en Individual 651 21 W 6–4 W 7–3 L 2–6Did not advance Lei Chien-ying 640 30 L 4–6 Did not advance Tan Ya-ting 646 27 L 4–6 Did not advance Lei Chien-yingLin Chia-enTan Ya-ting Team 1937 7 colspan="2" L 2–6Did not advance

Mixed Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / Score Seed OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Tang Chih-chunLin Chia-en Team 1319 8 Q L 3–5 Did not advance

Athletics

Taiwanese athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event), plus a female sprinter for Universality places:

Track & road events Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Yang Chun-han Men's 100 m colspan=2 10.21 5 Did not advance Chen Kuei-ru Men's 110 m hurdles 13.53 5 q colspan=2 13.57 6 Did not advance Chen Chieh Men's 400 m hurdles 50.96 7 colspan=2 Did not advance Hsieh Hsi-en Women's 100 m colspan=2 12.49 6 Did not advance

Field events Athlete Event Qualification Final Distance Position Distance Position Cheng Chao-tsun Men's javelin throw 71.20 30 Did not advance Huang Shih-feng 77.16 25 Did not advance

Badminton

Chinese Taipei entered five badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings.

Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Men's singles W (21–12, 21–11) W (21–18, 16–21, 22–20) 1 Q L (14–21, 21–9, 14–21)Did not advance Wang Tzu-wei W (21–12, 21–15) W (21–12, 18–21, 21–12) 1 Q L (16–21, 14–21)Did not advance Lee YangWang Chi-lin Men's doubles L (16–21, 21–16, 25–27) W (21–17, 21–14) W (21–18, 15–21, 21–17) 2 Q W (21–16, 21–19) W (21–11, 21–10) W (21–18, 21–12) Tai Tzu-ying W (21–7, 21–13) W (21–16, 21–11) W (21–10, 21–13) 1 Q W (14–21, 21–18, 21–18) W (21–18, 21–12) L (18–21, 21–19, 18–21)

Boxing

Chinese Taipei entered four female boxers into the Olympic tournament. Reigning world bantamweight champion Huang Hsiao-wen (women's flyweight), 2019 world bronze medalist Lin Yu-ting (women's featherweight), Wu Shih-yi (women's lightweight), and Rio 2016 Olympian Chen Nien-chin (women's welterweight) secured the spots on the Taiwanese squad by advancing to the semifinal match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank Huang Hsiao-wen Women's flyweight W 5–0 W 5–0 L 0–5 Did not advance Lin Yu-ting Women's featherweight L 2–3 Did not advance Wu Shih-yi Women's lightweight W 4–1 L 0–5 Did not advance Chen Nien-chin Women's welterweight W 3–2 L 1–4 Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom Chinese Taipei entered one canoeist to compete in the women's K-1 class at the Games, as the International Canoe Federation accepted the nation's request to claim an unused berth from the 2020 Oceania Championships.

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank Time Rank Time Rank Chang Chu-han Women's K-1 182.95 26 136.66 25 136.66 26Did not advance

Cycling

Road Chinese Taipei entered one rider each to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by finishing in the top two, not yet qualified, at the 2019 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

AthleteEventTimeRankFeng Chun-kaiMen's road raceDid not finish

Equestrian

Chinese Taipei entered one jumping rider into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group G (South East Asia and Oceania).

Jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRank Jasmine Chen Benitus di Vallerano Individual 9 =47 Did not advance

Golf

Chinese Taipei entered one male golfer and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Playoff Total Score Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank Pan Cheng-tsung Men's 74 66 66 63 14 269 −15 Hsu Wei-ling Women's 69 69 71 66 — 275 −9 =15 Min Lee 69 69 72 72 — 282 −2 =34

Gymnastics

Artistic Chinese Taipei fielded a full team of five artistic gymnasts (four men and one woman) into the Olympic competition. The men's squad claimed one of the remaining nine spots in the team all-around at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, making its first trip to the Games since 1964. On the women's side, Ting Hua-tien received a spare berth from the apparatus events, as one of the twelve highest-ranked gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified directly through the all-around, at the same tournament. The men's team was announced on 6 June 2021.

Men Team Athlete Event Qualification Final Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank Hung Yuan-hsi Team 13.233 10.766 12.633 12.966 11.500 13.000 74.098 60 Did not advance Lee Chih-kai 14.200 15.266 Q 13.033 14.500 14.233 13.000 84.332 17 Q Shiao Yu-jan 13.833 12.900 12.833 14.333 12.100 11.800 77.799 54 Tang Chia-hung 14.333 13.000 13.833 14.400 13.966 13.400 82.932 22 Q Total 42.366 41.166 39.699 43.233 40.299 39.500 246.263 10

Individual Athlete Event Qualification Final Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank Lee Chih-kai All-aroundSee team results 14.400 12.666 12.733 14.400 13.900 12.600 80.699 21 Pommel horse 15.266 colspan="4" 15.266 1 Q 15.400 colspan="4" 15.400 Tang Chia-hung All-aroundSee team results 14.366 13.333 14.100 14.433 13.800 14.766 84.798 7

Women Athlete Event Qualification Final Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank Ting Hua-tien Uneven bars 12.233 colspan=2 12.233 63 Did not advance Balance beam colspan=2 12.566 12.566 50 Did not advance

Judo

Chinese Taipei entered three judoka (one men and two women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank Yang Yung-wei Men's −60 kg W 10–00 W 10–00 W 10–00 L 00–10 Lin Chen-hao Women's −48 kg W 10–01 W 10–01 L 00–10 Did not advance L 00–10 Did not advance7 Lien Chen-ling Women's −57 kg L 00–10Did not advance

Karate

Chinese Taipei entered two karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world bronze medalist Wen Tzu-yun qualified directly for the women's kumite 55-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.

Kumite AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankWen Tzu-yunWomen's −55 kg<br/ >L 2–5<br/ >W 5–1<br/ >W 5–42 Q<br/ >L 4–4Did not advance

Kata AthleteEventElimination roundRanking roundFinal / Score Rank Score Rank OppositionResultRankWang Yi-taMen's kata24.975Did not advance

Rowing

Chinese Taipei qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by winning the bronze medal and securing the first of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Huang Yi-ting Women's single sculls 8:04.59 4 R 8:11.56 2 QF 8:34.51 6 SC/D 7:56.00 5 FD 7:52.18 20 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Taiwanese shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Lu Shao-chuan Men's 10 m air rifle 626.3 17 colspan="2" rowspan="7" Did not advance Yang Kun-pi Men's trap 121 14 Did not advance Lin Ying-shin Women's 10 m air rifle 623.4 26 Did not advance Tien Chia-chen Women's 10 m air pistol 559 42 Did not advance Women's 25 m pistol 584 5 Q 10 8 Wu Chia-ying Women's 10 m air pistol 573 14 Did not advance Women's 25 m pistol 584 7 Q 23 5 Lin Ying-shinLu Shao-chuan 10 m air rifle team 625.4 14 Did not advance

Swimming

Taiwanese swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):