1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (China)

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The Republic of China took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia with a delegation of 20 male athletes in 13 competitions in five sports.

The youngest athlete was the weightlifter Bu-Beng Ko (19 years and 125 days), the oldest athlete was the boxer Shih-Chuan Lee (24 years and 350 days). It was the country's first participation in the Summer Olympics .

Participants by sport

basketball

• Results

  Preliminary round: Group C, four points, 216: 249 points, third place, not qualified for the semi-finals

  83:76 victory against South Korea

  62:85 loss to Uruguay

  71:88 defeat against Bulgaria

  Play for places nine to 15: group one, six points, 218: 189 points, first place

  67:64 win against Singapore

  86:73 win against Australia

  65:52 win against Thailand

  Eleventh place

• Squad

  Tsu-Li Chen

  Kok-Ching Chien

  Willie Chu

  Cha-Pen Hoo

  Lam-Kwong Lai

  Jing-Huan Ling

  Hor-Kuay Loo

  Suet-Fong Tong

  Yet-An Wu

  James Yap

  Pi-Hock Yung

Boxing

• Shih-Chuan Lee
  • Welterweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: loss to Nicholas André from South Africa on points

Weightlifting

• Bu-Beng Ko
  • medium weight

  Final: 325.0 kg, twelfth place

  Military press: 90.0 kg, 15th place

  Snatch: 100.0 kg, rank 13

  Push: 135.0 kg, twelfth place

• Jose-Ning Lim
  • Featherweight

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Military press: 87.5 kg, rank 18

  Tear: not a valid attempt

• Re-Nado song
  • Bantamweight

  Final: 287.5 kg, ninth place

  Military press: 85.0 kg, ninth place

  Snatch: 85.0 kg, ninth place

  Push: 117.5 kg, eighth place

athletics

• Te-Sheng Ling
  • Long jump

  Qualifying round: 7.11 meters, ranked 16th, did not qualify for the final

  Round one: 6.85 meters

  Round two: 6.74 meters

  Round three: 7.11 meters

• Cheng-Fu Tsai
  • 400 meter hurdles

  Round one: eliminated in run three (sixth place), 54.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 54.84 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Chun-Tsai Wu
  • Triple jump

  Qualifying round: 14.36 meters, rank 26, not qualified for the final

  Round one: invalid

  Round two: 14.36 meters

  Round three: invalid

• Yang Chuan-Kwang
  • high jump

  Qualifying round: 1.92 meters, seventh place, qualified for the final

  1.70 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.78 meters: left out

  1.82 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.88 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.92 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  Final: 1.86 meters, 20th place

  1.80 meters: omitted

  1.86 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.92 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

  • Decathlon

  Final: 6,521 points, eighth place

  100 meter run: 834 points, 11.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.29 seconds (automatically stopped), fifth place

  110 meter hurdles: 813 points, 15.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 15.20 seconds (automatically stopped), fourth place

  400 meter run: 751 points, 51.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 51.37 seconds (automatically stopped), eleventh place

  1,500 meter run: 256 points, 5: 00.8 minutes (hand-stopped), 5: 00.97 minutes (automatically stopped), twelfth place

  Discus throw: 469 points, 33.92 meters, 13th place

  High jump: 976 points, 1.95 meters, first place

  Shot put: 544 points, 11.56 meters, 13th place

  Javelin throw: 685 points, 57.88 meters, seventh place

  Pole vault: 438 points, 3.30 meters, eleventh place

  Long jump: 755 points, 6.90 meters, fourth place

shoot

• Tao-Yan Wu
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Final: 1,140 points, 22nd place

  Kneeling: 382 points, 22nd place

  Prone: 394 points, 22nd place

  Standing: 364 points, 22nd place

  • Small caliber lying

  Final: 595 points, 19th place

  Round one: 98 points, rank 27

  Round two: 99 points, 24th place

  Round three: 99 points, 23rd place

  Round four: 99 points, 23rd place

  Round five: 100 points, ninth place

  Round six: 100 points, third place

  • Free rifle three position fight

  Final: 1,025 points, 15th place

  Kneeling: 349 points, 15th place

  Prone: 370 points, 16th place

  Standing: 306 points, 14th place

Web links

• 1956 Olympic team of the Republic of China in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).