Chinese Olympic Committee

The Chinese Olympic Committee (COC; 中国奥林匹克委员会; IOC code: CHN) is the National Olympic Committee of China. It is headquartered in Dongcheng, Beijing, China.

Chinese Olympic Committee
Chinese Olympic Committee logo
Country/Region China
CodeCHN
Created1910 (as of Qing)
1922 (as of ROC)
1952 (as of PRC)
Recognized1954, then 1979
Continental
Association
OCA
HeadquartersDongcheng, Beijing, China
PresidentGao Zhidan
Secretary GeneralSong Keqin
Websiteolympic.cn Edit this at Wikidata
Commercial logo of the Chinese Olympic Committee
Chinese Olympic Committee
Traditional Chinese中國奧林匹克委員會
Simplified Chinese中国奥林匹克委员会
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Àolínpǐkè Wěiyuánhuì
Wade–GilesChung-Kuo Ao-Lin-P'i-K'o Wei-Yüan-Hui

Leaders

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Timeline concerning Olympic recognition

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The following timeline concerns the different names and principle events concerning recognition of the ROC Olympic team:

  • 1910: The "Chinese National Olympic Committee" (中國奧林匹克委員會) is created to represent China's interests in Olympic Games activities.
  • 1922: The IOC recognized this CNO.
  • 1932: ROC competes in the Olympics for the first time as "China"[1]
  • 1951: The Chinese National Olympic Committee moves from Nanking to Taipei;[2]
  • 1951: The PRC Chinese National Olympic Committee is organized;[2]
  • 1952: The PRC Chinese National Olympic Committee is invited to the Olympics for the first time, during the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Only one athlete, Wu Chuanyu, a swimmer, was able to participate, given that the Committee "was accepted for affiliation a mere two days before the opening of the Games".[3]
  • 1954: The IOC adopts a resolution officially recognizing the "Chinese Olympic Committee" (中国奥林匹克委员会) of the People's Republic of China. The PRC is invited to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, and thusly organizes a delegation, but withdraws in protest of the two China's issue;[2][4]
  • 1958: PRC withdraws from the Olympic movement and from the federations governing Olympic sports. Professor Tung Hou Yi, an IOC member for the PRC resigns;[2]
  • 1979: The IOC officially recognizes the PRC Chinese Olympic Committee as the representative body for "China" under Communist rule. The ROC Chinese Olympic Committee is officially renamed the "Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee".[2][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2008-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e The Times, "The Latest Threat to the Olympics - And its all over a name", 10 July 1976
  3. ^ Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-11. (30.6 MB) , Sulo Kolkka (ed.), Alex Matson (trans.), The Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952, 1952
  4. ^ a b "Chinese Olympic Committee website". Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
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