The Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei at the 2000 Summer Olympics () in Sydney, Australia. The change in name was due to the political status of Taiwan. In addition, they flew a flag especially designed for the games separate from the flag of the Republic of China. Medalists Results by event Archery Chinese Taipei entered three women in the archery competition. Each was defeated in the second round. As a team, they also lost the second round. Women's team: Wen, Liu, and Lin – quarterfinal, 8th place (1-1) Athletics Men's 400 m Hurdles Chen Tien-Wen Round 1 – 50.52 (did not advance) Women's 100 m Chen Shu-Chuan Round 1 – 12.22 (did not advance) Badminton Men's singles Fung Permadi Round of 64: Bye Round of 32: Defeated Mihail Popov of Bulgaria Round of 16: Lost to Peter Gade of Denmark Women's singles Huang Chia-Chi Round of 64: Bye Round of 32: Defeated Nely Boteva of Bulgaria Round of 16: Defeated Lee Kyung-won of Korea Quarterfinal: Lost to Ye Zhaoying of China Chan Ya-Lin Round of 64: Bye Round of 32: Defeated Rayoni Head of Australia Round of 16: Lost to Mia Audina Tjiptawan of Netherlands Women's doubles Tsai Hui-Min, Chen Li-Chin Round of 32: Lost to Yim Kyung-Jin, Lee Hyo-jung of Korea Cycling Road Cycling Women's Road Race Chen Chiung-Yi Final – 3:28:00 (45th place) Track Cycling Women's Point Race Fang Fen-Fang Points – 0 (13th place) Diving Men's 3 Metre Springboard Chen Han-Hung Preliminary – 188.46 (49th place, did not advance) Women's 3 Metre Springboard Chen Ting Preliminary – 229.77 (29th place, did not advance) Women's 3 Metre Springboard Tsai Yi-San Preliminary – 181.92 (41st place, did not advance) Women's 10 Metre Platform Hsieh Pei-Hua Preliminary – 284.91 Semi-final – 126.66 – 411.57 (17th place, did not advance) Sailing Men's Mistral Ted Huang Race 1 – 6 Race 2 – 7 Race 3 – 16 Race 4 – (22) Race 5 – 14 Race 6 – (17) Race 7 – 13 Race 8 – 6 Race 9 – 8 Race 10 – 14 Race 11 – 16 Final – 100 (13th place) Swimming Men's 50 m Freestyle Huang Chih-Yung Preliminary Heat – 24.01 (did not advance) Men's 100 m Freestyle Wu Nien-Pin Preliminary Heat – 52.72 (did not advance) Men's 200 m Freestyle Wu Nien-Pin Preliminary Heat – 1:54.58 (did not advance) Men's 400 m Freestyle Li