Chinese Olympic Committee

Leaders

Timeline concerning Olympic recognition

• 1910: The "Chinese National Olympic Committee" is created to represent China's interests in Olympic Games activities.
• 1922: The IOC recognises this CNO.
• 1932: ROC competes in the Olympics for the first time as "China"
• 1951: The Chinese National Olympic Committee moves from Nanking to Taipei;
• 1951: The PRC Chinese National Olympic Committee is organized;
• 1952: The PRC Chinese National Olympic Committee is invited to the Olympics for the first time, during the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. 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".
• 1954: The IOC adopts a resolution officially recognizing the People's Republic of China "Chinese Olympic Committee". The PRC is invited to the Melbourne Games. The PRC organises a delegation but withdraw in protest of the two China's issue;
• 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;
• 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".