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]