Career
He posted FINA B-standard entry times of 1:53.29 (200 m freestyle) and 4:02.24 (400 m freestyle) from the National University Games in Taipei. On the first day of the Games, Chen placed fortieth in the 400 m freestyle. He pulled off a second-place effort in heat one by a 1.72-second margin behind Philippines" Miguel Mendoza with a time of 4:03.71.
The following day, Chen delivered a forty-seventh-place finish in the 200 m freestyle.
Swimming in heat three, he raced to a sixth seed by 0.24 of a second behind Cyprus" Alexandros Aresti in 1:54.14.