The torch bearers were Wang Chen-chih (Sadaharu Oh), the home run king of Japanese baseball, and Chin Yu-fang, a gold medalist in taekwondo at the 1988 Olympics.
一直被籌備會列為「最高機密」的持聖火人選於焉揭曉，他們是前日本巨人隊監督王貞治，和我國首位奧運金牌得主、跆拳道國手秦玉芳。