Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 2

The Men's individual table tennis – Class 2 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] in London took place from 30 August to 3 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 1-5 were for athletes with a physical impairment that affects their legs, and who competed in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete's ability to compete.

Table tennis
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates30 August – 3 September
Competitors18 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ján Riapoš  Slovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kyung-Mook Kim  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fabien Lamirault  France
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In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in six groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the finals stages.

Results edit

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals edit

Quarter-finals: 1 Sep 11:00 Semifinals: 1 Sep 17:30 Gold-medal match: 3 Sep 17:15
A1   Kim Kyung Mook (KOR) 16 11 11
E1   Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS) 11 13 11 E1   Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS) 14 4 2
D1   Vincent Boury (FRA) 8 11 9 A1   Kim Kyung Mook (KOR) 3 11 9 8
B1   Jan Riapos (SVK) 11 9 11 11
F1   Fabien Lamirault (FRA) 9 6 4
C1   Kim Min-gyu (KOR) 3 8 8 B1   Jan Riapos (SVK) 11 11 11
F1   Fabien Lamirault (FRA) 11 11 11 Bronze-medal match
E1   Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS) 6 11 17 9 5
F1   Fabien Lamirault (FRA) 11 7 15 11 11

Preliminary round edit

Qualified for the knock-out stages

Group A edit

Athlete Won Lost Points
diff
  Kim Kyung Mook (KOR) 2 0 +23
  Hassan Janfeshan (IRI) 1 1 +1
  Hans Ruep (AUT) 0 2 -24

Group B edit

Athlete Won Lost Points
diff
  Jan Riapos (SVK) 2 0 +20
  Kim Kong Yong (KOR) 1 1 -4
  Giuseppe Vella (ITA) 0 2 -16

Group C edit

Athlete Won Lost Points
diff
  Kim Min-gyu (KOR) 2 0 +37
  Gao Yanming (CHN) 1 1 -8
  Iranildo Espindola (BRA) 0 2 -29

Group D edit

Athlete Won Lost Points
diff
  Vincent Boury (FRA) 2 0 +36
  Martin Ludrovsky (SVK) 1 1 +18
  Ronan Rooney (IRL) 0 2 -44

Group E edit

Athlete Won Lost Points
diff
  Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS) 1 1 -3
  Rastislav Revucky (SVK) 1 1 -2
  Stephane Molliens (FRA) 1 1 +5

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Group F edit

Athlete Won Lost Points
diff
  Fabien Lamirault (FRA) 2 0 +13
  Ronaldo Souza (BRA) 1 1 +10
  Jiri Suchanek (CZE) 0 2 -23

References edit

  1. ^ "Paralympic Table Tennis". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.