Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The table tennis competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics consisted of four events.

Table tennis at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	20 July to 4 August 1996
Competitors	166 from 51 nations

Participating nations

A total of 166 athletes (85 men and 81 women), representing 51 NOCs, competed in four events.

•  Australia (5)
•  Austria (4)
•  Belarus (2)
•  Belgium (2)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•  Brazil (4)
•  Canada (5)
•  Chile (4)
•  China (8)
•  Croatia (4)
•  Czech Republic (3)
•  Dominican Republic (1)
•  France (6)
•  Germany (7)
•  Ghana (2)
•  Great Britain (4)
•  Greece (2)
•  Hong Kong (4)
•  Hungary (4)
•  India (2)
•  Indonesia (2)
•  Italy (3)
•  Jamaica (2)
•  Japan (8)
•  Kuwait (1)
•  Lebanon (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Netherlands (6)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Nigeria (4)
•  North Korea (7)
•  Peru (2)
•  Poland (2)
•  Qatar (1)
•  Romania (5)
•  Russia (4)
•  Singapore (1)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  South Korea (8)
•  Sudan (1)
•  Sweden (7)
•  Switzerland (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (6)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  Turkmenistan (1)
•  Uganda (3)
•  United States (6)
•  Venezuela (1)
•  FR Yugoslavia (3)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	4	3	1	8
2	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	0	1
3	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	2	2
4	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Liu Guoliang  China	Wang Tao  China	Jörg Roßkopf  Germany
Men's doubles	Liu Guoliang / Kong Linghui (CHN)	Lü Lin / Wang Tao (CHN)	Lee Chul-seung / Yoo Nam-kyu (KOR)
Women's singles	Deng Yaping  China	Chen Jing  Chinese Taipei	Qiao Hong  China
Women's doubles	Deng Yaping / Qiao Hong (CHN)	Liu Wei / Qiao Yunping (CHN)	Park Hae-jung / Ryu Ji-hae (KOR)

Sources

• Official Olympic Report
• International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
• "Table Tennis at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.