Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 2

The Men's Individual Class 2 table tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held between 7 September and 11 September at the Peking University Gymnasium.[1]

Men's Individual Class 2
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenuePeking University Gymnasium
Dates7 – 11 September
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vincent Boury  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stephane Molliens  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Kyung Mook  South Korea
2004
2012

Classes 1-5 were for athletes with a physical impairment that affected their legs, who competed in a sitting position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete’s ability to compete.

The event was won by Vincent Boury, representing  France. [2]

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Qualified for the knock-out stages

Group A edit

Rank Competitor MP W L Points   FRA RUS KOR LBA
1   Stephane Molliens (FRA) 3 3 0 9:1 x 3:0 3:1 3:0
2   Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS) 3 2 1 6:5 0:3 x 3:2 3:0
3   Kim Kong Yong (KOR) 3 1 2 6:6 1:3 2:3 x 3:0
4   Ali Mabrouk Ahmed (LBA) 3 0 3 0:9 0:3 0:3 0:3 x
7 September, 16:40
  Stephane Molliens (FRA) 11 15 11
  Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS) 6 13 7
  Kim Kong-yong (KOR) 11 11 11
  Ali Mabrouk Ahmed (LBA) 5 5 2
8 September, 12:00
  Stephane Molliens (FRA) 11 11 11
  Ali Mabrouk Ahmed (LBA) 0 4 5
  Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS) 11 12 8 6 11
  Kim Kong-yong (KOR) 6 10 11 11 7
8 September, 19:20
  Sergey Poddubnyy (RUS) 11 11 11
  Ali Mabrouk Ahmed (LBA) 5 6 6
  Stephane Molliens (FRA) 11 9 11 11
  Kim Kong-yong (KOR) 6 11 7 5

Group B edit

Rank Competitor MP W L Points   KOR SVK FRA CHN
1   Kim Kyung Mook (KOR) 3 3 0 9:2 x 3:0 3:2 3:0
2   Jan Riapos (SVK) 3 2 1 6:3 0:3 x 3:0 3:0
3   Damien Mennella (FRA) 3 1 2 5:7 2:3 0:3 x 3:1
4   Gao Yanming (CHN) 3 0 3 1:9 0:3 0:3 1:3 x
7 September, 16:40
  Jan Riapos (SVK) 11 11 11
  Damien Mennella (FRA) 8 8 9
  Kim Kyung-mook (KOR) 11 11 11
  Gao Yanming (CHN) 3 6 7
8 September, 12:00
  Jan Riapos (SVK) 11 11 11
  Gao Yanming (CHN) 7 6 8
  Kim Kyung-mook (KOR) 11 5 4 11 11
  Damien Mennella (FRA) 4 11 11 6 6
8 September, 19:20
  Damien Mennella (FRA) 8 11 11 11
  Gao Yanming (CHN) 11 8 6 6
  Kim Kyung-mook (KOR) 11 11 11
  Jan Riapos (SVK) 9 9 5

Group C edit

Rank Competitor MP W L Points   FRA BRA AUT ITA
1   Vincent Boury (FRA) 3 2 1 7:5 x 1:3 3:0 3:2
2   Iranildo Espindola (BRA) 3 2 1 7:6 3:1 x 1:3 3:2
3   Hans Ruep (AUT) 3 2 1 6:5 0:3 3:1 x 3:1
4   Giuseppe Vella (ITA) 3 0 3 5:9 2:3 2:3 1:3 x
7 September, 16:40
  Hans Ruep (AUT) 11 8 11 11
  Giuseppe Vella (ITA) 3 11 5 3
  Iranildo Espindola (BRA) 11 4 12 11
  Vincent Boury (FRA) 8 11 10 4
8 September, 12:00
  Hans Ruep (AUT) 11 11 6 11
  Iranildo Espindola (BRA) 8 7 11 6
  Vincent Boury (FRA) 14 11 8 7 11
  Giuseppe Vella (ITA) 12 5 11 11 8
8 September, 19:20
  Iranildo Espindola (BRA) 10 11 14 8 11
  Giuseppe Vella (ITA) 12 5 12 11 8
  Vincent Boury (FRA) 12 11 11
  Hans Ruep (AUT) 10 4 6

Group D edit

Rank Competitor MP W L Points   DEN SVK GER BRA
1   Lars Hansen (DEN) 3 3 0 9:1 x 3:1 3:0 3:0
2   Rastislav Revucky (SVK) 3 2 1 7:5 1:3 x 3:2 3:0
3   Otto Vilsmaier (GER) 3 1 2 5:6 0:3 2:3 x 3:0
4   Hemerson Kovalski (BRA) 3 0 3 0:9 0:3 0:3 0:3 x
7 September, 16:40
  Rastislav Revucky (SVK) 11 9 6 12 11
  Otto Vilsmaier (GER) 8 11 11 10 4
  Lars Hansen (DEN) 11 11 11
  Hemerson Kovalski (BRA) 4 5 2
8 September, 12:00
  Otto Vilsmaier (GER) 11 11 11
  Hemerson Kovalski (BRA) 5 4 6
  Lars Hansen (DEN) 11 3 11 11
  Rastislav Revucky (SVK) 4 11 5 9
8 September, 19:20
  Rastislav Revucky (SVK) 11 11 11
  Hemerson Kovalski (BRA) 7 4 7
  Lars Hansen (DEN) 11 11 11
  Otto Vilsmaier (GER) 4 2 7

Competition bracket edit

Semifinals: 10 Sep 11:30 Gold medal match: 11 Sep 17:30
            
  Stephane Molliens (FRA) 12 11 6 12
  Lars Hansen (DEN) 10 7 11 10
  Stephane Molliens (FRA) 7 4 2
  Vincent Boury (FRA) 11 11 11
  Vincent Boury (FRA) 11 11 5 11
  Kim Kyung-mook (KOR) 7 8 11 1 Bronze medal match: 11 Sep 17:30
  Lars Hansen (DEN) 11 3 7 7
  Kim Kyung-mook (KOR) 5 11 11 11

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedules and Results - Table Tennis". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Men's Singles Class 2". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 7 October 2012.