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Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 8

The Men's individual table tennis – Class 8 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] in London took place from 30 August to 3 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment who competed from a standing 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
DatesAugust 30-September 3
Competitors16 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zhao Shuai  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Richard Csejtey  Slovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emil Andersson  Sweden
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In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in four groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the quarter-finals, together with four seeded players given byes for the preliminary round.

Results edit

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals edit

Quarter-finals: 1 Sep 11:00 Semifinals: 1 Sep 19:00 Gold medal match: 3 Sep 12:30
                     
1   Zhao Shuai (CHN) 11 11 11
  András Csonka (HUN) 7 6 7
1   Zhao Shuai (CHN) 9 9 12 11 11
4   Ross Wilson (GBR) 11 11 10 7 6
  Marcin Skrzynecki (POL) 2 11 5 7
4   Ross Wilson (GBR) 11 8 11 11
1   Zhao Shuai (CHN) 8 11 17 11
  Richard Csejtey (SVK) 11 5 15 4
3   Ye Chaoqun (CHN) 9 14 11 9
  Richard Csejtey (SVK) 11 16 6 11
  Richard Csejtey (SVK) 14 14 7 11 11 Bronze medal match
2   Emil Andersson (SWE) 12 12 11 13 5
  Sun Churen (CHN) 9 11 11 5 8 4   Ross Wilson (GBR) 8 9 10
2   Emil Andersson (SWE) 11 4 9 11 11 2   Emil Andersson (SWE) 11 11 12

Preliminary round edit

Qualified for the quarter-finals

Group A edit

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff		 Points
diff
  Richard Csejtey (SVK) 1 1 +1 +2
  Saeed Ali (IRQ) 1 1 0 +4
  Piotr Grudzien (POL) 1 1 -1 -6

Group B edit

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff		 Points
diff
  Sun Churen (CHN) 2 0 +6 +22
  Mathieu Loicq (BEL) 1 1 -2 -12
  Aaron McKibbin (GBR) 0 2 -4 -10

Group C edit

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff		 Points
diff
  András Csonka (HUN) 2 0 +4 +21
  Fabian Rignell (SWE) 1 1 -2 -11
  Miroslav Jambor (SVK) 0 2 -2 -10

Group D edit

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff		 Points
diff
  Marcin Skrzynecki (POL) 2 0 +5 +21
  Marc Ledoux (BEL) 1 1 +1 +2
  Paulo Salmin (BRA) 0 2 -6 -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.
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