Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 4

The Men's individual table tennis – Class 4 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
Competitors20 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Young-Gun  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhang Yan  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sameh Saleh  Egypt
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In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in six groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the knock-out stages, together with two seeded players given byes for the preliminary stages.

Results edit

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals edit

Quarter-finals: 1 Sep 13:15 Semifinals: 1 Sep 19:00 Gold medal match: 3 Sep 18:45
                     
1   Kim Young Gun (KOR) 11 11 11
  Emeric Martin (FRA) 6 5 2
1   Kim Young Gun (KOR) 11 13 6 11
  Sameh Saleh (EGY) 6 11 11 7
  Sameh Saleh (EGY) 11 11 11
  Guo Xingyuan (CHN) 6 9 8
1   Kim Young Gun (KOR) 14 11 12 11
2   Zhang Yan (CHN) 12 9 14 9
  Maxime Thomas (FRA) 7 11 11 11
  Abdullah Ozturk (TUR) 11 4 6 7
  Maxime Thomas (FRA) 8 12 11 9 Bronze medal match
2   Zhang Yan (CHN) 11 14 6 11
  Choi Il Sang (KOR) 11 11 3 4 11   Sameh Saleh (EGY) 10 11 11 11
2   Zhang Yan (CHN) 7 6 11 11 13   Maxime Thomas (FRA) 12 7 8 8

Preliminary round edit

Qualified for the knock-out stages

Group A edit

Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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  Maxime Thomas (FRA) 2 0 +4 +20
  Tomislav Spalj (CRO) 1 1 0 +2
  Werner Burkhardt (GER) 0 2 -4 -22

Group B edit

Athlete Won Lost Games
diff
Points
diff
  Guo Xingyuan (CHN) 2 0 +6 +25
  Dietmar Kober (GER) 1 1 -1 0
  Eziquiel Babes (BRA) 0 2 -5 -25

Group C edit

Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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  Choi Il Sang (KOR) 1 1 0 +2
  Shay Siada (ISR) 1 1 0 0
  Salvatore Caci (ITA) 1 1 0 -2

Group D edit

Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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  Abdullah Ozturk (TUR) 2 0 +5 +22
  Lin Wen-hsin (TPE) 1 1 0 -9
  Andrej Mészáros (SVK) 0 2 -5 -13

Group E edit

Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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  Emeric Martin (FRA) 2 0 +5 +22
  Kim Jung Gil (KOR) 1 1 +1 +8
  Ko Kun-nan (TPE) 0 2 -6 -30

Group F edit

Athlete Won Lost Games
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Points
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  Sameh Saleh (EGY) 2 0 +3 +17
  Peter Mihálik (SVK) 1 1 0 +2
  Edson Gomez (VEN) 0 2 -3 -19

References edit

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