Table tennis at the Summer Olympics

Table tennis competition has been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988, with singles and doubles events for men and women.[1][2] Athletes from China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 60 medals in 37 events, including 32 out of a possible 37 gold medals, and only failing to win at least one medal in one event, the inaugural Men's Singles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Table tennis at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline CodeTTE
Governing bodyITTF
Events5 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 1)
Games
  • 1896
  • 1900
  • 1904
  • 1908
  • 1912
  • 1920
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976

Summary edit

Games Year Events Best Nation
24 1988 4   China
25 1992 4   China
26 1996 4   China
27 2000 4   China
28 2004 4   China
29 2008 4   China
30 2012 4   China
31 2016 4   China
32 2020 5   China

Events edit

In 1992 (only), two bronze medals were awarded in each event. In 2008, the doubles events were replaced by team events to lessen the emphasis on doubles play. Chinese table tennis team won 8 medals and made podium sweeps on the men's and woman's singles events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Due to China's dominance in the sport, the format was changed for the 2012 Olympics so that each NOC may enter up to two competitors in singles events. With gender equality a big focus, mixed doubles event became one of the nine new mixed-gender events at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Event 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years
Men's singles X X X X X X X X X X 10
Men's doubles X X X X X           5
Men's team X X X X X 5
Women's singles X X X X X X X X X X 10
Women's doubles X X X X X           5
Women's team X X X X X 5
Mixed doubles X X 2
Events 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5

Medal table edit

Sources:[4]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)3220860
2  South Korea (KOR)331218
3  Japan (JPN)1348
4  Sweden (SWE)1113
5  Germany (GER)0459
6  North Korea (PRK)0134
7  Chinese Taipei (TPE)0123
  Singapore (SIN)0123
9  France (FRA)0112
  Hong Kong (HKG)0112
  Yugoslavia (YUG)0112
12  Denmark (DEN)0011
Totals (12 entries)373741115

Number of athletes by nation edit

In addition to independent Olympians and the Unified Team in 1992, athletes from 104 NOCs had competed in the Olympic table tennis tournaments.[5]

Nation 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
  Algeria (ALG) 2 5 1 1 4
  Argentina (ARG) 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 7
  Australia (AUS) 3 2 5 9 6 6 6 6 6 9
  Austria (AUT) 2 2 4 5 4 6 6 6 6 9
  Belarus (BLR) 2 5 5 4 3 3 6
  Belgium (BEL) 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 7
  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 1 1 2
  Brazil (BRA) 2 4 4 3 5 4 6 6 6 9
  Bulgaria (BUL) 2 1 1 3
  Cameroon (CMR) 1 1 1 3
  Canada (CAN) 3 2 5 6 4 5 4 2 3 9
  Chile (CHI) 3 3 4 5 4 1 1 7
  China (CHN) 7 8 8 9 9 6 6 6 7 9
  Colombia (COL) 1 1 1 3
  Republic of the Congo (CGO) 2 3 3 3
  Croatia (CRO) 2 4 4 3 6 4 1 3 8
  Cuba (CUB) 4 5 1 2 2 5
  Czech Republic (CZE) 3 2 4 2 2 4 2 7
  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 4 5 2
  Denmark (DEN) 2 2 1 3 1 1 6
  Djibouti (DJI) 1 1
  Dominican Republic (DOM) 3 1 2 4 1 5
  Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) 2 1
  Ecuador (ECU) 1 1 2
  Egypt (EGY) 3 2 5 5 6 5 6 7
  Estonia (EST) 1 1
  Fiji (FIJ) 1 1 2
  Finland (FIN) 1 1
  France (FRA) 2 6 6 5 1 4 3 4 6 9
  Germany (GER) 5 7 8 8 6 6 6 6 8
  Ghana (GHA) 1 2 2 3
  Great Britain (GBR) 4 6 4 1 6 3 3 7
  Greece (GRE) 2 2 4 3 2 1 1 7
  Guyana (GUY) 1 1
  Honduras (HON) 1 1
  Hong Kong (HKG) 6 4 4 4 8 6 6 6 6 9
  Hungary (HUN) 5 1 4 3 3 4 4 3 6 9
  India (IND) 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 4 4 9
  Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) 5 1
  Indonesia (INA) 1 3 2 2 4
  Iran (IRI) 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 7
  Iraq (IRQ) 1 1
  Israel (ISR) 1 1
  Italy (ITA) 1 1 3 5 3 2 1 7
  Jamaica (JAM) 1 1 2 3
  Japan (JPN) 7 8 8 9 8 6 6 6 6 9
  Jordan (JOR) 1 1 1 1 1 5
  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 1 2 3
  Kuwait (KUW) 1 1 1 3
  Latvia (LAT) 1 1
  Lebanon (LBN) 1 1 1 3
  Libya (LBA) 1 1
  Lithuania (LTU) 1 2 1 3
  Luxembourg (LUX) 2 1 1 1 2 5
  Malaysia (MAS) 2 1
  Mauritius (MRI) 2 1 2
  Mexico (MEX) 1 1 1 2 4
  Monaco (MON) 1 1
  Mongolia (MGL) 2 1
  Morocco (MAR) 1 1
  Netherlands (NED) 2 3 6 2 2 3 3 3 1 9
  New Zealand (NZL) 2 3 1 3 2 5
  Nigeria (NGR) 6 6 4 7 8 6 4 5 4 9
  North Korea (PRK) 8 7 4 5 6 3 6
  Pakistan (PAK) 1 1
  Paraguay (PAR) 1 1 1 3
  Peru (PER) 1 4 2 1 4
  Philippines (PHI) 1 1
  Poland (POL) 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 6 3 9
  Portugal (POR) 3 4 5 5 4
  Puerto Rico (PUR) 2 3 2
  Qatar (QAT) 1 1 1 1 4
  ROC 3 1
  Romania (ROU) 4 5 3 4 4 3 5 4 8
  Russia (RUS) 4 3 6 5 5 3 6
  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 1 1 1 3
  Senegal (SEN) 1 1 2
  Serbia (SRB) 1 2 1 3 4
  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 3 2 3 3
  Singapore (SGP) 1 2 4 6 6 5 4 7
  Slovakia (SVK) 1 1 3 3 4
  Slovenia (SLO) 1 1 1 1 3 5
  South Africa (RSA) 2 1
  South Korea (KOR) 7 8 8 8 9 6 7 6 6 9
  Soviet Union (URS) 5 1
  Spain (ESP) 4 1 5 5 3 3 6
  Sudan (SUD) 1 1
  Sweden (SWE) 4 6 7 6 3 3 3 5 5 9
  Switzerland (SUI) 1 1 2
  Syria (SYR) 1 1 2
  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 6 6 7 4 5 3 6 6 8
  Thailand (THA) 1 1 1 1 3 2 6
  Togo (TOG) 1 1 2
  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 1 1 2
  Tunisia (TUN) 4 3 1 1 2 1 2 7
  Turkey (TUR) 2 2 2 3
  Turkmenistan (TKM) 1 1 2
  Uganda (UGA) 1 3 1 3
  Ukraine (UKR) 1 3 4 2 3 5
  Unified Team (EUN) 6 1
  United States (USA) 3 5 6 8 7 4 4 6 6 9
  Uzbekistan (UZB) 1 1 2
  Vanuatu (VAN) 1 2 1 1 4
  Venezuela (VEN) 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 7
  Vietnam (VIE) 1 1 2
  Yugoslavia (YUG) 5 1
  West Germany (FRG) 6 1
Nations 41 48 51 48 50 56 57 56 57
Athletes 129 159 166 171 172 171 174 172 173
Year 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20

Winners edit

Men's singles edit

Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
1988 Seoul   Yoo Nam-kyu   Kim Ki-taik   Erik Lindh
1992 Barcelona   Jan-Ove Waldner   Jean-Philippe Gatien   Kim Taek-soo
  Ma Wenge
1996 Atlanta   Liu Guoliang   Wang Tao   Jörg Roßkopf
2000 Sydney   Kong Linghui   Jan-Ove Waldner   Liu Guoliang
2004 Athens   Ryu Seung-min   Wang Hao   Wang Liqin
2008 Beijing   Ma Lin   Wang Hao   Wang Liqin
2012 London   Zhang Jike   Wang Hao   Dimitrij Ovtcharov
2016 Rio   Ma Long   Zhang Jike   Jun Mizutani
2020 Tokyo   Ma Long   Fan Zhendong   Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Women's singles edit

Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
1988 Seoul   Chen Jing   Li Huifen   Jiao Zhimin
1992 Barcelona   Deng Yaping   Qiao Hong   Hyun Jung-hwa
  Li Bun-hui
1996 Atlanta   Deng Yaping   Chen Jing   Qiao Hong
2000 Sydney   Wang Nan   Li Ju   Chen Jing
2004 Athens   Zhang Yining   Kim Hyang-mi   Kim Kyung-ah
2008 Beijing   Zhang Yining   Wang Nan   Guo Yue
2012 London   Li Xiaoxia   Ding Ning   Feng Tianwei
2016 Rio   Ding Ning   Li Xiaoxia   Kim Song-i
2020 Tokyo   Chen Meng   Sun Yingsha   Mima Ito

Men's doubles edit

Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
1988 Seoul   Chen Longcan
  Wei Qingguang
  Ilija Lupulesku
  Zoran Primorac
  Ahn Jae-hyung
  Yoo Nam-kyu
1992 Barcelona   Lü Lin
  Wang Tao
  Steffen Fetzner
  Jörg Roßkopf
  Kang Hee-chan
  Lee Chul-seung
  Kim Taek-soo
  Yoo Nam-kyu
1996 Atlanta   Kong Linghui
  Liu Guoliang
  Lü Lin
  Wang Tao
  Lee Chul-seung
  Yoo Nam-kyu
2000 Sydney   Wang Liqin
  Yan Sen
  Kong Linghui
  Liu Guoliang
  Patrick Chila
  Jean-Philippe Gatien
2004 Athens   Chen Qi
  Ma Lin
  Ko Lai Chak
  Li Ching
  Michael Maze
  Finn Tugwell

Women's doubles edit

Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
1988 Seoul   Hyun Jung-hwa
  Yang Young-ja
  Chen Jing
  Jiao Zhimin
  Jasna Fazlić
  Gordana Perkučin
1992 Barcelona   Deng Yaping
  Qiao Hong
  Chen Zihe
  Gao Jun
  Hong Cha-ok
  Hyun Jung-hwa
  Li Bun-hui
  Yu Sun-bok
1996 Atlanta   Deng Yaping
  Qiao Hong
  Liu Wei
  Qiao Yunping
  Park Hae-jung
  Ryu Ji-hye
2000 Sydney   Li Ju
  Wang Nan
  Sun Jin
  Yang Ying
  Kim Moo-kyo
  Ryu Ji-hye
2004 Athens   Wang Nan
  Zhang Yining
  Lee Eun-sil
  Seok Eun-mi
  Guo Yue
  Niu Jianfeng

Mixed doubles edit

Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
2020 Tokyo   Jun Mizutani
  Mima Ito
  Xu Xin
  Liu Shiwen
  Lin Yun-ju
  Cheng I-ching

Men's team edit

Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
2008 Beijing   China
Ma Lin
Wang Hao
Wang Liqin
  Germany
Timo Boll
Christian Süß
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
  South Korea
Oh Sang-eun
Ryu Seung-min
Yoon Jae-young
2012 London   China
Ma Long
Wang Hao
Zhang Jike
  South Korea
Joo Se-hyuk
Oh Sang-eun
Ryu Seung-min
  Germany
Timo Boll
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Bastian Steger
2016 Rio   China
Ma Long
Xu Xin
Zhang Jike
  Japan
Jun Mizutani
Koki Niwa
Maharu Yoshimura
  Germany
Timo Boll
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Bastian Steger
2020 Tokyo   China
Fan Zhendong
Ma Long
Xu Xin
  Germany
Timo Boll
Patrick Franziska
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
  Japan
Tomokazu Harimoto
Jun Mizutani
Koki Niwa

Women's team edit

Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
2008 Beijing   China
Guo Yue
Wang Nan
Zhang Yining
  Singapore
Feng Tianwei
Li Jiawei
Wang Yuegu
  South Korea
Dang Ye-seo
Kim Kyung-ah
Park Mi-young
2012 London   China
Ding Ning
Guo Yue
Li Xiaoxia
  Japan
Ai Fukuhara
Sayaka Hirano
Kasumi Ishikawa
  Singapore
Feng Tianwei
Li Jiawei
Wang Yuegu
2016 Rio   China
Ding Ning
Li Xiaoxia
Liu Shiwen
  Germany
Han Ying
Shan Xiaona
Petrissa Solja
  Japan
Ai Fukuhara
Kasumi Ishikawa
Mima Ito
2020 Tokyo   China
Chen Meng
Sun Yingsha
Wang Manyu
  Japan
Miu Hirano
Kasumi Ishikawa
Mima Ito
  Hong Kong
Doo Hoi Kem
Lee Ho Ching
Minnie Soo

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Olympics Medalists". olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
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