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

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.

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation
1-0N/A
2-0N/A
3-0N/A
4-0N/A
5-0N/A
6
7-0N/A
8-0N/A
9-0N/A
10-0N/A
11-0N/A
12
13
14-0N/A
15-0N/A
16-0N/A
17-0N/A
18-0N/A
19-0N/A
20-0N/A
21-0N/A
22-0N/A
23-0N/A
2419884 China
2519924 China
2619964 China
2720004 China
2820044 China
2920084 China
3020124 China
3120164 China
3220205 China

Events

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]

Event88929600040812162024Years
Men's singlesXXXXXXXXXX10
Men's doublesXXXXX     5
Men's teamXXXXX5
Women's singlesXXXXXXXXXX10
Women's doublesXXXXX     5
Women's teamXXXXX5
Mixed doublesXX2
Events4444444455

Medal table

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

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

Nation889296000408121620Years
 Algeria (ALG)25114
 Argentina (ARG)12232127
 Australia (AUS)3259666669
 Austria (AUT)2245466669
 Belarus (BLR)2554336
 Belgium (BEL)22221117
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)112
 Brazil (BRA)2443546669
 Bulgaria (BUL)2113
 Cameroon (CMR)1113
 Canada (CAN)3256454239
 Chile (CHI)33454117
 China (CHN)7889966679
 Colombia (COL)1113
 Republic of the Congo (CGO)2333
 Croatia (CRO)244364138
 Cuba (CUB)451225
 Czech Republic (CZE)32422427
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)452
 Denmark (DEN)2213116
 Djibouti (DJI)11
 Dominican Republic (DOM)312415
 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)21
 Ecuador (ECU)112
 Egypt (EGY)32556567
 Estonia (EST)11
 Fiji (FIJ)112
 Finland (FIN)11
 France (FRA)2665143469
 Germany (GER)578866668
 Ghana (GHA)1223
 Great Britain (GBR)46416337
 Greece (GRE)22432117
 Guyana (GUY)11
 Honduras (HON)11
 Hong Kong (HKG)6444866669
 Hungary (HUN)5143344369
 India (IND)3423222449
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)51
 Indonesia (INA)13224
 Iran (IRI)11112317
 Iraq (IRQ)11
 Israel (ISR)11
 Italy (ITA)11353217
 Jamaica (JAM)1123
 Japan (JPN)7889866669
 Jordan (JOR)111115
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1123
 Kuwait (KUW)1113
 Latvia (LAT)11
 Lebanon (LBN)1113
 Libya (LBA)11
 Lithuania (LTU)1213
 Luxembourg (LUX)211125
 Malaysia (MAS)21
 Mauritius (MRI)212
 Mexico (MEX)11124
 Monaco (MON)11
 Mongolia (MGL)21
 Morocco (MAR)11
 Netherlands (NED)2362233319
 New Zealand (NZL)231325
 Nigeria (NGR)6647864549
 North Korea (PRK)8745636
 Pakistan (PAK)11
 Paraguay (PAR)1113
 Peru (PER)14214
 Philippines (PHI)11
 Poland (POL)3322244639
 Portugal (POR)34554
 Puerto Rico (PUR)232
 Qatar (QAT)11114
 ROC31
 Romania (ROU)453443548
 Russia (RUS)4365536
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)1113
 Senegal (SEN)112
 Serbia (SRB)12134
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)3233
 Singapore (SGP)12466547
 Slovakia (SVK)11334
 Slovenia (SLO)111135
 South Africa (RSA)21
 South Korea (KOR)7888967669
 Soviet Union (URS)51
 Spain (ESP)4155336
 Sudan (SUD)11
 Sweden (SWE)4676333559
 Switzerland (SUI)112
 Syria (SYR)112
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)667453668
 Thailand (THA)1111326
 Togo (TOG)112
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)112
 Tunisia (TUN)43112127
 Turkey (TUR)2223
 Turkmenistan (TKM)112
 Uganda (UGA)1313
 Ukraine (UKR)134235
 Unified Team (EUN)61
 United States (USA)3568744669
 Uzbekistan (UZB)112
 Vanuatu (VAN)12114
 Venezuela (VEN)21221117
 Vietnam (VIE)112
 Yugoslavia (YUG)51
 West Germany (FRG)61
Nations 414851485056575657
Athletes 129159166171172171174172173
Year889296000408121620

Winners

Men's singles

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

Women's singles

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

Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

Men's team

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

Women's team

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

See also

References

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  2. "Olympics Medalists". olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
  3. Smith, Shawn (6 April 2021). "Tokyo Olympics 101: What are the new sports?". NBC Universal. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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