Table tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 13 to August 23, at the Peking University Gymnasium. The competition featured the team events for the first time, replacing the doubles events competed in previous games. A total of four sets of medals were awarded for the four events contested. China, as the host country, would win every medal possible, claiming the podium in both the Men's and Women's Singles events and claiming Gold in both the Men's and Women's Team Event, leading the IOC and ITTF, to change the qualification process for the 2012 Summer Olympics, to ensure that countries could only enter 2, instead of 3 athletes into the Singles event.
| Table tennis at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Peking University Gymnasium |
| Dates | August 13 to August 23, 2008 |
| Competitors | 171 from 56 nations |
Qualification
editCompetition schedule
edit| P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | B | Bronze playoff | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Wed 13 | Thu 14 | Fri 15 | Sat 16 | Sun 17 | Mon 18 | Tue 19 | Wed 20 | Thu 21 | Fri 22 | Sat 23 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||
| Men's team | P | B | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||
| Women's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||
| Women's team | P | B | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||
Participating nations
editA total of 171 athletes (86 men and 85 women), representing 56 NOCs, competed in four events.[1]
Algeria (1)
Argentina (2)
Australia (6)
Austria (6)
Belarus (4)
Belgium (1)
Brazil (4)
Cameroon (1)
Canada (5)
China (6)
Colombia (1)
Republic of the Congo (2)
Croatia (6)
Czech Republic (2)
Denmark (1)
Dominican Republic (4)
Egypt (5)
France (4)
Germany (6)
Greece (3)
Hong Kong (6)
Hungary (4)
India (2)
Iran (1)
Italy (3)
Japan (6)
Jordan (1)
Kazakhstan (1)
Kuwait (1)
Lithuania (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Mexico (1)
Netherlands (3)
Nigeria (6)
North Korea (5)
Paraguay (1)
Poland (4)
Portugal (3)
Romania (4)
Russia (5)
Serbia (1)
Singapore (6)
Slovakia (1)
Slovenia (1)
South Korea (6)
Spain (5)
Sweden (3)
Chinese Taipei (5)
Thailand (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Turkey (2)
Ukraine (3)
United States (4)
Vanuatu (1)
Venezuela (1)
Vietnam (1)
Medal summary
editMedal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
Ma Lin |
Wang Hao |
Wang Liqin |
| Men's team |
Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin |
Christian Suss Dimitrij Ovtcharov Timo Boll |
Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min Yoon Jae-young |
| Women's singles |
Zhang Yining |
Wang Nan |
Guo Yue |
| Women's team |
Guo Yue Wang Nan Zhang Yining |
Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu |
Dang Ye-seo Kim Kyung-ah Park Mi-young |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Athlete count for Table Tennis". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
External links
edit- Table Tennis Official Results Book. Official Report of the XXIX Olympiad. Digitally published by the LA84 Foundation.
- "2008 Olympic Games". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.
- Table Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Olympedia.