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[7] [8] With 20 medals, South Korea is second to China in the overall medal count. Japan is the third nation to have won double-digit medals. As of the 2024 Summer Olympics, 130 medals (42 gold, 42 silver, and 46 bronze) have been awarded to 118 players selected from 12 National Olympic Committees (NOC). Third-place matches were not held at the ...
The table tennis tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 27 July to 10 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. [1] [2] A total of 175 table tennis players, with an equal distribution between men and women, competed across five medal events (two per gender and a mixed) at these Games, the exact same amount as those in the previous editions.
India won six medals including a silver and five bronze to be ranked 71st amongst the 206 NOCs that participated in the Olympics. This was India's third-best medal haul after the 2020 and 2012 respectively. Manu Bhaker won two bronze medals in shooting and became the first Indian to win two medals in a single Olympics since India gained ...
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
Sweden's Truls Möregårdh pulled off the upset of the 2024 Paris Olympics after he defeated China's Wang Chuqin, the top-ranked table tennis player in the world, in men's singles action on Wednesday.
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 66 medals in 42 events, including 37 out of a possible 42 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.
Sreeja Akula (born 31 July 1998) is an Indian table tennis player. She is a two-time Indian national champion. She is currently ranked India number one in women's singles. [4] Akula received the Arjuna Award in 2022. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Akula won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event with Sharath Kamal.
Archana Kamath (born 17 June 2000) is an Indian former table tennis player. She won the gold medal at the 2023 National Games of India in women's singles. She was a part of Indian table tennis contingent at the 2024 Summer Olympics .